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Hi, everyone.

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Good afternoon or good evening. Can we stand for the

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Pledge of Allegiance?

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I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United

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

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Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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Hi, everyone. This is the June 29th, 2026, Board of

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Education special meeting. It's held in person here at Caroline G.

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Atkinson School at 5:30. The meeting will be live-streamed on

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the district website at

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www.freeportschools.org. Do

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we have any board announcements? We'll start with Trustee

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Hardwick.

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No announcements.

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Trustee Richardson, I mean, VP Richardson.

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No announcements.

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Trustee Pomerico.

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No announcements.

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All righty. At this point, we're going to go to the superintendent's report,

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if there is one.

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There's no report at this time.

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All right. We're moving on to items of action.

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Point of order, Madam President.

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Yes.

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I'd like to make a-

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Trustee Pomerico.

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I'd like to make a motion to table the entire agenda.

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All right. We have a motion on the floor to table the entire agenda.

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May I have a second?

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May I have a second?

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Motion has failed without a second.

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5.1, VP Richardson.

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5.1,

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be it resolved that the Board of Education of the Freeport Union Free School

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District hereby approves the following item, 5.2.

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May I have a second?

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Second.

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All those in favor?

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Aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed? Abstentions? Motion carries.

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5.3, Trustee Hardwick.

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5.3, personnel appointment of Executive Director of

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PPS and Special Education.

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May I have a second?

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Second.

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All those in favor?

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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Aye.

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Abstentions?

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Motion carries. 5.4,

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Trustee Pomerico.

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You better pass on that.

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All we have to do is say, "I don't want to do it." 5.4, VP

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Richardson.

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5.4,

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personnel creation of Director of Human-

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Humanities

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... Humanities, grades K through six.

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Got your glasses? I'll give you mine.

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No, I'm fine.

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May I have a second?

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Second.

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All those in favor?

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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Aye.

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Abstentions?

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It's an aye vote, so am I as aye, so everything counts for me as aye unless you

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hear differently, but I will vote separately. Thank you.

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5.5, Trustee Hardwick.

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5.5, personnel creation of Director of Humanities, grades

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seven through 12.

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May I have a second?

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Second.

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All those in favor?

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Aye.

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Aye. Opposed?

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Aye.

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Aye.

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Abstentions? Motion carries. 5.6,

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VP Richardson.

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5.6, personnel appointment of Interim Assistant Business

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Administrator.

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May I have a second?

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Second.

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All those in favor?

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Aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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Aye.

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Abstentions? Motion carries. 5.7,

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Trustee Hardwick.

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5.7, personnel appointment of Bookkeeper.

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May I have a second?

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Second.

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All those in favor?

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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Aye.

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Abstentions? Motion carries. 5.8, VP

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Richardson.

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5.8, appointment of District Clerk.

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May I have a second?

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Second.

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All those in favor?

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Aye.

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Opposed?

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Aye.

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Abstentions? Motion carries.

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5.9. Did I just do 5.9?

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Five.

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5 point... Yeah?

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Yeah.

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5.9, Trustee Hardwick.

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5.9, personnel termination of probationary appointment and

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employment.

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May I have a second?

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Second.

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All those in favor?

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Aye.

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Aye.

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Aye. Opposed?

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Aye.

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Abstentions? Motion carries.

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5.10,

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Trustee Hardwick, I'm going to come back to you.

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5.10, educational approval of first reading of code

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of conduct.

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May I have a second?

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Second.

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All those in favor?

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Aye.

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Aye.

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Aye. Opposed?

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Aye.

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Abstentions? Motion carries. 5.11,

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VP Richardson.

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5.11, educational appointment of public relations consultant for the

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2026-2027 school year.

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May I have a second?

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Second.

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All those in favor?

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Aye.

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Aye. Opposed?

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Aye.

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Abstentions? Motion carries.

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We're at 6.1, Superintendent's report.

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There is no report at this time. Thank you. Board comments.

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Trustee Pomerico.

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No, I'll wait till the first.

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Excuse me?

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I'll wait till July 1st.

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Okay.

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VP Richardson?

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No comments.

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Trustee-

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Oh, other than-

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Oh

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... I want to thank everyone for allowing me to serve

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my community and the students of this district and everyone within the

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district as a whole.

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It was my pleasure and honor to be of service,

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and I thank you all for trusting me to be in the position that I was

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elected into during my tenure,

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and I wish the district nothing but the best, and I

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just want to make sure and ask that we all continue to do what we need to do

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for the children. It's always been about the children, so let's continue to do what

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we need to do for the children. Thank you.

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Thank you, and we'll give you your little gift at the end of this.

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Trustee Hardwick, any comments?

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Just

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reiterating what I said the other night about Scott

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Thank you for your service, and it's been a pleasure serving side by side

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with you,

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working on policy and procedures and helping the

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district move forward. Thank you.

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I appreciate all the stuff that you showed me. Thank you.

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God bless your journey. Thank you.

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And so I do want to make a comment. We did get a decision on an arbitration

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from the Freeport Teachers Association from last June.

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So the district received a decision from the arbiter, and he found that the

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district did not violate the collective bargaining agreement,

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and the grievance was denied.

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So I do want to publicly state that, and we are still waiting for a few, but

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that was on the advice of counsel that I read that properly.

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So Scott, I would like to just thank you for all your service

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here. And do we have any--

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Valerie, do we have his plaque down there at all? Yes.

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So I want to present this to you. Hold on.

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Sir, we would like to thank you, Mr.

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Scott Richardson, for your previous dedicated service as vice

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president and trustee of the Freeport Board of Education.

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You are a gifted leader whose hard work-- Oh, I

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need to take this out.

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Yeah, that's all right.

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Whose hard work, devotion, and steadfastness toward excellence in

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education for all the children of Freeport is second to none.

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We wish you success, health, and happiness in all your future endeavors.

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The Board of Education, period, with concerns.

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We commend you. Thank you.

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Congratulations.

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Thank you. At

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this

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time, I'd like to recognize some new

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administrators. Yes. Dr. Miller

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is going to call your name as you

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come

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forward.

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At this time, we'd like to recognize Dr.

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Virginia Figueroa, who will be joining us as the

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Executive Director of PPS and Special Education.

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Congratulations.

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Thank you.

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Welcome.

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Thank you.

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Welcome.

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At this point, I'd like to motion to adjourn this evening.

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So moved. Second.

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Do I have a second? All those in favor?

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Aye.

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Opposed? Thank you. The next meeting is Thursday, July 2nd,

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for the reorganization meeting here at