[0:26] All right, welcome back. Good evening. I

[0:29] call the August 25th board of ed meeting

[0:31] to order at 5:30. We have a moment of

[0:33] silence and pledge by Miss Kushman.

[0:41] It would truly be difficult to top the

[0:43] incredible welcome extended to our

[0:45] teachers and staff at convocation

[0:48] yesterday by our band, choir, and

[0:51] elementary students. But nevertheless,

[0:54] we do want to offer and extend a warm

[0:56] welcome back to our students, staff, and

[0:59] teachers for the 2026 2027 school year.

[1:04] As we gather together here in council

[1:06] chambers to conduct the business of the

[1:08] board,

[1:10] I invite you to join me for a moment of

[1:13] quiet reflection or silent prayer.

[1:26] And for the pledge. I pledge allegiance

[1:30] to the flag of the United States of

[1:32] America and to the republic for which it

[1:35] stands, one nation under God,

[1:38] indivisible, with liberty and justice

[1:41] for all.

[1:46] Thank you, Miss Kushman, for that

[1:47] welcome back message. Um, fire fire

[1:50] evacuation announcement. In the unlikely

[1:52] event of an emergency, please go through

[1:54] those back doors or you can go out the

[1:55] side door and down the steps. Um, roll

[1:57] call. Miss Lawler.

[2:00] Mrs. Kushman

[2:01] here.

[2:02] Mr. Anderson

[2:04] here and refreshed.

[2:05] Mr. Okulio here. Mrs. Gerard

[2:08] here. Mr. Gaus

[2:09] here.

[2:10] Mrs. Ker absent. Mr. Cobber

[2:13] present.

[2:14] Mrs. McGuire Bruce

[2:15] here. Board Chair Picket

[2:17] here. All right, we are going to move

[2:20] over to item four, which is our board

[2:22] guests. Before I turn it over, I just

[2:24] want to echo some of the comments that

[2:25] Miss Kushman mentioned. Um, I also was

[2:27] able to attend convocation. Thank you to

[2:30] those who helped support convocation.

[2:32] Um, but more than anything, I think I

[2:33] was really most excited to be in the

[2:35] room to honor our staff member of the

[2:37] year and our teacher of the year. um

[2:39] their introductions, their comments

[2:41] themselves made me really proud as a

[2:43] board chair um and as a mom. Really just

[2:45] proud of the educators that we have in

[2:47] our school district. Um so I'll turn it

[2:49] over to you, Mr. Mchio, to provide some

[2:50] formal introductions, but thank you so

[2:52] much and so excited to be able to

[2:54] acknowledge you.

[2:56] Right. So, I'll be um brief in terms of

[2:58] my opening remarks because we're going

[2:59] to have uh Lauren Andrews, who's the

[3:01] director of Eagle Academy, come up and

[3:03] she's going to introduce to you the 2000

[3:06] um or the support staff member of the

[3:09] year um for last year and that is Mr.

[3:12] Quinn Hanigan. He did an outstanding job

[3:14] in terms of his speech. I know how

[3:15] excited all these folks actually are

[3:17] when they have to stand in front of, you

[3:19] know, 880 folks and give a speech, but

[3:21] outstanding job. So, we're very proud of

[3:23] Quinn and look forward to continued work

[3:25] with him. Uh, and Lauren, uh, we're

[3:27] going to have you go ahead and you can

[3:29] lead it off. Yeah, sure.

[3:39] All right. Is this on? Yes. Okay. It is

[3:43] truly an honor to introduce Quinn

[3:44] Hanigan, EPS Support Staff member of the

[3:47] year. When we say that it takes everyone

[3:49] working together to keep our buildings

[3:51] afloat, Quinn is the perfect example of

[3:54] what this looks like. He is someone who

[3:56] never says that's not my job. He sees

[3:58] what needs to be done, steps in without

[4:00] hesitation, and does whatever he can to

[4:02] support our students, our staff, and our

[4:04] families. Quinn's commitment to the

[4:07] students of Enfield, especially our

[4:08] Eagle kiddos, is exceptional. He works

[4:11] every day with some of the highest need

[4:13] students in our district. He does so

[4:14] with a calm presence presence, the

[4:17] patience of a saint, and the incredible

[4:19] ability to often remain a couple steps

[4:22] ahead, oftentimes even of me. He

[4:25] understands our students, anticipates

[4:27] what they may need, and often helps

[4:28] prevent a difficult situation from

[4:30] becoming an even tougher one. Quinn has

[4:33] stepped into many roles at Eagle. Beyond

[4:35] his role as a behavior technician, he

[4:38] also steps in as our building sub when

[4:40] needed and has taken on long-term

[4:42] substitute assignments whenever we've

[4:44] needed him multiple times over the last

[4:46] few years. Our kids trust Quinn because

[4:49] they know he is steady, fair, and always

[4:52] there for them. Our staff respect him

[4:54] because they know they can count on him

[4:56] even on the most challenging of days.

[4:58] His ability to remain calm and quietly

[5:01] help hold everything together is

[5:03] invaluable. Quinn, I'm incredibly proud

[5:06] of you and so grateful for everything

[5:08] you bring to Eagle Academy and to the

[5:10] students. This recognition is so welld

[5:12] deserved.

[5:17] Good evening, everyone. I'm truly

[5:19] honored to receive this support staff

[5:20] member of the year award. Over the past

[5:23] few years, I've had the opportunity to

[5:24] gain valuable experience in different

[5:26] roles, including working as a behavioral

[5:28] technician, building substitute, and

[5:30] long-term substitute. Each of these

[5:33] experiences has taught me something new,

[5:35] challenged me in different ways, and

[5:36] have helped me grow both professionally

[5:38] and personally. Most importantly, these

[5:41] roles have given me the opportunity to

[5:42] work with and learn from so many amazing

[5:44] students and staff members. I'd like to

[5:47] take a moment to thank everyone from

[5:48] Eagle Academy for everything they do for

[5:50] our students every single day. I am

[5:53] incred incredibly grateful to be part of

[5:55] such a caring and hardworking team. And

[5:58] finally, I want to give a special thank

[5:59] you to my sister Samantha. Thank you for

[6:02] all the late nights spent helping me

[6:03] lesson plan, answering my endless

[6:06] questions, and teaching me how to run a

[6:08] classroom. Thank you.

[6:12] Congratulations. And thank you. And I

[6:14] was just sharing to both of my

[6:15] colleagues here, that's when I started

[6:16] crying in your speech at convocation,

[6:18] you mentioned your sister and I was

[6:19] like, "Oh, I have a a son and a

[6:21] daughter." And like hearing those

[6:23] special thank yous, I think mean a lot.

[6:25] Um, so thank you. Um, congratulations. I

[6:28] know we have done our formal

[6:30] acknowledgement. um of your winning at

[6:32] convocation, but I will open it up here

[6:34] for any board members who would like to

[6:36] share any um comments or questions or

[6:39] thoughts.

[6:42] Go ahead, Miss McGuire. I'll just echo

[6:44] thank you for all that you do. Um I know

[6:46] that your efforts go well beyond the

[6:48] classroom. Um so, thank you so much and

[6:50] your sister is pretty great.

[6:53] Quinn, thank you so much. I'm excited to

[6:55] see what this school year brings at

[6:56] Eagle Academy and the continued impact

[6:58] that you have on our students. Um, I

[7:00] think hearing about the trust that you

[7:02] build with staff and students and how

[7:03] you model that calm, consistent presence

[7:05] is something that we can all take away.

[7:06] So, thank you so much, Quinn.

[7:07] Congratulations to the work you do at

[7:09] Eagle.

[7:09] Thank you.

[7:17] All right, now over to teacher of the

[7:19] year. All right. So, we're going to

[7:21] welcome

[7:23] uh Aaron Clark, principal at the high

[7:25] school, as well as Joel Sen, director of

[7:27] humanities. And they are going to

[7:28] introduce to you. You can bring him with

[7:31] you.

[7:31] Yes.

[7:32] Yeah. Absolutely.

[7:35] Sure.

[7:37] Introduce to you our teacher of the

[7:39] year, Miss Nicole Kuchio.

[7:42] Not yet.

[7:43] Who now has a famous middle name. I

[7:46] don't know if she's going to give the

[7:48] same speech. which I doubt she's giving

[7:49] the same speech as she gave at

[7:50] convocation, but she had some wonderful

[7:53] zingers in that speech. Um, so excellent

[7:56] job by her as well. We're very excited

[7:58] and proud uh of her. And I'll turn it

[8:01] over to you, Joel.

[8:03] So, first of all, let me just say um how

[8:06] honored um I am to be here to introduce

[8:09] Nicole um as our teacher of the year in

[8:11] Enfield and our nominee for Connecticut

[8:14] teacher of the year, which I think we

[8:15] got a pretty good shot at here. Um, so

[8:19] just a quick little anecdote back in I

[8:21] think it was 2015. There's last secrecy

[8:23] around the teacher of the year process.

[8:26] Um, Nicole was a relatively new teacher.

[8:29] She was probably in her third year at

[8:30] this point. Um, and she walked in on a

[8:33] conversation that I was having with Mr.

[8:35] Crane in her neighboring classroom about

[8:38] Tony Allegro, who was our teacher of the

[8:40] year that year. And she just kind of

[8:42] walked in and flippantly said, "What are

[8:44] you guys talking about?" and I said, "I

[8:47] can't tell you, but I think you're going

[8:49] to find out one day." Um, because I knew

[8:51] back then um how dynamic she was in the

[8:55] classroom, how creative she was with her

[8:57] lesson planning. Um, and just how great

[9:01] of a teacher she was as at that point, a

[9:04] young 20-some year old fresh out of

[9:06] college. Um, and I'm just so proud to

[9:09] see the teacher she's become, um, the

[9:13] mother she's become. um and just how

[9:16] great she is with her kids. Our teacher

[9:19] of the year every year we kind of know

[9:22] who they're going to be because of how

[9:24] many kids gravitate to them, right? I

[9:26] see it in her instruction and as an

[9:28] instructional leader. Um, but when you

[9:31] see the kids in there every day and you

[9:34] see the impact that she has on those

[9:35] kids outside of the classroom and that

[9:38] they want to be there and be with her

[9:39] outside of that, um, that just speaks

[9:43] volumes about who she is as an educator.

[9:46] So, congratulations, Nicole. And now to

[9:49] Miss Clark.

[9:50] I uh nominated Nicole Kuchio for teacher

[9:52] of the year. I had the pleasure of

[9:54] hiring her um many years ago and have

[9:57] watched her evolve into this incredible

[9:58] teacher. Um, and I'm just going to read

[10:01] a little bit. Like many great teachers,

[10:03] Nicole flies under the radar. She's

[10:05] understated and unassuming, but quietly

[10:08] extraordinary. If you walk into her

[10:09] classroom on any given day, students are

[10:11] engaged in something meaningful. They

[10:13] might be preparing to pitch a bill to

[10:15] Congress, role-playing members of the

[10:17] Iranian government, or working together

[10:19] to build a better understanding of

[10:21] something going on in the world. They're

[10:23] talking, they're interacting, they're

[10:25] laughing, and they're learning. You can

[10:27] feel the energy as soon as you walk in

[10:29] the room. Uh Nicole creates the kind of

[10:31] classroom through thoughtful,

[10:32] intentional lesson planning and she

[10:34] plans courageously. She never begins

[10:37] from the assumption that something is

[10:38] too difficult for students. She begins

[10:40] with the belief that if we give students

[10:42] meaningful challenges, they will rise to

[10:44] them and they do. Her students tell me

[10:46] that she has made them love social

[10:48] studies and care deeply about what is

[10:50] happening in the world. A large part of

[10:51] that is because Nicole's takes learning

[10:53] beyond the classroom walls. Her students

[10:56] have created awareness campaigns,

[10:58] recorded intercom announcements,

[10:59] designed bulletin boards, and led

[11:01] activities to educate their peers about

[11:03] global issues. She truly helps students

[11:05] find their voice. When students walk

[11:07] into Nicole's room, they know their time

[11:09] is going to matter. They are going to

[11:11] think, talk, create, collaborate, take

[11:14] risks, and build confidence. That is

[11:16] what exceptional educators do. They help

[11:18] students find their voices, engage with

[11:20] the world around them, and discover what

[11:22] they're capable of. Nicole does that

[11:24] every day and she represents so much of

[11:26] what we value in Enfield public schools.

[11:28] It's our priv privilege to recognize and

[11:30] celebrate Enfield public schools teacher

[11:32] of the year, Nicole Katuchio.

[11:35] Thank you.

[11:37] Yeah, I have my own right. Okay, I'll

[11:40] let you talk in after if you want. Okay.

[11:43] Um, good evening and thank you to the

[11:45] board, town leaders, and families for

[11:46] being here tonight. It is an incredible

[11:48] honor to be recognized as this year's

[11:50] teacher of the year. Before I start, I

[11:52] should apologize. As you can see, I had

[11:55] to bring my three-year-old to the

[11:56] meeting, and he was kind of upset that

[11:59] his favorite sushi place was closed

[12:00] today. So, but he seems okay with a

[12:03] goldfish.

[12:05] Um, so here's my speech. So, I wanted to

[12:07] start with something that might surprise

[12:08] you. I'm not Thank you. I'm not from

[12:10] Enfield. When I first came here 12 years

[12:13] ago, I was very aware of that. But over

[12:15] time, my students, colleagues, and my

[12:18] family became my connection to this

[12:20] community. and Enfield became a place

[12:22] where I felt like I belonged.

[12:25] Yeah, the idea of belonging has shaped

[12:27] so much of my work and especially

[12:30] through the building of GSA from the

[12:32] ground up.

[12:35] I'm incredibly grateful for the support

[12:37] that all allows our students to find

[12:39] their voices and to create spaces where

[12:41] others feel seen and valued. As a civics

[12:44] teacher, I believe my job is to teach

[12:45] students how to think, not what to

[12:47] think. I want them to question, listen,

[12:49] and develop their own ideas and their

[12:51] voices. And I want them to understand

[12:53] that we can disagree

[12:56] on issues and still leave with empathy.

[12:58] Whatever our beliefs when a student is

[13:00] struggling, worried about their family,

[13:02] or facing circumstances outside their

[13:04] control, what matters most is they know

[13:06] they're supported. Because at the end of

[13:08] the day, they're just a kid. I want my

[13:11] students to leave my classroom with more

[13:13] than knowledge about government. I want

[13:14] them to gain real world skills like

[13:16] compassion, resilience, curiosity, and

[13:18] the confidence to share their opinions

[13:20] to see beyond their perspective. The

[13:22] skills I'd want for my own son. What are

[13:24] you doing?

[13:26] Okay. Um, Anthony is sitting right here

[13:29] tonight or going somewhere else. I'm not

[13:30] sure where he's going. And becoming his

[13:32] mom changed the way I view the

[13:34] profession. I think about the teacher

[13:35] I'd want for him someday. someone who

[13:37] notices when he something is wrong,

[13:39] challenges him while still believing in

[13:41] him, and sees the person he's becoming,

[13:43] not just his grades. And that's the

[13:44] teacher I try to be. And I know that I

[13:46] couldn't do that alone. Teaching is

[13:48] emotional work, and I'm incredibly lucky

[13:50] to have colleagues who support me

[13:52] through the hard days, make life, make

[13:54] me laugh when I need it, and remind me

[13:56] that we don't have to do this alone.

[14:00] But I also think that we need to be

[14:01] honest about what it takes to keep great

[14:03] teachers here. Teaching is a a female

[14:06] dominated profession and many of us are

[14:08] also mothers. We pour everything we have

[14:11] into someone else's children and then go

[14:12] home to do the same for our own all

[14:15] while navigating teacher shortages,

[14:16] budget challenges, and endless to-do

[14:18] list that grows every year. For some

[14:22] perspective, I have two master's degrees

[14:24] and 12 years of experience, and I still

[14:26] find myself making difficult choices

[14:28] about what I could afford for my family

[14:30] and what I'm willing to spend out of my

[14:32] pocket for my classroom. And I know I'm

[14:33] not alone in that. And our recent budget

[14:36] crisis reminded us that staffing

[14:38] decisions are more than numbers on a

[14:39] spreadsheet. Every position represents a

[14:42] person our students know, trust, and

[14:44] depend on. I'm not saying this to

[14:47] complain because I love my job. I'm

[14:49] saying it because loving what we do

[14:50] shouldn't mean ignoring what it takes to

[14:52] do it. Despite these challenges, our

[14:55] educators and community continue to show

[14:56] up for our students. And that gives me

[14:58] hope. I see Enfield moving forward and I

[15:01] hope we continue building a district

[15:02] where great teachers feel supported,

[15:04] valued, and want to stay. Through all

[15:07] this, I incredibly proud to be a teacher

[15:09] in Enfield. I'm proud to teach young

[15:11] people about government, proud of our

[15:13] GSA and the inclusion it promoted

[15:15] throughout the district, and proud of my

[15:17] students who continue to challenge me,

[15:19] keep me humble, and occasionally remind

[15:21] me to touch grass before I crash out.

[15:24] And most of all, I'm proud that I that

[15:26] of a town that I didn't grow up in

[15:28] became my community. Enfield may not

[15:30] have been the place I grew up, but it

[15:32] became the place I built my career,

[15:34] found my people, and truly came to

[15:36] belong. I hope we continue building a

[15:38] community where our teachers and

[15:39] students feel the same sense of

[15:41] belonging. Thank you to the board, my

[15:43] colleagues, and especially my students

[15:44] for making this job worth doing. So much

[15:47] of what teachers do happens behind the

[15:48] behind the scenes, so it's pretty

[15:50] special to have some of the work

[15:51] noticed, even if being the one getting

[15:54] the attention isn't exactly my favorite

[15:56] part. And Anthony, Anthony, hi. Uh,

[16:01] thank you for giving me a different

[16:03] perspective on every student who walks

[16:05] through my classroom. One day you'll

[16:07] watch this and maybe understand what I'm

[16:08] saying. Uh because now when I look at my

[16:12] students, I don't see them as teenagers

[16:15] and as just my students. I see them as

[16:16] someone's baby. And that's why I'm proud

[16:19] to be their teacher. Thank you for this

[16:21] honor. And now I need to head up my next

[16:23] job, which is being his mom and taking

[16:26] that responsibility away from Joel.

[16:28] Thank you.

[16:30] Oh, Nicole.

[16:35] Yeah. Thank you.

[16:37] You want to talk? Yeah.

[16:39] You want to say hi?

[16:40] I would love to hear from Anthony. Oh,

[16:42] he can speak however he'd like to speak.

[16:45] Hi, Anthony.

[16:47] What's your favorite thing about your

[16:49] mommy? Did you hear the question?

[16:51] Yeah.

[16:51] What do you love about mommy?

[16:56] I bet she's a fun mommy. Nicole, thank

[17:00] you so much. Um, thank you for multiple

[17:03] things. One is, um, I was at

[17:05] convocation. I didn't get enough time to

[17:07] still dry my tears. I knew you were

[17:09] going to make me cry again. Um, thank

[17:11] you for being honest and real about your

[17:13] remarks about the stress of being a

[17:14] teacher and the burden that also comes

[17:16] along with caring. Um, I think your

[17:17] quote in uh, convocation was when you

[17:20] know a lot, you carry a lot.

[17:21] Um, so building relationships with

[17:23] students and all that you put into the

[17:25] work does carry another burden. And you

[17:27] have a beautiful little one there.

[17:30] It's okay. He's totally fine. you can do

[17:32] it on me.

[17:35] It's totally fine. Um, so I just want to

[17:38] thank you for for sharing that

[17:40] perspective and being real with us. Um,

[17:43] because I think how we support and care

[17:44] for our teachers really matters. Um, I

[17:47] also just want to share openly with you.

[17:48] I know I sent you a personal email after

[17:50] convocation. Um, but I was with a group

[17:52] of educators today and I quoted you

[17:54] multiple times and I shared strategies

[17:56] that you shared with your colleagues

[17:57] around the power of music and how that

[17:59] connects folks. Um, and sharing those

[18:01] strategies. So, hitting the grass

[18:03] before, what was it? Hit the grass

[18:05] before crashing out. Uh, touching grass

[18:07] before crashing out. Um, building those

[18:09] strategies of what do we do when we know

[18:10] that it's been a rough day and what do

[18:12] we need to do to take care of ourselves?

[18:13] So, thank you for modeling that. Thank

[18:14] you for building the skills with our

[18:16] students. Thank you so much for the work

[18:17] that you do. Anthony, thanks for having

[18:19] an amazing mom. Um, any other comments

[18:22] that you'd like to make?

[18:25] Thank you, Nicole. Congratulations. You

[18:27] do not need to apologize.

[18:33] Yeah, we'll do it after. Okay,

[18:36] I'll do one more time.

[18:38] I'll do it one more time.

[18:39] Well, I'll take care of

[18:40] Okay. Thank you. All right. Don't judge

[18:43] me.

[18:43] Thank you very much.

[18:45] I'll do one more time.

[18:46] We'll do it another time.

[18:47] Bye, Nicole.

[18:48] Okay. Bye.

[18:49] Bye, Nicole. Bye, Anthony. Thank you all

[18:51] so much. Um, what a great way to kick

[18:53] off an opening board meeting by

[18:54] celebrating our staff um and the folks

[18:56] who work so hard for our kiddos each and

[18:59] every day.

[19:01] All right, we'll move over to Steve with

[19:04] your superintendent report. I will also

[19:05] just note for the public um I appreciate

[19:08] as part of our reorganization of our uh

[19:11] meetings and our agendas, Steve is now

[19:14] our superintendent is now providing a

[19:15] little bit of what's going to be

[19:16] included in the superintendent report.

[19:17] So for the public who looks at our

[19:19] agendas, you have some idea of what

[19:20] might be coming up. So here you go,

[19:22] Steve.

[19:22] Right. So I have a variety of different

[19:24] topics to talk about in the

[19:25] superintendent report and I'm going to

[19:26] go a little bit of out of order um

[19:30] because we have a couple of folks from

[19:32] downstairs. Come on up, Tom Beth. Uh,

[19:35] regarding the special primary

[19:36] accommodations, um, as everyone is

[19:39] likely aware, we have a special primary

[19:42] uh, for the 58th um, district that is

[19:46] going to be happening on September 1st.

[19:48] Um, so we have Tom Kinsler and Beth

[19:50] Derez uh, from town hall and we had a

[19:55] meeting with both of them, myself, uh,

[19:58] our director of security, DPW, Chief

[20:02] Fox, we had a number of different people

[20:03] there. so that we could make sure that

[20:05] we had accommodations in place um

[20:07] because uh the schools will be open uh

[20:10] specifically the three that voting

[20:12] occurs at and that would be at JFK

[20:14] Barard and at Enfield Street. Um so Tom

[20:17] and Beth had asked for a few moments. I

[20:18] said, "Hey, I happen to have this item

[20:20] on my superintendent report and you can

[20:22] go ahead and take care of it for me."

[20:24] Great. Thank you for having us. Um, we

[20:27] just wanted to tell the public again

[20:29] trying to get out there that we do have

[20:30] early voting currently happening

[20:32] downstairs the basement level. Um, our

[20:35] hours today is one of our longer days.

[20:38] It's open till 8:00 tonight. So, if you

[20:40] have time, get in your car, come. Um,

[20:42] our other late night is on Friday from

[20:45] 8:00 in the morning till 8:00 p.m. The

[20:47] other days, um, Wednesday, Thursday,

[20:50] Saturday, and Sunday. Sunday is our last

[20:53] day. It is open from 10 until 6. Um

[20:57] because school is open, all voting at

[21:01] our locations in the schools, that would

[21:03] be Enfield Street School, um Henry

[21:07] Barard

[21:08] and Enfield Street, Fermy is normal, but

[21:11] they're all in the gym this year or this

[21:14] time around, I'm sorry. Um so at Enfield

[21:17] Street, just please parents and the

[21:19] public be careful when you're driving.

[21:21] Um, we'll have an area for you to drive

[21:24] around back at Enfield Street. You're

[21:27] going to use the back entrance into the

[21:29] gym.

[21:30] Um, and you're going to also park your

[21:32] vehicles into the back. So, please,

[21:35] please drive safely. Um, and be aware,

[21:38] especially at pickup and drop off times,

[21:42] Tom.

[21:42] Okay. Hello everybody. Been a been a

[21:46] minute.

[21:47] Um we we we really thought working with

[21:51] um the superintendent and the other

[21:53] parties involved that being bringing out

[21:56] to the public uh the concessions that

[21:59] were made. Uh originally we came into

[22:01] this trying to hope not really

[22:04] justifying but trying to hope that we

[22:06] hey let's close schools and then after

[22:08] that we realized it really can't happen.

[22:10] So, we worked together, came up with a

[22:12] plan uh that we're both happy with, and

[22:14] I believe they're happy with that, uh

[22:17] addresses everything. But, we wanted to

[22:18] talk to the public about uh a few of the

[22:21] locations. First, um uh Henry Barnard.

[22:26] Um Henry Barnard is going to be a

[22:29] challenge regardless of what we do to

[22:31] prepare for it, what the uh schools do

[22:34] to prepare for it, and what the voters

[22:36] do to prepare for it. So, what we've uh

[22:38] what we've asked is that we'd like you

[22:41] guys out there who are going to vote

[22:43] that vote at Henry Barard to please

[22:46] avoid vote v voting at Henry Barard

[22:48] during the hours of uh 7:30 in the

[22:52] morning to 10 minutes of 8 or in the

[22:54] afternoon

[22:56] from 3:25 to 3:45.

[23:00] If you can do that, uh the log jam that

[23:02] occurs with buses, vans, parents picking

[23:06] up and dropping off, teachers arriving

[23:09] to school, all the myriad of traffic

[23:11] that comes in and out of that uh

[23:13] complex. Uh it will make our lives a lot

[23:15] easier and a lot safer. Uh we have a few

[23:18] years back we had a an almost issue over

[23:20] there with somebody almost getting hit.

[23:23] a voter comes in, doesn't go the right

[23:25] way around the back of a car and a van

[23:27] thinks the person's doing the other

[23:29] thing, and next thing you know, there's

[23:30] a kid running and screaming. Um, so it's

[23:33] a recipe for a problem, but they're

[23:35] going to have extra staff out there to

[23:37] help guide all the traffic and the

[23:40] people, but we just want to reiterate if

[23:42] you can choose to come at a later time

[23:46] uh or an earlier time, we would really

[23:48] appreciate it and you'll get in and out

[23:49] of there quickly.

[23:51] So that's it for Barnard.

[23:53] Yeah. And thank you very much for

[23:56] meeting with us and putting the extra

[23:57] steps in. Um and for you guys as well

[24:00] helping so that we can have extra safety

[24:03] steps. And I would also before we leave

[24:05] like to say thank you to Tom and Tony,

[24:07] Amy and I would love to say thank you

[24:10] because he did not have to help us with

[24:12] this primary and I was drowning. So I

[24:14] don't think I could have done it by

[24:16] myself. And we had a lot of people step

[24:19] up this time, our workers. So, thank you

[24:22] very much to our workers. I didn't have

[24:24] enough tempms to fill those spots for

[24:27] workers. So, we did have a a lot of

[24:29] Republicans and a lot of unaffiliates

[24:31] come in and help us when they did not

[24:33] need to. So, thank you very much.

[24:36] Appreciate it. We would do the same

[24:38] thing. We've we've come a long ways.

[24:40] We're very apolitical in our office and

[24:44] all of our workers. So that's

[24:47] we don't mean to brag.

[24:48] Yeah.

[24:49] But but we really feel, you know,

[24:52] government should work like we work in

[24:54] our office. It would be nice if we could

[24:57] go to, you know, whether it's a town

[24:58] council meeting, a board of ed meeting,

[25:00] a planning and zoning meeting, a general

[25:03] get together out in the green, any

[25:04] anything where they people got along

[25:07] with the goal of accomplishing the task

[25:10] the best they possibly can, regardless

[25:13] of party, regardless of biased beliefs.

[25:17] I mean, she's wrong. And no,

[25:20] I don't we don't even think about it. it

[25:22] it's sometimes I do something that she

[25:25] corrects and and gets a better idea and

[25:27] the reverse happens. It isn't about

[25:29] who's winning and who's losing. And I

[25:31] just I hope that that message gets out

[25:34] there because the elections in Enfield

[25:36] are always done unbiased, impartial,

[25:40] accurate, and after what we just went

[25:42] through with the two lawsuit or the

[25:44] lawsuit and the appeal. Um I hope

[25:46] everybody realizes that. Thank you.

[25:49] Thank you.

[25:50] Thank you.

[25:50] Thank you. Questions? I just want to

[25:52] quickly say um I want to echo the thank

[25:56] you for the collaboration and the

[25:57] thought partnership. I know that um

[25:59] putting together an election is not just

[26:01] a simple like oh polls are open and

[26:03] people show up and you just come and

[26:04] vote. It's a lot of

[26:05] polls are open in two weeks.

[26:07] It's a lot of a lot of work. Um so thank

[26:09] you for the work that you do on behalf

[26:11] of voters and residents. Um but also

[26:13] thank you to our town colleagues and our

[26:16] building our school officials for coming

[26:17] together to thank

[26:18] and buildings and grounds.

[26:19] Yes, buildings and grounds. DPW, EPD,

[26:22] Enfield public schools, and you all. Um,

[26:24] thank you for that collaboration. Um, I

[26:27] do know, and I'm just going to preface

[26:29] this because I'm anticipating a

[26:30] question, Steve, so I'm going to look at

[26:32] you. I do anticipate that we will be

[26:34] having some very clear communications to

[26:36] families around especially at Henry

[26:38] Barard Enfield Street School and JFK

[26:41] around the first to ensure kind of

[26:43] families are aware of their parking and

[26:46] um procedures and then we can help share

[26:48] that information as well to help ease

[26:50] that burden.

[26:50] More the better. Yeah.

[26:51] Perfect.

[26:52] Mr. G. Yep.

[26:54] Could you do me a favor and just

[26:57] out loud state what the election is for?

[27:00] Sure. We are dealing with parents and

[27:03] kids and I would hate to have extra

[27:05] people show up.

[27:06] Yes. Thank you. Thank you, Dean. So, the

[27:08] the this this election, the last

[27:10] election was for governor that only

[27:13] governor only primary and it was

[27:15] supposed to have the 58th legislative

[27:18] seat on it, too. So, it was going to be

[27:19] two sets of people. after the lawsuit

[27:22] that that that race was removed from

[27:25] that ballot. Then it was put back on

[27:27] after an appeal and the judge ordered it

[27:31] September 1st emergency special election

[27:34] so that that could get that wrong could

[27:36] get writed and and the people would be

[27:38] able to vote. So on the first you have

[27:41] two candidates. You have uh uh Tom Tyler

[27:45] running against the incumbent John

[27:47] Santella. That's the only people in it.

[27:49] And it's for the 58th legislative seat.

[27:52] And it's Democratic only.

[27:54] Democrat only. If you live in the 59th,

[27:57] you you you can't vote. If you uh are a

[28:00] Republican, you can't vote. If you're an

[28:02] independent, you can't vote. If you're

[28:04] unaffiliated, you can change and you can

[28:07] vote on election day. But other than

[28:09] that, it's just a Democrat.

[28:10] And if you're not registered, you come

[28:12] see us and we'll register you and then

[28:14] we'll tell you when to come back to

[28:16] vote, right? if you're doing early

[28:17] voting or election day.

[28:19] So, it's it's a very narrow. Right now,

[28:22] we have 113 when we came up here.

[28:24] Early votes in two days.

[28:27] Not too many, but we're hoping that that

[28:29] increases with this public uh FYI, but

[28:32] thank you for asking. See, you corrected

[28:35] me.

[28:36] Thank you. Thank you, Mr. G. That is

[28:37] helpful information. So, it is

[28:39] Democratic voters in the 58th district.

[28:41] Thank you.

[28:42] Any other questions?

[28:43] Mr. Anderson,

[28:45] you said if they're unaffiliated, they

[28:47] can change their affiliation and vote on

[28:51] voting day.

[28:53] Correct.

[28:53] They could change to Democrat.

[28:55] Okay. But only for unaffiliated, not for

[28:58] registered independent or registered.

[28:59] No, no party people can move. Well, they

[29:01] can move, but they can't vote. They

[29:03] haven't there's a 90-day privilege that

[29:05] needs to be attained before you can go

[29:07] from one major party to another. So I as

[29:09] a Republican can't change the Democrat

[29:12] tomorrow and vote in this primary. I

[29:14] have to wait 90 days.

[29:16] An independent is a party because a lot

[29:19] of there's a lot of confusion with

[29:21] people thinking that if they choose

[29:23] independent that's unaffiliated.

[29:25] Independent is a major part party.

[29:29] That's all. Thank you.

[29:30] Anybody else?

[29:30] Other questions about the first.

[29:32] Perfect. Thank you.

[29:33] Thank you guys for having us.

[29:35] Thank you sir. You're welcome. You can

[29:38] go ahead and hit your mic before you

[29:42] Thank you.

[29:45] All right. So, continuing on um just a

[29:48] beginning of the year update. Uh I think

[29:51] we heard through um during the opening

[29:54] remarks um about the convocation uh that

[29:58] occurred on Monday. We had all staff

[30:00] back on Monday. today and tomorrow they

[30:03] have their two days of professional

[30:04] development that they'll be going

[30:05] through at their in their various

[30:07] buildings. And as a reminder to

[30:08] everybody out there, everybody needs to

[30:10] get to bed at a nice reasonable hour on

[30:13] Wednesday. Uh because the first day of

[30:15] school for kids is on Thursday the 27th.

[30:20] Uh next week we have the full week, all

[30:23] five days, and then we have a long

[30:24] weekend because we're all going to need

[30:26] a little bit of rest after those first

[30:28] few days of school. Um, I thought

[30:30] convocation was obviously we put it all

[30:32] together, but I a huge shout out and

[30:34] thanks to all the folks that helped us

[30:35] be able to put that together. Uh, Leslie

[30:37] does a tremendous amount of work to be

[30:39] able to do that, but everybody sort of

[30:41] gathers together to make sure we have

[30:43] some excitement and energy uh, as

[30:45] teachers are walking back in. Uh, having

[30:48] the band outside is always a hoot

[30:50] because they are highly offended if you

[30:53] do not walk through the middle of their

[30:54] little uh, gauntlet that they set up. Uh

[30:57] but it's wonderful to have them and we

[30:59] have kids involved with it. Teacher of

[31:01] the year speech, staff member of the

[31:03] year speech. We recognize our staff

[31:05] members. We gave out our 30-year

[31:08] um recognitions to those uh folks who

[31:10] have provided 30 years of service to

[31:12] Enfield. And um outside of the norm, you

[31:16] know, that would normally be a certified

[31:17] staff only award. I've expanded that to

[31:21] say anybody who works in the district,

[31:23] non-certified, non-union certified. if

[31:26] you provide 30 years of service to the

[31:28] Enfield public schools, you know, you

[31:30] deserve a plaque. I mean, you deserve a

[31:31] lot more than that, but we're going to

[31:33] recognize you at convocation. Um, so

[31:35] that's a change for us moving forward.

[31:38] Um,

[31:41] staffing update. Um, going into the

[31:44] beginning of this year, we are in a much

[31:46] better position than we have been in

[31:48] years past. Uh I think what we are

[31:50] seeing out there anecdotally is uh what

[31:55] Enfield went through a few years back is

[31:57] what many other districts are going

[31:59] through now. Um they're seeing layoffs.

[32:01] They're seeing reduction in staff and

[32:03] things of that nature. We had large

[32:05] candidate pools for pretty much all of

[32:07] our openings. Um we do still have some

[32:11] uh positions that are open. Uh we have

[32:13] currently eight certified staff

[32:14] openings. Uh I will tell you that those

[32:17] are in the most difficult positions to

[32:19] hire in. Um they are things like

[32:21] psychologists, um special ed teacher in

[32:24] one location. Um arrangements have been

[32:27] made whether we're using outside

[32:28] agencies, whether we distributed to

[32:30] other um rooms within the building or

[32:34] across the district. Uh the students

[32:35] have been taken care of, but we still do

[32:37] have some openings. um non-certified. We

[32:41] do still have openings uh around 30, but

[32:44] those vary uh depending on what they

[32:46] are. We have one nurse that we're still

[32:48] trying to solidify

[32:50] um in one of the buildings. So, we'll be

[32:51] sharing nurses across the buildings or

[32:53] be utilizing our subservice for the

[32:55] nurses on a day-to-day basis. We have a

[32:58] number of pair professionals, building

[33:00] subs, um behavior technicians, and you

[33:03] know, some part-time lunch aids, uh

[33:04] lunch/res aids. Uh you'll get a full

[33:07] detail in your weekly update where I'll

[33:08] break it down by number uh across the

[33:11] schools. Uh but just the overall

[33:12] staffing um I think we're in a much much

[33:15] better place and again we saw an

[33:17] outstanding candidate pool uh as

[33:19] compared to a very thin candidate pool

[33:20] in the past. So that's good news for us.

[33:23] We already covered the special primary

[33:25] accommodations uh and again I know

[33:26] they've left but a big thank you to Tom

[33:28] and Beth for being willing to sit down

[33:30] and look at things in a different way um

[33:33] so that we could continue to have

[33:34] schools uh school open on that day. Uh

[33:38] and last not lastly but uh the prek to 5

[33:43] schools and Eagle Academy project

[33:44] update. Well, when I originally had

[33:46] written my update, it had to get

[33:49] changed. Um, so and it's since been

[33:53] changed because I just received some

[33:54] information uh at about 5:35 from

[33:58] downstairs. Um, so let's go through this

[34:01] a little bit. Um,

[34:03] first of all, uh, last evening we had

[34:05] our first public hearing. Actually, we

[34:07] had the public hearing regarding the new

[34:09] construction on the Hazardville,

[34:11] Crannle, Barnard, um, Parkman and the

[34:16] conversion of Eli Whitney into Eagle

[34:17] Academy Therapeutic Day School. So, um I

[34:20] would say the room was pretty filled

[34:22] last evening uh in council chambers.

[34:24] There were some folks standing on on

[34:26] both sides and in the back. Um and at

[34:30] the end result of this is that uh due to

[34:34] a

[34:35] very cautious concern that they had

[34:39] regarding one of the postings. Uh one of

[34:41] the postings they felt was needed to be

[34:44] adjusted and reposted again for the

[34:46] public hearing. nothing about what we're

[34:49] moving forward with, nothing about the

[34:50] numbers or the bond rate or anything

[34:53] like that. This is solely about how it

[34:55] was posted on the website. Um because of

[34:58] that, they decided that they would not

[35:00] hold a vote last evening. Um town

[35:04] council got together downstairs at 5:30

[35:07] tonight, right when we started. They

[35:08] were downstairs. I received word that

[35:10] they did vote and approve to hold an

[35:14] additional public hearing. That will be

[35:16] held next Wednesday, September 2nd.

[35:18] It'll be at 6:30 uh right here in this

[35:21] room again. Um and then they will hold a

[35:23] special meeting immediately following

[35:26] with the purpose of sort of taking in

[35:28] that public hearing information and

[35:30] having a town council vote as to whether

[35:32] or not they will move forward uh with

[35:34] the resolution. uh the resolution and I

[35:38] just want to make sure everyone is

[35:40] crystal clear because there is there's a

[35:42] whole lot of numbers that are floating

[35:43] around out there and some are all over

[35:45] the place. So

[35:49] the entire project if no funding was

[35:52] provided is $511 million.

[35:56] However,

[35:57] significant amount of funding is coming

[35:59] from the state of Connecticut

[36:01] to the tune that they are conservatively

[36:06] estimating

[36:07] and this is super conservative because

[36:09] I'll give you the actual cost what it's

[36:11] going to be. They're conservatively

[36:13] utilizing an authorization for issuance

[36:16] of bonds not to exceed $89 million.

[36:21] The $89 million does not take into

[36:24] account

[36:26] special education reimbursement or

[36:28] incentives in some of the schools. It

[36:31] does not take into account the 5%

[36:33] housing incentive. It does not take into

[36:36] account certain other areas.

[36:39] If all of that gets taken in, the

[36:42] special legislation goes through next

[36:44] year for the other three buildings.

[36:48] Estimates are that this is going to cost

[36:52] approximately

[36:54] 55 to60 million. Now, that's still a

[36:57] large amount of money, but 511 million,

[37:01] 55 million. That's a lot of money that

[37:04] the state's putting forward for this.

[37:07] Um, so we we would be receiving a

[37:10] significant amount of money from the

[37:12] state of Connecticut. Again, I would

[37:14] suggest anybody who can or is able to

[37:17] come out to the public hearing or listen

[37:19] in through uh Enfield TV, please do. Um

[37:23] if anybody has any questions related to

[37:26] this, they are more than welcome to call

[37:28] my office. I will take them through um

[37:30] the nitty-gritty of the numbers if you

[37:32] wish. More than happy to do that. Um,

[37:34] but there will be the special town

[37:36] council uh vote next Wednesday hopefully

[37:40] to set the referendum date to be

[37:42] November 3rd. Um, which is the same date

[37:46] of the regular election.

[37:50] I think we're good on that one. I have

[37:52] one other and this is like a public

[37:54] service announcement.

[37:56] The town council also approved a

[37:58] resolution last evening um to be moving

[38:01] forward with uh or setting of a public

[38:04] hearing date. This a separate topic, but

[38:07] the town council uh needs to notify

[38:09] everyone of a public hearing date that

[38:11] will be held on Wednesday, September

[38:12] 9th, and that is regarding a new program

[38:16] that is called the school bus stop arm

[38:19] program or excuse me, school bus stop

[38:22] arm and enforcement program. So, this is

[38:25] a new program which is hopefully going

[38:28] to stop people from driving by our buses

[38:31] when they are stopped with their stop

[38:32] signs out. Um, it's a video camera type

[38:37] of program that automatically sends

[38:40] tickets and things of that nature to the

[38:42] offenders. Um, I believe even when I

[38:45] came out town hall, there was I saw a

[38:48] sign that was put out by the police

[38:50] department about the size of the fine.

[38:52] That's for current. Um, so this is a

[38:55] resolution that is for a different type

[38:57] of program. Um,

[39:00] so again, public hearing for the school

[39:02] bus stop arm and enforcement program,

[39:06] Wednesday, September 9th. That's going

[39:08] to be held at 6:50.

[39:13] I I just tell you what I was told.

[39:17] It says 650 on the website.

[39:20] special meeting a meet or excuse me not

[39:22] a special meeting but public hearing

[39:24] 6:50 at night Wednesday September 9th

[39:28] for them just to have input and then

[39:30] they will take an actual vote at their

[39:33] next town council meeting which I

[39:35] believe is scheduled for September 21st

[39:38] that would be here yes so a bunch of

[39:41] different public hearings going on

[39:43] please ask me questions and I'll try to

[39:45] clarify

[39:46] I just want to make sure um the

[39:49] September Second one, council chambers

[39:51] referendum public hearing. What time was

[39:53] that again?

[39:54] 6:30.

[39:55] 30. Got it. Okay.

[40:00] Two public hearings referendum

[40:03] 6:30 September 2nd.

[40:07] Following Wednesday, 6:50

[40:11] September 9th. That one's for the school

[40:13] bus stop arm.

[40:15] That is everything for my update. Thank

[40:17] you very much,

[40:18] Mr. Cobra.

[40:20] Thank you, Mr. Makio. Just a quick

[40:22] question and I do appreciate the more

[40:23] detailed superintendent report and you

[40:25] covered a bunch of topics. The only

[40:27] question or I guess the request if you

[40:29] could just pro the like a summary. I

[40:31] know we moved the

[40:33] alternative ed from the firmy to um

[40:36] central office. Could you just talk

[40:38] about that and just confirm that that's

[40:39] happening for Thursday?

[40:43] Yes. Um so actually a lot of work being

[40:46] done by buildings and grounds um over

[40:48] the course of the last week or so I

[40:50] would say to be able to make sure that

[40:51] they we are good to go with that. Um

[40:53] alternative program has fully been moved

[40:56] over from out of the annex and will be

[40:58] on the third floor of Alorn

[41:00] and just how many students does that

[41:02] affect?

[41:04] Between 20 and 30 I would say would be

[41:06] accurate.

[41:07] Okay. Thank you.

[41:08] Yep. Miss McGuire Bruce, I was just

[41:11] going to publicly thank you at central

[41:13] office. Um I know that with the um

[41:16] special primary, you guys are helping

[41:18] out and I just wanted to say thank you

[41:20] for making that work, for making sure

[41:22] that there's safety precautions for kids

[41:25] and to really be out there and help

[41:26] supporting that. So, thank you.

[41:28] Come out and get a nice picture of your

[41:29] superintendent in a crossing guard

[41:32] outfit. Not a problem at all.

[41:33] I'll pay someone. I'll be at school.

[41:36] Mr. Roder, I'm sure we'll take it.

[41:39] Um, thank you. The only comment I want

[41:41] to add, um, I want to publicly thank the

[41:44] board members who attended last night's

[41:46] public hearing. Mr. Gaus, Miss Kushman,

[41:48] Mr. Roard, and myself were there. I know

[41:50] we all can't be there, but I think I

[41:51] just want to thank folks for in a

[41:53] bipartisan way coming out and being

[41:54] active and engaged um, in this project

[41:56] and staying up to date. Um, there was a

[41:58] good turnout, so I'm hopeful to see next

[42:00] steps. All right, let's move on to

[42:02] public comment. So, good evening. Thank

[42:04] you for joining us. A few reminders

[42:05] before we begin begin public comment.

[42:07] You have four minutes. Name relationship

[42:09] to the district. It's time for your

[42:11] comments, not a Q&A. The role is

[42:12] governance of the districts. Frame your

[42:14] marks accordingly. Um we welcome all

[42:17] comments, but please we ask you to

[42:19] refrain from anything in confidential um

[42:21] personally identifiable student or staff

[42:22] member matters which can't be addressed

[42:24] in this public forum. Thank you, Miss

[42:26] Griffin.

[42:33] There's a lot of people waiting to go. I

[42:34] know there always there always is

[42:37] Griffin Abby Road parent um regarding

[42:41] the referendum. I said it last night

[42:44] when I was um up here. It's shocking. Um

[42:48] but is there a way for the schools to be

[42:52] made available for people to tour once

[42:54] or twice between now and the referendum?

[42:57] Because I think people often times think

[43:00] back to when they were in school and

[43:01] presume that the buildings are like they

[43:03] are like they were then. They're not.

[43:06] They're in much poorer shape and the

[43:09] needs of the district are different. So

[43:12] it would be beneficial, I think, for

[43:15] some people to walk through and see if

[43:17] that's doable. Obviously, not during

[43:19] school hours, but maybe on a weekend and

[43:22] or an evening so that people could see

[43:24] what we're talking about. Okay. first

[43:27] meeting of the year, I always have to

[43:28] give a little lecture, but this time

[43:30] it's not really a lecture. Um, the last

[43:33] three board chairs, I'm including you

[43:36] because, you know, did last year, I

[43:38] think we've had a really good run and I

[43:41] hope it continues. Thank you for your

[43:42] work. Um, to really not have it be,

[43:47] we're the majority. you all get to shut

[43:49] your mouth on in the minority, but to

[43:52] let people have their say, even if it's

[43:55] a very contentious issue, even if it's

[43:59] something that they're not going to get

[44:01] their way eventually, but to be heard.

[44:03] And I really appreciate when you guys

[44:05] talk about committee meetings, when you

[44:08] discuss

[44:10] not only what was decided, but the input

[44:14] that went into it and where the

[44:15] questions were and where the where the

[44:19] making accommodations for each other and

[44:22] listening to each other. That's the way

[44:25] to do it.

[44:27] That's the way we got to teach our kids

[44:28] to do it. So please really continue that

[44:31] and keep talking about it. People need

[44:34] to know that you're not steamrolling

[44:36] because that's not governing. So please

[44:39] continue. Um I was listening to a

[44:41] podcast. I won't say who it was because

[44:43] then people might think one thing or

[44:46] another because of who it was. A couple

[44:48] of really good quotes

[44:51] talking about what I was just talking

[44:53] about. I think you the first thing you

[44:56] have to do is walk into these those

[44:58] conversations without having already

[45:01] made a judgment.

[45:03] And when you walk into it with an open

[45:05] mind, then it means that you can

[45:07] actually have a conversation and make a

[45:09] decision as to how you feel after you

[45:12] have that conversation.

[45:14] And I think in a lot of our politics, we

[45:16] label people and then disregard them

[45:19] entirely. We treat them as if they're

[45:21] not even people worth engaging with

[45:25] and doesn't help anybody. And then

[45:27] another quote from another podcast.

[45:33] So you have caricatures of so many

[45:35] people and you have to leave those at

[45:38] the door and you also have to be willing

[45:40] to move beyond them. and for some of

[45:43] those conversations to be actually good

[45:45] faith ones to offer people the ability

[45:48] to critique critique you to you.

[45:52] And I think sometimes

[45:54] when you're in a position of power, you

[45:56] want people to just tell you, "Oh,

[45:58] you're incredible. Here's what I love

[46:00] most about you."

[46:04] Don't sell yourself short. You're all

[46:06] capable of it. So, please prove me

[46:08] right.

[46:12] Thank Thank you, Miss Griffin. Maybe

[46:13] you'll stay in a little bit. I'm going

[46:15] to give an update on that retreat. So,

[46:16] hopefully you hear more about our

[46:17] collaborative work.

[46:19] Uh unfinished business, there is none.

[46:22] New business on our consent agenda. We

[46:24] have approval of minutes from our June

[46:26] 9th meeting and our special meeting of

[46:28] our board retreat on July 28th. Um do I

[46:31] have a motion to approve our consent

[46:34] agenda?

[46:35] Motion to approve. Second um made by

[46:38] Miss McGuire Bruce, seconded by Miss uh

[46:40] Gerard. Hand vote uh Mr. Cobra.

[46:43] Before we do, just a comment, not

[46:44] adjusting anything, and I forgot to send

[46:46] an email, but through the board chair,

[46:47] to the board secretary, to the board

[46:48] clerk on the June 9th uh meeting minutes

[46:53] um regarding some of the uh policies

[46:55] that were voted on. I think it was the

[46:56] ones that were like the 630, the three

[46:58] names that are listed, it doesn't say

[47:00] how they voted. So, yeah.

[47:02] Perfect. Outstanding. Just want to make

[47:04] sure that's reflected correctly. Thank

[47:05] you.

[47:06] Perfect. Thank you, Mr. Cobber, for

[47:07] mentioning that publicly. That will be

[47:09] um with that change um noted in the

[47:12] minutes with the vote count on the 6,000

[47:15] public uh policy vote. Um all in favor

[47:19] of the consent agenda.

[47:22] That looks like eight of us. Um

[47:25] obviously none and no abstensions.

[47:27] Perfect. Thank you. All right, moving on

[47:30] to committee reports. Um, unfortunately,

[47:32] Miss Ker is not here, but these should

[47:34] be quick updates for our beginning

[47:35] meeting. Um, the curriculum meeting, the

[47:37] curriculum committee will meet on

[47:39] September 10th. Um, you will hear a

[47:41] little bit more about our board retreat

[47:42] in a moment, but I think there's going

[47:44] to be some interesting topics brought up

[47:45] there um this year pertaining to our

[47:48] district improvement plan and some of

[47:49] our budgetary u moves that we made. So,

[47:52] look out for those agendas. But that

[47:53] next meeting will be on September 10th.

[47:56] Finance Committee. Our next finance

[47:58] meeting will be on Monday, September

[48:00] 14th at 5:00.

[48:04] Go ahead.

[48:04] Just a quick question or comment to

[48:05] finance. I know you guys haven't met

[48:06] yet. Um, but can you just give like a

[48:08] quick overview or um an understanding of

[48:11] like where we ended up closing last

[48:12] year's budget just because June 30th was

[48:15] several weeks ago. So, just to give a

[48:18] Yeah, I'm not Steve. I know there was

[48:20] the Hartford Choice numbers. Can you

[48:24] I don't have them in front of me.

[48:29] I don't want to give you wrong

[48:30] information. Um, Hartford Choice was

[48:33] fully paid.

[48:35] Um, and I want to I'm going to give you

[48:38] a round number and I'll give you the

[48:40] detailed number in the weekly update.

[48:42] Um, but I want to say we put

[48:44] approximately $600,000 into the

[48:46] non-lapsing account. and that I can look

[48:50] before I should say this uh because

[48:52] again another resolution last evening

[48:54] was about the health insurance fund. So

[48:56] the town council did approve that

[48:58] resolution. So I'll be bringing that

[48:59] forward to the finance committee at the

[49:01] next meeting. Um so we can discuss that

[49:03] in terms of implications for budgets

[49:05] moving forward. Um but then that will

[49:08] come to the full board following that.

[49:10] But we did send back all of our um

[49:14] any monies that were left in our health

[49:15] insurance fund. We did send that back to

[49:18] town.

[49:19] All right. Thank you, Mr.

[49:20] So, our health insurance fund right now

[49:22] between what we contributed back cuz we

[49:24] budgeted, we had open positions, and

[49:26] what the town did the same with, um, the

[49:28] health insurance fund is is going to be

[49:30] going in the in the extremely positive

[49:33] direction.

[49:33] Okay. I I appreciate that. And I know

[49:35] probably in the September agenda, we'll

[49:36] talk about it more after finance has a

[49:37] chance to review the um the statements

[49:40] and the line item transfers and stuff

[49:41] for for board action. So, I know I think

[49:43] where we left off because our last

[49:44] meeting was June. Obviously there were

[49:45] some questions and just for public

[49:47] awareness obviously and I know the

[49:48] Hartford was obviously a big topic. So

[49:51] you know for for everybody to know that

[49:52] did get reconciled and then obviously we

[49:55] did end in a positive not a deficit. So

[49:58] thank you.

[49:59] Thank you Mr. Cobber. Um and we will

[50:01] make sure that we get a more complete

[50:02] update and that definitely will come up

[50:03] when we do the approvals um in our next

[50:05] meeting uh policy committee. Our next

[50:08] meeting is September 15th at 5:00 pm at

[50:11] Elorn. Perfect. All right. Now my turn.

[50:14] Um, so a few updates here for our

[50:16] leadership committee. Um, we did have

[50:18] joint leadership with town council over

[50:20] the summer. So, summer isn't completely

[50:21] quiet. Um, we do continue to meet and do

[50:24] some work. So, we met with town council

[50:26] on July 25th where we continue to look

[50:28] at some of our buildings and grounds

[50:29] work. Um, obviously the referendum um,

[50:32] conversation really took the majority of

[50:34] that piece um, and continued those

[50:36] dialogues with our leadership on the

[50:38] town council side. As a board of ed

[50:40] leadership, we met met on August 5th

[50:42] where we reviewed obviously our upcoming

[50:44] this tonight's agenda. Um we also

[50:46] discussed the September 1st primary. Um

[50:49] we do have an administrator's union

[50:50] negotiation that is taking place. Um and

[50:52] we did have some discussion about board

[50:54] guests. But what I want to spend a

[50:56] little bit of time chatting about is the

[50:58] retreat that took place. Um and I'm

[51:00] going to read a little thing that I had

[51:02] prepared and then I welcome any other

[51:03] additions or reflections or corrections

[51:06] um from my colleagues up here. Um, so

[51:08] the Enfield Board of Ed held our first

[51:10] board retreat in many years. Um,

[51:12] actually I'm not sure when the last one

[51:14] took place. So it was an important

[51:16] opportunity to step away from our

[51:17] regular meeting structure and spend time

[51:19] together reflecting on how we can best

[51:21] support Enfield Public Schools through

[51:23] strong, thoughtful governance. I need to

[51:25] thank each member for their genuine

[51:27] engagement and thoughtful participation.

[51:29] Even you, Miss Bulio, who couldn't

[51:31] physically be with us, continued to

[51:32] follow up on what happened and ensured

[51:34] that your ideas were considered. We we

[51:37] began by reconnecting as people because

[51:39] I believe strong working relationships

[51:41] matter. To your point, Miss Griffin, um

[51:43] we reviewed our district improvement

[51:44] plan and our superintendent's goals.

[51:46] Then we spent time in independent

[51:48] reflection before coming together to

[51:50] organize and discuss our ideas as a

[51:52] group. The goal was to identify common

[51:54] areas where we can focus our board work

[51:56] and continue to strengthen our support

[51:57] of the district's priorities. Yes, there

[52:00] was plenty of conversation,

[52:01] collaboration, and even some laughter.

[52:04] Unfortunately, there was no robes, no

[52:05] spa treatments, or no fancy dinners. Um,

[52:08] but it was really nice to spend some

[52:10] time and connect with each other as

[52:11] people. So, some areas that did come up

[52:14] as themes. I just want to be very clear,

[52:16] these aren't new goals, these aren't

[52:17] commitments, but these were themes that

[52:19] came up in our discussion across the

[52:21] board. So again, demonstrating our

[52:23] collective um ideas of focus. We're

[52:25] around teaching and learning, continuing

[52:27] to understand our core instruction and

[52:29] our academic coaching model and how

[52:31] these efforts support our student

[52:32] outcomes. We're interested in our

[52:34] multi-tered systems of support and data,

[52:36] deepening our understanding of those

[52:38] things um and how they inform our

[52:40] instructional intervention decisions and

[52:43] ultimately our budget. um special

[52:45] education. There is continued interest

[52:46] in learning about our programming, the

[52:48] supports, sustainability and

[52:50] opportunities to be creative and

[52:51] innovative and strengthen those services

[52:53] for students.

[52:55] Student wellness and behavioral supports

[52:57] were also discussed continuing to

[52:58] understand the systems and practices

[53:00] supporting students mental health,

[53:02] behavioral health and overall

[53:03] well-being. TAG or talented and gifted

[53:06] programming that will be continued work

[53:08] um this term looking at how we are the

[53:12] constant evolution of that programming.

[53:13] There are some changes that are

[53:15] happening this year um and how we

[53:17] benefit those um that do benefit from

[53:19] our advanced learning opportunities. And

[53:21] then a last goal that I think was a

[53:23] really important discussion was the

[53:25] importance of student voice. Um, last

[53:27] term we were really blessed with amazing

[53:30] student reps who rose to the occasion of

[53:32] not just attending our meetings, but

[53:34] soliciting other student feedback,

[53:36] putting together projects. Um, so we had

[53:39] lots of discussion around how can we

[53:40] continue to strengthen the role of our

[53:41] student representatives and create

[53:43] meaningful opportunities for student

[53:44] perspectives to inform our work. So

[53:46] again, these are not new board goals.

[53:48] They're not formal commitments or a

[53:50] checklist of initiatives. These were

[53:51] themes that emerge from our

[53:52] conversation. Again, I want to say how

[53:54] thankful I am to work along um side both

[53:57] sides of the the aisle here um and

[53:59] really taking time to reflect, share

[54:01] ideas, listen to one another, and think

[54:03] collectively about how we support our

[54:05] students, staff, and our families. I

[54:07] believe that good governance requires us

[54:08] to keep learning, keep listening, and

[54:10] keep working together. Um and I'm

[54:11] looking forward to bringing these themes

[54:12] into the next school year. So, thank you

[54:14] to our board. Uh, if there's anything

[54:16] anybody would like to add, if I

[54:18] misrepresented any conversation or

[54:19] things that were left out that you think

[54:21] were heavily important, please don't

[54:22] hesitate to chime in.

[54:26] Great job.

[54:26] Maybe robes next time, Rob.

[54:31] All right. So,

[54:34] I just for the public.

[54:40] So, this is my first time doing this

[54:41] with with the board of ed, so I don't

[54:44] know what to expect.

[54:46] They tell me there's going to be this

[54:47] board retreat. I'm like, "That sounds

[54:50] great. We're going to have a a spa day

[54:53] or I don't know what we're going to

[54:55] have, but it's going to be great."

[54:58] Then I find out where we're having our

[55:01] retreat. Carefully, it's right here.

[55:06] So, we're having our retreat in Andy's

[55:10] office.

[55:13] like, okay, this is not definitely not a

[55:16] spa.

[55:18] I'm expecting robes. I'm expecting

[55:20] cucumbers for my eyes.

[55:23] Maybe a mud thing on my face. I don't

[55:25] know what's going on. I get none of

[55:28] that. None of it.

[55:31] I get an hour and a half of meeting

[55:36] and cookies.

[55:38] You had cookies.

[55:42] Definitely definitely not a retreat.

[55:44] Definitely not.

[55:47] I will say not a retreat. Uh but I got

[55:49] to learn more about your dogs. We did

[55:51] get to connect and we did did some good

[55:53] board business. I appreciate

[55:54] and it needs another word for this other

[55:56] than retreat, right Rob?

[55:57] We'll rename it next time. Okay. Um but

[56:00] thank you Mr. Anderson in all

[56:02] seriousness for the candid laughter um

[56:04] and your engagement in the activity.

[56:07] Everybody's engagement. I truly truly

[56:09] appreciate. All right. Let's move on to

[56:11] less on report school updates. I am um

[56:14] going to start with you Miss McGuire

[56:15] Bears. Perfect. All right. Thank you to

[56:17] the staff for welcoming kindergarten

[56:20] orientation this past week. Made us

[56:23] kindergarten parents feel a little bit

[56:25] more ready for this big milestone. Um if

[56:28] you are new to Enfield Street School,

[56:29] please make sure you are following the

[56:31] PTO page on Facebook. The welcome picnic

[56:34] is on September 9th from 5 to 6:00

[56:37] followed by open house from 6:00 to

[56:38] 7:00. Lastly, this is for all Enfield

[56:41] public schools teachers and staff.

[56:43] Yesterday, I was at my convocation, so I

[56:46] was unable to attend Enfields. Um, but

[56:48] our superintendent shared some messages

[56:50] from families. Um, she collected 250 of

[56:53] them in the commemoration of our 250th

[56:56] America's birthday. Uh, one of them

[56:58] stuck with me and I wanted to share it

[57:00] with you all tonight. You are more than

[57:02] just staff. You are architects of hope

[57:05] for this community. So, thank you for

[57:07] giving us all hope and thank you for all

[57:10] you do. I know how much this job takes

[57:12] and I appreciate you and happy new year.

[57:16] Very nice, Miss McGriers. Any other

[57:18] school updates? Mr. Cobber and then Miss

[57:20] um Gerard.

[57:22] Thank you, Madam Chair. So, just a quick

[57:24] uh just want to shout out and welcome

[57:25] back students and staff to the uh 202627

[57:28] school year. Obviously, as mentioned,

[57:30] first day of school will be Thursday. Uh

[57:32] so, it's right around the corner. Um I

[57:34] know we talked about convocation. and I

[57:35] was not able to attend. Um but again for

[57:38] and I think the context clues described

[57:39] what it is but for those not familiar

[57:41] obviously it is like that welcome back

[57:42] for staff. Um gives them the opportunity

[57:45] for uh speeches recognition um and just

[57:49] kind of that warm welcome back to put

[57:50] all the uh returning staff in one place

[57:52] and then obviously greet the new staff.

[57:54] Um just in regards to my specific

[57:56] leaison um with the ERFC I know I uh I

[57:59] checked in through a lot of their summer

[58:01] programs. I was able to attend their

[58:03] summer talent show over at Prudence

[58:04] Candle. see some of the students do

[58:06] their great work. Um I briefly um met

[58:08] with the new executive director uh Mr.

[58:10] Ker. Um I haven't recently made it over

[58:13] to Eagle, but of course we just saw

[58:14] their uh support staff of the year, so

[58:16] we know they're doing good things over

[58:17] there. Uh so that is all I have. Thank

[58:19] you.

[58:20] Thank you, Mr. Mr. Wright.

[58:22] Um Kit's next meeting is September 2nd

[58:26] at 5:30 p.m. at CT State as Nuk. uh

[58:31] parkment update, welcome back picnic is

[58:34] on September 2nd from 5:00 pm to 7 pm.

[58:38] You can bring a picnic um before 6:00

[58:41] p.m. the doors will be open so that you

[58:43] can actually go into the school visit

[58:45] your child's classroom and if you've

[58:47] never been to Parkman before, you get to

[58:49] visit it for the first time. Their first

[58:52] PTO meeting is going to be on September

[58:54] 8th at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. They do have

[58:58] a new group of new PTO folks and a new

[59:02] president. So, congratulations to all

[59:04] them and I can't wait to see what they

[59:05] do. Thank you, Mr. Oh, was that No,

[59:10] perfect. All right. I'm going to um

[59:12] channel Miss Ker and read her back to

[59:14] school message. But before I do that, I

[59:15] think it's some pretty generic back to

[59:17] school message around schools will be

[59:20] sharing information through their

[59:21] newsletters and through Parent Square.

[59:23] Um, as a district, we're also doing some

[59:24] work around website and communication.

[59:26] And so encouraging families to make sure

[59:28] you have parent square access um and

[59:30] that you are checking those things and

[59:32] um being up tod date. But as far as some

[59:35] special news from Crannle um Mr. Dupair

[59:38] welcomes everyone back reminding folks

[59:40] that the Cougar Chronicle newsletter

[59:42] will continue to be the primary source

[59:44] of information. It's sent out every

[59:45] Monday. So please make sure that you are

[59:47] checking those and we welcome back

[59:49] everybody on August 27th. Um I also just

[59:53] want to I've mentioned it a couple times

[59:55] now. welcome folks back. Thank you for

[59:57] our staff um who will be ready to greet

[59:59] students on Thursday. Um I'm not the

[1:00:02] official JFK leaison, but I did ask my

[1:00:05] incoming sixth grader if he actually he

[1:00:07] said before I left the house tonight.

[1:00:08] He's like, "Oh, mom, I have something to

[1:00:09] share with you at the to say in the

[1:00:11] meeting, and I was like, you know what?"

[1:00:12] Um he's been getting used to his walk to

[1:00:15] JFK and doing those, you know, to end

[1:00:17] the summer. and he said there's lots of

[1:00:19] like what looks like electronic scooter

[1:00:21] and bike marks across the basketball

[1:00:23] court and across like fields. So he was

[1:00:25] asking his fellow peers to be mindful of

[1:00:28] using electronic scooters and bikes um

[1:00:30] especially on school property where

[1:00:32] students use those facilities. Um so I

[1:00:34] do think that's an important reminder

[1:00:35] for all and safety. Um so thank you for

[1:00:37] those being safe around the first day of

[1:00:39] school. Um and always

[1:00:42] joint facilities.

[1:00:44] I actually do have a brief update. Um

[1:00:47] joint facilities did meet on August 13th

[1:00:51] to discuss the status of the roof

[1:00:53] testing and potential repairs needed um

[1:00:57] for even the short term on well short

[1:00:59] long term depending on how things go. Um

[1:01:02] on schools likeRandle Parkman and Stowe

[1:01:05] um councelor Zenon agreed that he was

[1:01:07] going to bring the conversation to the

[1:01:09] town council in order to determine where

[1:01:11] the funding for this project uh the need

[1:01:14] could come from. Um, our next meeting is

[1:01:16] scheduled for September 10th, but we

[1:01:18] have discussed that if it was not

[1:01:20] discussed yet by town council, we would

[1:01:22] potentially postpone this as not meeting

[1:01:24] until we have kind of an answer. Um, but

[1:01:27] the committee did have conversation

[1:01:29] around having uh quarterly meetings. We

[1:01:32] know that this joint facilities was

[1:01:34] really formed as more for roofs and um

[1:01:37] with other committees. they talk about a

[1:01:39] lot of other things but just staying on

[1:01:42] top of it and even meeting quarterly um

[1:01:44] we thought was was helpful moving

[1:01:46] forward and I know there's other

[1:01:47] colleagues on so if I missed anything

[1:01:49] feel free to chime in I just want to

[1:01:50] give a little update Mr. Cobber

[1:01:52] all right thank you uh ju just to

[1:01:54] supplement I think uh Mr. Bruce did a

[1:01:55] good job um kind of highlighting it. Um

[1:01:58] of course and just to again refresh

[1:02:00] people, the joint facilities committee

[1:02:02] when it was originally created 10 plus

[1:02:04] years ago had a wider purview when it

[1:02:06] was refined this past I believe it's

[1:02:07] January or February. Uh its scope was

[1:02:10] really narrowed to um overseeing the

[1:02:13] roofs on school buildings and the roof

[1:02:15] referendum. Um, I know one of the

[1:02:17] friction points that we mentioned that

[1:02:18] that came up um in the meeting is the

[1:02:21] current status of the approved

[1:02:23] referendums for roofs and then obviously

[1:02:25] the for lack of a better term the freeze

[1:02:27] on that pending the outcome of the uh PK

[1:02:30] through5 modernization uh referendum and

[1:02:32] update. So, um I know there were some

[1:02:34] plans regarding um preventive

[1:02:36] maintenance and testing and things of

[1:02:37] that sort. Um we originally hoped some

[1:02:40] of that would get done over the summer.

[1:02:41] It seems like it did not. So, I know

[1:02:42] we're trying to just re get tracks on

[1:02:44] that um through uh the town council and

[1:02:47] the DPW side and obviously keeping that

[1:02:48] committee looped in um because of course

[1:02:51] if for any reason the uh modernization

[1:02:54] doesn't happen, we still have these

[1:02:55] roofs that need replacement. So, just

[1:02:57] obviously maintaining oversight on that.

[1:02:59] Thank you.

[1:03:00] Thank you, Mr. Cobber. I would also just

[1:03:02] um ensure the public understands

[1:03:03] whenever we have joint leadership u

[1:03:05] meetings with our town council

[1:03:07] counterparts, facilities tends to be a

[1:03:09] large portion of our conversation.

[1:03:11] um joint insurance. So I we heard an

[1:03:14] update a little bit. Um Mr. Pulley or

[1:03:17] Mr. Mchio, would you like to

[1:03:20] shoot it to you, Mr. Mchio? Sorry, it's

[1:03:22] all you.

[1:03:24] Sorry. I will keep chatting while you

[1:03:26] I'll get you I'll get you there. Okay.

[1:03:28] Uh last night

[1:03:28] I think I think the big update for the

[1:03:31] joint insurance committee was our

[1:03:33] agreement to go with the resolution

[1:03:36] um regarding what we will do with any um

[1:03:40] budgeted funds at the end of the fiscal

[1:03:43] year. Um so again uh town council did

[1:03:46] approve the resolution last evening

[1:03:48] related to that. It will go to the

[1:03:50] finance committee in terms of um next

[1:03:52] steps for our board and then I'll bring

[1:03:54] it forward to the full board uh just to

[1:03:56] share it with you. But basically,

[1:03:59] it puts some regulation, not some

[1:04:01] regulations, but some guidelines in

[1:04:02] terms of what we must do related to any

[1:04:05] funds that are budgeted for health

[1:04:06] insurance.

[1:04:08] Thank you, Mr. Mchio. Sorry, I didn't

[1:04:09] mean to put you both on the spot there,

[1:04:10] but I do think that is another another

[1:04:12] piece of work um that is really around

[1:04:14] fiscal transparency and best fiscal

[1:04:17] practices. So, thank you to those on

[1:04:19] joint insurance and thank you to our

[1:04:20] counterparts on the town council side um

[1:04:22] that hopefully we can move forward in

[1:04:24] some good fiscal practice. Go ahead. I I

[1:04:26] just want and I should have said this

[1:04:27] during my superintendent report, but

[1:04:31] a lot of that came out of the efforts of

[1:04:34] the collaboration and communication that

[1:04:36] happens between my office and the town

[1:04:38] manager's office. Um, you know, last

[1:04:40] evening was Mr. Cppler's last evening um

[1:04:43] as town manager and to my understanding

[1:04:45] he's probably in a car right now driving

[1:04:47] out towards Michigan uh in his new job.

[1:04:49] So, I'd like to thank him for that

[1:04:51] collaboration. Um Andy and I would meet

[1:04:54] with him and Steve Belinda uh and then

[1:04:57] the following week we would have the

[1:04:58] joint leadership meeting and that's

[1:05:01] where a lot of this got worked out and

[1:05:03] then we would bring it to the joint

[1:05:05] insurance or joint security. Um so it it

[1:05:08] is it it was nice to see that amount of

[1:05:11] collaboration and communication between

[1:05:13] the town hall and the board of

[1:05:14] education. Um I'm hopeful that whoever

[1:05:17] comes in as the interim uh town manager

[1:05:20] continues to do that with us. I know we

[1:05:22] do have a joint leadership meeting

[1:05:23] scheduled for this Friday, so we can

[1:05:25] have some further conversation at that

[1:05:27] time.

[1:05:29] Thanks. You're reminding me of a to-do I

[1:05:31] had to to do.

[1:05:34] Thank you, Mr. Mchio. Um, pre-referendum

[1:05:36] committee.

[1:05:39] As of right now, there is not a new date

[1:05:41] for a meeting. Correct.

[1:05:44] I'm looking at you. Sorry.

[1:05:46] Notice how I didn't put another candy in

[1:05:47] my mouth. Um there are two dates being

[1:05:51] um there are two dates that are being um

[1:05:54] bantered about in terms of having an

[1:05:56] additional pre-referendum committee

[1:05:58] meeting. Yep.

[1:05:58] Um they're towards the end of September.

[1:06:00] Nothing uh solidified yet.

[1:06:01] Right. And then um I think one of the

[1:06:03] other conversations that we've talked

[1:06:05] about too in prere is doing another

[1:06:07] community conversation and being being

[1:06:10] able to have that back and forth. So we

[1:06:12] are scheduling that and we're getting it

[1:06:13] there. Um, PAC is, I believe, up and

[1:06:17] running. So, they're going to put

[1:06:19] together some information, very

[1:06:21] fact-based information about the preref

[1:06:25] and how that will be. So, yeah, that's

[1:06:28] basically it.

[1:06:29] You're welcome to visit the website. Um,

[1:06:33] I just want to make sure I get it

[1:06:34] correctly for the pack. Oh, my

[1:06:36] internet's not working, so that doesn't

[1:06:37] work. But I believe it's nfieldpto.com.

[1:06:42] Right. So the all of the information um

[1:06:44] related to the referendum is up on that

[1:06:46] website.

[1:06:48] Awesome. Thank you.

[1:06:50] Thank you for the updates. Do I have a

[1:06:53] motion to adjurnn?

[1:06:54] So moved, Madam Chair.

[1:06:55] Second. Moved by Mr. Cover. I'll give

[1:06:57] the second to Mr. Gerard. All in favor?

[1:07:00] That looks like all eight of us. Thank

[1:07:02] you all.

[1:07:03] One hour.

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