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Good evening. I'd like to call this um

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school committee meeting on May 12th,

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2026 to order. If you could stand for

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the pledge.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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» Okay. So the first item on the agenda is

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I make a motion to move into executive

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session to discuss strategy with respect

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to to a complaint against public

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officers,

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specifically two open meeting law

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complaints. Purpose one, MGL C3A

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21 A1 and purpose 7 MGL C3A.

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section 21A7

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to comply with or act under the

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authority of any general law or special

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law or federal grant and aid

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requirements specifically in accordance

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with the open meeting law mass general

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law C3A sections 22F and 22G for the

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purpose of conducting a review of the

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following executive session minutes

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January 29th 2026 February 10th 2026 and

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March 5th 2026 Having any discussions in

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open session may have a detrimental

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effect on the litigating position. It is

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anticipated that the board will return

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to open session.

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>> I'm going to second that.

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>> Okay. So, a roll call Chris

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>> Let's keep Yes.

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>> And Maduras. Yes. Okay. So

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» I'd like to reconvene the school

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committee meeting of May 10th or May

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Coming back from executive session.

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Okay. So the first um I would like to

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read the recording statement. Then this

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meeting of the family school committee

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is being recorded in accordance with

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Massachusetts open meeting law. Anyone

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who wishes to make an audio or video

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recording of this meeting must first

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notify the chair. Please raise your hand

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and make the presence known if you

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intend to record the meeting. Okay. This

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does not include parents whose kids

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might be doing something tonight. You

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can walk right up here and record away.

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So, okay, please. All right. Um

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we will begin with um a presentation of

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the Mullen Hall highlights which always

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make us happy to hear from the kids.

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» Hello everybody.

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>> How are you?

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>> Good morning.

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>> Hey I'm so I'm we are very happy that

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you're all here at Ma High School. I'm

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Shannon Carlson, the proud principal of

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this amazing place, and we are very

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excited today to share with you some

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cutouts from our Clippers. Now, I'm

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going to share my screen, so just a

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moment, please.

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All right, here are our highlights that

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we would like to share with you at our

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school committee meeting this evening.

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To begin with, I wanted to tell you our

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theme for this evening and it is focused

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on the E in clipper. The E in clipper

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stands for effective communication. So

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if you read it right there, I can speak

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and or write easily understood language

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that is both direct and clear. Well,

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this evening we're going to be sharing

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from our studentdriven written language,

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our teacherdriven or connected directly

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to our curriculum as well as our whole

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schoolwide writing from our students as

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well. And I'm going to share with you

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right now an example of our

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studentdriven communication. Now, Miss

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Katuska is a first grade teacher and in

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her reading group, we had three students

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who were reading a book about a little

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library. And they decided to write me a

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persuasive letter explaining why we

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should have a little library return to

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our outdoor learning space. So, if you

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wouldn't mind directing your attention

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to the screen, I'd like to share with

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you what they had to say.

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Dear Miss Carlson, may we have our

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little library bag? They are cool. Thank

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you so much Zoe, Nina, and Josiah.

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» Dear Miss Carlson,

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>> it was this note is I

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>> the third month which is March the

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fourth day and this 26th year which is

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>> We think little flowers will help our

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» others would want to read and learn. You

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do not need a library card to get books.

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Everyone can get book. It will make the

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community happier

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and shock. We can share books that we

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» Thank you, Nina.

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Can I have a round of applause?

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our students use their voice and they

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share their reasoning and be effective

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communication communicators that that

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communication is honored and that there

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is a product and reward at the end. And

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little library at a ribbon cutting

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ceremony a little bit later on before

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connected directly to our ELA

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curriculum. Um I am very proud to

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introduce Lisa the Rockets, our uh one

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of our fourth grade teachers. Um and the

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fourth grade team did an incredible job

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implementing a unit of study all about

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poetry. Please,

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poets. And um our first module in our

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was on poets and their inspiration.

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famous poets and what inspired them. And

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then they took that knowledge,

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synthesized it to write their own

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original poetry. um in which they really

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had to think about a topic that was

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meaningful to them and they practiced a

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speech where they had to effectively

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communicate what their inspiration was

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and how it was evident in their home.

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showcase their inspiration, one digital

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communicate how does this how do these

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images portray their inspiration. Um,

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pictures you you can see on their faces

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they were so proud of their work. Um,

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that uh our class particularly hosted a

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poetry party so that they could showcase

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their work in an authentic and

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meaningful way to reach a wider

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audience. Um, and we invited some

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administrators and some staff and it was

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really lovely to be able to share this

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some wonderful poetry poets that are

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here tonight to share their poetry with

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you. Um, would you like to turn back?

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Okay. Clippers, come on up with your

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» You're first.

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>> Come on up here. You can stand right

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>> Wonder by Cecilia W. Very fluttering elf

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skirt. We never know if they could be

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real. No, we'll never know. They may be

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hiding underneath the tough grassy

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patched ground where we don't see. We'll

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secret high up up up where humans can't

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backs are to you please and come closer.

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Outside by Liam Hendel Spitzer. Fresh

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air, the breeze, the tree. I can lean on

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the bright morning sun in the woods

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upon. I see all that and wants all of

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that. But I want one more thing. I'm

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nature. I run with my dog blue as the

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bright colors and his energetic eyes are

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illuminate. Cotto walks around. He

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notices the pond. Let's swim.

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as two wonderful dogs. My house is

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waiting, saying, "Let's turn inside.

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» Lifeless by Clara.

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I see the lifeless tree on the gray

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hill. I see the branches flowing like a

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river, begging for light. The wolf

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howls, the mouse squeaks as the earth

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a mountain. And when they meet crash,

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the dog barks as loud as a sun and cats

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as tall as a mountain. But Royale has

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complain. They can grow so high that

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rock, so you can't knock them down. They

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brown. Trees, trees, their homes for

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fall asleep. When you're scared or alone

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definitely not alone. And you definitely

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hopefully not throw them.

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joining us this evening, but I also want

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to not only highlight our amazing staff

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at Mll who are teaching them every day,

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this evening um and their support and

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their partnership. So, please round of

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All right. Our last section of this

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Yelen Hall as effective communicators um

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is schoolwide. Now, our equity team as

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who are very supportive in regards to

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this schoolwide writing invitation.

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Every student wrote me a letter sharing

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why they belong, but also talking about

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what they would like to do to make

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Mullen Hall even better. So, as you can

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see at my little pie chart here, we

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highlighted different themes that we saw

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that we noticed from these conversations

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and in these in these letters. There

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were some highlights in terms of our

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expectations. They were very interested

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in cafeteria ideas, uh, sports teams,

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welcome ideas, animals were a hot topic,

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and as well as some personal thoughts

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and reflections. So, I wanted to share

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with you just a few for a taste of what

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the students had to share and say.

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I'm not entirely sure why it's not

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advancing. Give me a moment, please.

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Here we are.

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» Miss Carlson, I'm writing to you because

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I wanted to change something and now is

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my chance. I think that we should have

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greeting signs at the door for when

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students walk in so the students feel

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welcomed at school. For instance, one of

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the signs could say, "Your smile makes

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me smile." Or, "You are welcome." If

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this could happen, then that would be

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great. Sincerely, Olivia.

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» Here's Pedro. He's talking about

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possible basketball team.

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>> Yeah. Mr. question. What

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a basketball team

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and you you

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» Alisia really likes our artwork.

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>> Dear Mrs. Pson, I like the artwork here.

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We should get more.

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» I love how

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» Here's Everest. He's going to talk about

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classrooms.

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>> Here, Mr. Carlson.

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Everest. I think we should do more

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classrooms because we can learn more

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about what other classes do.

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Jane has some really good ideas about

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hallway reminders.

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>> Dear Miss Carlson, I would add more

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hallway and stairway plan reminders like

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signs or something because some students

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are forgetting. Thank you, Jake.

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» No, me too. Owen has an idea for a

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compliment box.

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>> Deal.

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I would make a compliment,

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but if you make five compliments, you

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get a reward by it.

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» Here's Maggie. She's thinking about a

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welcome sign.

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>> Janice Carson, I think that should have

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a post that says everyone is along here

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from Maggie Clower.

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And finally, Maddie has some thoughts

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about a welcome program for new

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students, as well as an idea for a

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mascot.

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Dear mascara

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on Tuesdays, I can only hang out with my

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friends for an hour. But if there were

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different days, we could hang out for

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longer. And I feel like

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that could make the school a little

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better. Another idea I have is for a

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welcome program for the new students

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that come in in the middle of the year.

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We find a nice kid in the class, they're

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elegant and they have a buddy to hang

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out with so they don't feel lonely or

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like they don't belong or

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for new kids that haven't been to the

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school before. Another idea I have is

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for a mascot to come on half days and um

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at community meetings so we know that we

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have a mascot and it could interact with

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the students. If you could please make

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this happen, I would be very thankful

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from Maddie.

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» Thank you very much for sharing.

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AGAIN,

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I really want this evening to highlight

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our staff. Thank you for joining us this

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evening. Thank you all of our students

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and our families as well as all of you

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for sharing in our highlights from all

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at home.

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» The kids are always the best

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presentation. Even if they mess up,

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they're great.

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Okay. Um, next on the agenda is our

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student advisory, but Bella, um, is at

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playing an away game, so she couldn't

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make it tonight. She gave that as soon

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as I

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>> Okay. Um, the next item on the agenda

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will be public comment.

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will be limited to 20

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minutes. Members of the public are

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welcome to speak during public comment.

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Comments will be limited to two minutes

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in length. Due to the open meeting law,

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the committee cannot respond to or act

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on public comment. Additional comments

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and feedback can be submitted by email

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to school committee at found.k12.mma.

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us.

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Okay. So, um on the list we have Megan

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Zati, please.

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Hello, Megan Zabby with carriage shop

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road. I want to express my

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disappointment with the process

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surrounding the proposed grade

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reconfiguration.

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From the community's perspective, this

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feels rushed and lacking meaningful

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engagement.

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Only two of the three promised public

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forums were held and many parents and

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community me community members feel

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their emails, questions and concerns

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have been disregarded rather than

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genuinely genuinely considered. In

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addition, no community survey has been

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conducted to formally gather input from

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families and residents about a decision

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that will significantly impact students

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and schools.

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Most concerning is that the voices of

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families with children entering

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kindergarten, the students will be most

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directly affected by this

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reconfiguration do not appear to have

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been adequately included in this

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decision-making process. A change of

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this magnitude should reflect

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collaboration, transparency, and trust

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between the district and the community.

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Right now, many families feel unheard

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and I urge the committee to slow the

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process down

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to fully ensure that any decision made

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is truly in the best interest of the

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students, the families, and the broader

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community. Thank you.

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>> Okay. Thank you, Mayor.

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>> Okay. Next item on the agenda will be an

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update by the superintendent.

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>> All right. Thank you. Um so my uh year

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of the clipper um announcements today.

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The first one is fantastic news. We have

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two students who participated in the

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national council teachers of English

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promising young writer contest uh

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recognized uh with the highest honors.

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I'm proud to announce Grace Bennett and

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Tess Ledwell earned the highest

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distinguished first class uh in this

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year's contest. The purpose of this

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contest is to stimulate and recognize

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the writing talents of eighth grade

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students and to emphasize the importance

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of writing skills. This year, schools

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nominated 200 students to participate

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from 30 different states, Puerto Rico,

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South Africa, and uh South Korea. So,

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congratulations uh to Grace. It's a test

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um and to our English teachers. Uh it is

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quite an honor that um two of the

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students selected um with high honors uh

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came from Famouth public schools.

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Um many of you know I began the uh

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certified medical assisting program a

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year ago. Uh senior Victoria Vajo was

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part of the first cohort and as a senior

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this year has completed the program

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including her internship in the next

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couple weeks. um and she is being hired

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as a uh a a medical assisting uh

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physician with the Cape Cod uh community

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health center. Many of you will remember

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that that's where we started uh when we

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started the medical assisting program.

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We uh partnered with um the Cape Cod uh

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community health center. Um, and then

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just today I got additional information

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that a second student, Kendra Nan, has

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passed her exam and will complete her

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internship in a couple uh weeks and has

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also been offered a position with the

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Cape Cod Community Health Center. This

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is extremely exciting news. This is

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exactly what we were hoping for when we

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started the program and we now have two

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students um offering position uh

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positions um after going through the the

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program. Um there is another student

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that's passed the medical assisting uh

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program and a couple more that will be

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taking their exam I believe on Friday.

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So we're very hopeful. This is all about

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interest and success. It's a powerful

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combination um for our flippers

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and taking and and talking about quick

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success. Um our robotics

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uh team joined first uh recognition uh

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first is for inspiration and recognition

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of science and technology. So they

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joined first um as competitors just one

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year ago and then they uh you approved

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their trip um to uh Texas for the worlds

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and finished 14th uh in the worlds uh in

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just two years. That is absolutely uh

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amazing amazing skill and amazing

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teamwork. Um so just three examples I'm

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sharing this time about the Clipper

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experience um opportunity and excellence

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in FA public schools. Um, we also live

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in an amazing community, uh, and that

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supports our schools. And I just want to

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give a shout out for, um, the, uh,

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Ticket Playground Committee that will be

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up, uh, next. Um, so looking forward to

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hearing their presentation.

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» Thank you for the update. Kids are

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always the best thing to hear about.

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Always, always. Thank you, Ry. Um the

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next item on the agenda will be a

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presentation from the T ticket

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playground committee and I just wanted

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to say it's the work they did but um

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it's in our community that I mean I

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think back years ago when the Mullen

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Hall playground was put together by the

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community and we have um FEF, we have

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BIPS, we have the Famouth road race. I

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don't really like to name names in case

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I miss anybody, but our community is

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just bursting with people who help the

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kids. And under the leadership of this

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committee, which we're going to hear

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from, we'll see what's going on now.

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Okay. Thank you.

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» Mr. Kapula, do you have a um thing to

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queue up?

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>> I do. Yes.

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» Sure.

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Well, thank you for having us. I'd be

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remiss to say uh tonight and last thank

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you and um special thanks to my former

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French teacher even though she's can't

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believe she was you know my teacher

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and um I thank you for all your service.

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I appreciate you guys supporting this

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project especially as well. So I wanted

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to thank you

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>> say that prior.

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>> I'm still not going to change your grade

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though.

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I took French one for three years.

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I'm going to share my screen.

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Well, while he's doing that, everybody,

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you should have a picture in front of

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you. This is what the final proposal

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that we chose um to a tune of $398,000.

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Uh we added this seating area with the

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canopy which is nice. We spoke to a lot

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of parents, talked to other people on

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all the playgrounds and that was one

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thing parents said. The benches are

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great, but we really like a table or a

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coffee or homework or McDonald's

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whatever it might be. So the large

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version is on Dom's hand. So

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>> um Wow. Well, we'll have everything up

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on the

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>> Sorry about that. I'm just here for you,

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but I don't I know you guys are pressed

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for time, so I'm going to just start if

548
00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:52,559
that's okay. Um, on our first slide,

549
00:28:52,559 --> 00:28:54,960
which I'm sure will get up quick. Just

550
00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:56,960
so you know, a little bit of history, we

551
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:58,799
were the first ADA playground on the

552
00:28:58,799 --> 00:29:01,440
Cape. Um, we were built, the original

553
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,000
playground was built 2021 with the help

554
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,080
of George Febey and back then it was

555
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:07,520
called the Handicap Commission. They

556
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,000
don't call it that now. Um, basically

557
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,399
the town had already gotten a CPC grant

558
00:29:12,399 --> 00:29:14,960
and then the town kicked in $90,000 and

559
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:16,080
originally the site was going to be

560
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,000
Mullen Hall, but at the time there were

561
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:19,360
other things going on and the principal

562
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:20,720
said, you know, I'm not sure that we can

563
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,440
take this project on because the kicker

564
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,440
was you had to get your own volunteers.

565
00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:28,559
So it took three weekends and 150

566
00:29:28,559 --> 00:29:30,799
volunteers. And at the time Michael Arf

567
00:29:30,799 --> 00:29:32,640
was our principal and he said, "What do

568
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:33,760
you think?" And we all the staff said

569
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:35,360
that we're in. So we spent three

570
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:36,559
weekends putting the playground

571
00:29:36,559 --> 00:29:38,080
together. Back in those days, you could

572
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:39,840
volunteer and put it together without

573
00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,559
warranty issues, liability. As you know,

574
00:29:42,559 --> 00:29:43,440
you can't do that anymore.

575
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:44,080
>> What year was it?

576
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:48,720
>> That was 2020. 20 year. I'm sorry. 20

577
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,919
>> 20 Oh, 2000

578
00:29:51,919 --> 00:29:55,440
>> 2000. It was a 2000 year 2001. We

579
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,039
installed it in October. September,

580
00:29:57,039 --> 00:29:58,880
October was installed. It was completed

581
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:02,559
in 2000. Um, it served it us well. 25

582
00:30:02,559 --> 00:30:05,360
years. We had rubber tiles which were

583
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:07,760
great. Um but we've got better products

584
00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,640
now which is even better. So we have um

585
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:12,399
unfortunately we had to deem it unsafe.

586
00:30:12,399 --> 00:30:15,600
The DPW came in with an inspector. Um we

587
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:17,360
closed it immediately. The DPW was so

588
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,039
helpful they came in removed it because

589
00:30:19,039 --> 00:30:21,279
even though we had fencing people would

590
00:30:21,279 --> 00:30:23,200
still get on the playground um on the

591
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,559
weekends etc. Um so at that point we had

592
00:30:26,559 --> 00:30:28,399
missed the CPC funding and decided you

593
00:30:28,399 --> 00:30:29,760
know we can't go another year. This

594
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,600
isn't going to work. Um it was very hard

595
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,279
on the staff as well as the kids this

596
00:30:33,279 --> 00:30:36,240
year. So, um, we started fundraising.

597
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:37,919
Um, I think that'll go on the next

598
00:30:37,919 --> 00:30:40,240
slide.

599
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:40,640
Go ahead.

600
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,880
>> Yeah, I'll take over. Sorry. Uh,

601
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:44,720
>> yeah. So, I mean, the mission of this,

602
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:46,240
you know, this project and, you know,

603
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,320
starting this committee was really to

604
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,080
get this project done as fast as

605
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,240
possible so the kids have a a space to

606
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,279
play. And so, you know, October

607
00:30:55,279 --> 00:30:57,600
playground is deemed unsafe. And then

608
00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,159
December, end of December, that's when

609
00:31:00,159 --> 00:31:03,600
uh the 501c was created. And then

610
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,799
January 14th was the day that letters

611
00:31:06,799 --> 00:31:10,080
were sent out. Uh and you know today

612
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:13,360
we're 118 days in uh you know uh

613
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:16,000
Dominique's been a huge help with uh the

614
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:17,840
Facebook the social media page really

615
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,320
getting the word out about this project.

616
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,880
And then uh we all said uh Julie Dany

617
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,840
created the website uh you know for for

618
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,640
the playground. super helpful uh just to

619
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,679
have so many uh community members be,

620
00:31:31,679 --> 00:31:34,000
you know, and you know, staff coming

621
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,480
together for this project to really uh

622
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,559
get this going, get get it off the

623
00:31:38,559 --> 00:31:42,559
ground and get to where we are today.

624
00:31:42,559 --> 00:31:44,720
>> And I'm sorry, this is Jeff Rose, former

625
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,880
teaching graduate, owned his own

626
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:53,669
business, and was our first big donor.

627
00:31:53,679 --> 00:31:56,000
So you can follow along the slide with

628
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,440
you won't be if you're looking at we

629
00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,080
understand that

630
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:06,630
>> all right so please

631
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:10,159
» I'll introduce you we know that again so

632
00:32:10,159 --> 00:32:13,679
I'm the treasurer Carrie Shanahan who is

633
00:32:13,679 --> 00:32:17,679
the secretary Jeff Rose who is our um

634
00:32:17,679 --> 00:32:19,279
>> member of member at large, Steven

635
00:32:19,279 --> 00:32:22,480
Kapoka, our president. We also have

636
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:25,360
Julie Duffany, um, member at large,

637
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,080
Stacy Budro, member at large, and Aaron

638
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:31,039
Ko, member at large.

639
00:32:31,039 --> 00:32:34,720
All right, so how we got here today, day

640
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,600
118, we decided that we were going to

641
00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,080
apply for any grant that could be

642
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,240
applicable to us at any given time. It

643
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,279
didn't matter. $400,000 is a really big

644
00:32:45,279 --> 00:32:46,880
number to swallow when you're sitting at

645
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,760
zero. So when we said 400,000, we knew

646
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:50,960
that it wasn't going to be the stop and

647
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:52,320
shop donation that was going to give us

648
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,240
$20 or it wasn't going to be, you know,

649
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,559
$250. We needed to go for the bigger

650
00:32:56,559 --> 00:32:58,559
picture and the small stuff. We weren't

651
00:32:58,559 --> 00:33:00,720
saying no to anything. Um, we hosted a

652
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:02,559
lot of community events. So if there was

653
00:33:02,559 --> 00:33:04,080
a place that would have us, then we were

654
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,480
going to go. So we did car washes, gym

655
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,320
games, bingo, restaurant nights,

656
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,720
raffles. Again, if somebody said that

657
00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:12,159
they would have us, we were going to be

658
00:33:12,159 --> 00:33:14,320
there. We had a lot of businesses step

659
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:15,679
up. You guys can actually see your

660
00:33:15,679 --> 00:33:18,000
coasters. This is um one of our

661
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,640
favorites. I think we're in 27 different

662
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,279
restaurants here in town. Um so all the

663
00:33:23,279 --> 00:33:25,760
businesses, tough winter, cold winter's

664
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:27,360
just a tough time in general. We said,

665
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:28,880
"How can we get there and how can you

666
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:30,320
guys all be meeting as a committee and

667
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,159
look at your coaster and say, "Oh, the

668
00:33:32,159 --> 00:33:33,679
playground." We knew that the playground

669
00:33:33,679 --> 00:33:35,440
needed to be at every single person like

670
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:36,799
on the top of their brain. If it wasn't,

671
00:33:36,799 --> 00:33:38,640
then we weren't going to keep the money

672
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,200
flowing in. So we had to do it. Um we

673
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,679
had a lot of alumni support. So people

674
00:33:43,679 --> 00:33:45,120
are really proud to run the halls of

675
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:47,440
Ticket and it goes as much as certain

676
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:48,799
foundation people were coming in and

677
00:33:48,799 --> 00:33:50,080
they're raising their hands at anything

678
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:51,679
that we would and be like I used to run

679
00:33:51,679 --> 00:33:53,600
the halls of Ticket. So it was really

680
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,360
nice to see that especially I'm not from

681
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:56,960
Felman so I don't know all of those

682
00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:58,159
things but people coming out of the

683
00:33:58,159 --> 00:33:59,760
woodwork to share their experiences and

684
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:02,000
talk about Ticket was really magical.

685
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,159
And then volunteers okay there was so

686
00:34:04,159 --> 00:34:05,600
much heart and soul that was poured

687
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,279
behind this project so far. And I'm also

688
00:34:07,279 --> 00:34:08,879
talking like it's done. It's not done

689
00:34:08,879 --> 00:34:12,079
but there we've made a good portion good

690
00:34:12,079 --> 00:34:14,159
headway. Um, but so many people came out

691
00:34:14,159 --> 00:34:15,520
and they just helped and they were like,

692
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:17,119
"You need something here. I have an

693
00:34:17,119 --> 00:34:19,839
idea." Like we just we would take it.

694
00:34:19,839 --> 00:34:21,520
Um, so I think the number one thing that

695
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:23,520
got us to where we are is that we said

696
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,679
yes to absolutely every single thing and

697
00:34:25,679 --> 00:34:27,839
immediately implemented the next day.

698
00:34:27,839 --> 00:34:29,040
There were sometimes that we were

699
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:30,399
texting at 6:00 a.m. There were

700
00:34:30,399 --> 00:34:32,159
sometimes that we were up until midnight

701
00:34:32,159 --> 00:34:33,760
doing whatever we needed to do to get it

702
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:37,359
done. And no idea was too wild because

703
00:34:37,359 --> 00:34:39,119
we wanted a playground as fast as

704
00:34:39,119 --> 00:34:41,119
humanly possible. So, we did multiple

705
00:34:41,119 --> 00:34:43,760
radio ads. Turns out we can do that sort

706
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,320
of stuff. Um, we went on presentations

707
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,800
like this. We did a TV segment and we've

708
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,639
had multiple newspaper articles. Again,

709
00:34:50,639 --> 00:34:52,320
if they'll have us, well, we'll be

710
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,040
there.

711
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,599
>> So, how much have we raised? Well, we

712
00:34:57,599 --> 00:35:02,069
are at $354,695.54

713
00:35:02,079 --> 00:35:03,520
and we're

714
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:05,839
>> um sorry, there is an additional 4,000.

715
00:35:05,839 --> 00:35:08,960
Again, it climbs every day. So,

716
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:10,079
>> perfect.

717
00:35:10,079 --> 00:35:12,000
Yes. So, we're still, you know, we're

718
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:13,839
still looking to, you know, raise more

719
00:35:13,839 --> 00:35:16,560
money. We have 306 individual donors.

720
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:24,710
We've gotten three grants.

721
00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:25,599
» Sorry.

722
00:35:25,599 --> 00:35:28,079
>> We got three grants accepted so far.

723
00:35:28,079 --> 00:35:30,160
We've done four

724
00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:35,520
>> four in memory uh for loved ones. Uh you

725
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:37,839
know, people you know, raising money for

726
00:35:37,839 --> 00:35:39,920
you know, a loved one. Uh we've hosted

727
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:43,520
11 events and 189 Facebook posts. Like I

728
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:46,000
said before, the social media aspect of

729
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,079
things has been a huge uh you know just

730
00:35:48,079 --> 00:35:50,160
getting the word out. Uh power you know

731
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:53,200
powerful tool social media can be. Um,

732
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:54,880
and you know, at the end of the day,

733
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:57,520
we've done this in 118 days. And when I

734
00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,520
joined on the committee early on and

735
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:04,240
donated, it was uh a very far, you know,

736
00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:06,400
$400,000 is a lot of money. And, you

737
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,720
know, to start there and be here 100

738
00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:11,040
almost, you know, 4 months later, uh, is

739
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,119
just really incredible. And it's really

740
00:36:13,119 --> 00:36:14,800
a testament of, you know, our community

741
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:17,119
as a whole. Um, you know, super proud to

742
00:36:17,119 --> 00:36:18,720
be a part of this community and be a

743
00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:21,040
part of this project. um as a community

744
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:24,160
member. Uh and it's really just uh a

745
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,720
full circle moment for for me uh you

746
00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:30,000
know being at Ticket many moons ago and

747
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,240
here here I am being able to give back

748
00:36:32,240 --> 00:36:35,520
to the community um that's given so much

749
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:36,240
to me. So

750
00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:38,160
>> well and mind you when Jeffrey made his

751
00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:40,320
large donation we didn't have anything

752
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:42,640
at that time. So it was a belief in what

753
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,359
this project meant. So, the first few

754
00:36:45,359 --> 00:36:46,720
people that kind of went out there and

755
00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:48,160
put their name on the line, that was

756
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,400
huge for us because again, you stand

757
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:51,839
anywhere and you're like, I'm raising

758
00:36:51,839 --> 00:36:53,599
$400,000. They're like, "Okay, little

759
00:36:53,599 --> 00:36:55,119
girl, go." Like, you're not going to do

760
00:36:55,119 --> 00:36:56,480
that. I was like, "Oh, don't tell me."

761
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:56,800
No.

762
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:58,960
>> But he was in the snow making a video.

763
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:00,480
We were all standing out in the snow in

764
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:03,040
the rain making videos. And um I mean,

765
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:04,800
there's a lot more donors that you don't

766
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,480
see because we had a raffle. We raised

767
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:08,880
$12,000 in a raffle. Many of you were at

768
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:11,599
that event and bought raffle tickets. So

769
00:37:11,599 --> 00:37:13,280
we can't even count the number of people

770
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:15,359
that have donated in that way too.

771
00:37:15,359 --> 00:37:15,760
>> Mhm.

772
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,640
>> So definitely over 500 I would say at

773
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:19,200
this point.

774
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:19,359
>> Yeah.

775
00:37:19,359 --> 00:37:22,400
>> And this behind seeing see this is an

776
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:23,440
interesting slide. I don't know if you

777
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,440
can see it but um there's different

778
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:26,000
levels.

779
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,400
>> Yeah. So the tiger friend um that's

780
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,440
everybody who donated $250. The Marav

781
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:35,119
Vista friend was $500. The anchor friend

782
00:37:35,119 --> 00:37:39,040
was $1,000. The compass friend was two

783
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:43,599
uh 2500. Clipper friend 5,000 T ticket

784
00:37:43,599 --> 00:37:47,119
friend 10,000 and legacy builder is

785
00:37:47,119 --> 00:37:51,520
25,000 and up. So a lot of people really

786
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:53,200
came together and these are just like

787
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,119
you know the bigger ones but there were

788
00:37:55,119 --> 00:37:58,160
days that we would run well March 17th

789
00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:00,560
we just asked everybody to donate $17.

790
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,560
We had well over 100 people who gave

791
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,119
multiple times but just donated $17.

792
00:38:05,119 --> 00:38:06,560
Again like when we say that there was no

793
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:08,560
donation too small. Somebody once threw

794
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:14,400
27 cents at me and we put that in our bank account.

795
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:17,440
>> Okay. So, on on slide six, um this talks

796
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:18,480
a little bit about the new playground,

797
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:19,920
which you have a picture in front of

798
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:22,720
you. Um so, the committee and actually,

799
00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:24,240
just so you know, the students were part

800
00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:25,760
of this. So, when we first started the

801
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,079
process, we had to have some kind of

802
00:38:28,079 --> 00:38:30,079
design to just share with people so we

803
00:38:30,079 --> 00:38:31,040
could explain what we were trying to

804
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:33,040
raise money for. It wasn't a sandbox

805
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:36,000
that it was a big deal. So, um, we asked

806
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,520
the kids and we asked the staff, "What

807
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,119
what are you missing the most?" Monkey

808
00:38:39,119 --> 00:38:41,200
bars. We want monkey slides. We want a

809
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:43,440
tall slide. Um, and then we had a couple

810
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:44,800
of different ideas and when we shared

811
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,960
them with the kids, they all love the

812
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,680
ship. And so, obviously, the Clipper

813
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,480
ship was the way we went. Um, we made

814
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,720
some changes to the original design, but

815
00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:56,480
we wanted to make sure we had the same,

816
00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:58,079
if not better than what we had in the

817
00:38:58,079 --> 00:39:00,079
past. So, there are three slides on

818
00:39:00,079 --> 00:39:03,839
here, several sets of monkey bars. Um,

819
00:39:03,839 --> 00:39:07,760
as you know, we hold we have um 29 ASD

820
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:09,839
children in our building. So, we want to

821
00:39:09,839 --> 00:39:11,520
make sure that we can accommodate all of

822
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:13,359
those children as well as all the kids

823
00:39:13,359 --> 00:39:15,119
in the community. So, there are ramps

824
00:39:15,119 --> 00:39:17,119
here so you can get onto the ship. We

825
00:39:17,119 --> 00:39:19,520
have 25 different panels. A panel might

826
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:21,760
be a brail panel. It might be a sensory

827
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:24,480
panel, which is um a musical instrument,

828
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:26,960
chimes, drums. We wanted uh things that

829
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:29,200
will spin and turn. There's a bridge on

830
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:30,960
here that the wheelchair can go up to.

831
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:32,720
And then there's parallel play. So a

832
00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:34,640
child can be in a chair and and a peer

833
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:36,400
can be next to that child. Both playing

834
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,560
on that same piece of equipment. That

835
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:41,520
was important to us. Um and as you know,

836
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,680
our numbers are in increasing. All

837
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:45,119
everybody's numbers are increasing in

838
00:39:45,119 --> 00:39:47,280
the special ed population and we need to

839
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:48,880
be able to service all the kids in this

840
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:52,240
town. So that was part of the design for

841
00:39:52,240 --> 00:39:53,200
ship.

842
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:55,760
>> Gary, could you explain that tier thing

843
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:57,839
again? where

844
00:39:57,839 --> 00:39:59,440
>> the two kits can be together.

845
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:01,520
>> Yes. So there's actually I can uh share

846
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:05,280
the share a picture of it.

847
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:06,960
>> Yeah. So that's a separate bridge and

848
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:08,720
there's two there's a steering wheel and

849
00:40:08,720 --> 00:40:10,240
another piece of equipment here. So a

850
00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:12,720
wheelchair can come all the way up here

851
00:40:12,720 --> 00:40:14,880
and the kids can play together.

852
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:16,880
>> There are around 52 pieces of equipment

853
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,119
that are on the ground. So if a child

854
00:40:19,119 --> 00:40:22,560
didn't want to climb or go up that area,

855
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:24,400
they can stay on that that ground

856
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,599
surface and still have play. Um and the

857
00:40:27,599 --> 00:40:29,760
rubber surface is huge. So our we had

858
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:31,599
rubber tiles which were recycled um

859
00:40:31,599 --> 00:40:33,280
airplanes and tires, right? And we had

860
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:34,880
bees that got underneath them. So there

861
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,480
were a lot of problems with that and

862
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:38,720
glue and we it was Yeah. So anyway, this

863
00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:40,320
is a new pour in place product. So what

864
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:42,320
will happen is um we're going to pour

865
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:45,760
slap. It's going to be installed on the

866
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:47,839
slack and then they will pour the rubber

867
00:40:47,839 --> 00:40:51,040
on top which will be safer and easier

868
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:52,640
and it won't crack. You'll have a better

869
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,280
warranty. But we picked um blue for the

870
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:58,000
ocean and sand obviously sand color for

871
00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,680
the ships. So that was part of the theme

872
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:01,760
as well and that was originally we had

873
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:03,119
orange color and the kids said why are

874
00:41:03,119 --> 00:41:04,960
we doing sand and ocean? So great

875
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:06,880
whatever you guys maroon for

876
00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:08,560
>> and we changed the colors to maroon. So

877
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:09,839
originally the design looked a little

878
00:41:09,839 --> 00:41:12,880
bit like this. It was green

879
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:15,040
But we made some changes with the kids

880
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:17,359
help and um the staff because Stacy's

881
00:41:17,359 --> 00:41:19,520
out there for recess duty every day. She

882
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:22,560
knows what they're missing and and and

883
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:23,920
it causes problems when there's nothing

884
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:29,270
to play.

885
00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:31,760
» All right. So, one thing about this is

886
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:33,359
if you notice in our name, we're not

887
00:41:33,359 --> 00:41:35,280
just the Ticket Playground. We're the TT

888
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:36,640
community playground. And the reason

889
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:38,880
being is because especially if you've

890
00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:40,480
had young children and you're bored, you

891
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:42,000
go to multiple different playgrounds.

892
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,520
you don't just go to one or just don't

893
00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:44,720
go to the one that your kids play on

894
00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:46,560
every single day at recess. So, we know

895
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:48,240
that there are right now four elementary

896
00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:49,920
schools in our district. There's

897
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:51,680
preschoolers, all the things those are

898
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:52,880
all the young ones that are going to be

899
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:55,599
coming and using this. Um, like Carrie

900
00:41:55,599 --> 00:41:57,680
said, special education near and dear to

901
00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:59,760
my heart, but it's on the rise. And I

902
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:00,800
actually went back and watched your

903
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:02,400
video to see the real numbers. And in

904
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:05,920
2022, we were at 20.1%

905
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,960
special education and now we're at 20 in

906
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,920
2026, we're at 24.9. We know that's not

907
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:13,359
just us, but that means that our

908
00:42:13,359 --> 00:42:15,280
surrounding communities as well can use

909
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,520
different aspects of this. Um, something

910
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:20,240
that we have at TIG and the playground

911
00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:22,240
was designed for is children with

912
00:42:22,240 --> 00:42:24,240
autism, um, developmental delays,

913
00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:26,000
sensory hearing, sensory vision,

914
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,800
neurological, emotional, uh, specific

915
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:30,319
learning disabilities and different

916
00:42:30,319 --> 00:42:32,560
health issues. So, that's the ones that

917
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,720
we house here right at Ticket, but we

918
00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:36,480
also know that that goes broader to

919
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:38,880
other things. So, especially children

920
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:41,040
with autism, they use a lot of sensory

921
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:42,800
for regulating their body, regulating

922
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:44,560
their nervous system. Something that I

923
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:46,160
do truly believe that they miss every

924
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:47,760
single day because a playground is the

925
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:50,400
extension of a classroom. It's easy for

926
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:51,839
them to go and look for those sensory

927
00:42:51,839 --> 00:42:54,319
issues from jumping, from crashing into

928
00:42:54,319 --> 00:42:56,000
things, the musical elements, just

929
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,319
touching different things, um, running,

930
00:42:58,319 --> 00:43:00,640
you know, like all of those things are

931
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,240
really important and we wanted to make

932
00:43:02,240 --> 00:43:04,000
sure that we could deliver that at all

933
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,640
times, not just during school hours. So,

934
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:08,720
something that we thought of and it was

935
00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:10,160
one of the things that we went back to

936
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:12,240
the design people, we really wanted to

937
00:43:12,240 --> 00:43:14,160
have that outdoor seating because the

938
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:15,599
community can use this now as free

939
00:43:15,599 --> 00:43:16,720
birthday parties. I don't know about

940
00:43:16,720 --> 00:43:18,240
you, but cost living is not that fun

941
00:43:18,240 --> 00:43:20,960
around here. So, who can spend $500 on,

942
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:22,160
you know, something that kids can just

943
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:23,359
go outside and go play and have a

944
00:43:23,359 --> 00:43:24,880
playground, especially a brand new one.

945
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:26,400
Um, so we really looked at this project

946
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:27,680
and just said, well, life gave us

947
00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:29,280
lemons. We should just make lemonade.

948
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:30,800
So, we tried our absolute hardest to

949
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:32,800
make it as like the best that we

950
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:35,040
absolutely could for every student, not

951
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:39,190
just for circumstance.

952
00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:41,760
I think that's it

953
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:50,710
questions.

954
00:43:50,720 --> 00:43:52,400
» Anybody have any? Yes, Katrina.

955
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:54,720
>> So, you have how much left? Just about

956
00:43:54,720 --> 00:43:56,800
30,000. Are you doing more of that?

957
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:58,720
>> Yes. Apple. Sorry, I forgot to mention

958
00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:00,319
that one. Yes, we are. Actually, if you

959
00:44:00,319 --> 00:44:01,520
guys are free and you want to come and

960
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,839
hang out um this Saturday at the Daily

961
00:44:03,839 --> 00:44:06,800
Brew from 6:00 to 9:00, we will have a

962
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:08,720
playground jam session. So, there's a

963
00:44:08,720 --> 00:44:09,920
bunch of different artists that have

964
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:11,760
volunteered their time. The tickets are

965
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:14,480
$25, but 100% of the proceeds for ticket

966
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:16,480
sales go to us. So, if you can come and

967
00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:18,800
make it, it'll be a lot of fun. And then

968
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:21,440
I don't know exactly what's left.

969
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:22,560
>> We do have some grants that we're

970
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:24,319
waiting to hear back from and we're

971
00:44:24,319 --> 00:44:28,390
hopeful on some of that information.

972
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:31,040
Great Margaret.

973
00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:34,160
>> Thank you.

974
00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:36,319
>> A financial question. Good job all of

975
00:44:36,319 --> 00:44:38,560
you. But this is more towards Paul if I

976
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:42,000
could. What happens to a CPC grant that

977
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,640
we discussed for this project?

978
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,280
>> The uh application opened up in April.

979
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:47,839
>> Yeah.

980
00:44:47,839 --> 00:44:51,680
>> And uh their decision is in August and

981
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:55,280
then it gets voted on in November. So

982
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:59,119
it's still there. Uh and if we going to

983
00:44:59,119 --> 00:45:02,079
proceed forward given that there are

984
00:45:02,079 --> 00:45:04,480
really right at that edge. So we'll

985
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:08,000
proceed forward and and then we'll uh

986
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,720
take you know cancel the application at

987
00:45:10,720 --> 00:45:12,079
some point.

988
00:45:12,079 --> 00:45:14,000
>> Are you

989
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:15,520
whose idea is this?

990
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:16,880
>> It's brilliant.

991
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:18,400
>> Well, I guess the firework committee

992
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:22,069
wants to do it now.

993
00:45:22,079 --> 00:45:23,520
egg.

994
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:25,280
>> I just Well, it was my idea. Julie

995
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:26,240
definitely created it.

996
00:45:26,240 --> 00:45:26,560
>> Okay.

997
00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:28,560
>> But they're big in Florida.

998
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:29,200
>> Really?

999
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,119
>> They're big other places.

1000
00:45:31,119 --> 00:45:34,240
>> In Germany, they call these beer decals.

1001
00:45:34,240 --> 00:45:38,309
>> Yeah, that's Yeah,

1002
00:45:38,319 --> 00:45:40,079
» in some people's houses, they have

1003
00:45:40,079 --> 00:45:42,000
stacks like this. You don't collect in

1004
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:42,880
those. Okay.

1005
00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:44,240
>> I'm sorry. I wasn't supposed to comment

1006
00:45:44,240 --> 00:45:45,359
yet. Why am I turn? Go ahead.

1007
00:45:45,359 --> 00:45:46,000
>> No, you don't.

1008
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:51,520
>> Yeah. Um, wow. I uh have dabbled in

1009
00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:53,280
grant writing and especially in this

1010
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:56,880
climate I know that a $10,000 gift is

1011
00:45:56,880 --> 00:46:00,480
huge. It's more along the lines of 2500

1012
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:02,880
to 5,000. So the fact that you got these

1013
00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:05,920
monstrous grants one thanks to you guys

1014
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:07,839
because it was the Felmouth road race to

1015
00:46:07,839 --> 00:46:10,560
50,000. So that really was helpful.

1016
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:12,960
>> So actually those are two questions if I

1017
00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:15,760
can ask through you to for Paul. Um, so

1018
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:18,079
you had the Falmouth road race on your

1019
00:46:18,079 --> 00:46:21,280
list as far as a donor that was what'

1020
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:24,000
you say 20 50 or

1021
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:26,160
>> it was 25,000 and up just the legacy

1022
00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:28,800
builder is the highest. So both of those

1023
00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:30,400
donors gave more than half.

1024
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:33,280
>> So are we uh so

1025
00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:35,520
through the schools from the thalmouth

1026
00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:39,040
road race are we gifting $50,000 is that

1027
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,680
for the project or

1028
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:45,359
>> so um the road race um

1029
00:46:45,359 --> 00:46:48,480
each year um will give a certain amount

1030
00:46:48,480 --> 00:46:51,200
to the school system and so uh we put uh

1031
00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:53,359
different projects forward to the Fmouth

1032
00:46:53,359 --> 00:46:55,599
road race. this year. The only one I put

1033
00:46:55,599 --> 00:46:58,720
forward was the Ticket um playground. Um

1034
00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:02,800
they've committed 50,000. Um and there

1035
00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:05,040
could possibly be some potential more.

1036
00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:07,119
Um so they they've been watching things

1037
00:47:07,119 --> 00:47:10,480
and and whatever. But so that's that's

1038
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:12,720
usually how each each year. It used to

1039
00:47:12,720 --> 00:47:15,119
be twice a year. Um now they they accept

1040
00:47:15,119 --> 00:47:17,440
it once a year. This is actually out of

1041
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:20,480
cycle. Um but they were so excited about

1042
00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:23,200
um wanting to be a part of this that um

1043
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:25,520
out of cycle they've um committed the

1044
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:26,640
50,000.

1045
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:27,280
>> Yes. Great.

1046
00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:28,880
>> That goes to the August.

1047
00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:30,240
>> They did come and paint the thermometer.

1048
00:47:30,240 --> 00:47:31,680
So we have a thermometer on the street.

1049
00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:33,280
So if you drive by anybody who did a

1050
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:34,240
thousand or more they're on the

1051
00:47:34,240 --> 00:47:35,359
thermometer.

1052
00:47:35,359 --> 00:47:37,200
>> We thought of it like NASCAR. So you

1053
00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:38,480
know how like NASCAR if you're driving

1054
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:40,400
around looking at the cars they have all

1055
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:42,720
their sponsors on it. So we said well we

1056
00:47:42,720 --> 00:47:44,000
should do that instead of like lawn

1057
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:45,280
signs that cost money or different

1058
00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:46,880
things. So instead, if you drive by and

1059
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:49,200
you see it, everybody who gave $1,000 or

1060
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:51,680
more, their business, their name, in

1061
00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:54,240
memory of whatever, however they did

1062
00:47:54,240 --> 00:47:56,480
their donation, it's up there.

1063
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:58,160
>> That's amazing. Just one other quick

1064
00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:01,040
question. I think at I don't know if it

1065
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:02,800
was the last school committee meeting or

1066
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:04,240
the before that there was an

1067
00:48:04,240 --> 00:48:06,079
announcement about um Representative

1068
00:48:06,079 --> 00:48:10,400
Vieiraa um earmarking some money for for

1069
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:12,319
the project. Is that is that still in

1070
00:48:12,319 --> 00:48:16,400
the works? Uh so the um House did vote

1071
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:17,680
uh money but now it has to go through

1072
00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:20,079
the Senate um and then it has to go

1073
00:48:20,079 --> 00:48:21,599
through so there's a there's a process

1074
00:48:21,599 --> 00:48:24,079
when you earmark the money. So yes, uh

1075
00:48:24,079 --> 00:48:26,400
50,000 was earmarked through u that

1076
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:29,760
process. Um the Senate has to vote on it

1077
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:34,640
and I believe their budget week is um

1078
00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:36,720
this week or next week and then it then

1079
00:48:36,720 --> 00:48:38,640
it has to, you know, the final um

1080
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:40,800
whatever works out then Governor Healey

1081
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:42,960
would sign off on. We usually don't know

1082
00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:46,720
that until July. Um but I think if it

1083
00:48:46,720 --> 00:48:49,040
passes the House and the Senate, it's

1084
00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:50,880
likely that it's going to go all the way

1085
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:52,720
through. So, so we're watching that as

1086
00:48:52,720 --> 00:48:53,119
well.

1087
00:48:53,119 --> 00:48:54,559
>> Thank you,

1088
00:48:54,559 --> 00:48:55,440
>> Susan.

1089
00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:57,839
>> So, if that were to happen, you can get

1090
00:48:57,839 --> 00:48:59,520
started this summer, right? What's the

1091
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:02,240
lead time for construction?

1092
00:49:02,240 --> 00:49:04,240
>> ASAP.

1093
00:49:04,240 --> 00:49:06,480
>> We hope to have it finished by August

1094
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:07,839
14th. Yeah,

1095
00:49:07,839 --> 00:49:10,079
>> we we're confident that um that we're

1096
00:49:10,079 --> 00:49:11,200
going to get there and that's what Paul

1097
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:12,800
was kind of indicating. We're we're

1098
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:15,520
moving forward as um though we have the

1099
00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:17,040
funds because we're we're fairly

1100
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:18,640
confident it's not going to come in.

1101
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:20,960
>> Nice job, everyone. That's amazing.

1102
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:21,760
>> It really is.

1103
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:23,440
>> We'll be inviting you to the dedication

1104
00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:24,640
the first week of school.

1105
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:24,960
>> Awesome.

1106
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:26,880
>> It'll be a dedication.

1107
00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:27,760
>> Yeah.

1108
00:49:27,760 --> 00:49:31,440
>> No, just just great job. It's great to see community members kind of

1109
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:34,319
step up and and take charge.

1110
00:49:34,319 --> 00:49:37,119
>> It's amazing. Absolutely amazing.

1111
00:49:37,119 --> 00:49:39,040
>> Yeah.

1112
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:42,079
>> I just love to add your next Sorry.

1113
00:49:42,079 --> 00:49:44,480
>> No, no, I'm I'm good. I made a fool of

1114
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:47,520
myself with a beer.

1115
00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:50,960
>> We have extras here.

1116
00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:52,800
I just want to say that it's a really a

1117
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:54,559
testament to the people seated to my

1118
00:49:54,559 --> 00:49:56,559
left and behind me and the people that

1119
00:49:56,559 --> 00:49:58,240
aren't here on this committee that

1120
00:49:58,240 --> 00:50:00,880
organized and got this going and it's

1121
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:03,040
really as you mentioned community and

1122
00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:06,480
the enormity of it. You know, um the the

1123
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:08,559
connections that this school has had

1124
00:50:08,559 --> 00:50:10,000
with people and the people the

1125
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:12,160
individuals of our staff that have made

1126
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:14,240
these connections is really what is the

1127
00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:16,400
catalyst for all this. And it goes right

1128
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:19,359
up until the the$127 cents donation

1129
00:50:19,359 --> 00:50:22,000
right up until um the our biggest

1130
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,319
donation which I remiss not to mention

1131
00:50:24,319 --> 00:50:26,319
that the Lindon Collar Russo Tribal

1132
00:50:26,319 --> 00:50:29,760
Foundation granted us $150,000

1133
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:31,920
and that is a direct connection to

1134
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:34,240
Ticket because two of the two of the

1135
00:50:34,240 --> 00:50:36,400
trustees of the organization went to

1136
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:38,400
Ticket. They're like the you know one of

1137
00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:40,400
the other trustees Mr. Louis's grandkids

1138
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:42,960
went to Dickett. Um, and it's really a

1139
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:44,160
testament to the hard work and

1140
00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:45,680
connection that they have made over the

1141
00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:48,559
years. Um, you know, as a community

1142
00:50:48,559 --> 00:50:50,319
school and a community, it's amazing. I

1143
00:50:50,319 --> 00:50:51,760
mean, you know, many of this, I mean,

1144
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:55,119
fact that I signed the 501c3 letter in

1145
00:50:55,119 --> 00:50:57,440
December 31st, 2025, and we're sitting

1146
00:50:57,440 --> 00:51:02,240
here, you know, just shy of $30,000. Um,

1147
00:51:02,240 --> 00:51:06,880
it's amazing. And it's all these guys.

1148
00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:08,240
We thank you for your support and I

1149
00:51:08,240 --> 00:51:09,920
won't see you tonight.

1150
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:11,359
>> Yeah. No, thank you because you guys

1151
00:51:11,359 --> 00:51:12,800
have been supportive and it does mean a

1152
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:15,760
lot to us because without your support,

1153
00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:19,440
we can't really build on property.

1154
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:21,040
>> So, maybe I'll see you on Saturday

1155
00:51:21,040 --> 00:51:21,520
night.

1156
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:30,549
>> Yeah. Thank you so much.

1157
00:51:30,559 --> 00:51:33,359
» Nothing can follow that after.

1158
00:51:33,359 --> 00:51:36,400
Okay. Um the next item on the agenda is

1159
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:39,119
to discuss and possibly act on the

1160
00:51:39,119 --> 00:51:41,839
Lawrence school grade configuration.

1161
00:51:41,839 --> 00:51:44,800
Um well we have gotten communication

1162
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:48,559
from the MSBA that um a decision

1163
00:51:48,559 --> 00:51:50,640
deadline they would have liked to have

1164
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:53,280
had a miss decision deadline that we

1165
00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:54,800
didn't because we didn't have enough

1166
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:59,280
input at the time. So now we will work

1167
00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:04,240
with them um during we're still in the

1168
00:52:04,240 --> 00:52:07,680
um eligibility period um after a few

1169
00:52:07,680 --> 00:52:09,680
months and we'll be in the feasibility

1170
00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:14,400
period and um MSBA offers data. They

1171
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:17,119
help you collect data. They do not um

1172
00:52:17,119 --> 00:52:18,880
advise you how to vote the

1173
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:22,640
configuration, but um to me it's a great

1174
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:25,680
opportunity because we get we don't we

1175
00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:27,359
were thinking about feasibility studies

1176
00:52:27,359 --> 00:52:28,720
for a lot of different things that we

1177
00:52:28,720 --> 00:52:31,280
do. We don't have to pay for this. We

1178
00:52:31,280 --> 00:52:33,119
get unbiased

1179
00:52:33,119 --> 00:52:36,720
um information um handed to us working

1180
00:52:36,720 --> 00:52:40,800
in along with them. So, um, we could

1181
00:52:40,800 --> 00:52:44,800
vote tonight. Um, and but we might have

1182
00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:47,680
to vote again and change it if they come

1183
00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:50,079
up with some data that we hadn't thought

1184
00:52:50,079 --> 00:52:52,880
of. I mean, it's their expertise and

1185
00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:56,800
they um love love love they said it so

1186
00:52:56,800 --> 00:52:58,720
many times to work in collaboration with

1187
00:52:58,720 --> 00:53:01,520
towns. So, they they are welcoming the

1188
00:53:01,520 --> 00:53:06,319
opportunity for this. So, um, we could,

1189
00:53:06,319 --> 00:53:08,000
somebody couldn't make a motion for a

1190
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:11,680
certain configuration. Um, I can give my

1191
00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:13,280
opinion cuz I'm leaving and I don't care

1192
00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:15,599
what you do. Sue me, but I'll be gone.

1193
00:53:15,599 --> 00:53:18,720
Um, that why not take this opportunity

1194
00:53:18,720 --> 00:53:21,839
to work with them. Um, and not do Eddie

1195
00:53:21,839 --> 00:53:27,040
vote tonight. Okay. But, um, so

1196
00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:28,480
I don't know if I would make a motion

1197
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:30,720
yet because No. Okay.

1198
00:53:30,720 --> 00:53:34,319
um would start um with comments on this

1199
00:53:34,319 --> 00:53:35,520
side.

1200
00:53:35,520 --> 00:53:39,599
>> Um I I I follow your lead, Terry, on it.

1201
00:53:39,599 --> 00:53:42,480
I I don't think that we I don't want to

1202
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:44,880
get ahead of MSBA.

1203
00:53:44,880 --> 00:53:48,480
And I even more than that don't want to

1204
00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:50,559
make a decision and then have our

1205
00:53:50,559 --> 00:53:52,640
community hear it and then get new

1206
00:53:52,640 --> 00:53:54,720
information and then might need to make

1207
00:53:54,720 --> 00:53:56,960
a different decision because that's a

1208
00:53:56,960 --> 00:53:58,559
terrible place for families to be in

1209
00:53:58,559 --> 00:53:59,760
where they think that they know what's

1210
00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:01,040
going to happen and then we pull the

1211
00:54:01,040 --> 00:54:05,119
carpet out. So, um I'm inclined to not

1212
00:54:05,119 --> 00:54:07,599
make any motions.

1213
00:54:07,599 --> 00:54:09,359
Um yes, I I would definitely be in favor

1214
00:54:09,359 --> 00:54:12,559
of deferring a vote until um feasibility

1215
00:54:12,559 --> 00:54:14,079
study is done and more information is

1216
00:54:14,079 --> 00:54:16,160
gathered.

1217
00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:18,640
>> Again, when the feasibility study, give

1218
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:21,359
us more information.

1219
00:54:21,359 --> 00:54:23,760
>> Um I agree and as we heard from our

1220
00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:27,839
public comment, um we still need to do a

1221
00:54:27,839 --> 00:54:30,319
survey which we had tabled, but we still

1222
00:54:30,319 --> 00:54:33,920
need to do that of the parents. Um, so,

1223
00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:35,440
uh, yes, we still need to gather more

1224
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:36,800
information before we make a final

1225
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:39,200
decision.

1226
00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:40,000
>> Melissa,

1227
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:42,640
>> um, I absolutely asked for a survey for

1228
00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:45,839
the families, uh, a while back and, uh,

1229
00:54:45,839 --> 00:54:48,319
I

1230
00:54:48,319 --> 00:54:50,079
couldn't agree more that waiting for the

1231
00:54:50,079 --> 00:54:52,720
feasibility study. It would, uh, provide

1232
00:54:52,720 --> 00:54:54,960
us with much needed time to make sure

1233
00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:56,640
that we hear from everybody and that we

1234
00:54:56,640 --> 00:54:59,040
get our surveys back. And I just want to

1235
00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:00,400
make an informed decision. I think I've

1236
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:01,680
said it from the beginning and I

1237
00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:04,880
continue to stand by that statement. So,

1238
00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:08,559
I would like to uh hold off on that.

1239
00:55:08,559 --> 00:55:11,599
Mike, yeah, I have a real issue with how

1240
00:55:11,599 --> 00:55:14,400
this thing went down because there were

1241
00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:16,000
members of this committee who asked for

1242
00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:17,839
a feasibility study before we gave up

1243
00:55:17,839 --> 00:55:20,800
Morris Pond. And at that time, it was

1244
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:24,000
not necessary. We had no information.

1245
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:27,200
scale Morse pond with one data point.

1246
00:55:27,200 --> 00:55:29,760
In the summer and the fall for four

1247
00:55:29,760 --> 00:55:32,640
consecutive meetings, we were told we

1248
00:55:32,640 --> 00:55:35,200
have to vote great configuration before

1249
00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:36,880
MSBA.

1250
00:55:36,880 --> 00:55:39,520
At every single meeting,

1251
00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:41,280
finance director would say it would make

1252
00:55:41,280 --> 00:55:45,119
us in a stronger position.

1253
00:55:45,119 --> 00:55:46,880
November, December, we started getting

1254
00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:51,839
emails from parents. 95% or more

1255
00:55:51,839 --> 00:55:53,359
showed interest in one grade

1256
00:55:53,359 --> 00:55:55,119
configuration which was the opposite of

1257
00:55:55,119 --> 00:55:56,640
administration.

1258
00:55:56,640 --> 00:55:59,599
About twothirds of the teachers surveyed

1259
00:55:59,599 --> 00:56:02,400
say the same grade configuration

1260
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:04,880
the opposite administration. I had asked

1261
00:56:04,880 --> 00:56:08,880
this to be on the agenda since January.

1262
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:11,200
Every agenda I asked every agenda I was

1263
00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:13,520
denied.

1264
00:56:13,520 --> 00:56:16,400
March 13th, I made a motion at the end

1265
00:56:16,400 --> 00:56:19,680
of the meeting and it passed

1266
00:56:19,680 --> 00:56:21,599
to be discussed at the April 28th

1267
00:56:21,599 --> 00:56:23,359
meeting.

1268
00:56:23,359 --> 00:56:25,440
Early in April, early in April, the

1269
00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:27,040
superintendent called people up, said

1270
00:56:27,040 --> 00:56:29,839
she spoke to the MSBA. None of us have

1271
00:56:29,839 --> 00:56:32,559
ever spoken to the MSBA.

1272
00:56:32,559 --> 00:56:34,160
So, calling up members saying we

1273
00:56:34,160 --> 00:56:36,319
couldn't do it and then I said I still

1274
00:56:36,319 --> 00:56:37,839
want to do it and then canceling the

1275
00:56:37,839 --> 00:56:40,480
April 28th meeting.

1276
00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:43,520
this entire process.

1277
00:56:43,520 --> 00:56:45,520
If we wanted a feasibility study, why

1278
00:56:45,520 --> 00:56:48,240
did everyone fight against it for most?

1279
00:56:48,240 --> 00:56:50,720
Because that was offered meeting after

1280
00:56:50,720 --> 00:56:53,760
meeting. And why was there a big push in

1281
00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:56,000
the summer and fall?

1282
00:56:56,000 --> 00:56:58,000
I think, and I might be wrong, but I

1283
00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:00,400
think this is just a delay tactic until

1284
00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:02,880
we get new members on the board who will

1285
00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:06,400
rubber stamp ideas. And that's wrong.

1286
00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:08,960
Every single time that Shawn guy comes

1287
00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:11,119
for mask, he asks each and every one of

1288
00:57:11,119 --> 00:57:13,280
us, who are you here for? Why did you

1289
00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:14,559
run for school committee? And everyone

1290
00:57:14,559 --> 00:57:18,319
says the children over 95% of parents

1291
00:57:18,319 --> 00:57:20,319
want one thing. Twothirds of teachers

1292
00:57:20,319 --> 00:57:23,200
want one thing. It is the opposite what

1293
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:25,760
the administration has presented. So the

1294
00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:28,319
question is, who are we really here for?

1295
00:57:28,319 --> 00:57:30,079
And obviously we're not going to discuss

1296
00:57:30,079 --> 00:57:31,920
any further, but that's my only question

1297
00:57:31,920 --> 00:57:35,910
to everyone here.

1298
00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:38,240
Margaret,

1299
00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:40,640
>> you know, I really do believe that every

1300
00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:42,400
person on this committee really cares

1301
00:57:42,400 --> 00:57:45,200
about students, really has uh believes

1302
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:46,640
that they have the students best

1303
00:57:46,640 --> 00:57:50,720
interest at heart. Um, however,

1304
00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:52,079
different people have different points

1305
00:57:52,079 --> 00:57:57,599
of view and that makes it difficult. um

1306
00:57:57,599 --> 00:58:00,400
a feasibility study now has been

1307
00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:02,960
authorized and would pay for and it

1308
00:58:02,960 --> 00:58:05,760
would not have been paid for in the very

1309
00:58:05,760 --> 00:58:08,240
beginning of this process. And so I do

1310
00:58:08,240 --> 00:58:11,920
think that um we need to wait. I think

1311
00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:14,240
what Kelly said about we do not want to

1312
00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:16,240
make a decision and then tell the

1313
00:58:16,240 --> 00:58:17,760
parents this is what's going to happen

1314
00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:20,160
and it changes. We need all the

1315
00:58:20,160 --> 00:58:22,880
information we can get to make a good

1316
00:58:22,880 --> 00:58:25,280
decision and I think we need to wait for

1317
00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:31,109
a little study and to work with you.

1318
00:58:31,119 --> 00:58:34,000
» Um I because I had not seen anything

1319
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:36,400
about this in writing from the MSBA. I

1320
00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:38,240
actually called them spoke to someone

1321
00:58:38,240 --> 00:58:41,040
named Katherine um I'm forgetting her

1322
00:58:41,040 --> 00:58:42,559
last name. It was an Italian last name

1323
00:58:42,559 --> 00:58:44,480
and she gave me the email. she was very

1324
00:58:44,480 --> 00:58:47,119
helpful and um said why don't you reach

1325
00:58:47,119 --> 00:58:48,720
out to Claire Learner who's the senior

1326
00:58:48,720 --> 00:58:51,119
project coordinator and Claire was very

1327
00:58:51,119 --> 00:58:52,880
helpful and wrote back to me. So the the

1328
00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:56,319
description she gave is um I can confirm

1329
00:58:56,319 --> 00:58:58,160
that the MSBA has no issue with the

1330
00:58:58,160 --> 00:58:59,760
district's decision to vote on the

1331
00:58:59,760 --> 00:59:01,599
proposed grade configuration for the

1332
00:59:01,599 --> 00:59:03,920
project. As a reminder, regardless of

1333
00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:06,000
the results of the vote, the district

1334
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:08,160
will be required to study the options

1335
00:59:08,160 --> 00:59:10,240
outlined in the eligibility period board

1336
00:59:10,240 --> 00:59:12,880
action letter, which we got back in um

1337
00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:15,920
December um as part of the MSBA process.

1338
00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:19,359
So, what I got from both of them was we

1339
00:59:19,359 --> 00:59:21,200
can vote now, we can vote later. It

1340
00:59:21,200 --> 00:59:22,480
really doesn't matter to them. We still

1341
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:24,079
have to study the options, but there's

1342
00:59:24,079 --> 00:59:26,720
no reason why March 1st changed

1343
00:59:26,720 --> 00:59:28,079
anything. So, that was I think the

1344
00:59:28,079 --> 00:59:30,240
confusion for me. Um did we miss a

1345
00:59:30,240 --> 00:59:32,079
deadline and now we can't vote? No, we

1346
00:59:32,079 --> 00:59:34,160
could if we wanted to. Um nothing

1347
00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:36,400
changed once we entered the eligibility

1348
00:59:36,400 --> 00:59:39,520
phase is what they're saying. It's just

1349
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:41,280
um now that we're in the eligibility

1350
00:59:41,280 --> 00:59:42,400
phase, we will go through the

1351
00:59:42,400 --> 00:59:45,040
feasibility study and have to study the

1352
00:59:45,040 --> 00:59:47,760
options. So um I agree that it makes

1353
00:59:47,760 --> 00:59:51,200
sense and I am um willing to delay

1354
00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:53,520
because I want to get our survey from

1355
00:59:53,520 --> 00:59:57,359
families. Um and I will trust that we're

1356
00:59:57,359 --> 00:59:59,680
going to actually untable. It wasn't

1357
00:59:59,680 --> 01:00:01,359
tabled. It was just delayed. whatever

1358
01:00:01,359 --> 01:00:03,839
you did to the agenda item to have a

1359
01:00:03,839 --> 01:00:07,520
survey um that that will come back

1360
01:00:07,520 --> 01:00:10,640
before us very soon because I think my

1361
01:00:10,640 --> 01:00:13,359
concern is that if we say we're not

1362
01:00:13,359 --> 01:00:14,480
going to vote now and we're going to

1363
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:16,960
wait for the feasibility study, we don't

1364
01:00:16,960 --> 01:00:19,040
really know exactly when that phase is

1365
01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:20,559
going to be wrapping up and we don't

1366
01:00:20,559 --> 01:00:22,000
always understand when we're going to

1367
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:23,440
have to take an action on something

1368
01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:25,760
before we get there. And if we don't do

1369
01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:27,839
the surveying in time, we might reach a

1370
01:00:27,839 --> 01:00:30,000
crunch deadline where we have to vote on

1371
01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:32,559
the U grade configuration. And I'm just

1372
01:00:32,559 --> 01:00:34,160
saying this from my experience being on

1373
01:00:34,160 --> 01:00:36,400
this committee that I don't want to get

1374
01:00:36,400 --> 01:00:39,040
have a a moment down the line where

1375
01:00:39,040 --> 01:00:40,640
we're told that we don't have time to

1376
01:00:40,640 --> 01:00:42,480
survey people. So if we can do that

1377
01:00:42,480 --> 01:00:45,599
survey ASAP and then if we want to do

1378
01:00:45,599 --> 01:00:48,160
another one um in September, we can do

1379
01:00:48,160 --> 01:00:49,839
another one closer to the time and see

1380
01:00:49,839 --> 01:00:52,799
if the public viewpoint has changed.

1381
01:00:52,799 --> 01:00:55,280
More data is better. you see it now, you

1382
01:00:55,280 --> 01:00:57,280
can see it again later and get those two

1383
01:00:57,280 --> 01:00:59,599
data points to compare. So, as long as

1384
01:00:59,599 --> 01:01:02,000
we are all on board with doing the

1385
01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:04,480
survey, then I'm okay with um delaying

1386
01:01:04,480 --> 01:01:06,799
because according to the MAC, it does

1387
01:01:06,799 --> 01:01:09,920
not really matter to them when we do it.

1388
01:01:09,920 --> 01:01:11,520
>> Okay.

1389
01:01:11,520 --> 01:01:12,000
>> Yes.

1390
01:01:12,000 --> 01:01:13,839
>> I have a followup for whoever the chair

1391
01:01:13,839 --> 01:01:16,240
might be in the future.

1392
01:01:16,240 --> 01:01:18,880
>> Why haven't we had the MSBA person at

1393
01:01:18,880 --> 01:01:21,200
any meeting? Why can't we talk to them?

1394
01:01:21,200 --> 01:01:23,119
Why is the information that my colleague

1395
01:01:23,119 --> 01:01:25,119
Miss Neban giving the exact opposite

1396
01:01:25,119 --> 01:01:27,119
information that we got on those phone

1397
01:01:27,119 --> 01:01:30,160
calls of April 1st and 2nd?

1398
01:01:30,160 --> 01:01:32,240
There is a real issue where in the

1399
01:01:32,240 --> 01:01:33,599
summer and the fall we were pushing

1400
01:01:33,599 --> 01:01:36,400
this. People in their evaluation said

1401
01:01:36,400 --> 01:01:38,480
that we need to make a decision and

1402
01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:40,079
anything

1403
01:01:40,079 --> 01:01:42,160
that's lacking because of our lack of

1404
01:01:42,160 --> 01:01:44,960
decision is not our administration. And

1405
01:01:44,960 --> 01:01:47,280
then those same people come here at this

1406
01:01:47,280 --> 01:01:50,400
meeting and say we should wait.

1407
01:01:50,400 --> 01:01:52,079
There's there was we could have had the

1408
01:01:52,079 --> 01:01:54,880
survey in this discussion on April 28th.

1409
01:01:54,880 --> 01:01:56,400
There was no reason to cancel that

1410
01:01:56,400 --> 01:01:58,240
meeting.

1411
01:01:58,240 --> 01:02:00,559
I'd asked for MSBA to come and speak to

1412
01:02:00,559 --> 01:02:03,040
us. No one has done that. So, I

1413
01:02:03,040 --> 01:02:05,359
apologize, but I don't trust anything's

1414
01:02:05,359 --> 01:02:07,280
going to happen ever again because Miss

1415
01:02:07,280 --> 01:02:09,200
Nevin asked for that survey on March

1416
01:02:09,200 --> 01:02:12,160
13th. We don't even have a draft of the

1417
01:02:12,160 --> 01:02:15,119
survey. We have nothing.

1418
01:02:15,119 --> 01:02:17,920
So, I feel this is a delay tactic until

1419
01:02:17,920 --> 01:02:20,480
they get a more favorable board who will

1420
01:02:20,480 --> 01:02:22,400
just stamp everything the administration

1421
01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:25,680
wants to do. That's all I'll say. Thank

1422
01:02:25,680 --> 01:02:27,119
you, Terry.

1423
01:02:27,119 --> 01:02:29,760
>> Okay. Um

1424
01:02:29,760 --> 01:02:32,240
All right. So, I guess what we are doing

1425
01:02:32,240 --> 01:02:34,799
is nothing, right? Cuz it says in here

1426
01:02:34,799 --> 01:02:36,480
possibly act. So, we're just going to do

1427
01:02:36,480 --> 01:02:38,000
nothing for next.

1428
01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:40,480
>> Okay. All right. So moving on to the

1429
01:02:40,480 --> 01:02:43,760
next item would be to act on surplus

1430
01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:47,680
world language materials.

1431
01:02:47,680 --> 01:02:50,720
>> In your packet you have um a memo from

1432
01:02:50,720 --> 01:02:55,040
uh Dr. Teller about uh the uh materials

1433
01:02:55,040 --> 01:02:58,000
u listed that are surplus and we're

1434
01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:04,480
asking um that you act on the surplus.

1435
01:03:04,480 --> 01:03:06,720
>> Is there a motion to act on the surplus?

1436
01:03:06,720 --> 01:03:08,079
>> I'll make a motion to act on the

1437
01:03:08,079 --> 01:03:09,920
surplus. Second.

1438
01:03:09,920 --> 01:03:12,960
>> Is there any discussion?

1439
01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:13,440
>> Um,

1440
01:03:13,440 --> 01:03:15,359
>> so we start in the middle with voting.

1441
01:03:15,359 --> 01:03:16,160
Um,

1442
01:03:16,160 --> 01:03:18,319
>> I just have a question.

1443
01:03:18,319 --> 01:03:20,079
>> These folks haven't been hanging around

1444
01:03:20,079 --> 01:03:23,520
since 1972, right?

1445
01:03:23,520 --> 01:03:28,230
>> 1949.

1446
01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:28,720
Yeah,

1447
01:03:28,720 --> 01:03:31,200
>> there are a handful of uh copies that we

1448
01:03:31,200 --> 01:03:33,440
have found as we had gone into a couple

1449
01:03:33,440 --> 01:03:35,440
of different storage areas and they were

1450
01:03:35,440 --> 01:03:38,319
saved because there were some passages

1451
01:03:38,319 --> 01:03:40,240
or references that were being used that

1452
01:03:40,240 --> 01:03:42,160
we can also access digitally should we

1453
01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:47,910
choose to continue using interest.

1454
01:03:47,920 --> 01:03:52,240
» Okay. Um so any other question? Just

1455
01:03:52,240 --> 01:03:53,440
amazing to me that there's enough

1456
01:03:53,440 --> 01:03:56,160
storage closets that every year we have

1457
01:03:56,160 --> 01:03:58,160
>> the walls of that building are storage.

1458
01:03:58,160 --> 01:04:00,480
You don't you don't realize it. You

1459
01:04:00,480 --> 01:04:01,680
think it's a wall, but all

1460
01:04:01,680 --> 01:04:04,000
>> the roofs from 1965 holding up the

1461
01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:04,640
building.

1462
01:04:04,640 --> 01:04:06,319
>> Yeah.

1463
01:04:06,319 --> 01:04:09,119
>> I guess they're like insulation.

1464
01:04:09,119 --> 01:04:12,319
>> You want your 1895

1465
01:04:12,319 --> 01:04:13,520
>> part of the renovation.

1466
01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:14,480
>> Yeah.

1467
01:04:14,480 --> 01:04:15,599
>> That's an antique.

1468
01:04:15,599 --> 01:04:16,640
>> Yes.

1469
01:04:16,640 --> 01:04:20,000
What's going to happen to

1470
01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:22,160
>> you language doesn't exactly change

1471
01:04:22,160 --> 01:04:26,630
right still French

1472
01:04:26,640 --> 01:04:28,559
» that might

1473
01:04:28,559 --> 01:04:30,240
in 1985

1474
01:04:30,240 --> 01:04:33,119
>> so we're going to vote

1475
01:04:33,119 --> 01:04:33,839
>> yes

1476
01:04:33,839 --> 01:04:35,760
>> thank you

1477
01:04:35,760 --> 01:04:36,799
>> lumpy yes

1478
01:04:36,799 --> 01:04:39,039
>> yesina

1479
01:04:39,039 --> 01:04:40,240
yes

1480
01:04:40,240 --> 01:04:41,920
>> yes

1481
01:04:41,920 --> 01:04:44,559
>> and the deer yes so thank you

1482
01:04:44,559 --> 01:04:46,799
>> all right Um the next item on the agenda

1483
01:04:46,799 --> 01:04:50,480
is to act on FEF funding for the 2627

1484
01:04:50,480 --> 01:04:52,240
school year.

1485
01:04:52,240 --> 01:04:55,440
>> Uh years ago uh we worked with FF to uh

1486
01:04:55,440 --> 01:04:58,079
streamline this process. Uh they are

1487
01:04:58,079 --> 01:05:00,480
actually in their meeting uh tonight as

1488
01:05:00,480 --> 01:05:03,839
well. Um this happens um every now and

1489
01:05:03,839 --> 01:05:06,960
then. So they are uh the board that is

1490
01:05:06,960 --> 01:05:09,599
voting at the same time you are um to

1491
01:05:09,599 --> 01:05:13,119
accept these projects uh and um to

1492
01:05:13,119 --> 01:05:18,720
accept the overall um uh donation of the

1493
01:05:18,720 --> 01:05:20,480
uh projects or I shouldn't say donate

1494
01:05:20,480 --> 01:05:24,880
it's a grant of 125,930.

1495
01:05:24,880 --> 01:05:27,200
You can read the thumbnail description

1496
01:05:27,200 --> 01:05:30,400
of each green.

1497
01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:33,200
>> Okay. Is there a motion to

1498
01:05:33,200 --> 01:05:34,880
>> I make a motion.

1499
01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:37,200
>> Second.

1500
01:05:37,200 --> 01:05:40,000
>> Okay. Um,

1501
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:42,480
comments or questions? Starting with

1502
01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:43,760
Katrina this time.

1503
01:05:43,760 --> 01:05:45,200
>> Oh, I love reading through the

1504
01:05:45,200 --> 01:05:47,359
descriptions of these. Um, they're all

1505
01:05:47,359 --> 01:05:49,599
so exciting. I wish I was a student

1506
01:05:49,599 --> 01:05:51,839
right now studying our railroads through

1507
01:05:51,839 --> 01:05:53,680
an engineering field. They're really

1508
01:05:53,680 --> 01:05:56,240
cool. Our local railroads. Um, I'm

1509
01:05:56,240 --> 01:05:58,319
really happy that the Bold program is

1510
01:05:58,319 --> 01:05:59,599
getting more funding. That's a great

1511
01:05:59,599 --> 01:06:01,119
one. I hear so many good things about

1512
01:06:01,119 --> 01:06:04,079
that program and um I was also excited

1513
01:06:04,079 --> 01:06:05,839
about school farm that you met at

1514
01:06:05,839 --> 01:06:08,319
school. That sounds really cool.

1515
01:06:08,319 --> 01:06:09,440
>> Margaret,

1516
01:06:09,440 --> 01:06:10,880
>> well, first of all, I'm just grateful

1517
01:06:10,880 --> 01:06:13,280
for E FS

1518
01:06:13,280 --> 01:06:15,839
for their contribution to us. I'm also

1519
01:06:15,839 --> 01:06:17,920
very grateful for the ingenuity of the

1520
01:06:17,920 --> 01:06:19,839
teachers and the projects that they are

1521
01:06:19,839 --> 01:06:22,000
developing uh that really help our

1522
01:06:22,000 --> 01:06:24,240
students to move forward not just in

1523
01:06:24,240 --> 01:06:28,309
breath but in depth.

1524
01:06:28,319 --> 01:06:31,440
I just have one question. Who How are

1525
01:06:31,440 --> 01:06:34,240
the grants decided?

1526
01:06:34,240 --> 01:06:39,349
>> Carol teacher Franklin.

1527
01:06:39,359 --> 01:06:40,079
» Any questions?

1528
01:06:40,079 --> 01:06:42,640
>> Uh just a comment as somebody who's been

1529
01:06:42,640 --> 01:06:45,839
uh I have um chaperowned a lot of these

1530
01:06:45,839 --> 01:06:48,079
trips and I can't say enough about it

1531
01:06:48,079 --> 01:06:49,599
and it really feel makes me feel good

1532
01:06:49,599 --> 01:06:52,480
about um you know donating to VIPS,

1533
01:06:52,480 --> 01:06:56,720
donating my time, donating um across all

1534
01:06:56,720 --> 01:07:00,720
the things. So, um I encourage and

1535
01:07:00,720 --> 01:07:03,200
support all the educators that have

1536
01:07:03,200 --> 01:07:06,240
written grants for themselves, for the

1537
01:07:06,240 --> 01:07:08,000
students. I can't say enough about it.

1538
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:11,039
We live in a very uh special place that

1539
01:07:11,039 --> 01:07:14,870
we have this opportunity.

1540
01:07:14,880 --> 01:07:17,839
» Um I second Miss Souza's comments. This

1541
01:07:17,839 --> 01:07:20,880
these are amazingly innovative teacher

1542
01:07:20,880 --> 01:07:25,039
grants and uh the FEF is so generous.

1543
01:07:25,039 --> 01:07:28,720
It's it's incredible. So, um

1544
01:07:28,720 --> 01:07:30,640
wonderful work.

1545
01:07:30,640 --> 01:07:34,240
>> So, thank you to FEF. Um

1546
01:07:34,240 --> 01:07:38,079
it's been so many years of granting

1547
01:07:38,079 --> 01:07:41,760
these different projects and uh they are

1548
01:07:41,760 --> 01:07:45,520
truly helpful to our system.

1549
01:07:45,520 --> 01:07:46,480
>> Chris,

1550
01:07:46,480 --> 01:07:48,720
>> um no, just essentially seconding every

1551
01:07:48,720 --> 01:07:50,640
everyone's comments. Um we're very lucky

1552
01:07:50,640 --> 01:07:52,720
to be blessed uh to live in this

1553
01:07:52,720 --> 01:07:54,880
community where we have such such

1554
01:07:54,880 --> 01:07:57,039
tremendous support from grassroots

1555
01:07:57,039 --> 01:07:58,880
organization. So agree

1556
01:07:58,880 --> 01:08:01,119
>> definitely a day a lot of generosity.

1557
01:08:01,119 --> 01:08:03,119
>> Right.

1558
01:08:03,119 --> 01:08:07,839
Okay. So um there was a motion. Okay. So

1559
01:08:07,839 --> 01:08:10,240
we'll vote. I guess we start with Kelly

1560
01:08:10,240 --> 01:08:10,880
this time.

1561
01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:12,960
>> Well just yes

1562
01:08:12,960 --> 01:08:14,960
>> yes.

1563
01:08:14,960 --> 01:08:16,239
>> Wilk yes

1564
01:08:16,239 --> 01:08:17,759
>> yes. Yes.

1565
01:08:17,759 --> 01:08:18,159
>> Yes.

1566
01:08:18,159 --> 01:08:22,080
>> Madirus. Yes. So that's unanimous.

1567
01:08:22,080 --> 01:08:27,120
Okay. So, the next item on the agenda,

1568
01:08:27,120 --> 01:08:30,640
um I would like to say this before um

1569
01:08:30,640 --> 01:08:34,480
this item um I'd like to voice that um

1570
01:08:34,480 --> 01:08:36,640
due to a discrepancy in the

1571
01:08:36,640 --> 01:08:40,239
interpretation of the Massachusetts

1572
01:08:40,239 --> 01:08:44,960
um dees evaluation process, I motion to

1573
01:08:44,960 --> 01:08:47,359
send the evaluation back to the

1574
01:08:47,359 --> 01:08:50,480
evaluation subcommittee to confer with

1575
01:08:50,480 --> 01:08:54,239
council and then to bring it back.

1576
01:08:54,239 --> 01:08:57,199
Okay. So, that's my my motion. Is there

1577
01:08:57,199 --> 01:08:58,239
a second to that?

1578
01:08:58,239 --> 01:08:59,600
>> A second.

1579
01:08:59,600 --> 01:09:01,440
>> Okay. Um, so

1580
01:09:01,440 --> 01:09:03,279
>> we can discuss this, correct?

1581
01:09:03,279 --> 01:09:06,000
>> No.

1582
01:09:06,000 --> 01:09:07,440
we can't discuss it.

1583
01:09:07,440 --> 01:09:10,080
>> Well, I I spoke to Desessie today and

1584
01:09:10,080 --> 01:09:12,319
what we're doing is wrong.

1585
01:09:12,319 --> 01:09:14,480
>> You can't So, no. I have a real problem

1586
01:09:14,480 --> 01:09:16,480
with this. It needs improvement on

1587
01:09:16,480 --> 01:09:17,279
standard one.

1588
01:09:17,279 --> 01:09:20,080
>> Excuse me, Mike. Please be quiet. Okay.

1589
01:09:20,080 --> 01:09:22,560
Be quiet.

1590
01:09:22,560 --> 01:09:25,120
Okay. It is not up for discussion. It's

1591
01:09:25,120 --> 01:09:26,960
going to be reviewed by legal counsel.

1592
01:09:26,960 --> 01:09:29,440
Okay. So, we had a motion and a second.

1593
01:09:29,440 --> 01:09:32,000
Um, there's no discussion.

1594
01:09:32,000 --> 01:09:34,960
We start voting in the middle. Right.

1595
01:09:34,960 --> 01:09:54,950
>> Cohen, no. Augusta, yes.

1596
01:09:54,960 --> 01:09:57,120
lumping

1597
01:09:57,120 --> 01:09:58,239
>> Terry's thinking.

1598
01:09:58,239 --> 01:09:58,880
>> Yes.

1599
01:09:58,880 --> 01:10:00,239
>> Terry, is there anything else you can

1600
01:10:00,239 --> 01:10:01,120
say about what?

1601
01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:03,520
>> No, we are not discussing it. Katrina,

1602
01:10:03,520 --> 01:10:05,360
>> I just don't understand it.

1603
01:10:05,360 --> 01:10:07,360
>> Um, I don't understand either, but I'm

1604
01:10:07,360 --> 01:10:09,679
just going to put um my confidence in

1605
01:10:09,679 --> 01:10:11,679
the chair that there's something I don't

1606
01:10:11,679 --> 01:10:13,840
know and I'll just trust the process.

1607
01:10:13,840 --> 01:10:17,440
So, Welch, yes, Katrina.

1608
01:10:17,440 --> 01:10:19,920
So, are we tableabling it or what is

1609
01:10:19,920 --> 01:10:21,679
>> Yes, we're tableabling it. We need

1610
01:10:21,679 --> 01:10:22,800
>> Well, you're sending it back to

1611
01:10:22,800 --> 01:10:23,920
committee, right? Correct.

1612
01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:25,520
>> That's different than tableabling that.

1613
01:10:25,520 --> 01:10:25,840
>> Yes.

1614
01:10:25,840 --> 01:10:28,080
>> So, I'm just one I'm confused about the

1615
01:10:28,080 --> 01:10:30,719
motion cuz we're not tableabling. We are

1616
01:10:30,719 --> 01:10:31,840
referring it.

1617
01:10:31,840 --> 01:10:33,440
>> I have my little card and I'm trying to

1618
01:10:33,440 --> 01:10:35,360
figure out what we're doing because

1619
01:10:35,360 --> 01:10:37,920
>> refer to committee is subsiding.

1620
01:10:37,920 --> 01:10:40,800
>> Okay, guys. And we do we really need to

1621
01:10:40,800 --> 01:10:42,800
hassle through the legal name.

1622
01:10:42,800 --> 01:10:44,239
>> No, I just wanted to make sure we're

1623
01:10:44,239 --> 01:10:45,840
doing it the right way. She didn't use

1624
01:10:45,840 --> 01:10:48,880
the word um The description of it is we

1625
01:10:48,880 --> 01:10:51,360
need more information. Whether it should

1626
01:10:51,360 --> 01:10:53,520
be tabled to get more information,

1627
01:10:53,520 --> 01:10:55,199
whether we should use the term referred

1628
01:10:55,199 --> 01:10:56,480
to get more information.

1629
01:10:56,480 --> 01:10:57,920
>> Well, there just different like you

1630
01:10:57,920 --> 01:10:59,920
might you have a majority but um refer

1631
01:10:59,920 --> 01:11:03,199
to committee and for tableabling.

1632
01:11:03,199 --> 01:11:05,040
>> I don't know how to work here.

1633
01:11:05,040 --> 01:11:06,960
>> Simple majority, right? Okay. So, as

1634
01:11:06,960 --> 01:11:08,560
long as it's a majority for both, I just

1635
01:11:08,560 --> 01:11:09,840
wanted to make sure

1636
01:11:09,840 --> 01:11:11,679
>> point of information. Did we discuss a

1637
01:11:11,679 --> 01:11:13,679
referral on your little Robin's rules

1638
01:11:13,679 --> 01:11:15,760
charts at Patuna? I don't know

1639
01:11:15,760 --> 01:11:17,280
>> because if it was referral that means

1640
01:11:17,280 --> 01:11:19,360
I'm open for discussion not just a vote

1641
01:11:19,360 --> 01:11:21,600
according to Robert's rules.

1642
01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:24,400
>> So I think that we should follow

1643
01:11:24,400 --> 01:11:26,800
>> we are I am not going to allow

1644
01:11:26,800 --> 01:11:29,600
discussion. I think I can do that. I'm

1645
01:11:29,600 --> 01:11:32,480
there's a reason for the no discussion.

1646
01:11:32,480 --> 01:11:34,239
So

1647
01:11:34,239 --> 01:11:37,590
>> um

1648
01:11:37,600 --> 01:11:40,400
can I ask a point of clarity? We've all

1649
01:11:40,400 --> 01:11:43,199
submitted our evaluations. Legal counsel

1650
01:11:43,199 --> 01:11:45,280
can't change anybody's evaluation.

1651
01:11:45,280 --> 01:11:46,080
Right.

1652
01:11:46,080 --> 01:11:48,960
>> We are, excuse me, we are not looking to

1653
01:11:48,960 --> 01:11:51,920
change anything. We are looking for a

1654
01:11:51,920 --> 01:11:55,840
legal interpretation which we don't have

1655
01:11:55,840 --> 01:11:57,199
ourselves. Okay.

1656
01:11:57,199 --> 01:12:00,400
>> Okay. We cannot change anything that was

1657
01:12:00,400 --> 01:12:02,320
submitted by May 1st.

1658
01:12:02,320 --> 01:12:05,199
>> Okay. Nothing's going to be chang

1659
01:12:05,199 --> 01:12:06,560
you understand. We want to make sure

1660
01:12:06,560 --> 01:12:08,560
that we score them correctly.

1661
01:12:08,560 --> 01:12:08,960
>> Okay.

1662
01:12:08,960 --> 01:12:10,159
>> All right.

1663
01:12:10,159 --> 01:12:11,760
just for the public and I'm sorry I'm

1664
01:12:11,760 --> 01:12:15,760
losing it but um scoring the documents

1665
01:12:15,760 --> 01:12:18,560
is really difficult in that some of the

1666
01:12:18,560 --> 01:12:22,320
definitions such as prepundonderance

1667
01:12:22,320 --> 01:12:24,080
are hard to get around. So we want to be

1668
01:12:24,080 --> 01:12:26,320
sure that we're doing it clearly

1669
01:12:26,320 --> 01:12:28,719
legally. Okay. So

1670
01:12:28,719 --> 01:12:30,719
>> um and just we're going to be voting on

1671
01:12:30,719 --> 01:12:32,400
this with new members.

1672
01:12:32,400 --> 01:12:32,880
>> Yeah.

1673
01:12:32,880 --> 01:12:33,760
>> How's that?

1674
01:12:33,760 --> 01:12:34,400
>> Okay. Um

1675
01:12:34,400 --> 01:12:35,679
>> unless we're having another meeting

1676
01:12:35,679 --> 01:12:37,920
before the election. Either way, it will

1677
01:12:37,920 --> 01:12:40,800
work because there will be a um either

1678
01:12:40,800 --> 01:12:42,960
six or seven people, which is a majority

1679
01:12:42,960 --> 01:12:46,159
of the committee that's here now. It can

1680
01:12:46,159 --> 01:12:48,800
either be done by another meeting or

1681
01:12:48,800 --> 01:12:50,640
after the elections. It doesn't matter.

1682
01:12:50,640 --> 01:12:51,840
>> Okay. All right. Thank you for all that

1683
01:12:51,840 --> 01:12:52,880
clarification before.

1684
01:12:52,880 --> 01:12:55,199
>> All right. Um All right. Nothing. Yes.

1685
01:12:55,199 --> 01:12:58,080
>> Okay.

1686
01:12:58,080 --> 01:13:01,520
>> Um Hen commented. I just want to make

1687
01:13:01,520 --> 01:13:03,520
sure that what I have here the

1688
01:13:03,520 --> 01:13:05,360
preponderance is not going to change the

1689
01:13:05,360 --> 01:13:07,840
overall needs improvement provision

1690
01:13:07,840 --> 01:13:09,760
because I spoke to Desessie today.

1691
01:13:09,760 --> 01:13:11,440
>> Mike, please.

1692
01:13:11,440 --> 01:13:13,360
>> No, it's a big no. Mrs. Wrong.

1693
01:13:13,360 --> 01:13:15,280
>> Okay. Melissa.

1694
01:13:15,280 --> 01:13:17,440
>> U Melissa keeps yes because I'm trusting

1695
01:13:17,440 --> 01:13:19,440
the process because there's more to this

1696
01:13:19,440 --> 01:13:21,679
that I don't know and I'm trusting.

1697
01:13:21,679 --> 01:13:25,840
>> Okay. Um and Madiraas says yes. So did

1698
01:13:25,840 --> 01:13:26,880
somebody count those?

1699
01:13:26,880 --> 01:13:29,600
>> I did. So we have um

1700
01:13:29,600 --> 01:13:30,560
>> seven yes and two,

1701
01:13:30,560 --> 01:13:32,880
>> one two no and seven yes. Okay.

1702
01:13:32,880 --> 01:13:35,679
>> Can I can I ask a clarifying question?

1703
01:13:35,679 --> 01:13:38,719
If we have our meeting after the

1704
01:13:38,719 --> 01:13:42,320
election, how will the people who are on

1705
01:13:42,320 --> 01:13:47,760
the committee now who who evaluated

1706
01:13:47,760 --> 01:13:50,640
have the opportunity to discuss their

1707
01:13:50,640 --> 01:13:54,159
evaluations in an open meeting which we

1708
01:13:54,159 --> 01:13:57,360
are required to do. So, so we'd have to

1709
01:13:57,360 --> 01:13:59,120
have another meeting before the

1710
01:13:59,120 --> 01:14:02,630
election.

1711
01:14:02,640 --> 01:14:04,159
» Can I respond to that?

1712
01:14:04,159 --> 01:14:05,280
>> Okay. You

1713
01:14:05,280 --> 01:14:06,640
>> can I just

1714
01:14:06,640 --> 01:14:09,360
>> We don't know for sure. So, we'll get a

1715
01:14:09,360 --> 01:14:11,040
legal answer about that. Linda,

1716
01:14:11,040 --> 01:14:11,440
>> okay.

1717
01:14:11,440 --> 01:14:14,320
None of us are attorneys, so we

1718
01:14:14,320 --> 01:14:17,280
will get a answer for that. Okay. Can I

1719
01:14:17,280 --> 01:14:19,199
just say that my first year on the

1720
01:14:19,199 --> 01:14:22,560
committee the election the evaluation

1721
01:14:22,560 --> 01:14:24,960
was not done when I was new on the

1722
01:14:24,960 --> 01:14:29,520
committee we voted for

1723
01:14:29,520 --> 01:14:31,440
>> I kind of think that we have done that

1724
01:14:31,440 --> 01:14:34,000
in the past we have not always had

1725
01:14:34,000 --> 01:14:36,800
evaluations before elections but I'm

1726
01:14:36,800 --> 01:14:40,159
going to check into that okay

1727
01:14:40,159 --> 01:14:45,520
>> okay so with that done um

1728
01:14:45,520 --> 01:14:47,120
routine business. That would be the

1729
01:14:47,120 --> 01:14:50,790
minutes.

1730
01:14:50,800 --> 01:14:53,120
» Anybody make a motion on your minutes?

1731
01:14:53,120 --> 01:14:56,880
>> I'll make a motion to um approve the

1732
01:14:56,880 --> 01:15:01,360
minutes of April 14th, 2026.

1733
01:15:01,360 --> 01:15:03,920
>> Is there a second?

1734
01:15:03,920 --> 01:15:05,360
>> Okay. Any edits?

1735
01:15:05,360 --> 01:15:09,910
>> Just a quick

1736
01:15:09,920 --> 01:15:12,640
Yeah. Okay. Um, right before routine

1737
01:15:12,640 --> 01:15:14,480
business, the discussion of

1738
01:15:14,480 --> 01:15:18,640
superintendent is just a type of spell.

1739
01:15:18,640 --> 01:15:20,880
Okay.

1740
01:15:20,880 --> 01:15:22,960
No other edits. Okay. Is there a motion

1741
01:15:22,960 --> 01:15:23,920
to approve them?

1742
01:15:23,920 --> 01:15:30,149
>> I'll make a motion to approve.

1743
01:15:30,159 --> 01:15:31,760
» Anybody second it?

1744
01:15:31,760 --> 01:15:32,400
>> Second.

1745
01:15:32,400 --> 01:15:35,280
>> Okay. I forget where we are to Oh, is it

1746
01:15:35,280 --> 01:15:38,560
back over this side? Okay. Katrina. Yes.

1747
01:15:38,560 --> 01:15:43,280
>> Yes.

1748
01:15:43,280 --> 01:15:47,440
Okay. Madiraas. Yes. Okay. Um,

1749
01:15:47,440 --> 01:15:50,000
committee reports.

1750
01:15:50,000 --> 01:15:51,360
Mike,

1751
01:15:51,360 --> 01:15:53,920
>> I um had a table at the multicultural

1752
01:15:53,920 --> 01:15:57,120
fair this past weekend. Henry was there

1753
01:15:57,120 --> 01:15:58,960
representing. It was a good time. It was

1754
01:15:58,960 --> 01:16:03,600
at the East Found School. Um

1755
01:16:03,600 --> 01:16:06,000
there was some some discussion from some

1756
01:16:06,000 --> 01:16:08,400
uh Wampaog folks and there was dancing

1757
01:16:08,400 --> 01:16:10,560
and uh the gentleman next to me from

1758
01:16:10,560 --> 01:16:13,040
Venezuela, this is the best part. He had

1759
01:16:13,040 --> 01:16:15,199
come over and told me how the Irish had

1760
01:16:15,199 --> 01:16:17,199
gave Venezuela their independence in the

1761
01:16:17,199 --> 01:16:19,280
1840s and I never knew that. Very

1762
01:16:19,280 --> 01:16:22,159
interesting. And they have a whole place

1763
01:16:22,159 --> 01:16:25,760
uh in Karacas of General Olirri. So, I

1764
01:16:25,760 --> 01:16:27,600
was talking to Henry earlier and it was

1765
01:16:27,600 --> 01:16:29,280
a great event and I think I would like

1766
01:16:29,280 --> 01:16:30,880
to see it grow more and I would like to

1767
01:16:30,880 --> 01:16:34,640
thank Christine Christina and Amy

1768
01:16:34,640 --> 01:16:35,920
>> and Bethany

1769
01:16:35,920 --> 01:16:38,080
>> Bethany Jay Christina Amy

1770
01:16:38,080 --> 01:16:39,920
>> and they got all

1771
01:16:39,920 --> 01:16:41,520
>> forget all the names. Sorry.

1772
01:16:41,520 --> 01:16:43,040
>> That's it. Thank you.

1773
01:16:43,040 --> 01:16:46,880
>> Okay. Any other committee reports? So,

1774
01:16:46,880 --> 01:16:48,719
um I attended the district health and

1775
01:16:48,719 --> 01:16:51,360
safety meeting yesterday afternoon where

1776
01:16:51,360 --> 01:16:53,920
we were briefed on the Alice drills, uh

1777
01:16:53,920 --> 01:16:56,239
the fire alarm drills,

1778
01:16:56,239 --> 01:16:59,040
uh and updated new safety measures in

1779
01:16:59,040 --> 01:17:00,880
the central command room for cameras,

1780
01:17:00,880 --> 01:17:02,800
interlocking doors, and camera

1781
01:17:02,800 --> 01:17:05,840
replacement uh as well as there was

1782
01:17:05,840 --> 01:17:07,520
there were reports from each of the

1783
01:17:07,520 --> 01:17:09,520
schools. So, if anyone has any

1784
01:17:09,520 --> 01:17:16,400
questions, either see me or see Dr. D.

1785
01:17:16,400 --> 01:17:18,320
Okay. Um, right now,

1786
01:17:18,320 --> 01:17:20,400
>> wait, Kevin.

1787
01:17:20,400 --> 01:17:23,199
>> Oh, I I'm sorry. This

1788
01:17:23,199 --> 01:17:26,640
um we were invited um once again to have

1789
01:17:26,640 --> 01:17:29,600
um information for voter registration at

1790
01:17:29,600 --> 01:17:33,199
graduation rehearsal. Um which I've done

1791
01:17:33,199 --> 01:17:35,360
I don't know how many years now. Um we

1792
01:17:35,360 --> 01:17:37,520
host the bre the breakfast for the

1793
01:17:37,520 --> 01:17:39,440
seniors that are graduating when they

1794
01:17:39,440 --> 01:17:41,600
come in for rehearsal and just make sure

1795
01:17:41,600 --> 01:17:43,679
that they understand how to register.

1796
01:17:43,679 --> 01:17:48,800
Um, and it is Thursday the 4th of June.

1797
01:17:48,800 --> 01:17:50,719
I think at 8:00 a.m. in my calendar, but

1798
01:17:50,719 --> 01:17:51,840
I have a feeling that's not exactly

1799
01:17:51,840 --> 01:17:53,600
right. So, if anybody wants to join,

1800
01:17:53,600 --> 01:17:56,000
just let me know.

1801
01:17:56,000 --> 01:17:58,159
>> I had joined last year.

1802
01:17:58,159 --> 01:18:01,520
>> Great. Thanks. Um, so I had my first and

1803
01:18:01,520 --> 01:18:03,920
only sadly meeting with CPAC. Uh, the

1804
01:18:03,920 --> 01:18:05,360
emails were going to the wrong email

1805
01:18:05,360 --> 01:18:07,440
address all year. So, I did finally have

1806
01:18:07,440 --> 01:18:10,320
a Zoom. Um and I'm forgetting the

1807
01:18:10,320 --> 01:18:13,360
presenter's name of our organization on

1808
01:18:13,360 --> 01:18:17,360
that was who was supposed to be right.

1809
01:18:17,360 --> 01:18:19,440
>> Right. So there was there were no

1810
01:18:19,440 --> 01:18:21,679
attendees sadly but I did learn a great

1811
01:18:21,679 --> 01:18:24,960
deal about CPAC. Um and um as a followup

1812
01:18:24,960 --> 01:18:26,880
I have talked to parents that I know who

1813
01:18:26,880 --> 01:18:29,600
have students with 504s and IEPs and

1814
01:18:29,600 --> 01:18:32,000
they didn't seem to be getting the CPAC

1815
01:18:32,000 --> 01:18:33,920
email. So I should have just told you

1816
01:18:33,920 --> 01:18:35,520
that but I would have had to do an email

1817
01:18:35,520 --> 01:18:38,960
thing. So maybe an issue, I don't know.

1818
01:18:38,960 --> 01:18:41,520
Um and then my other committee report is

1819
01:18:41,520 --> 01:18:44,480
um that uh the student advisory, which

1820
01:18:44,480 --> 01:18:46,239
was great. It was I love those kids so

1821
01:18:46,239 --> 01:18:47,840
much. It's really nice. So I brought in

1822
01:18:47,840 --> 01:18:49,360
some things that were in um

1823
01:18:49,360 --> 01:18:53,120
superintendent um Der's um evidence for

1824
01:18:53,120 --> 01:18:55,600
the year talking about um legislation

1825
01:18:55,600 --> 01:18:56,960
and I wanted to hear their thoughts on

1826
01:18:56,960 --> 01:18:58,239
it and see if they had anything to

1827
01:18:58,239 --> 01:18:59,440
share. So, we talked about the cell

1828
01:18:59,440 --> 01:19:01,600
phone ban that has been put in place in

1829
01:19:01,600 --> 01:19:03,199
other places like Rhode Island and is

1830
01:19:03,199 --> 01:19:05,600
currently in the um uh Senate, I

1831
01:19:05,600 --> 01:19:07,440
believe, right now. Um screen time

1832
01:19:07,440 --> 01:19:08,800
limits, which is another piece of

1833
01:19:08,800 --> 01:19:10,400
legislation that's passing through the

1834
01:19:10,400 --> 01:19:14,239
state. Um and financial literacy um

1835
01:19:14,239 --> 01:19:15,840
mandates, which is a third piece of

1836
01:19:15,840 --> 01:19:18,400
legislation with the state house. Um and

1837
01:19:18,400 --> 01:19:20,000
we had a really robust interesting

1838
01:19:20,000 --> 01:19:22,560
conversation. They felt for for cell

1839
01:19:22,560 --> 01:19:24,000
phone games, they were very much

1840
01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:26,960
concerned about negotiating after school

1841
01:19:26,960 --> 01:19:29,920
um changes of plans and whether not

1842
01:19:29,920 --> 01:19:31,440
being able to keep a breast of stuff

1843
01:19:31,440 --> 01:19:33,120
with their parents during the school day

1844
01:19:33,120 --> 01:19:35,120
would impact their sports and after

1845
01:19:35,120 --> 01:19:37,679
school extracurriculars. Um they had a

1846
01:19:37,679 --> 01:19:38,719
lot of really good points. They were

1847
01:19:38,719 --> 01:19:39,920
also wondering how things would be

1848
01:19:39,920 --> 01:19:42,239
enforced. And so I was talking about

1849
01:19:42,239 --> 01:19:43,760
there's a state level and then each

1850
01:19:43,760 --> 01:19:45,760
district has its own way of enforcing

1851
01:19:45,760 --> 01:19:48,719
that and um implementing it. Um screen

1852
01:19:48,719 --> 01:19:50,560
time limits. They also did not feel that

1853
01:19:50,560 --> 01:19:52,640
they it was not a popular idea to limit

1854
01:19:52,640 --> 01:19:54,560
screen time. Um they worried about

1855
01:19:54,560 --> 01:19:56,080
enforcement.

1856
01:19:56,080 --> 01:19:57,760
Um and then the financial literacy

1857
01:19:57,760 --> 01:19:59,360
piece. Some of the kids had taken those

1858
01:19:59,360 --> 01:20:01,679
courses explicitly as part of the CTE

1859
01:20:01,679 --> 01:20:04,320
pathways or business and um some there

1860
01:20:04,320 --> 01:20:06,000
was a freshman in the group who was

1861
01:20:06,000 --> 01:20:07,920
worried that she had missed something.

1862
01:20:07,920 --> 01:20:09,760
Um and then Dr. Der came back to the

1863
01:20:09,760 --> 01:20:11,120
meeting just at the right moment to

1864
01:20:11,120 --> 01:20:13,120
explain that those are incorporated into

1865
01:20:13,120 --> 01:20:15,360
their classes. but having it mandated

1866
01:20:15,360 --> 01:20:18,000
might impact AP students being able to

1867
01:20:18,000 --> 01:20:21,600
take um math classes. Um so anyway, it

1868
01:20:21,600 --> 01:20:23,360
was a great conversation and their

1869
01:20:23,360 --> 01:20:25,280
thoughts are recorded if anybody wants

1870
01:20:25,280 --> 01:20:28,159
to hear more about teenagers views on

1871
01:20:28,159 --> 01:20:31,679
screen time and cell phones.

1872
01:20:31,679 --> 01:20:36,719
Thank you. Okay. So, um the VIPs

1873
01:20:36,719 --> 01:20:39,600
committee is um this week in reading

1874
01:20:39,600 --> 01:20:43,040
scholarship applications. Um

1875
01:20:43,040 --> 01:20:46,159
it's so much it's great the or how much

1876
01:20:46,159 --> 01:20:49,760
they do with students. Um anyway, so

1877
01:20:49,760 --> 01:20:52,480
that's what's going on. BIPS. Um next

1878
01:20:52,480 --> 01:20:55,600
month will be the um end of the year

1879
01:20:55,600 --> 01:20:58,719
volunteer recognition u recognition. Um,

1880
01:20:58,719 --> 01:21:01,840
and I hope some of you um have they

1881
01:21:01,840 --> 01:21:03,600
they've been asking for input from from

1882
01:21:03,600 --> 01:21:06,159
teachers too and things. I I know if

1883
01:21:06,159 --> 01:21:07,840
you've heard any gotten anything from

1884
01:21:07,840 --> 01:21:09,920
them some of the Yeah. Some of the

1885
01:21:09,920 --> 01:21:12,239
teachers out there. Okay. On the other

1886
01:21:12,239 --> 01:21:16,400
committee is the um is the Cape Cod

1887
01:21:16,400 --> 01:21:20,320
collaborative. Now, when I'm when you

1888
01:21:20,320 --> 01:21:23,360
are uh appointed to some of the

1889
01:21:23,360 --> 01:21:25,679
committees such as VIPS or the

1890
01:21:25,679 --> 01:21:27,199
collaborative, it's a year-long

1891
01:21:27,199 --> 01:21:30,400
commitment. Even though your term is up

1892
01:21:30,400 --> 01:21:33,520
in May, the commitment ends in June. So,

1893
01:21:33,520 --> 01:21:35,440
I just want to make sure everybody is

1894
01:21:35,440 --> 01:21:37,679
okay that I fulfill that. Okay?

1895
01:21:37,679 --> 01:21:39,760
Especially since, well, I'm the chairman

1896
01:21:39,760 --> 01:21:41,040
of the collaborative board, too. So,

1897
01:21:41,040 --> 01:21:43,679
they have to elect a new chairman and

1898
01:21:43,679 --> 01:21:45,360
stuff like that. So, just to finish up

1899
01:21:45,360 --> 01:21:47,360
that business. Okay. Just to make that

1900
01:21:47,360 --> 01:21:50,320
known. Okay. All right. Any other

1901
01:21:50,320 --> 01:21:52,560
committee reports? Then I'll take a

1902
01:21:52,560 --> 01:21:55,520
motion.

1903
01:21:55,520 --> 01:21:56,960
>> Hold that thought.

1904
01:21:56,960 --> 01:21:58,639
>> No, no, no.

1905
01:21:58,639 --> 01:21:59,600
>> No. I want

1906
01:21:59,600 --> 01:22:02,080
>> Hold that thought. Terry,

1907
01:22:02,080 --> 01:22:06,320
>> I have my gavvel. I can over you all.

1908
01:22:06,320 --> 01:22:07,840
>> Terry, I can talk for a while while

1909
01:22:07,840 --> 01:22:08,960
they're getting their thing if you'd

1910
01:22:08,960 --> 01:22:09,760
like me to.

1911
01:22:09,760 --> 01:22:11,679
>> Terry, you can hit this with your gavvel

1912
01:22:11,679 --> 01:22:13,040
to close our meeting. Yeah. Yeah.

1913
01:22:13,040 --> 01:22:14,560
>> What did you call it again?

1914
01:22:14,560 --> 01:22:15,040
>> Beer.

1915
01:22:15,040 --> 01:22:16,800
>> I was I was surprised you didn't know

1916
01:22:16,800 --> 01:22:18,560
that. Beer deco.

1917
01:22:18,560 --> 01:22:19,199
>> Beer deco.

1918
01:22:19,199 --> 01:22:21,040
>> Beer means beer, obviously.

1919
01:22:21,040 --> 01:22:22,480
>> And you know in Germany how they bill

1920
01:22:22,480 --> 01:22:24,400
you for your beers. They make X's on

1921
01:22:24,400 --> 01:22:26,719
those little things.

1922
01:22:26,719 --> 01:22:28,639
>> And if you get a, you know, a full round

1923
01:22:28,639 --> 01:22:31,679
of X's, that's how much money you have.

1924
01:22:31,679 --> 01:22:33,760
>> So

1925
01:22:33,760 --> 01:22:36,560
Harry, this is your last meeting.

1926
01:22:36,560 --> 01:22:37,600
>> Yeah.

1927
01:22:37,600 --> 01:22:41,440
And I don't even know how I had a whole

1928
01:22:41,440 --> 01:22:43,280
I was going to reach out to Sharon and

1929
01:22:43,280 --> 01:22:44,960
ask her when you got on the committee,

1930
01:22:44,960 --> 01:22:47,520
but then I was like, but your time in

1931
01:22:47,520 --> 01:22:49,520
this seat really goes before then. And

1932
01:22:49,520 --> 01:22:52,560
then I thought, well, I could probably,

1933
01:22:52,560 --> 01:22:54,880
you know, ask you or Timmy when you

1934
01:22:54,880 --> 01:22:58,000
started at working at Founder Public

1935
01:22:58,000 --> 01:23:00,080
Schools, but then I thought, no, you've

1936
01:23:00,080 --> 01:23:03,760
been a Clipper since forever. and from

1937
01:23:03,760 --> 01:23:04,880
one to another.

1938
01:23:04,880 --> 01:23:07,679
>> 1977 is when I started. There's your

1939
01:23:07,679 --> 01:23:08,320
answer.

1940
01:23:08,320 --> 01:23:10,159
>> But then she went to Lawrence High

1941
01:23:10,159 --> 01:23:10,560
School,

1942
01:23:10,560 --> 01:23:13,040
>> right? You graduated

1943
01:23:13,040 --> 01:23:15,679
from Florence. So I I thought to myself,

1944
01:23:15,679 --> 01:23:17,360
you know, you're just a clipper through

1945
01:23:17,360 --> 01:23:20,560
and through. And as somebody who takes

1946
01:23:20,560 --> 01:23:24,480
such pride in our community, I have

1947
01:23:24,480 --> 01:23:27,600
learned so much from you, Terry. You

1948
01:23:27,600 --> 01:23:28,960
have impacted

1949
01:23:28,960 --> 01:23:31,600
>> going to make me cry. this committee,

1950
01:23:31,600 --> 01:23:34,480
all the committees that you have um sat

1951
01:23:34,480 --> 01:23:37,199
with at this table, you have impacted

1952
01:23:37,199 --> 01:23:39,679
students, as we heard from Mr. Kapula

1953
01:23:39,679 --> 01:23:42,480
earlier, you've impacted students that

1954
01:23:42,480 --> 01:23:46,000
weren't even your students. That's me.

1955
01:23:46,000 --> 01:23:48,960
You know, previously, I know that it's

1956
01:23:48,960 --> 01:23:51,360
been a bit of a grind this year.

1957
01:23:51,360 --> 01:23:52,560
However,

1958
01:23:52,560 --> 01:23:54,400
>> you don't say.

1959
01:23:54,400 --> 01:23:56,320
>> However, the good still weighs off the

1960
01:23:56,320 --> 01:23:58,639
bat. And it's not that it was bad. It's

1961
01:23:58,639 --> 01:24:00,719
just that, you know, it adds and flows.

1962
01:24:00,719 --> 01:24:04,880
So, we to say thank you seems so minimal

1963
01:24:04,880 --> 01:24:08,000
and it's not enough. But, um, if you

1964
01:24:08,000 --> 01:24:10,080
could accept the flowers on all of our

1965
01:24:10,080 --> 01:24:28,470
behalf, thank you for your time.

1966
01:24:28,480 --> 01:24:30,560
You have to read it out.

1967
01:24:30,560 --> 01:24:33,440
>> Committed survivor

1968
01:24:33,440 --> 01:24:42,310
>> and to you as well.

1969
01:24:42,320 --> 01:24:44,320
» So, it's not just flowers for now. It's

1970
01:24:44,320 --> 01:24:46,080
also flowers for later. We also got you

1971
01:24:46,080 --> 01:24:47,679
maroon and white tulips for your new

1972
01:24:47,679 --> 01:24:51,040
place. but not until the dust settles

1973
01:24:51,040 --> 01:24:53,199
and you plant them in the fall when you

1974
01:24:53,199 --> 01:24:56,719
get your berries. And also from um

1975
01:24:56,719 --> 01:24:59,760
Sharon Ryan um our administrative team u

1976
01:24:59,760 --> 01:25:01,600
thank you for all the years you put into

1977
01:25:01,600 --> 01:25:04,560
this and uh so you started the year the

1978
01:25:04,560 --> 01:25:07,040
clipper and so there is a clipper gift

1979
01:25:07,040 --> 01:25:09,679
in there for you. So um from one of our

1980
01:25:09,679 --> 01:25:10,560
students so

1981
01:25:10,560 --> 01:25:11,280
>> Oh thank you.

1982
01:25:11,280 --> 01:25:12,800
>> Yes. Thank you.

1983
01:25:12,800 --> 01:25:13,520
>> Say something.

1984
01:25:13,520 --> 01:25:16,400
You know what I really I

1985
01:25:16,400 --> 01:25:19,920
loved it and Henry St. Julian is one of

1986
01:25:19,920 --> 01:25:22,159
the reasons has one of my best memories

1987
01:25:22,159 --> 01:25:27,199
is that I got to go to Kate Birdie Arm

1988
01:25:27,199 --> 01:25:29,920
and the reason was it what is for

1989
01:25:29,920 --> 01:25:33,600
students. it was to make connections,

1990
01:25:33,600 --> 01:25:36,800
you know, and so we our Margaret and I

1991
01:25:36,800 --> 01:25:39,520
and there some evaluators and Sonia

1992
01:25:39,520 --> 01:25:42,800
right um tked over there to try to make

1993
01:25:42,800 --> 01:25:45,120
these connections with the students and

1994
01:25:45,120 --> 01:25:47,679
that's one of the highlights of my time

1995
01:25:47,679 --> 01:25:50,639
on this committee. The other one was um

1996
01:25:50,639 --> 01:25:54,560
David Vieiraa um asked me to be a

1997
01:25:54,560 --> 01:25:58,080
representative um for the collaboratives

1998
01:25:58,080 --> 01:25:59,120
actually because I was on the

1999
01:25:59,120 --> 01:25:59,920
collaborative. I've been on the

2000
01:25:59,920 --> 01:26:01,679
collaborative for a long time and I got

2001
01:26:01,679 --> 01:26:03,840
to go to the state house in Boston every

2002
01:26:03,840 --> 01:26:05,840
month for an entire year.

2003
01:26:05,840 --> 01:26:09,199
>> Um and I walked in and got into the room

2004
01:26:09,199 --> 01:26:11,600
and I you know and was with the the

2005
01:26:11,600 --> 01:26:14,000
leading um representatives and um

2006
01:26:14,000 --> 01:26:16,320
senators in the education in the state.

2007
01:26:16,320 --> 01:26:18,480
So it was very interesting. And so um

2008
01:26:18,480 --> 01:26:20,719
those are the things I'm remembering not

2009
01:26:20,719 --> 01:26:24,880
Mike's comments for example but those

2010
01:26:24,880 --> 01:26:28,870
>> you got to remember my comments.

2011
01:26:28,880 --> 01:26:32,520
Thank you very much.