[1:28] Okay, it's 7.01 PM. I will call this meeting of the Commissioner Central School District Board of Education to order, and to just hold on a second. We have, let's see, attendees.

[1:43] Thank you very much for being here. We have one member of the public who is here in person.

[1:49] And we'll start with our public comments.

[1:51] As usual, we, by policy, have 30 minutes of public comments,

[1:55] but we try to keep people to speak three minutes or less.

[1:59] And if we start hearing the same comments,

[2:02] again, and again, we'll ask for one summary comment

[2:04] on behalf of that particular issue to be logged in.

[2:08] So we'll start with the people who made it all the way here.

[2:11] And we'll start from the front row,

[2:14] because I assume that you're here, not just to observe,

[2:16] but you're here to comment.

[2:16] Okay, so hold on just a second. Let me turn this around. I apologize for people at home. You can see our fairly empty.

[2:27] So Bruce, go ahead if you can just name relationship to the district and your comment.

[3:01] and then a lot of issues with sports in general and school and in a lot of work that

[3:15] put a future in medicine.

[3:19] I also see the issues from the other side for the muscle

[3:21] of the Indian president for

[3:26] a lot of president's career and then we'll talk about it.

[3:33] But I've been seeing all the issues dealing with sports from the coaches, the finances,

[3:39] to the space of available, the conditions of the fields

[3:47] and just, I'm not, I'm not here to put blame on anyone that I'm just here to say, I'm disappointed that someone didn't step up in champion the fall to

[4:01] and say, this is going to be hard. Let's figure out what we're doing.

[4:06] And I know that as the floor, you can only act

[4:12] like I understand

[4:23] the process of the committee

[4:27] in place that this kind of look at everything.

[4:37] The more members you can enter the conversation and

[4:44] push an idea.

[4:55] No one's been so difficult as an educator.

[5:00] I've seen a tremendous difference in the kids that started a place for an employee basketball

[5:06] and

[5:12] the excitement of the kids.

[5:13] I

[5:17] think that they may never blame the game

[5:24] of saving for

[5:33] it.

[5:33] Thank you.

[5:38] You're certainly welcome to stay.

[5:40] Although if you do leave, it's not a big deal.

[5:44] You can log on, just don't log on and drive at the same time.

[5:50] As I caution to everyone, this is a period of comment.

[5:53] It's not a period of discussion.

[5:55] It's just a matter for us, an opportunity for us to hear you.

[5:58] Thank you.

[5:59] And I'll extend that opportunity to anyone of the 21 attendees who are on.

[6:06] We have a hand raised from Veronica Prakorni if we can see promote her to speak.

[6:23] Hold on just a second.

[6:28] There you go Veronica, if you can unmute and offer your public comment, thank you.

[6:33] Hello, my name is Veronica Prakorni and I am a parent of an elementary school student.

[6:38] I would like to know if the school will be willing to rent the gym or other available space

[6:47] at the elementary school to run an after school program.

[6:52] This program can be similar to the one running the past by the YMCA.

[6:58] The time frame will be 23 to 5 p.m.

[7:03] There are parents that need after school care so they can work.

[7:10] We as a community believe we need to help each other,

[7:13] especially in this time where there is no available place for the kids to be.

[7:19] Some of the parents cannot live work to take the kids to a child's facility

[7:24] and there is nothing available around Cooperston for now.

[7:30] Our children need a safe place to play and to homework. We can also suggest using resource

[7:38] me that is a tutoring program that works with the Angel Network to help provide a specific tutoring.

[7:46] If the school is willing to rent a space for a fee, we can contact the YMCA, the Clark Sports Center, resource

[7:56] me or group with and see how this is run in a safe way.

[8:02] This child care will have a cost the same way that the YMCA was run years ago.

[8:10] But we are fortunate to have the Angel Network in our community who help families that can

[8:17] for specific needs like this. Thank you.

[8:22] Thank you very much for your public comment.

[8:28] Anyone else who would like to speak?

[8:31] We have Morgan Sullivan.

[8:44] Just hold on just a second.

[8:55] I'm just asking you to.

[9:00] Can you

[9:04] hear me?

[9:06] Hold on, hold on just a second.

[9:08] Okay,

[9:19] we're going to go ahead.

[9:21] My name is Morgan Sullivan, and I'm the parent of two elementary school students in the district.

[9:28] And I recently contacted you in the board to give you the survey that some parents and I had created to determine the need for after school care in the community.

[9:40] And I just wanted to share the results of those survey after approximately five days.

[9:46] In those five days we have had 56 people response.

[9:50] Of those 56 people, 40 of them are on the four-day week schedule, 9 are 100 percent

[9:56] remote, 5 are homeschooling because of COVID.

[10:01] Of those, the number of students under the age of 18 in the home exceeds 60 students,

[10:09] The number of students 14 to 19 in the home exceeds, sorry, trying to do some quick math here, exceeds 16 students.

[10:22] So we're talking about approximately 60 students here represented by the families.

[10:27] Since March of 2020, during the time that the school shot down, approximately 65% of the adults in the household of the district were forced to change their hours at work due to COVID-related child care arrangements, since that same time, approximately 20% of the household has had to leave their job due to COVID-related child care arrangements.

[10:55] people in the district that currently need child care in order to maintain employment.

[11:02] Our 19 families, or 19 individuals still looking actively looking.

[11:07] There are 11 individuals that are looking for child care because they would like time to work on their personal development.

[11:15] There are 14 families that require child care so that they can work from their home distraction free.

[11:21] And the final question asks, would you send your child to an after school program until 5 p.m.

[11:26] If there was one available, knowing your children would continue to wear masks and socially distance.

[11:32] 27 individuals, so these are individuals, families, multiple children.

[11:36] Indicated that, yes, they would send their children there.

[11:40] Four individuals stated that they couldn't afford it.

[11:43] And some of the other problems are concerns that people had were largely based on having kids who were under school age care,

[11:50] that also required care or the fact that Brookwood

[11:55] is available for care, but there's no busing currently to them.

[11:59] So I just wanted to share the results of the survey

[12:01] with you to make sure that we were heard

[12:04] and the problems in the community were addressed,

[12:06] piggybacking off of Veronica,

[12:09] because this is a huge need in the community right now.

[12:11] Parents are struggling.

[12:15] Great, thank you, Warden.

[12:17] Anyone else who would like to raise their good

[12:37] We will move on with the regular agenda onto administrative matters, the superintendent report.

[12:49] Good evening, everyone.

[12:52] To the side, my virtual audience.

[12:55] I have several items to cover in today's superintendent report.

[13:00] So I'll just start at the last board meeting.

[13:03] It was announced that there were some considerations for the return to school for grades 9 through 12.

[13:12] We are currently in discussions and have been in discussions with the interim superintendent, myself and staff.

[13:22] We are continuing to work through all of the logistics with this and the goal is to bring grades 9 through 12 back four days a week.

[13:31] Following our spring break, the final plan will be presented to the curriculum committee next week and we'll share the plan with parents next week and make final recommendations to the board at the March 31 meeting.

[13:45] Some of the issues that we are still in discussions about, there have been discussions about bringing students back in two waves, grades 11 and 12 first and then the following week grades 9 through 10 based on some staff feedback there has been a request would we consider bringing all grades back at the same time.

[14:06] So that's the latest wrinkle to talk through from an administrative standpoint, and that Murphy are facilities may director have been working at identifying other locations to be used.

[14:24] We do have approximately three classrooms that may need to move for the size and number of students that would be coming back.

[14:33] and they have been working on identifying those locations and measuring out and moving extra furniture

[14:39] out so that we can get more student desks in. We also have been looking at the lunchroom situation

[14:45] and how to go about that. I did share it the last meeting and I will share within this context.

[14:51] There has been extensive discussion both on our weekly meetings with the Health Department and the

[15:00] The six feet. The requirements currently read six feet or a mask are current plan read six feet and the

[15:11] mask. So we need to take that into consideration here at Cooper's town. There are some schools that

[15:19] are working to reduce the six feet. They are doing that on their own. There are other school districts

[15:26] that are waiting for the health department to say yes three feet is okay. Our local health department

[15:31] has told us that is not coming from them until it comes from the state health department.

[15:38] Regardless of what's happening in some other county health departments. So those are some of the

[15:43] pieces that are playing into the decision and how to do it. But it is the goal of our high school

[15:48] to be back after spring break. Yes.

[15:54] Did I hear correctly that I think is New York State is looking to have all students back all

[16:05] time by April 28. I would need to look at that. There have been so many emails that have come across

[16:12] my desk. That is not one that has come across from the New York State Department of Education

[16:17] And less it came after I left to feed my family, let's see you again, but there are some states that have mandated students to return and those those mandates are throughout so it could be happening as we say.

[16:33] look that came out of the governor with that. Yes. Oh, or, et cetera, I don't know. And

[16:42] yeah,

[16:43] to the question where you address our local health department, what does our local

[16:50] health department that they fixed on six feet and of that? The local health department has

[17:00] currently been saying six feet and a mask and they are very hesitant to say anything different than that.

[17:08] So that's where we currently are and I do know that other counties very close to here.

[17:15] I have made other adjustments to the six feet versus three feet, but that has not happened.

[17:22] These two, the measurements that you're doing now, the idea of being taking out some more

[17:27] furniture or building classroom around or if it was just at the 60's.

[17:31] Yes, everything that we are planning for is at six feet because if we can do it at six feet,

[17:36] we can certainly do it at three feet. So that would be a gift if we got news that we could move

[17:42] to three feet. Thank you Tony and Gillian for those playing along at home.

[17:50] When do you do see this?

[18:11] They they they correct there are some that are moving to the three feet with the plastic

[18:17] dividers but that has not been a mandate that if you go to the three feet you need to

[18:22] the very important piece our health department is saying is if you do choose to go to

[18:28] three feet they recommend a plastic divider but they are not recommending the plastic dividers

[18:34] that you see that most schools have purchased, which are on the desk, they are recommending

[18:39] the plastic dividers that go from floor and up.

[18:45] So that is something that we have definitely talked about, but would not want to do that

[18:50] across the board because of the expense that is associated with those plastic dividers.

[18:57] But if in the event, we aren't able to accommodate at six feet in certain areas, do we need

[19:03] to make a purchase and a recommendation for those dividers for one location.

[19:11] So regardless of six feet, three feet mask, no mask. In the cafeteria, when masks come off,

[19:19] you do have to be at the six feet at regardless. So it doesn't, the three feet does not

[19:24] help in the cafeteria and identification of locations from the loss.

[19:32] If the three feet, some fashion comes into play,

[19:41] does that, that wouldn't be

[19:43] to every classroom would be for the ones that would otherwise not be able to accommodate.

[19:50] Correct. We would not do that across the board. That would not be a recommendation across

[19:55] And quite frankly, if it was that we could get the class in at five feet, we would come to you and say, in classroom A, we can't accommodate at six feet, but we can accommodate at five feet with masks.

[20:09] But right now from every indication that I heard, we have identified additional spaces that we can relocate those classrooms to we're just making final adjustments.

[20:20] And I know that there is furniture and equipment that does have to be linked out in order to do that.

[20:26] And it is my understanding from speaking with Mr. Murphy that we do not need another pod at this time to accommodate the storage of that furniture,

[20:36] but that we have some locations that we can continue to use.

[20:41] Yes.

[20:41] I just want to say thank you for the system.

[20:44] There's everyone who's

[20:52] in public.

[20:59] correct. And that is the feeling the staff would like from everything that I've heard from this

[21:04] narrative from Anne. Everybody would like to see the student back in the school building and I know

[21:09] our students would like to be back. So that is the return to school for grades 9 through 12.

[21:18] The next item that I have to talk about is an update from the Board of Regents. And this is

[21:24] somewhat complicated, so I'll take it slow, and I will refer to my notes frequently.

[21:32] So the Board of Regents met on March 15th, and the following actions were taken during

[21:38] the Board of Regents meeting.

[21:42] We are still waiting, so there's two scenarios I'm going to cover here.

[21:47] We have still not heard if New York State's request for a waiver to the U.S. Department

[21:52] education has been granted. And so if the waiver is granted, the state's elementary and

[22:01] intermediate level assessments and all of its June and August regions will be canceled.

[22:07] But that is if and only if the waiver is granted and it has not been granted at this time.

[22:15] If the waiver is not granted, or we do not receive word that it's granted prior to the scheduled tested administration dates, New York State has said we will administer.

[22:30] Our only the region's exam and exams required under SF. And I talked about this at our last meeting and those would be English language arts, algebra one,

[22:40] in our science and living environment exams.

[22:45] And they would be done during the June administration.

[22:50] The August 2021 exams are canceled.

[22:56] Only session one of grades three through eight assessments

[23:00] and math and English language arts would be required,

[23:05] which is a shift from the standard practice assessments,

[23:09] which is administered in two sessions typically.

[23:13] And only the written test components of the grade four and eight science tests will be held.

[23:19] The performance assessments will not.

[23:23] You can summarize that easily.

[23:25] You've earned a degree.

[23:26] They also have agreed to uncouple state assessments from the SSE accountability measures.

[23:34] So, they will, these now assessments for this administration will only be used to measure student learning, okay?

[23:44] So, that's kind of where we are in the testing realm. Yes.

[23:50] If all the August, I can tell you, I'm not sure, I've got a reason for the New York State thing you're now on

[24:03] here.

[24:03] If there's no August exam, then the student that does not pass in June, does not have a chance to get that before the end of the year,

[24:15] how might that affect that student authority to graduate?

[24:21] hold on because they've talked a little bit about when there is an SSN available. And just to clarify, you are correct. Regents is unique to New York.

[24:32] NASA requirements are the federal standards that all states have to adhere to, but the way New York worked with the federal government.

[24:42] They use the regions exams to meet the federal requirements.

[24:48] So there are some exam exemption eligibility requirements that have been

[24:52] amended to allow students who have not met the standards for the course of study as locally determined to have an exemption from the exam requirements, the qualify for the exemption to the diploma requirements.

[25:07] The students can meet one of the following criteria.

[25:12] The student is currently enrolled in a course of study culminating in a region's exam.

[25:17] And by the end of 2021 or the 2021 summer session, we'll have earned credit in such a course.

[25:24] So if there isn't an exam, there's still going to earn the credit in the course.

[25:30] The student, because this doesn't just affect the August students.

[25:35] It also affects all of the June graduates in those regents courses in which the regents exam is not being administered.

[25:44] If the student was previously enrolled in a course, culminating in credits, and has achieved

[25:49] the course credit and has not passed the associated regents, but was intending to take

[25:54] the test in June or August, they can get the credit and move on.

[26:00] And students in grade 7 or 8 is enrolled in a course of study culminating in taking a regents

[26:05] exam, this could happen with like algebra, and has met the standards assessed in the

[26:13] There are also extending the exemption eligibility for pathway assessments, alternative assessments, technical assessments, so all of those assessments have had some extension.

[26:26] Mastery and honors flexibility, there were amendments that will allow flexibility in the calculation for mastery and honors endorsements.

[26:36] Where student grades can be substituted for an exam-sforcing cases where the regency exams were not administered.

[26:45] So those regents being eliminated will not preclude a student from qualifying for an endorsement on their diploma.

[26:53] And I think that's an important acknowledgement.

[26:58] Okay, the science laboratory experience.

[27:01] You wouldn't think that this would be so complicated.

[27:03] We should just not have these steps with.

[27:08] But in order to, these were amended,

[27:12] so that a student may still be eligible

[27:15] to take that science regency assessment and examination.

[27:18] Even if they are unable to meet the one, the 1200-minute science lab experience because of COVID-19.

[27:28] And they have expanded it to allow students to continue to meet the lab requirements through a combination of hands-on and virtual experiences.

[27:38] The regulations have been amended to exempt students from any unfinished requirements for the career development and occupational studies, commencement credential.

[27:48] provided that the student has otherwise demonstrated mastery and credit.

[27:55] So I think that covers all of the assessments information.

[28:00] You know, my understanding and I will verify this, but my understanding is the AP assessments are still being administered.

[28:10] And those AP assessments for here at Cooper's town are arranged for all of the ones that are done paper and pencils.

[28:18] students will be going to the meadows to take those so it will be uninterrupted area for those

[28:25] AP courses that have the assessment offered online or through technology. They are going to be

[28:32] offered here because we want to have our technology staff available in the event that there are any

[28:38] technology issues. And staff have already made accommodations and thought about how they can close off

[28:45] the way that we're going in this section often area so that it remains quiet for those students.

[28:52] Okay.

[28:52] All of the schools go into the better.

[28:56] I don't know the answer to that.

[28:58] It's my understanding that this is an arrangement that has just been made for our Cooperstown students at this time.

[29:03] But I could be wrong.

[29:05] We're going to do that.

[29:07] It's just a very interesting question.

[29:10] Yes.

[29:14] Yep.

[29:15] And that was my understanding for this year.

[29:17] over them. Any other questions on assessments? I'm sure they'll be more to comment next

[29:23] meeting.

[29:27] I'll have to check those states.

[29:33] Spring sports update.

[29:36] Spring sports

[29:37] begin April 19th will be offering here at Dupers Town, Softball, Track and Field, Golf,

[29:44] Tennis and Baseball at all levels, all levels. The spring coaching letters of intent were

[29:50] today. It's not 1159. We may still get more. Mr. Sproul and I who is our athletic

[30:00] We'll review the letters received. We will update the personnel committee on what we have received in response to those. I can share with you the packet in response is that.

[30:13] To opportunities.

[30:17] Appointment recommendations will be presented at the March 31st order meeting.

[30:22] The other thing that's really important to note that's new information is that the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, I will get that name eventually.

[30:34] Their guidance has indicated that student athletes will be allowed to bring two spectators to an event.

[30:41] This is good news. It also is difficult news. So we here at Cooper's Town are still working on how we can make that happen.

[30:53] And I have spoken, this was a big conversation among other superintendents. We do have some that have already started doing that for some of their games.

[31:04] The concern that was raised is how do we effectively monitor that without being spectator, police.

[31:13] But also not jeopardize Cooper's town ability to continue to participate in this athletic competitions.

[31:20] And the concern that has been raised is that where our fields are, there are multiple access points.

[31:27] So for checking tickets that are issued to students,

[31:31] how does one go about that, how does one assure that masks are still on,

[31:35] how does one assure that there are only two spectators.

[31:38] So these are all issues that we are currently grappling with here.

[31:43] I can share that one of my colleagues, they shut off all entrances to their field with staff

[31:51] positions and had one point of entry and they checked the ticketed missions and pieces.

[31:58] They also allowed the visiting team to bring their parents the way they did that was that it wasn't just to spectators.

[32:07] It was that you could bring your parents.

[32:11] So, these are things that we continue to work on, but we do recognize that we have families

[32:18] that would like to be able to come and participate and watch our students.

[32:23] Could it be as easy as if you were a sticker?

[32:27] Well, that's how they do too.

[32:30] Yes.

[32:31] That's, it could be very easy.

[32:33] We were thinking of passes, and if they don't come back, then those are the two people that get to come.

[32:39] the issue is, how do we handle every other access point and people and maybe we don't.

[32:47] And these are the things that we have to say here, maybe we put up rope and say here's where

[32:52] the school field is, here's where the entrances, here's where the spectators.

[32:56] We could also one thing that we've talked about if there's 10 people on a team, do we go

[33:01] and put circles at six feet distance and family A is in a circle here, family B is in a circle

[33:07] here. And when those circles are filled, we are done with our spectators. There's lots of variations,

[33:13] it's just finding the one that feels right for Cooper's town. So those are the things that we're

[33:18] grappling with. We absolutely want to see the spectators at the games.

[33:24] So recruitment update. I'm

[33:28] really pleased to say, as I shared, we have three interviews that are going on. The school counselor

[33:35] interviews were held Friday, March 12th, two candidates were forwarded to my attention for

[33:41] second interviews. I interviewed one today and I will be interviewing the second candidate on Friday.

[33:48] I would like to say it was announced at the last meeting member from the Board of Education

[33:53] would be participating in our interview panels that did happen. Ms. Verge participated.

[33:58] The feedback that I have received from our administration, our school principals and from

[34:04] purchase that it went very smoothly. And I look forward to seeing that happen. And we have Ms.

[34:13] Ainsworth has volunteered to participate in our interviews on Friday for the math teacher.

[34:20] And then the following Friday is the art teacher. And I'm still waiting to hear on final commitment

[34:25] from Ms. Spencer. She'll be able to help with our art teacher interviews. So that's very exciting

[34:31] that we have that going on in place.

[34:36] I did just want to highlight for everyone out there that we do

[34:39] have spirit week that is coming up March 29th through April 1st. There are themes throughout the week

[34:46] for students to participate in. The notices that have gone out have been very clear that while

[34:53] they can dress in different things to come in. They still need to adhere to our dress code.

[34:57] And I'm excited to see it happen throughout Cooper's town.

[35:02] Can I just interrupt?

[35:04] Dress code is often a difficult issue for people in this district that we have updated and revised

[35:11] the drafts code accordingly when we had an issue several years ago, so anyone who is wondering

[35:17] what the dress code is now they can apply for a cop their own copy if they'd like it.

[35:24] Great.

[35:24] Thank you for that historic piece. There are two other issues that I

[35:30] wanted to add. Senior activities I just wanted to share. I brought up prom and graduation.

[35:39] Yes, this prom has been the other really big topic of discussion on the health department calls and

[35:45] the superintendent calls. Cooper's town is well-poised for our senior activities and have made plans

[35:51] for graduation and a prom and a breakfast.

[35:58] Many school districts are making plans for graduation,

[36:02] proms, and various activities.

[36:05] There is no clear guidance for school activities.

[36:10] So for prom, the guidance that people are using

[36:13] is where that event location is occurring.

[36:17] And those guidelines, because for here,

[36:20] it is planned for the Otisaga.

[36:21] Those guidelines require testing before entry, so students will need to undergo testing.

[36:30] There will be dancing restrictions.

[36:34] There will be all, it is very complicated, but that is what the Otisaga has to adhere

[36:40] to for their operation.

[36:44] I have met with this senior advisor.

[36:46] I have met with Anne, I have impressed upon that we have an obligation to make sure that we do not jeopardize the Otisaga's ability to continue to do business so that we need to consider how all of these things will be impacted.

[37:04] The conversation really emphasized that we had on the call this week.

[37:09] You can dance with members of your family or members of your party.

[37:15] Now, you got to remember these guidelines were not written for schools.

[37:20] They were written for large venues that may have multiple parties going on at multiple times.

[37:27] So the Health Department again was asked

[37:30] Well, do you think you can weigh in and they said, we are not giving guidance on school prongs until we hear something official from the state level. So these, you know, we are poised to do this. We are under the 100 person capacity.

[37:45] What the decision has been is that it will be the senior class only. No dates, no guests because then we go over the capacity limits and then we get into more of the six feet.

[37:57] The dancing restrictions are very interesting if you read them.

[38:02] You need to have 36 between your supposed to box out six foot squares.

[38:08] It's intense.

[38:10] Because of the increase in numbers, the senior breakfast now, it does appear that they will be able to do it as one whole senior breakfast is opposed to two shifts.

[38:21] And graduation is still scheduled and on schedule to be at the Phantom War Art Museum. Again, there has been no specific guidance given that is for schools.

[38:31] And I'm not holding my breath waiting for that.

[38:37] I think we're going to have to make some decisions

[38:40] as a school district do we support

[38:42] and agree that the Otisaga has put in parameters

[38:46] and health safety parameters for participation.

[38:50] And then share with our families and our parents,

[38:53] that this is what the requirements are of the venue.

[38:56] I have already had, well, do we really have to test?

[38:59] Well, if we want to use the Otisaga,

[39:00] Yes. Students are going to need to be tested. So there's those kinds of pieces of flags. So just to put it out there.

[39:11] And the last thing is we did receive some public comment about after school child care. I did want to acknowledge that in the last 24 hours. I have received several emails about after school child care and the difficulties within the community at large as to having that.

[39:28] And for each of those individuals that have contacted me directly, and I'm now setting it to the larger communities so that people know that I have received these.

[39:36] I have emailed everyone that I am currently investigating the issues that have been presented and have asked for time.

[39:44] IE through a week to get some information on that. So I did just want to share that.

[39:51] And I think that's everything I have for the superintendent. Any questions?

[39:59] Yes.

[40:14] Right.

[40:18] Yep.

[40:34] You know.

[40:39] Yes.

[40:40] And that was one of the things we talked about that as these get a little bit solid or we're

[40:45] going to send out communication and that at this date, this is what we can offer.

[40:50] And this is what the requirements have changed as a current will continue to modify those

[40:55] changes.

[40:56] And as I did say, so far we've gotten a lot of support.

[41:01] there are people very eager to see our students have these experiences and these traditions and

[41:06] we want to be able to support that. And we're very fortunate that we have venues that are

[41:11] able to accommodate us to do that.

[41:23] Yes. And that will go for all committee reports and such.

[41:29] So I've been trying to make sure that the questions get repeated either in the answer or or

[41:37] of prelude to the answer. So the exchange that you just heard was just between Wendy Cuber

[41:44] and her superintendents about the guidance and needing to draw a line somewhere at some point

[41:54] to save. This is the reality that we have to deal with, and this is what we're going with.

[42:00] So, thank you. Any other questions, Matt Sherman?

[42:06] The spring coaches,

[42:13] I think I'll be allowed to write the next day of the next

[42:16] time to start practicing or

[42:20] his own

[42:24] engines or outside of that 20 minutes.

[42:26] So the question is about the timing of when the spring sports season begins.

[42:31] They normally be about now starting there.

[42:35] I know that you are overlapping season,

[42:40] but I think you have to need to get the next batch of kids involved in sports, as soon as possible, and not that we approve.

[42:50] Who are they, of course, you're going to be a very first, if we have to wait for weeks and days to have that.

[42:54] There are opportunities to start practicing or whatever.

[42:57] I'd like to see them.

[42:59] I don't think you really get fond of the fields as soon as it can.

[43:02] I would like to see that too, but I'm going to have to get back to you because it may be the window that has been set in this bizarre year of when practices can start and then we also have to look at our space configurations and do that, but absolutely if we're allowed to do it, I don't see any reason why we wouldn't be able to do that as long as we have this face.

[43:24] Okay. Any other questions or comments? Okay. We're going to go into the meet of our regular board agenda here starting off with the minutes.

[43:35] So I will make a motion to be resolved. The Board of Education, the Cooper Central School Districts upon the recommendation that's representative schools is here by approve the regular meeting minutes of March 3 2021 as presented.

[43:46] We have a second, second from Gillian Spencer, any discussion or questions, lots of headshaking

[43:53] no around the forum and believe me, we're going to get better at this for those of you playing

[43:58] along at home.

[44:01] I'll keep you a prize of how the votes go and you can always check the minutes later.

[44:07] All those in favor say aye. Any opposed say no? That motion carries unanimously.

[44:12] way.

[44:14] On to budget and finance committee report.

[44:20] Hold

[44:24] on just one second. Gillian, do you have the ability to turn it toward turn it toward Tony turn your.

[44:33] Yeah, screen.

[44:34] You're not in the zoom meeting.

[44:37] Okay.

[44:38] Hold on a second. We're going to get a computer in front of Tony so that people can go along and I don't have to repeat exactly what Tony says.

[44:54] Can you write that here for me?

[45:01] Okay, through all that, I'm not going to say I have no report.

[45:07] We met, I believe, on the 9th and 2 major topics.

[45:13] I won't repeat everything that Amy and Sarah said about the details of the budget. You heard all that.

[45:21] I will bring up that there is a change in the, the tax, why is the word, it's slipping out of my head, property tax,

[45:40] at the start program and it's two pieces to that. One is that any new property owner has no choice but to do the direct

[45:56] rebate from the state and their assessment and taxation will be full assessment,

[46:06] existing property owners have the choice and they will have to make the choice either to do the way they have been or to go to the direct payment from the state.

[46:17] And if they go to the direct payment from the state,

[46:23] they will actually get a slightly higher incentive payment

[46:29] than if they stay with the old method of having their assessment reduced.

[46:37] And that said everything else was in the budget details.

[46:43] And we heard all that, so that's my report.

[46:49] Okay, any questions for Tony?

[46:56] Seeing none, I'll move on to make the motions for the treasurer in Lawrence and Claims.

[47:06] Be it resolved the Board of Education of the Cooper Central School District upon the recommendation to

[47:10] Superintendents Skills hereby accept the monthly treasurer's reports for the period of January 1st,

[47:15] 31st 2021 is prepared by any co-converter business administrator.

[47:19] We have a second, second from Tony Svilesi.

[47:22] Any questions or discussion?

[47:25] All those in favor say aye?

[47:27] Aye.

[47:27] Any opposed say no?

[47:29] That motion carries unanimously.

[47:34] On to the Warts and Claims Auditor Report,

[47:37] I'll make a motion be it resolved the Board of Education

[47:39] to Cooper Sun Central School District

[47:40] upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools.

[47:43] Hereby accepts the February 2021 warrants 65 through 69, and the claims auditor report for the period of February 21 through 28, 2021 as presented.

[47:58] Do I have a second?

[48:00] Second, from Mr. Sherman.

[48:02] Any questions or discussion?

[48:05] All those in favor say aye?

[48:06] Aye.

[48:07] Any posts?

[48:08] That motion passes unanimously.

[48:11] on to building grounds and safety committee report.

[48:15] So we met twice since our last meeting.

[48:18] We met on March 4th and during for old business we finalized the capital 2021 outlay project that we're going to identify as being the main office in the junior senior high school.

[48:34] As discussed in the superintendent report, we also reviewed the three current ongoing

[48:41] capital projects, the school-based health office and the elementary school, the smart

[48:47] bond phase two and the 2019 capital project phase one.

[48:54] The phase one project was when it had bids arriving on March 4th and they were being open

[49:01] 11 and I'll discuss that in the next meeting. We also discussed the capital project items versus

[49:13] EPC items and we decided to have another meeting on March 9th to go over those in depth. In

[49:20] new business we discussed the CCS school calendar and the holding of the Board of Education meetings

[49:27] on the third Wednesday of each month and we ended at 9.40, our next meeting was going to be March

[49:33] So on March 9th, we met, there was no old business to discuss.

[49:39] New business was reviewing the 2019 Capital Project phase one.

[49:46] Bids and awarding those bids to the lowest bitter and selected alternatives.

[49:54] So I won't go over those in the minute or the minute tier because we're going to be doing action items on those awarded.

[50:04] We also made a determination that we would not move forward with an EPC at this point that we'd

[50:11] look to do that in the future. After we do some of the project work for the 2019 capital

[50:19] projects, we're going to come back and revisit that in a later point.

[50:25] We also agreed that in July

[50:28] of 2021 that the committee will sit down with IBI Architects and Schoolhouse Construction to review

[50:34] how phase 1 is progressing, cost-wise and review updated cost estimates for the elementary school

[50:40] gymnasium project, which would be phase 2.

[50:46] And in our next meeting for new business we're going to

[50:49] be discussing, we're going to take off awarding plumbing because that's being awarded tonight.

[50:54] We're going to discuss phase two of the 2019 capital project and then after hearing a few

[51:01] items.

[51:02] I think we should add to our next business item, the potential of using our school facilities

[51:10] for any after school classes.

[51:14] And so we can add that as an item to discuss.

[51:18] And our next media is April 1st.

[51:21] Any questions?

[51:25] I will make a comment that we do have a facility's use form, it may or may not include language dealing with being in a pandemic.

[51:34] So we may have to look at what that additional pandemic language and or insurance or whatever other things because it's a fairly standard form, right, and this is a definitely not a standard time.

[51:47] So I actually have a question.

[51:51] Marcie, are you running the meeting on your platform?

[51:55] So I'm holding on a second.

[51:56] You're going to look at Matt for a second.

[51:58] And I will run my computer around for questions and answers.

[52:10] Just that you reminded me that I think in our opening plan,

[52:15] we have prepared anyone coming into the school for any reason.

[52:20] So we would have to modify that.

[52:25] I would have to look at this specific language that's in the plan for that.

[52:34] Okay.

[52:41] So then we have,

[52:44] we'll get this, we'll get this. We're going to need one of those cameras that follows the teachers around.

[52:50] Right, right. I was just wondering about, um, when you decided against, you can see part of it. And I know they know something's in.

[52:57] What is that that we're allowing us to then do other things as part of the phase one projects?

[53:02] So I'm just wondering, is there sort of a list somewhere that details what we're actually doing in a things one product now that you can see has

[53:11] back in?

[53:12] Yes, so there are items that we were looking to put into an EPC

[53:19] that we can actually still do within the capital project.

[53:23] It's now that we have updated information about costs, which we didn't have initially.

[53:28] We still have the ability to put them into the capital project.

[53:30] Okay, so there are there certainly is a use for an EPC which is something that's for what we're looking at right now that it might be something over and above our overall project as a separate energy performance contract.

[53:45] And so this is a little bit more specific but for example, I think at one point in time that it's a clear story window is an renovation in a library and a high school.

[53:54] We're in the project, and they take it out of a project and put sort of a leader phase.

[54:00] And then when EVC stuff happened, they got to back in this phase one. So for example, is that we made a planer.

[54:07] Yeah, we made that a priority. So that's it.

[54:09] There are some things that we needed to make sure that we're going to be completed,

[54:14] because they were the main reasons why we're looking to do this project in the beginning.

[54:18] So, the hard part is with increased costs, the reason why we split the project in half is so we can get as much known as we can now, and then look at the gym as a second phase too.

[54:32] And then, you know, there's a lot.

[54:35] It's going to be more, it sounds like it's going to be more than what we had originally approved.

[54:39] So we may have to have discussions about how we can actually get that second phase completed.

[54:44] But that clear story is actually in.

[54:46] Thank you.

[54:48] Other questions I'm looking forward to getting answers.

[54:53] Thank you.

[54:55] Anyone else?

[54:57] All right.

[54:58] Matt would you like to run through the.

[55:03] The resolution.

[55:04] Sure, I'm not as fast as you at these, but.

[55:07] So the first one.

[55:08] So I'll make sure to be resolved at the Board of Education of the Cooper Town Central School District.

[55:13] Upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools.

[55:15] So it's here by award the 2019 Capital Improvement Project contract number one,

[55:21] general construction to remain building contractors, 15 wood road,

[55:26] whitesboro, New York, 1, 3, 4, 9, 2, and the amount of $985,000.

[55:34] Do we have a second? Second from Tony Scolisey, any discussion?

[55:40] I'll ask a general question that we'll cover this and all the other pieces.

[55:45] Amy, or anyone, can you go over the process that we use for those people who are following along at home that

[55:53] understand about low bid versus preferred bid or other language?

[56:00] So, I mean, it is a state law. It has to be the low bid. There isn't a really preferred.

[56:06] So, the way these bids came in, there is the request for the project that we're looking at,

[56:13] And then there were alternatives that we could look at as well.

[56:17] And so the low bid was based on the project,

[56:21] plus any alternatives that we had agreed upon.

[56:23] But we thought we were putting it.

[56:25] And I'll just give a quick example.

[56:27] First, one of them was site work,

[56:30] where we were looking to expand the soccer field length

[56:36] for Lambert II, as we've called it before,

[56:39] which was a cost of $30,000 to dig into the hill

[56:43] to make the field a little longer.

[56:45] That was an alternative.

[56:46] We decided we didn't want to do that.

[56:48] But $30,000, we could put it in different spots.

[56:51] So that bid actually was adjusted based on our bid

[56:56] for other site work, and whether or not we did that or not.

[56:58] And we decided not to.

[56:59] So we would look at who had the overall lower bid.

[57:03] OK.

[57:04] Thank you.

[57:05] Any other questions or discussion comments?

[57:08] All those in favor say aye.

[57:10] Any opposed say no?

[57:12] That motion carries unanimously.

[57:15] All right.

[57:15] So I'll make a motion be a resolve that the Board of Education of the Cooper Central School District on the recommendation of the superintendent of schools.

[57:22] This hereby award the 2019 capital improvements project contract number two.

[57:28] Mechanical construction to family dance.

[57:32] Mechanical LLC 404 North Pearl Street Albany, New York,

[57:36] One, two, two, zero, seven in the amount of 72,000, 600 dollars.

[57:43] Do we have a second? Second from Wendy Cuber and the discussion or questions.

[57:50] All those in favor say aye.

[57:52] Aye. All right. Any posts say no?

[57:55] That motion carries unanimously.

[57:58] I'll make a motion be it resolved that the Board of Education of the Pupor Sound Central School District

[58:02] upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools does here by award the 2019

[58:06] capital improvement projects contract number three electrical construction to

[58:12] Schueler Haas Electric 727 Innovation Way Johnson City, New York 13790 in the

[58:20] amount of 166,460 dollars. Second, second from Ariel Ainsworth. Questions

[58:29] discussion. All those in favor say aye. Aye. And he opposed to say no. That

[58:36] motion carries unanimously.

[58:38] I'll make a motion.

[58:39] The results of the Board of Education at the Cooper Sun Central School District upon the

[58:43] recommendation of the superintendent of schools does here by award the 2019 capital improvements

[58:48] project contract number for plumbing construction to a trefferson and sons LLC 204 roundhouse road

[58:57] on the aunts in New York, 13820, and the amount of 104,000, $800.

[59:07] Second for discussion from Tony Scalese. Go ahead.

[59:18] And make sure you repeat the question in your answer.

[59:21] So I know.

[59:23] I mean, so if there's one bid, then that's the one bid we accept.

[59:27] And the plumbing section, for instance, there was two bids that came in on plumbing.

[59:31] And I would like to add that.

[59:33] Just to be good, we'll check out the fit.

[59:35] If only one thing in, we'd need it too.

[59:39] And just going back to this explanation earlier.

[59:42] Once these bits came in, the architect goes back to each of the local

[59:47] ciliters, make sure that they can get the other specific situations they were

[59:51] fitting on, just to confirm everything is in order.

[59:55] And then they may be recommendation that it's, we should be a voice.

[1:00:03] Any other questions? Thank you, Amy, first, stepping into add some clarification. Those of you who couldn't see over

[1:00:09] Matt Schuld. Okay. All those in favor say aye. Any opposed say no? That motion carries unanimously.

[1:00:19] All right. I'll make a motion be resolved that the Board of Education of the Cooper Town Central School District on the

[1:00:23] accommodation of the superintendent of schools,

[1:00:25] does hereby award the 2019 Capital Improvement Project

[1:00:28] contract number five, site work construction to burrows,

[1:00:33] excavating ink, 6146 county road 32, Norwich, New York, 13815,

[1:00:41] in the amount of 675,800 dollars.

[1:00:47] Second from Wendy Cuber, any discussion or questions?

[1:00:51] All those in favor say aye?

[1:00:53] Aye. Any posts say no?

[1:00:55] that motion carries unanimously.

[1:00:59] And we're moving on to curriculum instruction.

[1:01:02] I have a question or not a question of clarification.

[1:01:06] There are any of the work we know of which will men's this year.

[1:01:14] Yeah, I mean, I believe the majority of this is starting in June.

[1:01:21] So for those of you at home, June 28th is the estimated

[1:01:27] start date, staging will begin and everything so that the minute the students are done with

[1:01:34] the facility, we're ready to rock and roll like we have in other contracts and capital improvement

[1:01:41] products. I'm where I already worked in and we're already working in the

[1:01:57] for the removal of information.

[1:01:59] That information removal of equipment from those rooms.

[1:02:05] Okay.

[1:02:06] Good.

[1:02:07] Curriculum instruction.

[1:02:08] The next committee will meeting will be on March 25th.

[1:02:13] Sir, any new business or anything new to be added to that agenda for curriculum or instruction?

[1:02:18] I'm going over this to the plans to get very

[1:02:24] nice.

[1:02:25] So the major agenda item will be the return to school.

[1:02:29] Okay.

[1:02:29] And next up we're going to deliver a computer over to Marcie Birch for personal and recruitment.

[1:02:53] Thank you Mr. Sherman for thanking us for patients and patients all around with everyone involved with this because it has been

[1:03:02] a process anyway and then a pandemic and bids and changes and things, so now on to personal and recruitment.

[1:03:14] Okay.

[1:03:15] Do I have to do anything on this computer?

[1:03:17] No, you're good.

[1:03:18] Okay.

[1:03:20] All right.

[1:03:21] We met March 11th.

[1:03:24] Old business.

[1:03:25] We discussed potential future hiring needs.

[1:03:28] Ms. Browes reviewed the list of hiring needs requested feedback regarding procedural questions for an interim principle search and inform the committee of upcoming interviews for posted positions.

[1:03:41] Ms. Browes who requested the Board of Education member participate in the interview committee meetings going forward and reiterated what the past interim superintendent had recommended as both stated this is standard operating procedure in many districts.

[1:03:55] Committee members suggested rotating members of the Board of Education participate going forward and that we be mindful of district wide initiatives and formalized goals and that we listen.

[1:04:09] We continued board level discussion and overview of administrative structure, Ms. Browson form the committee of plans to utilize boces to assist with many aspects of curriculum professional development and other services as needed.

[1:04:24] building level principles will oversee the needs in their buildings. New business,

[1:04:29] resignations, the committee reviewed two resignations and discussed plans to fill positions

[1:04:34] as needed. Family medical leave act request. We reviewed recruiting needs and positions.

[1:04:43] We discussed streamlining, streamlining the leave of absence request and sabbatical

[1:04:48] with plus policies, the committee reviewed current policy,

[1:04:52] last formalized in 2005.

[1:04:55] Ms. Frouse will address potential updates,

[1:04:57] extra curricular and athletic appointments

[1:04:59] Ms. Frouse discussed the need to hire a videographer

[1:05:02] for volleyball.

[1:05:05] And we have some action items for this evening.

[1:05:11] Go ahead.

[1:05:12] All right, have to find them.

[1:05:17] Here they are.

[1:05:21] Wait a minute.

[1:05:24] If you'd like, I can start with the question.

[1:05:26] Yeah, could you start?

[1:05:28] That's fine.

[1:05:31] I'll make a motion be it resolved at the Board of Education, just making sure I'm not

[1:05:35] unmuted.

[1:05:36] Be resolved at the Board of Education, the Hoover Central School District.

[1:05:38] Hereby accepts the resignation for the Professor of Retirement of Patricia Hogan.

[1:05:43] 12 months of Secretary effective August 27th, 2021.

[1:05:49] Second from the Spencer and the questions are discussion.

[1:05:54] And thanks for her dedication to this school district over many years.

[1:05:58] Absolutely.

[1:05:59] All those in favor say aye.

[1:06:01] Aye.

[1:06:02] Any opposed say no?

[1:06:04] That motion carries.

[1:06:07] Do you pull the next one?

[1:06:08] You might need to pull the next one off.

[1:06:10] I will do that.

[1:06:11] I'll make a motion be it resolved that the Board of Education of the Cooper Central School District

[1:06:15] upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools.

[1:06:18] Hereby accepts the resignation of Maureen Sherman,

[1:06:20] licensed teaching assistant, effective March 19th, 2021.

[1:06:25] Second, second from Marcy Birch, any discussion?

[1:06:30] All those in favor say aye.

[1:06:33] Any opposed?

[1:06:35] Any abstentions?

[1:06:37] Yes, I will.

[1:06:38] You have Sherman.

[1:06:39] Will abstain from this vote?

[1:06:41] That motion carries six zero and one abstent.

[1:06:46] Great.

[1:06:46] and congratulations to Maureen on her new opportunity.

[1:06:56] Long-term teacher A to point that,

[1:06:59] it resolved that the Board of Education of the Cooper Sound Central School District

[1:07:02] upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools.

[1:07:06] Hereby appoints Veris Nelsky as a long-term substitute teacher A for the period of March 18, 2021 through

[1:07:14] on or about June 7th, 2021 to be paid an hourly rate of, and my thing is $16.38 for hours worked.

[1:07:30] Second, from Wendy Cuber. Okay. Any discussion? All those in favour say aye? Aye. Any opposed say no? That motion carries.

[1:07:42] All right. And internal claims auditor appointment. Here we saw that the Board of Education of the Cookers Town Central School District,

[1:07:50] Upon the recommendation of the superintendent of schools,

[1:07:53] hereby appoints Jackie Savoy, I lost it again.

[1:07:57] Sorry, keeps coming in and out.

[1:07:59] Can you finish that for me?

[1:08:02] Sure. Let me pull that up,

[1:08:08] too.

[1:08:08] Jackie Savoy's internal claims auditor for the period of March 2019,

[1:08:12] 2021 through June 30th, 2021,

[1:08:14] to be paid at a current hourly rate of $25.15

[1:08:17] for hours worked. Is that your motion?

[1:08:20] Yes.

[1:08:21] That is the motion by Marcy Birch. Second from Gillian Spencer. Any questions or discussion?

[1:08:28] Is this replacing the background?

[1:08:33] Whose resignation we received last meeting?

[1:08:37] Any further questions or discussion?

[1:08:39] All those in favor say aye.

[1:08:41] Any posts say no?

[1:08:43] That motion carries.

[1:08:47] And that is it.

[1:08:49] And then our agenda, and our next meeting is March 25th at 730 a.m.

[1:08:58] Okay. And we will have public relations policy and extracurricular.

[1:09:05] So we'll we'll move the device around.

[1:09:07] Thank you.

[1:09:08] You can look at the ceiling for a second or hopefully my voice will carry enough to set this in.

[1:09:14] And that will be my real angel.

[1:09:20] Okay.

[1:09:20] So, PR and policy met March 8th, present where myself, Marcie Birch, Wendy Cuber, and Miss

[1:09:29] Frost.

[1:09:30] In old business, we welcomed our new superintendent.

[1:09:33] She provided us with an extracurricular and athletic update, and today those programs

[1:09:38] have been running smoothly and the live streaming of games has been going very well and been

[1:09:42] well received.

[1:09:43] We also talked about ideas for updating the administrative structure and also providing support

[1:09:49] for our administrators, including professional development throughout the year.

[1:09:53] We spent much of our time on policy. We have three policies that we are

[1:09:57] have motions for this evening. The first one is new policy, 3421 and 3421F,

[1:10:03] Title IX and Sex Discrimination. This was created due to federal changes to Title IX.

[1:10:09] It defines discrimination including sex discrimination and defines time

[1:10:13] lands for the grievance process. This is recommended for first reading.

[1:10:16] So this policy basically came to us from our policy service, what we did was put in timelines that made

[1:10:23] sense for our district based on our other policies, for investigation, for filing of grievances,

[1:10:30] for outcomes, things like that, and also who would be the point person, point people for the

[1:10:36] policy.

[1:10:37] Second one, we discussed with new policy, 56, 33 gender, neutral, single occupancy bathrooms.

[1:10:42] That was developed in response to new education law section 409M, which becomes effective March 23, 2021.

[1:10:50] It requires that we have a policy that all single occupancy bathrooms are designated as gender, neutral, and appropriate signage is present.

[1:10:58] We recommend this for first reading end adoption. It's a very short and simple policy.

[1:11:03] essentially, this is what we're already doing, but we just need to have the correct signage to make sure that it's obvious to everyone.

[1:11:11] We revised, we discussed revised policy 3420, non-discrimination, and any harassment in the district.

[1:11:17] It was revised based on federal and state revisions to the any harassment laws relating to Title IX.

[1:11:23] The only difference is here from the old policy as an overview and definition of terms was added.

[1:11:28] the policy was revised for clarity and consistency and a section was added for civil rights

[1:11:33] compliance officers, which is the superintendent and the principals. We recommend this for

[1:11:38] first reading and adoption as well. New business, as discussed, we just looked at the calendar,

[1:11:44] proposed board meeting dates, communication from the state regarding in person learning and

[1:11:48] COVID testing and athletic participation and the communicable disease pandemic plan, which is on

[1:11:54] agenda coming out. Our next meeting will be April 12th at 815. We will finalize a new policy, continue to monitor athletics and extracurriculars and I'm sure whatever else comes up between now and then.

[1:12:12] Okay, any questions on that.

[1:12:16] Yeah.

[1:12:17] So that is the first day of the act of this spring break.

[1:12:24] Correct.

[1:12:25] Correct.

[1:12:29] That is completely fine with me.

[1:12:32] So we can send an email and see if we want to move that just because you're right.

[1:12:38] You know, if we have additional students in the building.

[1:12:41] Maybe you don't want to be stuck in a meeting.

[1:12:43] Maybe you want to make sure that things are running.

[1:12:45] Right. So yeah, we can certainly adjust that day.

[1:12:51] Any other questions or discussion?

[1:12:56] Okay, you have some, I do, and make a motion be resolved at the Board of Education of the

[1:13:03] Creepers Town Central School District upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools.

[1:13:07] Does hereby accept amendments of 3421 Title IX and sex discrimination for first reading?

[1:13:14] Second from Wendy Cuber,

[1:13:18] any questions or discussion?

[1:13:21] Well, make a kind of blanket piece in reviewing some of these.

[1:13:27] I got somewhat not confused, but it all kind of flowed together as to what was the policy,

[1:13:33] what was the regulation, what was the form to being used.

[1:13:37] I just want to make sure that as we're approving policies,

[1:13:42] they're not putting people's titles, but not their names into any form or

[1:13:49] I guess, any regulation at the very least forms may be changed on the whim of the administration,

[1:13:57] but just making sure that we don't have names, because at the rate that we'd go through policies

[1:14:02] and review them and correct them if we haven't seen it since 2005, there's been some change.

[1:14:10] So just to make sure that as we do any of these policies, we want to make sure that titles rather than names are.

[1:14:18] any other questions or discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed to

[1:14:25] no. That motion carries unanimously.

[1:14:29] Okay, I make a motion be resolved at the Board of Education of the Cooperations Central School District upon the

[1:14:34] recommendation of the superintendent of schools. Does hereby accept policy 5633 gender and neutral single occupancy

[1:14:42] reference for first reading and adoption. Second from Marcie Birch and the other questions are

[1:14:49] discussion.

[1:14:53] All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed say no. That motion carries unanimously.

[1:14:59] I make a motion.

[1:15:00] Chandy resolved that the Board of Education of the Cooper Town Central School District upon the recommendation of the superintendent's schools does hereby accept 12, 34, 20, non-discrimination and any harassment in the district for first reading and adoption.

[1:15:14] Second from Gillian Spencer, any questions or discussion? Well, those in favor say aye.

[1:15:19] Hi. I need a post say no. That motion carries unanimously.

[1:15:30] And we're on to other board matters, which I will handle, and we can just make sure we turn off the sound and video.

[1:15:45] There we go.

[1:15:53] I'll make a motion to be at result of the Board of Education to Cooper Central School District upon the recommendation to Superintendent of Schools here by approves the recommendation of the Committee on Special Education is listed in the Board Action sheet for the meeting date February 26 2021.

[1:16:09] Second from Marcy Birch.

[1:16:13] Questions discussion.

[1:16:15] All those in favour say aye.

[1:16:17] Any opposed say no.

[1:16:19] That motion carries unanimously.

[1:16:22] I'll make a motion to be resolved with the Board of Education, the Cooper's Town Central School District,

[1:16:26] upon the recommendation of the superintendent of school.

[1:16:28] Hereby, adopts the communicable both disease-pandemic plan to meet the new requirements of New York State Education Law Section 2801A,

[1:16:36] and labor law section 27C.

[1:16:40] Second, from Mariel, Ian's worth.

[1:16:43] Any questions or discussion?

[1:16:46] Can't believe we're at a point where we need to have one of these?

[1:16:54] There's a copy in the public content of this. It's very generic that we will consult with the appropriate bodies to do the appropriate thing at the appropriate time

[1:17:08] and it contains titles of positions.

[1:17:12] and people so.

[1:17:16] Any questions or discussion further? All those in favor say aye?

[1:17:20] Aye. Any opposed say no? That motion carries. And I want to thank people for continuing

[1:17:27] to do these thumbs up or the raise your hand because it helps me to scan around to make sure

[1:17:31] that that's still happening. We have the 2021-22 school calendar. I'll make a motion be it resolved

[1:17:38] that the Board of Education, the Cooper Central School District, upon the recommendation

[1:17:41] in the superintendent of schools. Hereby adopts the proposed 2021-22 school calendar,

[1:17:49] second from

[1:17:50] Gillian, any questions or discussion. Don't hold me to it, but it looks like the graduation

[1:18:00] exercises would be on what date in June, the 26th of June. Okay. And then the various breaks are

[1:18:13] in there, too.

[1:18:17] But all those in favor say aye, aye. Any opposed say no? That motion carries.

[1:18:22] And will this be available to the

[1:18:31] public?

[1:18:31] And then authorization of legal notice. I'll make a motion be resolved at the Board of Education

[1:18:38] at Cooper Central School District. Authoresses the district clerk to advertise the notice

[1:18:43] of budget hearing budget vote and election in the designated official newspaper.

[1:18:53] Second from

[1:18:54] anywhere. Any questions or discussion?

[1:19:02] All those in favor say aye. Any opposed say no?

[1:19:06] That motion carries unanimously. We are now on to the second round of public comment.

[1:19:12] Thank you very much for everyone who has stuck with us to the end. We have 17 attendees if you

[1:19:19] raise your hand virtually or otherwise put into the chat that you'd like to be called upon.

[1:19:24] We can promote you.

[1:19:32] We have one hand up and we have Veronica for corny.

[1:19:39] You have to unmute yourself.

[1:19:41] There you go.

[1:19:42] Well, I just want to hold on just a second.

[1:19:44] I have to unmute here so we can hear you.

[1:19:46] So hold on.

[1:19:48] Okay, go ahead.

[1:19:50] I just want to thank everybody for your time.

[1:19:52] And we appreciate that you are listening to our needs

[1:19:57] and especially to the part of the childcare

[1:19:59] And after after school, Chalker, and thank you for your time again.

[1:20:05] Thank you.

[1:20:08] Anyone else?

[1:20:20] Seeing none, I will move into Board President's comments.

[1:20:30] We do have the notice.

[1:20:33] We have a lot of information to, at least a start for the budget.

[1:20:40] It's a very good start.

[1:20:42] I think we're in a very good place as far as the information goes.

[1:20:46] Very well presented put together.

[1:20:49] If you haven't already picked up your packet as a board member,

[1:20:53] the three ring binders are available to do that.

[1:20:58] And I will remind people I think we've already set it,

[1:21:03] but there are petitions to be picked up.

[1:21:06] There is new guidance from New York State as to how many signatures you need.

[1:21:09] it is more than 25 as usual than usual is fewer than 30. It's somewhere in that range.

[1:21:19] It's 25 still. Okay, it's 25 still because we have not reached the 2% threshold. So it's still 25

[1:21:25] names or signatories to go on that and we have not received any other guidance or pandemic guidance

[1:21:32] as to running the school election. But we do have this is one of those years that there are three

[1:21:37] of the seven of us who are the seat is available for election.

[1:21:45] I have no further comments as president, so with that, I will entertain emotion to a

[1:21:50] adjourn.

[1:21:54] I'll say, Wendy raised your hand, so will you move to adjourn, Wendy Cuber, and second

[1:21:59] for Marylle Ainsworth?

[1:22:02] Any questions or discussion?

[1:22:08] That is a very good question,

[1:22:14] so we'll turn to you, we're currently in the motion to adjourn.

[1:22:20] So let's do this.

[1:22:22] Will you rescind your motion to adjourn for now?

[1:22:26] And I will return us back to the part of the agenda.

[1:22:28] We're in the President's comments.

[1:22:30] I'll turn to our superintendent, say, are there any updates for the principal search, which we did discuss a little bit in committee?

[1:22:39] Yes, and no.

[1:22:41] I did reach out as I did chair in committee. I have reached out. There are two things that need to happen. We're currently looking for an interim principle to cover until the end of the school year and we are also looking for obviously a full time principle.

[1:22:57] We will be advertising for the full-time principal physician ASAP when the United States have been speaking about it and the options which are all new to me of how we can advertise for an administrative position such as this and reach a wide body.

[1:23:14] So that is happening as far as the interim principal, this has been learning and challenging experience.

[1:23:21] I have the names of about four individuals that have been given to me.

[1:23:27] That has come after reaching out to Boses all of the 19 district superintendents in the area,

[1:23:35] speaking with Mrs. Wang, speaking with members of the board.

[1:23:38] I have reached out to three of those individuals.

[1:23:42] The only three that I have telephone number four,

[1:23:45] I am still waiting for contact information on the other one.

[1:23:48] And I hope to hear back from some of those individuals so that we can make a decision on an

[1:23:55] interim principal for the remainder of the school year.

[1:23:58] So that is where we are.

[1:23:59] Thank you.

[1:24:00] Thank you.

[1:24:02] And I apologize that was in my notes to bring up and I completely lost over a very important

[1:24:07] piece.

[1:24:08] So I apologize.

[1:24:09] It was in my notes, too.

[1:24:10] And I didn't check it off.

[1:24:13] Okay.

[1:24:15] Okay, now I will entertain a motion to adjourn by Wendy Cuber and second from Marialian's

[1:24:22] verse.

[1:24:23] All those in favor say aye, any opposed say no, that motion carries.

[1:24:29] We are adjourned.

[1:24:30] Thank you very much.

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