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our unused

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funds at the end of

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the year and place them

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in a non-expiring account

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that would be

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monitored by the Board of

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Education at the end of

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each year, instead of

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our

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unused funds

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going to the

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city general fund.

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This issue

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was discussed at

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our monthly

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meeting of the Education

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and Cooperation Council with the City

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. At the last

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meeting, we talked

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about the carbon deficit

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for food services,

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and that was from our

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surplus. But there was

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some talk that,

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actually, the city

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asked if the council had created a

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non-

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expiring account that would allow

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us to set aside up to 2% of

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our budget

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each year. So, a

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$17 million budget

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would be

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$350,000 if the council

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decided to set aside 2

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%, and that

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would carry over

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every year. You can

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save up to 2%. I mean,

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about 4 years ago

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they changed the law to,

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um, leave it

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for council funds only,

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and the council has every

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right to decide how

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those funds

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are used. Er

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, the council would have to

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approach the city about this,

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since the city

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commission

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would be using

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the funds. Uh, but now the

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funds will be

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completely under

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the control of the council, and the

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council can

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use them

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for

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emergencies,

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unforeseen

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deficits that may

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arise, and/or for

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pre-

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planning things that,

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as we know, some

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major items of

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expenditure that, as we

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know, may

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arise in a year,

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two, three years. If

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we had this

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non-overdue account,

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uh, we could better

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plan for these

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future expenses

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in advance.

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So this would include,

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for example,

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coverage of heat

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pumps and ice for

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maintenance.

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You can

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use it

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for anything.

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So, the way it usually

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works, if I

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understand correctly,

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when I see a financial

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need in the district, I

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bring it up for

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council approval, and the

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council votes on

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whether

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to use that

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non-

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deductible account. I

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also want to point out

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that it doesn't necessarily

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have to be 2%; it can

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be up to 2%, but we

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can do less

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if there is not that much

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surplus, or whatever is more

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convenient.

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After, you know,

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maybe we'll decide to

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give the guys

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a little bit to town or

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something, but it could

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be up to us

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how much.

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So we just want to

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bring this up

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tonight as a topic for

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conversation so you can

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...uh, we can definitely

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come back to this

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at another meeting...uh

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, give people time

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to think about it...

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ask me

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any questions...in the

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meantime. This is not something

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you will have to act on tonight

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Can

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your contribution percentage

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change from year to

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year, or is this normal?

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Up to 2%.

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Yes. So it will be the

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end of the fiscal

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year when they decide that

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this is our surplus.

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Yes, this will be a decision

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made at the end of the

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year.

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That means it will be the

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beginning of

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next year...

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right.

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So the end of the year will be

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...I mean, we

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don't usually

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have meetings

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until July unless there's an

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early process going on

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...So we're

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talking about August.

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Can we do this

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in June, Kasia?

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Yes, let's

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try to do it

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in June. If not, I

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will bring it to your attention

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if the situation

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changes so much

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that we will not be able to make

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this

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commitment because

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there are simply not enough

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resources. Um, otherwise

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we should be able to

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do it in June.

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I'm not familiar with this

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value, so

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$336,000 from the last

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budget would be 2%

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.

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This is approximately...

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So, this money

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always comes back

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to the city?

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Now it is.

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And then they

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use them

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to offset

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whatever...

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Yeah, I mean,

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usually the finance

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committee in April and

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May is racking their brains

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over how much

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money we can

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put into the budget for

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next year. If

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we do that,

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the answer is nothing.

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Or less than...

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Less than...yes. Are

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they...

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More than...

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How do they feel about it

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? Or

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the CFO

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...

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They should bring

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this to the

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finance board's attention.

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Um...

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That's right.

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When we had a

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city collaboration meeting, there

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was, uh, Rodney

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Fournier, uh, Jim

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Rupert and Stephen...

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Mr. Miller.

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Sorry.

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They suggested we

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do this or

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that. They brought it to

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our attention and

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wanted us to

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look into it.

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Yes, I think this is a

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good

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budgeting tactic,

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but I think it will be

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related to the budget

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cycle. For example,

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if they need

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these funds, depending

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on what stage

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we are at with

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the budget, that's where the

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difficult decision will be.

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I think that's what

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I want to put

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in the budget somewhere.

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that would allow us to, maybe, I don't

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know, if we could

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put together a

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tighter budget than

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we already have, but, um,

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knowing that we'll have

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something in reserve

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if we don't hit the

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mark, that

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might help with

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planning as well.

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But it's great

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for

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things like...

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the cost of major

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repairs. Yes,

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these unexpected things

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like...

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Yes...

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I did our

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return to the city

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this year based

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on the budget numbers

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before we went to the

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referendum that

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passed? Do we know,

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I think it's about

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$7,000.

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Yes, that was early, was

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n't it? Okay, but

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they didn't

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count on this

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extra amount.

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No, and it will go to

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next year.

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All of these points are for

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next year, so there is a

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high probability

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that we are short on funds. Will

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I do a good job for

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the city, or just...

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What if we... maybe

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we can get to 2% and

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then we'll still have

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money to

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give back?

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This will change from

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year to year.

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Yes.

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If it's going to be great, that's

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exactly what I meant

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.

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This can keep it

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at a higher level from

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year to year, rather than one

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year we'll have a

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huge surplus

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and the next we won't, and if there

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are big

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expenses...

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Yes.

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If they can't

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make the budget

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work, they'll just

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have to wait.

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Above that, and they

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say, "Well, you

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somehow

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lost this amount of

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money, so we're

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going to cut you by this

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amount of money."

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Yes, it is possible to

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say that.

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Yes.

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So, in that case, it would be

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almost the same.

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Yes. And usually,

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at least in recent

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years, we have

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these

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emergencies

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throughout the year, and at

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some point,

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like 6

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months into the fiscal

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year, we know that for X number

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of days we can't

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get coverage

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for subcontractors

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or something like that.

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We had some kind of

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vacancy. So we were

327
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able to cover

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a lot of these things as

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we know them. This

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happens before the

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funds are returned,

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but in this case

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we have reserves from which

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we draw funds,

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instead of

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saying, "Well, now that it's

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February, we're

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confident that our

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savings and this and that

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industry are enough to

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cover them." So is it

342
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better, is it really that

343
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much better, or will it

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change anything at all?

345
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I don't know.

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It seems like if there

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's a big

348
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project coming up that

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could be scaled back for this

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year so that we don't have to

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have a

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00:10:52,834 --> 00:10:54,070
huge jump

353
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in the new budget,

354
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yes, we could

355
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take some

356
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money out of that

357
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budget.

358
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Well, for example, in

359
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my update I

360
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was going to talk

361
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about budgeting for

362
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next year for

363
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wireless

364
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access points that need to be

365
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replaced in buildings.

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And that would be

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approximately

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$150,000. So Crystal,

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because it's her job

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, has already started

371
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pre-planning for

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this and putting

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some of the money aside,

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like from the

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funding for the choices

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that we get, and

377
00:11:24,246 --> 00:11:26,979
planning for this. But it

378
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might be a point that's

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worth it, and she

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says, "Okay, we'll have it

381
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in a year or

382
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two." This

383
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non-overdue account

384
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might be something that

385
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could be

386
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considered for this

387
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along with the

388
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non-

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overdue account portion.

390
00:11:41,383 --> 00:11:42,400
Yes, it's just hard to

391
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say what the

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finance committee is as a

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whole, because we

394
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had that practice.

395
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But again,

396
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a lot of the people on this

397
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committee are new, so

398
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they don't have the same

399
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experience as you do.

400
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They may think it's

401
00:11:54,100 --> 00:11:55,181
better. We have

402
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new financial

403
00:11:55,967 --> 00:11:57,062
leadership at the

404
00:11:57,062 --> 00:11:58,362
city level. Also, I think it's

405
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something better than what

406
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we've seen

407
00:12:00,573 --> 00:12:03,868
before. This is something that

408
00:12:03,868 --> 00:12:04,696
can cause

409
00:12:04,696 --> 00:12:05,880
a lot of confusion, but

410
00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:07,034
so can we, so yeah

411
00:12:07,034 --> 00:12:07,458
.

412
00:12:07,458 --> 00:12:08,220
Well, they all

413
00:12:08,220 --> 00:12:09,749
lose money there.

414
00:12:09,749 --> 00:12:10,417
Yes.

415
00:12:10,417 --> 00:12:11,635
You can see it now

416
00:12:11,635 --> 00:12:14,970
. We

417
00:12:14,970 --> 00:12:16,235
can also create a fund

418
00:12:16,235 --> 00:12:19,481
to invest money.

419
00:12:19,481 --> 00:12:20,184
Of course.

420
00:12:20,184 --> 00:12:21,361
Or very small

421
00:12:21,361 --> 00:12:21,782
amounts.

422
00:12:21,782 --> 00:12:22,504
How many

423
00:12:22,504 --> 00:12:23,458
small amounts are there?

424
00:12:23,458 --> 00:12:27,460
Yes. It's more like

425
00:12:27,460 --> 00:12:28,731
our reserve fund

426
00:12:28,731 --> 00:12:28,912
.

427
00:12:28,912 --> 00:12:30,013
Reserve fund and

428
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fragmentation.

429
00:12:39,832 --> 00:12:42,038
That's good. This is what

430
00:12:42,038 --> 00:12:43,884
we agree with. Think

431
00:12:43,884 --> 00:12:44,812
about it, or how do we

432
00:12:44,812 --> 00:12:46,392
want to continue this?

433
00:12:46,392 --> 00:12:47,662
Hmm, I just brought this up

434
00:12:47,662 --> 00:12:48,932
for discussion, so the

435
00:12:48,932 --> 00:12:50,308
board can consider

436
00:12:50,308 --> 00:12:51,433
the idea. And, as I

437
00:12:51,433 --> 00:12:52,161
said, we don't

438
00:12:52,161 --> 00:12:53,056
need to take

439
00:12:53,056 --> 00:12:54,081
action now. Hmm, I

440
00:12:54,081 --> 00:12:54,763
don't think the council will have to

441
00:12:54,763 --> 00:12:55,554
take

442
00:12:55,554 --> 00:12:56,257
action over the

443
00:12:56,257 --> 00:12:57,005
next few

444
00:12:57,005 --> 00:12:57,796
meetings unless they

445
00:12:57,796 --> 00:12:58,609
want to because

446
00:12:58,609 --> 00:12:59,466
we can't

447
00:12:59,466 --> 00:13:00,402
do it in the budget anyway.

448
00:13:00,402 --> 00:13:02,494
What will be the actions?

449
00:13:02,494 --> 00:13:03,814
Create...Create

450
00:13:03,814 --> 00:13:04,367
it.

451
00:13:04,367 --> 00:13:05,965
Good.

452
00:13:05,965 --> 00:13:07,056
And she might, you know,

453
00:13:07,056 --> 00:13:07,844
might want to have

454
00:13:07,844 --> 00:13:08,875
future

455
00:13:08,875 --> 00:13:10,058
conversations with the finance

456
00:13:10,058 --> 00:13:11,058
committee about this

457
00:13:11,058 --> 00:13:12,180
, not just the,

458
00:13:12,180 --> 00:13:13,363
um, smaller committee that

459
00:13:13,363 --> 00:13:14,667
we meet with

460
00:13:14,697 --> 00:13:15,914
every month. Um, and also

461
00:13:15,914 --> 00:13:16,997
I think you're

462
00:13:16,997 --> 00:13:18,171
right, Ashley, about

463
00:13:18,171 --> 00:13:19,164
us

464
00:13:19,164 --> 00:13:20,247
reporting this properly so that

465
00:13:20,247 --> 00:13:21,270
the public

466
00:13:21,270 --> 00:13:22,473
fully understands what's

467
00:13:22,473 --> 00:13:23,678
going on. Um, we

468
00:13:23,678 --> 00:13:25,152
need to be as

469
00:13:25,185 --> 00:13:27,275
transparent as possible. I think

470
00:13:27,275 --> 00:13:28,289
the better everyone

471
00:13:28,289 --> 00:13:29,574
understands this, the easier it

472
00:13:29,574 --> 00:13:30,689
will be to implement it effectively

473
00:13:30,689 --> 00:13:32,803
.

474
00:13:32,803 --> 00:13:34,179
Yes. And it might also be a

475
00:13:34,179 --> 00:13:35,219
good idea to

476
00:13:35,219 --> 00:13:35,975
talk to the

477
00:13:35,975 --> 00:13:37,203
finance committee

478
00:13:37,203 --> 00:13:38,275
, because you don't want

479
00:13:38,275 --> 00:13:39,409
them to feel like

480
00:13:39,409 --> 00:13:40,543
you think this is

481
00:13:40,543 --> 00:13:41,362
somehow

482
00:13:41,362 --> 00:13:42,181
undermining their

483
00:13:42,181 --> 00:13:43,617
authority.

484
00:13:43,617 --> 00:13:44,329
Right.

485
00:13:44,329 --> 00:13:45,731
Given that we have

486
00:13:45,731 --> 00:13:46,994
members who...Yes, this...

487
00:13:46,994 --> 00:13:47,871
is also a new

488
00:13:47,871 --> 00:13:49,203
task...So it's

489
00:13:49,203 --> 00:13:50,255
been getting better over the

490
00:13:50,255 --> 00:13:56,362
last year or two...Um,

491
00:13:56,362 --> 00:13:58,264
anything else on the finances?

492
00:13:58,264 --> 00:13:59,877
No, all of this...That was

493
00:13:59,877 --> 00:14:00,617
all.

494
00:14:00,617 --> 00:14:02,489
Good. Okay, so

495
00:14:02,489 --> 00:14:03,308
let's move on to the

496
00:14:03,308 --> 00:14:05,189
staff. The

497
00:14:05,189 --> 00:14:06,208
Personnel Committee has held

498
00:14:06,208 --> 00:14:07,480
several Zoom meetings

499
00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:08,594
regarding

500
00:14:08,594 --> 00:14:09,835
teacher negotiations and how

501
00:14:09,835 --> 00:14:13,096
we approach them.

502
00:14:13,096 --> 00:14:13,817
The negotiations

503
00:14:13,817 --> 00:14:14,675
are taking place

504
00:14:14,675 --> 00:14:15,705
informally, which

505
00:14:15,705 --> 00:14:16,735
means that the council is

506
00:14:16,735 --> 00:14:18,074
not currently involved

507
00:14:18,074 --> 00:14:19,276
, and we hope

508
00:14:19,276 --> 00:14:20,100
to conclude them

509
00:14:20,100 --> 00:14:22,833
informally. Um, these

510
00:14:22,833 --> 00:14:27,107
negotiations are ongoing.

511
00:14:27,107 --> 00:14:29,709
Good. Um, reports from

512
00:14:29,709 --> 00:14:32,529
community meetings? Are

513
00:14:32,529 --> 00:14:34,303
there any others besides the

514
00:14:34,337 --> 00:14:35,189
public

515
00:14:35,189 --> 00:14:36,976
storage commission?

516
00:14:36,976 --> 00:14:40,848
Nothing to report.

517
00:14:40,848 --> 00:14:42,947
Hmm, no. I'm

518
00:14:42,947 --> 00:14:44,630
very happy to go. Me

519
00:14:44,630 --> 00:14:46,405
too.

520
00:14:46,405 --> 00:14:47,671
Of course, the first class

521
00:14:47,671 --> 00:14:48,747
opened up a whole

522
00:14:48,747 --> 00:14:49,950
new playground, so

523
00:14:49,950 --> 00:14:51,956
that was pretty good. The

524
00:14:51,956 --> 00:14:54,254
first week of school, there

525
00:14:54,284 --> 00:14:55,480
were more

526
00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:56,705
people on our playground than I had ever

527
00:14:56,705 --> 00:14:59,229
seen. Incredible. Hmm,

528
00:14:59,258 --> 00:15:00,353
back-to-school night is coming up,

529
00:15:00,353 --> 00:15:01,246
when we usually

530
00:15:01,246 --> 00:15:02,111
have some

531
00:15:02,111 --> 00:15:03,004
activities at school, and

532
00:15:03,004 --> 00:15:03,898
then we had

533
00:15:03,898 --> 00:15:04,964
field trips for the

534
00:15:04,964 --> 00:15:05,800
kindergarten kids,

535
00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,488
greeting them. And

536
00:15:08,488 --> 00:15:09,708
we will also have a marathon

537
00:15:09,708 --> 00:15:10,833
– a big annual

538
00:15:10,833 --> 00:15:11,925
fundraiser for all

539
00:15:11,925 --> 00:15:13,210
our events and interesting

540
00:15:13,210 --> 00:15:14,494
things at the school throughout the

541
00:15:14,494 --> 00:15:15,362
years, a musical

542
00:15:15,362 --> 00:15:16,614
atmosphere and all that

543
00:15:16,614 --> 00:15:22,622
. Interesting things again.

544
00:15:22,622 --> 00:15:27,802
What are the plans?

545
00:15:27,802 --> 00:15:33,377
Thank you very much. The Temporary

546
00:15:33,377 --> 00:15:33,935
Commission on

547
00:15:33,935 --> 00:15:35,175
Public Buildings has

548
00:15:35,175 --> 00:15:38,272
finally been formed. I am

549
00:15:38,272 --> 00:15:39,311
participating in it

550
00:15:39,311 --> 00:15:40,317
along with several

551
00:15:40,317 --> 00:15:41,226
other members of the

552
00:15:41,226 --> 00:15:49,309
public. We

553
00:15:49,309 --> 00:15:50,531
had two meetings and

554
00:15:50,531 --> 00:15:51,621
we approved a request for

555
00:15:51,621 --> 00:15:52,843
proposals (

556
00:15:52,843 --> 00:15:54,131
RFP) to go to

557
00:15:54,131 --> 00:15:55,420
an engineer, which is the first

558
00:15:55,420 --> 00:15:56,510
step in

559
00:15:56,510 --> 00:15:57,434
bridge projects, to

560
00:15:57,434 --> 00:15:58,458
come in and do

561
00:15:58,458 --> 00:15:59,482
a study, which will

562
00:15:59,482 --> 00:16:00,771
then have a report that is

563
00:16:00,771 --> 00:16:01,134
then

564
00:16:01,134 --> 00:16:02,455
used to

565
00:16:02,455 --> 00:16:03,710
get the actual

566
00:16:03,710 --> 00:16:12,633
work done by the contractors.

567
00:16:12,633 --> 00:16:13,807
So, we approved

568
00:16:13,807 --> 00:16:15,274
the Request for Proposals (RFPQ),

569
00:16:15,274 --> 00:16:16,705
and, uh, it was sent to

570
00:16:16,705 --> 00:16:17,806
our city

571
00:16:17,806 --> 00:16:19,237
attorney and

572
00:16:19,237 --> 00:16:20,485
Karma Insurance attorney

573
00:16:20,485 --> 00:16:25,419
for review.

574
00:16:25,419 --> 00:16:26,033
It will then be

575
00:16:26,033 --> 00:16:27,191
published, and we are

576
00:16:27,191 --> 00:16:27,907
tentatively

577
00:16:27,907 --> 00:16:28,998
hoping for a 6-

578
00:16:28,998 --> 00:16:30,293
week period for

579
00:16:30,293 --> 00:16:31,451
companies to voice

580
00:16:31,451 --> 00:16:35,516
their proposals. And at

581
00:16:35,516 --> 00:16:36,667
the end of October, we will have

582
00:16:36,667 --> 00:16:37,952
meetings to

583
00:16:37,952 --> 00:16:38,967
review their

584
00:16:38,967 --> 00:16:40,084
proposals, after

585
00:16:40,084 --> 00:16:45,692
which we will select a

586
00:16:45,692 --> 00:16:47,037
few more firms, depending

587
00:16:47,037 --> 00:16:51,643
on how many

588
00:16:51,643 --> 00:16:52,947
people we have, to

589
00:16:52,947 --> 00:16:54,217
select an engineer for

590
00:16:54,217 --> 00:16:57,482
our bridge project.

591
00:16:57,482 --> 00:16:58,558
Did I say everything correctly

592
00:16:58,558 --> 00:16:59,824
, as far as we

593
00:16:59,824 --> 00:17:00,336
know?

594
00:17:00,336 --> 00:17:02,797
Yes, we did it.

595
00:17:02,797 --> 00:17:04,067
Hmm, does anyone have any

596
00:17:04,067 --> 00:17:05,232
questions about this

597
00:17:05,232 --> 00:17:08,986
? We

598
00:17:08,986 --> 00:17:09,877
are currently in the

599
00:17:09,877 --> 00:17:11,023
early stages of...

600
00:17:11,023 --> 00:17:11,915
Hmm, Jim Rupert

601
00:17:11,915 --> 00:17:12,679
worked on

602
00:17:12,679 --> 00:17:13,794
a project in Ashford

603
00:17:13,794 --> 00:17:14,653
on the roof and we

604
00:17:14,653 --> 00:17:15,927
are using some

605
00:17:15,927 --> 00:17:16,978
of his previous

606
00:17:16,978 --> 00:17:18,188
knowledge to help

607
00:17:18,188 --> 00:17:19,238
guide our

608
00:17:19,238 --> 00:17:21,499
review phase of our

609
00:17:21,531 --> 00:17:22,327
pre-

610
00:17:22,327 --> 00:17:27,583
order request. Have

611
00:17:27,583 --> 00:17:28,827
we applied for

612
00:17:28,827 --> 00:17:30,141
bonds

613
00:17:30,141 --> 00:17:31,528
or are we going to? Yes,

614
00:17:31,528 --> 00:17:32,874
okay. Good.

615
00:17:32,874 --> 00:17:35,645
Yes, so the reimbursement rate

616
00:17:35,696 --> 00:17:37,441
will be either 50

617
00:17:37,441 --> 00:17:38,212
or 55%.

618
00:17:38,212 --> 00:17:40,137
Good.

619
00:17:40,137 --> 00:17:40,952
I know this might

620
00:17:40,952 --> 00:17:41,513
be a rather

621
00:17:41,513 --> 00:17:42,507
late project,

622
00:17:42,507 --> 00:17:43,502
but everything is going perfectly,

623
00:17:43,502 --> 00:17:44,190
like what are the

624
00:17:44,190 --> 00:17:44,817
deadlines? I would

625
00:17:44,817 --> 00:17:45,659
assume this can't

626
00:17:45,659 --> 00:17:46,428
be during

627
00:17:46,428 --> 00:17:47,226
school, right?

628
00:17:47,226 --> 00:17:48,494
If everything goes perfectly,

629
00:17:48,494 --> 00:17:49,676
the project is summer 2027. The

630
00:17:49,676 --> 00:17:51,368
entire course, you know,

631
00:17:52,190 --> 00:17:52,987
will be completed by the beginning of the next academic year.

632
00:17:52,987 --> 00:17:56,206
Well, okay. Perfectly.

633
00:17:56,206 --> 00:17:57,594
You know, usually everything

634
00:17:57,594 --> 00:18:04,308
goes perfectly.

635
00:18:04,308 --> 00:18:05,510
We've only had a

636
00:18:05,510 --> 00:18:06,583
rainy summer this summer, so

637
00:18:06,583 --> 00:18:07,785
everything should be dry, I guess

638
00:18:07,785 --> 00:18:08,967
. We need to

639
00:18:08,967 --> 00:18:09,813
do a lot of

640
00:18:09,813 --> 00:18:12,895
preparatory work. Uh

641
00:18:12,895 --> 00:18:13,754
, are there any more

642
00:18:13,754 --> 00:18:14,613
questions or are there

643
00:18:14,613 --> 00:18:15,901
any

644
00:18:15,901 --> 00:18:17,332
meetings going on that I don't

645
00:18:17,332 --> 00:18:20,968
know about? I will now proceed to

646
00:18:20,968 --> 00:18:21,852
hand over the matter to

647
00:18:21,852 --> 00:18:22,471
the Head of the

648
00:18:22,471 --> 00:18:23,474
Education Department

649
00:18:23,474 --> 00:18:24,535
for today's

650
00:18:24,535 --> 00:18:25,479
report from the Head of the

651
00:18:25,479 --> 00:18:26,582
Education Department.

652
00:18:26,582 --> 00:18:28,337
Okay, thank you. Greetings to

653
00:18:28,337 --> 00:18:29,757
everyone. It's nice to see

654
00:18:29,757 --> 00:18:30,902
so many people in the

655
00:18:30,902 --> 00:18:32,384
stands. We had a

656
00:18:32,384 --> 00:18:33,437
wonderful

657
00:18:33,437 --> 00:18:35,088
school opening. Um, actually, I

658
00:18:35,088 --> 00:18:36,283
started thinking about this

659
00:18:36,283 --> 00:18:37,163
school year

660
00:18:37,163 --> 00:18:38,421
last school

661
00:18:38,421 --> 00:18:39,648
year when the

662
00:18:39,648 --> 00:18:40,497
strategic

663
00:18:40,497 --> 00:18:41,723
planning committee met

664
00:18:41,723 --> 00:18:42,761
to develop our

665
00:18:42,761 --> 00:18:43,893
new strategic

666
00:18:43,893 --> 00:18:44,946
plan. And we

667
00:18:44,946 --> 00:18:45,997
presented it to the

668
00:18:45,997 --> 00:18:46,917
council, and the council

669
00:18:46,917 --> 00:18:48,403
accepted it. And then

670
00:18:48,403 --> 00:18:49,303
over the summer, myself, the

671
00:18:49,303 --> 00:18:50,443
leadership team,

672
00:18:50,443 --> 00:18:51,193
and new groups of

673
00:18:51,193 --> 00:18:52,153
teacher leaders

674
00:18:52,153 --> 00:18:53,324
began working on

675
00:18:53,324 --> 00:18:54,464
using this

676
00:18:54,464 --> 00:18:55,604
strategic plan

677
00:18:55,604 --> 00:18:56,714
to create their

678
00:18:56,714 --> 00:18:57,764
school plans for the

679
00:18:57,764 --> 00:18:59,322
year. And one

680
00:18:59,322 --> 00:19:00,555
common theme that

681
00:19:00,555 --> 00:19:01,857
we kept hearing from

682
00:19:01,857 --> 00:19:03,124
all the students last

683
00:19:03,124 --> 00:19:04,152
year and on our

684
00:19:04,152 --> 00:19:05,385
committee was the idea

685
00:19:05,385 --> 00:19:08,132
of ​​the student experience. And,

686
00:19:08,132 --> 00:19:09,477
do you know what

687
00:19:09,477 --> 00:19:10,635
each class looks like through the

688
00:19:10,635 --> 00:19:13,485
lens of a student? Through the lens of

689
00:19:13,485 --> 00:19:14,624
the learner, who is an

690
00:19:14,624 --> 00:19:15,970
auditory, visual,

691
00:19:15,970 --> 00:19:17,074
or kinesthetic

692
00:19:17,074 --> 00:19:18,875
learner. Hmm, and this

693
00:19:18,875 --> 00:19:19,729
year we're really

694
00:19:19,729 --> 00:19:20,848
encouraging staff

695
00:19:20,848 --> 00:19:21,908
to think when they're

696
00:19:21,908 --> 00:19:22,968
organizing their

697
00:19:22,968 --> 00:19:24,058
learning tasks,

698
00:19:24,058 --> 00:19:25,118
to make sure we're

699
00:19:25,118 --> 00:19:26,031
thinking about all the

700
00:19:26,031 --> 00:19:27,150
different students that we have in

701
00:19:27,150 --> 00:19:27,975
our classroom, and to

702
00:19:27,975 --> 00:19:28,622
make this

703
00:19:28,622 --> 00:19:29,624
learning experience

704
00:19:29,624 --> 00:19:30,301
as

705
00:19:30,301 --> 00:19:30,949
positive,

706
00:19:30,949 --> 00:19:31,715
engaging, and

707
00:19:31,715 --> 00:19:33,021
fun as possible. Hmm, so it

708
00:19:33,021 --> 00:19:35,359
was really interesting for me

709
00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:36,297
to talk about this, to have

710
00:19:36,297 --> 00:19:37,043
this vision

711
00:19:37,043 --> 00:19:37,954
emerge from the new

712
00:19:37,954 --> 00:19:39,031
strategic plan,

713
00:19:39,031 --> 00:19:39,942
discuss it with the

714
00:19:39,942 --> 00:19:40,991
leadership team, and

715
00:19:40,991 --> 00:19:41,930
then see it being

716
00:19:41,930 --> 00:19:43,034
put into practice

717
00:19:43,034 --> 00:19:43,697
right after we

718
00:19:43,697 --> 00:19:44,828
got back to school.

719
00:19:44,828 --> 00:19:45,987
Hmm, all of our, uh,

720
00:19:45,987 --> 00:19:46,953
personal, uh,

721
00:19:46,953 --> 00:19:48,499
professional training

722
00:19:48,499 --> 00:19:49,349
events have been

723
00:19:49,349 --> 00:19:50,702
focused on this

724
00:19:50,702 --> 00:19:52,578
topic. Hmm, it was interesting

725
00:19:52,578 --> 00:19:54,074
to watch, uh, the

726
00:19:54,074 --> 00:19:55,671
BCS leadership team.

727
00:19:55,671 --> 00:19:56,684
I applaud them for

728
00:19:56,684 --> 00:19:57,360
setting an

729
00:19:57,360 --> 00:19:58,269
example of what we

730
00:19:58,269 --> 00:19:59,257
want staff to

731
00:19:59,257 --> 00:20:00,270
do with our children

732
00:20:00,270 --> 00:20:01,206
, and they did

733
00:20:01,206 --> 00:20:02,037
some

734
00:20:02,037 --> 00:20:02,557
interesting and

735
00:20:02,557 --> 00:20:03,596
engaging activities for the staff, and

736
00:20:03,596 --> 00:20:04,558
I think the staff

737
00:20:04,558 --> 00:20:05,597
really appreciated that, um,

738
00:20:05,597 --> 00:20:06,429
instead of

739
00:20:06,429 --> 00:20:07,234
just sitting and

740
00:20:07,234 --> 00:20:08,248
listening to adults

741
00:20:08,248 --> 00:20:09,665
talk to them. Hmm,

742
00:20:09,665 --> 00:20:12,296
that was fun. Uh, the

743
00:20:12,296 --> 00:20:14,439
high school also

744
00:20:15,654 --> 00:20:16,678
really

745
00:20:16,678 --> 00:20:17,637
focused on the

746
00:20:17,637 --> 00:20:18,117
first

747
00:20:18,117 --> 00:20:18,980
strategic

748
00:20:18,980 --> 00:20:19,812
priority and

749
00:20:19,812 --> 00:20:21,027
dug into it last week at their first staff meeting,

750
00:20:21,027 --> 00:20:22,411
which was great. The

751
00:20:22,411 --> 00:20:23,247
high

752
00:20:23,247 --> 00:20:24,084
school team asked

753
00:20:24,084 --> 00:20:24,809
their leaders

754
00:20:24,809 --> 00:20:25,591
to split into

755
00:20:25,591 --> 00:20:26,623
four groups and they

756
00:20:26,623 --> 00:20:27,460
had really

757
00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:28,129
positive and

758
00:20:28,129 --> 00:20:29,245
productive discussions

759
00:20:29,245 --> 00:20:30,249
about the strategic

760
00:20:30,249 --> 00:20:31,253
plan and what we

761
00:20:31,253 --> 00:20:32,230
want to do for the

762
00:20:32,230 --> 00:20:33,157
kids. I heard

763
00:20:33,157 --> 00:20:34,424
teachers talk about

764
00:20:34,424 --> 00:20:35,465
finding creative

765
00:20:35,465 --> 00:20:36,635
ways to create

766
00:20:36,635 --> 00:20:37,707
different clubs for

767
00:20:37,707 --> 00:20:38,780
students to

768
00:20:38,780 --> 00:20:39,885
play sports

769
00:20:39,885 --> 00:20:41,153
after school; and, you know

770
00:20:41,153 --> 00:20:42,388
, how do we fit all

771
00:20:42,388 --> 00:20:44,378
this in for our children?

772
00:20:44,378 --> 00:20:45,420
Teachers said

773
00:20:45,420 --> 00:20:46,646
they wanted to have a menu of

774
00:20:46,646 --> 00:20:47,902
options for

775
00:20:47,933 --> 00:20:48,699
professional

776
00:20:48,699 --> 00:20:49,864
learning opportunities so that when

777
00:20:49,864 --> 00:20:50,630
they have a

778
00:20:50,630 --> 00:20:51,396
professional

779
00:20:51,396 --> 00:20:52,561
learning day, they can

780
00:20:52,561 --> 00:20:53,725
choose one or two

781
00:20:53,725 --> 00:20:54,890
out of three, one or two

782
00:20:54,890 --> 00:20:56,055
different options that

783
00:20:56,055 --> 00:20:56,668
they really

784
00:20:56,668 --> 00:20:57,802
enjoy and

785
00:20:57,802 --> 00:20:58,813
want to

786
00:20:58,813 --> 00:20:59,911
work on. So, some really good ideas came out of

787
00:20:59,911 --> 00:21:01,955
this meeting as well

788
00:21:01,987 --> 00:21:03,968
.

789
00:21:03,968 --> 00:21:04,923
So, we're off to a great

790
00:21:04,923 --> 00:21:06,459
start as far as the

791
00:21:06,493 --> 00:21:08,594
strategic plan is concerned.

792
00:21:08,594 --> 00:21:09,866
Um, the communication, in

793
00:21:09,866 --> 00:21:12,374
my opinion, was very, positive,

794
00:21:12,374 --> 00:21:13,789
optimistic. Um, like

795
00:21:13,789 --> 00:21:14,852
I said, a lot of

796
00:21:14,852 --> 00:21:15,945
positive energy

797
00:21:15,945 --> 00:21:16,947
and enthusiasm from the

798
00:21:16,947 --> 00:21:17,942
staff. Um, I don't

799
00:21:17,942 --> 00:21:18,808
know if it was just

800
00:21:18,808 --> 00:21:19,650
because I'm the head of the

801
00:21:19,650 --> 00:21:20,447
education department,

802
00:21:20,447 --> 00:21:21,290
but a lot of teachers

803
00:21:21,290 --> 00:21:22,178
told me that they were

804
00:21:22,178 --> 00:21:23,044
very excited and happy to be

805
00:21:23,044 --> 00:21:24,191
back. Um, and, uh

806
00:21:24,191 --> 00:21:25,518
, this year we changed things up a little bit

807
00:21:25,518 --> 00:21:27,334
, and we had

808
00:21:27,369 --> 00:21:28,661
a senior, uh,

809
00:21:28,661 --> 00:21:29,988
Nicole DiNunzio, come in, and, uh

810
00:21:29,988 --> 00:21:31,385
, I asked her, and Mr.

811
00:21:31,385 --> 00:21:32,712
Mizelli asked her,

812
00:21:32,712 --> 00:21:33,689
uh, to tell

813
00:21:33,689 --> 00:21:34,772
the staff about her

814
00:21:34,772 --> 00:21:36,099
student experience

815
00:21:36,099 --> 00:21:37,502
at Bolton. Um, and that

816
00:21:37,502 --> 00:21:39,047
was a really powerful,

817
00:21:39,047 --> 00:21:40,577
I think, part of the day.

818
00:21:40,577 --> 00:21:41,676
Um, she was able to

819
00:21:41,676 --> 00:21:42,901
talk about how

820
00:21:42,901 --> 00:21:43,875
different teachers and

821
00:21:43,875 --> 00:21:45,132
different, uh, opportunities

822
00:21:45,132 --> 00:21:46,389
influenced her experience

823
00:21:46,389 --> 00:21:47,734
at Bolton. And that was, I

824
00:21:47,734 --> 00:21:49,612
think, a really, great

825
00:21:49,612 --> 00:21:51,235
addition to that.

826
00:21:51,235 --> 00:21:52,603
Um, transportation, as we

827
00:21:52,603 --> 00:21:53,819
know, we have, uh, a

828
00:21:53,819 --> 00:21:55,036
new transportation

829
00:21:55,036 --> 00:21:57,391
company this year.

830
00:21:57,421 --> 00:21:58,629
Things are

831
00:21:58,629 --> 00:21:59,860
going very well with the new supplier. Hmm,

832
00:21:59,860 --> 00:22:00,770
some minor

833
00:22:00,770 --> 00:22:01,778
difficulties were along the

834
00:22:01,778 --> 00:22:02,915
way the first few

835
00:22:02,915 --> 00:22:04,183
days, and I would say that,

836
00:22:04,183 --> 00:22:05,418
um, their leadership

837
00:22:05,418 --> 00:22:06,459
was extremely

838
00:22:06,459 --> 00:22:07,662
responsive to

839
00:22:07,662 --> 00:22:08,702
our school staff when

840
00:22:08,702 --> 00:22:09,775
they reached out with

841
00:22:09,775 --> 00:22:11,075
questions like, "Hey, we

842
00:22:11,075 --> 00:22:12,278
had this problem"

843
00:22:12,278 --> 00:22:13,513
or "Hmm, what can we

844
00:22:13,513 --> 00:22:14,423
do to

845
00:22:14,423 --> 00:22:15,662
fix this?" And they

846
00:22:15,662 --> 00:22:16,651
were very, very

847
00:22:16,651 --> 00:22:17,781
responsive,

848
00:22:17,781 --> 00:22:19,194
responding to us immediately and, um,

849
00:22:19,194 --> 00:22:20,429
seeming completely

850
00:22:20,429 --> 00:22:21,807
committed to making sure everything

851
00:22:21,807 --> 00:22:22,866
went as

852
00:22:22,866 --> 00:22:24,279
smoothly as possible, and a lot of these

853
00:22:24,279 --> 00:22:25,267
difficulties were

854
00:22:25,267 --> 00:22:26,397
resolved, um, as

855
00:22:26,397 --> 00:22:28,774
expected. As I already

856
00:22:28,774 --> 00:22:29,908
reported in my

857
00:22:29,908 --> 00:22:30,614
update, the refrigerator at the

858
00:22:30,614 --> 00:22:31,657
central school

859
00:22:31,657 --> 00:22:32,853
broke

860
00:22:32,853 --> 00:22:34,508
. The approximate cost

861
00:22:34,508 --> 00:22:35,739
is $4,000

862
00:22:35,739 --> 00:22:36,385
and we will

863
00:22:36,385 --> 00:22:37,555
use

864
00:22:37,555 --> 00:22:39,401
our food service account for this

865
00:22:39,432 --> 00:22:41,288
. Hmm, we

866
00:22:41,288 --> 00:22:42,907
have a very exciting new

867
00:22:42,907 --> 00:22:44,393
SmartPass system. This is a

868
00:22:44,393 --> 00:22:45,401
digital

869
00:22:45,401 --> 00:22:46,629
pass system for

870
00:22:46,629 --> 00:22:47,857
middle and high

871
00:22:47,857 --> 00:22:49,606
school students. So when they

872
00:22:49,606 --> 00:22:50,526
want to go to

873
00:22:50,526 --> 00:22:51,515
the nurse or to the

874
00:22:51,515 --> 00:22:52,503
bathroom, um, they

875
00:22:52,503 --> 00:22:53,729
go to the Chromebook and

876
00:22:53,729 --> 00:22:54,752
type in where they

877
00:22:54,752 --> 00:22:56,159
need to go. Uh,

878
00:22:56,159 --> 00:22:57,246
we have a limit on

879
00:22:57,246 --> 00:22:58,333
the number of children who

880
00:22:58,333 --> 00:22:59,248
can

881
00:22:59,248 --> 00:22:59,934
be in the

882
00:22:59,934 --> 00:23:00,821
hallway at one time. So I

883
00:23:00,821 --> 00:23:02,024
try to use

884
00:23:02,024 --> 00:23:03,167
the restroom, and there are already

885
00:23:03,167 --> 00:23:04,279
too many kids there, and a message

886
00:23:04,279 --> 00:23:05,332
pops up on the screen

887
00:23:05,332 --> 00:23:06,354
: "No,

888
00:23:06,354 --> 00:23:07,136
passes are not

889
00:23:07,136 --> 00:23:08,193
allowed." I can

890
00:23:08,193 --> 00:23:09,089
try again

891
00:23:09,089 --> 00:23:10,093
in 5 minutes, and then they

892
00:23:10,093 --> 00:23:10,745
give me a

893
00:23:10,745 --> 00:23:11,749
pass and I can

894
00:23:11,749 --> 00:23:12,914
go to the toilet. So,

895
00:23:12,914 --> 00:23:13,987
um, I've heard a lot of

896
00:23:13,987 --> 00:23:15,269
positive things, even

897
00:23:15,269 --> 00:23:16,550
from students, believe it or

898
00:23:16,550 --> 00:23:17,693
not, about this

899
00:23:17,693 --> 00:23:19,230
smart pass system.

900
00:23:19,230 --> 00:23:20,266
So so far everything is

901
00:23:20,266 --> 00:23:22,188
working very well.

902
00:23:22,188 --> 00:23:23,417
Anecdotally

903
00:23:23,417 --> 00:23:24,551
, one of the teachers at the

904
00:23:24,551 --> 00:23:25,748
high school yesterday,

905
00:23:25,748 --> 00:23:27,008
while she was on

906
00:23:27,008 --> 00:23:29,402
hallway duty, said that

907
00:23:29,434 --> 00:23:30,662
she sees

908
00:23:30,662 --> 00:23:32,836
far fewer students having to

909
00:23:32,867 --> 00:23:33,718
use

910
00:23:33,718 --> 00:23:34,945
the restroom while on hallway duty. Uh, you know,

911
00:23:34,945 --> 00:23:36,608
I don't know if they have to

912
00:23:36,636 --> 00:23:37,397
use

913
00:23:37,397 --> 00:23:38,045
the restroom less often or if

914
00:23:38,045 --> 00:23:39,059
high schoolers don't

915
00:23:39,059 --> 00:23:40,045
want to take

916
00:23:40,045 --> 00:23:41,116
another step and have to

917
00:23:41,116 --> 00:23:42,046
sign out to

918
00:23:42,046 --> 00:23:43,217
get a pass.

919
00:23:43,217 --> 00:23:44,217
In any case,

920
00:23:44,217 --> 00:23:45,400
they are

921
00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:46,562
in class more often, which is great.

922
00:23:46,562 --> 00:23:47,598
So, obviously, there's a

923
00:23:47,598 --> 00:23:48,662
certain

924
00:23:48,662 --> 00:23:49,754
safety component to this because, um,

925
00:23:49,754 --> 00:23:50,763
in the event of an

926
00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:51,718
emergency, we always

927
00:23:51,718 --> 00:23:52,237
know where

928
00:23:52,237 --> 00:23:53,110
our

929
00:23:53,110 --> 00:23:54,359
kids are. We know where

930
00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:55,451
they are recorded. This is

931
00:23:55,451 --> 00:23:56,123
a little easier

932
00:23:56,123 --> 00:23:57,130
to track than

933
00:23:57,130 --> 00:23:58,895
paper passes.

934
00:23:58,895 --> 00:24:00,085
And it also allows

935
00:24:00,085 --> 00:24:01,376
us to track time

936
00:24:01,376 --> 00:24:03,450
outside of class. So if

937
00:24:03,450 --> 00:24:04,751
a student is struggling with a

938
00:24:04,751 --> 00:24:05,984
certain subject and

939
00:24:05,984 --> 00:24:07,284
we notice that they

940
00:24:07,284 --> 00:24:08,482
may be missing

941
00:24:08,482 --> 00:24:09,407
a lot of

942
00:24:09,407 --> 00:24:10,502
class time because they

943
00:24:10,502 --> 00:24:11,700
are in different

944
00:24:11,700 --> 00:24:12,864
places, um, that might

945
00:24:12,864 --> 00:24:13,994
be something we

946
00:24:13,994 --> 00:24:15,371
can address. So

947
00:24:15,371 --> 00:24:16,563
, the smart pass

948
00:24:16,563 --> 00:24:17,691
was a big success, a

949
00:24:17,691 --> 00:24:18,883
big success, and very

950
00:24:18,883 --> 00:24:19,855
effective in both

951
00:24:19,855 --> 00:24:22,266
buildings. I already

952
00:24:22,266 --> 00:24:23,312
talked about the

953
00:24:23,312 --> 00:24:24,549
wireless access point

954
00:24:24,549 --> 00:24:25,532
, which we are planning

955
00:24:25,532 --> 00:24:26,547
ahead, and we

956
00:24:26,547 --> 00:24:27,466
had another

957
00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:28,671
productive

958
00:24:28,671 --> 00:24:29,908
Board of Education meeting in the city with

959
00:24:29,908 --> 00:24:32,673
city staff.

960
00:24:32,673 --> 00:24:34,042
It's continuing, um,

961
00:24:34,042 --> 00:24:35,165
a lot of

962
00:24:35,165 --> 00:24:36,500
brainstorming and how we

963
00:24:36,500 --> 00:24:37,904
can collaborate

964
00:24:37,904 --> 00:24:40,067
and work on

965
00:24:40,067 --> 00:24:40,978
some shared

966
00:24:40,978 --> 00:24:41,702
services to

967
00:24:41,702 --> 00:24:42,587
reduce costs,

968
00:24:42,587 --> 00:24:43,123
to be more

969
00:24:43,123 --> 00:24:44,352
efficient. Uh, like, uh

970
00:24:44,352 --> 00:24:46,571
, Mr. O'Neill mentioned,

971
00:24:46,606 --> 00:24:47,733
there's

972
00:24:47,733 --> 00:24:48,859
new management in the finance department,

973
00:24:48,859 --> 00:24:49,679
so it's nice

974
00:24:49,679 --> 00:24:50,704
to get a fresh

975
00:24:50,704 --> 00:24:52,001
perspective, fresh ideas, and

976
00:24:52,001 --> 00:24:53,265
I hope, uh, that

977
00:24:53,265 --> 00:24:54,494
good ideas continue to

978
00:24:54,494 --> 00:24:55,758
come out of these

979
00:24:55,758 --> 00:24:59,693
meetings. This

980
00:24:59,693 --> 00:25:00,586
concludes my

981
00:25:00,586 --> 00:25:05,685
update.

982
00:25:05,685 --> 00:25:10,064
Okay, uh, I have

983
00:25:10,064 --> 00:25:11,305
no unfinished

984
00:25:11,305 --> 00:25:13,345
business. We have new

985
00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:14,692
things to do, and the first is the

986
00:25:14,692 --> 00:25:15,616
BCS trip to

987
00:25:15,616 --> 00:25:16,886
Washington, DC

988
00:25:16,886 --> 00:25:18,446
. Do we have

989
00:25:18,446 --> 00:25:21,746
any replacements?

990
00:25:21,746 --> 00:25:22,997
I'll pretend there's a microphone next to my

991
00:25:22,997 --> 00:25:23,901
head

992
00:25:23,901 --> 00:25:25,580
. Good

993
00:25:25,580 --> 00:25:26,812
evening. Uh, just

994
00:25:26,812 --> 00:25:27,959
waiting for

995
00:25:27,959 --> 00:25:29,107
board approval for

996
00:25:29,107 --> 00:25:29,959
our biannual

997
00:25:29,959 --> 00:25:31,073
7th and 8th

998
00:25:31,073 --> 00:25:32,310
grade trip. We are planning to

999
00:25:32,310 --> 00:25:33,312
travel to

1000
00:25:33,312 --> 00:25:34,378
Washington,

1001
00:25:34,378 --> 00:25:35,541
D.C. again with our

1002
00:25:35,541 --> 00:25:36,704
7th and 8th grade students from

1003
00:25:36,704 --> 00:25:37,817
March 17-19. Very

1004
00:25:37,817 --> 00:25:38,867
excited, the kids are

1005
00:25:38,867 --> 00:25:39,959
excited. Uh, we're

1006
00:25:39,959 --> 00:25:40,890
in the early stages, and the

1007
00:25:40,890 --> 00:25:42,527
board's approval

1008
00:25:42,552 --> 00:25:43,559
tonight is important

1009
00:25:43,559 --> 00:25:44,516
because it allows us to

1010
00:25:44,516 --> 00:25:45,272
continue

1011
00:25:45,272 --> 00:25:46,153
fundraising and provide

1012
00:25:46,153 --> 00:25:46,959
opportunities for students to

1013
00:25:46,959 --> 00:25:47,966
raise money for their

1014
00:25:47,966 --> 00:25:49,321
trip. We would travel with

1015
00:25:49,321 --> 00:25:50,659
the same company,

1016
00:25:50,659 --> 00:25:51,955
Destinations Unlimited, with the same

1017
00:25:51,955 --> 00:25:53,376
guide, Julie

1018
00:25:53,376 --> 00:25:55,172
Kachanowski. No

1019
00:25:55,172 --> 00:25:56,212
significant changes to

1020
00:25:56,212 --> 00:25:57,514
the route. Um, we would

1021
00:25:57,514 --> 00:25:58,910
leave on Wednesday

1022
00:25:58,910 --> 00:26:00,434
morning, March 17th, at

1023
00:26:00,434 --> 00:26:01,280
7:00 am, and we would

1024
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:02,930
return, according to the plan

1025
00:26:02,930 --> 00:26:04,031
, at 9:00 pm on

1026
00:26:04,031 --> 00:26:05,700
Friday, the 19th. Um, we're in the

1027
00:26:05,700 --> 00:26:07,013
capital of the country. As I

1028
00:26:07,013 --> 00:26:07,682
said, a very

1029
00:26:07,682 --> 00:26:08,518
busy schedule,

1030
00:26:08,518 --> 00:26:09,235
sightseeing

1031
00:26:09,235 --> 00:26:09,952
, lots of

1032
00:26:09,952 --> 00:26:10,884
educational programs are

1033
00:26:10,884 --> 00:26:11,917
part of this trip.

1034
00:26:11,917 --> 00:26:12,988
The number of museums

1035
00:26:12,988 --> 00:26:13,791
we visit and the

1036
00:26:13,791 --> 00:26:14,862
knowledge the

1037
00:26:14,862 --> 00:26:16,007
students gain is incredible.

1038
00:26:16,007 --> 00:26:17,322
Um, it costs about

1039
00:26:17,322 --> 00:26:18,131
$800 per

1040
00:26:18,131 --> 00:26:18,805
student.

1041
00:26:18,805 --> 00:26:19,311
Insurance

1042
00:26:19,311 --> 00:26:19,817
remains

1043
00:26:19,817 --> 00:26:20,566
the same, which

1044
00:26:20,566 --> 00:26:21,424
worked very well for

1045
00:26:21,424 --> 00:26:21,997
those who had to

1046
00:26:21,997 --> 00:26:22,811
cancel their trip at the

1047
00:26:22,811 --> 00:26:24,617
last minute. With

1048
00:26:24,642 --> 00:26:25,611
last-minute flight cancellations, uh,

1049
00:26:25,611 --> 00:26:26,554
we benefit

1050
00:26:26,554 --> 00:26:27,548
from cancellations for

1051
00:26:27,548 --> 00:26:29,597
any reason. Um,

1052
00:26:29,597 --> 00:26:30,386
deposits are non-

1053
00:26:30,386 --> 00:26:31,820
refundable because

1054
00:26:31,820 --> 00:26:33,255
some, uh, attractions

1055
00:26:33,255 --> 00:26:34,510
require

1056
00:26:34,510 --> 00:26:35,335
non-

1057
00:26:35,335 --> 00:26:37,202
refundable tickets. So, whatever the

1058
00:26:37,202 --> 00:26:38,281
amount of your

1059
00:26:38,281 --> 00:26:39,420
deposit, that portion

1060
00:26:39,420 --> 00:26:40,289
is reported

1061
00:26:40,289 --> 00:26:41,457
to the parents, and that portion is

1062
00:26:41,457 --> 00:26:42,893
not refundable. And, uh

1063
00:26:42,893 --> 00:26:44,093
, one last word:

1064
00:26:44,093 --> 00:26:45,328
we have a security

1065
00:26:45,328 --> 00:26:46,705
company again, who were on

1066
00:26:46,705 --> 00:26:47,870
the floors and outside the

1067
00:26:47,870 --> 00:26:49,247
rooms for two

1068
00:26:49,247 --> 00:26:50,412
nights, and they've been

1069
00:26:50,412 --> 00:26:51,753
great in the past,

1070
00:26:51,753 --> 00:26:52,883
so they would alert

1071
00:26:52,883 --> 00:26:54,224
me at 3:00 in the morning if

1072
00:26:54,224 --> 00:26:55,614
anything was going on. Uh

1073
00:26:55,614 --> 00:26:56,390
, a student might

1074
00:26:56,390 --> 00:26:57,583
get sick, or one

1075
00:26:57,583 --> 00:26:58,746
year there was a little smoke,

1076
00:26:58,746 --> 00:26:59,790
and they would let

1077
00:26:59,790 --> 00:27:00,804
me know, so, uh, they

1078
00:27:00,804 --> 00:27:01,580
were very, uh,

1079
00:27:01,580 --> 00:27:02,713
nice and responsive,

1080
00:27:02,713 --> 00:27:03,608
and it was a great

1081
00:27:03,608 --> 00:27:04,824
trip. This will be our

1082
00:27:04,824 --> 00:27:05,783
fourth trip,

1083
00:27:05,783 --> 00:27:06,801
so I'm looking forward to

1084
00:27:06,801 --> 00:27:07,731
returning

1085
00:27:07,731 --> 00:27:11,942
home. Uh, could

1086
00:27:11,942 --> 00:27:13,837
we please ask for

1087
00:27:13,837 --> 00:27:15,632
approval for the BCS

1088
00:27:15,632 --> 00:27:17,377
Washington DC trip this year,

1089
00:27:17,377 --> 00:27:18,375
2020-2026, yes?

1090
00:27:18,375 --> 00:27:19,729
Something about time.

1091
00:27:19,729 --> 00:27:21,117
It says 2026,

1092
00:27:21,117 --> 00:27:22,468
but I'm looking at it

1093
00:27:22,468 --> 00:27:23,969
saying it should be

1094
00:27:23,969 --> 00:27:24,557
2027, right?

1095
00:27:24,557 --> 00:27:25,558
I support this.

1096
00:27:25,558 --> 00:27:27,282
I support.

1097
00:27:27,282 --> 00:27:28,718
Moreover, as I

1098
00:27:28,718 --> 00:27:30,041
said, I'm like, "

1099
00:27:30,041 --> 00:27:31,185
Uh, does anyone have any

1100
00:27:31,185 --> 00:27:32,071
questions or

1101
00:27:32,071 --> 00:27:33,437
comments about this

1102
00:27:33,437 --> 00:27:35,848
trip?"

1103
00:27:35,848 --> 00:27:37,022
How many times has this happened? Is this

1104
00:27:37,022 --> 00:27:37,993
your fourth

1105
00:27:37,993 --> 00:27:38,798
trip? Are

1106
00:27:38,798 --> 00:27:40,061
you flying or

1107
00:27:40,061 --> 00:27:40,793
driving?

1108
00:27:40,793 --> 00:27:41,971
Uh, Coach Foster

1109
00:27:41,971 --> 00:27:44,026
is sitting in the back, right?

1110
00:27:44,026 --> 00:27:45,260
Foster, I've been going on this

1111
00:27:45,260 --> 00:27:46,631
trip for the last three out of

1112
00:27:46,631 --> 00:27:47,865
four years, so it's a

1113
00:27:47,865 --> 00:27:52,108
great trip.

1114
00:27:52,108 --> 00:27:55,821
Yes. Does

1115
00:27:55,821 --> 00:27:57,197
anyone else have any questions or

1116
00:27:57,197 --> 00:27:58,890
comments?

1117
00:27:58,890 --> 00:27:59,656
I just want to

1118
00:27:59,656 --> 00:28:00,606
answer this

1119
00:28:00,606 --> 00:28:01,434
question

1120
00:28:01,434 --> 00:28:03,121
my child asked.

1121
00:28:03,121 --> 00:28:04,401
Rumor has it that something is

1122
00:28:04,401 --> 00:28:05,714
changing so that this

1123
00:28:05,714 --> 00:28:06,864
time they'll

1124
00:28:06,864 --> 00:28:11,108
go to the zoo instead.

1125
00:28:11,108 --> 00:28:12,329
That would be news to

1126
00:28:12,329 --> 00:28:13,732
me. Miss Peltier is

1127
00:28:13,732 --> 00:28:14,866
our contact,

1128
00:28:14,866 --> 00:28:15,489
Miss Lambert

1129
00:28:15,489 --> 00:28:16,594
has been doing this for many

1130
00:28:16,594 --> 00:28:17,618
years. Miss Peltier is

1131
00:28:17,618 --> 00:28:18,454
incredibly eager to get down to

1132
00:28:18,454 --> 00:28:19,473
business.

1133
00:28:19,473 --> 00:28:20,474
She organized the

1134
00:28:20,474 --> 00:28:21,564
previous trip and

1135
00:28:21,564 --> 00:28:22,681
is organizing this one. So that

1136
00:28:22,681 --> 00:28:23,772
's a good possibility

1137
00:28:23,772 --> 00:28:24,509
because she's always

1138
00:28:24,509 --> 00:28:25,218
communicating with the

1139
00:28:25,218 --> 00:28:26,173
company and looking for

1140
00:28:26,173 --> 00:28:27,200
new things. So I don't

1141
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:27,839
know the exact

1142
00:28:27,839 --> 00:28:28,681
answer to that

1143
00:28:28,681 --> 00:28:29,784
question, but I think there's a

1144
00:28:29,784 --> 00:28:30,859
chance

1145
00:28:30,859 --> 00:28:32,252
you'll come back. And I

1146
00:28:32,252 --> 00:28:33,753
just got back.

1147
00:28:33,753 --> 00:28:37,349
Yes. Everything is fine. Are there

1148
00:28:37,349 --> 00:28:38,700
any more?

1149
00:28:38,700 --> 00:28:40,489
How is it in this district?

1150
00:28:40,489 --> 00:28:41,843
Thank you". Thank you for

1151
00:28:41,843 --> 00:28:42,765
doing this for the

1152
00:28:42,765 --> 00:28:43,877
children. This is a great

1153
00:28:43,877 --> 00:28:44,403
number.

1154
00:28:44,403 --> 00:28:45,658
All those in favor,

1155
00:28:45,658 --> 00:28:47,264
please say "I do." "I am

1156
00:28:47,264 --> 00:28:47,529
". Is

1157
00:28:47,529 --> 00:28:48,786
anyone against it?

1158
00:28:48,786 --> 00:28:51,270
The proposal is accepted.

1159
00:28:51,270 --> 00:28:52,699
We abstained.

1160
00:28:52,699 --> 00:28:55,114
Thank you. Regarding the

1161
00:28:55,114 --> 00:28:59,271
BHS release date.

1162
00:28:59,271 --> 00:29:00,033
Um, I know that

1163
00:29:00,033 --> 00:29:00,859
last year

1164
00:29:00,859 --> 00:29:02,002
around this time

1165
00:29:02,002 --> 00:29:03,273
we brought the

1166
00:29:03,273 --> 00:29:04,257
issue of

1167
00:29:04,257 --> 00:29:05,274
setting a

1168
00:29:05,274 --> 00:29:06,322
release date to the board for a few

1169
00:29:06,322 --> 00:29:09,033
different reasons. We

1170
00:29:09,033 --> 00:29:10,356
held some events

1171
00:29:10,356 --> 00:29:12,754
at the end of the year. We

1172
00:29:12,754 --> 00:29:13,915
added a graduation

1173
00:29:13,915 --> 00:29:16,100
walk to BCS. And it

1174
00:29:16,100 --> 00:29:17,156
was fantastic

1175
00:29:17,156 --> 00:29:20,168
right before the release.

1176
00:29:20,168 --> 00:29:21,134
And a big part of

1177
00:29:21,134 --> 00:29:22,195
wanting to set

1178
00:29:22,195 --> 00:29:23,443
the date early is so that

1179
00:29:23,443 --> 00:29:24,441
Project

1180
00:29:24,441 --> 00:29:25,314
Graduation can

1181
00:29:25,314 --> 00:29:26,468
find a great place

1182
00:29:26,468 --> 00:29:30,232
for the kids. And even though

1183
00:29:30,232 --> 00:29:31,306
we don't have as many

1184
00:29:31,306 --> 00:29:32,381
graduates as

1185
00:29:32,381 --> 00:29:33,656
some other schools,

1186
00:29:33,656 --> 00:29:34,965
I think it's important

1187
00:29:34,965 --> 00:29:36,073
, and I think I don't

1188
00:29:36,073 --> 00:29:37,114
want to speak for

1189
00:29:37,114 --> 00:29:38,390
other people. What I

1190
00:29:38,390 --> 00:29:39,358
heard is that it is

1191
00:29:39,358 --> 00:29:40,545
important to our families

1192
00:29:40,545 --> 00:29:41,294
that we are in a

1193
00:29:41,294 --> 00:29:42,544
safe place that is

1194
00:29:42,544 --> 00:29:44,605
designated for

1195
00:29:44,636 --> 00:29:45,902
Bolton High School students only. So this is

1196
00:29:45,902 --> 00:29:46,784
their special

1197
00:29:46,784 --> 00:29:47,696
event just for the

1198
00:29:47,696 --> 00:29:48,579
kids at

1199
00:29:48,579 --> 00:29:49,793
Bolton High School. And so

1200
00:29:49,793 --> 00:29:50,639
the sooner they

1201
00:29:50,639 --> 00:29:51,630
can set

1202
00:29:51,630 --> 00:29:52,766
a date, the sooner they

1203
00:29:52,766 --> 00:29:53,583
can start

1204
00:29:53,583 --> 00:29:54,340
working on

1205
00:29:54,340 --> 00:29:55,477
securing a place

1206
00:29:55,477 --> 00:29:55,944
that will be

1207
00:29:55,944 --> 00:29:56,876
exclusive to

1208
00:29:56,876 --> 00:29:59,615
our children. Just

1209
00:29:59,615 --> 00:30:00,543
a reminder that the

1210
00:30:00,543 --> 00:30:01,375
last day of

1211
00:30:01,375 --> 00:30:02,623
school this year is...

1212
00:30:02,623 --> 00:30:04,534
Tuesday, June 8th.

1213
00:30:04,534 --> 00:30:08,709
Is it 180 or 181?

1214
00:30:08,709 --> 00:30:17,597
That's 181.

1215
00:30:17,597 --> 00:30:18,904
So, at least for

1216
00:30:18,904 --> 00:30:20,019
discussion,

1217
00:30:20,019 --> 00:30:21,212
can we make a

1218
00:30:21,212 --> 00:30:22,288
motion to

1219
00:30:22,288 --> 00:30:23,596
set the

1220
00:30:23,596 --> 00:30:25,134
release date to June 8,

1221
00:30:25,134 --> 00:30:27,433
2027?

1222
00:30:27,433 --> 00:30:28,469
So a proposal is a

1223
00:30:28,469 --> 00:30:30,881
proposal.

1224
00:30:30,881 --> 00:30:33,649
I support.

1225
00:30:33,649 --> 00:30:36,701
Question? Comments?

1226
00:30:36,701 --> 00:30:39,702
I will start. So,

1227
00:30:39,702 --> 00:30:40,642
for the first

1228
00:30:40,642 --> 00:30:41,865
few years of working

1229
00:30:41,865 --> 00:30:42,398
on the board, we would

1230
00:30:42,398 --> 00:30:43,526
set the

1231
00:30:43,526 --> 00:30:44,717
graduation date sometime in the winter

1232
00:30:44,717 --> 00:30:45,814
when we had an idea

1233
00:30:45,814 --> 00:30:46,786
of ​​when the

1234
00:30:46,786 --> 00:30:47,915
actual last

1235
00:30:47,915 --> 00:30:50,776
day of school would be. And

1236
00:30:50,776 --> 00:30:51,955
then, three or four

1237
00:30:51,955 --> 00:30:53,135
years ago, we started

1238
00:30:53,135 --> 00:30:54,282
setting the

1239
00:30:54,282 --> 00:30:55,461
graduation date to the last

1240
00:30:55,461 --> 00:30:56,608
day of school

1241
00:30:56,608 --> 00:30:57,692
because the law changed

1242
00:30:57,692 --> 00:30:58,903
to allow us to

1243
00:30:58,903 --> 00:31:04,036
do that. And parents who

1244
00:31:04,036 --> 00:31:05,076
were on the committees

1245
00:31:05,076 --> 00:31:06,279
expressed the opinion

1246
00:31:06,279 --> 00:31:07,027
that for

1247
00:31:07,027 --> 00:31:08,003
planning purposes it was

1248
00:31:08,003 --> 00:31:09,043
easier to set a

1249
00:31:09,043 --> 00:31:11,746
graduation day. And I

1250
00:31:11,746 --> 00:31:13,029
always said, "Well, how do

1251
00:31:13,029 --> 00:31:14,311
we set a

1252
00:31:14,311 --> 00:31:15,524
release date if we don't

1253
00:31:15,524 --> 00:31:16,564
know what the actual date is going to be

1254
00:31:16,564 --> 00:31:19,371
?" And is there

1255
00:31:19,371 --> 00:31:23,116
really a problem with

1256
00:31:23,116 --> 00:31:24,275
booking things,

1257
00:31:24,275 --> 00:31:25,634
for example, for January?

1258
00:31:25,634 --> 00:31:27,062
Well, maybe that's true.

1259
00:31:27,062 --> 00:31:28,478
Yes, I meant to say

1260
00:31:28,478 --> 00:31:29,872
that it probably is.

1261
00:31:29,872 --> 00:31:31,145
So I always said, "

1262
00:31:31,145 --> 00:31:32,386
What happens if we

1263
00:31:32,386 --> 00:31:33,278
set a

1264
00:31:33,278 --> 00:31:34,551
release date and then we

1265
00:31:34,551 --> 00:31:35,665
have five or six

1266
00:31:35,665 --> 00:31:36,689
snow days?" What

1267
00:31:36,689 --> 00:31:37,934
will happen in these days?

1268
00:31:37,934 --> 00:31:38,790
Well, graduates

1269
00:31:38,790 --> 00:31:39,838
take tests and

1270
00:31:39,838 --> 00:31:41,049
they don't really exist.

1271
00:31:41,049 --> 00:31:41,924
So I don't know what

1272
00:31:41,924 --> 00:31:42,858
happened last

1273
00:31:42,858 --> 00:31:43,850
year, because we had

1274
00:31:43,850 --> 00:31:44,959
about five days

1275
00:31:44,959 --> 00:31:46,047
after graduation day.

1276
00:31:46,047 --> 00:31:47,403
But then I said, "

1277
00:31:47,403 --> 00:31:48,522
What if you just

1278
00:31:48,522 --> 00:31:49,438
pick a day and

1279
00:31:49,438 --> 00:31:50,795
assume there are going to be

1280
00:31:50,795 --> 00:31:52,151
snow days, wouldn't you

1281
00:31:52,151 --> 00:31:53,203
want your

1282
00:31:53,203 --> 00:31:54,186
graduation to be on a

1283
00:31:54,186 --> 00:31:55,136
Friday instead of a

1284
00:31:55,136 --> 00:32:00,165
Tuesday or Thursday?"

1285
00:32:00,165 --> 00:32:01,282
So, now that I

1286
00:32:01,282 --> 00:32:02,596
have expressed my opinion on

1287
00:32:02,596 --> 00:32:03,910
this, I know

1288
00:32:03,910 --> 00:32:05,093
that we have two

1289
00:32:05,093 --> 00:32:06,276
board members who have been very

1290
00:32:06,276 --> 00:32:07,360
well involved in

1291
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:08,215
this process

1292
00:32:08,215 --> 00:32:09,398
in recent years, and

1293
00:32:09,398 --> 00:32:10,712
they can give a very

1294
00:32:10,712 --> 00:32:11,895
informed opinion

1295
00:32:11,895 --> 00:32:12,716
on why I

1296
00:32:12,716 --> 00:32:15,345
graduated. Do

1297
00:32:15,345 --> 00:32:16,705
you want to go first

1298
00:32:16,705 --> 00:32:17,780
? Do you want to go

1299
00:32:17,780 --> 00:32:19,827
first? So, after a

1300
00:32:19,827 --> 00:32:21,124
recent release

1301
00:32:21,124 --> 00:32:22,291
last year that

1302
00:32:22,291 --> 00:32:23,232
had the same

1303
00:32:23,232 --> 00:32:24,965
experience. I was here

1304
00:32:24,965 --> 00:32:27,390
last year. Emm,

1305
00:32:27,390 --> 00:32:28,515
so at this very

1306
00:32:28,515 --> 00:32:29,641
meeting I heard the

1307
00:32:29,641 --> 00:32:30,970
same questions, and everything

1308
00:32:30,970 --> 00:32:32,164
was spot on. This

1309
00:32:32,164 --> 00:32:32,979
helped us

1310
00:32:32,979 --> 00:32:34,240
decide on the date.

1311
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:35,231
This, um, relieved the

1312
00:32:35,231 --> 00:32:36,604
last bit of stress. This

1313
00:32:36,604 --> 00:32:37,861
helped us

1314
00:32:37,861 --> 00:32:38,763
start

1315
00:32:38,763 --> 00:32:41,069
fundraising right away. And this day from

1316
00:32:41,069 --> 00:32:42,283
Tuesday to Wednesday

1317
00:32:42,283 --> 00:32:43,532
gives me, uh, my,

1318
00:32:43,532 --> 00:32:44,538
for example, my

1319
00:32:44,538 --> 00:32:45,683
daughter, enough

1320
00:32:45,683 --> 00:32:47,071
time to recover

1321
00:32:47,071 --> 00:32:48,042
before the family

1322
00:32:48,042 --> 00:32:52,039
holiday. So this is a nighttime

1323
00:32:52,039 --> 00:32:54,083
thing, right? So there is a

1324
00:32:54,083 --> 00:32:55,160
lack of sleep, and that

1325
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:56,200
helped all the

1326
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,297
participants. It was a

1327
00:32:58,297 --> 00:32:59,623
stress-free and

1328
00:32:59,623 --> 00:33:03,164
stress-free event. More or less...

1329
00:33:03,164 --> 00:33:03,762
Can

1330
00:33:03,762 --> 00:33:04,473
I ask, as

1331
00:33:04,473 --> 00:33:05,322
a teacher in another

1332
00:33:05,322 --> 00:33:06,362
district, how

1333
00:33:06,362 --> 00:33:07,430
disruptive is it to the end of the year

1334
00:33:07,430 --> 00:33:08,525
when seniors

1335
00:33:08,525 --> 00:33:09,538
take exams a

1336
00:33:09,538 --> 00:33:10,605
whole week earlier

1337
00:33:10,605 --> 00:33:11,591
than juniors,

1338
00:33:11,591 --> 00:33:12,549
because I know that's the

1339
00:33:12,549 --> 00:33:13,580
case in my class?

1340
00:33:13,580 --> 00:33:14,286
So

1341
00:33:14,286 --> 00:33:15,931
we always had, because of

1342
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:17,010
graduation rehearsals and

1343
00:33:17,010 --> 00:33:18,145
whatever celebrations you had,

1344
00:33:18,145 --> 00:33:18,968
the seniors

1345
00:33:18,968 --> 00:33:19,961
never took

1346
00:33:19,961 --> 00:33:20,955
exams at the same time as the

1347
00:33:20,955 --> 00:33:22,020
juniors.

1348
00:33:22,020 --> 00:33:23,424
None of them...Okay.

1349
00:33:23,424 --> 00:33:24,688
Never. We have a different

1350
00:33:24,688 --> 00:33:25,476
model. It is

1351
00:33:25,476 --> 00:33:26,573
distributed in stages

1352
00:33:26,573 --> 00:33:28,602
. So, whether

1353
00:33:28,628 --> 00:33:29,746
it's spread over 1 day, 2 days, or 5,

1354
00:33:29,746 --> 00:33:30,811
it doesn't break other

1355
00:33:30,811 --> 00:33:31,382
functions.

1356
00:33:31,382 --> 00:33:32,433
Great question.

1357
00:33:32,433 --> 00:33:33,118
Got it. The

1358
00:33:33,118 --> 00:33:34,207
only obstacle

1359
00:33:34,207 --> 00:33:35,168
for us was my

1360
00:33:35,168 --> 00:33:36,437
daughter. In fact,

1361
00:33:36,437 --> 00:33:37,483
she had an exam or

1362
00:33:37,483 --> 00:33:38,693
exams, and my son didn't

1363
00:33:38,693 --> 00:33:40,001
, so we lost a

1364
00:33:40,001 --> 00:33:49,895
driver.

1365
00:33:49,895 --> 00:33:51,236
Also, from my experience,

1366
00:33:51,236 --> 00:33:52,141
I would say that

1367
00:33:52,141 --> 00:33:52,812
helping to

1368
00:33:52,812 --> 00:33:53,516
plan the

1369
00:33:53,516 --> 00:33:54,824
prom and

1370
00:33:54,824 --> 00:33:55,964
end-of-

1371
00:33:55,964 --> 00:33:57,137
year celebrations as a family member

1372
00:33:57,137 --> 00:33:58,344
helps people who are

1373
00:33:58,344 --> 00:33:59,417
visiting

1374
00:33:59,417 --> 00:34:00,524
from out of town to

1375
00:34:00,524 --> 00:34:02,636
know exactly when the

1376
00:34:02,670 --> 00:34:03,978
prom will be, helps

1377
00:34:03,978 --> 00:34:09,416
to plan the evening. These

1378
00:34:09,416 --> 00:34:10,234
graduates are

1379
00:34:10,234 --> 00:34:11,641
being discharged. You

1380
00:34:11,641 --> 00:34:13,635
need them to

1381
00:34:13,667 --> 00:34:16,535
leave the building as soon as possible. I

1382
00:34:16,535 --> 00:34:22,925
say this as a teacher.

1383
00:34:22,925 --> 00:34:24,116
But in this case,

1384
00:34:24,116 --> 00:34:25,176
you shouldn't...you

1385
00:34:25,176 --> 00:34:26,467
shouldn't...given the

1386
00:34:26,467 --> 00:34:27,725
way the dates fall...I

1387
00:34:27,725 --> 00:34:28,586
wouldn't wait until

1388
00:34:28,586 --> 00:34:29,712
Friday, because if

1389
00:34:29,712 --> 00:34:30,804
you don't have snow

1390
00:34:30,804 --> 00:34:32,030
days, then you're making

1391
00:34:32,030 --> 00:34:33,255
the graduates wait

1392
00:34:33,255 --> 00:34:34,082
until everyone else

1393
00:34:34,082 --> 00:34:35,009
finishes their

1394
00:34:35,009 --> 00:34:35,771
graduation, and the

1395
00:34:35,771 --> 00:34:37,062
poor graduates

1396
00:34:37,062 --> 00:34:37,658
...So I would

1397
00:34:37,658 --> 00:34:38,916
stick to that

1398
00:34:38,916 --> 00:34:39,876
last day,

1399
00:34:39,876 --> 00:34:41,068
as much as

1400
00:34:41,068 --> 00:34:44,675
the law allows. It just

1401
00:34:44,675 --> 00:34:45,988
makes...

1402
00:34:45,988 --> 00:34:47,199
Which day do you think is easier?

1403
00:34:47,199 --> 00:34:49,080
Tuesday.

1404
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:50,158
Last year it was

1405
00:34:50,158 --> 00:34:51,206
like Tuesday,

1406
00:34:51,206 --> 00:34:53,171
graduation, yeah.

1407
00:34:53,171 --> 00:34:54,417
Yes, sometimes when it

1408
00:34:54,417 --> 00:34:55,802
falls on a weekend,

1409
00:34:55,802 --> 00:34:57,187
I know which district

1410
00:34:57,187 --> 00:34:58,468
I work in, sometimes they

1411
00:34:58,468 --> 00:35:00,066
do it on purpose.

1412
00:35:00,066 --> 00:35:00,907
They are having

1413
00:35:00,907 --> 00:35:01,924
trouble finding

1414
00:35:01,924 --> 00:35:03,305
venues. For the

1415
00:35:03,305 --> 00:35:04,323
Grad project, the price

1416
00:35:04,323 --> 00:35:05,586
changes if it is a

1417
00:35:05,586 --> 00:35:07,314
weekend.

1418
00:35:07,314 --> 00:35:10,548
Unlike everyday life.

1419
00:35:10,548 --> 00:35:11,746
What about you being from

1420
00:35:11,746 --> 00:35:12,746
another city?

1421
00:35:12,746 --> 00:35:13,567
No, I just wanted to

1422
00:35:13,567 --> 00:35:14,215
say that we

1423
00:35:14,215 --> 00:35:15,211
actually set a

1424
00:35:15,211 --> 00:35:15,983
date tonight

1425
00:35:15,983 --> 00:35:16,832
. We have an

1426
00:35:16,832 --> 00:35:17,815
opportunity to

1427
00:35:17,815 --> 00:35:18,943
apply for a grant, which

1428
00:35:18,943 --> 00:35:20,042
must be submitted by

1429
00:35:20,042 --> 00:35:21,218
October 25th. This actually

1430
00:35:21,218 --> 00:35:22,331
covers about 40% of

1431
00:35:22,331 --> 00:35:23,222
the cost of the venue

1432
00:35:23,222 --> 00:35:24,470
. So that's

1433
00:35:24,470 --> 00:35:27,479
great. Yes. Thank you.

1434
00:35:27,479 --> 00:35:28,654
As for the

1435
00:35:28,654 --> 00:35:29,863
out-of-town guests

1436
00:35:29,863 --> 00:35:30,647
arriving on

1437
00:35:30,647 --> 00:35:31,855
Tuesday instead of here on the

1438
00:35:31,855 --> 00:35:32,933
weekend, it doesn't really

1439
00:35:32,933 --> 00:35:34,076
matter

1440
00:35:34,076 --> 00:35:40,083
because...Uh, are there any

1441
00:35:40,083 --> 00:35:41,448
questions, comments,

1442
00:35:41,448 --> 00:35:42,218
or further

1443
00:35:42,218 --> 00:35:43,023
discussion of the

1444
00:35:43,023 --> 00:35:52,861
graduation? All those who

1445
00:35:52,861 --> 00:35:54,195
support the proposal

1446
00:35:54,195 --> 00:35:55,529
, please say "

1447
00:35:55,529 --> 00:35:56,898
yes."

1448
00:35:56,898 --> 00:35:59,078
Is anyone against it? Is there anyone who

1449
00:35:59,078 --> 00:36:08,066
abstained? Uh, okay.

1450
00:36:08,066 --> 00:36:08,984
Graduation

1451
00:36:08,984 --> 00:36:10,241
will be held on

1452
00:36:10,241 --> 00:36:12,077
Tuesday, June 8,

1453
00:36:12,077 --> 00:36:13,352
2027. Good

1454
00:36:13,352 --> 00:36:14,029
luck.

1455
00:36:14,029 --> 00:36:16,838
Thank you.

1456
00:36:16,838 --> 00:36:18,277
We have no future

1457
00:36:18,277 --> 00:36:20,445
affairs, do we? So

1458
00:36:20,445 --> 00:36:21,004
I would like to

1459
00:36:21,004 --> 00:36:21,828
suggest

1460
00:36:21,828 --> 00:36:23,623
perhaps adding the

1461
00:36:23,652 --> 00:36:24,741
education fund bill to the upcoming

1462
00:36:24,741 --> 00:36:26,052
agenda. That probably

1463
00:36:26,052 --> 00:36:26,841
doesn't need a

1464
00:36:26,841 --> 00:36:28,823
suggestion, right?

1465
00:36:28,823 --> 00:36:30,222
No, I think it's a

1466
00:36:30,222 --> 00:36:40,538
great idea. It's

1467
00:36:40,538 --> 00:36:42,032
about this button. Uh,

1468
00:36:42,032 --> 00:36:42,868
should we?

1469
00:36:42,868 --> 00:36:45,062
Yes, I don't know. I think this is a

1470
00:36:45,162 --> 00:36:46,101
meeting or

1471
00:36:46,101 --> 00:36:46,890
put it on the

1472
00:36:46,890 --> 00:36:47,597
agenda for the next

1473
00:36:47,597 --> 00:36:48,051
meeting.

1474
00:36:48,051 --> 00:36:49,543
Yes, okay. Sounds

1475
00:36:49,543 --> 00:36:52,111
good. Sounds good.

1476
00:36:52,111 --> 00:36:58,652
Em. We are now seeking a

1477
00:36:58,652 --> 00:36:59,597
motion to

1478
00:36:59,597 --> 00:37:00,826
bring the Superintendent into closed

1479
00:37:00,826 --> 00:37:01,583
session and

1480
00:37:01,583 --> 00:37:03,537
consult with him to

1481
00:37:03,568 --> 00:37:04,955
discuss

1482
00:37:04,986 --> 00:37:08,707
the Superintendent's goals. I

1483
00:37:08,707 --> 00:37:13,057
suggest. Um, everyone who is

1484
00:37:13,057 --> 00:37:14,509
"in favor"? Yes.

1485
00:37:14,509 --> 00:37:15,842
Is anyone "in favor"?

1486
00:37:15,842 --> 00:37:18,242
Thank you for coming.

1487
00:37:18,242 --> 00:37:25,711
Thank you all.

1488
00:37:25,711 --> 00:37:27,045
Um, I would like to make a

1489
00:37:27,045 --> 00:37:28,028
motion to

1490
00:37:28,028 --> 00:37:30,134
approve

1491
00:37:30,169 --> 00:37:31,433
the superintendent's revised goals for the

1492
00:37:31,433 --> 00:37:33,136
2026-2027 school year.

1493
00:37:33,136 --> 00:37:35,159
So I suggest. Second.

1494
00:37:35,159 --> 00:37:37,003
Jim. Em. Do you have any

1495
00:37:37,003 --> 00:37:41,649
questions or comments?

1496
00:37:41,649 --> 00:37:42,360
Everyone who is "in favor" of

1497
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:43,280
the proposal,

1498
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:44,418
please speak up.

1499
00:37:44,418 --> 00:37:45,813
Em. I. Who is “against” or “

1500
00:37:45,813 --> 00:37:47,262
abstains”? I am looking for

1501
00:37:47,262 --> 00:37:48,056
a proposal to

1502
00:37:48,056 --> 00:37:48,708
postpone the

1503
00:37:48,708 --> 00:37:49,613
meeting. So

1504
00:37:49,613 --> 00:37:50,361
I suggest.

1505
00:37:50,361 --> 00:37:51,302
Second.

1506
00:37:51,302 --> 00:37:52,792
Questions, comments?

1507
00:37:52,792 --> 00:37:53,814
Everyone who is "in favor",

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please speak up.

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Em.

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I.

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Who is “against” or “

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abstains”? Thank you

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all.

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Thank you.

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Thanks for the first one.