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Good evening. This is a special meeting

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of the board of education being held on

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Monday, September 28th at 5:07.

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Um, present tonight we have Mitch

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Shimblock, board member Mitch Shiml,

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board member Sean Corpin, board member 8

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Andrea Aman who's remote. Um, board

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member Jay Whitlock, he is remote also.

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Board member Mike Whitney, he is remote.

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We have board member Johnson, board

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member Thomas, and board member Jen

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White.

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and my south chairperson Beverly

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Washington.

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>> I said

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um the second item on the on the um

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agenda is discussion with community

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um in regards to input around board

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goals and what they think the board's

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priority should be this year. Um the

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board goals, if you don't know what the

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board goals are, the first goal is focus

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on improving student learning outcomes.

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The second goal is continue to align our

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expenditures

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with district priorities.

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The third goal is review building

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capacity based on expected demographic

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trends. The fourth goal is improve the

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flow of the board's business. And the

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fifth goal is why we're here tonight is

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community engagement.

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Um, so this is the portion of the agenda

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and I'm I'm not going to read it all.

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I'm just going to say it, you know,

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concisely where you come up to the

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podium, you state your name and address,

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you have like three minutes to talk

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about the board goals or what what you

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think the district priorities should be.

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Um, it's not really about any student

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specifically, but it's more about the

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board and how you see the school

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district going forward. Okay.

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Um, so the first person on the list is

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Lori.

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>> Oh, Swansky.

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>> Swansky. Hi. How you doing?

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>> Come up to vote.

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>> Okay. Where? Whereabouts?

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>> Right up there.

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>> Okay. Close.

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>> Well, since this is the first of monthly

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meetings, I just

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>> state your name and address.

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>> My name is Lori Annlonsky. I'm residing

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temporarily at the Martin House, 401

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West theme street, 700 Norwich,

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Connecticut 06360.

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Now, I've been publicly humiliated and

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shamed. Um, and I suggest that we all

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get to the bottom of it and start

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factchecking because I've lost

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everything based on lies and a trio of

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ambush orders that came in based on all

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lies. and they assailed here uh through

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Lori Levine and my mentorship to uh

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strike for the record Ivy Elizabeth

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Brown who was a sixth grader at the

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time. Now, I did a great job mentoring

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her and uh I suggest that we as a board

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of education with stakeholders in the

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community, we fact check what happened

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to me in 2024 and roll it back because I

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have been the victim of absolute

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blasphemy. She

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>> can I just

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my poor child has

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>> Can I stop you for a second because this

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actually has to do with board goals,

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>> right? This is a board goal.

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>> Okay. So, we'll go specifically

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>> trouble for not factchecking and and

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detaining any of the newspapers and

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things like that. So, I just wanted to

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let you know that I'm uh willing to work

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with you. Um I've been reinstated in my

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son's life and it seems like each day

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that I interact with Graten public

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schools and Graten Middle Schools, we

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have to start the process all over

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again. So, I suggest us as a team of

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stakeholders in the community with the

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children at is to fact check what

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happened to Laurian Slinsky November

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9th, 1972. and we'll start with that.

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Thank you.

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>> Thank you.

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» What was my date? November 9th. November

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9th, 1972. Now, this relates to uh bunk

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restraining orders that assailed my life

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and they never stopped based on all

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lies. Now, I'm a good woman. I I'm I'm a

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Fetch graduate of 1990, fantastic

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mother. My records at Rotten Public

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School are fantastic. I've been shamed

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and humiliated and literally I'm

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disabled and uh the United States

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recognized my disability starting in May

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of 2024. So mind you, I'm disabled in

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handling this and have been completely

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robbed of my parenthood.

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>> Thank you.

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>> Okay. Thank you. Next is Laurenia.

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Next is Kevin Jones.

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>> Tell me what I have.

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>> Captain Jones.

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>> Um, well, I'm not going to read Canon's

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statement. I think we're probably going

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to submit that for the record if we can.

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>> But, um,

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sorry. My My name is Katie Jones. I live I don't know if it's working.

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There's not a lot of us. who can

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probably hear me that voice. I live at

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12 Honda Drive in Mystic and um in light

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of the state of Connecticut's um policy

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about AI use in the classroom um seeming

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to give it free reign for lack of a

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better term. Um, I am curious if the

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town of Graten Board of Education is

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going to amend that in any way, tighten

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those restrictions so we ensure that our

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kids still continue to develop the

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critical thinking still skills that they

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need even in an age of easy access to

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information. Um, our son is an honor

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student at at Fitch and um, we're

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extremely troubled by the prevailance of

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AI use in the classroom. Um so and you

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know he's this is his third year and

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this has been something that has

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occurred to a degree in each of his

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years at Fitch and um this is very

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troubling to us. Thanks. And I'm

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speaking very exemporaneously right now.

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>> Can I sit back down or do you need me to

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stay in the hot seat? No. Okay.

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>> Thank you. Uh next is Kate Shannon.

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Good evening everyone. My name is Kate

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Shannon. I live at 8 Orchard Lane and

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I'm going to take a page out of Kate's

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book and do the same speak extempor

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extemporaneously. I um also had concerns

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about sort of an AI policy that would be

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districtwide. And I know that um I also

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have concerns about the YouTube policy

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because the um Chromebooks that have

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come home have no limits and we can't

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seem to place limits on um student use.

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High School student, he's able to access

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YouTube um shorts and and

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non-educational programming on his

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Chromebook during school, after school,

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and and despite our best efforts, um he

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gets around all the limits we put on his

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devices by just using his Chromebook.

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district could put or at least allow

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parents to implement some separate um

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limits or restrictions on on YouTube. I

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know that it's used in the classroom for

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educational purposes by some professors

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or and but I'm I'm not sure if there's

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some way we could we could allow parents

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and a separate um input on that. And

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that's all I have.

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and Dr. Kennedy is here and he's really

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helped guide us with some of this

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policy. So, I'm glad he's here to hear

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you.

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>> Next is Vince.

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>> I was going to support her with whatever

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she said.

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» YouTube is ridiculous.

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» All right. And we have no one online.

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» Uh, good evening. My name is Lauren

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Rotten. Um, I have two students in the

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Garden Public School System right now.

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One at Fames, one at Mary Morrison. Um

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right now my primary concern and um as

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some all be aware I did submit that FOI

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request regarding um the consent form

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that was sent home. Um so just to

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address that I found it was very vague.

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actually going to be implemented into my

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four-year-old's classroom. Um I did

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receive the response. I am reviewing it.

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Um, one thing that stood out was the um,

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statement about how teachers will take

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the pictures and then delete them. Um,

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are they taking pictures on their

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personal cell phone devices? I I would

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using to take these pictures? That

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wasn't really clear at all.

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then is not connected at all to any

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external cloud. That's all managed here

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locally.

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that we control.

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have other questions I'm sure as I

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continue to review the material

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provided. Um but specifically, I have

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friends who are educators in other

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Connecticut municipalities. What they

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are seeing happen in their districts um

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pretty much surveillance cameras placed

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in these classrooms. sometimes without

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um parent consent, sometimes without the

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teacher really being able to choose

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whether or not they can use them. And

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these devices record the entirety of the

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classroom in the lesson and then use AI

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to um analyze the performance of the

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students. Um which I find highly

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concerning for a number of reasons.

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discrimination concerns, but um largely

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what what I'm really concerned about is

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just the increased tech. And um I'm

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really interested to hear about the

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Chromebooks that go home. I was not

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aware that the Chromebooks got sent

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home. Um, I don't think that that would

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be something that I would allow in my

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household and I don't know what the

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school district would do if I refused to

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let a Chromebook come home uh for my

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students. I just think that with

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everything that tech is nice and it's

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interesting and I was fortunate enough

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to be at an age where computers were

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increasingly used, but they stayed in

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the classroom or sorry, I should say

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they stayed in the library lab, right?

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They weren't in my classroom. and they

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weren't going home with me and I still

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had the ability to do pen and paper

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critical thinking on my own. Um, and I

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think we do our students a disservice by

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trying to push more and more tech. And

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from that consent letter that came home,

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it sounds like we're pushing tech for an

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optional program that we don't actually

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have to participate in. Um, the CT dos

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thing sounds like a nice idea, right?

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Analyze the behavior and whatever. Um,

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it's also more paperwork for this for

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the teachers to be doing what they're

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already kind of doing and like naturally

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instructed to do through their um their

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professional education. Um, I don't I

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don't really know what the benefit is.

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What What is the the district getting by

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participating in the CT dots program or

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getting grant money?

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>> No.

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>> What are we getting out of it? No, I

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that was um it's actually an assessment

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program being used and it's um offered

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through the state department of

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Connecticut, office of early childhood

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and the principal I think reached out

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and would love to sit down and kind of

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show you exactly what that does but it's

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always the information is always shared

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with parents and it just monitors kids

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progress and I think the pictures are

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only to demonstrate that they have built

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this tower or they have done something

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so you know they can just jot it down

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too. If parents don't want their child

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photographed, that's why we make sure we

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send it out so they sign. We're very

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conscious. We had the ribbon cutting

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today at Mary Morrison. It was

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wonderful. But I did let the the people

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who joined us know that they weren't to

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take any pictures of the kids because

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everybody's parent has different, you

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know, concerns about pictures being

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taken. So, we're we know who those kids

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are. We make sure that that doesn't

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happen.

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>> Sure. I I mean, I'll definitely um

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entertain a meeting about what we

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actually benefit from this program,

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which again sounds like just additional

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requirements, paperwork requirements,

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and that's what your consent letter said

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was we're doing this because of the

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additional paperwork requirements of

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this optional program. Um,

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>> it's required.

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>> It's a required program.

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>> It's our required assessment.

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>> Okay, that's good context.

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>> Well, we are accredited to, so we're

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held accountable and to higher standards

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and that's something we're really proud

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of. that is just really that those

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paperwork pieces and those pieces that

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teachers are implementing are pretty

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important for the kids and and seeing

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them grow.

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>> So if one of these devices were

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introduced to a classroom, would we have

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an additional consent form sent or

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because of the way it's written, it's a

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very blanket statement. You're not using

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any of this recording equipment now, but

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you could and still be uh given consent,

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right? You're not using it now, but in

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the future,

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>> we don't have any videos in the

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classroom in the hallways and you know,

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we do have some cameras for security

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reasons, but um and on our buses, we do

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>> in 6 months when you decide to adopt

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this technology or in a a year, I guess,

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I'd get a new one. My point is, how

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often are we going to be informed about

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new technology being placed in our

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classroom if we've already provided

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blanket consent for recording?

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>> Well, that would have to be a board's

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decision if we ever went there to put

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cameras in a classroom. because of

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privacy.

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>> Women additional form go home.

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>> Well, I would think so if there were new

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expectations. Yeah.

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>> Okay. Thank you.

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>> Yeah.

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>> Thank you.

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All right. We have Monica White. Monica,

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do you wish to talk?

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>> Yes, ma'am. If possible, I would

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appreciate the invitation.

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>> Yep.

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>> Well, um, my name is Monica White. I

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live at 26 Cathedral Heights in Broton.

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Um, I have a fourth grader and a junior

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at a lot public schools. Um I have spoke

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to you guys before in regards to food

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security. Um and I know that there were

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brief efforts made by many board members

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last year to support our friends of

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program and then also to try to

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add funds to the budget for this year.

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Obviously, the budget needed to be cut

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in um quite a huge way and those funds

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were unfortunately cut. Um but I just

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wanted to speak again on opportunities

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that our board has to support children

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within our community that may be

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experiencing food insecurity.

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Okay.

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Thank you. Anyone?

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>> Yeah, sure. Thank you so much.

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>> You're welcome.

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Anyone else online that would like to

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speak?

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» Okay. I don't see anyone with their hand

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up. So,

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>> can the attendees raise their hand?

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if

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they like to speak?

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» They have that ability. Yes, they click

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on it.

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>> And we don't see anyone.

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>> Okay.

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All right.

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Um

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I don't know if we should wait till 6

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cuz the meeting's posted from 5 to 6.

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>> Yeah, we should wait till 6.

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>> Okay. Is that the wish of the board to

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wait till 6?

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supposed to tell

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>> we have to we have it we have to be here

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anyway so it doesn't really matter

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>> can we put it on mute since no one's

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speaking

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» I do want to say for the people that are

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here thank you for coming this is our

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first goround at community engagement so

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I really appreciate you coming out

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tonight

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>> I recognize you from my childhood you

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were friends with my mother

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>> yes I was

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Thank you.

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>> You're welcome.

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>> Is this a monthly um opportunity to come

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to the board meetings or is this just a

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one time?

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>> No, every month you can come to the

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board meeting. The last Monday of the

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month we have um public comments.

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>> Okay.

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>> And you're free to come and speak to the

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board. This was really a community

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engagement. Um I was looking more for

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like what what do you think the board

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what what should what do you think the

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priorities of the board should be this

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year? what should the board be focused

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on? So, one thing was AI. You're very

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interested in AI and um watching those

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Chromebooks, make sure those Chromebooks

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are safe, that the students are only

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seeing what they should see on those

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Chromebooks. So, but that's what it was

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really about. But every month, the last

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meeting of the month, the fourth Monday

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of the month, you can come out and speak

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to the board of ed. It's like the third

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thing or the second, probably the third

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thing on the agenda, public comments.

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>> Well, thank you. I that we I saw the

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parent square announcement and that's

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what lit a fire under like oh I got an

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invite.

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>> So that was really helpful.

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>> They want to hear from me.

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>> Is it you mentioned there's another

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meeting at the end of the month in

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addition to these monthly what which day

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of the the month is that?

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>> It's the last Monday of the month.

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>> Last Monday of the month also an open

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forum setting. Well, it's public

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comments, so you can come and talk

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during public comments.

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>> So that's tonight at 6.

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>> Oh, tonight.

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>> Yeah, tonight too.

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» Really?

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>> Yes.

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>> Did you want to adjourn? Do you want me

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to stop recording?

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>> Uh, no. No.

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>> No. Because the meeting's posted till 6.

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>> So maybe somebody's late getting on.

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Okay. Okay.

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>> I'll just stop in between the meetings.

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>> Yeah.

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>> A separate recording.

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>> Okay.

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>> Are these publicized on a onetic

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broadcasting?

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>> Oh, no.

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>> Okay.

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Wonderful.

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>> Yeah. Grand public schools has a YouTube

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channel.

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>> Grand public schools on YouTube.

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>> Okay.

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>> Yeah. The meetings are usually posted

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the day after. So,

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» [clears throat]

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» com. We're having dialogue. Do you want

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me up there and we just have dialogue?

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>> The microphones.

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>> I got to see it. Go ahead.

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>> We're always recording.

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>> Um

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I did for fair comments just for AI, but

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uh interested also in the food and

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security comment that was brought up. Um

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I understand with the minimum budget

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requirement that's a real constraint

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being able to just add funding and

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especially with something that can

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fluctuate so much with students not

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being able to pay. Um you know I think

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it's noticeable that not all schools in

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the district um especially the

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elementary schools are receiving the

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free lunches. Um which is strange given

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that they're intramagnet. So are the

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school bodies really representative of

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what the whole districts are that the

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demographics that base the grant on?

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Anyways, um I would just like to put

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forward an idea to the board when you go

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to advocate for your budget this year.

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Instead of trying to put it into the

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board budget, I think that the town

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council should actually appropriate

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something out of the general fund. Um

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they have that ability and I know for a

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fact that we have plenty of money over

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20% of our general uh our unreserved or

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unassigned fund balance, right?

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Unassigned fund balance, the rainy day

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fund. We have over 20% that is sitting

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there. Um I think it's actually quite

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higher, maybe 25. I haven't looked at

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the numbers recently, but that's

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definitely a a very good use of that

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money is to create a fund uh for the

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schools to draw out of for students that

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can't and then that protects your

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minimum budget requirement as well. So,

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I just wanted to put that idea for

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>> Thank you, Laura.

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>> Yeah.

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» Did you have something you wanted to

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respond to? I just wanted to respond to

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um

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>> Miss Kafia.

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>> Yes, thank you. I apologize for the

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phone.

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>> Going back to the recordings in the

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classroom. So, when you register your

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students, um one of the pieces on the

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registration form asks specifically

548
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,760
about social media, photographs,

549
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:45,360
anything like that, classroom videos,

550
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,360
and you can opt out of that.

551
00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:49,039
>> And then there's also every year there's

552
00:28:49,039 --> 00:28:51,360
the contact update form. And when you do

553
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,600
that you if you let's say chose one year

554
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,000
yes I want to and decided otherwise you

555
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,240
can always opt out of that. So I just

556
00:28:58,240 --> 00:28:59,440
wanted to make you aware I wasn't sure

557
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,600
if you knew that. So what you were

558
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,039
saying is that you do not give

559
00:29:03,039 --> 00:29:05,200
permission to have photographs taken

560
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,120
within the classroom videos anything

561
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,080
like that. So in that particular what

562
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:11,360
you were asking about the blanket

563
00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:13,840
statement you were by having that

564
00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:18,399
contact uh update page updated to

565
00:29:18,399 --> 00:29:21,200
reflect your agreement that would cover

566
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:22,320
you there.

567
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,279
>> So those form sent home was definitive.

568
00:29:25,279 --> 00:29:26,960
>> Well no I think that was specific to

569
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:28,320
that. So if you were to sign off on that

570
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,720
and for that particular assessment that

571
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,840
would cover that but as a general rule

572
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,240
of thumb we would not take photographs

573
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,159
in a classroom or share photographs of

574
00:29:38,159 --> 00:29:40,640
you include you in social media or your

575
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,480
children. So I just wanted to let you I

576
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:43,360
wasn't sure if you're aware of that.

577
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:46,240
>> No I think and she also handles our

578
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,640
impact aid and free and helps with free

579
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,880
and reduced lunch. So we do we have four

580
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:52,320
title schools. I don't know if this

581
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,559
helps, but they they really make the

582
00:29:54,559 --> 00:29:56,799
margin for the free and reduced lunch.

583
00:29:56,799 --> 00:29:59,440
And we do this every year in checking.

584
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:03,360
So those four schools, CK, Mystic River,

585
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,240
Ames River, and um the middle school,

586
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,960
Brton Middle School, um really get some

587
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,279
additional funding from the state to

588
00:30:11,279 --> 00:30:13,679
help provide for tutors and other, you

589
00:30:13,679 --> 00:30:16,799
know, staff members. And um I just think

590
00:30:16,799 --> 00:30:18,640
it's important that they also are the

591
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:22,080
schools that have the C or the community

592
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:23,919
eligibility program because of their

593
00:30:23,919 --> 00:30:26,559
numbers. Unfortunately, Charles Barnum

594
00:30:26,559 --> 00:30:28,720
because kids don't get SNAP benefits and

595
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:32,080
they have Triricare instead of Husky.

596
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:33,679
There's no way that they would be and

597
00:30:33,679 --> 00:30:35,440
that's that's a problem we brought to

598
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:37,279
the state. I brought to Congressman

599
00:30:37,279 --> 00:30:39,600
Courtney. It's a huge problem because

600
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,840
they they and then Northeast Academy

601
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:42,480
because

602
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:43,520
>> profile

603
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:47,200
>> because of the um you know their free

604
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:50,720
their pre numbers are actually more in

605
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:52,640
line with the rest now that we have in

606
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:54,240
district magnets but they're still not

607
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,320
there. And then the high school we had

608
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,640
them for a year but then numbers kind of

609
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,640
varied and so we weren't able to

610
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:02,000
continue it.

611
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,080
>> But to also address the question you had

612
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:08,000
about how the the um lunch status is

613
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:09,679
contributed how the schools are chosen.

614
00:31:09,679 --> 00:31:11,600
It's not by the home district in school,

615
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:13,279
it's where the children go to school.

616
00:31:13,279 --> 00:31:15,840
So, we take a snapshot twice a year that

617
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,480
really looks at um and then we collect

618
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,320
uh free and reduced applications

619
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,000
throughout the year. And so, it's based

620
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,520
specifically on the students in that

621
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:25,520
particular building, not in that

622
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:30,799
particular attendance zone. So,

623
00:31:30,799 --> 00:31:33,679
>> one more thing.

624
00:31:33,679 --> 00:31:37,120
>> All right. Vincy 8 Orchard Lane. I have

625
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:40,480
a sophomore in Twitch. Uh you guys

626
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:42,640
support the AI policy. You need to

627
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:43,919
definitely take a look at that. But also

628
00:31:43,919 --> 00:31:46,960
the YouTube on the uh computers that go

629
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,039
home. But in addition, uh the IV

630
00:31:49,039 --> 00:31:51,519
program, I kind of question what the

631
00:31:51,519 --> 00:31:53,919
value of that is at our at this

632
00:31:53,919 --> 00:31:56,240
district. Uh I've been learning a lot

633
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,080
about it as you know the next year he

634
00:31:58,080 --> 00:31:59,360
has to get involved in different

635
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,840
programs, but it seems like there's very

636
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,000
few people involved in IB. I don't know

637
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,720
the cost the district to manage this

638
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:08,559
program, but we'd like to know what the

639
00:32:08,559 --> 00:32:10,880
benefit of that is and why we continue

640
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,279
to push this. So that would be question

641
00:32:13,279 --> 00:32:15,440
for me as a board to maybe take that

642
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:17,919
upon yourselves to figure out why we

643
00:32:17,919 --> 00:32:20,080
don't vote with IB and what the value of

644
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:25,430
it is.

645
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,919
You want to address that

646
00:32:27,919 --> 00:32:29,760
pro I

647
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:33,200
since he's sitting over there right now.

648
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:38,149
>> Well, we can discuss what's happen.

649
00:32:38,159 --> 00:32:40,000
You could discuss the value if you want

650
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,080
to. Whatever you want to say, but I

651
00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,000
>> Well, actually, I'm glad that you asked

652
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,519
that question. We are going to um do a

653
00:32:47,519 --> 00:32:50,559
um I have a report on just that coming

654
00:32:50,559 --> 00:32:52,240
up with the curriculum committee which

655
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,559
is going to be held I believe on October

656
00:32:54,559 --> 00:32:57,279
9th. So Mr. Thomas asked those that

657
00:32:57,279 --> 00:33:00,720
exact same question. Um I'll be giving a

658
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,440
report on the enrollment, the benefits

659
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:07,360
of IB, how much it costs, um some of the

660
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,880
exact same questions. Um that report is

661
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:12,720
again will be given on the 9th. I just

662
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,519
sent a draft over to um the high school

663
00:33:15,519 --> 00:33:20,080
team to review and um

664
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:21,600
many people have some of the same

665
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:23,279
questions that you shared

666
00:33:23,279 --> 00:33:25,840
>> and you could watch the meeting live on

667
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:29,440
October 9th. Just go type in um go to

668
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,600
YouTube, type in No, you have to go to

669
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:32,960
YouTube or you go to the

670
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:34,799
>> It's actually

671
00:33:34,799 --> 00:33:35,600
the website

672
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:37,519
>> if you go to calendar. Yeah, that the

673
00:33:37,519 --> 00:33:38,640
Zoom will be posted.

674
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:40,960
>> Yeah. Thank you.

675
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,039
publish afterwards. You might want to

676
00:33:43,039 --> 00:33:45,519
live. You can watch it afterwards.

677
00:33:45,519 --> 00:33:46,240
>> 24 hours. Go

678
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,640
>> ahead. Meeting on the 7th.

679
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:49,679
>> Yeah, that's what I thought.

680
00:33:49,679 --> 00:33:53,279
>> I'm sorry. It is the seventh.

681
00:33:53,279 --> 00:33:57,120
>> So, it's Wednesday, October 7th at 6 at

682
00:33:57,120 --> 00:34:01,269
6:00.

683
00:34:01,279 --> 00:34:05,200
» And that that meeting is um

684
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,159
uh not here. It's

685
00:34:08,159 --> 00:34:12,240
>> no. Thank you on my head.

686
00:34:12,240 --> 00:34:14,079
>> I do want to take a shout out for Dr.

687
00:34:14,079 --> 00:34:16,079
Ann Marie Mancini. She makes a great

688
00:34:16,079 --> 00:34:18,399
partner and she came from Craig School

689
00:34:18,399 --> 00:34:20,000
District where there's a lot of magnet

690
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,879
programs in East Hartford and they have

691
00:34:22,879 --> 00:34:25,919
quite a marvelous IB program, IB school.

692
00:34:25,919 --> 00:34:29,359
It's number one always in the state. It

693
00:34:29,359 --> 00:34:32,079
beats New Keenan where I came from. So,

694
00:34:32,079 --> 00:34:33,760
you know, so there are schools that

695
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:37,359
have, you know, that have other very few

696
00:34:37,359 --> 00:34:44,000
in in the state, but the ones that are, you know, really doing well. So,

697
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,359
and if you can't watch it, it's

698
00:34:45,359 --> 00:34:47,200
recorded. So, if you can't watch it on

699
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:51,200
the 7th, you can watch it on another day

700
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:52,879
and hopefully your questions will be

701
00:34:52,879 --> 00:34:54,639
answered. I definitely pay attention to

702
00:34:54,639 --> 00:35:10,230
that one. Okay.

703
00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:14,630
I'm asking you so I don't have to go.

704
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:21,910
» Uh I don't know exactly

705
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:26,069
answer

706
00:35:26,079 --> 00:35:29,589
right now.

707
00:35:29,599 --> 00:35:38,470
college experience program

708
00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:42,710
» I don't know

709
00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:47,829
» doesn't

710
00:35:47,839 --> 00:35:51,990
actually

711
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,320
diploma

712
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:57,440
>> no the IB classes and What Fitch is

713
00:35:57,440 --> 00:35:59,119
doing that I think is pretty spectacular

714
00:35:59,119 --> 00:36:01,760
is whether it's AP or IB, we're linking

715
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:03,599
Yukon credit. There's an anchor program

716
00:36:03,599 --> 00:36:05,359
actually in the STEM fields that I'm on

717
00:36:05,359 --> 00:36:07,359
the board at. And so we're really

718
00:36:07,359 --> 00:36:09,920
linking those Yukon credits as well. So

719
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,720
a child could be an AP, take the test

720
00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:15,040
and get the credit or they could link

721
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,040
with and it's linked with Yukon so they

722
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,200
can get credit at Yukon and I we're

723
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,119
trying to do the very same thing. So

724
00:36:21,119 --> 00:36:23,760
trying to have kids all be able to

725
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,480
access early college experiences.

726
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:28,320
>> So I have a question then regarding

727
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:31,200
that. So when you say AP, if a child is

728
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:34,560
taking AP courses

729
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:37,040
and they, you know, complete the course

730
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:39,200
and they get a passing grade on the AP

731
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:42,400
exam, that gives them college credit.

732
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:43,920
>> To what college?

733
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:45,280
>> It depends on what college.

734
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:47,359
>> Depends on what college they go to.

735
00:36:47,359 --> 00:36:51,119
>> So you know our our kid is you know, he

736
00:36:51,119 --> 00:36:53,760
has AP classes, but he also is doing the

737
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:55,440
ECE.

738
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:58,480
Um, so those are credits through the

739
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,880
colleges that are are participating.

740
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:04,160
>> Oh, and the EC will actually give your

741
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,320
student a GPA at that college.

742
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:07,119
>> At that college

743
00:37:07,119 --> 00:37:09,680
>> and that's transferable coach.

744
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:10,560
>> Yeah. Okay.

745
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:12,560
>> And the APs are whether it depends on

746
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:14,720
the college. So, four or five, whatever

747
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:17,040
it is, some colleges will take it and

748
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:18,720
count it towards credit, some don't.

749
00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:21,520
>> I see. So if you know you get a three or

750
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:23,440
above or whatever the passing is for you

751
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,480
know history or whatever and count as

752
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,640
>> okay so you can like it's like testing

753
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:31,920
out of those required classes for

754
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:33,599
example

755
00:37:33,599 --> 00:37:39,829
but the ECE are literal college credit

756
00:37:39,839 --> 00:37:41,040
» yeah I did that

757
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,760
>> so I can only speak from my son's

758
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,720
experience he attended Fitch graduate of

759
00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:51,280
um 2024 before. So, um, he did not do

760
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:54,640
the full IB program, right? Because he's

761
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:57,920
like, um, but he did a combination of IB

762
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:01,359
and AP, right? Not all of the credits,

763
00:38:01,359 --> 00:38:03,280
whether you get a three, four, or five,

764
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:04,960
right? And sometimes even if you get

765
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,200
five, which is the highest number,

766
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,359
sometimes the college doesn't take it.

767
00:38:09,359 --> 00:38:13,359
Um, most of the I IV colleges probably

768
00:38:13,359 --> 00:38:15,359
won't take it, right, because they're

769
00:38:15,359 --> 00:38:18,640
IV, you know, Ivy League. Um, but most

770
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:21,520
of the colleges do take it. So I, like I

771
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:23,119
said, I'm speaking on my son's

772
00:38:23,119 --> 00:38:25,760
experience. Um, graduating from Fitch,

773
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,960
he had like eight classes transfer over.

774
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:31,359
So basically, he walked in as a second

775
00:38:31,359 --> 00:38:34,160
semester freshman, and he could have

776
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:35,680
graduated

777
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:38,160
um like his junior year, which would

778
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,640
really be his senior year. he opted not

779
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:42,960
to do that and he took additional

780
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:46,480
classes which would give him um in like

781
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,800
couple years like two degrees he's going

782
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:50,640
to get a bachelor's of science and a

783
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:52,960
bachelor of arts. So, it just all

784
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,280
depends on the college that your child

785
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:58,240
is going to. Um, like I said, most of

786
00:38:58,240 --> 00:39:01,359
the higher league um Ivy League colleges

787
00:39:01,359 --> 00:39:04,240
pro universities, they have like

788
00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:05,839
stricter standards. We all know that,

789
00:39:05,839 --> 00:39:09,680
right? But um most of the um other

790
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,880
colleges and universities around um and

791
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:14,800
like I said I'm speaking for him and

792
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,880
then like what I saw his friends

793
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:20,400
experience um that some of the credits

794
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,680
transferred over especially the ones um

795
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,000
the CEC ones cuz those are tied to

796
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,960
Yukon. And so in his case, he took like

797
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:32,160
the Yukon English. And so basically it

798
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:35,040
alleviated him from taking the college

799
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,200
or university's English requirements

800
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,920
because he already performed Yukon

801
00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:43,440
English requirements that fit. Um so

802
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:46,400
that's the experience we face, you know.

803
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:51,440
Um so um maybe um we bring some of those

804
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:53,520
students back, you know, whether they

805
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,480
did the full IB program, AP program,

806
00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:59,119
combination of both and um share it with

807
00:39:59,119 --> 00:40:00,720
the parents rather than just the

808
00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:03,599
students because sometimes um you know

809
00:40:03,599 --> 00:40:05,920
maybe like the information doesn't get

810
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,240
shared along. It looks like there's some

811
00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:12,160
nodding there. Um maybe that's something

812
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:15,040
as we get more engaging community you

813
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:17,200
know community engagement right like I

814
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,040
said I'm just doing it from my son's

815
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:20,800
perspective. There's a lot of other

816
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,640
parents in this room um whose kids also

817
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:27,839
they either took it or they didn't. Um

818
00:40:27,839 --> 00:40:31,119
and um and every parent should with

819
00:40:31,119 --> 00:40:33,040
their child should be able to make that

820
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:36,400
decision whether they want them to um

821
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,359
enroll in any one of those programs and

822
00:40:39,359 --> 00:40:41,839
how maybe just the curriculum in general

823
00:40:41,839 --> 00:40:45,119
at the Grten district. how like there's

824
00:40:45,119 --> 00:40:47,760
the college level classes, the advanced

825
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,640
placement, IB program, you know, um and

826
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:53,680
maybe we go through that and um the

827
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:55,920
career paths, you know, there's a lot of

828
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,880
things going on and I can be honest when

829
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:00,880
my son was a freshman all those years

830
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:04,560
ago um not really fully grasping like

831
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,920
all of the choices. So, thank you.

832
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:18,150
>> You're welcome.

833
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,480
go back up to the microphone. I have one

834
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:20,880
more.

835
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,040
>> The chair is in charge. I'm sure she

836
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:24,880
may.

837
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:31,190
>> You're part of the community.

838
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:34,079
» Um Kate Shannon again, 8 Orchard Lane. I

839
00:41:34,079 --> 00:41:35,839
had one other thought. Well, since we're

840
00:41:35,839 --> 00:41:39,440
here, um my when my son was in uh middle

841
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:42,480
school, I was uh concerned about the the

842
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:46,400
block scheduling for that age group. Um

843
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,079
I think in high school, it makes a lot

844
00:41:48,079 --> 00:41:50,720
more sense, especially for the lab and

845
00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:54,319
science um uh classes. But for the

846
00:41:54,319 --> 00:41:56,720
middle school, I found that it was

847
00:41:56,720 --> 00:42:00,640
challenging for students and faculty to

848
00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:03,040
focus for 80 minutes or however long

849
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:06,880
they needed. and a lot of um of work

850
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:09,119
might there might have been extra a lot

851
00:42:09,119 --> 00:42:11,920
of downtime. So, I'm I'm curious if if

852
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:15,760
the board has considered going back to

853
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:19,839
um shorter class periods and possibly a

854
00:42:19,839 --> 00:42:24,079
daily program sort of more aligned with

855
00:42:24,079 --> 00:42:27,200
what I've experienced as as a a middle

856
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:29,440
schooler. I I don't know if the high

857
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:31,599
school necessarily needs to be on the

858
00:42:31,599 --> 00:42:33,920
same schedule as the middle school, but

859
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:35,920
um just throwing it out as a as an

860
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:39,280
option. I I was I think a local um

861
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,200
school district. I can't remember which

862
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,359
one did go back to I think it was

863
00:42:43,359 --> 00:42:49,440
40-minute classes. So, I'm not sure if that makes sense um or it's it's not

864
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:51,280
something that is feasible at this

865
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:53,200
point, especially given the IB program,

866
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:55,920
but just a thought.

867
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:56,800
>> Thank you.

868
00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:59,440
We have had a um a steering committee

869
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:01,200
that's been looking at the schedule and

870
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:04,160
they've worked very hard again under Dr.

871
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,480
Mancini's leadership and it will be

872
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:09,119
continuing this year. We also have an ad

873
00:43:09,119 --> 00:43:11,280
hoc committee that the board has taken

874
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:14,079
on and Adrian is chairing that looking

875
00:43:14,079 --> 00:43:17,280
at our long-term planning um which is

876
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:19,599
looking at Grant Middle School first and

877
00:43:19,599 --> 00:43:21,760
the space because the space and the

878
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:24,480
number of teachers that we have um you

879
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:27,920
really has um kept that schedule rolling

880
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:31,119
the way it is. Um otherwise we need more

881
00:43:31,119 --> 00:43:34,319
space and more teachers. But we are

882
00:43:34,319 --> 00:43:35,760
looking both ways. We're still working

883
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:37,280
on the scheduling. We're looking at the

884
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:38,720
long-term planning. We're setting up a

885
00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:41,520
meeting coming soon in October and we'll

886
00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:42,960
probably be right there at Graten Middle

887
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:44,640
School so we can kind of take a walk

888
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:46,720
around and board members can kind of see

889
00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:48,720
it for real. So, we know what you're

890
00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:49,359
talking about.

891
00:43:49,359 --> 00:43:51,040
>> So, the logistics Yeah, I didn't think

892
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:52,480
about that, but thank you.

893
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:52,960
>> Yeah,

894
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:57,190
>> I'm glad you're looking to

895
00:43:57,200 --> 00:43:59,119
» Yeah. Can I say something?

896
00:43:59,119 --> 00:44:01,520
>> Yeah. So, my understanding is that the

897
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,920
building was built for those schedules

898
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:06,079
and the cafeteria is just not large

899
00:44:06,079 --> 00:44:10,079
enough to accommodate. Um, so I think

900
00:44:10,079 --> 00:44:11,760
that going back to that traditional

901
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:14,160
schedule, I don't know why um it was

902
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:16,560
built for that, but or when that

903
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:18,560
decision was made, but I think the

904
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:20,880
building's basically just not big enough

905
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:22,480
is my understanding. So, I think we're

906
00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:23,599
talking about when they're talking about

907
00:44:23,599 --> 00:44:26,640
amending the schedule, it's um it's just

908
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:28,319
trying to we're not going to get rid of

909
00:44:28,319 --> 00:44:31,040
blocks. below. Right. Right.

910
00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:33,280
>> Well, I I don't know. Amy's still

911
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:35,280
working on it and we're we never say

912
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:36,800
never, you know, we were always looking

913
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:38,960
for a way to identify the problem and

914
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:41,280
try to solve it. We worked on this all

915
00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:44,480
last year. I want to say we worked a

916
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:48,240
good nine or 10 months on it because um

917
00:44:48,240 --> 00:44:51,040
our staff had some of the same have some

918
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:52,880
of the same concerns as you. They'd like

919
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:54,640
to see the students every day rather

920
00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:56,720
than right now every other day. they

921
00:44:56,720 --> 00:44:58,560
just feel like that regular consistency

922
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:01,200
is something that um would be more

923
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:03,040
beneficial for middle school students. I

924
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:06,880
agree. Um but the constraints of the

925
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:10,640
building is really we looked probably at

926
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:14,160
14 to 15 maybe even more middle school

927
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:17,680
schedules um from places locally to

928
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:20,079
around the state even um schedule

929
00:45:20,079 --> 00:45:23,040
examples from other districts outside

930
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:25,280
the state of Connecticut and couldn't

931
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:28,560
find one that would work um coming down

932
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:31,599
really based on lunch or sometimes it

933
00:45:31,599 --> 00:45:35,839
was other space constraints. So, we we

934
00:45:35,839 --> 00:45:37,440
are continuing to work on it and

935
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:38,800
hopefully we'll be able to find

936
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:41,760
something, but right now some of the

937
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:43,280
space constraints are really the thing

938
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:45,680
that's preventing us from making the

939
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:46,800
shift.

940
00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:48,560
>> So, the idea that the size of your

941
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:50,480
cafeteria constrains you to a certain

942
00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:52,720
scheduling regime for school is bonkers.

943
00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:54,480
But,

944
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:57,359
>> it's frustrating as you might imagine.

945
00:45:57,359 --> 00:46:01,119
Can I clarify? When you said um that the

946
00:46:01,119 --> 00:46:03,280
building was built for that schedule, do

947
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:05,680
you mean it was built for the the long

948
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:07,920
block, the block schedule?

949
00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:10,079
>> That's my understanding. I mean,

950
00:46:10,079 --> 00:46:11,520
>> I helped with the beginning of

951
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:14,720
scheduling and we tried multiple types

952
00:46:14,720 --> 00:46:16,800
of schedules. There were certain things

953
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:19,040
that they wanted. They wanted team time.

954
00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:20,400
So, that was really important to the

955
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,520
core teachers to keep team. Um and so

956
00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:25,839
you add that they wanted a advisory

957
00:46:25,839 --> 00:46:27,280
period in the beginning of the day. So

958
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:29,440
all the things that they wanted we tried

959
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:31,920
to keep in the schedule. We had power

960
00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:35,200
school superheroes coming in to help us.

961
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:37,920
And they basically were saying this is

962
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:40,400
really hard to do. And we used to have

963
00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:42,480
an additional team because we had two

964
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:45,520
teams at every grade level at Cutler and

965
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:48,319
we had two teams at every level and at

966
00:46:48,319 --> 00:46:50,880
Westside and we did reduce teams. There

967
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:52,720
were some efficiencies. So, we reduce

968
00:46:52,720 --> 00:46:54,480
teachers, but I can remember going to

969
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:56,160
Dr. Grineer right away and saying, you

970
00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:57,440
know, we still need another STEM

971
00:46:57,440 --> 00:46:59,040
teacher. We still need another ELA

972
00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:00,880
teacher. We have too many kids and we

973
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:05,040
can't go over this 23 to 24 number. We

974
00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:07,760
were filling up those classes. So, I was

975
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:09,280
boots on the ground in the beginning.

976
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:12,480
So, I know how hard it was to schedule,

977
00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:14,240
but I don't know that we're there yet.

978
00:47:14,240 --> 00:47:16,319
But I I feel like we can try to be

979
00:47:16,319 --> 00:47:18,079
hopeful and see what we can do between

980
00:47:18,079 --> 00:47:20,800
the ad hoc committee and and also, you

981
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:23,680
know, just continuing to see what other

982
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:25,440
possibilities there could be.

983
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:27,119
>> But when you built the school, I think

984
00:47:27,119 --> 00:47:28,960
that's the question. Was the school

985
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:31,119
built for block scheduling? Did you take

986
00:47:31,119 --> 00:47:33,760
other scheduling in consideration

987
00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:35,200
>> or did you say, "Okay, we're building

988
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:36,480
this school and we're having block

989
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:37,760
scheduling."

990
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:40,319
>> No, the school was built to have 100%

991
00:47:40,319 --> 00:47:43,920
occupied 100% of the time. So there were

992
00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:46,400
constraints with the size of the school.

993
00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:52,470
There was an audit, there was a cafety,

994
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:55,040
not two. And you know the the numbers at

995
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:57,200
the middle school are very similar to

996
00:47:57,200 --> 00:47:59,440
the high school and it's a smaller

997
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:02,720
building. So I think it was who was in

998
00:48:02,720 --> 00:48:06,720
charge of um school um construction at

999
00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:09,839
the time was no longer here and what his

1000
00:48:09,839 --> 00:48:12,640
expectations were. And um so it really

1001
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:15,280
it it really prevented us from doing

1002
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:19,280
what we really had envisioned doing. But

1003
00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:21,119
>> I think the long and the short of it is

1004
00:48:21,119 --> 00:48:22,480
the school was built too small.

1005
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:23,359
>> It was built too small.

1006
00:48:23,359 --> 00:48:24,640
>> That's the long and short.

1007
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:26,400
>> When did the portals come back?

1008
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:27,599
>> Well, that's what they were saying in

1009
00:48:27,599 --> 00:48:28,240
the beginning.

1010
00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:32,710
>> Yeah.

1011
00:48:32,720 --> 00:48:34,800
» Well, I'm gl I'm very happy to hear the

1012
00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:37,040
board is looking at it and because

1013
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:39,440
ultimately that the academics is what

1014
00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:42,559
should everywhere.

1015
00:48:42,559 --> 00:48:44,480
>> And we hear your concern. What Jen and I

1016
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:46,800
did when we toured GR Middle School, the

1017
00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:49,119
teachers were saying the same thing that

1018
00:48:49,119 --> 00:48:51,280
90 minutes is far too long for middle

1019
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:53,440
school students. Same thing they're

1020
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:55,760
saying, they don't focus. Too much down

1021
00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:56,720
time.

1022
00:48:56,720 --> 00:48:58,960
>> It's a it's a big expectation for that

1023
00:48:58,960 --> 00:48:59,599
age group.

1024
00:48:59,599 --> 00:49:03,280
>> Yeah. Inconsistency like Dr. Mancini

1025
00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:07,670
said.

1026
00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:09,680
I've been in schools in New Kanan where

1027
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:13,119
we had a 58 school and we did a 56

1028
00:49:13,119 --> 00:49:15,200
program and then we did a 78 very

1029
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:18,000
different. So you can there also are

1030
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:20,240
opportunities in some cases where you

1031
00:49:20,240 --> 00:49:21,920
can schedule differently for the

1032
00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:25,440
different ages. So

1033
00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:27,040
>> yeah, I just want to circle back to the

1034
00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:34,960
AI concerns real quick. Um Katie and and Ken, you you all mentioned um you

1035
00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:36,880
know some concerns with like how AI is

1036
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:39,680
being used in the classroom. Um do you

1037
00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:41,839
have any sort of example or

1038
00:49:41,839 --> 00:49:42,960
>> Absolutely.

1039
00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:46,000
>> There's there's a teacher that was

1040
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:47,520
>> Can you do me a favor? Can you come to

1041
00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:48,079
the podium?

1042
00:49:48,079 --> 00:49:52,710
>> Oh god.

1043
00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:54,559
There's a teacher that's that's using it

1044
00:49:54,559 --> 00:49:57,040
to generate u lesson plans

1045
00:49:57,040 --> 00:50:00,720
>> or lessons. Um there's a teacher that

1046
00:50:00,720 --> 00:50:04,960
was using it to correct um uh essays uh

1047
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:08,400
things things like that. Um I feel

1048
00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:10,640
in some place where you're teaching

1049
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:12,319
people to think, you don't want to use a

1050
00:50:12,319 --> 00:50:14,319
tool that purports to think for you. And

1051
00:50:14,319 --> 00:50:15,920
I just kind of

1052
00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:18,400
>> Yeah. So yeah, we have examples.

1053
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:18,960
concern.

1054
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:21,280
>> I will add to that because this is a

1055
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:23,839
real be in my bonnet and Ian, I think I

1056
00:50:23,839 --> 00:50:25,440
spoke with you last year. I may have

1057
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:28,400
even sent you a copy. An honors English

1058
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:32,640
instructor was gave my honors English

1059
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:35,680
student a sheet of paper that said,

1060
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:38,160
"These are ways that you can help AI

1061
00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:41,040
sharpen your writing." Okay. As a former

1062
00:50:41,040 --> 00:50:42,559
high school English teacher, as a

1063
00:50:42,559 --> 00:50:44,400
published writer myself, I was

1064
00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:47,520
absolutely horrified by that. The only

1065
00:50:47,520 --> 00:50:49,680
thing our children have that is their

1066
00:50:49,680 --> 00:50:52,480
very own is their voice. That's the only

1067
00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:54,960
thing that is truly theirs.

1068
00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:57,200
And we need to teach these kids how to

1069
00:50:57,200 --> 00:50:58,960
use that voice and how to use that voice

1070
00:50:58,960 --> 00:51:00,880
on paper.

1071
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:03,760
And it has AI as far as I'm concerned

1072
00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:07,680
has absolutely no place in an English

1073
00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:10,800
writing in a classroom.

1074
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:12,880
Um

1075
00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:15,839
I I don't want to get anyone in trouble

1076
00:51:15,839 --> 00:51:18,640
so to say so to speak but you know there

1077
00:51:18,640 --> 00:51:22,640
are instructors currently Austin has who

1078
00:51:22,640 --> 00:51:25,280
um are not actively engaging in the

1079
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:29,040
class and an incredibly small class like

1080
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:33,040
four students in this class and this

1081
00:51:33,040 --> 00:51:37,200
person's lesson plans are AI generated

1082
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:39,520
and oftent times this teacher according

1083
00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:41,520
to her on say, "Oh, wait, wait, no. This

1084
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:43,440
is incorrect. Let me let me take that

1085
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:46,000
pack. Let me give it to you. This is an

1086
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:47,520
AP

1087
00:51:47,520 --> 00:51:50,880
science class and that's happening."

1088
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:53,440
That that is unconscionable as far as

1089
00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:55,280
I'm concerned.

1090
00:51:55,280 --> 00:51:59,520
AP class or not, any level class. Um I

1091
00:51:59,520 --> 00:52:02,319
Yeah, I could go on. I will.

1092
00:52:02,319 --> 00:52:03,839
>> Have you had a chance to talk to the

1093
00:52:03,839 --> 00:52:05,599
administration because I know they would

1094
00:52:05,599 --> 00:52:07,280
be very interested in what you have to

1095
00:52:07,280 --> 00:52:07,760
say.

1096
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:10,640
>> Um I have

1097
00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:12,000
Go ahead, Ian.

1098
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,160
>> Who can take care of it? Ian.

1099
00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:17,760
>> Um, so we do have an AI uh committee.

1100
00:52:17,760 --> 00:52:18,160
>> Yes.

1101
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:21,760
>> That uh it's ongoing. Uh Dr. Kennedy's

1102
00:52:21,760 --> 00:52:24,400
in charge of that. Um and so it's

1103
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:26,559
supposed to be like this this

1104
00:52:26,559 --> 00:52:29,280
like rolling revision of like how we

1105
00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:32,000
handle AI in the school. So I would I

1106
00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:33,760
would hope that that the committee would

1107
00:52:33,760 --> 00:52:36,079
hear these these concerns and

1108
00:52:36,079 --> 00:52:37,760
>> I would hope that the board would get

1109
00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:40,160
could get invited into the discussion as

1110
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:43,040
far as uh putting some more firm

1111
00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:44,800
parameters and uh one of my major

1112
00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:47,359
concerns with AI also is the data where

1113
00:52:47,359 --> 00:52:48,800
the data

1114
00:52:48,800 --> 00:52:50,319
>> uh one of the comments I made about a

1115
00:52:50,319 --> 00:52:53,280
year a year or two ago was was you know

1116
00:52:53,280 --> 00:52:57,839
AI takes more than it gives that's the model that's how they can

1117
00:52:57,839 --> 00:53:00,160
provide at such a low cost or no cost is

1118
00:53:00,160 --> 00:53:01,920
They're taking something from you.

1119
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:03,040
>> You are the problem.

1120
00:53:03,040 --> 00:53:03,760
>> Exactly.

1121
00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:07,440
>> So that is a problem. We need to get a

1122
00:53:07,440 --> 00:53:08,960
handle on that. And personally, I would

1123
00:53:08,960 --> 00:53:12,160
glad I be I'd be glad to see AI

1124
00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:14,559
excluded from the education environment.

1125
00:53:14,559 --> 00:53:15,520
>> Um back

1126
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:18,240
>> read the little essay that I

1127
00:53:18,240 --> 00:53:19,680
>> Yeah. Yeah.

1128
00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:22,480
>> So, uh back to your question, Sue. I

1129
00:53:22,480 --> 00:53:26,160
have not. Um I did however speak to the

1130
00:53:26,160 --> 00:53:29,280
English instructor last year. Um luckily

1131
00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:32,400
the instructor this year seems to have a

1132
00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:34,800
completely opposite view and I was so

1133
00:53:34,800 --> 00:53:38,160
grateful. Um, you know, considering that

1134
00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:40,000
this is a Yukon, you know, academic

1135
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:43,440
course and AI. Yeah, it is my own

1136
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:45,599
personal bugaboo. Let's just say that.

1137
00:53:45,599 --> 00:53:47,119
>> Well, I can understand. And Amy

1138
00:53:47,119 --> 00:53:49,280
McKenna's assistant principal was the

1139
00:53:49,280 --> 00:53:51,440
chair of the department in English and

1140
00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:53,040
she would be very interested. So, I

1141
00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:55,119
definitely will share her concerns. And

1142
00:53:55,119 --> 00:53:57,359
I did cons I share the concern I may

1143
00:53:57,359 --> 00:53:58,800
have sounded this already with the

1144
00:53:58,800 --> 00:54:00,559
English instructor from last year. Okay.

1145
00:54:00,559 --> 00:54:05,119
>> And I said look this is how you

1146
00:54:05,119 --> 00:54:07,760
>> um I suggest everyone in this book in

1147
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:09,520
this room if you have a moment if you're

1148
00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:12,000
readers there's a wonderful book and the

1149
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:14,319
author's name is is escaping me at the

1150
00:54:14,319 --> 00:54:20,230
moment but the book is called H E

1151
00:54:20,240 --> 00:54:22,559
» and it is about AI. was about a woman

1152
00:54:22,559 --> 00:54:25,920
who trains AI, trains the AI so well

1153
00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:27,920
that she train that she trains herself

1154
00:54:27,920 --> 00:54:31,040
right out of the job, but it continues

1155
00:54:31,040 --> 00:54:36,000
to address a lot of these issues.

1156
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:36,960
>> Appreciate that.

1157
00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:38,240
>> The talk is over now.

1158
00:54:38,240 --> 00:54:40,640
>> Thank you. Thank you. There's a person

1159
00:54:40,640 --> 00:54:43,119
online. I can't see your name. I

1160
00:54:43,119 --> 00:54:44,640
apologize.

1161
00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:46,800
>> You could see there's Monica White. I

1162
00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:48,960
saw her name, but the other person

1163
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:54,390
grieel

1164
00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:56,960
uh 1155 River Road.

1165
00:54:56,960 --> 00:55:00,319
>> Um what I wanted to comment was on the

1166
00:55:00,319 --> 00:55:02,240
calendar at the beginning of the year.

1167
00:55:02,240 --> 00:55:05,920
Um I'm a 20-year educator and I have not

1168
00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:08,160
experienced the year in my teaching

1169
00:55:08,160 --> 00:55:10,800
career where it was five days in a row

1170
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:13,839
of class. Um I think the ramp up where

1171
00:55:13,839 --> 00:55:15,680
you have a shorter week and Labor Day

1172
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:19,440
week um is smoother for both the uh

1173
00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:22,559
instructors and the students. Um we also

1174
00:55:22,559 --> 00:55:25,359
at the high school had open house night

1175
00:55:25,359 --> 00:55:27,359
on the Thursday the first week of school

1176
00:55:27,359 --> 00:55:29,440
and might bless those teachers that came

1177
00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:31,760
in um and stayed till 8:00 at night that

1178
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:33,200
were kind of stammering over their words

1179
00:55:33,200 --> 00:55:35,440
because they were just so tired. Um

1180
00:55:35,440 --> 00:55:37,040
thank you. I really appreciated it as a

1181
00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:39,359
parent, but I just um I don't think that

1182
00:55:39,359 --> 00:55:41,119
was a successful start to the year. And

1183
00:55:41,119 --> 00:55:43,040
that's my my comment.

1184
00:55:43,040 --> 00:55:47,430
>> Thank you.

1185
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:51,839
» Monica, did you have your hand up again?

1186
00:55:51,839 --> 00:55:54,319
>> Yes, ma'am. I did. Um I was going to

1187
00:55:54,319 --> 00:55:56,880
comment on the AI being used by

1188
00:55:56,880 --> 00:55:59,040
teachers. Uh unfortunately, when it was

1189
00:55:59,040 --> 00:56:01,280
presented, I was more thinking that

1190
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:04,240
children were using it. Um, but I have

1191
00:56:04,240 --> 00:56:06,720
had multiple instances already this year

1192
00:56:06,720 --> 00:56:08,559
where my child has said that their

1193
00:56:08,559 --> 00:56:11,920
teachers lesson plans were AI generated

1194
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:13,839
and she's even provided me this print

1195
00:56:13,839 --> 00:56:18,559
out that says created with da da da um

1196
00:56:18,559 --> 00:56:21,440
whatever AI unit that they have used.

1197
00:56:21,440 --> 00:56:25,440
So, um, my child is a AP history course,

1198
00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:27,520
um, and she is also having a teacher

1199
00:56:27,520 --> 00:56:29,520
that is using AI to generate their

1200
00:56:29,520 --> 00:56:31,599
lesson plans and the presentations that

1201
00:56:31,599 --> 00:56:36,079
the students are seeing and receiving.

1202
00:56:36,079 --> 00:56:55,270
>> Thank you, Monica.

1203
00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:56,319
have to go up to the

1204
00:56:56,319 --> 00:57:01,190
>> Can you do mine?

1205
00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:02,640
» You get your steps in that way too,

1206
00:57:02,640 --> 00:57:03,119
Lauren.

1207
00:57:03,119 --> 00:57:04,480
>> Sure.

1208
00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:06,559
>> Um, so I was going to stay for the next

1209
00:57:06,559 --> 00:57:08,160
portion because I thought that it would

1210
00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:09,839
be constrained to that agenda item, but

1211
00:57:09,839 --> 00:57:11,200
maybe I can bring it up now. Parent

1212
00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:12,880
engagement. I see that that's on your

1213
00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:14,400
agenda for your six o'clock meeting in

1214
00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:18,480
the polic. um I read it. I would have a

1215
00:57:18,480 --> 00:57:21,680
concern that it doesn't um really speak

1216
00:57:21,680 --> 00:57:23,760
sufficiently in my opinion to uh parent

1217
00:57:23,760 --> 00:57:26,000
engagement in the classrooms. Um the

1218
00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:27,280
concern I've had for the past couple of

1219
00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:29,040
years at Themes River is that we are not

1220
00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:32,000
invited to our students celebrations. Um

1221
00:57:32,000 --> 00:57:33,520
my kid will come home with an award and

1222
00:57:33,520 --> 00:57:35,599
I will not even know that he was being

1223
00:57:35,599 --> 00:57:37,520
offered an award. Um our only

1224
00:57:37,520 --> 00:57:39,280
opportunity really to have classroom

1225
00:57:39,280 --> 00:57:40,960
participation is on field trips and

1226
00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:42,559
oftent times they can only take one or

1227
00:57:42,559 --> 00:57:43,839
two parents and so it's very

1228
00:57:43,839 --> 00:57:46,079
constrained. Um, so if you're going to

1229
00:57:46,079 --> 00:57:47,760
have a parent engagement policy, I'd

1230
00:57:47,760 --> 00:57:49,119
like to see it actually expand into

1231
00:57:49,119 --> 00:57:51,599
daytime hours, too. The way it reads, I

1232
00:57:51,599 --> 00:57:53,280
would assume that it's only for parent

1233
00:57:53,280 --> 00:57:55,599
engagement in the evenings. Um, and my

1234
00:57:55,599 --> 00:57:57,359
personal feelings is that all of the

1235
00:57:57,359 --> 00:57:59,599
evening events suck. Um, they are not

1236
00:57:59,599 --> 00:58:02,160
really engaging. Uh, my student has no

1237
00:58:02,160 --> 00:58:04,400
care for them because the very chaotic

1238
00:58:04,400 --> 00:58:07,040
environment. Um, I'd much prefer more

1239
00:58:07,040 --> 00:58:08,880
opportunities to have engagement with my

1240
00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:10,559
teacher in a personal setting as opposed

1241
00:58:10,559 --> 00:58:13,680
to just like the little app messages.

1242
00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:15,839
um and to actually have like activities

1243
00:58:15,839 --> 00:58:17,920
to do with my son to enrich his

1244
00:58:17,920 --> 00:58:19,839
educational experience. And of course,

1245
00:58:19,839 --> 00:58:21,359
if there's singalongs, I want to go and

1246
00:58:21,359 --> 00:58:23,520
I want to see him present on the state

1247
00:58:23,520 --> 00:58:25,440
of Texas and sing a little song for

1248
00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:27,599
Veterans Day. And um I understand that

1249
00:58:27,599 --> 00:58:29,599
there's a lot of times capacity concerns

1250
00:58:29,599 --> 00:58:31,200
with having parents come in or security

1251
00:58:31,200 --> 00:58:32,960
concerns, but um just something to keep

1252
00:58:32,960 --> 00:58:34,720
in mind is that we're not invited into

1253
00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:36,400
our children's classrooms anymore. And I

1254
00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:37,599
feel like that that's a real detriment

1255
00:58:37,599 --> 00:58:38,720
to everyone.

1256
00:58:38,720 --> 00:58:46,870
>> Thank you.

1257
00:58:46,880 --> 00:58:50,160
Hi uh Porsche Boran. Um my big thing is

1258
00:58:50,160 --> 00:58:51,440
talking about achievement gaps as

1259
00:58:51,440 --> 00:58:54,000
always. Um our district every every

1260
00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:56,160
district was you know hit by COVID but

1261
00:58:56,160 --> 00:58:57,839
before COVID we can only hide behind

1262
00:58:57,839 --> 00:58:59,760
that for so long. Achievement gaps

1263
00:58:59,760 --> 00:59:01,440
weren't that great uh being closed

1264
00:59:01,440 --> 00:59:03,680
before that. Um, but funding time and

1265
00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:05,599
time again are going in the upper level

1266
00:59:05,599 --> 00:59:07,920
things like the IB program and other

1267
00:59:07,920 --> 00:59:09,599
programs such as that only service a

1268
00:59:09,599 --> 00:59:11,119
small number of students, which is a

1269
00:59:11,119 --> 00:59:13,359
great thing to have, but then when I

1270
00:59:13,359 --> 00:59:14,559
hear students aren't getting the

1271
00:59:14,559 --> 00:59:15,920
services they need. Let me give you some

1272
00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:17,760
examples of those concerns. And these

1273
00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:19,440
were concerns. I'm a mother. I'm a fifth

1274
00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:20,720
high school graduate, mother of two kids

1275
00:59:20,720 --> 00:59:23,200
that have graduated 21 and 24. For full

1276
00:59:23,200 --> 00:59:25,040
disclosure, both boys, one had an IEP,

1277
00:59:25,040 --> 00:59:27,839
one had a 504. So I know the depths of

1278
00:59:27,839 --> 00:59:29,680
from the average student to a student in

1279
00:59:29,680 --> 00:59:32,240
the college prep level to looking at

1280
00:59:32,240 --> 00:59:34,240
some of the other deficiencies and where

1281
00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:36,240
things fall. So I speak with both of

1282
00:59:36,240 --> 00:59:40,240
those hats. Um and my concerns are um

1283
00:59:40,240 --> 00:59:41,839
some of the achievement gaps. Graten

1284
00:59:41,839 --> 00:59:43,920
public schools will say from the special

1285
00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:47,040
ed responses um well your child is not

1286
00:59:47,040 --> 00:59:49,280
meeting grade level. This is in the

1287
00:59:49,280 --> 00:59:51,599
elementary years. Um but you they don't

1288
00:59:51,599 --> 00:59:53,760
meet it. they're not behind enough that

1289
00:59:53,760 --> 00:59:56,480
they um in our town qualify for

1290
00:59:56,480 --> 00:59:59,760
services. So define that. So I used to

1291
00:59:59,760 --> 01:00:01,760
say to them, if I took my kids to East

1292
01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:04,079
Lime, they would be the top of the list.

1293
01:00:04,079 --> 01:00:06,000
But here, if there's a higher need for

1294
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:08,240
services, there are kids that need

1295
01:00:08,240 --> 01:00:10,079
intervention that aren't getting it

1296
01:00:10,079 --> 01:00:12,319
because that threshold or that number

1297
01:00:12,319 --> 01:00:14,160
that the town feels that they can meet

1298
01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:16,400
is like only at a certain level. So

1299
01:00:16,400 --> 01:00:17,680
they'll be getting like the surface

1300
01:00:17,680 --> 01:00:19,440
level stuff and little breakout groups,

1301
01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:21,760
but they're not qualifying for services

1302
01:00:21,760 --> 01:00:24,160
like uh referring out if they're having

1303
01:00:24,160 --> 01:00:26,960
OT occupational issues. Um so I just

1304
01:00:26,960 --> 01:00:28,640
want to look at that like as a whole

1305
01:00:28,640 --> 01:00:30,160
that there are kids that are needing

1306
01:00:30,160 --> 01:00:31,599
services that aren't getting them and

1307
01:00:31,599 --> 01:00:32,720
when they're relocated out of the

1308
01:00:32,720 --> 01:00:34,240
district, they're top of that district's

1309
01:00:34,240 --> 01:00:36,880
list. Why? So what is our threshold?

1310
01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:38,559
What is our numbers here? And and at

1311
01:00:38,559 --> 01:00:40,799
what percent level are kids getting? Not

1312
01:00:40,799 --> 01:00:42,240
these little classes, the pullout

1313
01:00:42,240 --> 01:00:43,920
classes, actual intervention if they're

1314
01:00:43,920 --> 01:00:46,160
falling behind grade level. Um other

1315
01:00:46,160 --> 01:00:48,000
thing is is also have a big component in

1316
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:50,720
diversity and I feel our community um

1317
01:00:50,720 --> 01:00:52,160
could use some more diversity in its

1318
01:00:52,160 --> 01:00:53,760
school system and looking at that and

1319
01:00:53,760 --> 01:00:55,599
making sure that we're finding ways to

1320
01:00:55,599 --> 01:00:58,000
make sure all students are feeling um a

1321
01:00:58,000 --> 01:00:59,839
need and representation around our

1322
01:00:59,839 --> 01:01:02,000
community. Um time and time again I know

1323
01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:03,920
we have Jamal that has come in but in

1324
01:01:03,920 --> 01:01:06,720
leadership roles um we did also get uh

1325
01:01:06,720 --> 01:01:08,559
you know what's her name at uh Fitch and

1326
01:01:08,559 --> 01:01:10,880
that's great but it's just we need more

1327
01:01:10,880 --> 01:01:12,640
uh you know uh diversity in our

1328
01:01:12,640 --> 01:01:14,880
community represented. Um we are 5 what

1329
01:01:14,880 --> 01:01:17,839
3% um and yet I don't feel like our

1330
01:01:17,839 --> 01:01:19,520
numbers look anywhere close and I know

1331
01:01:19,520 --> 01:01:21,040
that's a concern nationwide. It's not

1332
01:01:21,040 --> 01:01:23,680
just in Grten. Um but communication is a

1333
01:01:23,680 --> 01:01:25,760
concern I feel in the town of Grten. Um

1334
01:01:25,760 --> 01:01:28,079
I do feel that the app is one of the

1335
01:01:28,079 --> 01:01:29,440
things I hear a lot about. It's a

1336
01:01:29,440 --> 01:01:30,960
wonderful tool but it shouldn't take

1337
01:01:30,960 --> 01:01:33,440
away from the intimacy of communication.

1338
01:01:33,440 --> 01:01:35,119
If a child's injured, you know, the

1339
01:01:35,119 --> 01:01:36,720
nurse is sending a message, you know,

1340
01:01:36,720 --> 01:01:38,079
you you need to call the parents. Like

1341
01:01:38,079 --> 01:01:39,920
there's a way in which things should be

1342
01:01:39,920 --> 01:01:41,839
rolled out that are not. And so I feel

1343
01:01:41,839 --> 01:01:44,079
like we're losing that kind of, you

1344
01:01:44,079 --> 01:01:45,440
know, you be trying to get the kids off

1345
01:01:45,440 --> 01:01:46,640
the technology and now we have the

1346
01:01:46,640 --> 01:01:48,240
parents on the technology. So it's great

1347
01:01:48,240 --> 01:01:51,119
in one avenue and not um in another. But

1348
01:01:51,119 --> 01:01:53,760
I do not see enough funding going into

1349
01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:56,160
closing those achievement gaps. Again,

1350
01:01:56,160 --> 01:01:58,799
as I stated, um I'm all for IB, great.

1351
01:01:58,799 --> 01:02:00,079
But if it's only serving a certain

1352
01:02:00,079 --> 01:02:02,000
percent of students, then I have we have

1353
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:06,559
more students behind grade level. Let me repeat that. We have more

1354
01:02:06,559 --> 01:02:08,400
students that are not making grade level

1355
01:02:08,400 --> 01:02:11,520
goal than we do in an IB program.

1356
01:02:11,520 --> 01:02:14,559
Imagine if we took that funding from IB

1357
01:02:14,559 --> 01:02:17,040
and put it to our students that are

1358
01:02:17,040 --> 01:02:19,599
behind grade level, either reading or

1359
01:02:19,599 --> 01:02:23,119
not writing on level.

1360
01:02:23,119 --> 01:02:25,760
Why is that not our concern? But yet

1361
01:02:25,760 --> 01:02:27,119
we're, you know, we're advertising and

1362
01:02:27,119 --> 01:02:28,400
saying, "Oh, kids can come from out of

1363
01:02:28,400 --> 01:02:30,640
town for this and and things like that."

1364
01:02:30,640 --> 01:02:33,119
We should have a robust intervention

1365
01:02:33,119 --> 01:02:35,200
program here where we want to close

1366
01:02:35,200 --> 01:02:37,040
those achievement gaps. That is our job

1367
01:02:37,040 --> 01:02:39,280
here is teaching and learning which we

1368
01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:41,280
say time and time again. That should be

1369
01:02:41,280 --> 01:02:42,720
the number one thing in your in your

1370
01:02:42,720 --> 01:02:45,119
budget coming up is making sure yes it's

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01:02:45,119 --> 01:02:46,960
great to have these must nice haves for

1372
01:02:46,960 --> 01:02:48,559
everybody else but not everyone's going

1373
01:02:48,559 --> 01:02:50,799
to go to college and not everyone's

1374
01:02:50,799 --> 01:02:54,240
going to you know need uh AP or IB

1375
01:02:54,240 --> 01:02:55,920
programming but kids need to know how to

1376
01:02:55,920 --> 01:02:57,839
read and write. I was working with a

1377
01:02:57,839 --> 01:02:59,359
student recently and they were talking

1378
01:02:59,359 --> 01:03:00,799
about how they couldn't even read a

1379
01:03:00,799 --> 01:03:03,359
clock, like an analog clock. Kids can't

1380
01:03:03,359 --> 01:03:05,119
write cursive. Like, we got to get back

1381
01:03:05,119 --> 01:03:06,480
to the basics. If you can't write

1382
01:03:06,480 --> 01:03:08,240
cursive, you can't read the Declaration

1383
01:03:08,240 --> 01:03:09,920
of Independence. If you can't use an

1384
01:03:09,920 --> 01:03:11,760
analog clock, I just feel like we're

1385
01:03:11,760 --> 01:03:14,240
pushing through services. And the kids

1386
01:03:14,240 --> 01:03:16,079
that are have families that are more

1387
01:03:16,079 --> 01:03:18,240
engaged or have the finances can pay for

1388
01:03:18,240 --> 01:03:20,000
those higher level tutors and other

1389
01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:22,000
families that can't are suffering. And

1390
01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:23,920
we have an obligation in this town to

1391
01:03:23,920 --> 01:03:26,079
make sure that kids are being educated

1392
01:03:26,079 --> 01:03:27,520
and are leaving our school at the

1393
01:03:27,520 --> 01:03:29,680
highest level they possibly can, no

1394
01:03:29,680 --> 01:03:31,599
matter where they are. I don't care if

1395
01:03:31,599 --> 01:03:33,520
they have a 504. I don't care if they

1396
01:03:33,520 --> 01:03:35,839
have an IEP. You have an individual

1397
01:03:35,839 --> 01:03:37,599
education plan and obligation to make

1398
01:03:37,599 --> 01:03:40,319
sure that child is getting the services.

1399
01:03:40,319 --> 01:03:42,480
And with that, parents have to fight.

1400
01:03:42,480 --> 01:03:44,640
Why in the town of Fraud? I used to have

1401
01:03:44,640 --> 01:03:46,240
to fight. And they said, "Well, Mrs.

1402
01:03:46,240 --> 01:03:48,160
portal on there's not enough kids that

1403
01:03:48,160 --> 01:03:50,240
are in that classroom, so we can't give

1404
01:03:50,240 --> 01:03:52,160
them the push and support. Isn't that a

1405
01:03:52,160 --> 01:03:53,359
good problem to have if you have a kid

1406
01:03:53,359 --> 01:03:55,280
in a high level math class? I don't

1407
01:03:55,280 --> 01:03:56,400
care. That's not something you should

1408
01:03:56,400 --> 01:03:58,160
tell the parents. You should say, "We're

1409
01:03:58,160 --> 01:04:00,400
going to fight for you under that IEP

1410
01:04:00,400 --> 01:04:02,640
and we're going to fire find somebody

1411
01:04:02,640 --> 01:04:04,559
who can do that high level math for your

1412
01:04:04,559 --> 01:04:06,640
kid in that classroom." Well, Mrs.

1413
01:04:06,640 --> 01:04:08,720
Bordon, a lot of the kids, you know, in

1414
01:04:08,720 --> 01:04:10,720
that class aren't getting intentional

1415
01:04:10,720 --> 01:04:12,400
pushing support, so we can't we have

1416
01:04:12,400 --> 01:04:14,079
nobody that's available during that time

1417
01:04:14,079 --> 01:04:16,400
block. That's not what we should be

1418
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:18,880
telling. We should be finding tutors.

1419
01:04:18,880 --> 01:04:20,160
Oh, we don't have enough teachers that

1420
01:04:20,160 --> 01:04:22,640
can do that level math.

1421
01:04:22,640 --> 01:04:24,720
Why? Where are they all at? Oh, they're

1422
01:04:24,720 --> 01:04:26,559
having trouble hiring them, they say.

1423
01:04:26,559 --> 01:04:28,160
Okay. Well, then make sure those hiring

1424
01:04:28,160 --> 01:04:29,839
positions stay open. If you're telling

1425
01:04:29,839 --> 01:04:31,599
parents that those positions should be

1426
01:04:31,599 --> 01:04:33,760
open and stating the level of math that

1427
01:04:33,760 --> 01:04:35,280
you're looking for until it's achieved

1428
01:04:35,280 --> 01:04:36,640
and showing that parent that you're

1429
01:04:36,640 --> 01:04:38,640
actively trying to hire that position.

1430
01:04:38,640 --> 01:04:40,160
So these are the communications and the

1431
01:04:40,160 --> 01:04:42,880
levels that are missing and parents feel

1432
01:04:42,880 --> 01:04:44,400
that their kids are not getting the

1433
01:04:44,400 --> 01:04:46,000
support and it should be across the

1434
01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:48,240
board. The other thing is communication.

1435
01:04:48,240 --> 01:04:50,160
Some schools have this going on at

1436
01:04:50,160 --> 01:04:51,760
elementary schools and other ones don't.

1437
01:04:51,760 --> 01:04:53,200
This used to be a problem when all the

1438
01:04:53,200 --> 01:04:54,960
middle schools were separated. Thank god

1439
01:04:54,960 --> 01:04:56,400
that's over, right? One school had a

1440
01:04:56,400 --> 01:04:58,319
salad bar, one had the higher math and

1441
01:04:58,319 --> 01:05:01,920
the other one didn't have either either math or salad bar. So this was a

1442
01:05:01,920 --> 01:05:04,559
real problem with middle school. Kids at

1443
01:05:04,559 --> 01:05:05,680
Westside weren't getting the higher

1444
01:05:05,680 --> 01:05:06,720
level math. They said there wasn't

1445
01:05:06,720 --> 01:05:08,240
enough kids on that side of town to take

1446
01:05:08,240 --> 01:05:10,480
the classes. That was a problem in our

1447
01:05:10,480 --> 01:05:12,160
town. We're not that far removed and

1448
01:05:12,160 --> 01:05:13,839
those kids are still in our district.

1449
01:05:13,839 --> 01:05:15,599
But on the elementary level, there are

1450
01:05:15,599 --> 01:05:18,079
some caveats and things and styles that

1451
01:05:18,079 --> 01:05:20,319
are changing. We are one rotten and it

1452
01:05:20,319 --> 01:05:22,240
should be across the board equal and

1453
01:05:22,240 --> 01:05:24,240
fair. I don't care what side of town you

1454
01:05:24,240 --> 01:05:26,079
live on. The services that are provided,

1455
01:05:26,079 --> 01:05:27,200
if you're going to have a walking club

1456
01:05:27,200 --> 01:05:28,559
over here, well, you better have one

1457
01:05:28,559 --> 01:05:30,079
over here. If you can't find a teacher,

1458
01:05:30,079 --> 01:05:31,920
you better figure something out. It

1459
01:05:31,920 --> 01:05:34,720
should be across the board. Um, and I

1460
01:05:34,720 --> 01:05:36,000
will wait for your next public comment

1461
01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:37,599
after that. But I'm just saying the

1462
01:05:37,599 --> 01:05:39,599
budget needs to look better, cleaner,

1463
01:05:39,599 --> 01:05:41,119
and we need to look at ways that you

1464
01:05:41,119 --> 01:05:42,480
guys are putting that money and funding

1465
01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:44,079
it just as exciting. Come up here and

1466
01:05:44,079 --> 01:05:46,000
smile just like you do about that IB

1467
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:47,280
program talking about those achievement

1468
01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:49,280
gaps and putting the money and making

1469
01:05:49,280 --> 01:05:51,280
sure parents in our district have a

1470
01:05:51,280 --> 01:05:54,400
fair, equitable, livable wage. I cannot

1471
01:05:54,400 --> 01:05:56,799
stand when you guys go to contract for

1472
01:05:56,799 --> 01:05:58,559
talking, you know, to negotiate that and

1473
01:05:58,559 --> 01:05:59,839
then in the budget you say, "Oh, we

1474
01:05:59,839 --> 01:06:01,119
didn't negotiate that. We don't have the

1475
01:06:01,119 --> 01:06:04,400
money now. Start now. Let's go. You want

1476
01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:07,039
good Paris to stay, you got to pay them.

1477
01:06:07,039 --> 01:06:10,000
Thank you. Thank you. All right. Do I

1478
01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:11,920
have a motion to thank you everyone for

1479
01:06:11,920 --> 01:06:14,079
attending? I really appreciate it. This

1480
01:06:14,079 --> 01:06:15,839
is the first of I'm hoping to have

1481
01:06:15,839 --> 01:06:18,480
another one. Maybe not from 5 to 6,

1482
01:06:18,480 --> 01:06:21,039
maybe at 7 to see if we get more people

1483
01:06:21,039 --> 01:06:23,440
at 7. But I do appreciate everyone

1484
01:06:23,440 --> 01:06:26,000
coming and speaking their minds and

1485
01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:27,920
giving us some good feedback. So, thank

1486
01:06:27,920 --> 01:06:29,359
you very much.

1487
01:06:29,359 --> 01:06:31,839
>> Do I have a motion to adjourn? Dr. A.

1488
01:06:31,839 --> 01:06:34,160
>> Motion. Motion to adjourn.

1489
01:06:34,160 --> 01:06:36,640
>> Okay, it is 607

1490
01:06:36,640 --> 01:06:38,319
and

1491
01:06:38,319 --> 01:06:43,760
606 and motion made by Andrew,

1492
01:06:43,760 --> 01:06:45,920
second by Mitch. All those in favor of

1493
01:06:45,920 --> 01:12:28,310
German I.

1494
01:12:28,320 --> 01:12:31,520
Good evening. This is a meeting of the

1495
01:12:31,520 --> 01:12:33,840
Gat Board of Education. It's the regular

1496
01:12:33,840 --> 01:12:36,400
meeting of the board of education being

1497
01:12:36,400 --> 01:12:40,800
held on Monday, September 8th, 2026

1498
01:12:40,800 --> 01:12:44,719
at in central office and online. And the

1499
01:12:44,719 --> 01:12:47,679
time of the meeting is 6:11.

1500
01:12:47,679 --> 01:12:49,040
>> September 28th.

1501
01:12:49,040 --> 01:12:51,440
>> Oh, September 28th. I was thinking on

1502
01:12:51,440 --> 01:12:54,640
October 26. I September 28th. Thank you,

1503
01:12:54,640 --> 01:12:58,390
Mitch.

1504
01:12:58,400 --> 01:13:00,320
And the first order of business is the

1505
01:13:00,320 --> 01:13:02,000
pledge of allegiance. If you all can

1506
01:13:02,000 --> 01:13:07,430
stand.

1507
01:13:07,440 --> 01:13:10,239
I pledge algiance to the flag of the

1508
01:13:10,239 --> 01:13:12,719
United States of America and to the

1509
01:13:12,719 --> 01:13:15,920
republic for stands one nation under

1510
01:13:15,920 --> 01:13:18,719
God, indivisible, with liberty and

1511
01:13:18,719 --> 01:13:21,360
justice for all.

1512
01:13:21,360 --> 01:13:23,920
>> Okay.

1513
01:13:23,920 --> 01:13:26,239
Um the next item is recognition and

1514
01:13:26,239 --> 01:13:27,920
participation of visitors and

1515
01:13:27,920 --> 01:13:29,840
delegation.

1516
01:13:29,840 --> 01:13:32,480
Um, I just like to recognize IT

1517
01:13:32,480 --> 01:13:36,159
professionals appreciation day was on

1518
01:13:36,159 --> 01:13:39,440
September 15th and human resources

1519
01:13:39,440 --> 01:13:42,560
professionals appreciation day is on

1520
01:13:42,560 --> 01:13:45,280
September 26.

1521
01:13:45,280 --> 01:13:48,560
The next item is comments from citizens.

1522
01:13:48,560 --> 01:13:50,480
This is a portion of the agenda where

1523
01:13:50,480 --> 01:13:52,000
the board welcomes comments from

1524
01:13:52,000 --> 01:13:54,400
citizens. Each presentation should be

1525
01:13:54,400 --> 01:13:57,360
limited to five minutes or less and

1526
01:13:57,360 --> 01:13:59,760
citizens should if possible submit

1527
01:13:59,760 --> 01:14:02,239
written comments. Presentation should be

1528
01:14:02,239 --> 01:14:04,800
related to matters pertinent to Graten.

1529
01:14:04,800 --> 01:14:06,800
Board members will only ask questions in

1530
01:14:06,800 --> 01:14:08,400
order to clarify the speaker's

1531
01:14:08,400 --> 01:14:11,040
presentation and cannot respond during

1532
01:14:11,040 --> 01:14:12,960
the comments of citizens portion of the

1533
01:14:12,960 --> 01:14:14,960
board meeting. Citizens should make

1534
01:14:14,960 --> 01:14:17,920
their presentation from the podium and

1535
01:14:17,920 --> 01:14:20,400
state their names, addresses for the

1536
01:14:20,400 --> 01:14:23,040
record. And the first person we have is

1537
01:14:23,040 --> 01:14:29,910
Miles Reese.

1538
01:14:29,920 --> 01:14:32,640
» All right. Uh hello everybody. Um my

1539
01:14:32,640 --> 01:14:35,679
name is Miles Reese. I am a senior at

1540
01:14:35,679 --> 01:14:38,880
Roberty Fitch High School. Um and I am

1541
01:14:38,880 --> 01:14:42,800
speaking in part on behalf of the uh

1542
01:14:42,800 --> 01:14:45,199
Fitch Robotics Team uh the aluminum

1543
01:14:45,199 --> 01:14:48,000
falcons or cotton robotics team, sorry.

1544
01:14:48,000 --> 01:14:51,920
Um, and I am a senior, as I already

1545
01:14:51,920 --> 01:14:55,920
mentioned. I am captain and CAD lead of

1546
01:14:55,920 --> 01:14:58,159
the robotics team, as well as president

1547
01:14:58,159 --> 01:15:02,320
of Fitch Theater. Um, and I hope to go

1548
01:15:02,320 --> 01:15:04,719
on to study architecture. Just a little

1549
01:15:04,719 --> 01:15:09,360
bit about me. Um but I'm here to speak

1550
01:15:09,360 --> 01:15:11,600
um because

1551
01:15:11,600 --> 01:15:15,360
we as a team were recently made aware

1552
01:15:15,360 --> 01:15:18,480
that our team status within F FRC the

1553
01:15:18,480 --> 01:15:22,320
organization that runs our robotics um

1554
01:15:22,320 --> 01:15:26,400
has been changed. While we understand

1555
01:15:26,400 --> 01:15:29,520
the that there are reasons for this

1556
01:15:29,520 --> 01:15:32,960
change, um it does not change the fact

1557
01:15:32,960 --> 01:15:35,840
that there are problems that arise with

1558
01:15:35,840 --> 01:15:37,920
this and I just want to talk a little

1559
01:15:37,920 --> 01:15:41,040
bit as well as with my compatriots um

1560
01:15:41,040 --> 01:15:46,400
about what this is. So we have the the

1561
01:15:46,400 --> 01:15:49,040
largest change is that we have lost our

1562
01:15:49,040 --> 01:15:51,600
number which is our identity within

1563
01:15:51,600 --> 01:15:54,000
first as you guys can see on my shirts

1564
01:15:54,000 --> 01:15:56,400
or on my shirt and my compatriots shirts

1565
01:15:56,400 --> 01:15:59,760
where it's 2168 which is our old number

1566
01:15:59,760 --> 01:16:02,880
is a huge part of our identity as a

1567
01:16:02,880 --> 01:16:07,840
team. It is how we identify ourselves

1568
01:16:07,840 --> 01:16:10,000
within our team as well as how others

1569
01:16:10,000 --> 01:16:13,040
recognize us. It is an even larger part

1570
01:16:13,040 --> 01:16:16,080
than the name aluminum falcon robotics

1571
01:16:16,080 --> 01:16:21,440
is. Um but because of this change we are

1572
01:16:21,440 --> 01:16:24,159
now facing numerous

1573
01:16:24,159 --> 01:16:29,199
um difficulties is due to that part one

1574
01:16:29,199 --> 01:16:34,480
being the loss of our team reputation

1575
01:16:34,480 --> 01:16:36,719
and our

1576
01:16:36,719 --> 01:16:39,679
status within F FRC which may cause us

1577
01:16:39,679 --> 01:16:42,880
to end up having to travel three or even

1578
01:16:42,880 --> 01:16:45,280
more hours to competitions

1579
01:16:45,280 --> 01:16:48,800
which will be an enormous strain on our

1580
01:16:48,800 --> 01:16:52,640
team members, parents, and and such. As

1581
01:16:52,640 --> 01:16:55,679
well as losing the history that allows

1582
01:16:55,679 --> 01:16:58,320
us to apply for certain awards and

1583
01:16:58,320 --> 01:17:01,600
opportunities that us as students rely

1584
01:17:01,600 --> 01:17:04,480
on for resumes and college applications,

1585
01:17:04,480 --> 01:17:07,920
as well as the team relies on for things

1586
01:17:07,920 --> 01:17:11,120
like grants. In addition, this is not

1587
01:17:11,120 --> 01:17:12,880
because due to the name change, but it

1588
01:17:12,880 --> 01:17:14,560
is yet another difficulty that we have

1589
01:17:14,560 --> 01:17:16,400
had to face as a team. We have had to

1590
01:17:16,400 --> 01:17:19,280
move our shop twice in the past two

1591
01:17:19,280 --> 01:17:22,719
years um into a smaller location and

1592
01:17:22,719 --> 01:17:25,360
then yet another even smaller location

1593
01:17:25,360 --> 01:17:27,520
where we no longer have the capabilities

1594
01:17:27,520 --> 01:17:30,239
to build a practice field to test the

1595
01:17:30,239 --> 01:17:32,880
robot that we work so hard to build or

1596
01:17:32,880 --> 01:17:35,120
even a space that can really safely

1597
01:17:35,120 --> 01:17:39,280
contain the robot that we must build for

1598
01:17:39,280 --> 01:17:44,480
our experience. And and as part of our

1599
01:17:44,480 --> 01:17:48,960
job as a robotics team, as a team, we

1600
01:17:48,960 --> 01:17:52,560
spend thousands of hours every year in

1601
01:17:52,560 --> 01:17:55,760
the shop building the ro robots, working

1602
01:17:55,760 --> 01:17:59,600
with our community is learning skills.

1603
01:17:59,600 --> 01:18:02,719
We meet the entire year round, even in

1604
01:18:02,719 --> 01:18:07,120
the summer sometimes. And and so with

1605
01:18:07,120 --> 01:18:10,400
that, we spend and dedicate so much time

1606
01:18:10,400 --> 01:18:14,320
to this this team. I personally cannot

1607
01:18:14,320 --> 01:18:18,000
say a how much this team has meant to

1608
01:18:18,000 --> 01:18:21,600
me. I have been in the aluminum falcons

1609
01:18:21,600 --> 01:18:26,239
ecosystem since I was approximately

1610
01:18:26,239 --> 01:18:28,320
seven or eight years old when my elder

1611
01:18:28,320 --> 01:18:32,320
brother was on the team. Um and so this

1612
01:18:32,320 --> 01:18:35,120
team has been an integral part of who I

1613
01:18:35,120 --> 01:18:39,199
have become as a person and and joining

1614
01:18:39,199 --> 01:18:42,159
the team, especially as design lead has

1615
01:18:42,159 --> 01:18:45,840
meant that I have created and built so

1616
01:18:45,840 --> 01:18:47,920
many skills that will be integral to

1617
01:18:47,920 --> 01:18:50,320
what I hope to be my future career as an

1618
01:18:50,320 --> 01:18:52,719
architect where I hope to dedicate my

1619
01:18:52,719 --> 01:18:55,440
time in assisting. Sorry, is that the

1620
01:18:55,440 --> 01:19:00,239
warning? Um apologies. Um but you know

1621
01:19:00,239 --> 01:19:02,400
where I hope to better the lives of

1622
01:19:02,400 --> 01:19:06,560
everybody around me um through my

1623
01:19:06,560 --> 01:19:10,480
designs and as design lead I have

1624
01:19:10,480 --> 01:19:12,080
learned so many things. I cannot

1625
01:19:12,080 --> 01:19:15,280
emphasize enough how much this team has

1626
01:19:15,280 --> 01:19:19,120
helped me and has meant to me during the

1627
01:19:19,120 --> 01:19:22,960
time and with our shirts as you can see

1628
01:19:22,960 --> 01:19:25,840
we proudly wear them. They are they

1629
01:19:25,840 --> 01:19:28,800
demonstrate our team number which is is

1630
01:19:28,800 --> 01:19:31,360
what we have lost and which is so much a

1631
01:19:31,360 --> 01:19:34,880
part of our identity as a team. Every

1632
01:19:34,880 --> 01:19:38,159
time today and in am practicing for

1633
01:19:38,159 --> 01:19:40,800
today that I have forgotten or that I

1634
01:19:40,800 --> 01:19:44,000
have be had to say aluminum falcon

1635
01:19:44,000 --> 01:19:46,560
robotics, I have had to stop myself from

1636
01:19:46,560 --> 01:19:50,800
saying 2168 because it is so ingrained

1637
01:19:50,800 --> 01:19:53,760
in who we are as a team and how other

1638
01:19:53,760 --> 01:19:56,960
people see us that they are one and the

1639
01:19:56,960 --> 01:20:01,600
same for me. And so the loss of the

1640
01:20:01,600 --> 01:20:05,840
number is not just superficial. It is a

1641
01:20:05,840 --> 01:20:09,840
loss of our identity as a group and of

1642
01:20:09,840 --> 01:20:13,280
our history and impact

1643
01:20:13,280 --> 01:20:18,400
that we have had in the past. Um these

1644
01:20:18,400 --> 01:20:22,320
shirts are a symbol of all of that and

1645
01:20:22,320 --> 01:20:25,600
they are are you know not just a team

1646
01:20:25,600 --> 01:20:28,320
spirit thing. They're also our uniforms

1647
01:20:28,320 --> 01:20:30,159
at competitions. They're how other

1648
01:20:30,159 --> 01:20:34,560
people recognize us as 2168. We have a

1649
01:20:34,560 --> 01:20:38,560
long history. Pretty much every team

1650
01:20:38,560 --> 01:20:41,679
beam throughout New England knows the

1651
01:20:41,679 --> 01:20:44,159
name 2168.

1652
01:20:44,159 --> 01:20:47,920
And now without that number, uh we are

1653
01:20:47,920 --> 01:20:50,560
now 2291,

1654
01:20:50,560 --> 01:20:54,159
which is a name that means nothing to

1655
01:20:54,159 --> 01:20:58,320
anyone. And on that note, I want to pass

1656
01:20:58,320 --> 01:21:02,239
it off to Jacob, who will talk a little

1657
01:21:02,239 --> 01:21:05,360
bit more about the financial impact of

1658
01:21:05,360 --> 01:21:06,880
this change.

1659
01:21:06,880 --> 01:21:08,320
>> Thank you, Miles.

1660
01:21:08,320 --> 01:21:08,880
>> Thank you.

1661
01:21:08,880 --> 01:21:10,880
>> Uh hello members of the board. My name

1662
01:21:10,880 --> 01:21:13,440
is Jacob Kafalo. I am a junior on the

1663
01:21:13,440 --> 01:21:18,080
team. I also am the business lead and a

1664
01:21:18,080 --> 01:21:20,719
uh mechanical student.

1665
01:21:20,719 --> 01:21:23,360
As B previously said, 260 is part of our

1666
01:21:23,360 --> 01:21:26,159
identity and not just our identity, but

1667
01:21:26,159 --> 01:21:31,360
also a key part in how we display our

1668
01:21:31,360 --> 01:21:33,920
team when out and about. Team members

1669
01:21:33,920 --> 01:21:35,679
and parents have bought thousands of

1670
01:21:35,679 --> 01:21:38,080
dollars worth merchandise. I myself have

1671
01:21:38,080 --> 01:21:41,520
boughten many pieces that I wear around

1672
01:21:41,520 --> 01:21:44,239
especially at competitions that it is no

1673
01:21:44,239 --> 01:21:46,320
longer applicable as this is not a

1674
01:21:46,320 --> 01:21:48,080
number anymore. You can no longer wear

1675
01:21:48,080 --> 01:21:51,040
it. And same thing with mentors. Mentors

1676
01:21:51,040 --> 01:21:52,719
have also spent thousands of dollars,

1677
01:21:52,719 --> 01:21:55,199
especially if they've had uh multiple

1678
01:21:55,199 --> 01:21:57,280
kids who go through the team, such as

1679
01:21:57,280 --> 01:21:59,600
one of our long tenured mentors, Jason,

1680
01:21:59,600 --> 01:22:01,679
who had two sons go through the team,

1681
01:22:01,679 --> 01:22:04,560
both of them for four years. So, he's

1682
01:22:04,560 --> 01:22:06,719
got a lot of merchandise that is no

1683
01:22:06,719 --> 01:22:11,760
longer wearable. Um,

1684
01:22:11,760 --> 01:22:13,920
as well as I'd like to discuss our

1685
01:22:13,920 --> 01:22:17,280
budget real quick. As a team, it costs

1686
01:22:17,280 --> 01:22:19,440
$10,000 just to build the robot. And

1687
01:22:19,440 --> 01:22:23,199
that is on average. It can in certain

1688
01:22:23,199 --> 01:22:27,199
years has bloomed up to say $15,000 to

1689
01:22:27,199 --> 01:22:29,920
build the robot due to certain failures

1690
01:22:29,920 --> 01:22:33,760
that may have occurred with our robot,

1691
01:22:33,760 --> 01:22:37,199
you know. Uh and then you have to factor

1692
01:22:37,199 --> 01:22:39,199
in the cost of competition. It costs

1693
01:22:39,199 --> 01:22:41,920
$4,000 to $6,000 to register for one

1694
01:22:41,920 --> 01:22:43,600
competition.

1695
01:22:43,600 --> 01:22:46,159
With just the robot and registering,

1696
01:22:46,159 --> 01:22:50,000
that can be over $22,000.

1697
01:22:50,000 --> 01:22:54,239
And then parents also donate, you know,

1698
01:22:54,239 --> 01:22:58,239
time, money, food that they had to pay

1699
01:22:58,239 --> 01:23:01,679
for that wasn't paid for by the team.

1700
01:23:01,679 --> 01:23:03,600
And then

1701
01:23:03,600 --> 01:23:06,400
we as a result of this change, we've

1702
01:23:06,400 --> 01:23:09,600
also lost the opportunity to get grants

1703
01:23:09,600 --> 01:23:12,800
as Miles said because of a lack of name

1704
01:23:12,800 --> 01:23:14,800
recognition and just sort of having to

1705
01:23:14,800 --> 01:23:16,719
start a new.

1706
01:23:16,719 --> 01:23:19,360
We compete against teams that have

1707
01:23:19,360 --> 01:23:21,360
budgets ballooning of upwards of

1708
01:23:21,360 --> 01:23:23,440
$50,000.

1709
01:23:23,440 --> 01:23:26,880
teams that have been able to have a

1710
01:23:26,880 --> 01:23:30,560
consistent shop, been able to get better

1711
01:23:30,560 --> 01:23:32,880
materials, better motors, better

1712
01:23:32,880 --> 01:23:37,679
equipment than us, and have been able to

1713
01:23:37,679 --> 01:23:40,080
get bigger sponsors than us. Over the

1714
01:23:40,080 --> 01:23:41,840
past few years, fundraising has become

1715
01:23:41,840 --> 01:23:44,320
increasingly difficult as people no

1716
01:23:44,320 --> 01:23:46,000
longer carry the cash to, you know, give

1717
01:23:46,000 --> 01:23:47,760
the kids doing a car wash at the

1718
01:23:47,760 --> 01:23:50,800
hardware store. So,

1719
01:23:50,800 --> 01:23:53,600
these these uh fundraisers that we've

1720
01:23:53,600 --> 01:23:57,600
done have gotten us maybe $500

1721
01:23:57,600 --> 01:24:01,360
to pay for a season such as this one

1722
01:24:01,360 --> 01:24:03,360
where we've lost thousands of dollars

1723
01:24:03,360 --> 01:24:06,080
worth of grants. That could be up to 32

1724
01:24:06,080 --> 01:24:08,719
to 40 Sundays of car washing cars out in

1725
01:24:08,719 --> 01:24:10,800
the harbor. So, with no guarantee of

1726
01:24:10,800 --> 01:24:13,040
making the money that we invest into

1727
01:24:13,040 --> 01:24:15,920
these fundraisers back,

1728
01:24:15,920 --> 01:24:18,880
it's it's just not realistic. Now I've

1729
01:24:18,880 --> 01:24:20,960
concluded my remarks. I'd like to invite

1730
01:24:20,960 --> 01:24:23,199
Alex to speak.

1731
01:24:23,199 --> 01:24:28,550
>> Thank you, Jacob.

1732
01:24:28,560 --> 01:24:30,960
» Hello. I am Alexander Kenates. I am a

1733
01:24:30,960 --> 01:24:32,719
current senior on the Fitch Robotics

1734
01:24:32,719 --> 01:24:34,480
team and I am the current training and

1735
01:24:34,480 --> 01:24:37,040
curriculum manager. So I want to talk a

1736
01:24:37,040 --> 01:24:39,600
little more about what impact the team

1737
01:24:39,600 --> 01:24:41,440
has in the students and how per it has

1738
01:24:41,440 --> 01:24:43,920
personally helped me. So the team really

1739
01:24:43,920 --> 01:24:46,560
has a very extraordinary impact on every

1740
01:24:46,560 --> 01:24:49,199
single student. It in fact really

1741
01:24:49,199 --> 01:24:51,199
produces amazing students. The team has

1742
01:24:51,199 --> 01:24:53,600
had a 100% graduation rate of every

1743
01:24:53,600 --> 01:24:55,840
single student whether they go to Fitch,

1744
01:24:55,840 --> 01:24:58,320
marine science or Graaso. Not a single

1745
01:24:58,320 --> 01:25:01,280
student hasn't graduated. And these

1746
01:25:01,280 --> 01:25:03,199
students go on to achieve amazing

1747
01:25:03,199 --> 01:25:05,520
things. For example, one of our former

1748
01:25:05,520 --> 01:25:08,159
students got a full ride to WPI because

1749
01:25:08,159 --> 01:25:10,800
she was on the team. and many other

1750
01:25:10,800 --> 01:25:13,600
alumni attend prestigious colleges while

1751
01:25:13,600 --> 01:25:16,400
other work um locally at places like

1752
01:25:16,400 --> 01:25:19,840
electric boat. But robotics is much more

1753
01:25:19,840 --> 01:25:21,440
than just preparing students for

1754
01:25:21,440 --> 01:25:24,239
technical careers. Our students learn a

1755
01:25:24,239 --> 01:25:26,159
multitude of different things. They

1756
01:25:26,159 --> 01:25:29,120
learn manufacturing, machining, computer

1757
01:25:29,120 --> 01:25:31,600
AED design, computer programming,

1758
01:25:31,600 --> 01:25:33,280
business skills like Jacob on the

1759
01:25:33,280 --> 01:25:36,560
business team, leadership and much more.

1760
01:25:36,560 --> 01:25:38,639
We learn to work with people from all

1761
01:25:38,639 --> 01:25:40,960
different backgrounds. We learn to face

1762
01:25:40,960 --> 01:25:44,560
failures and to keep going and

1763
01:25:44,560 --> 01:25:47,520
resilience really. We are much more than

1764
01:25:47,520 --> 01:25:50,000
just a club. We are a team that has real

1765
01:25:50,000 --> 01:25:52,000
impact on the community around us and

1766
01:25:52,000 --> 01:25:54,080
students within the team. Developing

1767
01:25:54,080 --> 01:25:56,880
skills that can last us a lifetime.

1768
01:25:56,880 --> 01:25:59,760
Placing alumni in high status jobs and

1769
01:25:59,760 --> 01:26:02,400
nurturing and teaching kids STEM.

1770
01:26:02,400 --> 01:26:04,320
Personally, the team has helped me a

1771
01:26:04,320 --> 01:26:06,480
lot. I think team has really made me a

1772
01:26:06,480 --> 01:26:08,719
better person. Um, it's really taught me

1773
01:26:08,719 --> 01:26:11,360
a lot about being a student and really

1774
01:26:11,360 --> 01:26:13,199
inspired me to really be interested in

1775
01:26:13,199 --> 01:26:15,199
STEM and

1776
01:26:15,199 --> 01:26:17,920
just become a better person. We have

1777
01:26:17,920 --> 01:26:19,840
really had to um work through a lot of

1778
01:26:19,840 --> 01:26:21,600
different roadblocks over the past

1779
01:26:21,600 --> 01:26:23,280
couple of years and we have just been

1780
01:26:23,280 --> 01:26:25,840
met with the biggest one yet. We are

1781
01:26:25,840 --> 01:26:27,840
here today in hopes that the people in

1782
01:26:27,840 --> 01:26:30,639
charge of our education realize how much

1783
01:26:30,639 --> 01:26:32,400
of a difference we can all make if we

1784
01:26:32,400 --> 01:26:35,360
work together. We can only do so much on

1785
01:26:35,360 --> 01:26:37,679
our own. Replacing lost funding and

1786
01:26:37,679 --> 01:26:39,600
offsetting the rising costs of travel

1787
01:26:39,600 --> 01:26:41,360
and competition could mean the

1788
01:26:41,360 --> 01:26:43,840
difference between surviving and getting

1789
01:26:43,840 --> 01:26:46,480
the team up and running and really

1790
01:26:46,480 --> 01:26:48,639
giving our students the opportunities

1791
01:26:48,639 --> 01:26:50,960
that they need. We aren't just building

1792
01:26:50,960 --> 01:26:53,040
robots. We are building skills,

1793
01:26:53,040 --> 01:26:55,280
relationships, confidence, and our

1794
01:26:55,280 --> 01:26:57,520
future. We try to help to shape the

1795
01:26:57,520 --> 01:27:00,080
future one robot at a time. Without the

1796
01:27:00,080 --> 01:27:02,000
support necessary to keep our team

1797
01:27:02,000 --> 01:27:04,239
accessible and sustainable, that future

1798
01:27:04,239 --> 01:27:06,719
may not be possible. We are asking you

1799
01:27:06,719 --> 01:27:08,880
to stand with our students, our mentors,

1800
01:27:08,880 --> 01:27:12,239
and our team and our future. If we work

1801
01:27:12,239 --> 01:27:14,480
together, we can overcome this obstacle

1802
01:27:14,480 --> 01:27:17,040
just as we have every other. Our

1803
01:27:17,040 --> 01:27:18,960
students are ready to keep building and

1804
01:27:18,960 --> 01:27:20,960
learning. We just need the support from

1805
01:27:20,960 --> 01:27:22,400
you. Thank you.

1806
01:27:22,400 --> 01:27:24,400
>> Thank you, Alexander.

1807
01:27:24,400 --> 01:27:25,920
Any

1808
01:27:25,920 --> 01:27:34,870
other student would like to speak?

1809
01:27:34,880 --> 01:27:37,280
» Um, Porsche Bordon, 24 Jefferson Drive.

1810
01:27:37,280 --> 01:27:39,600
For full disclosure, I'm on the board um

1811
01:27:39,600 --> 01:27:41,600
town council. Um, I'm a town counselor

1812
01:27:41,600 --> 01:27:42,880
in the town of Graten. I'm a Fitch High

1813
01:27:42,880 --> 01:27:44,960
School graduate, spouse of Ian Thomas

1814
01:27:44,960 --> 01:27:46,560
who sits on the board of education, and

1815
01:27:46,560 --> 01:27:48,480
a mother of two sons who graduated in 21

1816
01:27:48,480 --> 01:27:50,880
and 24 from Fitch. I just want to thank

1817
01:27:50,880 --> 01:27:54,320
Alex for speaking. I know Alex god for

1818
01:27:54,320 --> 01:27:56,560
since probably freshman year. Um, uh,

1819
01:27:56,560 --> 01:27:58,880
Alex is also part of the ROTC program

1820
01:27:58,880 --> 01:28:00,560
and to hear him up here speak just see

1821
01:28:00,560 --> 01:28:02,320
the passion in his his voice and how

1822
01:28:02,320 --> 01:28:04,560
much he's grown as a person. Um, you

1823
01:28:04,560 --> 01:28:06,800
know, they talked tonight about what the

1824
01:28:06,800 --> 01:28:08,400
impacts are, but what you didn't talk

1825
01:28:08,400 --> 01:28:10,000
about is the emotional impact and what I

1826
01:28:10,000 --> 01:28:11,600
hear is the passion, emotion that this

1827
01:28:11,600 --> 01:28:13,520
team has been put through at the hands

1828
01:28:13,520 --> 01:28:16,159
of our cal. And I stand with you guys. I

1829
01:28:16,159 --> 01:28:17,199
stand with you all the way. I've been

1830
01:28:17,199 --> 01:28:18,639
following it. I don't get to come as

1831
01:28:18,639 --> 01:28:20,239
much because I've made some other

1832
01:28:20,239 --> 01:28:21,760
appointments during the week, but I will

1833
01:28:21,760 --> 01:28:23,679
keep following. And I encourage you guys

1834
01:28:23,679 --> 01:28:26,560
every Monday um at the end of the month,

1835
01:28:26,560 --> 01:28:28,320
they have the same meeting and send one

1836
01:28:28,320 --> 01:28:30,080
person each time. Keep the pulse. The

1837
01:28:30,080 --> 01:28:31,600
way you get things done is you speak up.

1838
01:28:31,600 --> 01:28:33,120
You don't sit back. You politely come up

1839
01:28:33,120 --> 01:28:34,320
here and you speak your ground and you

1840
01:28:34,320 --> 01:28:35,760
let people know where you stand and you

1841
01:28:35,760 --> 01:28:37,760
let them know, hey, we're not backing

1842
01:28:37,760 --> 01:28:40,159
down. Here's our face. We need a plan.

1843
01:28:40,159 --> 01:28:42,000
And you guys keep coming. Bring more

1844
01:28:42,000 --> 01:28:43,840
people. Keep asking and keep standing

1845
01:28:43,840 --> 01:28:45,760
up. And that's how things get done. And

1846
01:28:45,760 --> 01:28:47,520
I admire what you guys are doing. Thank

1847
01:28:47,520 --> 01:28:49,920
you. As that as that stands, I encourage

1848
01:28:49,920 --> 01:28:52,239
this board to do something. What are we

1849
01:28:52,239 --> 01:28:55,280
doing? What are we doing? Okay. On one

1850
01:28:55,280 --> 01:28:57,199
hand, we're promoting the IV program.

1851
01:28:57,199 --> 01:28:59,760
We're trying to get an electric boat uh

1852
01:28:59,760 --> 01:29:00,880
shop in here, and we got another one

1853
01:29:00,880 --> 01:29:03,600
that's falling apart. Where who's at the

1854
01:29:03,600 --> 01:29:06,639
helm? Who's driving the ship?

1855
01:29:06,639 --> 01:29:09,679
Where's the money? What are we doing?

1856
01:29:09,679 --> 01:29:11,840
How do we have a prestigious program?

1857
01:29:11,840 --> 01:29:14,080
And and that number 2168, you know how

1858
01:29:14,080 --> 01:29:16,320
hard those kids worked for that number?

1859
01:29:16,320 --> 01:29:17,840
I remember when this this was just in

1860
01:29:17,840 --> 01:29:21,440
its infancy. They worked so hard. It is

1861
01:29:21,440 --> 01:29:23,440
a identity. Just like Fitch football, if

1862
01:29:23,440 --> 01:29:25,280
we took the field away, this building

1863
01:29:25,280 --> 01:29:27,280
would be on like I won't say the word,

1864
01:29:27,280 --> 01:29:29,120
but it would be crowded every day with

1865
01:29:29,120 --> 01:29:30,960
people protesting if you were taking

1866
01:29:30,960 --> 01:29:32,880
away the funding and and the lack of

1867
01:29:32,880 --> 01:29:35,040
resources to have a football team. Am I

1868
01:29:35,040 --> 01:29:38,320
wrong? No, I'm not. The passion and

1869
01:29:38,320 --> 01:29:40,239
program when people start in grassroots

1870
01:29:40,239 --> 01:29:42,000
and establish themselves, we have an

1871
01:29:42,000 --> 01:29:44,480
obligation to keep it going. This

1872
01:29:44,480 --> 01:29:47,040
program provides those math skills and

1873
01:29:47,040 --> 01:29:48,719
those experiences that you're not going

1874
01:29:48,719 --> 01:29:50,320
to get anywhere else. And I'm

1875
01:29:50,320 --> 01:29:52,000
embarrassed. I'll just put it out there.

1876
01:29:52,000 --> 01:29:54,080
I'm embarrassed for you guys. As a

1877
01:29:54,080 --> 01:29:56,800
mother, as a taxpayer, as a counselor, I

1878
01:29:56,800 --> 01:29:59,199
want to say to you, I am sorry. I am

1879
01:29:59,199 --> 01:30:01,840
sorry that the town of Groten is failing

1880
01:30:01,840 --> 01:30:03,920
you. And that is from my heart. I've

1881
01:30:03,920 --> 01:30:04,960
been watching these meetings and

1882
01:30:04,960 --> 01:30:07,120
watching these students. Let's get our

1883
01:30:07,120 --> 01:30:09,199
head together. Now, we have a committee.

1884
01:30:09,199 --> 01:30:10,719
Is that to slow it down or are we really

1885
01:30:10,719 --> 01:30:12,320
going to MOVE IT ALONG? HOW OFTEN IS

1886
01:30:12,320 --> 01:30:14,719
THAT COMMITTEE MEETING? once a month. At

1887
01:30:14,719 --> 01:30:16,400
this rate, they'll never have a plan.

1888
01:30:16,400 --> 01:30:18,239
And it's no criticism to who's on the

1889
01:30:18,239 --> 01:30:19,760
committee, but let's go. IF WE REALLY

1890
01:30:19,760 --> 01:30:21,280
CARE, YOU CAN HAVE EMERGENCY meetings

1891
01:30:21,280 --> 01:30:23,840
and have them every week, TWICE A WEEK.

1892
01:30:23,840 --> 01:30:26,159
LET'S GET GOING. THIS HAS been around

1893
01:30:26,159 --> 01:30:28,000
and we have an obligation to keep this

1894
01:30:28,000 --> 01:30:29,760
going. And that brings me to my next

1895
01:30:29,760 --> 01:30:32,320
point, equitable funding across the

1896
01:30:32,320 --> 01:30:34,400
board. We have a good thing we all get

1897
01:30:34,400 --> 01:30:36,000
like right behind something just like

1898
01:30:36,000 --> 01:30:37,679
the ROC which was one of the things that

1899
01:30:37,679 --> 01:30:39,040
I had brought forward because of two

1900
01:30:39,040 --> 01:30:40,800
sons wanting to join the Navy and I

1901
01:30:40,800 --> 01:30:42,800
couldn't get anybody to wrap their head

1902
01:30:42,800 --> 01:30:44,480
around it. I I mean it was at one point

1903
01:30:44,480 --> 01:30:46,080
where someone on the board had said we

1904
01:30:46,080 --> 01:30:47,360
don't want guns in our school. I said

1905
01:30:47,360 --> 01:30:48,800
they're parade guns. They're practicing

1906
01:30:48,800 --> 01:30:50,480
and finally things started moving and

1907
01:30:50,480 --> 01:30:52,080
things are still you know it's always in

1908
01:30:52,080 --> 01:30:54,719
flux. We need to fund every program in

1909
01:30:54,719 --> 01:30:56,639
the town of Graten with the same funer

1910
01:30:56,639 --> 01:30:58,960
across the board. Who's in charge of

1911
01:30:58,960 --> 01:31:01,040
these programs? who's forthinking and

1912
01:31:01,040 --> 01:31:02,719
foreshadowing and planning and making

1913
01:31:02,719 --> 01:31:04,639
sure that we have a plan and not going,

1914
01:31:04,639 --> 01:31:06,560
"Well, Pleasant Valley is closing. Where

1915
01:31:06,560 --> 01:31:09,600
are they going now? I don't know." I mean, that's always been

1916
01:31:09,600 --> 01:31:11,120
the thing that that building would sell

1917
01:31:11,120 --> 01:31:14,000
at some point. I mean, we shouldn't be

1918
01:31:14,000 --> 01:31:15,360
at this point. WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS

1919
01:31:15,360 --> 01:31:18,800
DONE SIX years ago. Six years ago. And

1920
01:31:18,800 --> 01:31:20,960
I'm sorry if that's pointing the blame

1921
01:31:20,960 --> 01:31:22,639
with the finger. The blame has to be

1922
01:31:22,639 --> 01:31:24,480
pointed. The kids speak up. When when

1923
01:31:24,480 --> 01:31:26,400
things happen and you're wrong, you you

1924
01:31:26,400 --> 01:31:28,320
admit you're wrong. You say, "We didn't

1925
01:31:28,320 --> 01:31:30,639
do it right. We have an obligation to

1926
01:31:30,639 --> 01:31:32,880
tell these kids, "We messed up and

1927
01:31:32,880 --> 01:31:34,719
someone dropped the ball and we need to

1928
01:31:34,719 --> 01:31:36,560
fix it for the future to come because

1929
01:31:36,560 --> 01:31:39,199
they don't deserve this. The parents and

1930
01:31:39,199 --> 01:31:41,920
the funding, the whole thing is just

1931
01:31:41,920 --> 01:31:44,480
when you watch this, it's just like

1932
01:31:44,480 --> 01:31:46,159
shocking. You have kids wanting to be a

1933
01:31:46,159 --> 01:31:48,480
part of something and we the barrier is

1934
01:31:48,480 --> 01:31:49,840
we just didn't do our planning. We

1935
01:31:49,840 --> 01:31:51,920
didn't do our homework, right? We didn't

1936
01:31:51,920 --> 01:31:53,280
do our homework in the town of Rod.

1937
01:31:53,280 --> 01:31:55,040
These kids are struggling to to have a

1938
01:31:55,040 --> 01:31:57,280
program. Let's figure it out, folks.

1939
01:31:57,280 --> 01:31:59,760
Let's do it. we can do this. GET IT

1940
01:31:59,760 --> 01:32:01,040
DONE. AND IT'S LIKE, OH, WE'RE GOING TO

1941
01:32:01,040 --> 01:32:02,239
BUILD ANOTHER BUILDING. THAT'S GOING TO

1942
01:32:02,239 --> 01:32:03,600
TAKE HOW MANY MORE YEARS TO BUILD A

1943
01:32:03,600 --> 01:32:05,120
BUILDING? YOU HAVEN'T EVEN FOUND A SPOT,

1944
01:32:05,120 --> 01:32:06,960
broke ground, GOT THE FUNDING. LIKE,

1945
01:32:06,960 --> 01:32:08,480
THAT'S ALL GREAT, BUT WHAT ARE WE doing

1946
01:32:08,480 --> 01:32:10,400
now? If you have to rent a building in

1947
01:32:10,400 --> 01:32:12,320
the community, I encourage the board to

1948
01:32:12,320 --> 01:32:14,880
find that funding. Lock in a lease and

1949
01:32:14,880 --> 01:32:16,639
lock it down. There's so many empty

1950
01:32:16,639 --> 01:32:18,400
storefronts in the town of Gr up and

1951
01:32:18,400 --> 01:32:20,000
down where people use for political

1952
01:32:20,000 --> 01:32:21,600
campaigning. How about reaching out and

1953
01:32:21,600 --> 01:32:23,040
getting a lease there and saying, "Let's

1954
01:32:23,040 --> 01:32:25,520
rent that space. get these kids in a

1955
01:32:25,520 --> 01:32:26,960
home until you guys can figure out

1956
01:32:26,960 --> 01:32:29,120
what's the next step with that. Speaking

1957
01:32:29,120 --> 01:32:32,159
of space and and keeping things up, at

1958
01:32:32,159 --> 01:32:34,159
the town council, we had to vote to move

1959
01:32:34,159 --> 01:32:36,239
a polling station the next election

1960
01:32:36,239 --> 01:32:38,560
because of heat cuz people were passing

1961
01:32:38,560 --> 01:32:41,040
out at Fitch. How is it in this day and

1962
01:32:41,040 --> 01:32:43,520
age with the renovations going on around

1963
01:32:43,520 --> 01:32:45,440
that the Fitch HIGH SCHOOL'S GYMS DOES

1964
01:32:45,440 --> 01:32:48,239
NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING?

1965
01:32:48,239 --> 01:32:49,760
Who can attend basketball games and

1966
01:32:49,760 --> 01:32:51,360
things? People have medical conditions.

1967
01:32:51,360 --> 01:32:52,719
I encourage you guys to look at that. So

1968
01:32:52,719 --> 01:32:54,239
if people are passing out at the polling

1969
01:32:54,239 --> 01:32:55,440
stations and we're in school and THE

1970
01:32:55,440 --> 01:32:58,320
CLIMATE'S GETTING HOTTER harder hotter,

1971
01:32:58,320 --> 01:33:00,239
I encourage you to look at that as well.

1972
01:33:00,239 --> 01:33:02,159
We need AC a big and it should be

1973
01:33:02,159 --> 01:33:03,600
in our gyms where kids are medically

1974
01:33:03,600 --> 01:33:04,880
fragile can go in there and feel

1975
01:33:04,880 --> 01:33:06,320
comfortable and it should be climate

1976
01:33:06,320 --> 01:33:09,120
control. That is a it's 2026. Where's

1977
01:33:09,120 --> 01:33:10,639
the budget for that? Let's get the H

1978
01:33:10,639 --> 01:33:12,719
back in there. And with that building

1979
01:33:12,719 --> 01:33:15,040
maintenance up at Fitch, the curb sides,

1980
01:33:15,040 --> 01:33:16,639
you know, they're all chewed up and

1981
01:33:16,639 --> 01:33:18,719
things you walk I went up there not long

1982
01:33:18,719 --> 01:33:20,080
fell going in. I was like, you know,

1983
01:33:20,080 --> 01:33:22,080
there's a thing with a thing like holes,

1984
01:33:22,080 --> 01:33:24,239
potholes, like doesn't look like a loved

1985
01:33:24,239 --> 01:33:26,159
school to me outside from the outside

1986
01:33:26,159 --> 01:33:28,560
thing. The door frames ARE ALL RUSTED.

1987
01:33:28,560 --> 01:33:30,639
IF YOU come in the old wing by the gym,

1988
01:33:30,639 --> 01:33:32,159
um the water kind of comes in where

1989
01:33:32,159 --> 01:33:33,440
those bathrooms that look like they're

1990
01:33:33,440 --> 01:33:35,600
from the 1950s. The front bathrooms in

1991
01:33:35,600 --> 01:33:37,040
the front of the building, like, you

1992
01:33:37,040 --> 01:33:38,320
know, there's some stuff we can do.

1993
01:33:38,320 --> 01:33:39,920
Those same sinks, when I wash my hands,

1994
01:33:39,920 --> 01:33:41,600
I laugh. It's the same sink I washed my

1995
01:33:41,600 --> 01:33:44,320
hands in when I went there. We need to

1996
01:33:44,320 --> 01:33:46,880
clean up the area, paint the doors.

1997
01:33:46,880 --> 01:33:48,320
They're rusted. Like we have an

1998
01:33:48,320 --> 01:33:50,159
obligation to make sure the buildings

1999
01:33:50,159 --> 01:33:52,239
look presentable. The grounds, the

2000
01:33:52,239 --> 01:33:54,080
voting's getting done, but the other

2001
01:33:54,080 --> 01:33:56,080
structures and things, I mean, we they

2002
01:33:56,080 --> 01:33:57,840
should look nice. We should be PROUD OF

2003
01:33:57,840 --> 01:33:59,679
THE SCHOOL. I shouldn't be tripping over

2004
01:33:59,679 --> 01:34:02,000
shoot up curb cuts walking into pitch.

2005
01:34:02,000 --> 01:34:04,800
No AC in the gym. So, this this is

2006
01:34:04,800 --> 01:34:06,560
something we have to do better about. If

2007
01:34:06,560 --> 01:34:08,239
it's a b it's a budget issue, let's

2008
01:34:08,239 --> 01:34:09,840
figure it out. We got to get around the

2009
01:34:09,840 --> 01:34:12,320
table with that. Time and time again,

2010
01:34:12,320 --> 01:34:15,120
fencing and ROC program are constantly

2011
01:34:15,120 --> 01:34:16,480
not getting enough funding, just like

2012
01:34:16,480 --> 01:34:18,320
robotics. And that should not be the

2013
01:34:18,320 --> 01:34:20,560
case. One thing about robotics, one

2014
01:34:20,560 --> 01:34:22,560
thing about fencing, and one thing about

2015
01:34:22,560 --> 01:34:25,840
um ROC, they take everybody. Everyone's

2016
01:34:25,840 --> 01:34:27,360
part of the team. Nobody's caught.

2017
01:34:27,360 --> 01:34:29,679
Nobody sits the sideline. Everyone has a

2018
01:34:29,679 --> 01:34:32,000
job. That's the stuff I can get my head

2019
01:34:32,000 --> 01:34:33,920
around. Why? Because every kid shows up

2020
01:34:33,920 --> 01:34:35,840
and everyone's a part of the team. Just

2021
01:34:35,840 --> 01:34:37,520
like track, right? You get a pair of

2022
01:34:37,520 --> 01:34:39,440
shorts and a shirt, everyone runs. Even

2023
01:34:39,440 --> 01:34:41,120
if that person comes and laughs,

2024
01:34:41,120 --> 01:34:42,800
everyone's there to the end. Everyone's

2025
01:34:42,800 --> 01:34:44,639
a part of the team. But what I found out

2026
01:34:44,639 --> 01:34:47,040
recently since middle schools had merged

2027
01:34:47,040 --> 01:34:48,400
and one of the things I'm passionate

2028
01:34:48,400 --> 01:34:49,679
about as a person was cross country

2029
01:34:49,679 --> 01:34:51,600
indoor and outdoor track. I joined all

2030
01:34:51,600 --> 01:34:53,600
the sports that took everybody even the

2031
01:34:53,600 --> 01:34:55,360
last runner. And one of the things I

2032
01:34:55,360 --> 01:34:56,960
found out since the merge they're having

2033
01:34:56,960 --> 01:34:59,520
to cut kids at middle school for track

2034
01:34:59,520 --> 01:35:00,880
and cross country because they have too

2035
01:35:00,880 --> 01:35:03,199
many numbers. That was not the plan of

2036
01:35:03,199 --> 01:35:05,440
the merge. The the plan of the merge was

2037
01:35:05,440 --> 01:35:07,520
to make sure that we were more robust

2038
01:35:07,520 --> 01:35:09,199
and now less kids are getting shirts

2039
01:35:09,199 --> 01:35:11,199
because they don't have the funding is

2040
01:35:11,199 --> 01:35:13,600
what I'm hearing. to make sure all kids

2041
01:35:13,600 --> 01:35:16,159
can play that. If we start cutting kids

2042
01:35:16,159 --> 01:35:18,639
in middle school at entry levels, then

2043
01:35:18,639 --> 01:35:20,480
you are not allowing our team to grow

2044
01:35:20,480 --> 01:35:22,159
because most kids don't even hit puberty

2045
01:35:22,159 --> 01:35:23,120
till later and they don't even know

2046
01:35:23,120 --> 01:35:25,280
they're an athlete until much later. It

2047
01:35:25,280 --> 01:35:28,159
is fundamentally important that every

2048
01:35:28,159 --> 01:35:29,600
kid gets a shirt. It's the cheapest

2049
01:35:29,600 --> 01:35:30,800
sport around. They bring their own

2050
01:35:30,800 --> 01:35:31,920
sneakers, they throw on a shirt, and

2051
01:35:31,920 --> 01:35:34,560
they run. If it's a staffing issue, we

2052
01:35:34,560 --> 01:35:35,920
need staffing. I also heard in the

2053
01:35:35,920 --> 01:35:37,280
middle school there's no female coach.

2054
01:35:37,280 --> 01:35:38,480
they, you know, we need to make sure

2055
01:35:38,480 --> 01:35:40,639
that we have, you know, diversity in

2056
01:35:40,639 --> 01:35:42,400
gender up there as well helping out

2057
01:35:42,400 --> 01:35:44,320
these students. These are things that

2058
01:35:44,320 --> 01:35:46,400
need to be be established because girl,

2059
01:35:46,400 --> 01:35:47,920
female students and the parents have

2060
01:35:47,920 --> 01:35:50,480
addressed me that might be experiencing

2061
01:35:50,480 --> 01:35:51,920
that time of the month or some growth

2062
01:35:51,920 --> 01:35:53,280
and they don't feel comfortable asking a

2063
01:35:53,280 --> 01:35:55,280
coach that's male. You need to make sure

2064
01:35:55,280 --> 01:35:57,040
those staff are there. Just like when I

2065
01:35:57,040 --> 01:35:58,719
said we needed AED machines across all

2066
01:35:58,719 --> 01:35:59,679
the buildings, that's one of the things

2067
01:35:59,679 --> 01:36:01,600
I fought for. We have them now. We need

2068
01:36:01,600 --> 01:36:03,440
to make sure this is happening. no kid

2069
01:36:03,440 --> 01:36:04,800
in the middle school program because

2070
01:36:04,800 --> 01:36:06,239
what happens is that you have the kids

2071
01:36:06,239 --> 01:36:07,600
who come from families that are more

2072
01:36:07,600 --> 01:36:08,960
affluent that have more money whose

2073
01:36:08,960 --> 01:36:10,639
parents can put them in the pay to play

2074
01:36:10,639 --> 01:36:12,719
sports that advance and then they get to

2075
01:36:12,719 --> 01:36:14,320
pitch and they're varsity and THE KIDS

2076
01:36:14,320 --> 01:36:16,080
WHO DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF ABILITY

2077
01:36:16,080 --> 01:36:17,920
WHICH THAT EXISTS they're being caught

2078
01:36:17,920 --> 01:36:18,719
and they're not getting the

2079
01:36:18,719 --> 01:36:20,320
opportunities like everybody else. So,

2080
01:36:20,320 --> 01:36:21,920
one of the benefits, which I hate, can't

2081
01:36:21,920 --> 01:36:24,000
believe I'm saying this, of the split up

2082
01:36:24,000 --> 01:36:25,760
was that you had two different sides of

2083
01:36:25,760 --> 01:36:27,760
town and everyone got to run. And now

2084
01:36:27,760 --> 01:36:29,600
you're going to have more kids not

2085
01:36:29,600 --> 01:36:31,760
allowed to run because they're being cut

2086
01:36:31,760 --> 01:36:34,239
and then could be discouraged. Okay?

2087
01:36:34,239 --> 01:36:36,239
With all of the things going on in the

2088
01:36:36,239 --> 01:36:38,000
world, we want kids. And those type of

2089
01:36:38,000 --> 01:36:39,360
sports, I don't care if you got to fill

2090
01:36:39,360 --> 01:36:40,880
two buses, those kids shouldn't be

2091
01:36:40,880 --> 01:36:42,080
there. So, I encourage this board to

2092
01:36:42,080 --> 01:36:44,480
look into how middle school sports are

2093
01:36:44,480 --> 01:36:47,199
being funded and cut. Uh, now with the

2094
01:36:47,199 --> 01:36:49,360
merge, I want the same numbers we had

2095
01:36:49,360 --> 01:36:51,199
because we were funding it when we had

2096
01:36:51,199 --> 01:36:52,800
three middle schools at one point and

2097
01:36:52,800 --> 01:36:54,480
then two, we should still be able to

2098
01:36:54,480 --> 01:36:56,960
give those kids a fair fair opportunity.

2099
01:36:56,960 --> 01:36:58,639
Lastly,

2100
01:36:58,639 --> 01:37:00,719
I encourage you guys again to pay our

2101
01:37:00,719 --> 01:37:03,199
parents a fair equitable wage, close

2102
01:37:03,199 --> 01:37:04,800
achievement gaps, making sure the

2103
01:37:04,800 --> 01:37:05,840
funding is going to the kids that are

2104
01:37:05,840 --> 01:37:07,679
most vulnerable. I can understand the IB

2105
01:37:07,679 --> 01:37:09,520
program, but not if you're not funding

2106
01:37:09,520 --> 01:37:11,600
the lower levels, making sure that

2107
01:37:11,600 --> 01:37:13,679
things are being funded in the level

2108
01:37:13,679 --> 01:37:15,280
that they should. The kids need the

2109
01:37:15,280 --> 01:37:16,960
supports and the teachers need the

2110
01:37:16,960 --> 01:37:19,199
support on ground level and they are not

2111
01:37:19,199 --> 01:37:20,800
getting it. I'm hearing about the middle

2112
01:37:20,800 --> 01:37:22,320
school being overcrowded and no space

2113
01:37:22,320 --> 01:37:24,000
and they're feeling overwhelmed there.

2114
01:37:24,000 --> 01:37:25,679
That's a concern. That building was

2115
01:37:25,679 --> 01:37:27,920
filled before it was even the last brick

2116
01:37:27,920 --> 01:37:30,480
went in. We have a problem here with

2117
01:37:30,480 --> 01:37:32,239
following through with our

2118
01:37:32,239 --> 01:37:34,560
responsibility and continuity of our

2119
01:37:34,560 --> 01:37:36,880
plan in place. I encourage you guys also

2120
01:37:36,880 --> 01:37:38,320
this year the budget sometimes is

2121
01:37:38,320 --> 01:37:40,560
chaotic. Watch other town's budget.

2122
01:37:40,560 --> 01:37:42,320
Takes five seconds. I watch every town.

2123
01:37:42,320 --> 01:37:44,880
I I I'm obsessed with it all. Look at

2124
01:37:44,880 --> 01:37:46,800
how they move through their budget. They

2125
01:37:46,800 --> 01:37:49,520
do it equitably. They do it line by line

2126
01:37:49,520 --> 01:37:50,960
and they move it. And if they're not

2127
01:37:50,960 --> 01:37:52,239
done with that area, they come back.

2128
01:37:52,239 --> 01:37:53,520
They don't close the meeting. They come

2129
01:37:53,520 --> 01:37:55,360
back in and they come back out and they

2130
01:37:55,360 --> 01:37:57,440
go back in. Okay. YOU GUYS ARE LIKE,

2131
01:37:57,440 --> 01:37:59,840
"OH, LET'S DO PAGE FIVE AND SIX." AND IS

2132
01:37:59,840 --> 01:38:01,199
it meant to make everyone distracted?

2133
01:38:01,199 --> 01:38:02,400
Because as a person who's following from

2134
01:38:02,400 --> 01:38:04,800
a town counselor and one of the at the

2135
01:38:04,800 --> 01:38:06,400
time one of the only town counselors who

2136
01:38:06,400 --> 01:38:08,080
supported the board of education budget

2137
01:38:08,080 --> 01:38:09,199
because I'm a firm believer in

2138
01:38:09,199 --> 01:38:11,679
education, it is hard to follow. I met

2139
01:38:11,679 --> 01:38:14,159
with Dr. Dr. Gineir many years ago along

2140
01:38:14,159 --> 01:38:16,159
with Jay Whitelaw who's on the board and

2141
01:38:16,159 --> 01:38:17,440
I had a meeting up with her office. I

2142
01:38:17,440 --> 01:38:18,960
think Susan Austin came at the time she

2143
01:38:18,960 --> 01:38:20,719
was at the time the assistant and they

2144
01:38:20,719 --> 01:38:22,480
were going to make amendments then and

2145
01:38:22,480 --> 01:38:24,159
some little bits happened and then it

2146
01:38:24,159 --> 01:38:25,679
died out and then you guys brought it up

2147
01:38:25,679 --> 01:38:27,760
again. You got to clean it up. It it

2148
01:38:27,760 --> 01:38:29,280
should be a little bit more smooth, a

2149
01:38:29,280 --> 01:38:31,119
little more predictable. Open up those

2150
01:38:31,119 --> 01:38:32,639
object codes. When you open up an object

2151
01:38:32,639 --> 01:38:34,000
code, I should be able to see books,

2152
01:38:34,000 --> 01:38:36,639
shoes, pencils. This is like everyone's

2153
01:38:36,639 --> 01:38:37,920
asking, "Well, what's under this?" I

2154
01:38:37,920 --> 01:38:38,960
don't know. We'll have to bring that

2155
01:38:38,960 --> 01:38:42,400
back when like how many days are you

2156
01:38:42,400 --> 01:38:44,239
guys going to spend bringing back items?

2157
01:38:44,239 --> 01:38:45,920
Have them there when you need them. Go

2158
01:38:45,920 --> 01:38:47,440
through it in a robust fashion and they

2159
01:38:47,440 --> 01:38:49,440
should be done. Pretty simplistic. Have

2160
01:38:49,440 --> 01:38:50,960
what you need when you need it. But

2161
01:38:50,960 --> 01:38:53,760
again, fun fun extracurricular

2162
01:38:53,760 --> 01:38:55,520
activities. These programs are what

2163
01:38:55,520 --> 01:38:57,600
makes kids go to college. When you go to

2164
01:38:57,600 --> 01:38:59,360
apply for college, it's not just going

2165
01:38:59,360 --> 01:39:01,119
to college. It's those extracurricular

2166
01:39:01,119 --> 01:39:02,400
activities that you're in that people

2167
01:39:02,400 --> 01:39:04,080
ask about. And when we start cutting

2168
01:39:04,080 --> 01:39:06,080
them here in Rotten,

2169
01:39:06,080 --> 01:39:07,920
we're the suffering capital of the

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01:39:07,920 --> 01:39:10,560
world. We have EB, Fizer. We should be

2171
01:39:10,560 --> 01:39:14,639
able to fund these programs ahead of

2172
01:39:14,639 --> 01:39:16,080
most of our communities.

2173
01:39:16,080 --> 01:39:17,760
>> Times out. Thank you. Trying to give you

2174
01:39:17,760 --> 01:39:20,560
a hint. And we struggle also with the

2175
01:39:20,560 --> 01:39:22,080
swimming program as well, which was al

2176
01:39:22,080 --> 01:39:24,239
also being cut. Let's fix it here in

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01:39:24,239 --> 01:39:25,360
Bon. Thank you.

2178
01:39:25,360 --> 01:39:26,159
>> Thank you, Porsha.

2179
01:39:26,159 --> 01:39:28,080
>> Yes.

2180
01:39:28,080 --> 01:39:30,639
>> Okay.

2181
01:39:30,639 --> 01:39:33,600
Anyone else?

2182
01:39:33,600 --> 01:39:36,800
Nope. Okay. Next is response to comments

2183
01:39:36,800 --> 01:39:38,719
from citizens. Mitch.

2184
01:39:38,719 --> 01:39:41,600
>> Um Monica just had her hand up. Kind of

2185
01:39:41,600 --> 01:39:42,239
disappeared.

2186
01:39:42,239 --> 01:39:43,840
>> Oh, okay.

2187
01:39:43,840 --> 01:39:46,880
>> All right, Mitch. Go ahead.

2188
01:39:46,880 --> 01:39:49,840
I really appreciate hearing from the

2189
01:39:49,840 --> 01:39:52,480
public. I think it's extremely important

2190
01:39:52,480 --> 01:39:57,040
that we do, but I think it needs to be

2191
01:39:57,040 --> 01:39:59,360
done in a certain manner

2192
01:39:59,360 --> 01:40:03,440
and it needs to be done respectfully

2193
01:40:03,440 --> 01:40:07,520
and I I would prefer to be spoken to,

2194
01:40:07,520 --> 01:40:10,159
not at. So,

2195
01:40:10,159 --> 01:40:12,880
>> I need people to be mindful of that.

2196
01:40:12,880 --> 01:40:14,560
>> Thank you.

2197
01:40:14,560 --> 01:40:16,400
>> I think Monica White might want to talk.

2198
01:40:16,400 --> 01:40:18,239
>> Monica,

2199
01:40:18,239 --> 01:40:20,800
she didn't have a hand up. I'm here. I

2200
01:40:20,800 --> 01:40:22,480
did have my hand raised. Thank you so

2201
01:40:22,480 --> 01:40:25,280
much for acknowledging me. Um I wanted

2202
01:40:25,280 --> 01:40:27,520
to speak briefly or actually I did speak

2203
01:40:27,520 --> 01:40:30,320
very briefly in our previous meeting um

2204
01:40:30,320 --> 01:40:32,400
encouraging the board of ed to invest

2205
01:40:32,400 --> 01:40:34,320
money to eliminate food insecurity

2206
01:40:34,320 --> 01:40:36,480
within the district. Um I wanted to

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01:40:36,480 --> 01:40:38,560
speak about friends of Fitch. Friends of

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01:40:38,560 --> 01:40:40,639
Fitch is a community supported effort

2209
01:40:40,639 --> 01:40:42,719
serving students at Fitch High School

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01:40:42,719 --> 01:40:45,360
and Rotten Middle School. Our goal it is

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01:40:45,360 --> 01:40:48,080
simple. It is to make students have make

2212
01:40:48,080 --> 01:40:50,400
sure that students have access to food

2213
01:40:50,400 --> 01:40:52,320
over the weekends when school meals are

2214
01:40:52,320 --> 01:40:56,000
not available. Um I myself was one of

2215
01:40:56,000 --> 01:40:58,239
these kids that did not have food

2216
01:40:58,239 --> 01:41:01,600
available at my home. Please excuse me.

2217
01:41:01,600 --> 01:41:04,719
Um when I was growing up uh there were

2218
01:41:04,719 --> 01:41:07,119
many times where I ate breakfast at

2219
01:41:07,119 --> 01:41:09,520
school, I ate lunch at school and then I

2220
01:41:09,520 --> 01:41:12,000
went home to Matthew.

2221
01:41:12,000 --> 01:41:15,360
Um I grew up in the G South and I can

2222
01:41:15,360 --> 01:41:18,400
guarantee that hunger does not only

2223
01:41:18,400 --> 01:41:21,119
exist for kids in the deep south. There

2224
01:41:21,119 --> 01:41:23,440
are kids within our community that are

2225
01:41:23,440 --> 01:41:27,520
most definitely hungry. Um, at the end

2226
01:41:27,520 --> 01:41:29,600
of the school year last year, I worked

2227
01:41:29,600 --> 01:41:32,000
with school administration at both the

2228
01:41:32,000 --> 01:41:34,480
middle school and the high school and we

2229
01:41:34,480 --> 01:41:36,560
established a goal of providing

2230
01:41:36,560 --> 01:41:39,679
approximately 70 weekend bags each

2231
01:41:39,679 --> 01:41:42,400
weekend across each high school and

2232
01:41:42,400 --> 01:41:45,360
brought middle school. That plan was for

2233
01:41:45,360 --> 01:41:47,679
school administrators and counselors to

2234
01:41:47,679 --> 01:41:50,000
help us identify students who would

2235
01:41:50,000 --> 01:41:52,320
benefit from the program. And we

2236
01:41:52,320 --> 01:41:54,960
anticipated having approximately at

2237
01:41:54,960 --> 01:41:58,880
least 10 students per grade level. We

2238
01:41:58,880 --> 01:42:01,440
actually went through did some fun

2239
01:42:01,440 --> 01:42:04,960
raising efforts to ensure that we could

2240
01:42:04,960 --> 01:42:08,000
meet that mean of 10 students per grade

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01:42:08,000 --> 01:42:11,119
level. That's 70 bags per weekend for

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01:42:11,119 --> 01:42:13,520
the entire year.

2243
01:42:13,520 --> 01:42:16,239
Um, we entered this school year prepared

2244
01:42:16,239 --> 01:42:18,560
to meet that goal. We've been grateful

2245
01:42:18,560 --> 01:42:20,880
for volunteers within the community that

2246
01:42:20,880 --> 01:42:23,040
have come on board and then financial

2247
01:42:23,040 --> 01:42:25,760
support from community members who have

2248
01:42:25,760 --> 01:42:28,080
made it possible for us to provide these

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01:42:28,080 --> 01:42:30,719
meals. And I apologize, I am speaking

2250
01:42:30,719 --> 01:42:32,639
fast. I'm not trying to talk at you. I

2251
01:42:32,639 --> 01:42:34,400
just get a little nervous when I speak

2252
01:42:34,400 --> 01:42:37,600
in front of people. Um, but we have had

2253
01:42:37,600 --> 01:42:39,600
multiple organizations within our

2254
01:42:39,600 --> 01:42:42,320
community that have donated significant

2255
01:42:42,320 --> 01:42:45,119
amounts of money to ensure that we can

2256
01:42:45,119 --> 01:42:47,760
provide weekend meal bags for students

2257
01:42:47,760 --> 01:42:50,159
at middle school and high school.

2258
01:42:50,159 --> 01:42:52,480
However, this past week, it was our

2259
01:42:52,480 --> 01:42:54,239
first week to be able to send home

2260
01:42:54,239 --> 01:42:57,280
friends of pitch bags. We we were only

2261
01:42:57,280 --> 01:43:01,199
able to serve 15 middle school students.

2262
01:43:01,199 --> 01:43:03,600
Now, that number, it's meaningful. It's

2263
01:43:03,600 --> 01:43:06,080
actually five more students at middle

2264
01:43:06,080 --> 01:43:08,080
school than they were able to serve

2265
01:43:08,080 --> 01:43:10,480
through their weekend meal program last

2266
01:43:10,480 --> 01:43:13,440
year. So we are reaching more students

2267
01:43:13,440 --> 01:43:16,719
than we have in the previous year. But

2268
01:43:16,719 --> 01:43:19,360
at the same time 15 students is

2269
01:43:19,360 --> 01:43:22,480
significantly below the goal of the 70

2270
01:43:22,480 --> 01:43:24,239
students that we established at the end

2271
01:43:24,239 --> 01:43:27,920
of the school year with administration.

2272
01:43:27,920 --> 01:43:31,520
Uh we don't want to assume that the

2273
01:43:31,520 --> 01:43:33,520
weekend bags

2274
01:43:33,520 --> 01:43:36,480
are the best solution just because this

2275
01:43:36,480 --> 01:43:39,360
is the program we created. We want to be

2276
01:43:39,360 --> 01:43:42,800
flexible. Um obviously our community

2277
01:43:42,800 --> 01:43:46,080
wants to feed these kids. Um the money

2278
01:43:46,080 --> 01:43:48,719
is there. We want to be flexible. Our

2279
01:43:48,719 --> 01:43:52,239
goal um is not to just have the bags go

2280
01:43:52,239 --> 01:43:54,320
out every week so that we can say we did

2281
01:43:54,320 --> 01:43:56,400
it. We want to make sure that the food

2282
01:43:56,400 --> 01:43:58,639
is getting to the families that actually

2283
01:43:58,639 --> 01:44:01,679
need it. Um, so I really want guidance

2284
01:44:01,679 --> 01:44:03,840
from the board of education. If the

2285
01:44:03,840 --> 01:44:06,960
and the meal bags is not the best

2286
01:44:06,960 --> 01:44:08,880
way to address food security among

2287
01:44:08,880 --> 01:44:11,199
students in Grton public schools, what

2288
01:44:11,199 --> 01:44:13,119
alternative program or approach would

2289
01:44:13,119 --> 01:44:16,080
you recommend? Uh, we friends of pitch

2290
01:44:16,080 --> 01:44:19,119
were willing to listen and adapt. If

2291
01:44:19,119 --> 01:44:21,119
there's another program that is reaching

2292
01:44:21,119 --> 01:44:22,960
these students more effectively, we want

2293
01:44:22,960 --> 01:44:26,320
to know about it. We want invest in it.

2294
01:44:26,320 --> 01:44:28,880
Uh we believe that this will work best

2295
01:44:28,880 --> 01:44:32,080
if it is a partnership. Uh we had food

2296
01:44:32,080 --> 01:44:34,480
services on board with us last year and

2297
01:44:34,480 --> 01:44:37,920
we were able to make a small dent I

2298
01:44:37,920 --> 01:44:41,119
think in some individuals lives uh in

2299
01:44:41,119 --> 01:44:44,159
regard to food insecurity. But if we

2300
01:44:44,159 --> 01:44:46,560
were to truly have a partnership between

2301
01:44:46,560 --> 01:44:49,199
schools and community, I think that we

2302
01:44:49,199 --> 01:44:52,960
would have a greater impact. Um the

2303
01:44:52,960 --> 01:44:55,760
schools, they know their students, they

2304
01:44:55,760 --> 01:44:59,040
know who has a need. Um and then we have

2305
01:44:59,040 --> 01:45:01,920
the resources and we have the volunteers

2306
01:45:01,920 --> 01:45:05,920
that can help meet and fulfill this this

2307
01:45:05,920 --> 01:45:10,239
food insecurity need. Um we are really

2308
01:45:10,239 --> 01:45:12,159
committed to being a part of a

2309
01:45:12,159 --> 01:45:14,480
partnership with Rotten Public Schools.

2310
01:45:14,480 --> 01:45:17,520
I um have communicated numerous times in

2311
01:45:17,520 --> 01:45:20,159
the last couple of weeks with principles

2312
01:45:20,159 --> 01:45:23,520
and counselors at both schools um

2313
01:45:23,520 --> 01:45:25,360
letting them know yes, they can have

2314
01:45:25,360 --> 01:45:27,840
time to identify students. We're not

2315
01:45:27,840 --> 01:45:29,199
going to tell them we're not going to

2316
01:45:29,199 --> 01:45:32,560
feed your kids. Um but we would like to

2317
01:45:32,560 --> 01:45:35,600
be able to have some sort of standing

2318
01:45:35,600 --> 01:45:40,560
program that works within our district.

2319
01:45:40,560 --> 01:45:42,719
Um, we just want to make sure that this

2320
01:45:42,719 --> 01:45:45,840
food is getting to the people that need

2321
01:45:45,840 --> 01:45:48,960
it. And the people that need it, they

2322
01:45:48,960 --> 01:45:51,440
need it desperately.

2323
01:45:51,440 --> 01:45:54,159
Um, thank you so much for

2324
01:45:54,159 --> 01:45:56,800
your time. I do truly appreciate any

2325
01:45:56,800 --> 01:45:59,920
guidance you guys can offer. Um, again,

2326
01:45:59,920 --> 01:46:01,920
I'm willing to do the work. I have

2327
01:46:01,920 --> 01:46:03,679
volunteers that are willing to do the

2328
01:46:03,679 --> 01:46:06,000
work, and I have community members who

2329
01:46:06,000 --> 01:46:07,679
are willing to invest in this

2330
01:46:07,679 --> 01:46:10,639
opportunity. Thank you. Thank you, Miss

2331
01:46:10,639 --> 01:46:13,750
White.

2332
01:46:13,760 --> 01:46:14,880
» Further responses.

2333
01:46:14,880 --> 01:46:18,000
>> I didn't get there yet.

2334
01:46:18,000 --> 01:46:20,719
Uh response to comments from citizens.

2335
01:46:20,719 --> 01:46:22,320
You go then Sean.

2336
01:46:22,320 --> 01:46:23,440
>> Okay. Thank you.

2337
01:46:23,440 --> 01:46:25,119
>> Were you all done?

2338
01:46:25,119 --> 01:46:27,199
>> Okay.

2339
01:46:27,199 --> 01:46:29,760
>> Um I would say as as a as a elected

2340
01:46:29,760 --> 01:46:32,159
representative of the community, I don't

2341
01:46:32,159 --> 01:46:35,520
care how you speak in this environment.

2342
01:46:35,520 --> 01:46:36,960
People come from all sorts of different

2343
01:46:36,960 --> 01:46:39,040
backgrounds. They have all different

2344
01:46:39,040 --> 01:46:40,800
sorts of comfort levels with speaking

2345
01:46:40,800 --> 01:46:44,159
publicly. Uh some people are are are

2346
01:46:44,159 --> 01:46:46,000
loud speakers, demonstrative speakers.

2347
01:46:46,000 --> 01:46:48,400
Other people speak very quietly, read

2348
01:46:48,400 --> 01:46:50,320
from a very structured list. Other

2349
01:46:50,320 --> 01:46:53,840
people like to go extemporaneously.

2350
01:46:53,840 --> 01:46:59,679
Um we're not here to dictate terms of of communication. So I would I would

2351
01:46:59,679 --> 01:47:00,320
colleagues

2352
01:47:00,320 --> 01:47:01,920
>> response to comments from citizens or

2353
01:47:01,920 --> 01:47:03,920
you responding to Mitch? I'm responding

2354
01:47:03,920 --> 01:47:06,239
to the to the people that have spoken

2355
01:47:06,239 --> 01:47:08,719
here tonight. So don't get discouraged,

2356
01:47:08,719 --> 01:47:09,280
>> okay,

2357
01:47:09,280 --> 01:47:11,679
>> about coming out and speaking. Come as

2358
01:47:11,679 --> 01:47:14,960
you are. Speak as you may and we will

2359
01:47:14,960 --> 01:47:16,000
filter through it. That's our

2360
01:47:16,000 --> 01:47:18,800
responsibility as elected officials.

2361
01:47:18,800 --> 01:47:20,480
Um

2362
01:47:20,480 --> 01:47:24,560
question for the robotics team. Um the

2363
01:47:24,560 --> 01:47:27,360
number change, I'm curious, you know,

2364
01:47:27,360 --> 01:47:31,280
how it was communicated to you. Um, how

2365
01:47:31,280 --> 01:47:33,600
it was represented to us was that it was

2366
01:47:33,600 --> 01:47:35,520
contingent of it was part of a

2367
01:47:35,520 --> 01:47:36,880
settlement agreement

2368
01:47:36,880 --> 01:47:39,360
>> out of a lawsuit. And also it was

2369
01:47:39,360 --> 01:47:42,639
represented to us that the F FRC was

2370
01:47:42,639 --> 01:47:45,040
going to grant some sort of exeicio

2371
01:47:45,040 --> 01:47:47,600
status to the 2168 number so that the

2372
01:47:47,600 --> 01:47:49,600
2291

2373
01:47:49,600 --> 01:47:54,639
um would carry the legacy of 2168

2374
01:47:54,639 --> 01:47:58,159
and would not be a detriment in grant

2375
01:47:58,159 --> 01:48:01,199
applications and competition

2376
01:48:01,199 --> 01:48:03,920
classifications. Is that correct? Could

2377
01:48:03,920 --> 01:48:05,119
someone speak to that? Please come to

2378
01:48:05,119 --> 01:48:09,590
the mic.

2379
01:48:09,600 --> 01:48:12,239
So um at our um most recent meeting we

2380
01:48:12,239 --> 01:48:13,760
were releasing informed by the coach

2381
01:48:13,760 --> 01:48:16,320
that the team status 2168 have been

2382
01:48:16,320 --> 01:48:18,800
changed to 2291 due to confidential

2383
01:48:18,800 --> 01:48:19,840
reasons.

2384
01:48:19,840 --> 01:48:21,920
>> They haven't some of our students do

2385
01:48:21,920 --> 01:48:23,760
know some stuff about the lawsuit that

2386
01:48:23,760 --> 01:48:26,159
has been going on but they haven't

2387
01:48:26,159 --> 01:48:28,320
really explained to any students why

2388
01:48:28,320 --> 01:48:30,400
it's happened. In addition, one big

2389
01:48:30,400 --> 01:48:32,320
thing with the grants, um, while we do

2390
01:48:32,320 --> 01:48:34,800
get to keep our team history, that name

2391
01:48:34,800 --> 01:48:39,119
recognition 2168 is completely gone. So,

2392
01:48:39,119 --> 01:48:41,360
a lot of our more local sponsors won't

2393
01:48:41,360 --> 01:48:44,560
know what 2291 is, and that could still

2394
01:48:44,560 --> 01:48:48,000
have a very negative impact on us.

2395
01:48:48,000 --> 01:48:50,000
>> Was that given to you that that there's

2396
01:48:50,000 --> 01:48:53,040
some way to to attach the 2168 as like

2397
01:48:53,040 --> 01:48:57,440
formerly 2168, now 2291? To be honest,

2398
01:48:57,440 --> 01:48:59,920
the the coaches haven't explained too

2399
01:48:59,920 --> 01:49:02,719
much of it to to us yet. And they really

2400
01:49:02,719 --> 01:49:04,000
gave us it was pretty much like a

2401
01:49:04,000 --> 01:49:06,080
two-minute conversation with, oh, we're

2402
01:49:06,080 --> 01:49:08,480
changing to 2291. And you really have

2403
01:49:08,480 --> 01:49:11,840
said they're not allowed to tell us why.

2404
01:49:11,840 --> 01:49:14,320
>> Um, all right. So, this is another

2405
01:49:14,320 --> 01:49:15,840
question, I guess. Do you have something

2406
01:49:15,840 --> 01:49:16,560
to add to that?

2407
01:49:16,560 --> 01:49:24,629
>> Hi, my name is

2408
01:49:24,639 --> 01:49:27,199
Okay.

2409
01:49:27,199 --> 01:49:28,480
Oh, please.

2410
01:49:28,480 --> 01:49:30,239
>> My name is Emily. My daughter is on the

2411
01:49:30,239 --> 01:49:32,320
robotics team. I'm also the secretary

2412
01:49:32,320 --> 01:49:34,480
for the board of the Aluminum Falcons

2413
01:49:34,480 --> 01:49:38,960
robotics. Um, while the history is being

2414
01:49:38,960 --> 01:49:41,760
worked on, I believe what I understand

2415
01:49:41,760 --> 01:49:44,400
is that the way it attaches on their

2416
01:49:44,400 --> 01:49:46,560
particular F FRC website is not in the

2417
01:49:46,560 --> 01:49:49,040
exact capacity that we thought. I think

2418
01:49:49,040 --> 01:49:50,719
we're still trying to work on that since

2419
01:49:50,719 --> 01:49:53,280
this change was just last week. Um,

2420
01:49:53,280 --> 01:49:55,199
however, it's my current understanding

2421
01:49:55,199 --> 01:49:59,040
that our DOW grant um is not able to be

2422
01:49:59,040 --> 01:50:01,440
transferred for our registration fees.

2423
01:50:01,440 --> 01:50:03,280
Um, we're currently in contact with them

2424
01:50:03,280 --> 01:50:04,960
to see if there's anything that can be

2425
01:50:04,960 --> 01:50:07,280
done. Um, but we're not eligible for

2426
01:50:07,280 --> 01:50:09,520
some other funding as well due to this

2427
01:50:09,520 --> 01:50:12,320
change. Um, in addition, our students

2428
01:50:12,320 --> 01:50:15,840
were going to participate in um what was

2429
01:50:15,840 --> 01:50:17,760
the can you refresh my memory the name

2430
01:50:17,760 --> 01:50:21,280
of the the impact award? Um, which was

2431
01:50:21,280 --> 01:50:25,040
another um competition or

2432
01:50:25,040 --> 01:50:27,199
what would you classify that as?

2433
01:50:27,199 --> 01:50:29,840
>> Um more of just an award that a team

2434
01:50:29,840 --> 01:50:30,239
>> recognize

2435
01:50:30,239 --> 01:50:32,159
>> a team award um that students are

2436
01:50:32,159 --> 01:50:34,320
eligible to participate in and apply

2437
01:50:34,320 --> 01:50:36,480
for. They do a whole presentation for

2438
01:50:36,480 --> 01:50:38,639
it. Uh we're also not able to

2439
01:50:38,639 --> 01:50:40,719
participate in that due to this change.

2440
01:50:40,719 --> 01:50:42,880
So there are multiple awards that the

2441
01:50:42,880 --> 01:50:44,400
students would be eligible to

2442
01:50:44,400 --> 01:50:48,800
participate in through FRC and first um

2443
01:50:48,800 --> 01:50:50,719
that just because of this change they

2444
01:50:50,719 --> 01:50:53,199
will not be able to do. Um our team was

2445
01:50:53,199 --> 01:50:55,920
planning on applying and participating

2446
01:50:55,920 --> 01:50:58,400
in the impact award this year. Um it's

2447
01:50:58,400 --> 01:50:59,679
something that they've been working on

2448
01:50:59,679 --> 01:51:02,239
for multiple years. Um you know up until

2449
01:51:02,239 --> 01:51:04,159
this point unbeknownst to them how

2450
01:51:04,159 --> 01:51:06,239
everything you know would play out. Um

2451
01:51:06,239 --> 01:51:08,239
and unfortunately even through talking

2452
01:51:08,239 --> 01:51:12,239
with first they're just there's no way

2453
01:51:12,239 --> 01:51:13,360
they're able to do that this year.

2454
01:51:13,360 --> 01:51:15,040
>> There's no mechanism within their

2455
01:51:15,040 --> 01:51:16,800
framework at this point in time to deal

2456
01:51:16,800 --> 01:51:18,719
with a name change under this sort of

2457
01:51:18,719 --> 01:51:20,639
circumstance.

2458
01:51:20,639 --> 01:51:24,000
uh for them to be able to participate in

2459
01:51:24,000 --> 01:51:28,960
those certain process of first robotics,

2460
01:51:28,960 --> 01:51:30,719
you have to have a certain number of

2461
01:51:30,719 --> 01:51:32,960
years and number and veteran status.

2462
01:51:32,960 --> 01:51:35,040
There's, you know, certain criteria for

2463
01:51:35,040 --> 01:51:36,800
it and due to the changes that have

2464
01:51:36,800 --> 01:51:39,360
happened um you know that are outside of

2465
01:51:39,360 --> 01:51:41,679
the students control, there's multiple

2466
01:51:41,679 --> 01:51:43,360
you know grants, opportunities, awards

2467
01:51:43,360 --> 01:51:45,520
that they're not able to go for either

2468
01:51:45,520 --> 01:51:49,119
individually as students or as a team.

2469
01:51:49,119 --> 01:51:50,560
that doesn't correspond with my

2470
01:51:50,560 --> 01:51:52,239
understanding of what was being

2471
01:51:52,239 --> 01:51:54,400
developed as far as the agreement and

2472
01:51:54,400 --> 01:51:57,599
what parameters uh that that I was

2473
01:51:57,599 --> 01:51:59,119
understanding that that the team would

2474
01:51:59,119 --> 01:52:01,119
be held harmless as far as that goes

2475
01:52:01,119 --> 01:52:03,119
when it comes to seniority and all that.

2476
01:52:03,119 --> 01:52:06,159
Um when we were briefed on the situation

2477
01:52:06,159 --> 01:52:08,080
>> from my understanding yes there are

2478
01:52:08,080 --> 01:52:10,159
certain things that have able to be

2479
01:52:10,159 --> 01:52:12,239
worked out. However, there are certain

2480
01:52:12,239 --> 01:52:14,000
things specifically I'm aware of the

2481
01:52:14,000 --> 01:52:16,080
impact award that they are not eligible

2482
01:52:16,080 --> 01:52:18,480
to participate in. Um, I know our

2483
01:52:18,480 --> 01:52:19,920
students shared a little bit earlier and

2484
01:52:19,920 --> 01:52:22,080
I certainly don't want to go off track.

2485
01:52:22,080 --> 01:52:24,800
Um, but just the amount of funds that

2486
01:52:24,800 --> 01:52:26,960
we're going to need to get the team on

2487
01:52:26,960 --> 01:52:29,679
track for this year from we can't bring

2488
01:52:29,679 --> 01:52:32,400
our trailer up to the competitions if

2489
01:52:32,400 --> 01:52:35,920
it's got our, you know, our decal on the

2490
01:52:35,920 --> 01:52:37,280
side of it. That's going to need to be

2491
01:52:37,280 --> 01:52:39,760
pulled off and put back on. Um, anything

2492
01:52:39,760 --> 01:52:41,520
that has our number on it at all is

2493
01:52:41,520 --> 01:52:44,400
going to need to be, you know, whited

2494
01:52:44,400 --> 01:52:46,880
out, sharpied out, make it be a new. We

2495
01:52:46,880 --> 01:52:48,800
have banners that need to get hung up,

2496
01:52:48,800 --> 01:52:51,119
you know, in each of our little shop

2497
01:52:51,119 --> 01:52:53,280
areas when we're at competitions. All of

2498
01:52:53,280 --> 01:52:55,360
that's going to need to be changed. Um,

2499
01:52:55,360 --> 01:52:57,760
so in addition to the t-shirts, there

2500
01:52:57,760 --> 01:53:00,639
are other things. Um, and and the number

2501
01:53:00,639 --> 01:53:03,119
is very quite large. I'm kind of kind of

2502
01:53:03,119 --> 01:53:05,119
as a parent astounded at the cost it's

2503
01:53:05,119 --> 01:53:06,800
going to be on top of the other things

2504
01:53:06,800 --> 01:53:10,080
as well. Um, Unfortunately, you know,

2505
01:53:10,080 --> 01:53:12,639
the students aren't responsible for this

2506
01:53:12,639 --> 01:53:14,400
at all and it's it's a very large

2507
01:53:14,400 --> 01:53:15,440
number. So,

2508
01:53:15,440 --> 01:53:16,719
>> all right, one more question, Ian, and

2509
01:53:16,719 --> 01:53:17,920
then I'm going to move on.

2510
01:53:17,920 --> 01:53:21,280
>> Would you feel comfortable or your group

2511
01:53:21,280 --> 01:53:23,920
feel comfortable um creating an itemized

2512
01:53:23,920 --> 01:53:26,880
list of all these in incurred expense?

2513
01:53:26,880 --> 01:53:28,159
Do you have one?

2514
01:53:28,159 --> 01:53:30,080
>> Is it May I share it?

2515
01:53:30,080 --> 01:53:31,440
>> Is that comprehensive?

2516
01:53:31,440 --> 01:53:32,880
>> Yeah. Uh from

2517
01:53:32,880 --> 01:53:33,840
>> to the best of your knowledge.

2518
01:53:33,840 --> 01:53:35,119
>> To the best of our knowledge right now,

2519
01:53:35,119 --> 01:53:36,480
would you like me to

2520
01:53:36,480 --> 01:53:37,119
>> please? Thanks.

2521
01:53:37,119 --> 01:53:38,719
>> Share it with you. Do you have an

2522
01:53:38,719 --> 01:53:40,000
electronic copy of this? You get emails

2523
01:53:40,000 --> 01:53:41,520
to the whole board.

2524
01:53:41,520 --> 01:53:42,480
>> Great. Thank you.

2525
01:53:42,480 --> 01:53:44,080
>> And the superintendent so I can check

2526
01:53:44,080 --> 01:53:46,400
with the lawyers,

2527
01:53:46,400 --> 01:53:47,520
>> Sharon.

2528
01:53:47,520 --> 01:53:49,040
>> Thank you.

2529
01:53:49,040 --> 01:53:51,360
>> Let's make it official.

2530
01:53:51,360 --> 01:53:54,239
>> Thank you. Uh, first I want to address

2531
01:53:54,239 --> 01:53:56,560
the Fitch Falcons. Uh, gentlemen, thank

2532
01:53:56,560 --> 01:53:58,560
you. You represented yourselves. You

2533
01:53:58,560 --> 01:54:00,080
represented Jen Fitch. You represented

2534
01:54:00,080 --> 01:54:03,280
your families very well. Um, thank you.

2535
01:54:03,280 --> 01:54:06,080
I see your passion, your commitment, and

2536
01:54:06,080 --> 01:54:08,719
I truly understand the impact that this

2537
01:54:08,719 --> 01:54:10,639
robotics team has had on on your lives.

2538
01:54:10,639 --> 01:54:15,040
So, thank you. Uh

2539
01:54:15,040 --> 01:54:16,719
I hope we're able to come to a

2540
01:54:16,719 --> 01:54:18,719
resolution how we can best support you

2541
01:54:18,719 --> 01:54:21,920
soon. Um know you have a supporter here

2542
01:54:21,920 --> 01:54:24,320
in me and I really appreciate you and

2543
01:54:24,320 --> 01:54:25,520
hope that we're able to get you what you

2544
01:54:25,520 --> 01:54:27,920
need so you can continue to dominate the

2545
01:54:27,920 --> 01:54:30,239
competition and win as Fitch Falcons.

2546
01:54:30,239 --> 01:54:34,000
Porsche, thank you for your words. Um, I

2547
01:54:34,000 --> 01:54:35,840
think I I appreciate your passion, your

2548
01:54:35,840 --> 01:54:37,920
commitment. I I think what you shared

2549
01:54:37,920 --> 01:54:40,880
was very insightful, very helpful, but

2550
01:54:40,880 --> 01:54:43,679
also at times very concerning. Um, so

2551
01:54:43,679 --> 01:54:44,960
thank you for bringing those to our

2552
01:54:44,960 --> 01:54:47,199
attention. And Miss White, uh, thank you

2553
01:54:47,199 --> 01:54:48,639
for bringing that to our attention. We

2554
01:54:48,639 --> 01:54:50,560
appreciate you and we will see what we

2555
01:54:50,560 --> 01:54:53,990
can do to support.

2556
01:54:54,000 --> 01:54:55,119
» Adrian.

2557
01:54:55,119 --> 01:54:57,840
>> Yeah. Um, so I I'd just like to ask

2558
01:54:57,840 --> 01:55:00,159
quick question. How many students

2559
01:55:00,159 --> 01:55:02,080
participate in the robotics team like

2560
01:55:02,080 --> 01:55:04,639
last year like on average?

2561
01:55:04,639 --> 01:55:06,080
>> About 25.

2562
01:55:06,080 --> 01:55:09,040
>> 25 students. And how much time do you

2563
01:55:09,040 --> 01:55:12,239
think that you spend like individually

2564
01:55:12,239 --> 01:55:14,159
um you know every year? Do you have any

2565
01:55:14,159 --> 01:55:16,719
idea like how many hours?

2566
01:55:16,719 --> 01:55:18,159
>> Well, yeah, you guys are great with

2567
01:55:18,159 --> 01:55:19,599
keeping track of that stuff. So your

2568
01:55:19,599 --> 01:55:22,880
business office and everything

2569
01:55:22,880 --> 01:55:24,800
>> about 300

2570
01:55:24,800 --> 01:55:30,320
>> 300 hours. Um, so and um and I I mean

2571
01:55:30,320 --> 01:55:31,520
this is more of a question for the

2572
01:55:31,520 --> 01:55:33,840
board, but I'd be interested in knowing

2573
01:55:33,840 --> 01:55:36,080
how much the the district funds

2574
01:55:36,080 --> 01:55:39,840
robotics. I mean, I know that you um

2575
01:55:39,840 --> 01:55:41,360
sounds like the district may not fund

2576
01:55:41,360 --> 01:55:45,280
robotics very much at all. Um and um I

2577
01:55:45,280 --> 01:55:47,360
see we're building a you know a new

2578
01:55:47,360 --> 01:55:49,599
football field which we really need. Um

2579
01:55:49,599 --> 01:55:52,080
it's going to cost millions of dollars.

2580
01:55:52,080 --> 01:55:54,639
Um we spend money on all of these sports

2581
01:55:54,639 --> 01:55:56,080
that seem to get

2582
01:55:56,080 --> 01:55:58,480
I'd love to see um you know how many how

2583
01:55:58,480 --> 01:56:01,199
much we spend um and how many hours

2584
01:56:01,199 --> 01:56:03,199
these students put into like baseball

2585
01:56:03,199 --> 01:56:06,560
and football and basketball um and why

2586
01:56:06,560 --> 01:56:08,960
the district doesn't support robotics

2587
01:56:08,960 --> 01:56:11,440
more than um more than we do which seems

2588
01:56:11,440 --> 01:56:13,440
like we escort you with a facility

2589
01:56:13,440 --> 01:56:17,280
that's ever changing um and maybe not an

2590
01:56:17,280 --> 01:56:20,880
op facility but um but I do appreciate

2591
01:56:20,880 --> 01:56:23,280
you and um coming out and speaking up

2592
01:56:23,280 --> 01:56:26,400
and and this is um a way to put it on

2593
01:56:26,400 --> 01:56:27,840
the front burner again. So, I I

2594
01:56:27,840 --> 01:56:30,719
appreciate this. Um and you know, as as

2595
01:56:30,719 --> 01:56:33,199
you may know that we have an ad hoc ad

2596
01:56:33,199 --> 01:56:35,599
hoc committee that's um looking into

2597
01:56:35,599 --> 01:56:38,400
space and and um that committee is also

2598
01:56:38,400 --> 01:56:39,920
going to be talking about what to do

2599
01:56:39,920 --> 01:56:42,719
with the robotics field. Um and we're

2600
01:56:42,719 --> 01:56:44,320
going to meet in a week and a half and

2601
01:56:44,320 --> 01:56:48,239
hopefully it'll be on that agenda. Um

2602
01:56:48,239 --> 01:56:51,840
so um one thing um I also want to um

2603
01:56:51,840 --> 01:56:54,800
Porsche I I appreciate your speaking.

2604
01:56:54,800 --> 01:56:56,719
You you pointed out a lot of important

2605
01:56:56,719 --> 01:56:58,800
things and I appreciate your passion in

2606
01:56:58,800 --> 01:57:02,239
speaking. So um um I you know I would

2607
01:57:02,239 --> 01:57:04,159
rather hear what's going on and what

2608
01:57:04,159 --> 01:57:06,000
your opinion is. So I appreciate that.

2609
01:57:06,000 --> 01:57:07,920
Um one thing I'm a little bit uh

2610
01:57:07,920 --> 01:57:10,000
concerned of well I'm a lot concerned

2611
01:57:10,000 --> 01:57:12,880
about middle school sports. Um but um he

2612
01:57:12,880 --> 01:57:14,639
made a statement that students were cut

2613
01:57:14,639 --> 01:57:17,199
from track in middle school which um I

2614
01:57:17,199 --> 01:57:21,920
believe we were just um met with the um

2615
01:57:21,920 --> 01:57:25,679
met with um Mark Romano and I believe he

2616
01:57:25,679 --> 01:57:27,920
said that no kids got cut from track or

2617
01:57:27,920 --> 01:57:29,760
cross country. So that is a surprise to

2618
01:57:29,760 --> 01:57:31,679
me. I I guess I would like to ask the

2619
01:57:31,679 --> 01:57:34,480
superintendent to follow up on that. Um,

2620
01:57:34,480 --> 01:57:36,960
you know, I've I've um raised concerns

2621
01:57:36,960 --> 01:57:40,080
about um cutting cuts in soccer because

2622
01:57:40,080 --> 01:57:41,920
it seems like lots of boys and girls

2623
01:57:41,920 --> 01:57:43,599
want to play soccer and there's not

2624
01:57:43,599 --> 01:57:46,320
nearly enough spots that are offered um

2625
01:57:46,320 --> 01:57:48,560
where where when they you know and in

2626
01:57:48,560 --> 01:57:51,520
these in again the um

2627
01:57:51,520 --> 01:57:53,440
the difference between the the the

2628
01:57:53,440 --> 01:57:54,880
halves and the have nots, the parents

2629
01:57:54,880 --> 01:57:58,080
that can pay to send their kids to um to

2630
01:57:58,080 --> 01:57:59,679
Graten Soccer Club, which isn't that

2631
01:57:59,679 --> 01:58:00,960
expensive, but then when you get into

2632
01:58:00,960 --> 01:58:02,880
those uh travel teams gets very

2633
01:58:02,880 --> 01:58:05,599
expensive, very timeconuming cars in a

2634
01:58:05,599 --> 01:58:06,239
lot of our district.

2635
01:58:06,239 --> 01:58:09,119
>> Adrian, can I just um say we're only

2636
01:58:09,119 --> 01:58:10,960
supposed to have clarifying questions on

2637
01:58:10,960 --> 01:58:14,880
this portion unless we can go on and on. So, I don't mean to cut you off,

2638
01:58:14,880 --> 01:58:16,960
but I just want to get us back on track

2639
01:58:16,960 --> 01:58:19,199
because it's almost 7 o'clock already.

2640
01:58:19,199 --> 01:58:21,520
>> Yeah, I I I All right, just let me one

2641
01:58:21,520 --> 01:58:22,000
more thing.

2642
01:58:22,000 --> 01:58:25,360
>> Is it a clarifying question?

2643
01:58:25,360 --> 01:58:27,679
>> I appreciate the comments from Monica

2644
01:58:27,679 --> 01:58:30,239
White about Friends of Fitch. And my

2645
01:58:30,239 --> 01:58:32,880
clarifying question would be I don't

2646
01:58:32,880 --> 01:58:35,119
understand I guess my question is can

2647
01:58:35,119 --> 01:58:37,280
the district do this in the guidance

2648
01:58:37,280 --> 01:58:39,199
department. We've heard that it doesn't

2649
01:58:39,199 --> 01:58:40,960
work through food services. So I would

2650
01:58:40,960 --> 01:58:45,119
like to know if the district can um give

2651
01:58:45,119 --> 01:58:46,800
that group friends of fitch what they

2652
01:58:46,800 --> 01:58:48,880
need. They they have raised money and

2653
01:58:48,880 --> 01:58:51,360
want to do something for our kids. Our

2654
01:58:51,360 --> 01:58:54,080
school system is a great path to find

2655
01:58:54,080 --> 01:58:56,400
the kids in need. Um, and I don't

2656
01:58:56,400 --> 01:58:58,960
understand why she's coming here to say

2657
01:58:58,960 --> 01:59:01,280
that we have all of this money and all

2658
01:59:01,280 --> 01:59:05,360
of this um to give the kids in need and we can't get it together on our end.

2659
01:59:05,360 --> 01:59:06,000
So, I wouldn't

2660
01:59:06,000 --> 01:59:07,599
>> Well, I'm going to ask the principal

2661
01:59:07,599 --> 01:59:09,679
that. So, I already put that question

2662
01:59:09,679 --> 01:59:12,560
down to ask the principal if they've

2663
01:59:12,560 --> 01:59:14,560
done that work so that we can get those

2664
01:59:14,560 --> 01:59:18,480
bags out to the kids.

2665
01:59:18,480 --> 01:59:20,480
>> Anyone else? Mike?

2666
01:59:20,480 --> 01:59:23,360
>> Yeah. Yeah. Just briefly on that. um the

2667
01:59:23,360 --> 01:59:26,159
weekend meals. Um this has budget

2668
01:59:26,159 --> 01:59:27,440
implications because we add in our

2669
01:59:27,440 --> 01:59:29,520
budget for a time and then we

2670
01:59:29,520 --> 01:59:32,639
>> have 4,000 reduced amount that the uh

2671
01:59:32,639 --> 01:59:36,239
town council RTM approved. Um so could

2672
01:59:36,239 --> 01:59:41,199
we um uh get an update each month on how

2673
01:59:41,199 --> 01:59:43,840
many students are being served from from

2674
01:59:43,840 --> 01:59:46,560
the schools by this weekend meals

2675
01:59:46,560 --> 01:59:48,560
because it's we've got capacity for 70

2676
01:59:48,560 --> 01:59:50,800
and we're at 15 and we've got a lot of

2677
01:59:50,800 --> 01:59:53,920
room to grow. So if we have updates

2678
01:59:53,920 --> 01:59:55,440
throughout it, we realize, oh, we're

2679
01:59:55,440 --> 01:59:56,560
getting there. It just took a month to

2680
01:59:56,560 --> 01:59:58,800
spin up. That's one thing. Or we're not

2681
01:59:58,800 --> 02:00:00,480
getting there because we need someone

2682
02:00:00,480 --> 02:00:02,960
dedicated, some dedicated staffing time.

2683
02:00:02,960 --> 02:00:04,480
I guess that would that would be

2684
02:00:04,480 --> 02:00:06,000
something very very good to put in the

2685
02:00:06,000 --> 02:00:06,960
budget.

2686
02:00:06,960 --> 02:00:08,400
>> Okay.

2687
02:00:08,400 --> 02:00:10,560
>> Jay, is that it, Mike?

2688
02:00:10,560 --> 02:00:11,040
>> Yeah.

2689
02:00:11,040 --> 02:00:12,880
>> Jay,

2690
02:00:12,880 --> 02:00:14,639
>> yes. Thank you very much. Um, I just

2691
02:00:14,639 --> 02:00:16,080
want to quickly thank everyone who came

2692
02:00:16,080 --> 02:00:19,119
out uh tonight at the main meeting as

2693
02:00:19,119 --> 02:00:22,320
well as the meeting before. Um we we

2694
02:00:22,320 --> 02:00:24,320
received a lot of important information,

2695
02:00:24,320 --> 02:00:28,480
but my question would be um can we refer

2696
02:00:28,480 --> 02:00:34,320
this impact uh to the um board attorney?

2697
02:00:34,320 --> 02:00:36,960
Um I I'm just not sure that when the

2698
02:00:36,960 --> 02:00:40,000
judge um signed this order that he

2699
02:00:40,000 --> 02:00:42,000
understood the impact to the team and

2700
02:00:42,000 --> 02:00:44,719
the community and um whether there'd be

2701
02:00:44,719 --> 02:00:47,920
some opportunity for him to revisit

2702
02:00:47,920 --> 02:00:51,199
um his order. Thank you.

2703
02:00:51,199 --> 02:00:52,239
Jay.

2704
02:00:52,239 --> 02:00:54,159
>> I will be sharing that letter with the

2705
02:00:54,159 --> 02:00:57,199
board attorney, Jay.

2706
02:00:57,199 --> 02:00:59,920
The the data that we've collected or

2707
02:00:59,920 --> 02:01:01,760
that the team has collected and passed

2708
02:01:01,760 --> 02:01:03,679
on to us. So,

2709
02:01:03,679 --> 02:01:08,629
>> thanks.

2710
02:01:08,639 --> 02:01:11,599
» Okay, Jen, you want any comments?

2711
02:01:11,599 --> 02:01:14,960
>> Um, no. It's pretty much ditto to what

2712
02:01:14,960 --> 02:01:17,679
it's pretty much the same as what my

2713
02:01:17,679 --> 02:01:19,760
colleagues had mentioned, right? Thank

2714
02:01:19,760 --> 02:01:21,920
you for taking the time to advocate for

2715
02:01:21,920 --> 02:01:24,560
yourself, right, and speaking out

2716
02:01:24,560 --> 02:01:27,119
because um if you don't share, we may

2717
02:01:27,119 --> 02:01:29,679
not necessarily know. So, thank you for

2718
02:01:29,679 --> 02:01:32,400
coming up very well spoken. Um

2719
02:01:32,400 --> 02:01:36,159
understand the identity issues and um

2720
02:01:36,159 --> 02:01:37,599
some of the comments that you have

2721
02:01:37,599 --> 02:01:40,159
brought up. Um we are working on it. You

2722
02:01:40,159 --> 02:01:42,800
know, Porsche, as always, we're working

2723
02:01:42,800 --> 02:01:45,360
on most of the things that you have

2724
02:01:45,360 --> 02:01:50,000
shared. Um so let it be known that maybe

2725
02:01:50,000 --> 02:01:53,360
we can work a little bit more faster. Um

2726
02:01:53,360 --> 02:02:00,800
but um things are being worked on and um we'll just keep everyone at breast.

2727
02:02:00,800 --> 02:02:03,199
Thank you.

2728
02:02:03,199 --> 02:02:06,320
Okay. Thank you everyone for coming out.

2729
02:02:06,320 --> 02:02:07,920
I appreciate it. Appreciate your

2730
02:02:07,920 --> 02:02:10,560
comments.

2731
02:02:10,560 --> 02:02:14,400
Okay. The next item on the agenda is um

2732
02:02:14,400 --> 02:02:17,360
student representative report. We had

2733
02:02:17,360 --> 02:02:20,960
three new students and they were shared

2734
02:02:20,960 --> 02:02:23,679
their bio and their selfie in the board

2735
02:02:23,679 --> 02:02:26,159
notes. I hope everybody saw that. But

2736
02:02:26,159 --> 02:02:29,280
when they did their report, they can uh

2737
02:02:29,280 --> 02:02:31,599
give a brief bio if you'd like to tell

2738
02:02:31,599 --> 02:02:33,360
us a little about yourself and then give

2739
02:02:33,360 --> 02:02:34,480
your report.

2740
02:02:34,480 --> 02:02:38,550
>> Thank you guys.

2741
02:02:38,560 --> 02:02:42,080
» Uh who wants to go first? Evan, Gavin,

2742
02:02:42,080 --> 02:02:43,599
Camila,

2743
02:02:43,599 --> 02:02:44,719
>> I can start us off.

2744
02:02:44,719 --> 02:02:49,589
>> Okay.

2745
02:02:49,599 --> 02:02:49,760
I'm

2746
02:02:49,760 --> 02:02:50,320
>> so sorry.

2747
02:02:50,320 --> 02:02:53,040
>> And we are so happy to have these three

2748
02:02:53,040 --> 02:02:55,520
young people representing the students.

2749
02:02:55,520 --> 02:02:58,400
And I just want to say really feel free

2750
02:02:58,400 --> 02:03:00,960
to speak honestly. The board appreciates

2751
02:03:00,960 --> 02:03:03,199
honesty. We want to hear what you have

2752
02:03:03,199 --> 02:03:05,520
to say. You are here to represent the

2753
02:03:05,520 --> 02:03:08,159
students and I'm hoping that whatever

2754
02:03:08,159 --> 02:03:10,639
you say, even If it's negative, there'll

2755
02:03:10,639 --> 02:03:14,000
be no retaliation against you cuz we

2756
02:03:14,000 --> 02:03:16,080
want to hear what you have to say. So,

2757
02:03:16,080 --> 02:03:18,719
we want you to be honest, good, bad, and

2758
02:03:18,719 --> 02:03:21,040
the ugly. Tell us. Okay.

2759
02:03:21,040 --> 02:03:23,040
>> Thank you, Miss Washington.

2760
02:03:23,040 --> 02:03:24,480
>> I will be starting off the student

2761
02:03:24,480 --> 02:03:27,520
representatives. My name is Camila Borea

2762
02:03:27,520 --> 02:03:29,760
and I am a junior at Robert E. Fitch

2763
02:03:29,760 --> 02:03:32,159
High School. I signed up for this

2764
02:03:32,159 --> 02:03:34,800
position because I am a proud advocate

2765
02:03:34,800 --> 02:03:37,520
to student life as an average student

2766
02:03:37,520 --> 02:03:40,000
and also previously as a beloved average

2767
02:03:40,000 --> 02:03:41,360
student. As someone who has struggled

2768
02:03:41,360 --> 02:03:43,679
with food insecurity and economic

2769
02:03:43,679 --> 02:03:45,840
problems, I have wanted to come here to

2770
02:03:45,840 --> 02:03:47,679
mainly speak about underprivileged

2771
02:03:47,679 --> 02:03:49,679
students and any students who are having

2772
02:03:49,679 --> 02:03:51,199
issues. That is why I signed up for this

2773
02:03:51,199 --> 02:03:54,320
role. Other things about me that don't

2774
02:03:54,320 --> 02:03:56,320
include my role as a student board of

2775
02:03:56,320 --> 02:03:58,480
education representative. I am a proud

2776
02:03:58,480 --> 02:04:02,320
theater member and I am also holding a a

2777
02:04:02,320 --> 02:04:04,159
leader position in this club called more

2778
02:04:04,159 --> 02:04:06,400
than words. It is an advocacy club as

2779
02:04:06,400 --> 02:04:09,920
well and I am proud to say I always

2780
02:04:09,920 --> 02:04:13,199
speak out for my beliefs and what is

2781
02:04:13,199 --> 02:04:19,270
right for the others. Thank you.

2782
02:04:19,280 --> 02:04:20,719
» Thank you.

2783
02:04:20,719 --> 02:04:23,599
>> Uh my name is Gavin Frost. Uh I am a

2784
02:04:23,599 --> 02:04:26,400
student representative. I just signed up

2785
02:04:26,400 --> 02:04:27,520
for this position because I would like

2786
02:04:27,520 --> 02:04:28,880
to represent the students needs and

2787
02:04:28,880 --> 02:04:33,119
wants. Um I am a junior at Fitch High

2788
02:04:33,119 --> 02:04:37,119
School. Um I am now the vice president

2789
02:04:37,119 --> 02:04:39,280
for the class of 2028.

2790
02:04:39,280 --> 02:04:43,040
Um and I do lacrosse and that's about

2791
02:04:43,040 --> 02:04:46,629
it.

2792
02:04:46,639 --> 02:04:49,199
Excuse me. Um hello everybody. I'm Evan

2793
02:04:49,199 --> 02:04:51,760
Veter. I'm also a junior at Fitch High

2794
02:04:51,760 --> 02:04:56,080
School. And the reason that I decided to

2795
02:04:56,080 --> 02:04:58,400
um try to become a representative is

2796
02:04:58,400 --> 02:05:02,400
because last year I was asked by the

2797
02:05:02,400 --> 02:05:04,719
Fitch principal to speak at a town

2798
02:05:04,719 --> 02:05:07,840
meeting and a board of ed meeting. And I

2799
02:05:07,840 --> 02:05:12,080
really enjoyed um getting to see how

2800
02:05:12,080 --> 02:05:13,920
decisions are made on the district level

2801
02:05:13,920 --> 02:05:16,480
and I enjoyed the feeling of having my

2802
02:05:16,480 --> 02:05:18,880
voice heard. Um a little bit about

2803
02:05:18,880 --> 02:05:21,840
myself. Um, I'm very involved at our

2804
02:05:21,840 --> 02:05:24,960
school. I'm the president of Key Club,

2805
02:05:24,960 --> 02:05:27,360
the vice president of students against

2806
02:05:27,360 --> 02:05:29,360
destructive decisions. I'm part of

2807
02:05:29,360 --> 02:05:32,000
theater elected. I was elected today as

2808
02:05:32,000 --> 02:05:34,320
the treasurer for the class of 2028.

2809
02:05:34,320 --> 02:05:35,520
>> Congratulations.

2810
02:05:35,520 --> 02:05:37,679
>> Thank you. So, Gavin was also elected

2811
02:05:37,679 --> 02:05:42,000
today. Um, and but yes, I'm very excited

2812
02:05:42,000 --> 02:05:44,639
to work with all of you this year. And

2813
02:05:44,639 --> 02:05:46,560
I'll turn it over to Gavin for our

2814
02:05:46,560 --> 02:05:49,360
reports.

2815
02:05:49,360 --> 02:05:52,639
Um okay. Uh so the start to school went

2816
02:05:52,639 --> 02:05:55,119
uh pretty well so far. It hasn't been

2817
02:05:55,119 --> 02:05:58,159
too long. Um students were first met

2818
02:05:58,159 --> 02:06:00,320
with a small issue which we thought was

2819
02:06:00,320 --> 02:06:03,280
a larger issue at the beginning. Um the

2820
02:06:03,280 --> 02:06:05,599
schedule was changed. Um the fourth

2821
02:06:05,599 --> 02:06:10,639
block was frozen in place for our um

2822
02:06:10,639 --> 02:06:12,400
uh career pathways so they could get

2823
02:06:12,400 --> 02:06:16,080
more access to uh internships.

2824
02:06:16,080 --> 02:06:18,239
Um, so at first we were worried about

2825
02:06:18,239 --> 02:06:19,920
that because we heard from a couple of

2826
02:06:19,920 --> 02:06:22,400
our AP classes that our tests and a

2827
02:06:22,400 --> 02:06:23,920
couple of our grades would be impacted

2828
02:06:23,920 --> 02:06:27,040
if we had to miss school um during that

2829
02:06:27,040 --> 02:06:30,480
fourth block and or uh athletes or

2830
02:06:30,480 --> 02:06:32,159
anyone had to leave early during that

2831
02:06:32,159 --> 02:06:33,679
last block. They could not take the test

2832
02:06:33,679 --> 02:06:35,280
that day. They would have to take it the

2833
02:06:35,280 --> 02:06:38,239
next Thursday after school and miss

2834
02:06:38,239 --> 02:06:40,719
maybe a practice or a game. So, at first

2835
02:06:40,719 --> 02:06:44,000
we thought that was an issue and then um

2836
02:06:44,000 --> 02:06:46,000
and then the school administration and

2837
02:06:46,000 --> 02:06:48,480
the students, we all adapted and we've

2838
02:06:48,480 --> 02:06:50,960
gotten used to it. So, it's like still

2839
02:06:50,960 --> 02:06:53,040
on our minds. So, if anything comes up

2840
02:06:53,040 --> 02:06:55,520
about it, we'll bring it up to you, but

2841
02:06:55,520 --> 02:06:57,440
it's not that big of a deal at the

2842
02:06:57,440 --> 02:06:59,199
moment.

2843
02:06:59,199 --> 02:07:02,719
Um so, yeah, that is what we me met with

2844
02:07:02,719 --> 02:07:05,360
at first. um we probably have heard

2845
02:07:05,360 --> 02:07:07,199
about in the past and it's still

2846
02:07:07,199 --> 02:07:09,040
currently going on and tech issues

2847
02:07:09,040 --> 02:07:11,679
currently happening at the moment. Um if

2848
02:07:11,679 --> 02:07:13,760
it's just between students or teachers,

2849
02:07:13,760 --> 02:07:15,599
the teachers their boards will be

2850
02:07:15,599 --> 02:07:17,040
shutting off randomly throughout

2851
02:07:17,040 --> 02:07:20,079
teaching. Um and I it looks like it's

2852
02:07:20,079 --> 02:07:22,000
the board but I'm pretty sure it's more

2853
02:07:22,000 --> 02:07:23,679
of the computers issue because the board

2854
02:07:23,679 --> 02:07:26,320
is still active and on but the computer

2855
02:07:26,320 --> 02:07:27,840
just turns off and the teachers have to

2856
02:07:27,840 --> 02:07:30,400
log back in and it takes maybe at a

2857
02:07:30,400 --> 02:07:32,560
minute to five minutes out of teaching

2858
02:07:32,560 --> 02:07:36,320
times which which a larger disturbance.

2859
02:07:36,320 --> 02:07:39,760
Um, talking on the AC, which I know you

2860
02:07:39,760 --> 02:07:42,079
bring up, um, Jim and in the older

2861
02:07:42,079 --> 02:07:43,679
building, we're getting reports that the

2862
02:07:43,679 --> 02:07:45,920
AC isn't working in the older part of

2863
02:07:45,920 --> 02:07:49,199
the building and it's making uh,

2864
02:07:49,199 --> 02:07:49,599
>> Yes.

2865
02:07:49,599 --> 02:07:50,960
>> Okay. It's making students

2866
02:07:50,960 --> 02:07:52,480
uncomfortable, especially with medical

2867
02:07:52,480 --> 02:07:56,079
issues. Um, it's making them like like

2868
02:07:56,079 --> 02:07:59,520
their medical stuff is acting up.

2869
02:07:59,520 --> 02:08:02,320
Uh, that's about our tech issues.

2870
02:08:02,320 --> 02:08:05,599
Um then castle lunches which you ask all

2871
02:08:05,599 --> 02:08:07,679
of us to bring up to the school and ask

2872
02:08:07,679 --> 02:08:09,440
the students at how they like that or

2873
02:08:09,440 --> 02:08:12,880
not. The school and the students do not

2874
02:08:12,880 --> 02:08:16,639
like that at all. Um they are very

2875
02:08:16,639 --> 02:08:20,880
against it because it's limiting them from getting lunches and

2876
02:08:20,880 --> 02:08:24,239
getting um getting snacks at the end too

2877
02:08:24,239 --> 02:08:25,920
if they're still hungry because they

2878
02:08:25,920 --> 02:08:28,079
can't go to the lunch lines and then pay

2879
02:08:28,079 --> 02:08:29,760
with cash. They have to play pay with

2880
02:08:29,760 --> 02:08:31,920
the online version.

2881
02:08:31,920 --> 02:08:35,760
Um, and I have um some quotes, not

2882
02:08:35,760 --> 02:08:37,760
really quotes, they're they're taken

2883
02:08:37,760 --> 02:08:39,199
from students, but they're not directly

2884
02:08:39,199 --> 02:08:41,440
quoted. Um, some students are having

2885
02:08:41,440 --> 02:08:43,599
issues because uh maybe their parents

2886
02:08:43,599 --> 02:08:46,320
have been separated and one parent might

2887
02:08:46,320 --> 02:08:47,760
know about this account, but the other

2888
02:08:47,760 --> 02:08:49,440
parent may not know about this account.

2889
02:08:49,440 --> 02:08:51,040
So, one parent will be constantly

2890
02:08:51,040 --> 02:08:53,679
filling it up and taking on that burden

2891
02:08:53,679 --> 02:08:55,679
um filling it up with the money. So the

2892
02:08:55,679 --> 02:08:58,000
student can eat what the other parent

2893
02:08:58,000 --> 02:08:59,760
might not doesn't know about it and

2894
02:08:59,760 --> 02:09:01,599
cannot use the money they get from that

2895
02:09:01,599 --> 02:09:03,920
parent at the lunch lines because they

2896
02:09:03,920 --> 02:09:06,560
no longer accept cash.

2897
02:09:06,560 --> 02:09:09,520
Um also we're hearing that from parents

2898
02:09:09,520 --> 02:09:12,639
and from teachers that to fill up the

2899
02:09:12,639 --> 02:09:14,639
account it takes uh some amount of

2900
02:09:14,639 --> 02:09:16,560
money. So if their parents have a

2901
02:09:16,560 --> 02:09:18,159
limited amount of money and they would

2902
02:09:18,159 --> 02:09:20,239
like to fill up the accounts with a

2903
02:09:20,239 --> 02:09:22,880
certain amount of money that that might

2904
02:09:22,880 --> 02:09:24,719
stipen that little amount that might get

2905
02:09:24,719 --> 02:09:26,880
taken out of that would limit a little

2906
02:09:26,880 --> 02:09:29,920
bit at least one lunch from each student

2907
02:09:29,920 --> 02:09:31,199
which is a little concerning to the

2908
02:09:31,199 --> 02:09:34,159
parents and to the students.

2909
02:09:34,159 --> 02:09:38,159
Um, another somewhat quote, um, if a

2910
02:09:38,159 --> 02:09:39,599
student, like I said, if student wants

2911
02:09:39,599 --> 02:09:41,119
to get a snack from the snack line if

2912
02:09:41,119 --> 02:09:43,360
they're not hungry or if they are hungry

2913
02:09:43,360 --> 02:09:45,760
after they've eaten, um, they can't

2914
02:09:45,760 --> 02:09:47,199
because they don't want their money in

2915
02:09:47,199 --> 02:09:49,119
their account to be running out and they

2916
02:09:49,119 --> 02:09:51,599
don't want to accidentally spend it on

2917
02:09:51,599 --> 02:09:54,239
that like that little snack if they want

2918
02:09:54,239 --> 02:09:58,470
lunch for the next day.

2919
02:09:58,480 --> 02:10:00,880
Um, then I wanted to go over some

2920
02:10:00,880 --> 02:10:03,520
classroom stuff we had going on with

2921
02:10:03,520 --> 02:10:05,520
safety protocols.

2922
02:10:05,520 --> 02:10:09,760
Um, so we had I believe about two

2923
02:10:09,760 --> 02:10:12,800
classroom secure calls, maybe three

2924
02:10:12,800 --> 02:10:15,040
because they believe there was two

2925
02:10:15,040 --> 02:10:17,040
fights. Yeah, there's three classroom

2926
02:10:17,040 --> 02:10:19,040
secure calls because there was um two

2927
02:10:19,040 --> 02:10:21,599
fights. I believe one of them was

2928
02:10:21,599 --> 02:10:23,360
between two girls in the front hallway.

2929
02:10:23,360 --> 02:10:25,760
So classroom secure um was called

2930
02:10:25,760 --> 02:10:26,719
through that and this was at the

2931
02:10:26,719 --> 02:10:29,119
beginning of the day and then a fight

2932
02:10:29,119 --> 02:10:31,520
between two male students I believe for

2933
02:10:31,520 --> 02:10:35,840
some altercation occurred um at in the

2934
02:10:35,840 --> 02:10:37,599
last block right as we everyone was

2935
02:10:37,599 --> 02:10:39,119
getting to the blocks between passing

2936
02:10:39,119 --> 02:10:43,280
periods and our SR offer bisque had to

2937
02:10:43,280 --> 02:10:45,119
um pin the students against the wall to

2938
02:10:45,119 --> 02:10:48,719
stop the fighting and stop the arguing.

2939
02:10:48,719 --> 02:10:52,079
So that was not right. And then we had

2940
02:10:52,079 --> 02:10:55,520
two fire drills because the first time

2941
02:10:55,520 --> 02:10:57,520
we had the fire drill, the fire alarm

2942
02:10:57,520 --> 02:11:00,639
failed and it did not go off in most

2943
02:11:00,639 --> 02:11:02,159
parts of the building. I believe it went

2944
02:11:02,159 --> 02:11:04,400
off uh maybe in the older part, but in

2945
02:11:04,400 --> 02:11:06,079
the newer parts, the fire alarms didn't

2946
02:11:06,079 --> 02:11:09,520
go off, but we were able

2947
02:11:09,520 --> 02:11:12,000
because the an accident went off and

2948
02:11:12,000 --> 02:11:13,360
they said their fire drill was currently

2949
02:11:13,360 --> 02:11:14,079
happening.

2950
02:11:14,079 --> 02:11:16,639
left and then the next day another fire

2951
02:11:16,639 --> 02:11:19,599
drill happened and I believe it went off

2952
02:11:19,599 --> 02:11:22,639
perfectly. Um I got a report from one

2953
02:11:22,639 --> 02:11:25,280
student that it didn't go off in the

2954
02:11:25,280 --> 02:11:28,800
music areas but because I haven't heard

2955
02:11:28,800 --> 02:11:30,800
anything from any other students and I

2956
02:11:30,800 --> 02:11:31,920
haven't heard anything from the

2957
02:11:31,920 --> 02:11:33,840
administration I believe it just went

2958
02:11:33,840 --> 02:11:37,360
fine. Um that was our safety stuff that

2959
02:11:37,360 --> 02:11:39,440
went happened so far this year this

2960
02:11:39,440 --> 02:11:41,199
year.

2961
02:11:41,199 --> 02:11:42,880
Um the administration I want to talk

2962
02:11:42,880 --> 02:11:45,760
about that has been really good. Uh when

2963
02:11:45,760 --> 02:11:47,840
we speak to the principal and the vice

2964
02:11:47,840 --> 02:11:51,280
principal they've been very communicated

2965
02:11:51,280 --> 02:11:54,159
they've communicated well back to us and

2966
02:11:54,159 --> 02:11:56,800
spoken well to us about our needs and

2967
02:11:56,800 --> 02:11:59,280
answer our questions. And I want to talk

2968
02:11:59,280 --> 02:12:04,629
about the um

2969
02:12:04,639 --> 02:12:07,840
the guidance counsel in a way. Um, one

2970
02:12:07,840 --> 02:12:10,639
experience that I had, um, is when the

2971
02:12:10,639 --> 02:12:12,239
guidance counselor came in to help us

2972
02:12:12,239 --> 02:12:15,040
sign in for Yukon classes. We have to do

2973
02:12:15,040 --> 02:12:17,760
that to get credit for them. Um, they

2974
02:12:17,760 --> 02:12:19,119
spoke bad and they run us through. It

2975
02:12:19,119 --> 02:12:21,119
was really easy. We all signed up for

2976
02:12:21,119 --> 02:12:23,360
that. But then at the end, she said

2977
02:12:23,360 --> 02:12:25,360
because it costs about $200 to sign up

2978
02:12:25,360 --> 02:12:28,239
for that class and to get that credit.

2979
02:12:28,239 --> 02:12:30,000
um she said if if the students are

2980
02:12:30,000 --> 02:12:31,599
having difficulties paying that amount

2981
02:12:31,599 --> 02:12:35,280
of money, they can go and find the the

2982
02:12:35,280 --> 02:12:37,920
um guidance counselors in a private time

2983
02:12:37,920 --> 02:12:39,679
and the guidance counselors can fi

2984
02:12:39,679 --> 02:12:41,360
hopefully find a way to help pay for

2985
02:12:41,360 --> 02:12:44,079
that students. I thought was really good

2986
02:12:44,079 --> 02:12:46,400
and a good thing to report.

2987
02:12:46,400 --> 02:12:50,480
Um one of the last things is um

2988
02:12:50,480 --> 02:12:52,239
uh literacy.

2989
02:12:52,239 --> 02:12:54,159
Um I know a lot of students have

2990
02:12:54,159 --> 02:12:56,159
difficulty with literacy and reading and

2991
02:12:56,159 --> 02:12:59,599
writing and uh speaking a lot to

2992
02:12:59,599 --> 02:13:01,920
students uh most students believe it's

2993
02:13:01,920 --> 02:13:03,440
because the school system has failed

2994
02:13:03,440 --> 02:13:06,320
them. Um whether it is because they do

2995
02:13:06,320 --> 02:13:09,760
not have um just don't have the proper

2996
02:13:09,760 --> 02:13:11,679
resources with the teachers or the

2997
02:13:11,679 --> 02:13:13,360
teachers may not be teaching the things

2998
02:13:13,360 --> 02:13:15,679
that they want to learn about with the

2999
02:13:15,679 --> 02:13:18,159
reading and writing.

3000
02:13:18,159 --> 02:13:20,560
Um, and they don't have phonics as well,

3001
02:13:20,560 --> 02:13:23,040
which is a major thing. I myself, I'm

3002
02:13:23,040 --> 02:13:26,400
dyslexic, heavily dyslexic. And I was,

3003
02:13:26,400 --> 02:13:27,920
they found out I was dyslexic in the

3004
02:13:27,920 --> 02:13:30,239
third grade, which is pretty late for

3005
02:13:30,239 --> 02:13:32,320
that to be taught and helpfully get

3006
02:13:32,320 --> 02:13:35,760
fixed and learn the ways of kind of

3007
02:13:35,760 --> 02:13:38,480
trying to mediate dyslexia.

3008
02:13:38,480 --> 02:13:42,719
Um, and it was just a big upset because

3009
02:13:42,719 --> 02:13:44,960
my parents knew something was wrong and

3010
02:13:44,960 --> 02:13:46,560
they tried to communicate that to the

3011
02:13:46,560 --> 02:13:48,719
teachers. the teachers kind of brushed

3012
02:13:48,719 --> 02:13:50,480
them off through kindergarten and second

3013
02:13:50,480 --> 02:13:51,440
grade because they didn't believe

3014
02:13:51,440 --> 02:13:52,880
anything was going on or anything was

3015
02:13:52,880 --> 02:13:54,880
happening.

3016
02:13:54,880 --> 02:13:58,159
Um, and then even countless others

3017
02:13:58,159 --> 02:14:00,960
without disabilities um have struggled

3018
02:14:00,960 --> 02:14:02,639
with reading and writing and making

3019
02:14:02,639 --> 02:14:04,719
essays and even like getting into

3020
02:14:04,719 --> 02:14:06,719
college at some points. They just have

3021
02:14:06,719 --> 02:14:10,079
difficulty with that. And when I was

3022
02:14:10,079 --> 02:14:12,320
going over the attachment one, which we

3023
02:14:12,320 --> 02:14:15,040
will be going over um the state summary

3024
02:14:15,040 --> 02:14:18,000
of assessment results for mainly the ELA

3025
02:14:18,000 --> 02:14:19,840
portion,

3026
02:14:19,840 --> 02:14:22,239
>> um I was looking over some parts and it

3027
02:14:22,239 --> 02:14:25,840
said um the highest one of the highest

3028
02:14:25,840 --> 02:14:29,280
percentages we have is 65%.

3029
02:14:29,280 --> 02:14:32,800
which is rather low because when you do

3030
02:14:32,800 --> 02:14:35,360
research on this topic um like I've

3031
02:14:35,360 --> 02:14:37,280
spoken to a lot of teachers about this

3032
02:14:37,280 --> 02:14:41,679
mainly ELA teachers um understanding and

3033
02:14:41,679 --> 02:14:45,119
learning happens at 80% and if most of

3034
02:14:45,119 --> 02:14:47,199
our students are well below that I don't

3035
02:14:47,199 --> 02:14:48,560
think they understand what's going on at

3036
02:14:48,560 --> 02:14:50,639
all and this assessment was between

3037
02:14:50,639 --> 02:14:53,840
grades three and 11 and then the maximum

3038
02:14:53,840 --> 02:14:57,119
climb in progress was about 10%

3039
02:14:57,119 --> 02:15:00,000
um through last year to this year, which

3040
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:02,079
I also doubt was low. I would hope for

3041
02:15:02,079 --> 02:15:03,599
something more. I know this is a massive

3042
02:15:03,599 --> 02:15:06,239
topic to be discussing and I don't

3043
02:15:06,239 --> 02:15:09,280
expect to fix it this year or even in

3044
02:15:09,280 --> 02:15:11,280
the next 10 or five years, especially

3045
02:15:11,280 --> 02:15:13,840
not with my position, but I hope to

3046
02:15:13,840 --> 02:15:16,239
bring something forth to try to mediate

3047
02:15:16,239 --> 02:15:18,400
this. Um

3048
02:15:18,400 --> 02:15:20,320
because I feel like this issue kind of

3049
02:15:20,320 --> 02:15:23,520
stems from the disconnect between um

3050
02:15:23,520 --> 02:15:25,679
central office and the teachers and the

3051
02:15:25,679 --> 02:15:29,119
students. Um speaking to the students

3052
02:15:29,119 --> 02:15:31,119
and teachers, the teachers say that

3053
02:15:31,119 --> 02:15:32,639
central office hasn't been really

3054
02:15:32,639 --> 02:15:34,719
meeting with them at all, which is a

3055
02:15:34,719 --> 02:15:36,560
little bit concerning.

3056
02:15:36,560 --> 02:15:39,440
Um, and I wanted to recommend something

3057
02:15:39,440 --> 02:15:43,760
to the board. Something that uh El Paso

3058
02:15:43,760 --> 02:15:46,639
Independent School District did was they

3059
02:15:46,639 --> 02:15:49,280
had the at least the high officials. I

3060
02:15:49,280 --> 02:15:51,440
don't they they said everybody, but I'm

3061
02:15:51,440 --> 02:15:52,719
pretty sure the high officials that

3062
02:15:52,719 --> 02:15:55,520
worked in their central office, they had

3063
02:15:55,520 --> 02:15:59,040
everyone do at least um two days of

3064
02:15:59,040 --> 02:16:02,079
subbing in one school or in some schools

3065
02:16:02,079 --> 02:16:04,320
to get connected with the teachers and

3066
02:16:04,320 --> 02:16:05,599
the students to actually know what

3067
02:16:05,599 --> 02:16:06,800
they're going with and what they're

3068
02:16:06,800 --> 02:16:10,000
struggling. And from what they did, it

3069
02:16:10,000 --> 02:16:11,679
helped them connect with the students

3070
02:16:11,679 --> 02:16:13,040
and the teachers and know what's

3071
02:16:13,040 --> 02:16:15,280
actually going on in the schools. And it

3072
02:16:15,280 --> 02:16:17,679
also saved them some money on subs

3073
02:16:17,679 --> 02:16:20,079
because I know I was the financial

3074
02:16:20,079 --> 02:16:22,320
meeting we went we nearly doubled the

3075
02:16:22,320 --> 02:16:23,920
amount of money that was selected for

3076
02:16:23,920 --> 02:16:26,800
subs. It was about like 900,000 and we

3077
02:16:26,800 --> 02:16:29,760
went to $2 million for subs, which is a

3078
02:16:29,760 --> 02:16:33,679
lot. Um, so maybe this could reduce that

3079
02:16:33,679 --> 02:16:36,719
budget, but mainly to connect teachers

3080
02:16:36,719 --> 02:16:38,319
and students to people working in the

3081
02:16:38,319 --> 02:16:41,599
central office that make these outlines

3082
02:16:41,599 --> 02:16:45,200
for teaching.

3083
02:16:45,200 --> 02:16:48,880
>> Thank you, Danny. Um, can I vote?

3084
02:16:48,880 --> 02:16:52,479
>> Yeah. I would also like to focus a

3085
02:16:52,479 --> 02:16:54,399
little more specifically on the tech

3086
02:16:54,399 --> 02:16:56,399
issues which I'm sure the board has

3087
02:16:56,399 --> 02:16:58,319
heard extensively about but student

3088
02:16:58,319 --> 02:17:00,960
Chromebooks have been and continue to be

3089
02:17:00,960 --> 02:17:05,040
a very big issue to the point where a

3090
02:17:05,040 --> 02:17:06,880
lot of students including myself are

3091
02:17:06,880 --> 02:17:09,519
like unable to do our classwork because

3092
02:17:09,519 --> 02:17:11,920
our computers are just so slow and

3093
02:17:11,920 --> 02:17:16,080
cannot run most things. And I've

3094
02:17:16,080 --> 02:17:17,280
definitely been in the position where

3095
02:17:17,280 --> 02:17:19,120
I'm in class and a teacher will give us

3096
02:17:19,120 --> 02:17:21,599
like five minutes to do the work on our

3097
02:17:21,599 --> 02:17:24,000
Chromebook and they'll say, "Okay,

3098
02:17:24,000 --> 02:17:25,920
time's up." And my computer hasn't even

3099
02:17:25,920 --> 02:17:29,519
loaded yet. And I know the junior class

3100
02:17:29,519 --> 02:17:32,000
specifically has been told for about the

3101
02:17:32,000 --> 02:17:34,319
past three years that we'd be getting

3102
02:17:34,319 --> 02:17:38,080
new Chromebooks and we have yet to check

3103
02:17:38,080 --> 02:17:40,880
them or hear anything about them. And

3104
02:17:40,880 --> 02:17:45,040
also chargers are an incredibly large

3105
02:17:45,040 --> 02:17:46,639
issue. A lot of students in the school

3106
02:17:46,639 --> 02:17:50,240
do not have chargers and are like unable

3107
02:17:50,240 --> 02:17:52,000
to charge their Chromebooks and the

3108
02:17:52,000 --> 02:17:54,399
teachers don't have chargers to provide

3109
02:17:54,399 --> 02:17:59,200
them. And I know at the by the end of

3110
02:17:59,200 --> 02:18:01,280
last year, the library was also out of

3111
02:18:01,280 --> 02:18:03,519
chargers. So if a student went to the

3112
02:18:03,519 --> 02:18:04,960
library to ask for a charger, they'd be

3113
02:18:04,960 --> 02:18:08,399
turned away. And so Chromebooks and

3114
02:18:08,399 --> 02:18:11,280
chargers are a very large issue in the

3115
02:18:11,280 --> 02:18:14,309
school.

3116
02:18:14,319 --> 02:18:15,120
» Thank you.

3117
02:18:15,120 --> 02:18:16,479
>> I'm sorry. I just needed to raise my

3118
02:18:16,479 --> 02:18:18,240
hand to say I need to excuse myself out

3119
02:18:18,240 --> 02:18:19,920
of this meeting. I'm so glad you have

3120
02:18:19,920 --> 02:18:21,840
had me as a representative even though I

3121
02:18:21,840 --> 02:18:24,000
have not spoken. I just need to excuse

3122
02:18:24,000 --> 02:18:25,679
myself out since Brad is here and I'm

3123
02:18:25,679 --> 02:18:27,120
compromised with someone needing to

3124
02:18:27,120 --> 02:18:28,479
drive me instead of being able to drive

3125
02:18:28,479 --> 02:18:30,080
myself. I'm so sorry I had to leave so

3126
02:18:30,080 --> 02:18:30,880
early.

3127
02:18:30,880 --> 02:18:32,240
>> Thank you.

3128
02:18:32,240 --> 02:18:34,719
>> Thanks for coming. If you have anything

3129
02:18:34,719 --> 02:18:37,359
that you want to address to the board,

3130
02:18:37,359 --> 02:18:39,359
just email it to me and I'll send it out

3131
02:18:39,359 --> 02:18:40,559
to the board members.

3132
02:18:40,559 --> 02:18:41,840
>> Okay. Thank you so much.

3133
02:18:41,840 --> 02:18:44,399
>> You're welcome.

3134
02:18:44,399 --> 02:18:46,559
>> Uh I think that's everything we had to

3135
02:18:46,559 --> 02:18:48,319
cover.

3136
02:18:48,319 --> 02:18:51,599
>> Thank you. And Jane,

3137
02:18:51,599 --> 02:18:54,160
>> um before Camila leaves, thank you. You

3138
02:18:54,160 --> 02:18:55,760
know, was part of that interview

3139
02:18:55,760 --> 02:18:58,240
process. um all three of you presented

3140
02:18:58,240 --> 02:19:01,280
your self-love and even just with your

3141
02:19:01,280 --> 02:19:03,359
first time here, thank you for

3142
02:19:03,359 --> 02:19:04,960
everything that you've shared. I know

3143
02:19:04,960 --> 02:19:06,559
you have to leave and I do have a

3144
02:19:06,559 --> 02:19:07,920
question, but I wanted to say that

3145
02:19:07,920 --> 02:19:12,240
before before you left and um the two

3146
02:19:12,240 --> 02:19:15,200
remaining student reps, um last year

3147
02:19:15,200 --> 02:19:18,240
when Beverly and I tooured um in

3148
02:19:18,240 --> 02:19:21,200
particular, we noticed an issue with the

3149
02:19:21,200 --> 02:19:24,800
restroom facilities. Um, is that still

3150
02:19:24,800 --> 02:19:27,359
sort of like a safe zone or is it like

3151
02:19:27,359 --> 02:19:30,160
students are a little

3152
02:19:30,160 --> 02:19:32,880
>> terrified to to go and because that's

3153
02:19:32,880 --> 02:19:35,040
like a safety concern that I wanted to

3154
02:19:35,040 --> 02:19:36,080
follow up on.

3155
02:19:36,080 --> 02:19:37,679
>> Yeah, that was definitely something we

3156
02:19:37,679 --> 02:19:40,639
were meaning to speak about but uh

3157
02:19:40,639 --> 02:19:43,120
forgot to. Uh, so yeah, the restrooms

3158
02:19:43,120 --> 02:19:45,519
are really bad. Uh, they keep getting

3159
02:19:45,519 --> 02:19:47,519
destroyed by students which is the

3160
02:19:47,519 --> 02:19:50,000
students fault of course and people

3161
02:19:50,000 --> 02:19:52,800
smoking in the bathrooms and vaping. and

3162
02:19:52,800 --> 02:19:54,479
just doing whatever they want to the

3163
02:19:54,479 --> 02:19:56,800
bathrooms, which is a big concern

3164
02:19:56,800 --> 02:19:58,560
because most students just don't want to

3165
02:19:58,560 --> 02:20:00,000
go to the bathroom. They hold it until

3166
02:20:00,000 --> 02:20:02,000
they get home, especially me. Like, I'll

3167
02:20:02,000 --> 02:20:03,840
only go to the bathrooms at school for

3168
02:20:03,840 --> 02:20:06,240
emergencies because they are like rather

3169
02:20:06,240 --> 02:20:08,240
disgusting and destroyed by the students

3170
02:20:08,240 --> 02:20:09,920
and they kind of just smell like weed

3171
02:20:09,920 --> 02:20:12,160
the whole time.

3172
02:20:12,160 --> 02:20:14,000
>> Thank you.

3173
02:20:14,000 --> 02:20:16,160
>> Also, one specific issue with the

3174
02:20:16,160 --> 02:20:17,840
bathrooms, at least a lot of the boys

3175
02:20:17,840 --> 02:20:20,880
bathrooms, the stalls don't lock. Um,

3176
02:20:20,880 --> 02:20:22,800
especially in the vintage wing, the

3177
02:20:22,800 --> 02:20:24,479
vintage boys bathroom, not a single one

3178
02:20:24,479 --> 02:20:27,439
of those stalls lock. In the 2200's boys

3179
02:20:27,439 --> 02:20:31,359
bathroom, the entire stall is bent to a

3180
02:20:31,359 --> 02:20:33,760
point that you can't close the door or

3181
02:20:33,760 --> 02:20:37,120
lock it. Um, the toilets are always a

3182
02:20:37,120 --> 02:20:38,720
nightmare. One of the bathrooms, the

3183
02:20:38,720 --> 02:20:40,640
toilet seat was completely ripped off

3184
02:20:40,640 --> 02:20:43,120
and put in the toilet. And again, most

3185
02:20:43,120 --> 02:20:45,680
of these are student issues um with the

3186
02:20:45,680 --> 02:20:49,280
students facing the bathrooms, but like

3187
02:20:49,280 --> 02:20:51,840
I 99% of the time do not feel

3188
02:20:51,840 --> 02:20:53,840
comfortable walking into those bathrooms

3189
02:20:53,840 --> 02:20:56,240
because they're practically unusable.

3190
02:20:56,240 --> 02:20:59,120
And also like Gavin said, people smoke

3191
02:20:59,120 --> 02:21:02,640
in the bathrooms a lot. And especially

3192
02:21:02,640 --> 02:21:05,359
during lunch, you cannot use the vintage

3193
02:21:05,359 --> 02:21:08,399
boys bathroom because people will be

3194
02:21:08,399 --> 02:21:10,080
smoking in it.

3195
02:21:10,080 --> 02:21:13,600
>> Thank you for sharing. Um, I know we had

3196
02:21:13,600 --> 02:21:16,479
like the vaping sensors put up

3197
02:21:16,479 --> 02:21:18,479
>> and I don't know if they're destroyed or

3198
02:21:18,479 --> 02:21:20,000
intentionally turned off, but I would

3199
02:21:20,000 --> 02:21:22,640
like that investigated, please.

3200
02:21:22,640 --> 02:21:24,479
>> They're destroyed.

3201
02:21:24,479 --> 02:21:27,040
>> They're probably I haven't seen them, so

3202
02:21:27,040 --> 02:21:28,080
they're probably just destroyed.

3203
02:21:28,080 --> 02:21:29,600
>> Sam, we can look into that.

3204
02:21:29,600 --> 02:21:31,439
>> Perfect. Thank you.

3205
02:21:31,439 --> 02:21:34,399
>> Yeah, because we heard that they were

3206
02:21:34,399 --> 02:21:36,399
that the principal somebody covers them

3207
02:21:36,399 --> 02:21:38,479
up because they keep going off all the

3208
02:21:38,479 --> 02:21:40,640
time. So I don't know if they destroyed

3209
02:21:40,640 --> 02:21:44,880
or they just are not being used because

3210
02:21:44,880 --> 02:21:47,040
they keep going off all the time.

3211
02:21:47,040 --> 02:21:49,359
>> Yeah. So

3212
02:21:49,359 --> 02:21:51,200
>> from a health issue, I don't want you

3213
02:21:51,200 --> 02:21:53,680
guys to not go for like eight hours. So

3214
02:21:53,680 --> 02:21:55,760
I we need to

3215
02:21:55,760 --> 02:21:56,319
addiction.

3216
02:21:56,319 --> 02:21:58,640
>> We need to look into this and just keep

3217
02:21:58,640 --> 02:22:02,240
us posted and yeah, it's always like on

3218
02:22:02,240 --> 02:22:03,920
the back of my mind.

3219
02:22:03,920 --> 02:22:04,720
>> Thank you,

3220
02:22:04,720 --> 02:22:06,960
>> Sean. Thank you, Jen. I just want to say

3221
02:22:06,960 --> 02:22:08,319
thank you for for addressing these

3222
02:22:08,319 --> 02:22:11,280
concerns today. Um, these aren't all

3223
02:22:11,280 --> 02:22:13,840
things that the board is aware of. Um,

3224
02:22:13,840 --> 02:22:16,479
so if you could continue to be honest

3225
02:22:16,479 --> 02:22:19,040
and share honest feedback from from your

3226
02:22:19,040 --> 02:22:21,520
fellow students and and let us get a

3227
02:22:21,520 --> 02:22:22,800
better understanding of what you're

3228
02:22:22,800 --> 02:22:24,960
dealing with, this is very concerning a

3229
02:22:24,960 --> 02:22:26,960
lot of what you brought to us tonight.

3230
02:22:26,960 --> 02:22:28,399
There were some good points. I like to

3231
02:22:28,399 --> 02:22:30,800
see that. But um, thank you for bringing

3232
02:22:30,800 --> 02:22:32,479
that. I I will need to excuse myself

3233
02:22:32,479 --> 02:22:33,439
from this meeting as well,

3234
02:22:33,439 --> 02:22:34,640
unfortunately.

3235
02:22:34,640 --> 02:22:36,640
Thank you and continue to come and

3236
02:22:36,640 --> 02:22:38,240
advocate for your fellow students.

3237
02:22:38,240 --> 02:22:40,000
>> Of course. Thank you.

3238
02:22:40,000 --> 02:22:44,150
>> Mitch A.

3239
02:22:44,160 --> 02:22:46,560
» A Mitch.

3240
02:22:46,560 --> 02:22:51,040
>> Um yeah, just um as far as I appreciate

3241
02:22:51,040 --> 02:22:52,880
uh your honesty and in telling us what's

3242
02:22:52,880 --> 02:22:55,280
going on. I have student one students

3243
02:22:55,280 --> 02:22:56,880
left at so I hear a little bit of what's

3244
02:22:56,880 --> 02:22:58,640
going on, but I love hearing their

3245
02:22:58,640 --> 02:23:01,600
perspective of it. Um, do as far as the

3246
02:23:01,600 --> 02:23:03,120
bathrooms go, do the security guards

3247
02:23:03,120 --> 02:23:04,479
check the bathrooms?

3248
02:23:04,479 --> 02:23:06,160
>> Uh, security guards check the bathrooms

3249
02:23:06,160 --> 02:23:07,280
when they can, definitely during

3250
02:23:07,280 --> 02:23:10,319
lunches, the direct uh one of the direct

3251
02:23:10,319 --> 02:23:12,399
hallway bathrooms is like right

3252
02:23:12,399 --> 02:23:14,080
next to them. So, there would be a

3253
02:23:14,080 --> 02:23:15,600
security guard like right near that

3254
02:23:15,600 --> 02:23:17,520
bathroom, but it doesn't stop students

3255
02:23:17,520 --> 02:23:19,600
really like doing whatever they want.

3256
02:23:19,600 --> 02:23:22,240
Um, the security guards don't really

3257
02:23:22,240 --> 02:23:23,920
walk into the bathroom as much. I don't

3258
02:23:23,920 --> 02:23:25,439
know if they feel uncomfortable doing

3259
02:23:25,439 --> 02:23:26,880
that themselves or they just don't want

3260
02:23:26,880 --> 02:23:30,560
to walk in on students doing whatever.

3261
02:23:30,560 --> 02:23:31,359
I don't know.

3262
02:23:31,359 --> 02:23:33,439
>> So, so in your experience, the security

3263
02:23:33,439 --> 02:23:34,880
guards don't actually enter the

3264
02:23:34,880 --> 02:23:36,479
bathrooms

3265
02:23:36,479 --> 02:23:39,200
to be able to catch students or

3266
02:23:39,200 --> 02:23:41,120
>> Yeah. Unless they hear something, I

3267
02:23:41,120 --> 02:23:43,120
doubt they'll go into the bathrooms. Um,

3268
02:23:43,120 --> 02:23:46,000
in passing times, bathroom use is not

3269
02:23:46,000 --> 02:23:47,760
allowed at all. So, there might be

3270
02:23:47,760 --> 02:23:49,920
security guards walking in there at that

3271
02:23:49,920 --> 02:23:51,760
time.

3272
02:23:51,760 --> 02:23:54,800
>> All right. Thank you.

3273
02:23:54,800 --> 02:23:56,160
>> I just wanted to say I think you guys

3274
02:23:56,160 --> 02:23:57,359
did a great job.

3275
02:23:57,359 --> 02:23:59,840
>> Thank you. a lot. Listen to it. Thank

3276
02:23:59,840 --> 02:24:02,479
you.

3277
02:24:02,479 --> 02:24:03,840
>> Oh, you go here first.

3278
02:24:03,840 --> 02:24:06,960
>> Okay. Um, well, thank you all and and

3279
02:24:06,960 --> 02:24:10,720
Camila and Absentia for coming out. Um,

3280
02:24:10,720 --> 02:24:14,160
and I agree with all the other concerns

3281
02:24:14,160 --> 02:24:16,240
as far as like what my colleagues have

3282
02:24:16,240 --> 02:24:20,800
brought up as far as the bathrooms and all that. Uh, that's been an ongoing

3283
02:24:20,800 --> 02:24:23,359
problem and um, it's good information to

3284
02:24:23,359 --> 02:24:25,120
get on a ground level what the student

3285
02:24:25,120 --> 02:24:29,359
experience is. Um, but what I really

3286
02:24:29,359 --> 02:24:31,920
keyed in on with with your comments and

3287
02:24:31,920 --> 02:24:33,439
very thankfully you brought it up was

3288
02:24:33,439 --> 02:24:35,680
the uh the phonics

3289
02:24:35,680 --> 02:24:37,280
>> you identifying phonics and the

3290
02:24:37,280 --> 02:24:42,960
struggles of literacy um with uh you're saying basically your your class

3291
02:24:42,960 --> 02:24:44,880
range, right? like you within a couple

3292
02:24:44,880 --> 02:24:49,520
years of your class. Um because we uh

3293
02:24:49,520 --> 02:24:51,359
you know just recently over the past

3294
02:24:51,359 --> 02:24:53,439
three years we've been implementing a

3295
02:24:53,439 --> 02:24:55,359
new literacy program down low from the K

3296
02:24:55,359 --> 02:24:58,240
to3 grades trying to to get back to more

3297
02:24:58,240 --> 02:25:01,280
fundamental phonics instruction and um

3298
02:25:01,280 --> 02:25:02,880
you know I'm a certified teacher and

3299
02:25:02,880 --> 02:25:06,479
special educator myself and um I've

3300
02:25:06,479 --> 02:25:07,680
worked with a number of students that

3301
02:25:07,680 --> 02:25:10,640
have literacy struggles and and um

3302
02:25:10,640 --> 02:25:12,720
possible dyslexia possibly not. it's

3303
02:25:12,720 --> 02:25:15,920
hard to determine that um but one thing

3304
02:25:15,920 --> 02:25:17,840
I found that that breaks through a lot

3305
02:25:17,840 --> 02:25:20,319
of barriers is explicit instruction in

3306
02:25:20,319 --> 02:25:23,520
phonics um showing the mechanical way to

3307
02:25:23,520 --> 02:25:26,160
break down words to decode words and

3308
02:25:26,160 --> 02:25:28,240
then that leads into root words and

3309
02:25:28,240 --> 02:25:30,640
suffixes and prefixes and and so I'm I'm

3310
02:25:30,640 --> 02:25:32,960
very glad to hear that you're aware of

3311
02:25:32,960 --> 02:25:35,040
that and and that you know it's

3312
02:25:35,040 --> 02:25:36,319
unfortunate because one of the questions

3313
02:25:36,319 --> 02:25:38,080
we had when we talked about the literacy

3314
02:25:38,080 --> 02:25:40,880
programs is what are we doing to to make

3315
02:25:40,880 --> 02:25:43,120
up for those who didn't get that

3316
02:25:43,120 --> 02:25:45,439
explicit instruction um when we were

3317
02:25:45,439 --> 02:25:48,800
still um stuck on the uh the site word

3318
02:25:48,800 --> 02:25:51,600
stuff and and whatever that other

3319
02:25:51,600 --> 02:25:55,439
Tomkins program was. Um,

3320
02:25:55,439 --> 02:25:57,840
so

3321
02:25:57,840 --> 02:25:59,439
one of the things that we were hoping

3322
02:25:59,439 --> 02:26:01,520
that the paras and there there there

3323
02:26:01,520 --> 02:26:03,120
would be some more supports on the upper

3324
02:26:03,120 --> 02:26:06,479
levels to help like reconstitute

3325
02:26:06,479 --> 02:26:08,080
what people didn't get, you know,

3326
02:26:08,080 --> 02:26:10,080
because there is a gap. There's a gap

3327
02:26:10,080 --> 02:26:12,160
generation coming through the schools

3328
02:26:12,160 --> 02:26:13,680
that are not getting the literacy

3329
02:26:13,680 --> 02:26:16,319
program that that is in place now. Um,

3330
02:26:16,319 --> 02:26:18,960
so I'd like to hear more about that over

3331
02:26:18,960 --> 02:26:21,920
time. um you know your observations and

3332
02:26:21,920 --> 02:26:24,479
interacting with your peers. Um are

3333
02:26:24,479 --> 02:26:27,120
people finding access to supports? Are

3334
02:26:27,120 --> 02:26:29,439
they aware that perhaps if they're

3335
02:26:29,439 --> 02:26:32,960
struggling with you know vocabulary um

3336
02:26:32,960 --> 02:26:35,520
context clue or you know figuring out

3337
02:26:35,520 --> 02:26:38,479
words and context and um you know just

3338
02:26:38,479 --> 02:26:40,399
being able to decode and write and

3339
02:26:40,399 --> 02:26:43,040
construct sentences. Are they being

3340
02:26:43,040 --> 02:26:46,319
offered explicit instruction support um

3341
02:26:46,319 --> 02:26:48,080
how to like structurally put together

3342
02:26:48,080 --> 02:26:50,399
sentences? how to structure put together

3343
02:26:50,399 --> 02:26:53,040
words and and and then paragraphs

3344
02:26:53,040 --> 02:26:54,800
>> or words, sentences, paragraphs, I

3345
02:26:54,800 --> 02:26:57,200
should say. Um,

3346
02:26:57,200 --> 02:26:58,720
you may not have that information now,

3347
02:26:58,720 --> 02:27:00,640
but I I think it'd be interesting to

3348
02:27:00,640 --> 02:27:02,319
kind of track that over the year to see

3349
02:27:02,319 --> 02:27:03,680
like what you're experiencing on the

3350
02:27:03,680 --> 02:27:04,880
upper levels, what your peers are

3351
02:27:04,880 --> 02:27:06,720
experiencing, what sort of supports are

3352
02:27:06,720 --> 02:27:09,120
available um to help kind of bridge that

3353
02:27:09,120 --> 02:27:10,080
gap.

3354
02:27:10,080 --> 02:27:12,960
>> Unfortunately, at our level, we are not

3355
02:27:12,960 --> 02:27:15,280
experiencing any of that. The pairs um

3356
02:27:15,280 --> 02:27:17,120
they're there to help out, but they

3357
02:27:17,120 --> 02:27:18,960
can't really help with They just help

3358
02:27:18,960 --> 02:27:21,760
with what their directive is and it's

3359
02:27:21,760 --> 02:27:23,680
mostly just the students who need help

3360
02:27:23,680 --> 02:27:26,000
getting around and some of them just

3361
02:27:26,000 --> 02:27:28,240
need help acting.

3362
02:27:28,240 --> 02:27:32,080
>> Um, and honestly at our point we're kind

3363
02:27:32,080 --> 02:27:34,399
of lost with all of that. We can't

3364
02:27:34,399 --> 02:27:36,240
there's nothing we can really do at this

3365
02:27:36,240 --> 02:27:38,800
point to help this as you said this like

3366
02:27:38,800 --> 02:27:43,760
gap. Um, so it's really unfortunate and

3367
02:27:43,760 --> 02:27:46,080
I've spoken to teachers and they are

3368
02:27:46,080 --> 02:27:48,880
very disappointed that a lot of us don't

3369
02:27:48,880 --> 02:27:51,120
have phonics and it's not it wasn't

3370
02:27:51,120 --> 02:27:53,200
being used and very good deal that it is

3371
02:27:53,200 --> 02:27:54,720
being used now. A lot of teachers will

3372
02:27:54,720 --> 02:27:55,680
be happy about that,

3373
02:27:55,680 --> 02:27:56,160
>> right?

3374
02:27:56,160 --> 02:27:57,760
>> But it doesn't do much for the people

3375
02:27:57,760 --> 02:27:59,040
that are in the upper grades now

3376
02:27:59,040 --> 02:28:00,960
unfortunately. So perhaps that's

3377
02:28:00,960 --> 02:28:02,240
something we should look into when we

3378
02:28:02,240 --> 02:28:04,560
come into the budget year

3379
02:28:04,560 --> 02:28:07,200
um and figure out a way to better

3380
02:28:07,200 --> 02:28:09,439
support our upper grades that do not get

3381
02:28:09,439 --> 02:28:11,520
the explicit instruction in phonics and

3382
02:28:11,520 --> 02:28:14,000
mechanics. So thank you.

3383
02:28:14,000 --> 02:28:15,120
>> Please keep us a breast of what's

3384
02:28:15,120 --> 02:28:17,040
happening. We'll do what we can on our

3385
02:28:17,040 --> 02:28:18,560
end.

3386
02:28:18,560 --> 02:28:20,479
>> Thanks Mike.

3387
02:28:20,479 --> 02:28:22,319
>> Thank you all for your reports and

3388
02:28:22,319 --> 02:28:24,399
sharing a little about yourself as well.

3389
02:28:24,399 --> 02:28:27,200
Um I especially appreciate you sharing

3390
02:28:27,200 --> 02:28:28,880
your personal journey through the

3391
02:28:28,880 --> 02:28:31,840
education system and I think uh the

3392
02:28:31,840 --> 02:28:33,760
special education particularly like

3393
02:28:33,760 --> 02:28:36,160
early identification is really

3394
02:28:36,160 --> 02:28:39,760
important. Um, and we do now have a

3395
02:28:39,760 --> 02:28:41,840
districtwide

3396
02:28:41,840 --> 02:28:44,880
special education committee uh with

3397
02:28:44,880 --> 02:28:47,439
board representative on that. And I

3398
02:28:47,439 --> 02:28:51,200
think um uh a very important topic to

3399
02:28:51,200 --> 02:28:54,800
have soon would be just that um how can

3400
02:28:54,800 --> 02:28:57,280
we make sure that we have the earliest

3401
02:28:57,280 --> 02:29:00,399
identification possible. Some of that u

3402
02:29:00,399 --> 02:29:03,120
comes from having new prek programs

3403
02:29:03,120 --> 02:29:05,200
actually in Morrison has going to help

3404
02:29:05,200 --> 02:29:10,319
considerably. Um but also um how we can

3405
02:29:10,319 --> 02:29:14,000
break down barriers um um to having that

3406
02:29:14,000 --> 02:29:16,880
timeline be shorter because every time

3407
02:29:16,880 --> 02:29:20,399
it happens it impacts uh that students

3408
02:29:20,399 --> 02:29:23,120
education um throughout throughout their

3409
02:29:23,120 --> 02:29:26,479
time here. Uh, and so at at times I

3410
02:29:26,479 --> 02:29:29,920
think um well I know at times that um

3411
02:29:29,920 --> 02:29:32,720
the timeline's been too long and uh and

3412
02:29:32,720 --> 02:29:35,040
so hopefully we can better serve

3413
02:29:35,040 --> 02:29:37,280
everyone. So thank you.

3414
02:29:37,280 --> 02:29:38,160
>> Thank you.

3415
02:29:38,160 --> 02:29:39,920
>> Okay. Go ahead.

3416
02:29:39,920 --> 02:29:42,160
>> Quick followup also on the tech thing.

3417
02:29:42,160 --> 02:29:45,040
Um you mentioned like the smartboard

3418
02:29:45,040 --> 02:29:46,399
shutting off and it seeming to be

3419
02:29:46,399 --> 02:29:50,399
related to the the computer. Um

3420
02:29:50,399 --> 02:29:54,560
not to oversimplify. Oh thank you. Um, I

3421
02:29:54,560 --> 02:29:56,319
don't down.

3422
02:29:56,319 --> 02:29:58,560
>> Okay. So, it may just be a matter of

3423
02:29:58,560 --> 02:30:00,319
like uh making sure that we have better

3424
02:30:00,319 --> 02:30:02,080
fidelity and integrity on our end if

3425
02:30:02,080 --> 02:30:03,280
we're training the staff to make sure

3426
02:30:03,280 --> 02:30:04,960
that they know how to adjust the sleep

3427
02:30:04,960 --> 02:30:08,160
timers on their computers. Um, so

3428
02:30:08,160 --> 02:30:09,840
exactly what I was thinking of bringing

3429
02:30:09,840 --> 02:30:11,359
up to the school because I believe

3430
02:30:11,359 --> 02:30:13,359
that's kind of just where that issue

3431
02:30:13,359 --> 02:30:14,960
stems. Of course, there's a ton of other

3432
02:30:14,960 --> 02:30:17,600
issues with the internet and computers

3433
02:30:17,600 --> 02:30:19,920
being slow throughout overall, but I'm

3434
02:30:19,920 --> 02:30:21,520
pretty sure it's just the sleep timers

3435
02:30:21,520 --> 02:30:24,000
on most of the computers. Yeah. Yes. But

3436
02:30:24,000 --> 02:30:27,840
also I know um staff computers I've

3437
02:30:27,840 --> 02:30:31,600
heard are also equally as bad as student

3438
02:30:31,600 --> 02:30:34,080
computers. And specifically in regards

3439
02:30:34,080 --> 02:30:36,399
to the Smartboards, the biggest issue

3440
02:30:36,399 --> 02:30:38,560
this year, which is probably out of all

3441
02:30:38,560 --> 02:30:40,640
of your hands, is that they no longer

3442
02:30:40,640 --> 02:30:43,920
support Google apps. And so a lot of

3443
02:30:43,920 --> 02:30:47,840
teachers are now struggling to use the

3444
02:30:47,840 --> 02:30:49,680
boards in the way that they have in the

3445
02:30:49,680 --> 02:30:53,040
past because they they can't use Google

3446
02:30:53,040 --> 02:30:55,840
Drive, Google Slides or anything else

3447
02:30:55,840 --> 02:30:56,479
that

3448
02:30:56,479 --> 02:30:58,000
>> teachers are getting ready to have

3449
02:30:58,000 --> 02:31:00,479
refresh on all their computers through a

3450
02:31:00,479 --> 02:31:02,800
Department of Defense education activity

3451
02:31:02,800 --> 02:31:04,800
supplemental fund which we get half a

3452
02:31:04,800 --> 02:31:08,080
million dollars and we're also

3453
02:31:08,080 --> 02:31:10,560
purchasing Chromebooks for kids. So

3454
02:31:10,560 --> 02:31:13,439
those are coming too. So, just know that

3455
02:31:13,439 --> 02:31:15,359
um you know, we had to get those funds

3456
02:31:15,359 --> 02:31:16,880
first before we could make the purchase,

3457
02:31:16,880 --> 02:31:19,040
but we're making the purchase now.

3458
02:31:19,040 --> 02:31:21,439
>> Dr. Nine wants to say something.

3459
02:31:21,439 --> 02:31:23,359
>> I also appreciate all the comments from

3460
02:31:23,359 --> 02:31:24,640
uh the people who came tonight,

3461
02:31:24,640 --> 02:31:26,000
including, of course, our students

3462
02:31:26,000 --> 02:31:27,920
representatives. So, thank you for that.

3463
02:31:27,920 --> 02:31:30,640
I want to make sure that um you know, I

3464
02:31:30,640 --> 02:31:33,040
address things when I hear them that are

3465
02:31:33,040 --> 02:31:38,319
um maybe not completely accurate um and

3466
02:31:38,319 --> 02:31:40,000
or or just some things that you just

3467
02:31:40,000 --> 02:31:42,399
might not be aware of. So, um, our

3468
02:31:42,399 --> 02:31:44,800
teachers recently had, especially in

3469
02:31:44,800 --> 02:31:47,359
certain departments had, um,

3470
02:31:47,359 --> 02:31:49,200
professional learning in science or

3471
02:31:49,200 --> 02:31:50,479
reading. And I'm so glad that you

3472
02:31:50,479 --> 02:31:52,000
brought that up because there is a whole

3473
02:31:52,000 --> 02:31:54,560
cohort of students, particularly of your

3474
02:31:54,560 --> 02:31:57,040
age level, that did not, you know, learn

3475
02:31:57,040 --> 02:31:59,439
phonics in the same way that our younger

3476
02:31:59,439 --> 02:32:01,120
students are currently, right, where

3477
02:32:01,120 --> 02:32:03,280
we're starting to see some improvements.

3478
02:32:03,280 --> 02:32:05,120
And I agree with you, Gavin, that you

3479
02:32:05,120 --> 02:32:06,960
know, we have a lot of work to do, a lot

3480
02:32:06,960 --> 02:32:08,479
of growing to do, but we're starting to

3481
02:32:08,479 --> 02:32:10,800
see some of those results uh based on

3482
02:32:10,800 --> 02:32:12,399
the instruction that we're doing now.

3483
02:32:12,399 --> 02:32:16,080
So, um you know, um contrary to what you

3484
02:32:16,080 --> 02:32:17,840
might have heard, we are meeting with

3485
02:32:17,840 --> 02:32:19,840
some of our teachers. And as a result of

3486
02:32:19,840 --> 02:32:21,840
those meetings, one of the things that I

3487
02:32:21,840 --> 02:32:23,600
heard loud and clear from both our

3488
02:32:23,600 --> 02:32:25,600
social studies department and the

3489
02:32:25,600 --> 02:32:27,200
English department, both at the middle

3490
02:32:27,200 --> 02:32:28,720
school and at the high school, was that

3491
02:32:28,720 --> 02:32:30,960
they wanted that training. And so they

3492
02:32:30,960 --> 02:32:33,359
were recently in the August professional

3493
02:32:33,359 --> 02:32:35,760
learning. Um both of those departments

3494
02:32:35,760 --> 02:32:38,560
received um some training initial

3495
02:32:38,560 --> 02:32:40,479
training in science of reading and I

3496
02:32:40,479 --> 02:32:43,840
believe as a followup the English

3497
02:32:43,840 --> 02:32:46,640
department it might be both but

3498
02:32:46,640 --> 02:32:48,240
definitely the English department is

3499
02:32:48,240 --> 02:32:50,479
going to do a second training. I don't

3500
02:32:50,479 --> 02:32:52,640
think it's November might be coming up

3501
02:32:52,640 --> 02:32:55,840
um in an additional one um as a followup

3502
02:32:55,840 --> 02:32:57,520
because they they told me they wanted

3503
02:32:57,520 --> 02:33:00,080
more. So we do meet with our teachers.

3504
02:33:00,080 --> 02:33:02,160
You know, it might not be exactly, you

3505
02:33:02,160 --> 02:33:03,680
know, it might be certain focus groups

3506
02:33:03,680 --> 02:33:05,520
or it might just be the leaders. It's

3507
02:33:05,520 --> 02:33:07,680
hard to meet with all of our faculty

3508
02:33:07,680 --> 02:33:11,200
members at once. Um, but we do have uh

3509
02:33:11,200 --> 02:33:13,920
committees that meet with us. We call it

3510
02:33:13,920 --> 02:33:16,800
the GTLC committee. They let me know,

3511
02:33:16,800 --> 02:33:18,640
you know, I think that this department

3512
02:33:18,640 --> 02:33:21,040
we can use this professional learning or

3513
02:33:21,040 --> 02:33:22,960
it might be I'm meeting with department

3514
02:33:22,960 --> 02:33:26,399
leaders. Um I meet with uh actually just

3515
02:33:26,399 --> 02:33:28,960
met with them last week when Mr. Brown

3516
02:33:28,960 --> 02:33:30,880
met with the department heads. Sometimes

3517
02:33:30,880 --> 02:33:33,040
I meet with them one-on-one or in small

3518
02:33:33,040 --> 02:33:36,000
groups. So there might be somebody that

3519
02:33:36,000 --> 02:33:38,000
you know gets missed during those

3520
02:33:38,000 --> 02:33:39,840
conversations but you know those

3521
02:33:39,840 --> 02:33:42,000
conversations do happen and as a result

3522
02:33:42,000 --> 02:33:44,080
of those conversations we are we do try

3523
02:33:44,080 --> 02:33:46,240
to be responsive to what the teachers

3524
02:33:46,240 --> 02:33:48,720
feel like they want and need. We also do

3525
02:33:48,720 --> 02:33:50,640
a lot of walkthroughs and the focus is

3526
02:33:50,640 --> 02:33:52,720
definitely going to be on literacy and

3527
02:33:52,720 --> 02:33:54,240
mathematics this year.

3528
02:33:54,240 --> 02:33:57,280
>> So we'll be walking through.

3529
02:33:57,280 --> 02:33:58,880
>> Quick follow up to that. So so how does

3530
02:33:58,880 --> 02:34:00,399
that translate to like the student

3531
02:34:00,399 --> 02:34:06,000
interface? Like what can they expect um

3532
02:34:06,000 --> 02:34:08,080
what sort of outreach can they expect

3533
02:34:08,080 --> 02:34:10,160
you know from teachers from support

3534
02:34:10,160 --> 02:34:11,680
>> in terms of the science of reading

3535
02:34:11,680 --> 02:34:12,160
stuff?

3536
02:34:12,160 --> 02:34:14,960
>> Yes. So we would hope that once we

3537
02:34:14,960 --> 02:34:16,399
provide them with professional learning

3538
02:34:16,399 --> 02:34:17,840
that they would be implementing some of

3539
02:34:17,840 --> 02:34:20,000
those strategies and then you know we're

3540
02:34:20,000 --> 02:34:22,160
doing the walkthroughs you know to hope

3541
02:34:22,160 --> 02:34:24,720
that we see that implementation.

3542
02:34:24,720 --> 02:34:26,399
>> Okay.

3543
02:34:26,399 --> 02:34:28,960
Um would we be able to get some get a

3544
02:34:28,960 --> 02:34:30,800
look at some of that uh what it looks

3545
02:34:30,800 --> 02:34:32,479
like for a high school level

3546
02:34:32,479 --> 02:34:33,280
intervention?

3547
02:34:33,280 --> 02:34:34,560
>> What do you want to what would you want

3548
02:34:34,560 --> 02:34:36,399
to see specifically?

3549
02:34:36,399 --> 02:34:37,600
Well, how would a how would a teacher

3550
02:34:37,600 --> 02:34:39,600
incorporate that into a lesson versus

3551
02:34:39,600 --> 02:34:41,520
like

3552
02:34:41,520 --> 02:34:43,439
manifest as like a pull out?

3553
02:34:43,439 --> 02:34:44,479
>> Yeah, I could show you any of the

3554
02:34:44,479 --> 02:34:46,080
materials for sure.

3555
02:34:46,080 --> 02:34:47,520
>> Yeah. Okay.

3556
02:34:47,520 --> 02:34:49,760
>> I would also say many of our teachers

3557
02:34:49,760 --> 02:34:52,080
are getting this significant Wilson

3558
02:34:52,080 --> 02:34:53,920
training which works with small groups

3559
02:34:53,920 --> 02:34:56,319
of kids and we've really expanded it.

3560
02:34:56,319 --> 02:34:58,479
Special ed teachers and literacy. You

3561
02:34:58,479 --> 02:35:00,160
have a couple literacy interventionists

3562
02:35:00,160 --> 02:35:02,319
at the high school. So if you're feeling

3563
02:35:02,319 --> 02:35:04,560
the need, you can certainly voice that

3564
02:35:04,560 --> 02:35:07,120
too to see if you know if you needed

3565
02:35:07,120 --> 02:35:09,600
something like that extra support.

3566
02:35:09,600 --> 02:35:12,800
>> I personally already okay with one of

3567
02:35:12,800 --> 02:35:14,560
those teachers and that's one of the

3568
02:35:14,560 --> 02:35:15,760
people that I have a lot of

3569
02:35:15,760 --> 02:35:18,960
conversations about with and she sees

3570
02:35:18,960 --> 02:35:21,359
about like the teachers warning that the

3571
02:35:21,359 --> 02:35:23,760
training that they ask for and it's good

3572
02:35:23,760 --> 02:35:25,439
that

3573
02:35:25,439 --> 02:35:27,280
>> Yeah. actually and we just signed up a

3574
02:35:27,280 --> 02:35:28,800
couple of high school teachers for

3575
02:35:28,800 --> 02:35:30,960
Wilson training. So that's interesting

3576
02:35:30,960 --> 02:35:33,120
that you just brought that up. U member

3577
02:35:33,120 --> 02:35:34,960
Mrs. McKenna just reached out to us.

3578
02:35:34,960 --> 02:35:35,840
Yeah.

3579
02:35:35,840 --> 02:35:37,040
>> Yeah. So good.

3580
02:35:37,040 --> 02:35:39,520
>> Okay, Jen. And then moving on.

3581
02:35:39,520 --> 02:35:42,319
>> Yeah, it's just an idea um for

3582
02:35:42,319 --> 02:35:46,080
administration to consider. Um I know we

3583
02:35:46,080 --> 02:35:48,720
um have resources to identify the

3584
02:35:48,720 --> 02:35:51,840
students, right? But maybe we can have

3585
02:35:51,840 --> 02:35:55,040
like a portal where students who may not

3586
02:35:55,040 --> 02:35:57,280
get identified but think they need the

3587
02:35:57,280 --> 02:36:00,160
help that they can submit their name and

3588
02:36:00,160 --> 02:36:03,439
then um obviously rather than just doing

3589
02:36:03,439 --> 02:36:06,319
the Fitch Falcon tutors um have like a

3590
02:36:06,319 --> 02:36:09,920
specialized training um with a teacher

3591
02:36:09,920 --> 02:36:12,560
and it's um it's voluntary because

3592
02:36:12,560 --> 02:36:15,520
they're the ones who requested it and at

3593
02:36:15,520 --> 02:36:17,680
least it's another option. So we have

3594
02:36:17,680 --> 02:36:20,960
the um two routes right us us as

3595
02:36:20,960 --> 02:36:22,960
administration identifying the students

3596
02:36:22,960 --> 02:36:24,960
and then students who think that aim of

3597
02:36:24,960 --> 02:36:27,920
help can selfidentify

3598
02:36:27,920 --> 02:36:31,520
um not to the full rigor of like a full

3599
02:36:31,520 --> 02:36:34,640
curriculum but like hey every every

3600
02:36:34,640 --> 02:36:37,120
Tuesday after school we'll go through

3601
02:36:37,120 --> 02:36:40,479
one type of um literacy type of sentence

3602
02:36:40,479 --> 02:36:43,439
structure um you know how to how to

3603
02:36:43,439 --> 02:36:45,760
build a story and like things that may

3604
02:36:45,760 --> 02:36:47,760
they may have missed. and then just have

3605
02:36:47,760 --> 02:36:49,520
different topics and students come at

3606
02:36:49,520 --> 02:36:50,880
their own pace.

3607
02:36:50,880 --> 02:36:56,070
>> I'm just quick

3608
02:36:56,080 --> 02:36:57,120
Jay has his hand up

3609
02:36:57,120 --> 02:36:59,840
>> alongside student

3610
02:36:59,840 --> 02:37:01,920
order has his hand up

3611
02:37:01,920 --> 02:37:05,040
>> parents as well. Thank you.

3612
02:37:05,040 --> 02:37:09,600
>> Let's not be disruptive. I'm doing good.

3613
02:37:09,600 --> 02:37:12,000
>> I could get back to you but but don't

3614
02:37:12,000 --> 02:37:18,150
but in like that Jay

3615
02:37:18,160 --> 02:37:19,600
All right. Yeah, I just want to take a

3616
02:37:19,600 --> 02:37:23,200
second. I'm not going to go on and on. I just want to say thank you to

3617
02:37:23,200 --> 02:37:24,960
the student representatives for coming

3618
02:37:24,960 --> 02:37:28,880
out and sharing um their perspectives uh

3619
02:37:28,880 --> 02:37:30,640
ever since we added this to the board.

3620
02:37:30,640 --> 02:37:33,359
It has been very helpful and tonight is

3621
02:37:33,359 --> 02:37:35,040
a good example of that. Thank you very

3622
02:37:35,040 --> 02:37:36,960
much. That's all I have to say.

3623
02:37:36,960 --> 02:37:39,680
>> Thank you, Jen. Go ahead, Ian. I was

3624
02:37:39,680 --> 02:37:41,280
going to say a parent portal alongside

3625
02:37:41,280 --> 02:37:43,359
what Jen was saying was having like you

3626
02:37:43,359 --> 02:37:45,120
know not just a student sign up but

3627
02:37:45,120 --> 02:37:47,280
where parents could could interface with

3628
02:37:47,280 --> 02:37:48,720
understand the options that are up out

3629
02:37:48,720 --> 02:37:50,479
there because while a student may not

3630
02:37:50,479 --> 02:37:52,880
selfidentify

3631
02:37:52,880 --> 02:37:55,200
consciously um a parent may recognize a

3632
02:37:55,200 --> 02:37:57,600
deficiency and why I like engage with

3633
02:37:57,600 --> 02:38:00,720
the extra support services.

3634
02:38:00,720 --> 02:38:04,240
>> Right. So, um, Superintendent Austin, I

3635
02:38:04,240 --> 02:38:06,000
guess we want you to get back to us on

3636
02:38:06,000 --> 02:38:09,840
the tech issues, the air conditioning,

3637
02:38:09,840 --> 02:38:13,510
um,

3638
02:38:13,520 --> 02:38:14,399
facilities,

3639
02:38:14,399 --> 02:38:16,800
>> restrooms.

3640
02:38:16,800 --> 02:38:19,760
Did I miss anything?

3641
02:38:19,760 --> 02:38:22,240
Right. Did I miss anything that have to

3642
02:38:22,240 --> 02:38:23,680
get back to us?

3643
02:38:23,680 --> 02:38:25,359
>> Um,

3644
02:38:25,359 --> 02:38:26,800
>> well, this goes back a little bit, but

3645
02:38:26,800 --> 02:38:28,479
the students are cut from track and

3646
02:38:28,479 --> 02:38:28,880
middle school.

3647
02:38:28,880 --> 02:38:32,560
>> Oh, yes. a cup from Jack

3648
02:38:32,560 --> 02:38:33,040
that sheet

3649
02:38:33,040 --> 02:38:35,200
>> and then obviously there's a fish.

3650
02:38:35,200 --> 02:38:37,760
>> Yeah. Yeah.

3651
02:38:37,760 --> 02:38:39,280
>> Oh, actually go ahead.

3652
02:38:39,280 --> 02:38:42,240
>> The El Paso situation.

3653
02:38:42,240 --> 02:38:44,560
Would you be able to like give a little

3654
02:38:44,560 --> 02:38:46,479
presentation on that in at a future

3655
02:38:46,479 --> 02:38:47,520
meeting sometime?

3656
02:38:47,520 --> 02:38:48,880
>> I could Yeah, I could try to gather

3657
02:38:48,880 --> 02:38:50,880
information on that and see what they

3658
02:38:50,880 --> 02:38:52,960
found from doing that for them.

3659
02:38:52,960 --> 02:38:55,040
>> Yeah. And then Yeah. So that way we can

3660
02:38:55,040 --> 02:38:57,040
kind of do more research on our own and

3661
02:38:57,040 --> 02:38:59,280
maybe look into that further. Sounds

3662
02:38:59,280 --> 02:39:01,040
like a great program.

3663
02:39:01,040 --> 02:39:03,760
>> Can you explain that? Um the El Paso

3664
02:39:03,760 --> 02:39:04,960
situation.

3665
02:39:04,960 --> 02:39:12,319
>> Um so the El Paso Independent School District

3666
02:39:12,319 --> 02:39:15,520
um they're like they have their central

3667
02:39:15,520 --> 02:39:19,920
office and other people who uh make uh

3668
02:39:19,920 --> 02:39:21,920
processes and things like in

3669
02:39:21,920 --> 02:39:25,439
implementing how students learn. They

3670
02:39:25,439 --> 02:39:27,680
have those people going into the school

3671
02:39:27,680 --> 02:39:32,000
and subbing for minimum two days out of

3672
02:39:32,000 --> 02:39:34,880
the school year at one of their schools

3673
02:39:34,880 --> 02:39:36,560
and connecting with the students and

3674
02:39:36,560 --> 02:39:39,280
teachers to see what like the teachers

3675
02:39:39,280 --> 02:39:41,520
have to go through on a daily basis and

3676
02:39:41,520 --> 02:39:43,760
talk to students and see what they may

3677
02:39:43,760 --> 02:39:47,840
want and just see how students act and

3678
02:39:47,840 --> 02:39:50,960
what happens when they when the teachers

3679
02:39:50,960 --> 02:39:52,960
are trying to teach them. See the

3680
02:39:52,960 --> 02:39:55,439
attitude. So they can like a better and

3681
02:39:55,439 --> 02:39:58,560
higher idea of what's going on in

3682
02:39:58,560 --> 02:40:00,240
schools and how they should implement

3683
02:40:00,240 --> 02:40:03,760
certain ways of learning.

3684
02:40:03,760 --> 02:40:06,560
>> All right. Thank you.

3685
02:40:06,560 --> 02:40:10,080
Uh so that's it. Thank you guys very

3686
02:40:10,080 --> 02:40:14,720
much. You did an outstanding job. Really

3687
02:40:14,720 --> 02:40:18,880
we um you made me proud anyway and I

3688
02:40:18,880 --> 02:40:21,200
learned a lot from you guys. So, thank

3689
02:40:21,200 --> 02:40:23,439
you for your honesty and your

3690
02:40:23,439 --> 02:40:25,840
willingness to hang out this long. So, I

3691
02:40:25,840 --> 02:40:27,359
really appreciate it.

3692
02:40:27,359 --> 02:40:30,870
>> Thank you.

3693
02:40:30,880 --> 02:40:33,280
» All right, then. Next. So, um, can you

3694
02:40:33,280 --> 02:40:35,520
get the information by the end of this

3695
02:40:35,520 --> 02:40:37,439
week or by the end of next week in your

3696
02:40:37,439 --> 02:40:38,240
notes?

3697
02:40:38,240 --> 02:40:38,880
>> Sure.

3698
02:40:38,880 --> 02:40:40,560
>> And if that's everything for us, I do

3699
02:40:40,560 --> 02:40:42,160
have to excuse myself.

3700
02:40:42,160 --> 02:40:42,479
>> Okay.

3701
02:40:42,479 --> 02:40:43,439
>> Thank you.

3702
02:40:43,439 --> 02:40:46,800
all again.

3703
02:40:46,800 --> 02:40:49,680
>> You as well.

3704
02:40:49,680 --> 02:40:55,990
Does anybody need a break or

3705
02:40:56,000 --> 02:41:00,000
five minute break? Okay.

3706
02:41:00,000 --> 02:41:03,200
>> For 5 minutes. Come back at 8. What's

3707
02:41:03,200 --> 02:51:32,790
that? 7:45.

3708
02:51:32,800 --> 02:51:38,150
Oh, she might think it's a mute person.

3709
02:51:38,160 --> 02:51:43,990
» You want me just

3710
02:51:44,000 --> 02:51:49,670
» ang up?

3711
02:51:49,680 --> 02:51:56,230
Dr. Okay.

3712
02:51:56,240 --> 02:51:58,800
Moving right along.

3713
02:51:58,800 --> 02:52:02,560
>> No, no, my hand is not up. I just wanted

3714
02:52:02,560 --> 02:52:04,080
to say that we're going to be here till

3715
02:52:04,080 --> 02:52:06,240
3:00 a.m. if we don't, but I think

3716
02:52:06,240 --> 02:52:08,800
you're

3717
02:52:08,800 --> 02:52:10,800
okay.

3718
02:52:10,800 --> 02:52:12,880
>> So, you'll like my next words of wisdom

3719
02:52:12,880 --> 02:52:15,600
because Beverly helped. Beverly said,

3720
02:52:15,600 --> 02:52:19,040
"The data package is chalk full. We're

3721
02:52:19,040 --> 02:52:21,040
not going to go page by page, but what

3722
02:52:21,040 --> 02:52:22,800
we really want to get to is the heart of

3723
02:52:22,800 --> 02:52:25,279
the matter. What are the successes that

3724
02:52:25,279 --> 02:52:28,160
we've seen? What are the challenges? And

3725
02:52:28,160 --> 02:52:30,080
so, we want to be very honest, just like

3726
02:52:30,080 --> 02:52:32,560
these kids have been, and tell you, you

3727
02:52:32,560 --> 02:52:34,319
know, what's working, what's not

3728
02:52:34,319 --> 02:52:35,920
working, and then what are we going to

3729
02:52:35,920 --> 02:52:37,760
do about it? So, that's what this is

3730
02:52:37,760 --> 02:52:39,520
going to be about. Short and sweet and

3731
02:52:39,520 --> 02:52:42,319
to the point. Does that sound good?

3732
02:52:42,319 --> 02:52:44,640
>> Yes. And I don't know about everybody

3733
02:52:44,640 --> 02:52:47,600
else, but I I'm seeing the Rocky board

3734
02:52:47,600 --> 02:52:51,840
schools uh public schools uh symbol on

3735
02:52:51,840 --> 02:52:53,439
my screen. I can't see the board

3736
02:52:53,439 --> 02:52:55,279
meeting.

3737
02:52:55,279 --> 02:52:57,120
>> Oh, that's probably because we're

3738
02:52:57,120 --> 02:52:58,640
getting ready to present it, but we're

3739
02:52:58,640 --> 02:53:00,000
all here.

3740
02:53:00,000 --> 02:53:02,640
>> Oh. Oh, I see. I see. Yeah. Okay.

3741
02:53:02,640 --> 02:53:03,359
>> Thank you.

3742
02:53:03,359 --> 02:53:06,399
>> And Lauren and and Marie are going to

3743
02:53:06,399 --> 02:53:08,240
get us rocking and rolling here.

3744
02:53:08,240 --> 02:53:10,240
>> Okay.

3745
02:53:10,240 --> 02:53:13,439
>> So, would you like I'm flexible in

3746
02:53:13,439 --> 02:53:17,439
whatever we decide to do. Um, do you

3747
02:53:17,439 --> 02:53:19,279
want me to move through?

3748
02:53:19,279 --> 02:53:20,720
>> Yeah, I think they

3749
02:53:20,720 --> 02:53:22,000
>> Thank you, Susan.

3750
02:53:22,000 --> 02:53:23,200
>> Okay, sorry. Board members.

3751
02:53:23,200 --> 02:53:24,640
>> Okay, board members, what do you want?

3752
02:53:24,640 --> 02:53:26,479
>> I'm okay with you moving through that

3753
02:53:26,479 --> 02:53:28,960
page and the page that said um with the

3754
02:53:28,960 --> 02:53:29,680
star.

3755
02:53:29,680 --> 02:53:30,880
>> Yep. So, those are

3756
02:53:30,880 --> 02:53:32,960
>> and then start getting to like the

3757
02:53:32,960 --> 02:53:34,800
presentation itself.

3758
02:53:34,800 --> 02:53:38,319
>> Okay. And so what you have in front of

3759
02:53:38,319 --> 02:53:41,359
you is I a couple of things. One, the

3760
02:53:41,359 --> 02:53:42,800
data that you have in front of you is

3761
02:53:42,800 --> 02:53:45,040
specific to summitive assessments. Um,

3762
02:53:45,040 --> 02:53:46,720
so you're talking about your ESPback,

3763
02:53:46,720 --> 02:53:49,840
your um, SATs. This does not include the

3764
02:53:49,840 --> 02:53:52,720
entire accountability report, um, where

3765
02:53:52,720 --> 02:53:55,279
we get into chronic absenteeism and the

3766
02:53:55,279 --> 02:53:57,520
arts and, you know, all those other

3767
02:53:57,520 --> 02:53:59,200
layers. That will be available in

3768
02:53:59,200 --> 02:54:01,040
November, which is the earliest it's

3769
02:54:01,040 --> 02:54:02,479
ever been. So, we can certainly come

3770
02:54:02,479 --> 02:54:04,319
back to the table. We will be coming

3771
02:54:04,319 --> 02:54:05,920
back to the table as we always do to

3772
02:54:05,920 --> 02:54:07,840
talk about all the pieces that make up

3773
02:54:07,840 --> 02:54:10,240
GRA public schools. So, this is specific

3774
02:54:10,240 --> 02:54:12,800
to the summit of assessments. Um, I am

3775
02:54:12,800 --> 02:54:14,560
going to move through a lot of it. you

3776
02:54:14,560 --> 02:54:17,760
have a ton of data in your packet. We

3777
02:54:17,760 --> 02:54:19,279
tried to provide you with the

3778
02:54:19,279 --> 02:54:21,200
information that you typically ask for

3779
02:54:21,200 --> 02:54:23,439
when we are reviewing summitive

3780
02:54:23,439 --> 02:54:24,800
assessments. Although we're not going to

3781
02:54:24,800 --> 02:54:26,640
focus on all of it tonight. If you have

3782
02:54:26,640 --> 02:54:29,680
questions, you can either, you know, I'm

3783
02:54:29,680 --> 02:54:31,279
not sure how we want to do this, but you

3784
02:54:31,279 --> 02:54:33,439
can put them in the FAQs that we have

3785
02:54:33,439 --> 02:54:35,359
and I can answer them in there for you.

3786
02:54:35,359 --> 02:54:36,960
I can provide you with anything that may

3787
02:54:36,960 --> 02:54:39,040
not have been included that you'd really

3788
02:54:39,040 --> 02:54:42,240
like to see. Um, so we're flexible with

3789
02:54:42,240 --> 02:54:43,600
this, but we will move through a lot of

3790
02:54:43,600 --> 02:54:44,960
the data because you have had it

3791
02:54:44,960 --> 02:54:47,359
available to you uh to review.

3792
02:54:47,359 --> 02:54:48,800
>> This is the district data. The

3793
02:54:48,800 --> 02:54:50,399
principles will be coming back with each

3794
02:54:50,399 --> 02:54:52,319
of their school data and sharing their

3795
02:54:52,319 --> 02:54:53,439
action plans.

3796
02:54:53,439 --> 02:54:55,600
>> So, this is us as a district overall.

3797
02:54:55,600 --> 02:54:57,520
And so some things I do want to keep in

3798
02:54:57,520 --> 02:55:00,160
mind um because I did hear u from our

3799
02:55:00,160 --> 02:55:01,920
student representation you know they

3800
02:55:01,920 --> 02:55:05,520
were talking about that 65% and and they

3801
02:55:05,520 --> 02:55:07,760
may have been misunderstanding what the

3802
02:55:07,760 --> 02:55:09,600
information in the data packet included

3803
02:55:09,600 --> 02:55:12,399
and so just as a reminder when we talk

3804
02:55:12,399 --> 02:55:14,560
about Connecticut metrics particularly

3805
02:55:14,560 --> 02:55:17,359
for our performance index which is how

3806
02:55:17,359 --> 02:55:19,680
we're part of that score of that larger

3807
02:55:19,680 --> 02:55:22,319
accountability index that we get um

3808
02:55:22,319 --> 02:55:24,319
which will come out in November. We have

3809
02:55:24,319 --> 02:55:26,399
our performance index and this is used

3810
02:55:26,399 --> 02:55:28,240
by the Connecticut State Department of

3811
02:55:28,240 --> 02:55:30,880
Education. It is not a percentage. It's

3812
02:55:30,880 --> 02:55:32,800
really looking at our overall

3813
02:55:32,800 --> 02:55:34,880
performance as a district in a

3814
02:55:34,880 --> 02:55:37,840
particular subject area. So, ELA, math,

3815
02:55:37,840 --> 02:55:41,680
science um and it's based on the scale

3816
02:55:41,680 --> 02:55:43,680
scores and it's an average of those

3817
02:55:43,680 --> 02:55:47,439
scale scores with the target being 75 um

3818
02:55:47,439 --> 02:55:51,040
by 2030. Okay. by all school districts,

3819
02:55:51,040 --> 02:55:53,680
not just Graten uh public schools. And

3820
02:55:53,680 --> 02:55:55,439
that target of 75, I think it is

3821
02:55:55,439 --> 02:55:57,439
important to note that when we talk

3822
02:55:57,439 --> 02:56:01,279
about that target, that 75 is a solid

3823
02:56:01,279 --> 02:56:05,040
proficient level three um number. That's

3824
02:56:05,040 --> 02:56:06,800
where that number comes from. So it's

3825
02:56:06,800 --> 02:56:11,359
not like 75% of 100 or 110. No, 75 is

3826
02:56:11,359 --> 02:56:13,520
that scale score using the calculations

3827
02:56:13,520 --> 02:56:16,399
that they come up with that reflects a a

3828
02:56:16,399 --> 02:56:19,040
solid level three meaning proficient

3829
02:56:19,040 --> 02:56:22,399
student average score. Okay. Um

3830
02:56:22,399 --> 02:56:23,760
benchmark. So you'll see the word

3831
02:56:23,760 --> 02:56:24,960
benchmark used throughout the

3832
02:56:24,960 --> 02:56:27,279
presentation um you know in your data

3833
02:56:27,279 --> 02:56:28,960
packet and that is different than a

3834
02:56:28,960 --> 02:56:30,479
performance index. So when we talk about

3835
02:56:30,479 --> 02:56:32,319
the performance index and it's indicated

3836
02:56:32,319 --> 02:56:34,000
on each of those page what we're looking

3837
02:56:34,000 --> 02:56:37,520
at the performance index is a target of

3838
02:56:37,520 --> 02:56:43,200
75 and it's um a of uh points around the

3839
02:56:43,200 --> 02:56:46,000
scale score. When we refer to benchmark,

3840
02:56:46,000 --> 02:56:47,680
what we're talking is about is a

3841
02:56:47,680 --> 02:56:50,000
standard checkpoint per grade level. So,

3842
02:56:50,000 --> 02:56:51,520
every grade level has a specific

3843
02:56:51,520 --> 02:56:53,439
checkpoint that they're supposed to get

3844
02:56:53,439 --> 02:56:56,479
to. Okay. Um and then those performance

3845
02:56:56,479 --> 02:56:59,520
bands is really more of like how they're

3846
02:56:59,520 --> 02:57:01,600
tiered. They're like like performance

3847
02:57:01,600 --> 02:57:04,080
tiers, right? So a certain scale score

3848
02:57:04,080 --> 02:57:06,880
puts you in a tier that is reflective of

3849
02:57:06,880 --> 02:57:08,960
not meeting benchmark, not meeting the

3850
02:57:08,960 --> 02:57:12,160
grade level standard versus a met where

3851
02:57:12,160 --> 02:57:14,160
you did meet or exceeds you're working

3852
02:57:14,160 --> 02:57:16,560
above that grade level standard. So I

3853
02:57:16,560 --> 02:57:18,640
just wanted to remind you of these um

3854
02:57:18,640 --> 02:57:20,640
metrics that are used throughout you

3855
02:57:20,640 --> 02:57:23,218
know the data that's presented. And so

3856
02:57:23,218 --> 02:57:25,120
[snorts] you have all of this. Would you

3857
02:57:25,120 --> 02:57:27,040
like me to go through these few slides

3858
02:57:27,040 --> 02:57:28,640
with the data or do you want me to skip

3859
02:57:28,640 --> 02:57:31,279
right over to the action step?

3860
02:57:31,279 --> 02:57:32,960
What would you like, Mitch?

3861
02:57:32,960 --> 02:57:34,160
>> Skip over to the action.

3862
02:57:34,160 --> 02:57:36,399
step. Is that

3863
02:57:36,399 --> 02:57:38,800
>> But this 65 is not a percent.

3864
02:57:38,800 --> 02:57:41,279
>> But this in this case points away from

3865
02:57:41,279 --> 02:57:42,000
the target.

3866
02:57:42,000 --> 02:57:45,040
>> Yes. So, and this is just over time. Um,

3867
02:57:45,040 --> 02:57:47,760
you know, if the goal is 75

3868
02:57:47,760 --> 02:57:48,560
>> aging.

3869
02:57:48,560 --> 02:57:50,800
>> Yeah. I I would just like to hit a

3870
02:57:50,800 --> 02:57:54,240
couple of the um of the high points um

3871
02:57:54,240 --> 02:57:56,720
just like maybe the benchmarks like

3872
02:57:56,720 --> 02:57:58,319
because I think those are like pretty

3873
02:57:58,319 --> 02:58:00,000
easy numbers to see like where we were

3874
02:58:00,000 --> 02:58:01,760
last year where we are this year for

3875
02:58:01,760 --> 02:58:03,439
like ELA math science. So maybe just

3876
02:58:03,439 --> 02:58:05,920
some highlights rather than skipping all

3877
02:58:05,920 --> 02:58:10,560
>> sure can. So again this is our trend we are we've increased our performance

3878
02:58:10,560 --> 02:58:13,680
index from last year in language arts.

3879
02:58:13,680 --> 02:58:19,200
Um so you can see that um

3880
02:58:19,200 --> 02:58:20,960
this is our performance index and I know

3881
02:58:20,960 --> 02:58:22,640
you guys have included this before so

3882
02:58:22,640 --> 02:58:25,520
we'll just speak to it quickly. Um you

3883
02:58:25,520 --> 02:58:28,720
know we have increased compared to last

3884
02:58:28,720 --> 02:58:32,479
year we have um we've increased our

3885
02:58:32,479 --> 02:58:34,399
performance index in relation to the

3886
02:58:34,399 --> 02:58:38,000
state. Um, and this is for our DUR,

3887
02:58:38,000 --> 02:58:39,760
which is really like those reference

3888
02:58:39,760 --> 02:58:43,279
groups that are most like us in terms of

3889
02:58:43,279 --> 02:58:45,920
um

3890
02:58:45,920 --> 02:58:48,960
like our socioeconomic status, size, all

3891
02:58:48,960 --> 02:58:52,560
of that of our community.

3892
02:58:52,560 --> 02:58:54,880
Um, here's our alliance district. Same

3893
02:58:54,880 --> 02:58:58,319
thing. This is ELA where we perform in

3894
02:58:58,319 --> 02:59:00,880
relation to the other alliance districts

3895
02:59:00,880 --> 02:59:02,640
within the state. The only ones that are

3896
02:59:02,640 --> 02:59:04,319
not included in the alliance districts

3897
02:59:04,319 --> 02:59:06,240
here were those really those outliers

3898
02:59:06,240 --> 02:59:08,960
that we really are not comparable to. Um

3899
02:59:08,960 --> 02:59:11,120
so those big cities, so you know, New

3900
02:59:11,120 --> 02:59:13,920
Haven, Waterberry, uh Hartford, those

3901
02:59:13,920 --> 02:59:15,600
were removed, although they are still

3902
02:59:15,600 --> 02:59:17,279
part of what we would call the alliance

3903
02:59:17,279 --> 02:59:19,040
district.

3904
02:59:19,040 --> 02:59:20,880
Um

3905
02:59:20,880 --> 02:59:22,800
we also included the region for you

3906
02:59:22,800 --> 02:59:26,160
because we do know that is um you know

3907
02:59:26,160 --> 02:59:27,680
of interest to you. So who are those

3908
02:59:27,680 --> 02:59:30,399
surrounding districts to us? What

3909
02:59:30,399 --> 02:59:33,840
happened to East Line?

3910
02:59:33,840 --> 02:59:36,479
>> Uh, I don't think I've ever included

3911
02:59:36,479 --> 02:59:38,800
East Line, but I can. Did I include East

3912
02:59:38,800 --> 02:59:40,880
Line last year? I don't think I did.

3913
02:59:40,880 --> 02:59:42,960
>> This is the first time though we've been

3914
02:59:42,960 --> 02:59:45,359
ahead of Ledger and Montville, so that

3915
02:59:45,359 --> 02:59:47,439
is seeing some success. We didn't have

3916
02:59:47,439 --> 02:59:49,520
the same success in math, but I'm very

3917
02:59:49,520 --> 02:59:52,560
confident with our K8 initiative now in

3918
02:59:52,560 --> 02:59:58,479
ELA and K8 in math that we'll see some moves there, too.

3919
02:59:58,479 --> 03:00:01,279
So in terms of of where we are uh with

3920
03:00:01,279 --> 03:00:03,760
our ELA performance index in relation to

3921
03:00:03,760 --> 03:00:06,000
the region. So last year we were behind

3922
03:00:06,000 --> 03:00:07,760
the state, we were behind Montville and

3923
03:00:07,760 --> 03:00:10,640
we were behind Ledger. Um we were behind

3924
03:00:10,640 --> 03:00:13,520
Montville by 1.1 points and we were

3925
03:00:13,520 --> 03:00:15,840
behind Ledger by 2.2. So you could see

3926
03:00:15,840 --> 03:00:19,840
that we've now um really moved ahead in

3927
03:00:19,840 --> 03:00:22,479
terms of our performance in relation to

3928
03:00:22,479 --> 03:00:25,670
them.

3929
03:00:25,680 --> 03:00:28,080
So this is our benchmark assessments and

3930
03:00:28,080 --> 03:00:30,640
this is it maybe let me orient you to

3931
03:00:30,640 --> 03:00:32,479
this and then you can always look

3932
03:00:32,479 --> 03:00:34,080
through it more with a little more now

3933
03:00:34,080 --> 03:00:37,040
that you'll have some context to it. Um

3934
03:00:37,040 --> 03:00:40,000
this shows our smarter balance

3935
03:00:40,000 --> 03:00:43,439
assessments and our um SAT assessments

3936
03:00:43,439 --> 03:00:45,680
for ELA. Okay. When we're looking at

3937
03:00:45,680 --> 03:00:47,200
this, we're now talking about our

3938
03:00:47,200 --> 03:00:49,840
benchmark, right? So that is how are our

3939
03:00:49,840 --> 03:00:52,960
kids performing in relation um to those

3940
03:00:52,960 --> 03:00:54,960
tiers, right? who is at and above

3941
03:00:54,960 --> 03:00:58,160
benchmark. That's what this reflects.

3942
03:00:58,160 --> 03:01:00,240
You always are interested in grade

3943
03:01:00,240 --> 03:01:01,760
level. So, we wanted to provide you with

3944
03:01:01,760 --> 03:01:03,760
that. But this also provides you with a

3945
03:01:03,760 --> 03:01:05,520
cohort look. So, if you look at the

3946
03:01:05,520 --> 03:01:07,680
different shades of color, so as an

3947
03:01:07,680 --> 03:01:11,040
example, grade three and 2024, if you

3948
03:01:11,040 --> 03:01:13,439
follow that same blue color down to

3949
03:01:13,439 --> 03:01:17,120
2025, grade four, that's the same rough

3950
03:01:17,120 --> 03:01:19,279
cohort. They're not exactly all the same

3951
03:01:19,279 --> 03:01:21,840
students, but it's a rough cohort of of

3952
03:01:21,840 --> 03:01:24,479
kids. So that you have two looks at it.

3953
03:01:24,479 --> 03:01:28,880
One grade over time which goes across

3954
03:01:28,880 --> 03:01:32,319
okay and a um horizontal line and then

3955
03:01:32,319 --> 03:01:35,040
you have your cohort. So you can see

3956
03:01:35,040 --> 03:01:38,880
that um the two cohorts that did not

3957
03:01:38,880 --> 03:01:41,120
make the progress we would have liked

3958
03:01:41,120 --> 03:01:44,160
from year over year from grade level to

3959
03:01:44,160 --> 03:01:46,000
grade level is grade four and grade

3960
03:01:46,000 --> 03:01:48,800
five. If you look down at grade eight,

3961
03:01:48,800 --> 03:01:51,520
however, you can see that from last year

3962
03:01:51,520 --> 03:01:53,279
to this year, the grade eight last year

3963
03:01:53,279 --> 03:01:54,960
to grade eight this year, there was a

3964
03:01:54,960 --> 03:01:57,840
10% increase in their um in the number

3965
03:01:57,840 --> 03:02:00,720
of students be who met or exceeded that

3966
03:02:00,720 --> 03:02:01,760
benchmark.

3967
03:02:01,760 --> 03:02:04,319
>> And also um from seventh grade to 8th

3968
03:02:04,319 --> 03:02:05,439
grade, it looks like too.

3969
03:02:05,439 --> 03:02:07,680
>> Yeah. And so if you look at so the two

3970
03:02:07,680 --> 03:02:09,920
grades worth highlighting here are grade

3971
03:02:09,920 --> 03:02:13,040
four and grade seven, the cohort. Okay.

3972
03:02:13,040 --> 03:02:14,720
So again, we're talking about those

3973
03:02:14,720 --> 03:02:16,240
colors. All right. All right. So, if you

3974
03:02:16,240 --> 03:02:19,920
look at the grade four cohort from 25

3975
03:02:19,920 --> 03:02:24,479
um from 25,

3976
03:02:24,479 --> 03:02:26,640
no, I'm sorry. The grade four cohort

3977
03:02:26,640 --> 03:02:32,080
from grade three, right, that blue in 24

3978
03:02:32,080 --> 03:02:36,479
to 25 and then 25 to 26. You could see

3979
03:02:36,479 --> 03:02:39,520
that the grade three that moved up to

3980
03:02:39,520 --> 03:02:42,640
grade four last year there was almost um

3981
03:02:42,640 --> 03:02:45,760
you know a 7% was just under 6%

3982
03:02:45,760 --> 03:02:48,720
increase. Same thing with grade seven.

3983
03:02:48,720 --> 03:02:51,680
So grade six in 2025 moving to grade

3984
03:02:51,680 --> 03:02:53,600
seven you could see there's an eight and

3985
03:02:53,600 --> 03:02:56,399
uh over an 8 and a half% increase in

3986
03:02:56,399 --> 03:02:57,920
that particular cohort

3987
03:02:57,920 --> 03:02:59,600
>> and that seems to be a trend

3988
03:02:59,600 --> 03:03:02,399
>> and it it is it is a trend between those

3989
03:03:02,399 --> 03:03:04,560
two grades.

3990
03:03:04,560 --> 03:03:06,880
Okay, Jane and Mitch.

3991
03:03:06,880 --> 03:03:08,479
>> Um,

3992
03:03:08,479 --> 03:03:10,240
so I'm just looking at the colors,

3993
03:03:10,240 --> 03:03:14,880
right? So, um, if the colors continue,

3994
03:03:14,880 --> 03:03:19,359
so like 2024 and 52.6,

3995
03:03:19,359 --> 03:03:22,319
then those same group of students or

3996
03:03:22,319 --> 03:03:24,640
roughly the same group of students went

3997
03:03:24,640 --> 03:03:26,880
to 544.

3998
03:03:26,880 --> 03:03:29,840
Um, I believe that's when we started

3999
03:03:29,840 --> 03:03:31,920
introducing

4000
03:03:31,920 --> 03:03:34,880
the tourism. So, like hopefully in the

4001
03:03:34,880 --> 03:03:39,040
following years, like the the next grade

4002
03:03:39,040 --> 03:03:41,680
level, like hopefully they're going to

4003
03:03:41,680 --> 03:03:44,880
continue to stay at that level or

4004
03:03:44,880 --> 03:03:48,560
higher. It looks like 25, they're at 42.

4005
03:03:48,560 --> 03:03:51,120
Um, for third grade,

4006
03:03:51,120 --> 03:03:55,359
>> it's 20 and then back to 48. But if we

4007
03:03:55,359 --> 03:03:59,600
can see that it's the the latest

4008
03:03:59,600 --> 03:04:03,279
cohorts, right, are starting at a higher

4009
03:04:03,279 --> 03:04:05,359
rate than where they were like three

4010
03:04:05,359 --> 03:04:08,560
years ago. So looking at that same grade

4011
03:04:08,560 --> 03:04:12,000
level in 2024,

4012
03:04:12,000 --> 03:04:14,319
um like the seventh graders were in

4013
03:04:14,319 --> 03:04:16,800
their 40s, 40s, 60s, that might be an

4014
03:04:16,800 --> 03:04:20,080
anomaly, and then 51 and then 52. And

4015
03:04:20,080 --> 03:04:22,240
then if we continue, it looks like it's

4016
03:04:22,240 --> 03:04:24,399
just increasing. If you're

4017
03:04:24,399 --> 03:04:27,760
down, going back up, trending to like

4018
03:04:27,760 --> 03:04:29,439
where we are and trying to make that

4019
03:04:29,439 --> 03:04:33,750
impact at the younger years.

4020
03:04:33,760 --> 03:04:36,240
» Is that a fair statement, Lauren?

4021
03:04:36,240 --> 03:04:38,800
>> I'm not sure.

4022
03:04:38,800 --> 03:04:41,359
I I was following what you

4023
03:04:41,359 --> 03:04:44,000
were saying. You lost me. So, you saying

4024
03:04:44,000 --> 03:04:46,800
like in 24 2024?

4025
03:04:46,800 --> 03:04:47,200
>> Yep.

4026
03:04:47,200 --> 03:04:49,680
>> For grade three. And then that's the

4027
03:04:49,680 --> 03:04:53,439
grade four and 25 and the grade

4028
03:04:53,439 --> 03:04:55,600
>> five and 26. Right.

4029
03:04:55,600 --> 03:04:56,160
>> Yes.

4030
03:04:56,160 --> 03:04:59,439
>> But that level that grade level

4031
03:04:59,439 --> 03:05:03,040
>> is basically higher than like if you

4032
03:05:03,040 --> 03:05:06,560
look at the 23 the green levels, right?

4033
03:05:06,560 --> 03:05:09,200
The same comparable for the most part,

4034
03:05:09,200 --> 03:05:14,080
right? So 52.6 is higher than the 50.2.

4035
03:05:14,080 --> 03:05:17,439
Yeah. And then the 54.4 4 is higher than

4036
03:05:17,439 --> 03:05:19,359
the 51.9

4037
03:05:19,359 --> 03:05:21,359
and the 54

4038
03:05:21,359 --> 03:05:24,800
um is not but it's within the plus or

4039
03:05:24,800 --> 03:05:26,800
minus range of five

4040
03:05:26,800 --> 03:05:29,120
>> what I or somewhere around there. Yeah.

4041
03:05:29,120 --> 03:05:32,080
Four. It's like yeah it's within five.

4042
03:05:32,080 --> 03:05:34,560
Okay. So, you're and if I'm reading this

4043
03:05:34,560 --> 03:05:38,240
right, like we can

4044
03:05:38,240 --> 03:05:40,080
um I don't know if those kids are just

4045
03:05:40,080 --> 03:05:41,920
smarter, but it looks like we're

4046
03:05:41,920 --> 03:05:44,800
starting a trend where the newest third

4047
03:05:44,800 --> 03:05:48,640
graders are um going to start scoring

4048
03:05:48,640 --> 03:05:51,200
higher and who knows if it's attributed

4049
03:05:51,200 --> 03:05:53,680
to some of the stuff that we've started

4050
03:05:53,680 --> 03:05:54,800
implementing.

4051
03:05:54,800 --> 03:05:56,640
>> Oh, I see what you're saying. Yes,

4052
03:05:56,640 --> 03:05:59,200
ideally. So, I think what you're saying,

4053
03:05:59,200 --> 03:06:00,800
and correct me if I'm wrong, is that

4054
03:06:00,800 --> 03:06:03,040
each year that grade level three is

4055
03:06:03,040 --> 03:06:05,840
going to start with a greater percentage

4056
03:06:05,840 --> 03:06:08,479
of students already meeting benchmarks.

4057
03:06:08,479 --> 03:06:10,240
So, we're doing less catching up.

4058
03:06:10,240 --> 03:06:10,800
>> Yes.

4059
03:06:10,800 --> 03:06:13,200
>> And then especially with our prek, I'd

4060
03:06:13,200 --> 03:06:15,040
like to see this, you know, like two to

4061
03:06:15,040 --> 03:06:17,040
three year, no, wait,

4062
03:06:17,040 --> 03:06:20,479
>> um, four years, right? Um, five because

4063
03:06:20,479 --> 03:06:22,319
there's kindergarten in there. In five

4064
03:06:22,319 --> 03:06:25,359
years, hopefully this number is not

4065
03:06:25,359 --> 03:06:27,760
still sitting in the But maybe in the

4066
03:06:27,760 --> 03:06:30,560
60s or 70s like if we really push

4067
03:06:30,560 --> 03:06:31,200
ourselves.

4068
03:06:31,200 --> 03:06:32,000
>> Yeah.

4069
03:06:32,000 --> 03:06:34,720
>> And I was curious about the prek. Now

4070
03:06:34,720 --> 03:06:37,760
granted I was curious about students who

4071
03:06:37,760 --> 03:06:40,640
had attended prek in our in our district

4072
03:06:40,640 --> 03:06:42,080
only. So that doesn't include anywhere

4073
03:06:42,080 --> 03:06:44,560
else but who were with us in Grton for

4074
03:06:44,560 --> 03:06:47,040
prek. now granted again it was half day

4075
03:06:47,040 --> 03:06:49,760
program at the time but it back in 2022

4076
03:06:49,760 --> 03:06:51,520
which would make that our current grade

4077
03:06:51,520 --> 03:06:53,359
three cohort

4078
03:06:53,359 --> 03:06:57,680
>> and of the students that um attended

4079
03:06:57,680 --> 03:07:01,200
um prek with us 50% of them met or

4080
03:07:01,200 --> 03:07:03,439
exceeded benchmark

4081
03:07:03,439 --> 03:07:07,200
uh 58% of the students that do not have

4082
03:07:07,200 --> 03:07:09,680
IEPs were already meeting an exceeding

4083
03:07:09,680 --> 03:07:11,359
benchmark and I was just curious because

4084
03:07:11,359 --> 03:07:13,359
I want a starting place for us so that

4085
03:07:13,359 --> 03:07:15,760
we can really track like how is that

4086
03:07:15,760 --> 03:07:18,000
performance with our prek students

4087
03:07:18,000 --> 03:07:20,080
versus the not the students who were not

4088
03:07:20,080 --> 03:07:22,160
with us for prek? How are how is our

4089
03:07:22,160 --> 03:07:24,560
performance comparing? Right. So I was

4090
03:07:24,560 --> 03:07:26,000
able to come up with that benchmark

4091
03:07:26,000 --> 03:07:27,680
there just so that we have it to track

4092
03:07:27,680 --> 03:07:28,800
and monitor.

4093
03:07:28,800 --> 03:07:29,120
>> Yes.

4094
03:07:29,120 --> 03:07:30,399
>> Yeah.

4095
03:07:30,399 --> 03:07:33,200
>> Thank you.

4096
03:07:33,200 --> 03:07:35,200
>> Um what I want to find out is has the

4097
03:07:35,200 --> 03:07:39,439
benchmark moved over this time frame for

4098
03:07:39,439 --> 03:07:40,640
this table?

4099
03:07:40,640 --> 03:07:42,080
>> No.

4100
03:07:42,080 --> 03:07:45,279
>> Meaning wait meaning what? Let me

4101
03:07:45,279 --> 03:07:47,120
>> So our grade three students that

4102
03:07:47,120 --> 03:07:50,080
benchmark that specific scale score that

4103
03:07:50,080 --> 03:07:52,479
qualifies them as proficient or not. No,

4104
03:07:52,479 --> 03:07:54,880
that scale score has not changed.

4105
03:07:54,880 --> 03:07:55,760
>> That's what I want.

4106
03:07:55,760 --> 03:07:57,520
>> However, when they get to grade four,

4107
03:07:57,520 --> 03:07:59,439
that scale score moves up, right?

4108
03:07:59,439 --> 03:08:00,560
Because it shifts.

4109
03:08:00,560 --> 03:08:03,840
>> Yeah, but it it hasn't has in grade four

4110
03:08:03,840 --> 03:08:06,640
or grade three or any of the grades

4111
03:08:06,640 --> 03:08:07,200
>> shifted.

4112
03:08:07,200 --> 03:08:09,600
Okay, that's what I'm doing.

4113
03:08:09,600 --> 03:08:13,110
>> Y

4114
03:08:13,120 --> 03:08:15,840
» Okay, this is an important piece and I

4115
03:08:15,840 --> 03:08:17,439
just wanted you to have this information

4116
03:08:17,439 --> 03:08:19,520
as well because we we have talked about

4117
03:08:19,520 --> 03:08:21,439
over the years growth. So, it was just

4118
03:08:21,439 --> 03:08:23,200
really a reminder of what we're talking

4119
03:08:23,200 --> 03:08:25,520
about when we talk about benchmark

4120
03:08:25,520 --> 03:08:27,279
versus growth. Right? So, when we're

4121
03:08:27,279 --> 03:08:28,720
talking about benchmark, it's did

4122
03:08:28,720 --> 03:08:31,120
students make it to a specific point,

4123
03:08:31,120 --> 03:08:33,600
right? when we're talking about

4124
03:08:33,600 --> 03:08:37,520
according to all the the kids in their group, right? At their grade

4125
03:08:37,520 --> 03:08:39,359
level, did they make it to one spot,

4126
03:08:39,359 --> 03:08:41,520
right? Growth is different because it's

4127
03:08:41,520 --> 03:08:47,359
looking at individual students and that can change. When we talk about

4128
03:08:47,359 --> 03:08:48,720
growth there, we're talking about a

4129
03:08:48,720 --> 03:08:50,399
change in achievement with that one

4130
03:08:50,399 --> 03:08:52,240
particular student over more than one

4131
03:08:52,240 --> 03:08:54,800
data point. When we talk about targets,

4132
03:08:54,800 --> 03:08:57,279
it's that growth like what are we

4133
03:08:57,279 --> 03:08:59,040
expecting them to gain? So based on

4134
03:08:59,040 --> 03:09:01,040
where they are this year, where are we

4135
03:09:01,040 --> 03:09:02,880
expecting them to get to for next year?

4136
03:09:02,880 --> 03:09:05,359
That's that's their goal. That's their

4137
03:09:05,359 --> 03:09:07,920
growth target. Their growth rate is did

4138
03:09:07,920 --> 03:09:10,720
they make it? Yes or no. That's that's

4139
03:09:10,720 --> 03:09:12,640
the best way that I like to remember it.

4140
03:09:12,640 --> 03:09:14,080
That growth rate is a yes or no

4141
03:09:14,080 --> 03:09:15,520
question. You either hit your target or

4142
03:09:15,520 --> 03:09:18,000
you didn't. And then the average is how

4143
03:09:18,000 --> 03:09:19,760
close did we get to getting our target?

4144
03:09:19,760 --> 03:09:22,160
And that's encompasses all students and

4145
03:09:22,160 --> 03:09:23,760
all their growth targets and how close

4146
03:09:23,760 --> 03:09:26,880
they got. So there's a lot of like

4147
03:09:26,880 --> 03:09:28,560
information to know as you're looking

4148
03:09:28,560 --> 03:09:30,000
through this. So I just wanted to

4149
03:09:30,000 --> 03:09:32,800
clarify that for you. I do think this is

4150
03:09:32,800 --> 03:09:34,560
important to share because this really

4151
03:09:34,560 --> 03:09:36,880
comes into the work that we we're moving

4152
03:09:36,880 --> 03:09:40,080
towards and what we've recognized as an

4153
03:09:40,080 --> 03:09:42,880
area that really needs more focus to

4154
03:09:42,880 --> 03:09:45,359
move kids along. Um so these these are

4155
03:09:45,359 --> 03:09:48,800
our growth rate comparisons for ELA um

4156
03:09:48,800 --> 03:09:50,880
between last year and this year. And so

4157
03:09:50,880 --> 03:09:52,560
when we again when we talk about that

4158
03:09:52,560 --> 03:09:55,200
growth rate, we are talking about yes or

4159
03:09:55,200 --> 03:09:57,840
no. Did they make make their target or

4160
03:09:57,840 --> 03:10:01,520
not? Um and so when we look at last

4161
03:10:01,520 --> 03:10:03,760
year, you can see that grades six,

4162
03:10:03,760 --> 03:10:06,080
seven, and eight did a great job making

4163
03:10:06,080 --> 03:10:08,479
some increases, right, of kids that are

4164
03:10:08,479 --> 03:10:10,720
making their growth target, that are

4165
03:10:10,720 --> 03:10:12,399
hitting that target, which is what we

4166
03:10:12,399 --> 03:10:13,920
want because that's keeping them on

4167
03:10:13,920 --> 03:10:16,800
grade level or above grade level or

4168
03:10:16,800 --> 03:10:18,720
getting closer to grade level. That's

4169
03:10:18,720 --> 03:10:20,479
the purpose of that target and that's

4170
03:10:20,479 --> 03:10:22,240
why it's important. So, we've made some

4171
03:10:22,240 --> 03:10:24,880
gains there, but we really have not seen

4172
03:10:24,880 --> 03:10:27,439
that same gain from last year to this

4173
03:10:27,439 --> 03:10:30,319
year with that fourth and fifth grade um

4174
03:10:30,319 --> 03:10:31,840
group.

4175
03:10:31,840 --> 03:10:34,800
Um the percentage of target achieved

4176
03:10:34,800 --> 03:10:37,680
again, you can see that like they're

4177
03:10:37,680 --> 03:10:40,479
we're right around that 65%. The six,

4178
03:10:40,479 --> 03:10:42,880
seven, and eight really had a nice jump

4179
03:10:42,880 --> 03:10:44,800
in how close they're even getting to

4180
03:10:44,800 --> 03:10:47,600
that growth target. some interesting

4181
03:10:47,600 --> 03:10:49,840
points that I wanted to share with you.

4182
03:10:49,840 --> 03:10:52,399
Um, special education,

4183
03:10:52,399 --> 03:10:55,040
there was a 5% increase in that target

4184
03:10:55,040 --> 03:10:57,200
achieved from last year among that

4185
03:10:57,200 --> 03:11:00,720
group. Um, high needs overall, there was

4186
03:11:00,720 --> 03:11:03,520
a 6% increase in how in their target

4187
03:11:03,520 --> 03:11:06,240
achieved. So, how close they got. And

4188
03:11:06,240 --> 03:11:09,600
then the group that that seemed to hit

4189
03:11:09,600 --> 03:11:11,279
had the largest number of students

4190
03:11:11,279 --> 03:11:13,840
hitting their actual target were our

4191
03:11:13,840 --> 03:11:15,920
what we call our that level four that

4192
03:11:15,920 --> 03:11:18,240
exceeded but those high level fours

4193
03:11:18,240 --> 03:11:20,399
which was really interesting because

4194
03:11:20,399 --> 03:11:23,439
>> those are typically the the the kiddos

4195
03:11:23,439 --> 03:11:26,960
that it's so hard to to hit that target.

4196
03:11:26,960 --> 03:11:29,040
>> So it was interesting to tease that out

4197
03:11:29,040 --> 03:11:31,040
and see that. So it's just right it

4198
03:11:31,040 --> 03:11:33,760
starts putting questions and seeds in

4199
03:11:33,760 --> 03:11:35,359
our mind that we need to be thinking

4200
03:11:35,359 --> 03:11:38,560
about as we as we provide professional

4201
03:11:38,560 --> 03:11:40,240
development and we create our action

4202
03:11:40,240 --> 03:11:42,000
plan. So I did want to share that with

4203
03:11:42,000 --> 03:11:45,040
you. Um

4204
03:11:45,040 --> 03:11:46,960
although we've made some good increases

4205
03:11:46,960 --> 03:11:48,880
and we actually made great increases

4206
03:11:48,880 --> 03:11:50,560
compared to the state. The state

4207
03:11:50,560 --> 03:11:52,399
actually saw a decrease in their growth

4208
03:11:52,399 --> 03:11:54,880
targets. We're still below that that

4209
03:11:54,880 --> 03:11:59,990
state level for growth targets.

4210
03:12:00,000 --> 03:12:02,000
your math performance index. Again, this

4211
03:12:02,000 --> 03:12:03,600
is your trend which you have available

4212
03:12:03,600 --> 03:12:07,359
to you. Um, and if I'm moving too slow

4213
03:12:07,359 --> 03:12:09,439
or fast or you have questions, please

4214
03:12:09,439 --> 03:12:11,760
stop me. Um, I'm just trying to move

4215
03:12:11,760 --> 03:12:14,640
through what you have.

4216
03:12:14,640 --> 03:12:18,800
Um, again, um, we have our DUR. We are

4217
03:12:18,800 --> 03:12:22,640
not quite where the state is at and, um,

4218
03:12:22,640 --> 03:12:26,560
we're behind Vernon. Um but our movement

4219
03:12:26,560 --> 03:12:29,120
in comparison to the state in ver Vernon

4220
03:12:29,120 --> 03:12:31,040
we we're sort of stagnant like we

4221
03:12:31,040 --> 03:12:32,720
haven't made any closer gains where we

4222
03:12:32,720 --> 03:12:36,800
have have an ELA. So um so this is a

4223
03:12:36,800 --> 03:12:39,439
focus area for us as well. Same thing

4224
03:12:39,439 --> 03:12:41,920
with the alliance districts. Okay. Again

4225
03:12:41,920 --> 03:12:43,600
this is this is really more of an

4226
03:12:43,600 --> 03:12:46,000
applesto apples sort of comparison when

4227
03:12:46,000 --> 03:12:47,600
we're looking at how we perform in

4228
03:12:47,600 --> 03:12:50,319
comparison to other districts.

4229
03:12:50,319 --> 03:12:54,240
And here is in relation to our region.

4230
03:12:54,240 --> 03:12:58,790
um

4231
03:12:58,800 --> 03:13:01,359
which we're inching closer to the state

4232
03:13:01,359 --> 03:13:03,600
in Montville as an example and closing

4233
03:13:03,600 --> 03:13:06,080
that gap between them, but we're not we

4234
03:13:06,080 --> 03:13:08,720
have not gone as far as we wanted to in

4235
03:13:08,720 --> 03:13:10,800
order to surpass them in this particular

4236
03:13:10,800 --> 03:13:14,870
in math in particular.

4237
03:13:14,880 --> 03:13:16,640
Again, here are math benchmarks. So,

4238
03:13:16,640 --> 03:13:18,399
we're now moving, we're shifting again

4239
03:13:18,399 --> 03:13:20,399
between the performance index and the

4240
03:13:20,399 --> 03:13:22,960
benchmarks. And it's that same level of

4241
03:13:22,960 --> 03:13:26,960
grade level um performance. You can see

4242
03:13:26,960 --> 03:13:29,920
that all but fourth grade year-over-year

4243
03:13:29,920 --> 03:13:31,840
has increased the percentage of students

4244
03:13:31,840 --> 03:13:34,479
that are at or above. Um, and then if

4245
03:13:34,479 --> 03:13:37,520
you look at those that cohort again,

4246
03:13:37,520 --> 03:13:40,239
it's those same two cohorts. That grade

4247
03:13:40,239 --> 03:13:42,720
four cohort coming from grade three had

4248
03:13:42,720 --> 03:13:45,760
a nice increase um of I well I think it

4249
03:13:45,760 --> 03:13:49,760
was like 3%. Versus that grade six to

4250
03:13:49,760 --> 03:13:54,560
grade seven cohort had a 9.8%

4251
03:13:54,560 --> 03:13:57,120
increase in their cohort. The two

4252
03:13:57,120 --> 03:13:59,920
cohorts that really we need to focus on

4253
03:13:59,920 --> 03:14:02,160
and and that we've identified are those

4254
03:14:02,160 --> 03:14:04,960
grade six and grade eight cohorts um

4255
03:14:04,960 --> 03:14:07,040
that just are not making the gains that

4256
03:14:07,040 --> 03:14:08,800
we need them to make.

4257
03:14:08,800 --> 03:14:11,040
>> Could you comment on the SATs for math?

4258
03:14:11,040 --> 03:14:12,239
>> Y

4259
03:14:12,239 --> 03:14:13,359
>> is that was that your question?

4260
03:14:13,359 --> 03:14:15,200
>> Oh yeah. No, I was just going to just

4261
03:14:15,200 --> 03:14:18,080
point out an observation that um you

4262
03:14:18,080 --> 03:14:22,640
know consistently um you know in in ELA

4263
03:14:22,640 --> 03:14:24,399
math and science it's a little bit less

4264
03:14:24,399 --> 03:14:26,960
clear but um you know we've got a

4265
03:14:26,960 --> 03:14:29,520
notable drop in the middle school and um

4266
03:14:29,520 --> 03:14:31,040
I don't think it has anything to do with

4267
03:14:31,040 --> 03:14:33,439
instruction or quality of instruction.

4268
03:14:33,439 --> 03:14:36,000
Um, is it the schedule in the middle

4269
03:14:36,000 --> 03:14:39,120
school that's that's like the the way

4270
03:14:39,120 --> 03:14:41,520
that it's way that we're kind of forced

4271
03:14:41,520 --> 03:14:43,439
to administer? Is that Do we know why

4272
03:14:43,439 --> 03:14:44,800
we're having that drop in the middle

4273
03:14:44,800 --> 03:14:45,680
school?

4274
03:14:45,680 --> 03:14:47,840
>> I mean, I'm happy to defer to Amarie,

4275
03:14:47,840 --> 03:14:50,960
but I we I don't need to. I'm not sure

4276
03:14:50,960 --> 03:14:54,080
if it's necessarily a product of

4277
03:14:54,080 --> 03:14:57,279
scheduling as much as it is inconsistent

4278
03:14:57,279 --> 03:14:59,680
curriculum and implementation and having

4279
03:14:59,680 --> 03:15:03,040
to really expand that to like K8. So

4280
03:15:03,040 --> 03:15:05,520
there's like this disconnect, right, in

4281
03:15:05,520 --> 03:15:07,840
instruction and curriculum between fifth

4282
03:15:07,840 --> 03:15:09,520
grade and then going into sixth grade

4283
03:15:09,520 --> 03:15:12,479
that really needs to be addressed first.

4284
03:15:12,479 --> 03:15:13,920
Did you want to add to that? We also

4285
03:15:13,920 --> 03:15:16,319
noticed that in teams that really

4286
03:15:16,319 --> 03:15:18,560
collaborate a lot, you're seeing a lot

4287
03:15:18,560 --> 03:15:20,399
of growth. And so we're trying to get

4288
03:15:20,399 --> 03:15:23,760
that model to spread and having these um

4289
03:15:23,760 --> 03:15:25,520
you know, professional learning

4290
03:15:25,520 --> 03:15:27,359
communities come together because we

4291
03:15:27,359 --> 03:15:29,840
know that that's a big factor. And it

4292
03:15:29,840 --> 03:15:31,120
doesn't matter if it's elementary,

4293
03:15:31,120 --> 03:15:33,520
middle, or high school departments. When

4294
03:15:33,520 --> 03:15:35,520
they work together, we see a lot of

4295
03:15:35,520 --> 03:15:38,640
tremendous growth and they share ideas.

4296
03:15:38,640 --> 03:15:40,880
I I will say though, you know, there's

4297
03:15:40,880 --> 03:15:43,359
something to be said for seeing the kids

4298
03:15:43,359 --> 03:15:45,760
at that age level on a more consistent

4299
03:15:45,760 --> 03:15:47,760
basis.

4300
03:15:47,760 --> 03:15:49,680
You can't you can't put your finger on

4301
03:15:49,680 --> 03:15:52,960
one thing and say this is the X factor,

4302
03:15:52,960 --> 03:15:56,730
but I would say it probably does play

4303
03:15:56,730 --> 03:16:00,790
[clears throat]

4304
03:16:00,800 --> 03:16:03,680
So, I know Mike asked about the SAT. So,

4305
03:16:03,680 --> 03:16:06,000
what this is is one cohort over time

4306
03:16:06,000 --> 03:16:10,479
their um their performance on they start

4307
03:16:10,479 --> 03:16:13,279
in this the fall of 9th grade practicing

4308
03:16:13,279 --> 03:16:15,520
with the PSAT. So, this is them moving

4309
03:16:15,520 --> 03:16:18,640
through each of those assessments. Um

4310
03:16:18,640 --> 03:16:21,279
so, fall to spring of grade 10, fall

4311
03:16:21,279 --> 03:16:24,239
grade 11, and then grade 11 spring. And

4312
03:16:24,239 --> 03:16:26,080
so within that time frame, there was a

4313
03:16:26,080 --> 03:16:28,000
10% increase in the percentage of

4314
03:16:28,000 --> 03:16:29,760
students that were at or above.

4315
03:16:29,760 --> 03:16:31,600
>> And their ELA scores were really good

4316
03:16:31,600 --> 03:16:33,359
too over time.

4317
03:16:33,359 --> 03:16:35,600
>> And then they also look at the scale

4318
03:16:35,600 --> 03:16:38,080
score. Um my understanding is that they

4319
03:16:38,080 --> 03:16:41,120
look for is it a 30 point increase?

4320
03:16:41,120 --> 03:16:43,600
>> They the college board recommends, you

4321
03:16:43,600 --> 03:16:45,520
know, or at least we'll say you want to

4322
03:16:45,520 --> 03:16:48,319
have a target of a 30 point scale score

4323
03:16:48,319 --> 03:16:52,870
over the period of a year.

4324
03:16:52,880 --> 03:16:56,080
So if you look spring spring of grade 10

4325
03:16:56,080 --> 03:16:58,960
to spring of grade 11, they're looking

4326
03:16:58,960 --> 03:17:02,000
for a target of 30 scale points

4327
03:17:02,000 --> 03:17:06,710
increase.

4328
03:17:06,720 --> 03:17:08,960
Again, here is that growth rate, right?

4329
03:17:08,960 --> 03:17:11,279
Did we make our target and how close did

4330
03:17:11,279 --> 03:17:16,319
we get? Um math, we did not have as much

4331
03:17:16,319 --> 03:17:19,840
success as um ELA.

4332
03:17:19,840 --> 03:17:22,399
um

4333
03:17:22,399 --> 03:17:24,399
sixth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grade

4334
03:17:24,399 --> 03:17:27,120
as well. Um it was pretty stagnant

4335
03:17:27,120 --> 03:17:29,920
across with with performance last year.

4336
03:17:29,920 --> 03:17:31,920
In fifth grade, you could see that there

4337
03:17:31,920 --> 03:17:34,319
was a drop. Um and then pretty much

4338
03:17:34,319 --> 03:17:36,640
everyone held their own for the most

4339
03:17:36,640 --> 03:17:46,790
part with where they were last year.

4340
03:17:46,800 --> 03:17:49,359
And then in terms of science, this is

4341
03:17:49,359 --> 03:17:51,760
our performance index. Again, that's

4342
03:17:51,760 --> 03:17:55,200
that on that goal of 75. And we really

4343
03:17:55,200 --> 03:17:57,920
had a nice gain this year. Uh GPS

4344
03:17:57,920 --> 03:18:00,960
increased uh 3.6

4345
03:18:00,960 --> 03:18:03,600
uh points from 2025. The state

4346
03:18:03,600 --> 03:18:05,520
increased.5

4347
03:18:05,520 --> 03:18:07,359
points

4348
03:18:07,359 --> 03:18:09,680
>> and is science. It's based not on all

4349
03:18:09,680 --> 03:18:11,200
grades. I I remember.

4350
03:18:11,200 --> 03:18:12,560
>> Yes, it is.

4351
03:18:12,560 --> 03:18:13,840
>> Well, it would so it would depend,

4352
03:18:13,840 --> 03:18:16,560
right? So, it's Oh, I'm sorry. Let me

4353
03:18:16,560 --> 03:18:18,880
for science for NGSS, they take it in

4354
03:18:18,880 --> 03:18:22,000
grade five, grade eight, and grade 11.

4355
03:18:22,000 --> 03:18:25,120
However, on the grade five um science

4356
03:18:25,120 --> 03:18:27,439
assessment, it does cover all that

4357
03:18:27,439 --> 03:18:29,680
they've learned. That's so I apologize

4358
03:18:29,680 --> 03:18:33,520
for jumping too quick to answer that.

4359
03:18:33,520 --> 03:18:40,080
Okay. Science um our DR

4360
03:18:40,080 --> 03:18:43,520
versus um you know where we stand with

4361
03:18:43,520 --> 03:18:46,479
them. We surpassed

4362
03:18:46,479 --> 03:18:48,720
um the state

4363
03:18:48,720 --> 03:18:51,040
by

4364
03:18:51,040 --> 03:18:54,160
we were behind them by 1.7 points last

4365
03:18:54,160 --> 03:18:57,279
year and we s surpassed them by 1.4 this

4366
03:18:57,279 --> 03:18:59,120
year. So that's a really nice jump.

4367
03:18:59,120 --> 03:19:00,319
>> Jen has a question.

4368
03:19:00,319 --> 03:19:01,279
>> Oh, I'm sorry. Go ahead.

4369
03:19:01,279 --> 03:19:05,359
>> Um so in the ELA section and the math

4370
03:19:05,359 --> 03:19:07,600
section, Winchester is nowhere to be

4371
03:19:07,600 --> 03:19:08,960
found, right?

4372
03:19:08,960 --> 03:19:11,680
>> And then in the science section, they

4373
03:19:11,680 --> 03:19:14,960
like excel. So when it comes to

4374
03:19:14,960 --> 03:19:16,560
benchmarking

4375
03:19:16,560 --> 03:19:18,399
I mean they're there but I'm just saying

4376
03:19:18,399 --> 03:19:19,520
they're not in the

4377
03:19:19,520 --> 03:19:20,319
>> yes you know

4378
03:19:20,319 --> 03:19:22,960
>> they're in a we said the same thing

4379
03:19:22,960 --> 03:19:23,520
where the

4380
03:19:23,520 --> 03:19:26,000
>> so when it comes to benchmarking right

4381
03:19:26,000 --> 03:19:28,399
and trying to achieve and want to

4382
03:19:28,399 --> 03:19:29,439
achieve

4383
03:19:29,439 --> 03:19:31,279
>> I don't know I don't remember seeing

4384
03:19:31,279 --> 03:19:33,520
that last year but if it's a consistent

4385
03:19:33,520 --> 03:19:35,600
trend that Winchester is higher in

4386
03:19:35,600 --> 03:19:38,000
science maybe we can try to understand

4387
03:19:38,000 --> 03:19:41,840
what they're doing in science so that

4388
03:19:41,840 --> 03:19:43,520
maybe we can implement it in our

4389
03:19:43,520 --> 03:19:45,200
district or maybe it's something that

4390
03:19:45,200 --> 03:19:48,080
we're missing or something like what is

4391
03:19:48,080 --> 03:19:51,439
so special about their science program

4392
03:19:51,439 --> 03:19:53,840
compared to their ELA and math it's so

4393
03:19:53,840 --> 03:19:56,319
that's like when we do benchmarking like

4394
03:19:56,319 --> 03:19:58,560
at my old company it's almost like oh

4395
03:19:58,560 --> 03:20:00,319
what are they doing and how can we learn

4396
03:20:00,319 --> 03:20:01,040
from them

4397
03:20:01,040 --> 03:20:03,840
>> that was the absolute conversation we

4398
03:20:03,840 --> 03:20:06,720
had today like wow

4399
03:20:06,720 --> 03:20:08,800
I know we were thinking the same way

4400
03:20:08,800 --> 03:20:11,840
you're right on yeah that's the so we

4401
03:20:11,840 --> 03:20:14,560
had the same conversation earlier today. They don't have a high

4402
03:20:14,560 --> 03:20:16,960
school. Um they they have the Gilbert

4403
03:20:16,960 --> 03:20:18,880
school which doesn't um I believe

4404
03:20:18,880 --> 03:20:21,120
doesn't factor into their science

4405
03:20:21,120 --> 03:20:22,720
scores. So it would be just grade five

4406
03:20:22,720 --> 03:20:25,520
and grade 11. And I want to say that

4407
03:20:25,520 --> 03:20:26,960
when you have a small district like

4408
03:20:26,960 --> 03:20:33,920
that, their end size, their s their uh sample size is so much smaller

4409
03:20:33,920 --> 03:20:37,760
that a couple of kids you know um

4410
03:20:37,760 --> 03:20:40,319
testing in the you know gain getting

4411
03:20:40,319 --> 03:20:42,640
proficiency or better can really skew

4412
03:20:42,640 --> 03:20:44,800
the district scores either way. So in

4413
03:20:44,800 --> 03:20:47,200
this case, if they did particularly well

4414
03:20:47,200 --> 03:20:50,080
in science this this year, it could

4415
03:20:50,080 --> 03:20:54,160
really push them, you know, and so um

4416
03:20:54,160 --> 03:20:55,439
not to take anything away from

4417
03:20:55,439 --> 03:20:58,239
Winchester, I I'm glad that they did

4418
03:20:58,239 --> 03:21:00,720
well, but um I'm wondering if that's

4419
03:21:00,720 --> 03:21:06,399
really what made the difference here in science and you know, maybe they

4420
03:21:06,399 --> 03:21:08,640
didn't those same children didn't happen

4421
03:21:08,640 --> 03:21:11,200
to do you know, you have a bigger sample

4422
03:21:11,200 --> 03:21:13,120
size with because they're testing all

4423
03:21:13,120 --> 03:21:15,600
grade levels in math an ELA. Are you

4424
03:21:15,600 --> 03:21:16,960
following what I'm saying here?

4425
03:21:16,960 --> 03:21:17,359
>> Yeah.

4426
03:21:17,359 --> 03:21:19,279
>> I'm wondering if that's the case.

4427
03:21:19,279 --> 03:21:22,720
>> No disrespect to them because maybe who knows they're knocking it out

4428
03:21:22,720 --> 03:21:24,960
of the park in science, but I suspect

4429
03:21:24,960 --> 03:21:26,640
that might be the factor.

4430
03:21:26,640 --> 03:21:30,720
>> The factor. Okay, great.

4431
03:21:30,720 --> 03:21:32,319
and all. So we have the alliance

4432
03:21:32,319 --> 03:21:35,600
district and our region as well

4433
03:21:35,600 --> 03:21:40,880
um which we did past the state um in our

4434
03:21:40,880 --> 03:21:44,950
NGSS performance.

4435
03:21:44,960 --> 03:21:47,680
Here is our benchmark. So again now

4436
03:21:47,680 --> 03:21:50,560
we're going back to the you know who's

4437
03:21:50,560 --> 03:21:54,239
meeting and exceeding benchmark um is

4438
03:21:54,239 --> 03:21:57,120
proficient. And so you can see that we

4439
03:21:57,120 --> 03:21:59,760
had nice increases across grade levels.

4440
03:21:59,760 --> 03:22:04,080
Grade 11 knocked it out of the park um

4441
03:22:04,080 --> 03:22:06,160
in terms of their increase over last

4442
03:22:06,160 --> 03:22:10,080
year who's or above. Um and even with

4443
03:22:10,080 --> 03:22:12,880
their cohort from 8th grade, that's

4444
03:22:12,880 --> 03:22:16,880
still over an 11% increase. So um they

4445
03:22:16,880 --> 03:22:20,160
really did a great job um moving those

4446
03:22:20,160 --> 03:22:23,990
kids.

4447
03:22:24,000 --> 03:22:27,600
And so the the highlights from um this

4448
03:22:27,600 --> 03:22:28,880
information from the summit of

4449
03:22:28,880 --> 03:22:30,560
assessments is that the percentage of

4450
03:22:30,560 --> 03:22:33,439
students uh performing at or above has

4451
03:22:33,439 --> 03:22:37,040
increased in all three um state

4452
03:22:37,040 --> 03:22:40,160
assessments. Um the district saw the

4453
03:22:40,160 --> 03:22:41,920
strongest performance obviously in

4454
03:22:41,920 --> 03:22:44,640
science which is 55%.

4455
03:22:44,640 --> 03:22:47,520
um it exceeds the state average by four

4456
03:22:47,520 --> 03:22:49,520
points

4457
03:22:49,520 --> 03:22:51,840
and grade 8 and 11 like we just said had

4458
03:22:51,840 --> 03:22:53,920
just significant improvements in

4459
03:22:53,920 --> 03:22:55,359
science. Those are really the biggest

4460
03:22:55,359 --> 03:22:57,920
highlights. Our areas of focus which

4461
03:22:57,920 --> 03:23:00,880
we've already stated um those cohorts in

4462
03:23:00,880 --> 03:23:04,880
math in particular um but also in ELA as

4463
03:23:04,880 --> 03:23:07,520
well that grade eight and grade six

4464
03:23:07,520 --> 03:23:10,800
cohort really struggled to make the

4465
03:23:10,800 --> 03:23:12,960
gains that we would need them to make.

4466
03:23:12,960 --> 03:23:15,439
And in ELA and math, the percentage of

4467
03:23:15,439 --> 03:23:17,120
students that are hitting their growth

4468
03:23:17,120 --> 03:23:19,920
targets, uh, it fluctuates from year to

4469
03:23:19,920 --> 03:23:22,399
year, but it's pretty static in terms

4470
03:23:22,399 --> 03:23:25,200
of, you know, any real gains, and it

4471
03:23:25,200 --> 03:23:28,239
remains below the the state, um,

4472
03:23:28,239 --> 03:23:30,319
average. So, those are really those are

4473
03:23:30,319 --> 03:23:32,560
two really big areas of focus for next

4474
03:23:32,560 --> 03:23:37,439
year. And so based on that,

4475
03:23:37,439 --> 03:23:39,040
we'd be remiss if we didn't talk about

4476
03:23:39,040 --> 03:23:40,560
the attendance even though this is a

4477
03:23:40,560 --> 03:23:43,760
state assessment report out. Um the

4478
03:23:43,760 --> 03:23:47,040
attendance we can summize does play into

4479
03:23:47,040 --> 03:23:49,760
this. Um you know, one of our goals was

4480
03:23:49,760 --> 03:23:52,560
really to increase the the student

4481
03:23:52,560 --> 03:23:54,560
attendance, the average daily attendance

4482
03:23:54,560 --> 03:23:56,960
and decrease chronic absenteeism, which

4483
03:23:56,960 --> 03:23:59,600
we did a great job this year decreasing

4484
03:23:59,600 --> 03:24:04,000
from um oh, what was it? 20% 20

4485
03:24:04,000 --> 03:24:04,880
>> 21%.

4486
03:24:04,880 --> 03:24:06,319
>> Thank you. I'm so sorry I just drew a

4487
03:24:06,319 --> 03:24:09,520
blank. Down to uh the 16.5 and our goal

4488
03:24:09,520 --> 03:24:12,000
for next year is to get that down to

4489
03:24:12,000 --> 03:24:14,479
11%. And we think based on the goals we

4490
03:24:14,479 --> 03:24:16,960
we've come up with with the schools that

4491
03:24:16,960 --> 03:24:19,600
we're in good shape to meet those

4492
03:24:19,600 --> 03:24:21,840
targets. Some of the action steps to

4493
03:24:21,840 --> 03:24:24,960
help us get to that 11%. Uh we've

4494
03:24:24,960 --> 03:24:27,120
included parent square now has an

4495
03:24:27,120 --> 03:24:32,399
attendance plus piece which we've we're using with K5 or I'm sorry preK5

4496
03:24:32,399 --> 03:24:34,479
currently just because we want to get a

4497
03:24:34,479 --> 03:24:36,080
good handle on it. There are a lot of

4498
03:24:36,080 --> 03:24:37,600
like

4499
03:24:37,600 --> 03:24:39,520
uh moving parts with the middle and high

4500
03:24:39,520 --> 03:24:41,600
school and how they take attendance that

4501
03:24:41,600 --> 03:24:43,040
are tricky and so we want to really make

4502
03:24:43,040 --> 03:24:45,200
sure that we're calculating it right um

4503
03:24:45,200 --> 03:24:48,319
before we include um parent square into

4504
03:24:48,319 --> 03:24:50,640
this. But it's really a great tool for

4505
03:24:50,640 --> 03:24:53,040
parent communication, parent um

4506
03:24:53,040 --> 03:24:55,359
informing parents, and also for school

4507
03:24:55,359 --> 03:24:56,960
levels to really look at trends like

4508
03:24:56,960 --> 03:24:59,520
when are the most kids absent? Um what

4509
03:24:59,520 --> 03:25:01,359
are we seeing? Are they on those TLI

4510
03:25:01,359 --> 03:25:04,000
days? Are they on Fridays? Is it like

4511
03:25:04,000 --> 03:25:05,439
before a long vacation? So they can

4512
03:25:05,439 --> 03:25:08,560
really look at those trends. Um we're

4513
03:25:08,560 --> 03:25:10,800
leveraging uh district and schoolwide

4514
03:25:10,800 --> 03:25:12,880
attendance teams by targeting atrisisk

4515
03:25:12,880 --> 03:25:15,279
kids. And most important, well, not most

4516
03:25:15,279 --> 03:25:17,040
importantly, but a big big news of the

4517
03:25:17,040 --> 03:25:19,840
day is we applied for the LEAP grant to

4518
03:25:19,840 --> 03:25:22,880
support um Fitch because we it's evident

4519
03:25:22,880 --> 03:25:25,200
that that they really need support in

4520
03:25:25,200 --> 03:25:27,439
improving their attendance. And Ann

4521
03:25:27,439 --> 03:25:29,600
Marie just informed us today that we had

4522
03:25:29,600 --> 03:25:30,080
been

4523
03:25:30,080 --> 03:25:32,000
>> got it

4524
03:25:32,000 --> 03:25:34,239
awarded the grant. So, we will be using

4525
03:25:34,239 --> 03:25:36,319
that to help support the high school

4526
03:25:36,319 --> 03:25:38,080
>> and the high dose tutoring, which I

4527
03:25:38,080 --> 03:25:40,479
think will focus in on math at the

4528
03:25:40,479 --> 03:25:42,080
middle school, too.

4529
03:25:42,080 --> 03:25:42,960
>> Yep. Yeah.

4530
03:25:42,960 --> 03:25:45,439
>> So, we have some great things happening.

4531
03:25:45,439 --> 03:25:50,239
Um, these improvements, as we said, it's an important opportunity. You know,

4532
03:25:50,239 --> 03:25:52,399
when we look at attendance,

4533
03:25:52,399 --> 03:25:55,040
um, improvements in attendance, how how

4534
03:25:55,040 --> 03:25:57,680
those translate to improvements in

4535
03:25:57,680 --> 03:26:00,000
student achievement. Um, so that's

4536
03:26:00,000 --> 03:26:02,319
really the work that's happening there.

4537
03:26:02,319 --> 03:26:04,319
And then in terms of student achievement

4538
03:26:04,319 --> 03:26:08,640
specifically, um the largest action

4539
03:26:08,640 --> 03:26:10,720
steps that we are taking at this time is

4540
03:26:10,720 --> 03:26:13,439
aligning the ELA curriculum. So, uh Whit

4541
03:26:13,439 --> 03:26:16,560
and Wisdom K8 at this point with support

4542
03:26:16,560 --> 03:26:19,200
from the district literacy specialist.

4543
03:26:19,200 --> 03:26:21,760
Um, so she's really going to take on

4544
03:26:21,760 --> 03:26:24,319
that middle school to help them uh

4545
03:26:24,319 --> 03:26:28,000
understand and implement uh with wisdom

4546
03:26:28,000 --> 03:26:30,080
support from our science curriculum and

4547
03:26:30,080 --> 03:26:32,319
best practices K8 with support from the

4548
03:26:32,319 --> 03:26:34,800
STEM coordinator. Um, so that's also

4549
03:26:34,800 --> 03:26:37,840
moving K8 to keep that momentum going

4550
03:26:37,840 --> 03:26:40,560
with science, implementing illustrative

4551
03:26:40,560 --> 03:26:42,880
math K8. So again, it's all about that

4552
03:26:42,880 --> 03:26:45,200
coherence and consistency across the

4553
03:26:45,200 --> 03:26:50,160
grade levels. Um, and then elevating the PLC, so profession professional

4554
03:26:50,160 --> 03:26:52,239
learning communities, elevating that to

4555
03:26:52,239 --> 03:26:55,040
really focus in on the the now what,

4556
03:26:55,040 --> 03:26:56,880
right? So, students structured

4557
03:26:56,880 --> 03:26:58,800
datadriven planning to improve student

4558
03:26:58,800 --> 03:27:01,120
learning when we have students that are

4559
03:27:01,120 --> 03:27:03,279
not meeting what we need them to meet,

4560
03:27:03,279 --> 03:27:06,399
what's our next step. So, really using

4561
03:27:06,399 --> 03:27:09,680
that time to plan for that. Um, how to

4562
03:27:09,680 --> 03:27:11,439
really meet kids where they're at and

4563
03:27:11,439 --> 03:27:14,880
move them ahead. Um, our goal is to

4564
03:27:14,880 --> 03:27:16,720
increase the district performance index

4565
03:27:16,720 --> 03:27:20,239
from 65.1 to 71

4566
03:27:20,239 --> 03:27:22,880
this year. Um, to increase our math from

4567
03:27:22,880 --> 03:27:25,840
60.8 to 67.5

4568
03:27:25,840 --> 03:27:28,640
and our science from 64.4

4569
03:27:28,640 --> 03:27:32,960
to 68 uh by the end of this year.

4570
03:27:32,960 --> 03:27:35,920
>> So that would be the 2027 spring. Yes,

4571
03:27:35,920 --> 03:27:40,319
we have 2028, 2029, and 2030 to get to

4572
03:27:40,319 --> 03:27:43,040
that 75. to get to that 75.

4573
03:27:43,040 --> 03:27:47,750
>> Yep.

4574
03:27:47,760 --> 03:27:52,880
» And the action step is attendance and

4575
03:27:52,880 --> 03:27:55,200
I know the curriculum investment.

4576
03:27:55,200 --> 03:27:56,239
>> Yep.

4577
03:27:56,239 --> 03:27:59,680
>> And those

4578
03:27:59,680 --> 03:28:01,279
math

4579
03:28:01,279 --> 03:28:04,479
um science. Okay.

4580
03:28:04,479 --> 03:28:06,479
and and one of the most I think all

4581
03:28:06,479 --> 03:28:11,520
these are equally as important but that PLC and really structuring that to

4582
03:28:11,520 --> 03:28:14,160
look at the now what um so that we can

4583
03:28:14,160 --> 03:28:16,399
really begin to target students and

4584
03:28:16,399 --> 03:28:18,160
their needs um

4585
03:28:18,160 --> 03:28:20,000
>> which will help with the their

4586
03:28:20,000 --> 03:28:22,399
intervention what they really need

4587
03:28:22,399 --> 03:28:25,359
>> right

4588
03:28:25,359 --> 03:28:26,960
>> um one of the things and Lauren

4589
03:28:26,960 --> 03:28:29,359
mentioned it but we just were notified u

4590
03:28:29,359 --> 03:28:31,760
by the state department I think Friday

4591
03:28:31,760 --> 03:28:33,920
late Friday that we received the high

4592
03:28:33,920 --> 03:28:35,600
dosage tutoring grant and one of the

4593
03:28:35,600 --> 03:28:38,399
areas that we um that we targeted for

4594
03:28:38,399 --> 03:28:40,399
that grant specifically you've probably

4595
03:28:40,399 --> 03:28:42,399
noticed in our data the last couple of

4596
03:28:42,399 --> 03:28:45,600
years um we have seen a trend that in

4597
03:28:45,600 --> 03:28:47,920
eighth grade our students tend to really

4598
03:28:47,920 --> 03:28:50,880
struggle they they do okay in grade

4599
03:28:50,880 --> 03:28:52,720
seven actually it seems like from six to

4600
03:28:52,720 --> 03:28:55,200
seven we see increases for the last

4601
03:28:55,200 --> 03:28:56,960
couple years but in grade eight they

4602
03:28:56,960 --> 03:28:59,760
really struggle with that content so um

4603
03:28:59,760 --> 03:29:01,600
when we wrote that particular grant for

4604
03:29:01,600 --> 03:29:03,439
high do usage tutoring we're really

4605
03:29:03,439 --> 03:29:06,080
focusing on that grade level to provide

4606
03:29:06,080 --> 03:29:07,680
the students with some extra support.

4607
03:29:07,680 --> 03:29:08,880
So, that's another one of our

4608
03:29:08,880 --> 03:29:11,040
strategies. Um I was hoping that that

4609
03:29:11,040 --> 03:29:12,319
was going to come through and we were

4610
03:29:12,319 --> 03:29:14,720
notified on on Friday that you know that

4611
03:29:14,720 --> 03:29:19,840
is another area that um you know that we were funded. So, that's another

4612
03:29:19,840 --> 03:29:21,520
um strategy that we're going to be able

4613
03:29:21,520 --> 03:29:23,279
to implement hopefully success

4614
03:29:23,279 --> 03:29:24,960
>> and that was a good program when we had

4615
03:29:24,960 --> 03:29:26,560
it. we were starting to make gains and

4616
03:29:26,560 --> 03:29:27,359
it went away.

4617
03:29:27,359 --> 03:29:30,399
>> Mention it, but um you could see like

4618
03:29:30,399 --> 03:29:32,479
from third, fifth grade, we're in our

4619
03:29:32,479 --> 03:29:35,840
20s and then go down to high teens, but

4620
03:29:35,840 --> 03:29:38,960
it's ELA and math

4621
03:29:38,960 --> 03:29:41,359
>> and it's six, seventh, and eighth grade.

4622
03:29:41,359 --> 03:29:43,840
So, this is good news for the high those

4623
03:29:43,840 --> 03:29:46,399
who are that was effective before our

4624
03:29:46,399 --> 03:29:47,200
budget cuts.

4625
03:29:47,200 --> 03:29:47,760
>> That's right.

4626
03:29:47,760 --> 03:29:51,520
>> And so, um it'll be good. So, um I know

4627
03:29:51,520 --> 03:29:53,920
we're focusing in on six and eight, but

4628
03:29:53,920 --> 03:29:55,680
I don't know if there's another grant

4629
03:29:55,680 --> 03:29:59,760
out there, um for those gap students.

4630
03:29:59,760 --> 03:30:01,520
>> Trust me, if there's a gap out there,

4631
03:30:01,520 --> 03:30:05,120
Shannon and I find it and then we uh and

4632
03:30:05,120 --> 03:30:06,880
we help one another with writing them.

4633
03:30:06,880 --> 03:30:08,080
So,

4634
03:30:08,080 --> 03:30:11,600
>> so thank you.

4635
03:30:11,600 --> 03:30:14,000
>> Maybe you can give us a like an update

4636
03:30:14,000 --> 03:30:16,640
on the grant and their notes. tell us

4637
03:30:16,640 --> 03:30:18,000
how you're going to use it and

4638
03:30:18,000 --> 03:30:21,279
>> absolutely thank you.

4639
03:30:21,279 --> 03:30:25,359
>> All right. Any questions?

4640
03:30:25,359 --> 03:30:26,560
>> Thank you, Lauren.

4641
03:30:26,560 --> 03:30:27,200
>> Thank you.

4642
03:30:27,200 --> 03:30:28,399
Lauren.

4643
03:30:28,399 --> 03:30:30,239
>> I'm going to ask cuz Mike has to leave

4644
03:30:30,239 --> 03:30:32,239
>> and

4645
03:30:32,239 --> 03:30:33,920
I'm going to ask if we could do policy

4646
03:30:33,920 --> 03:30:36,160
all the policy stuff cuz Mike has to

4647
03:30:36,160 --> 03:30:38,720
leave at 9:00 and I'm going to get

4648
03:30:38,720 --> 03:30:42,550
through all this policy stuff.

4649
03:30:42,560 --> 03:30:44,720
I know, but you took a long time with

4650
03:30:44,720 --> 03:30:46,640
this.

4651
03:30:46,640 --> 03:30:48,960
>> That was the short version.

4652
03:30:48,960 --> 03:30:50,960
>> So, Mike has to leave. I'm sorry, Rita,

4653
03:30:50,960 --> 03:30:52,399
but he has to leave. I want to get this

4654
03:30:52,399 --> 03:30:54,399
policy stuff out the way.

4655
03:30:54,399 --> 03:30:55,840
>> Yeah.

4656
03:30:55,840 --> 03:30:58,000
>> Can I

4657
03:30:58,000 --> 03:31:01,200
um I would like to make a motion that we

4658
03:31:01,200 --> 03:31:05,359
um adjust to talk about um going

4659
03:31:05,359 --> 03:31:08,080
cashless prior to the policy on the food

4660
03:31:08,080 --> 03:31:10,800
services charging. Mike's going to talk

4661
03:31:10,800 --> 03:31:11,600
about that.

4662
03:31:11,600 --> 03:31:14,000
>> Yeah, but the I think that I I want to

4663
03:31:14,000 --> 03:31:15,760
listen. So, if somebody wants to make a

4664
03:31:15,760 --> 03:31:18,399
second my motion, I can explain it.

4665
03:31:18,399 --> 03:31:20,000
>> But I really want to do these policy

4666
03:31:20,000 --> 03:31:21,840
because Mike has to leave at 9.

4667
03:31:21,840 --> 03:31:23,439
>> There's a there's reasoning.

4668
03:31:23,439 --> 03:31:24,960
>> I I'll second it.

4669
03:31:24,960 --> 03:31:29,040
>> All right. Thank you. So, um that policy

4670
03:31:29,040 --> 03:31:32,000
on the food services charging um was

4671
03:31:32,000 --> 03:31:33,680
made with the understanding that we were

4672
03:31:33,680 --> 03:31:35,439
going to be a cashless district. I

4673
03:31:35,439 --> 03:31:37,120
watched the meeting and that was that

4674
03:31:37,120 --> 03:31:38,720
was a general assumption during that

4675
03:31:38,720 --> 03:31:41,040
meeting and that policy was changed

4676
03:31:41,040 --> 03:31:44,399
since the first time um we talked about

4677
03:31:44,399 --> 03:31:47,600
it back in July. Um things that were put

4678
03:31:47,600 --> 03:31:50,479
in that to me seem like they're punitive

4679
03:31:50,479 --> 03:31:53,279
um in that policy that are directly

4680
03:31:53,279 --> 03:31:55,200
relating to the changes that'll happen

4681
03:31:55,200 --> 03:31:59,040
by going cashless. So I think that um

4682
03:31:59,040 --> 03:32:00,800
like I would have to just vote no for

4683
03:32:00,800 --> 03:32:04,239
that policy overwhelmingly. Um,

4684
03:32:04,239 --> 03:32:06,000
>> Mike has something to say. He That's why

4685
03:32:06,000 --> 03:32:07,920
I was That's why I was going to That's

4686
03:32:07,920 --> 03:32:10,479
why I wanted Mike to do the policies

4687
03:32:10,479 --> 03:32:12,640
because he's got something to say.

4688
03:32:12,640 --> 03:32:13,680
>> I I don't think there's anything

4689
03:32:13,680 --> 03:32:16,880
punitive um or ill in the the policy.

4690
03:32:16,880 --> 03:32:18,080
But what I was going to suggest when

4691
03:32:18,080 --> 03:32:20,800
that came up is that I I would I would

4692
03:32:20,800 --> 03:32:23,279
move to table that discussion or

4693
03:32:23,279 --> 03:32:30,399
postpone that discussion uh until uh the policy committee can meet again and

4694
03:32:30,399 --> 03:32:33,359
um that board meeting as well be because

4695
03:32:33,359 --> 03:32:35,120
of the exact issues you're bringing up.

4696
03:32:35,120 --> 03:32:37,120
They need to have the discussion first.

4697
03:32:37,120 --> 03:32:38,479
But if we have the if we move that

4698
03:32:38,479 --> 03:32:41,120
discussion first the policy committee

4699
03:32:41,120 --> 03:32:43,279
would still need to meet again. So you

4700
03:32:43,279 --> 03:32:44,880
want to table the policy

4701
03:32:44,880 --> 03:32:47,439
>> postpone

4702
03:32:47,439 --> 03:32:50,239
that makes sense.

4703
03:32:50,239 --> 03:32:51,200
>> All right.

4704
03:32:51,200 --> 03:32:53,439
>> I agree. It doesn't like we need the

4705
03:32:53,439 --> 03:32:55,760
policy to reflect that that discussion

4706
03:32:55,760 --> 03:32:57,439
regardless of how it happens.

4707
03:32:57,439 --> 03:32:58,319
>> Yeah,

4708
03:32:58,319 --> 03:32:59,520
>> I agree with that.

4709
03:32:59,520 --> 03:33:02,160
>> Yeah.

4710
03:33:02,160 --> 03:33:04,479
>> All right, Mike. Go ahead.

4711
03:33:04,479 --> 03:33:09,590
>> Okay, so we're on to policies.

4712
03:33:09,600 --> 03:33:11,760
Okay, here we go. So we're on old

4713
03:33:11,760 --> 03:33:14,000
business. Item one, discussion of

4714
03:33:14,000 --> 03:33:16,479
possible action regarding approval of

4715
03:33:16,479 --> 03:33:20,309
policy P3542.43,

4716
03:33:20,319 --> 03:33:23,520
food service charging policy as second

4717
03:33:23,520 --> 03:33:29,030
reading attachment seven.

4718
03:33:29,040 --> 03:33:31,520
Do you want to make the motion or

4719
03:33:31,520 --> 03:33:33,920
>> Yes, you make the motion. Actually,

4720
03:33:33,920 --> 03:33:35,760
before I make a motion, I don't know if

4721
03:33:35,760 --> 03:33:38,880
it's a motion or not. I I move uh that

4722
03:33:38,880 --> 03:33:40,560
we

4723
03:33:40,560 --> 03:33:45,520
postpone uh discussion on this policy

4724
03:33:45,520 --> 03:33:48,000
until the next

4725
03:33:48,000 --> 03:33:51,200
regular board meeting.

4726
03:33:51,200 --> 03:33:52,239
>> Second.

4727
03:33:52,239 --> 03:33:55,840
>> Okay. So, a motion to postpone until the

4728
03:33:55,840 --> 03:33:59,359
next regular board meeting. Motion to

4729
03:33:59,359 --> 03:34:09,750
postpone.

4730
03:34:09,760 --> 03:34:14,239
made by Mike and seconded by Dan.

4731
03:34:14,239 --> 03:34:17,120
And my my brief rationale is by just

4732
03:34:17,120 --> 03:34:19,439
mentioning that at our last policy

4733
03:34:19,439 --> 03:34:22,720
meeting um um knowing that we had gone

4734
03:34:22,720 --> 03:34:25,439
the school district cash list we

4735
03:34:25,439 --> 03:34:29,600
modified u the policy and and um the

4736
03:34:29,600 --> 03:34:32,399
sentence that u we will discuss later in

4737
03:34:32,399 --> 03:34:34,160
new business I well we'll discuss this

4738
03:34:34,160 --> 03:34:36,160
issue but the sentence that pertains to

4739
03:34:36,160 --> 03:34:39,200
that is uh the new sentence parents or

4740
03:34:39,200 --> 03:34:41,439
guardians may pay in person by check the

4741
03:34:41,439 --> 03:34:43,920
school cafeteria or at food services

4742
03:34:43,920 --> 03:34:45,760
office is located in Worth and Early

4743
03:34:45,760 --> 03:34:47,840
Childhood Center central office or via

4744
03:34:47,840 --> 03:34:50,640
credit card or bank card on the school

4745
03:34:50,640 --> 03:34:54,000
cafe parent portal. So that part we need

4746
03:34:54,000 --> 03:34:56,880
to resolve before uh whether we should

4747
03:34:56,880 --> 03:34:58,720
include something like that or not

4748
03:34:58,720 --> 03:35:00,960
resolve later in the meeting.

4749
03:35:00,960 --> 03:35:03,920
>> Okay. So, the motion on the floor is to

4750
03:35:03,920 --> 03:35:09,520
postpone the policy P3542

4751
03:35:09,520 --> 03:35:13,200
um.43 food service charging policy until

4752
03:35:13,200 --> 03:35:16,000
the next regular board meeting. And that

4753
03:35:16,000 --> 03:35:17,920
motion was made by Mike, seconded by

4754
03:35:17,920 --> 03:35:21,279
Ian. All those in favor? Jay,

4755
03:35:21,279 --> 03:35:22,960
>> can there be discussion?

4756
03:35:22,960 --> 03:35:24,800
>> I just want to make one comment if we

4757
03:35:24,800 --> 03:35:27,520
can have some discussion. Um, if we go

4758
03:35:27,520 --> 03:35:29,920
down to the third paragraph up from the

4759
03:35:29,920 --> 03:35:31,120
bottom, this would just be for the

4760
03:35:31,120 --> 03:35:32,720
policy committee. This is why I thought

4761
03:35:32,720 --> 03:35:34,479
it was punitive. Students are permitted

4762
03:35:34,479 --> 03:35:37,600
to charge alleart items as long as they

4763
03:35:37,600 --> 03:35:39,439
have a positive balance on their

4764
03:35:39,439 --> 03:35:40,479
account. Mhm.

4765
03:35:40,479 --> 03:35:43,760
>> Um and that was added from the last. And

4766
03:35:43,760 --> 03:35:47,680
that to me seems punitive and um and

4767
03:35:47,680 --> 03:35:52,000
completely um like opposite of what it

4768
03:35:52,000 --> 03:35:55,840
says in the one, two, three, fourth

4769
03:35:55,840 --> 03:35:59,040
paragraph where it says we can't um

4770
03:35:59,040 --> 03:36:01,359
designate a specific meal option for a

4771
03:36:01,359 --> 03:36:04,960
child. Um so by by that punitive action

4772
03:36:04,960 --> 03:36:07,120
it really is designating a specific meal

4773
03:36:07,120 --> 03:36:09,600
option and not allowing them to purchase

4774
03:36:09,600 --> 03:36:10,800
alocart items.

4775
03:36:10,800 --> 03:36:14,000
>> It's not part of the the meals and um

4776
03:36:14,000 --> 03:36:17,040
and that that's current policy actually

4777
03:36:17,040 --> 03:36:18,399
u because they could students could only

4778
03:36:18,399 --> 03:36:21,520
pay by cash for alle cart items.

4779
03:36:21,520 --> 03:36:23,359
>> Yeah I know but that's why

4780
03:36:23,359 --> 03:36:24,880
>> already

4781
03:36:24,880 --> 03:36:26,880
actually last school year

4782
03:36:26,880 --> 03:36:28,880
>> only pay by cash

4783
03:36:28,880 --> 03:36:31,520
>> this may go away but I just wanted to to

4784
03:36:31,520 --> 03:36:33,680
postpone not to. So if I'm going to

4785
03:36:33,680 --> 03:36:35,040
discuss you're going to discuss the

4786
03:36:35,040 --> 03:36:37,600
perform that see that's why the meetings

4787
03:36:37,600 --> 03:36:48,070
are so long cuz people get up a lot.

4788
03:36:48,080 --> 03:36:48,399
» Okay.

4789
03:36:48,399 --> 03:36:49,920
>> Changing the rules.

4790
03:36:49,920 --> 03:36:52,399
>> No the motion was to postpone. So the

4791
03:36:52,399 --> 03:36:54,880
discussion was about postponing not

4792
03:36:54,880 --> 03:36:56,560
about correcting the policing for

4793
03:36:56,560 --> 03:36:58,239
postponing. My reasoning for voting to

4794
03:36:58,239 --> 03:36:59,359
postpone.

4795
03:36:59,359 --> 03:37:02,080
>> Okay. All right. Whatever.

4796
03:37:02,080 --> 03:37:03,760
All right. All those in favor of the

4797
03:37:03,760 --> 03:37:05,840
motion, if you're online, raise your

4798
03:37:05,840 --> 03:37:07,600
hand.

4799
03:37:07,600 --> 03:37:09,520
Jay,

4800
03:37:09,520 --> 03:37:12,880
Andrea, you're in favor? Jay's in favor.

4801
03:37:12,880 --> 03:37:15,520
Mike made a motion, so he's in favor, I

4802
03:37:15,520 --> 03:37:21,520
guess. Ian, Jen, myself, Adrian. Okay,

4803
03:37:21,520 --> 03:37:25,200
that's one, two, three, five, six,

4804
03:37:25,200 --> 03:37:29,600
seven. Seven to zero to zero. postponing

4805
03:37:29,600 --> 03:37:33,920
to the next vehment. Go ahead, Mike.

4806
03:37:33,920 --> 03:37:37,600
>> Next uh next item.

4807
03:37:37,600 --> 03:37:40,080
>> Uh discussion passable action regarding

4808
03:37:40,080 --> 03:37:43,200
approval of policy P1

4809
03:37:43,200 --> 03:37:44,960
P1330

4810
03:37:44,960 --> 03:37:47,040
use of school facilities as a second

4811
03:37:47,040 --> 03:37:48,319
reading.

4812
03:37:48,319 --> 03:37:52,239
>> I move uh to approve policy P1330

4813
03:37:52,239 --> 03:37:54,800
use of school facilities as a second

4814
03:37:54,800 --> 03:37:57,040
reading.

4815
03:37:57,040 --> 03:37:57,200
Do

4816
03:37:57,200 --> 03:38:00,160
>> I have a second?

4817
03:38:00,160 --> 03:38:01,279
Thank you, Andrea.

4818
03:38:01,279 --> 03:38:02,080
>> Andrea.

4819
03:38:02,080 --> 03:38:03,920
>> Okay.

4820
03:38:03,920 --> 03:38:06,080
>> All right. I'll I'll describe this, but

4821
03:38:06,080 --> 03:38:08,560
we've seen it once before. Uh the big

4822
03:38:08,560 --> 03:38:10,640
actually sometimes really the big change

4823
03:38:10,640 --> 03:38:13,040
is going to be the um the fe structure

4824
03:38:13,040 --> 03:38:16,880
update from from um years past because

4825
03:38:16,880 --> 03:38:19,439
it hadn't been updated so a long time. I

4826
03:38:19,439 --> 03:38:22,000
will say in attachment eight, it took me

4827
03:38:22,000 --> 03:38:25,439
a bit to piece together what is part of

4828
03:38:25,439 --> 03:38:28,399
the policy and it's pages one through

4829
03:38:28,399 --> 03:38:32,319
three which follows along the one and

4830
03:38:32,319 --> 03:38:34,960
two of the most writing. Three is just

4831
03:38:34,960 --> 03:38:38,000
sort of like a left over there. But then

4832
03:38:38,000 --> 03:38:40,640
after you go there, you have to skip

4833
03:38:40,640 --> 03:38:42,319
over

4834
03:38:42,319 --> 03:38:46,239
the next two pages until you find

4835
03:38:46,239 --> 03:38:50,160
something that's all black text and it

4836
03:38:50,160 --> 03:38:52,239
says in the upper right hand corner

4837
03:38:52,239 --> 03:38:54,399
P1330

4838
03:38:54,399 --> 03:38:56,960
appendix A because that is part of this

4839
03:38:56,960 --> 03:39:00,640
the change that the fee structure is not

4840
03:39:00,640 --> 03:39:03,600
on the regulation side, it's in the

4841
03:39:03,600 --> 03:39:07,359
policy side. It it's there. It's just I

4842
03:39:07,359 --> 03:39:09,840
think it's I don't know what one of the

4843
03:39:09,840 --> 03:39:11,680
pages is in that packet and the other

4844
03:39:11,680 --> 03:39:13,920
one seems like it's trying to make the

4845
03:39:13,920 --> 03:39:17,040
changes but the that page that's all

4846
03:39:17,040 --> 03:39:21,439
black and it says P1330 appex A is the

4847
03:39:21,439 --> 03:39:24,399
other part of the policy and then after

4848
03:39:24,399 --> 03:39:27,120
that you get the um the regulations two

4849
03:39:27,120 --> 03:39:29,120
pages.

4850
03:39:29,120 --> 03:39:33,520
So, and then the um the big differences

4851
03:39:33,520 --> 03:39:36,000
are these these in in large part,

4852
03:39:36,000 --> 03:39:38,160
particularly for specific locations, the

4853
03:39:38,160 --> 03:39:40,800
um the proposed rates have gone up quite

4854
03:39:40,800 --> 03:39:42,800
a bit.

4855
03:39:42,800 --> 03:39:48,389
We can discuss that.

4856
03:39:48,399 --> 03:39:50,560
» And Ian, they did add an annual report

4857
03:39:50,560 --> 03:39:52,720
of the use of school facilities will be

4858
03:39:52,720 --> 03:39:54,720
provided to the board. I think that was

4859
03:39:54,720 --> 03:39:55,680
your suggestion.

4860
03:39:55,680 --> 03:39:58,399
>> Oh, yes. Thank you.

4861
03:39:58,399 --> 03:40:02,710
We're going to have this um

4862
03:40:02,720 --> 03:40:04,640
» I thought we passed that out. The annual

4863
03:40:04,640 --> 03:40:05,040
weight.

4864
03:40:05,040 --> 03:40:07,200
>> Yes, it's it's on that first first page,

4865
03:40:07,200 --> 03:40:10,630
second.

4866
03:40:10,640 --> 03:40:13,200
» Yeah.

4867
03:40:13,200 --> 03:40:24,630
>> All right. Any discussion on the use of school facilities policy?

4868
03:40:24,640 --> 03:40:25,600
» Mike,

4869
03:40:25,600 --> 03:40:28,319
>> I'm supportive of the policy. Um, I'd

4870
03:40:28,319 --> 03:40:32,000
also like because it is a a jump in what

4871
03:40:32,000 --> 03:40:36,479
we're charging to um we're going to pass

4872
03:40:36,479 --> 03:40:39,920
this policy and let's not have it happen

4873
03:40:39,920 --> 03:40:42,479
right away like have it starting like

4874
03:40:42,479 --> 03:40:43,840
actually have people be charged with

4875
03:40:43,840 --> 03:40:45,520
that new structure starting something

4876
03:40:45,520 --> 03:40:47,040
like January. I mean that's an

4877
03:40:47,040 --> 03:40:49,359
implementation part but kind of just to

4878
03:40:49,359 --> 03:40:51,359
ease into it for people to get plenty of

4879
03:40:51,359 --> 03:40:54,479
notice and then um along with that

4880
03:40:54,479 --> 03:40:56,640
annual report like at least for the

4881
03:40:56,640 --> 03:40:59,840
first year we want to know um you know

4882
03:40:59,840 --> 03:41:04,160
we're we're organizations unable to meet

4883
03:41:04,160 --> 03:41:06,000
these rates I know they're waivers

4884
03:41:06,000 --> 03:41:10,560
things like that but basically let's keep a ease in and keep a close

4885
03:41:10,560 --> 03:41:14,319
eye on how it worked um for the first

4886
03:41:14,319 --> 03:41:16,239
>> why don't you put an amendment to the

4887
03:41:16,239 --> 03:41:20,080
policy that um let's put this

4888
03:41:20,080 --> 03:41:24,000
>> effective January.

4889
03:41:24,000 --> 03:41:24,800
>> Yeah.

4890
03:41:24,800 --> 03:41:26,960
>> Wait, wait a second. Are you are you

4891
03:41:26,960 --> 03:41:28,080
good for that mic?

4892
03:41:28,080 --> 03:41:32,389
>> Yeah.

4893
03:41:32,399 --> 03:41:34,399
» Just at the So

4894
03:41:34,399 --> 03:41:37,520
>> maybe at the top, Mike, you know, like

4895
03:41:37,520 --> 03:41:40,239
where building and grounds rental rate

4896
03:41:40,239 --> 03:41:42,560
schedule and right underneath it you

4897
03:41:42,560 --> 03:41:44,000
could say effective date.

4898
03:41:44,000 --> 03:41:46,319
>> Yeah. Actually, we could probably put it

4899
03:41:46,319 --> 03:41:48,000
right on the appendex because I I'm

4900
03:41:48,000 --> 03:41:49,520
guessing this is the part we'll be

4901
03:41:49,520 --> 03:41:50,720
revoting on.

4902
03:41:50,720 --> 03:41:52,640
>> Yeah, this is Yeah, that's the

4903
03:41:52,640 --> 03:41:53,439
>> You got it right there.

4904
03:41:53,439 --> 03:41:56,160
>> Just right underneath the title,

4905
03:41:56,160 --> 03:41:57,760
you know, say Graten Public School

4906
03:41:57,760 --> 03:42:00,160
Building and Grounds retreat um rental

4907
03:42:00,160 --> 03:42:02,080
weight schedule effective.

4908
03:42:02,080 --> 03:42:03,600
>> Yeah. Effective

4909
03:42:03,600 --> 03:42:06,399
>> whatever date. So, how do you just so

4910
03:42:06,399 --> 03:42:08,239
that we're clear, it's going to be let's

4911
03:42:08,239 --> 03:42:09,760
say we decide

4912
03:42:09,760 --> 03:42:10,399
>> maybe

4913
03:42:10,399 --> 03:42:13,359
>> let's say we decide January 4th. Is it

4914
03:42:13,359 --> 03:42:17,040
for all rentals um January 4th and

4915
03:42:17,040 --> 03:42:22,000
beyond or is if they schedule it now for

4916
03:42:22,000 --> 03:42:24,000
January 4th? You know what I mean? Like

4917
03:42:24,000 --> 03:42:27,040
cuz everyone can like schedule it now

4918
03:42:27,040 --> 03:42:29,920
and then have the event take place in

4919
03:42:29,920 --> 03:42:31,439
2027.

4920
03:42:31,439 --> 03:42:35,200
So when does is it during the time like

4921
03:42:35,200 --> 03:42:38,000
when the meeting or the rentals going to

4922
03:42:38,000 --> 03:42:39,040
take place?

4923
03:42:39,040 --> 03:42:40,399
>> I like that one.

4924
03:42:40,399 --> 03:42:42,160
>> We can put that in. Okay. How do you

4925
03:42:42,160 --> 03:42:42,960
want to say it though?

4926
03:42:42,960 --> 03:42:45,680
>> Effective for all rentals. I mean,

4927
03:42:45,680 --> 03:42:49,359
>> for all rentals after January, whatever

4928
03:42:49,359 --> 03:42:49,920
or

4929
03:42:49,920 --> 03:42:51,760
>> January.

4930
03:42:51,760 --> 03:42:53,359
Yep. Because I don't want somebody to

4931
03:42:53,359 --> 03:42:56,640
all prepay, right? With the the lower

4932
03:42:56,640 --> 03:42:59,439
rate and even though their event is not

4933
03:42:59,439 --> 03:43:01,279
going to take place until next year.

4934
03:43:01,279 --> 03:43:02,960
>> Lock in lower prices.

4935
03:43:02,960 --> 03:43:07,689
>> Exactly.

4936
03:43:07,699 --> 03:43:08,319
[laughter]

4937
03:43:08,319 --> 03:43:10,800
>> Did you want to say anything?

4938
03:43:10,800 --> 03:43:13,920
No, that that addressed the concern.

4939
03:43:13,920 --> 03:43:19,910
>> Okay.

4940
03:43:19,920 --> 03:43:21,600
» So, should I set a date? Make it clean

4941
03:43:21,600 --> 03:43:22,239
after.

4942
03:43:22,239 --> 03:43:25,439
>> Should I move that amendment or so? I

4943
03:43:25,439 --> 03:43:30,319
move that we amend the policy. Um, the

4944
03:43:30,319 --> 03:43:34,319
appendix A. Uh, right below mentioning a

4945
03:43:34,319 --> 03:43:35,840
building and ground rental rate

4946
03:43:35,840 --> 03:43:38,720
schedule, add the sentence effective for

4947
03:43:38,720 --> 03:43:42,960
all rentals. Jan January 1st, 2027 or

4948
03:43:42,960 --> 03:43:45,439
later.

4949
03:43:45,439 --> 03:43:46,800
>> Grab the second.

4950
03:43:46,800 --> 03:43:48,720
>> Second.

4951
03:43:48,720 --> 03:43:50,640
>> Or you could say after January 1st,

4952
03:43:50,640 --> 03:43:52,880
2027.

4953
03:43:52,880 --> 03:43:54,160
>> Yeah, whatever.

4954
03:43:54,160 --> 03:43:56,960
>> Um, where are you putting it? So, I

4955
03:43:56,960 --> 03:43:59,120
could put it on my paper.

4956
03:43:59,120 --> 03:44:01,600
>> So, it's on these um

4957
03:44:01,600 --> 03:44:02,640
it's this page.

4958
03:44:02,640 --> 03:44:05,600
>> It's this one right up right up top.

4959
03:44:05,600 --> 03:44:08,239
>> Right up top. Okay. It says building and

4960
03:44:08,239 --> 03:44:09,920
grounds rental rate schedule.

4961
03:44:09,920 --> 03:44:12,800
>> Yes. Right underneath it.

4962
03:44:12,800 --> 03:44:17,830
>> I know. Okay. Any discussion?

4963
03:44:17,840 --> 03:44:19,439
» Okay.

4964
03:44:19,439 --> 03:44:23,040
All those in favor of approving the

4965
03:44:23,040 --> 03:44:26,479
school use of school facilities as a

4966
03:44:26,479 --> 03:44:31,199
second reading um with the on the

4967
03:44:31,199 --> 03:44:35,189
appendix.

4968
03:44:35,199 --> 03:44:37,840
I don't know. Is it an appendix? Doesn't

4969
03:44:37,840 --> 03:44:38,800
have a number.

4970
03:44:38,800 --> 03:44:39,680
>> Appendix A

4971
03:44:39,680 --> 03:44:42,960
>> with appendix A um effective date

4972
03:44:42,960 --> 03:44:46,399
January 1st, 2027 for all school

4973
03:44:46,399 --> 03:44:48,000
rentals.

4974
03:44:48,000 --> 03:44:53,670
Did I say that right, Mike?

4975
03:44:53,680 --> 03:44:57,920
All right. Um Jay is a yes. Andrea is a

4976
03:44:57,920 --> 03:45:06,070
yes. Mike, yes.

4977
03:45:06,080 --> 03:45:11,030
Ian Y.

4978
03:45:11,040 --> 03:45:11,840
» Yes.

4979
03:45:11,840 --> 03:45:12,479
>> Adrian.

4980
03:45:12,479 --> 03:45:12,960
>> Yes.

4981
03:45:12,960 --> 03:45:15,279
>> Okay. So, we pass this seven to Z. Thank

4982
03:45:15,279 --> 03:45:16,800
you everyone.

4983
03:45:16,800 --> 03:45:20,160
>> Excuse me.

4984
03:45:20,160 --> 03:45:24,800
You made an amen amendment to

4985
03:45:24,800 --> 03:45:28,239
the motion already posted

4986
03:45:28,239 --> 03:45:30,319
on the agenda.

4987
03:45:30,319 --> 03:45:34,880
So, you just voted on the amendment.

4988
03:45:34,880 --> 03:45:38,160
>> And now we're vote on the motion.

4989
03:45:38,160 --> 03:45:40,160
>> Okay. As amended.

4990
03:45:40,160 --> 03:45:40,960
>> Yes, please.

4991
03:45:40,960 --> 03:45:43,439
>> Okay. So, all those in favor of the

4992
03:45:43,439 --> 03:45:47,590
motion as amended.

4993
03:45:47,600 --> 03:45:49,920
Raise your hand.

4994
03:45:49,920 --> 03:45:55,040
So, we got two online. Dr. AJ, Dr. AJ,

4995
03:45:55,040 --> 03:45:59,279
Mike, Ian, Jen, myself, and an Adrian.

4996
03:45:59,279 --> 03:46:01,439
So, that passes.

4997
03:46:01,439 --> 03:46:10,150
Thank you.

4998
03:46:10,160 --> 03:46:12,640
» Okay, Mike.

4999
03:46:12,640 --> 03:46:15,840
>> Sorry, I don't like the amendments.

5000
03:46:15,840 --> 03:46:16,880
>> Go ahead, Mike.

5001
03:46:16,880 --> 03:46:18,399
>> The next The next policy.

5002
03:46:18,399 --> 03:46:18,960
>> Mhm.

5003
03:46:18,960 --> 03:46:24,469
>> I move to approve policy P1110.1,

5004
03:46:24,479 --> 03:46:29,520
parent involvement, as a second reading.

5005
03:46:29,520 --> 03:46:31,840
Do a second.

5006
03:46:31,840 --> 03:46:36,950
Tom.

5007
03:46:36,960 --> 03:46:37,760
» All right.

5008
03:46:37,760 --> 03:46:41,199
>> So, Joe, Mike made that motion and Ian

5009
03:46:41,199 --> 03:46:46,309
second it.

5010
03:46:46,319 --> 03:46:47,920
» Go ahead, Mike.

5011
03:46:47,920 --> 03:46:49,439
>> All right. I'll talk about the big

5012
03:46:49,439 --> 03:46:54,479
change next, but the little changes are in the other sections. Public

5013
03:46:54,479 --> 03:46:58,000
schools GPS has been abbreviated at the

5014
03:46:58,000 --> 03:47:00,080
bottom at the end of it. Actually, this

5015
03:47:00,080 --> 03:47:04,960
wasn't legal. A little change, but the legal references have been updated.

5016
03:47:04,960 --> 03:47:07,680
That that's not since that was that way

5017
03:47:07,680 --> 03:47:10,239
when we had the first reading. Um,

5018
03:47:10,239 --> 03:47:12,720
what's changed again is the

5019
03:47:12,720 --> 03:47:14,319
introduction.

5020
03:47:14,319 --> 03:47:18,319
And so, it's probably I'll just read it.

5021
03:47:18,319 --> 03:47:19,840
>> Uh, because there's a lot of comments

5022
03:47:19,840 --> 03:47:22,160
about that last time and the policy

5023
03:47:22,160 --> 03:47:24,239
committee had changed it once and then

5024
03:47:24,239 --> 03:47:25,840
when we met first read there a lot of

5025
03:47:25,840 --> 03:47:28,720
comments. So, sort of back to the longer

5026
03:47:28,720 --> 03:47:30,960
version. Um, so let's see if you like

5027
03:47:30,960 --> 03:47:33,920
it. Um, so I'm just reading it's the

5028
03:47:33,920 --> 03:47:36,160
highlight in yellow. The GRE Board of

5029
03:47:36,160 --> 03:47:39,279
Education Board recognizes that a

5030
03:47:39,279 --> 03:47:41,199
child's educational success is a

5031
03:47:41,199 --> 03:47:44,399
partnership shared by school and family.

5032
03:47:44,399 --> 03:47:46,720
A child's family includes all those who

5033
03:47:46,720 --> 03:47:49,439
play an important role in the child's

5034
03:47:49,439 --> 03:47:51,840
well-being. The board supports and

5035
03:47:51,840 --> 03:47:53,920
encourages activity active family

5036
03:47:53,920 --> 03:47:56,319
involvement. To this end, the board in

5037
03:47:56,319 --> 03:47:58,640
conjunction with families will establish

5038
03:47:58,640 --> 03:48:00,720
programs and practices that enhance

5039
03:48:00,720 --> 03:48:03,040
family involvement and reflect specific

5040
03:48:03,040 --> 03:48:05,439
needs of students and their families.

5041
03:48:05,439 --> 03:48:07,760
This is second paragraph. A primary

5042
03:48:07,760 --> 03:48:10,000
district goal is to provide all of

5043
03:48:10,000 --> 03:48:12,800
children's with with equal access to a

5044
03:48:12,800 --> 03:48:15,520
quality education. Family engagement is

5045
03:48:15,520 --> 03:48:16,960
essential to improve student

5046
03:48:16,960 --> 03:48:18,479
achievement.

5047
03:48:18,479 --> 03:48:22,319
Um, lost I'll just capitalize the A. A

5048
03:48:22,319 --> 03:48:24,000
successful family involvement program

5049
03:48:24,000 --> 03:48:26,720
will include but not be limited to the

5050
03:48:26,720 --> 03:48:28,880
preceding components. Professional

5051
03:48:28,880 --> 03:48:31,120
learning activities for staff as well as

5052
03:48:31,120 --> 03:48:33,439
family education opportunities will be

5053
03:48:33,439 --> 03:48:38,550
provided by the board.

5054
03:48:38,560 --> 03:48:40,160
» J

5055
03:48:40,160 --> 03:48:44,479
um I had a question in conjunction with

5056
03:48:44,479 --> 03:48:46,880
families cion

5057
03:48:46,880 --> 03:48:49,920
is that like in reference like to PTO

5058
03:48:49,920 --> 03:48:53,920
because do we have a family com

5059
03:48:53,920 --> 03:48:57,439
committee that will work with the

5060
03:48:57,439 --> 03:49:01,520
district to set up programming.

5061
03:49:01,520 --> 03:49:03,920
>> Yeah, partially PTO and I think u just

5062
03:49:03,920 --> 03:49:06,080
um informal feedback and we've got some

5063
03:49:06,080 --> 03:49:06,960
feedback.

5064
03:49:06,960 --> 03:49:07,359
>> Okay.

5065
03:49:07,359 --> 03:49:09,520
>> Tonight in the meeting just trying to

5066
03:49:09,520 --> 03:49:12,880
have something a broad umbrella to cover

5067
03:49:12,880 --> 03:49:16,000
the many ways that um we seek and and

5068
03:49:16,000 --> 03:49:18,319
actually climate surveys honestly

5069
03:49:18,319 --> 03:49:21,520
>> uh seek and and make use of very

5070
03:49:21,520 --> 03:49:22,319
important.

5071
03:49:22,319 --> 03:49:24,479
>> Okay, great. Thank you.

5072
03:49:24,479 --> 03:49:32,550
>> Jay, you have a question.

5073
03:49:32,560 --> 03:49:37,349
Jay,

5074
03:49:37,359 --> 03:49:38,399
okay.

5075
03:49:38,399 --> 03:49:41,439
>> Sorry about that. That was from the

5076
03:49:41,439 --> 03:49:44,080
>> That's okay. Any other comments or

5077
03:49:44,080 --> 03:49:46,800
questions?

5078
03:49:46,800 --> 03:49:48,640
All right. So, we're ready to vote on

5079
03:49:48,640 --> 03:49:52,239
approving policy P11

5080
03:49:52,239 --> 03:49:55,359
0.1 parent involvement as a second

5081
03:49:55,359 --> 03:49:58,880
reading. All in favor, raise your hand.

5082
03:49:58,880 --> 03:50:01,279
Dr. A,

5083
03:50:01,279 --> 03:50:05,600
um J, Mike, Ian, Jen, myself, and

5084
03:50:05,600 --> 03:50:10,239
Adrian. So, that passes second to zero.

5085
03:50:10,239 --> 03:50:18,790
Okay.

5086
03:50:18,800 --> 03:50:22,950
See,

5087
03:50:22,960 --> 03:50:26,399
next is um

5088
03:50:26,399 --> 03:50:30,160
I think that's it.

5089
03:50:30,160 --> 03:50:32,640
>> Nope, that's it for policy.

5090
03:50:32,640 --> 03:50:34,560
All right. Thank you, Mike.

5091
03:50:34,560 --> 03:50:36,080
>> I'm going to leave now, but I'll I'll

5092
03:50:36,080 --> 03:50:39,600
join back in. Okay.

5093
03:50:39,600 --> 03:50:41,359
>> All right.

5094
03:50:41,359 --> 03:50:43,840
So, next on the agenda,

5095
03:50:43,840 --> 03:50:45,840
thank you Rita for waiting. I appreciate

5096
03:50:45,840 --> 03:50:47,040
it. Thank you.

5097
03:50:47,040 --> 03:50:55,030
>> Um, director financial report.

5098
03:50:55,040 --> 03:50:58,319
» Thank you for accommodating.

5099
03:50:58,319 --> 03:51:00,080
>> I wanted to give those policies.

5100
03:51:00,080 --> 03:51:02,560
>> Yeah, we will.

5101
03:51:02,560 --> 03:51:04,239
>> Okay. Okay. So, first we'll talk about

5102
03:51:04,239 --> 03:51:08,239
the year-to- date financials that we

5103
03:51:08,239 --> 03:51:09,920
reviewed during the finance and

5104
03:51:09,920 --> 03:51:13,279
facilities meeting. Um,

5105
03:51:13,279 --> 03:51:15,199
of course, this is un audited, but this

5106
03:51:15,199 --> 03:51:18,640
is where we stand for FY26.

5107
03:51:18,640 --> 03:51:26,229
Um, with a bill of balance of 48,107.

5108
03:51:26,239 --> 03:51:30,640
If anyone has any questions,

5109
03:51:30,640 --> 03:51:32,880
feel free to ask. This is with the

5110
03:51:32,880 --> 03:51:35,439
transfers that are on the agenda to

5111
03:51:35,439 --> 03:51:40,630
approve that transfers.

5112
03:51:40,640 --> 03:51:44,710
» Are we not projecting this?

5113
03:51:44,720 --> 03:51:47,520
» In the past, we've always we projected

5114
03:51:47,520 --> 03:51:50,560
the sheet

5115
03:51:50,560 --> 03:51:57,110
>> projected sheet.

5116
03:51:57,120 --> 03:51:58,640
» What's the attachment number?

5117
03:51:58,640 --> 03:52:00,720
>> The attachment is two. Can you do that

5118
03:52:00,720 --> 03:52:02,560
for us, Mark? Thank you.

5119
03:52:02,560 --> 03:52:04,960
>> You have it, Mark.

5120
03:52:04,960 --> 03:52:29,510
>> I'm looking.

5121
03:52:29,520 --> 03:52:56,710
There's so many tabs. I can see it.

5122
03:52:56,720 --> 03:53:07,110
There it is. You found it.

5123
03:53:07,120 --> 03:53:10,160
As I mentioned in the meeting, we are

5124
03:53:10,160 --> 03:53:13,600
still um balancing the funds with the

5125
03:53:13,600 --> 03:53:14,800
town

5126
03:53:14,800 --> 03:53:17,680
>> fund one. is our general fund and fund

5127
03:53:17,680 --> 03:53:20,800
three is our grant fund. Um I hope to

5128
03:53:20,800 --> 03:53:23,840
finish that this week before I go on

5129
03:53:23,840 --> 03:53:26,399
vacation. Um because the auditors plan

5130
03:53:26,399 --> 03:53:29,520
to start

5131
03:53:29,520 --> 03:53:31,760
sorry

5132
03:53:31,760 --> 03:53:34,640
the auditors plan to start believe

5133
03:53:34,640 --> 03:53:42,309
October 17th.

5134
03:53:42,319 --> 03:53:45,680
» Any questions? Any questions on

5135
03:53:45,680 --> 03:53:47,600
attachment too?

5136
03:53:47,600 --> 03:53:49,359
>> All the

5137
03:53:49,359 --> 03:53:51,199
grants are attached in that attachment

5138
03:53:51,199 --> 03:53:54,319
as well.

5139
03:53:54,319 --> 03:53:58,399
>> Um I'm going to eat.

5140
03:53:58,399 --> 03:54:00,479
>> So basically uh at this point the

5141
03:54:00,479 --> 03:54:03,279
current calculations unaudited um

5142
03:54:03,279 --> 03:54:06,960
indicate that we're $48,000

5143
03:54:06,960 --> 03:54:09,520
uh of the curve.

5144
03:54:09,520 --> 03:54:10,640
>> Yes,

5145
03:54:10,640 --> 03:54:13,600
>> that's good. could be non-lapsing funds

5146
03:54:13,600 --> 03:54:19,429
after we go through the audit.

5147
03:54:19,439 --> 03:54:24,080
» I don't anticipate more entries, but

5148
03:54:24,080 --> 03:54:25,600
>> appreciate it.

5149
03:54:25,600 --> 03:54:27,520
>> So, you're thinking this might be the

5150
03:54:27,520 --> 03:54:29,199
final number?

5151
03:54:29,199 --> 03:54:30,560
>> It should be.

5152
03:54:30,560 --> 03:54:34,160
>> Yeah. I guess we still um I'm hoping by

5153
03:54:34,160 --> 03:54:35,439
the end of this week before I go on

5154
03:54:35,439 --> 03:54:37,600
vacation to make sure that every

5155
03:54:37,600 --> 03:54:39,760
everything's tied up. Mhm.

5156
03:54:39,760 --> 03:54:43,760
>> And how long you been that vacation for?

5157
03:54:43,760 --> 03:54:45,680
>> She had to take her vacation since she

5158
03:54:45,680 --> 03:54:46,800
came to us.

5159
03:54:46,800 --> 03:54:48,160
>> She'll be back for the next regular

5160
03:54:48,160 --> 03:54:49,359
meeting.

5161
03:54:49,359 --> 03:54:50,080
>> Yes.

5162
03:54:50,080 --> 03:54:50,880
>> And we're um

5163
03:54:50,880 --> 03:54:52,000
>> And you are coming back.

5164
03:54:52,000 --> 03:54:54,000
>> Yes, she does.

5165
03:54:54,000 --> 03:54:56,239
>> I like to visit South Carolina. I won't

5166
03:54:56,239 --> 03:54:58,160
know there.

5167
03:54:58,160 --> 03:55:00,560
>> I can't afford it.

5168
03:55:00,560 --> 03:55:03,040
>> Now, does all of this have to go into

5169
03:55:03,040 --> 03:55:06,640
fund or part of it goes into it?

5170
03:55:06,640 --> 03:55:09,439
>> You can [clears throat] decide to first.

5171
03:55:09,439 --> 03:55:12,080
I mean, I'm not sure what you mean. I

5172
03:55:12,080 --> 03:55:14,720
feel it should all roll over or unless

5173
03:55:14,720 --> 03:55:17,920
you decide to um

5174
03:55:17,920 --> 03:55:19,199
the oped. I

5175
03:55:19,199 --> 03:55:20,160
>> Yeah, I was going to say

5176
03:55:20,160 --> 03:55:21,199
>> another option.

5177
03:55:21,199 --> 03:55:23,199
>> We haven't looked at it, right? Because

5178
03:55:23,199 --> 03:55:25,600
it's still preliminary, but like Rita

5179
03:55:25,600 --> 03:55:28,239
mentioned, OPED should be one of the

5180
03:55:28,239 --> 03:55:31,840
things that we look at. Um so that we

5181
03:55:31,840 --> 03:55:34,160
don't have any

5182
03:55:34,160 --> 03:55:35,439
>> I would hope that it would be a

5183
03:55:35,439 --> 03:55:37,600
discussion item unto itself that we

5184
03:55:37,600 --> 03:55:39,279
could discuss anything up to and

5185
03:55:39,279 --> 03:55:40,960
including

5186
03:55:40,960 --> 03:55:42,640
>> efforts to be put forward towards the

5187
03:55:42,640 --> 03:55:43,760
robotics field.

5188
03:55:43,760 --> 03:55:46,239
>> Yeah. And then like the the veh like the

5189
03:55:46,239 --> 03:55:48,800
maintenance vehicles

5190
03:55:48,800 --> 03:55:51,680
>> I I am about this year's budget with the

5191
03:55:51,680 --> 03:55:52,880
energy cost

5192
03:55:52,880 --> 03:55:55,040
>> because we developed it before the

5193
03:55:55,040 --> 03:55:58,319
spice. So I think we have to

5194
03:55:58,319 --> 03:56:00,720
>> consider that too.

5195
03:56:00,720 --> 03:56:01,920
>> So that would be a discussion.

5196
03:56:01,920 --> 03:56:05,680
>> And I know our health savings plan is up

5197
03:56:05,680 --> 03:56:08,080
by about 5 million, right? That whole

5198
03:56:08,080 --> 03:56:08,560
plan

5199
03:56:08,560 --> 03:56:11,439
>> that's attached and that is still um

5200
03:56:11,439 --> 03:56:13,439
unodited.

5201
03:56:13,439 --> 03:56:17,120
>> That is an attachment number four. But

5202
03:56:17,120 --> 03:56:18,560
I'm not sure. Are you guys done with

5203
03:56:18,560 --> 03:56:19,359
this?

5204
03:56:19,359 --> 03:56:21,359
>> I didn't mean to move us ahead. I'll

5205
03:56:21,359 --> 03:56:23,680
>> wait.

5206
03:56:23,680 --> 03:56:26,560
>> Yeah. Um yeah, Rita presented this in

5207
03:56:26,560 --> 03:56:28,800
finance of facilities. Adrian, myself

5208
03:56:28,800 --> 03:56:33,680
and Jay um went through it um and we

5209
03:56:33,680 --> 03:56:35,359
were comfortable with what she had

5210
03:56:35,359 --> 03:56:38,239
presented at the time.

5211
03:56:38,239 --> 03:56:40,640
>> Okay. Yeah, it hasn't changed since our

5212
03:56:40,640 --> 03:56:43,199
>> meeting.

5213
03:56:43,199 --> 03:56:44,800
Any other question? Anybody on the line

5214
03:56:44,800 --> 03:56:48,000
have any questions?

5215
03:56:48,000 --> 03:56:48,960
>> No.

5216
03:56:48,960 --> 03:56:50,399
Okay.

5217
03:56:50,399 --> 03:56:52,160
>> No.

5218
03:56:52,160 --> 03:56:59,269
>> Hi What do you have next?

5219
03:56:59,279 --> 03:57:00,000
» Number three.

5220
03:57:00,000 --> 03:57:02,720
>> Next is the budget transfers.

5221
03:57:02,720 --> 03:57:05,600
This is just the um budget transfer

5222
03:57:05,600 --> 03:57:07,920
since the last approval of budget

5223
03:57:07,920 --> 03:57:10,080
transfers because

5224
03:57:10,080 --> 03:57:12,239
budget transfers got to be about 50

5225
03:57:12,239 --> 03:57:16,640
pages long. So, um what's included here

5226
03:57:16,640 --> 03:57:19,840
tonight is what needs to be voted on. Is

5227
03:57:19,840 --> 03:57:23,439
it like four departmental transfers on

5228
03:57:23,439 --> 03:57:28,309
the first piece?

5229
03:57:28,319 --> 03:57:30,800
Oh, it's up there. Okay, great. So, the

5230
03:57:30,800 --> 03:57:33,760
first four are departmental and then um

5231
03:57:33,760 --> 03:57:38,640
the true up starts on page one and

5232
03:57:38,640 --> 03:57:42,710
all the way to 19.

5233
03:57:42,720 --> 03:57:45,520
» Yeah. So um as discussed in the finance

5234
03:57:45,520 --> 03:57:48,800
and facilities meeting um it's 3 million

5235
03:57:48,800 --> 03:57:51,279
total but it's really net zero. It's

5236
03:57:51,279 --> 03:57:53,600
just transferring between the account

5237
03:57:53,600 --> 03:57:57,600
codes. I want that to be mentioned here

5238
03:57:57,600 --> 03:58:03,120
too. Um also um what's driving as um

5239
03:58:03,120 --> 03:58:07,600
Lita had mentioned was that um

5240
03:58:07,600 --> 03:58:09,520
the benefits is still being charged to

5241
03:58:09,520 --> 03:58:11,120
the home departments and it's just

5242
03:58:11,120 --> 03:58:13,439
getting centralized. So you'll see a lot

5243
03:58:13,439 --> 03:58:16,080
of salary like benefits types of chew

5244
03:58:16,080 --> 03:58:18,960
ups in there but it's um just basically

5245
03:58:18,960 --> 03:58:22,160
moving it to the centralized codes

5246
03:58:22,160 --> 03:58:24,000
and there's a lot of FICA and Medicare

5247
03:58:24,000 --> 03:58:26,560
and a lot of lines there. Um when we

5248
03:58:26,560 --> 03:58:28,640
move to mainness is that being an issue

5249
03:58:28,640 --> 03:58:32,160
because their payroll system doesn't um

5250
03:58:32,160 --> 03:58:35,760
post to the individual function. It will

5251
03:58:35,760 --> 03:58:39,760
post to the main centralized account. So

5252
03:58:39,760 --> 03:58:41,359
>> we won't have those types of transfers,

5253
03:58:41,359 --> 03:58:43,840
but I do like to, you know, transfer as

5254
03:58:43,840 --> 03:58:46,800
much as I can. I do have thresholds, but

5255
03:58:46,800 --> 03:58:49,600
you know, I do like to

5256
03:58:49,600 --> 03:58:53,910
up as much as I can.

5257
03:58:53,920 --> 03:58:56,640
Yeah, the total

5258
03:58:56,640 --> 03:59:00,960
3 million, but it all gets to zero.

5259
03:59:00,960 --> 03:59:04,560
zero. Okay.

5260
03:59:04,560 --> 03:59:05,520
Any questions?

5261
03:59:05,520 --> 03:59:07,840
>> Questions on the transfer? Any questions

5262
03:59:07,840 --> 03:59:10,239
from the people online?

5263
03:59:10,239 --> 03:59:12,960
>> No.

5264
03:59:12,960 --> 03:59:15,279
Okay.

5265
03:59:15,279 --> 03:59:18,560
Attachment four, healthcare.

5266
03:59:18,560 --> 03:59:21,840
>> And so the attachment for is the um the

5267
03:59:21,840 --> 03:59:25,439
most updated unodudited June 30th um

5268
03:59:25,439 --> 03:59:27,359
balance

5269
03:59:27,359 --> 03:59:31,199
for the OPED and the active fund.

5270
03:59:31,199 --> 03:59:34,239
I do have to um just check with D to

5271
03:59:34,239 --> 03:59:36,800
make sure that the active fund is up to

5272
03:59:36,800 --> 03:59:41,830
date as well. Um

5273
03:59:41,840 --> 03:59:45,359
but there is a $5 million, you know,

5274
03:59:45,359 --> 03:59:48,479
fund balance in the active and the OPEC

5275
03:59:48,479 --> 03:59:52,640
is 527 in the negative.

5276
03:59:52,640 --> 03:59:55,199
But the the only one that's new to the

5277
03:59:55,199 --> 03:59:58,399
board is the got an update on that.

5278
03:59:58,399 --> 03:59:58,800
>> Okay.

5279
03:59:58,800 --> 04:00:02,080
>> So, I'll keep you updated next facil

5280
04:00:02,080 --> 04:00:04,800
next finance facilities. I should have I

5281
04:00:04,800 --> 04:00:07,840
just received today um the claims

5282
04:00:07,840 --> 04:00:09,279
through August

5283
04:00:09,279 --> 04:00:11,840
>> from MDG. So we should have some updated

5284
04:00:11,840 --> 04:00:13,439
reports

5285
04:00:13,439 --> 04:00:14,960
>> and we can kind of decide what we want.

5286
04:00:14,960 --> 04:00:17,600
>> Yeah. And the next finance fac and

5287
04:00:17,600 --> 04:00:20,479
hopefully the updated ones for for these

5288
04:00:20,479 --> 04:00:21,920
as well.

5289
04:00:21,920 --> 04:00:24,000
>> Okay, Jay.

5290
04:00:24,000 --> 04:00:27,269
>> Jay.

5291
04:00:27,279 --> 04:00:29,760
» Uh yes. Uh thank you. Um, I don't want

5292
04:00:29,760 --> 04:00:31,760
to put you on the spot this evening, but

5293
04:00:31,760 --> 04:00:34,239
and maybe at the next finance facilities

5294
04:00:34,239 --> 04:00:36,080
meeting you could address. I know

5295
04:00:36,080 --> 04:00:38,880
there's still a couple of questions open

5296
04:00:38,880 --> 04:00:43,840
about the recommendations from um the

5297
04:00:43,840 --> 04:00:46,399
actuarial report in terms of their

5298
04:00:46,399 --> 04:00:48,399
recommendations for the levels of

5299
04:00:48,399 --> 04:00:49,040
funding.

5300
04:00:49,040 --> 04:00:53,120
>> Right. Right. Um and so maybe we could

5301
04:00:53,120 --> 04:00:55,920
discuss that further at the next finance

5302
04:00:55,920 --> 04:00:58,239
meeting just so that we the board

5303
04:00:58,239 --> 04:01:01,199
understands what they're recommending

5304
04:01:01,199 --> 04:01:03,040
and and what the balances are.

5305
04:01:03,040 --> 04:01:06,080
>> Yeah, I agree. Um we are completing an

5306
04:01:06,080 --> 04:01:08,399
OPED they're they're calling it an OPED

5307
04:01:08,399 --> 04:01:10,399
report for the actuaries, but it

5308
04:01:10,399 --> 04:01:12,720
actually includes active employees. So

5309
04:01:12,720 --> 04:01:16,160
it took my staff a couple weeks to

5310
04:01:16,160 --> 04:01:18,640
actually go through. Um, it hasn't been

5311
04:01:18,640 --> 04:01:21,520
updated for two years. Like sometimes

5312
04:01:21,520 --> 04:01:23,760
you don't update it every year, but um,

5313
04:01:23,760 --> 04:01:26,319
Zach just gave it to me today. So, I was

5314
04:01:26,319 --> 04:01:28,640
planning on calling minimum and talking

5315
04:01:28,640 --> 04:01:32,560
to them about how they use our report

5316
04:01:32,560 --> 04:01:34,720
and how they determine everything. So,

5317
04:01:34,720 --> 04:01:36,239
um, it's actually a great timing that

5318
04:01:36,239 --> 04:01:38,319
you said that and hopefully by the next

5319
04:01:38,319 --> 04:01:40,960
finance facilities I'll have to, you

5320
04:01:40,960 --> 04:01:43,760
know, a clarity of it.

5321
04:01:43,760 --> 04:01:44,319
Does that make sense?

5322
04:01:44,319 --> 04:01:46,479
>> Yeah. It's unclear in the way that they

5323
04:01:46,479 --> 04:01:49,680
presented in their report whether the um

5324
04:01:49,680 --> 04:01:52,399
the funding levels they're recommending

5325
04:01:52,399 --> 04:01:56,000
uh are just the board's obligation or if

5326
04:01:56,000 --> 04:01:59,359
they're um you know combining it with

5327
04:01:59,359 --> 04:02:02,479
the uh

5328
04:02:02,479 --> 04:02:04,720
>> employee

5329
04:02:04,720 --> 04:02:06,640
>> contributions.

5330
04:02:06,640 --> 04:02:08,880
Right. is if we could get a little more

5331
04:02:08,880 --> 04:02:11,760
uh clarity on that so we know what the

5332
04:02:11,760 --> 04:02:15,120
true, you know, board obligation is to

5333
04:02:15,120 --> 04:02:16,960
fund these accounts,

5334
04:02:16,960 --> 04:02:19,199
>> right? And I want to understand how they

5335
04:02:19,199 --> 04:02:22,239
get it because they're taking our data,

5336
04:02:22,239 --> 04:02:23,920
you know, and I want to understand how

5337
04:02:23,920 --> 04:02:25,760
they're taking our data, whether they

5338
04:02:25,760 --> 04:02:27,920
what are they using in their report

5339
04:02:27,920 --> 04:02:32,239
because I've I've never um had a

5340
04:02:32,239 --> 04:02:36,800
typically that I've had brokers estimate

5341
04:02:36,800 --> 04:02:38,640
what you need to put in to OPED. I've

5342
04:02:38,640 --> 04:02:40,880
never had, you know, MLM do it. They

5343
04:02:40,880 --> 04:02:43,520
always did our pension. So, yeah, I plan

5344
04:02:43,520 --> 04:02:45,760
to talk to him in the next week or two

5345
04:02:45,760 --> 04:02:47,120
or probably when I get back from

5346
04:02:47,120 --> 04:02:49,279
vacation, to be honest.

5347
04:02:49,279 --> 04:02:50,080
>> Yeah.

5348
04:02:50,080 --> 04:02:52,479
>> Well, as always, we appreciate all your

5349
04:02:52,479 --> 04:02:54,560
hard work. Thank you very much. The

5350
04:02:54,560 --> 04:02:57,520
vacation is uh much appreciated. Turn

5351
04:02:57,520 --> 04:02:59,920
off your phone.

5352
04:02:59,920 --> 04:03:03,742
uh put your uh email on out of office

5353
04:03:03,742 --> 04:03:04,319
[laughter]

5354
04:03:04,319 --> 04:03:06,560
and uh enjoy yourself.

5355
04:03:06,560 --> 04:03:09,760
>> Thank you.

5356
04:03:09,760 --> 04:03:11,600
>> I just want to say I'm glad to hear the

5357
04:03:11,600 --> 04:03:13,120
discussion is happening and I look

5358
04:03:13,120 --> 04:03:15,199
forward to hearing more detail about how

5359
04:03:15,199 --> 04:03:16,960
these numbers are generated.

5360
04:03:16,960 --> 04:03:18,960
>> Yeah, it was a very large report and it

5361
04:03:18,960 --> 04:03:20,880
did take him longer than I expected.

5362
04:03:20,880 --> 04:03:22,319
He's like I said, he's been working on

5363
04:03:22,319 --> 04:03:24,560
it for he also does payroll and rented

5364
04:03:24,560 --> 04:03:25,680
so

5365
04:03:25,680 --> 04:03:28,000
>> so he just finished it today. But um I

5366
04:03:28,000 --> 04:03:29,840
definitely want I want to understand it

5367
04:03:29,840 --> 04:03:35,030
so that I know how to budget.

5368
04:03:35,040 --> 04:03:43,590
» Read it when it says admin exppare.

5369
04:03:43,600 --> 04:03:46,000
» Oh yes.

5370
04:03:46,000 --> 04:03:48,399
>> Yeah. That's the admin fee.

5371
04:03:48,399 --> 04:03:49,520
>> Administrative fee.

5372
04:03:49,520 --> 04:03:51,920
>> That's what we pay them.

5373
04:03:51,920 --> 04:03:53,600
Wow.

5374
04:03:53,600 --> 04:03:57,040
Okay. And this is a yearly fee.

5375
04:03:57,040 --> 04:04:00,080
That's the year to date fee. So yeah,

5376
04:04:00,080 --> 04:04:03,520
197,000 year to date

5377
04:04:03,520 --> 04:04:06,560
for Is that what you're looking at?

5378
04:04:06,560 --> 04:04:10,080
>> 197. And then on the on the next square

5379
04:04:10,080 --> 04:04:11,199
or rectangle

5380
04:04:11,199 --> 04:04:13,520
>> 18, right?

5381
04:04:13,520 --> 04:04:15,760
>> So we total those two up.

5382
04:04:15,760 --> 04:04:18,720
>> Yeah, that's separate fees.

5383
04:04:18,720 --> 04:04:19,760
>> And how do they

5384
04:04:19,760 --> 04:04:22,800
>> That's the admin fee that they charge to

5385
04:04:22,800 --> 04:04:25,359
everyone. If you're self-insured, you

5386
04:04:25,359 --> 04:04:26,800
see an ad.

5387
04:04:26,800 --> 04:04:28,640
>> Do they base it on a number of claims?

5388
04:04:28,640 --> 04:04:29,680
Yeah. Okay.

5389
04:04:29,680 --> 04:04:30,960
>> And membership.

5390
04:04:30,960 --> 04:04:34,000
>> Thank you,

5391
04:04:34,000 --> 04:04:38,550
>> Jay. You still have your hand up?

5392
04:04:38,560 --> 04:04:42,399
» Okay. Any other You're welcome, Jay. Any

5393
04:04:42,399 --> 04:04:44,880
other questions on um health insurance

5394
04:04:44,880 --> 04:04:50,080
balances as of June 30th, 2026?

5395
04:04:50,080 --> 04:04:55,750
Okay.

5396
04:04:55,760 --> 04:05:01,030
And that's it for you, Rita.

5397
04:05:01,040 --> 04:05:04,080
» Can we move to the tuition, too?

5398
04:05:04,080 --> 04:05:06,399
>> Yeah. Can we move over to that? We're

5399
04:05:06,399 --> 04:05:08,880
going to move over to new business

5400
04:05:08,880 --> 04:05:11,439
discussing and possible action regarding

5401
04:05:11,439 --> 04:05:15,040
FY26 budget transfers between functions

5402
04:05:15,040 --> 04:05:22,150
in the amount of 3,23,431.71.

5403
04:05:22,160 --> 04:05:24,720
Um, Jen, can you read the motion?

5404
04:05:24,720 --> 04:05:27,520
>> Motion to approve the fiscal year 26

5405
04:05:27,520 --> 04:05:29,760
budget transfers between functions in

5406
04:05:29,760 --> 04:05:36,710
the amount of 3,23,431.71.

5407
04:05:36,720 --> 04:05:38,000
» Do I have a second?

5408
04:05:38,000 --> 04:05:39,040
>> Second, Thomas.

5409
04:05:39,040 --> 04:05:41,199
>> Thank you, Ian.

5410
04:05:41,199 --> 04:05:43,520
So, motion was made by Jen and seconded

5411
04:05:43,520 --> 04:05:46,080
by Ian.

5412
04:05:46,080 --> 04:05:48,319
All right. You want to speak on that,

5413
04:05:48,319 --> 04:05:50,479
Rita? the transfer is over.

5414
04:05:50,479 --> 04:05:53,040
>> That's the that's hopefully that's the

5415
04:05:53,040 --> 04:05:56,870
last transfer.

5416
04:05:56,880 --> 04:06:00,950
» 25th 26.

5417
04:06:00,960 --> 04:06:02,960
» All right. Any questions for Reed about

5418
04:06:02,960 --> 04:06:05,279
the transfers?

5419
04:06:05,279 --> 04:06:07,920
>> No. Okay. All those in favor of

5420
04:06:07,920 --> 04:06:11,439
approving FY26 budget transfers between

5421
04:06:11,439 --> 04:06:18,070
functions in the amount of 3,23,431.71.

5422
04:06:18,080 --> 04:06:22,800
Say raise your hand. Dr. A online J Ian

5423
04:06:22,800 --> 04:06:29,030
Jen myself and Agent. Okay,

5424
04:06:29,040 --> 04:06:32,309
that passed.

5425
04:06:32,319 --> 04:06:34,640
Okay, next is discussion and possible

5426
04:06:34,640 --> 04:06:37,199
action regarding approval of out of

5427
04:06:37,199 --> 04:06:41,199
district tuition rates for 2026 2027

5428
04:06:41,199 --> 04:06:44,000
school year.

5429
04:06:44,000 --> 04:06:45,680
Jen, you want to read that?

5430
04:06:45,680 --> 04:06:47,680
>> Sure.

5431
04:06:47,680 --> 04:06:50,239
um to approve the added district tuition

5432
04:06:50,239 --> 04:06:58,630
rates for um the 2026 2027 school year.

5433
04:06:58,640 --> 04:07:00,560
» Do I have a second?

5434
04:07:00,560 --> 04:07:01,840
>> Second, Thomas.

5435
04:07:01,840 --> 04:07:04,399
>> Thank you.

5436
04:07:04,399 --> 04:07:07,120
All right. Discussion.

5437
04:07:07,120 --> 04:07:08,880
Who wants to talk about this?

5438
04:07:08,880 --> 04:07:10,080
>> Just quick question.

5439
04:07:10,080 --> 04:07:11,359
>> I guess that you know, could you just

5440
04:07:11,359 --> 04:07:12,880
give a little background on on what

5441
04:07:12,880 --> 04:07:18,399
guided the changes? So, um we used a

5442
04:07:18,399 --> 04:07:20,720
percentage of what we received for the

5443
04:07:20,720 --> 04:07:26,000
budget increase on the um the general

5444
04:07:26,000 --> 04:07:28,560
education tuition rates. Um because in

5445
04:07:28,560 --> 04:07:31,680
the past we were using EFS, you know,

5446
04:07:31,680 --> 04:07:37,760
the state system, but I um I've seen a lot of chatter on CASBO that

5447
04:07:37,760 --> 04:07:39,120
they would take that figure and they

5448
04:07:39,120 --> 04:07:41,199
would take out special ed and remove

5449
04:07:41,199 --> 04:07:43,040
certain things. and I thought that was

5450
04:07:43,040 --> 04:07:46,560
really complicating the the um the

5451
04:07:46,560 --> 04:07:50,479
formula and it would it might severely

5452
04:07:50,479 --> 04:07:53,760
reduce it. So I just thought um after

5453
04:07:53,760 --> 04:07:56,160
talking to Susan that we increase those

5454
04:07:56,160 --> 04:07:58,800
general rates by what we received budget

5455
04:07:58,800 --> 04:08:02,160
wise which was 4.6

5456
04:08:02,160 --> 04:08:05,760
>> um for FY26.

5457
04:08:05,760 --> 04:08:08,080
Does that make sense? because we're

5458
04:08:08,080 --> 04:08:09,680
always go we're always looking at the

5459
04:08:09,680 --> 04:08:12,000
previous year that's ended. We're not

5460
04:08:12,000 --> 04:08:15,040
looking at this partic this year. Um the

5461
04:08:15,040 --> 04:08:18,319
rates for special ed are based on um the

5462
04:08:18,319 --> 04:08:22,640
market and um actual costs in the

5463
04:08:22,640 --> 04:08:24,080
classroom like the self-contained

5464
04:08:24,080 --> 04:08:26,160
classroom that's based on actual costs

5465
04:08:26,160 --> 04:08:28,080
of the parents and the teachers that are

5466
04:08:28,080 --> 04:08:30,640
in them classrooms. So any of the

5467
04:08:30,640 --> 04:08:37,110
special ed program costs based on actual

5468
04:08:37,120 --> 04:08:39,279
Are those set by Lauren?

5469
04:08:39,279 --> 04:08:42,800
>> The not the special ed program cost. The

5470
04:08:42,800 --> 04:08:45,680
ones below the OTP are the market

5471
04:08:45,680 --> 04:08:49,199
prices. Yes. So Lauren is one of them

5472
04:08:49,199 --> 04:08:50,960
that we look at to see what they're

5473
04:08:50,960 --> 04:08:56,630
charging.

5474
04:08:56,640 --> 04:09:01,590
» Any other questions?

5475
04:09:01,600 --> 04:09:04,640
Okay. All those in favor of approving

5476
04:09:04,640 --> 04:09:07,439
the out of district tuition rates for

5477
04:09:07,439 --> 04:09:11,120
the 2026 2027 school year, raise your

5478
04:09:11,120 --> 04:09:13,600
hand if you're online.

5479
04:09:13,600 --> 04:09:19,279
Dr. A and J I J myself and Adrian that

5480
04:09:19,279 --> 04:09:22,950
passes.

5481
04:09:22,960 --> 04:09:31,110
» Thank you.

5482
04:09:31,120 --> 04:09:35,040
» Okay. back to the beginning. Thank you.

5483
04:09:35,040 --> 04:09:36,399
>> Thanks for hanging around.

5484
04:09:36,399 --> 04:09:38,960
>> We'll see you in a week.

5485
04:09:38,960 --> 04:09:39,359
>> All right.

5486
04:09:39,359 --> 04:09:40,239
>> Good night.

5487
04:09:40,239 --> 04:09:43,120
too.

5488
04:09:43,120 --> 04:09:46,479
>> Just write notes on this.

5489
04:09:46,479 --> 04:09:50,560
Okay. Next is committee reports policy.

5490
04:09:50,560 --> 04:09:51,359
Um,

5491
04:09:51,359 --> 04:09:52,880
>> director facilities.

5492
04:09:52,880 --> 04:09:55,040
>> Oh, I'm sorry.

5493
04:09:55,040 --> 04:09:57,120
You're next.

5494
04:09:57,120 --> 04:09:58,880
>> Sorry about that.

5495
04:09:58,880 --> 04:10:01,520
>> Thank you.

5496
04:10:01,520 --> 04:10:03,120
director of facilities report.

5497
04:10:03,120 --> 04:10:04,800
>> Yeah, my report will be a lot shorter

5498
04:10:04,800 --> 04:10:06,399
than her report. I can tell you that

5499
04:10:06,399 --> 04:10:09,840
much. Um so, uh there there are three

5500
04:10:09,840 --> 04:10:11,359
items that I wanted to report on

5501
04:10:11,359 --> 04:10:13,600
tonight. And of course, the first one

5502
04:10:13,600 --> 04:10:17,359
was the success of the day at Mary

5503
04:10:17,359 --> 04:10:20,080
Morrison School. Um if you didn't make

5504
04:10:20,080 --> 04:10:24,000
it, um you should uh you should come by

5505
04:10:24,000 --> 04:10:26,160
at some point anyways and see what's

5506
04:10:26,160 --> 04:10:28,000
going on over there because it's really

5507
04:10:28,000 --> 04:10:31,199
terrific stuff going on over there. Um,

5508
04:10:31,199 --> 04:10:33,840
I know that uh after the storm that went

5509
04:10:33,840 --> 04:10:37,840
through um the other night um our guys

5510
04:10:37,840 --> 04:10:40,640
were out there first thing this morning

5511
04:10:40,640 --> 04:10:46,720
um and took truckloads of branches and leaves and stuff that blew in from

5512
04:10:46,720 --> 04:10:48,800
that storm uh to get it cleaned up just

5513
04:10:48,800 --> 04:10:50,399
in time for everybody to arrive this

5514
04:10:50,399 --> 04:10:53,359
morning. So, uh thanks to uh to our crew

5515
04:10:53,359 --> 04:10:56,960
for that. Um and uh

5516
04:10:56,960 --> 04:11:00,319
it it was really a nice event. So,

5517
04:11:00,319 --> 04:11:02,880
That's Mary Morrison School. Uh, two

5518
04:11:02,880 --> 04:11:06,160
more items. Um, the Fitch High School

5519
04:11:06,160 --> 04:11:09,120
garage that we're working on for the uh,

5520
04:11:09,120 --> 04:11:11,120
program that's going in there, but we

5521
04:11:11,120 --> 04:11:14,960
are now uh, awaiting um, there's one

5522
04:11:14,960 --> 04:11:16,560
more big piece of equipment that's

5523
04:11:16,560 --> 04:11:18,160
coming in, one more big piece of

5524
04:11:18,160 --> 04:11:20,479
machinery that's coming in, but we are

5525
04:11:20,479 --> 04:11:24,239
also waiting for an electrical bid um,

5526
04:11:24,239 --> 04:11:27,120
for hooking those machines up. So, um,

5527
04:11:27,120 --> 04:11:29,920
our staff isn't able to do that. We have

5528
04:11:29,920 --> 04:11:33,359
a a a quote out and, uh, I just asked

5529
04:11:33,359 --> 04:11:35,520
Tom about it this morning, but, uh, we

5530
04:11:35,520 --> 04:11:36,800
haven't gotten it back. We're expecting

5531
04:11:36,800 --> 04:11:39,600
it any day, um, from the electrician

5532
04:11:39,600 --> 04:11:41,600
that's been working on that stuff for us

5533
04:11:41,600 --> 04:11:43,680
right along. So, we should have that any

5534
04:11:43,680 --> 04:11:45,439
day, and I will report on that next

5535
04:11:45,439 --> 04:11:46,000
time.

5536
04:11:46,000 --> 04:11:48,319
>> And we do still have money in the CIP

5537
04:11:48,319 --> 04:11:50,160
for that in the air conditioning. So,

5538
04:11:50,160 --> 04:11:50,720
right,

5539
04:11:50,720 --> 04:11:52,319
>> that'll be good.

5540
04:11:52,319 --> 04:11:56,560
Um and and the third and final item um

5541
04:11:56,560 --> 04:11:59,920
is a question about the Fish High School

5542
04:11:59,920 --> 04:12:04,239
uh the old gym. Uh the old gym um

5543
04:12:04,239 --> 04:12:07,920
apparently um there were some concerns

5544
04:12:07,920 --> 04:12:13,520
um uh the uh uh the election uh that was

5545
04:12:13,520 --> 04:12:15,600
in hot weather.

5546
04:12:15,600 --> 04:12:17,920
>> Um which doesn't always happen in hot

5547
04:12:17,920 --> 04:12:19,920
weather. Uh but there is no air

5548
04:12:19,920 --> 04:12:21,279
conditioning in that section of the

5549
04:12:21,279 --> 04:12:25,920
building. Um and so I know the town is u

5550
04:12:25,920 --> 04:12:28,640
looking at possibly putting them back

5551
04:12:28,640 --> 04:12:31,760
over at the annex.

5552
04:12:31,760 --> 04:12:33,920
I think the problem there is probably

5553
04:12:33,920 --> 04:12:35,680
parking where we have a lot more parking

5554
04:12:35,680 --> 04:12:37,840
than they would have over there. But um

5555
04:12:37,840 --> 04:12:40,080
but there is no air conditioning in the

5556
04:12:40,080 --> 04:12:45,199
old gym. Um they did um during that time

5557
04:12:45,199 --> 04:12:47,359
they did ask us if we had some fans. We

5558
04:12:47,359 --> 04:12:48,960
took some fillings down here to move the

5559
04:12:48,960 --> 04:12:52,800
air around, but um the concerns were

5560
04:12:52,800 --> 04:12:56,319
mostly from uh the workers because the

5561
04:12:56,319 --> 04:12:58,399
voters came in, voted, and got the heck

5562
04:12:58,399 --> 04:13:00,640
out of there, but the workers were there

5563
04:13:00,640 --> 04:13:04,000
all day long. Um and with the sun coming

5564
04:13:04,000 --> 04:13:06,960
through those uh through those windows,

5565
04:13:06,960 --> 04:13:08,960
kind of magnifies it a bit coming into

5566
04:13:08,960 --> 04:13:12,319
that the old gym. Uh and I guess it got

5567
04:13:12,319 --> 04:13:14,000
pretty warm and they they had some

5568
04:13:14,000 --> 04:13:15,840
failures of equipment. They're

5569
04:13:15,840 --> 04:13:17,199
suggesting that it was because of the

5570
04:13:17,199 --> 04:13:18,800
heat. I don't know whether that's true,

5571
04:13:18,800 --> 04:13:22,319
but that's what they they said. So, um

5572
04:13:22,319 --> 04:13:25,120
it's a concern. We could always put air

5573
04:13:25,120 --> 04:13:26,720
conditioning in there, but that would

5574
04:13:26,720 --> 04:13:29,040
require us going out to bid and write

5575
04:13:29,040 --> 04:13:31,520
some specs, going out to bid and doing

5576
04:13:31,520 --> 04:13:33,760
it.

5577
04:13:33,760 --> 04:13:35,920
>> Or we could move it to Graten Middle

5578
04:13:35,920 --> 04:13:38,159
School

5579
04:13:38,159 --> 04:13:40,960
cafeteria.

5580
04:13:40,960 --> 04:13:42,720
>> We could move it to the Graten Middle

5581
04:13:42,720 --> 04:13:45,359
School. You definitely wouldn't be able

5582
04:13:45,359 --> 04:13:48,720
to do it during school at the Graten

5583
04:13:48,720 --> 04:13:49,439
Middle School.

5584
04:13:49,439 --> 04:13:51,920
>> No, but like Fitch um usually the

5585
04:13:51,920 --> 04:13:54,720
schools are closed down on electric.

5586
04:13:54,720 --> 04:13:56,479
>> I think we'd have to do that because of

5587
04:13:56,479 --> 04:13:58,000
the parking over there. The parking

5588
04:13:58,000 --> 04:14:00,159
doesn't know the Fitch High School, it's

5589
04:14:00,159 --> 04:14:01,920
the back parking lot that you can

5590
04:14:01,920 --> 04:14:04,399
actually people can move somewhere else

5591
04:14:04,399 --> 04:14:05,760
for the day.

5592
04:14:05,760 --> 04:14:08,399
>> Um so that's why I think that's probably

5593
04:14:08,399 --> 04:14:10,479
why it's always been used in the past.

5594
04:14:10,479 --> 04:14:11,120
Mhm.

5595
04:14:11,120 --> 04:14:14,640
>> Um but the Graten Middle School um could

5596
04:14:14,640 --> 04:14:16,960
be used. Uh I I don't have a problem

5597
04:14:16,960 --> 04:14:19,359
with that. We're happy to share our

5598
04:14:19,359 --> 04:14:21,040
facilities with the town

5599
04:14:21,040 --> 04:14:22,640
>> anytime they need it.

5600
04:14:22,640 --> 04:14:25,600
>> Um but uh the parking the parking would

5601
04:14:25,600 --> 04:14:28,560
be the concern and certainly I I don't I

5602
04:14:28,560 --> 04:14:29,920
don't believe we could actually have

5603
04:14:29,920 --> 04:14:31,359
school at the middle school if you can

5604
04:14:31,359 --> 04:14:33,920
have voters coming in in.

5605
04:14:33,920 --> 04:14:35,359
>> Well, we don't have school on election

5606
04:14:35,359 --> 04:14:35,840
day.

5607
04:14:35,840 --> 04:14:37,600
>> We don't have school on election day.

5608
04:14:37,600 --> 04:14:39,439
>> What's that? We don't have school on

5609
04:14:39,439 --> 04:14:41,120
election day

5610
04:14:41,120 --> 04:14:43,520
>> on November 4th. We don't

5611
04:14:43,520 --> 04:14:44,960
>> these were these were um

5612
04:14:44,960 --> 04:14:48,640
>> these these were primary school anyway.

5613
04:14:48,640 --> 04:14:50,960
>> Yeah.

5614
04:14:50,960 --> 04:14:52,720
>> You finished. Okay.

5615
04:14:52,720 --> 04:14:54,239
>> I I think it may already be a moot

5616
04:14:54,239 --> 04:14:55,840
point. I think I think the town council

5617
04:14:55,840 --> 04:15:01,110
voted to move it back to the annex.

5618
04:15:01,120 --> 04:15:01,840
» Yeah.

5619
04:15:01,840 --> 04:15:03,680
>> So then it's not a

5620
04:15:03,680 --> 04:15:05,439
>> It's a concern for the students and what

5621
04:15:05,439 --> 04:15:08,080
are we doing with that? I guess is that

5622
04:15:08,080 --> 04:15:09,600
>> yeah with air conditioning with the

5623
04:15:09,600 --> 04:15:11,439
students that's a concern.

5624
04:15:11,439 --> 04:15:13,120
>> It's never had air conditioning.

5625
04:15:13,120 --> 04:15:14,640
>> Yeah. And I think it's only in the

5626
04:15:14,640 --> 04:15:16,319
summer and I don't think we use the gyms

5627
04:15:16,319 --> 04:15:18,880
in the summertime at all.

5628
04:15:18,880 --> 04:15:20,640
>> Uh there might be some teams that come

5629
04:15:20,640 --> 04:15:22,800
in here and do workouts or something.

5630
04:15:22,800 --> 04:15:23,760
>> Yeah.

5631
04:15:23,760 --> 04:15:28,389
>> Does the big gym have air conditioning?

5632
04:15:28,399 --> 04:15:29,120
» I think so.

5633
04:15:29,120 --> 04:15:32,800
>> It has uh

5634
04:15:32,800 --> 04:15:41,189
it has air handlers in there. I have to verify that on the big gym.

5635
04:15:41,199 --> 04:15:43,920
I I'll have to verify that.

5636
04:15:43,920 --> 04:15:46,399
>> Could you put that in board notes, Sue?

5637
04:15:46,399 --> 04:15:46,960
>> Yep.

5638
04:15:46,960 --> 04:15:50,550
>> Okay.

5639
04:15:50,560 --> 04:15:52,159
» Go ahead.

5640
04:15:52,159 --> 04:15:53,040
J.

5641
04:15:53,040 --> 04:15:54,479
>> There's one thing in financing

5642
04:15:54,479 --> 04:15:57,359
facilities. Um

5643
04:15:57,359 --> 04:16:00,880
I think there's a bid that went out for

5644
04:16:00,880 --> 04:16:06,239
the um walkway the front of Fitch.

5645
04:16:06,239 --> 04:16:10,319
Is that the case or or it was going to

5646
04:16:10,319 --> 04:16:13,120
go out the bid?

5647
04:16:13,120 --> 04:16:15,680
>> Yeah, we got no bids and I believe it's

5648
04:16:15,680 --> 04:16:17,279
going to have to go out to rebid

5649
04:16:17,279 --> 04:16:21,120
>> to rebid. Yeah. Okay. So no one Okay.

5650
04:16:21,120 --> 04:16:22,800
>> So when you when does it go out to

5651
04:16:22,800 --> 04:16:26,159
rebid? I have to talk to Rita and figure

5652
04:16:26,159 --> 04:16:27,120
that out.

5653
04:16:27,120 --> 04:16:27,520
>> Okay.

5654
04:16:27,520 --> 04:16:29,680
>> We'll do that this week because she goes

5655
04:16:29,680 --> 04:16:30,960
>> Yeah. Right away.

5656
04:16:30,960 --> 04:16:33,120
>> So we can get that moving because that

5657
04:16:33,120 --> 04:16:34,640
is

5658
04:16:34,640 --> 04:16:35,760
>> Yeah.

5659
04:16:35,760 --> 04:16:38,479
>> What happens like when there's no bid?

5660
04:16:38,479 --> 04:16:41,359
Is it because the parameters we put

5661
04:16:41,359 --> 04:16:43,760
versus what we're willing to pay? Like

5662
04:16:43,760 --> 04:16:47,120
why would we not get a bid? Is it too

5663
04:16:47,120 --> 04:16:53,349
small of a job? awake.

5664
04:16:53,359 --> 04:16:54,880
» I don't know.

5665
04:16:54,880 --> 04:17:01,600
>> Okay.

5666
04:17:01,600 --> 04:17:03,680
Anything else, Sam?

5667
04:17:03,680 --> 04:17:06,239
>> That would be it for me for tonight.

5668
04:17:06,239 --> 04:17:07,279
>> Thanks, Sam.

5669
04:17:07,279 --> 04:17:09,439
>> Any questions for Sam?

5670
04:17:09,439 --> 04:17:11,600
>> Yeah.

5671
04:17:11,600 --> 04:17:14,800
I'm just um could you um maybe just for

5672
04:17:14,800 --> 04:17:16,479
either finance and facilities at the

5673
04:17:16,479 --> 04:17:20,800
next meeting kind of give us report on you know kind of what's going on in

5674
04:17:20,800 --> 04:17:22,560
bathrooms as far as the facility side of

5675
04:17:22,560 --> 04:17:29,510
it at the high school.

5676
04:17:29,520 --> 04:17:32,000
» You know you're kids.

5677
04:17:32,000 --> 04:17:33,920
>> I can tell you my plumber is there

5678
04:17:33,920 --> 04:17:35,439
almost full time

5679
04:17:35,439 --> 04:17:39,429
>> at D school.

5680
04:17:39,439 --> 04:17:42,159
How about locks and that kind of like

5681
04:17:42,159 --> 04:17:44,399
the locks on the doors and do they just

5682
04:17:44,399 --> 04:17:48,159
keep breaking them? Previous

5683
04:17:48,159 --> 04:17:50,560
administration was actually limited

5684
04:17:50,560 --> 04:17:53,040
where the kids could go and had them

5685
04:17:53,040 --> 04:17:55,680
sign in and sign out and somebody would

5686
04:17:55,680 --> 04:17:59,520
go like the sec maintenance person a

5687
04:17:59,520 --> 04:18:01,600
security person would go in and check it

5688
04:18:01,600 --> 04:18:04,399
every so often after

5689
04:18:04,399 --> 04:18:07,600
I don't know whether it would be after

5690
04:18:07,600 --> 04:18:09,760
uh a student has had problems in the

5691
04:18:09,760 --> 04:18:11,760
past or something maybe but I know that

5692
04:18:11,760 --> 04:18:14,560
they would check them on occasion to see

5693
04:18:14,560 --> 04:18:16,640
if there's no damage And things went

5694
04:18:16,640 --> 04:18:18,640
pretty well when they were doing that.

5695
04:18:18,640 --> 04:18:20,560
>> And they were pretty when we first got

5696
04:18:20,560 --> 04:18:21,279
the

5697
04:18:21,279 --> 04:18:23,760
>> Mr. Harris was the principal here. I had

5698
04:18:23,760 --> 04:18:25,680
so it's been a while since they did

5699
04:18:25,680 --> 04:18:26,479
that.

5700
04:18:26,479 --> 04:18:29,840
>> Well, I think um with the vape detectors

5701
04:18:29,840 --> 04:18:31,359
when they first got them, they were

5702
04:18:31,359 --> 04:18:34,000
going when things were happening and we

5703
04:18:34,000 --> 04:18:35,760
ended up having quite a few kids who

5704
04:18:35,760 --> 04:18:37,040
ended up here

5705
04:18:37,040 --> 04:18:38,399
>> as a consequence.

5706
04:18:38,399 --> 04:18:40,479
>> That's okay. So,

5707
04:18:40,479 --> 04:18:42,720
>> breaking rules has consequences,

5708
04:18:42,720 --> 04:18:44,159
>> but I have to find out what happened to

5709
04:18:44,159 --> 04:18:45,840
those detectors, too.

5710
04:18:45,840 --> 04:18:46,720
>> Yeah.

5711
04:18:46,720 --> 04:18:48,239
>> So, I will

5712
04:18:48,239 --> 04:18:49,840
>> I'd be curious to see if there's a

5713
04:18:49,840 --> 04:18:51,359
reason that the security guards aren't

5714
04:18:51,359 --> 04:18:53,920
going in the bathrooms.

5715
04:18:53,920 --> 04:18:54,399
>> Well,

5716
04:18:54,399 --> 04:18:55,279
>> if that's the case,

5717
04:18:55,279 --> 04:18:58,000
>> I know that's hard to tell. Um,

5718
04:18:58,000 --> 04:18:59,680
>> I've seen them go in.

5719
04:18:59,680 --> 04:19:01,199
>> I I walked in there once. I didn't

5720
04:19:01,199 --> 04:19:02,880
realize that the place was going to be

5721
04:19:02,880 --> 04:19:04,720
full, but I think it was during lunch

5722
04:19:04,720 --> 04:19:08,080
period. I walked into the boys' room and

5723
04:19:08,080 --> 04:19:12,319
it was it was full. Um it was an entire

5724
04:19:12,319 --> 04:19:16,159
group of young men hanging around doing

5725
04:19:16,159 --> 04:19:17,760
what they were doing. We all know what

5726
04:19:17,760 --> 04:19:21,199
they were doing in the boys' room. Um

5727
04:19:21,199 --> 04:19:22,159
and um did

5728
04:19:22,159 --> 04:19:24,560
>> they scatter? I wasn't the only one that

5729
04:19:24,560 --> 04:19:26,159
was in shock. They were in shock that I

5730
04:19:26,159 --> 04:19:27,760
came in too and some of them scattered

5731
04:19:27,760 --> 04:19:30,239
but most of them weren't much bothered

5732
04:19:30,239 --> 04:19:32,319
by the fact that I came in to be honest.

5733
04:19:32,319 --> 04:19:33,600
>> Yeah. Um,

5734
04:19:33,600 --> 04:19:35,439
>> it was a very large group in here. I can

5735
04:19:35,439 --> 04:19:36,399
tell you that much.

5736
04:19:36,399 --> 04:19:38,239
>> Yeah. I mean, maybe there's reasons that

5737
04:19:38,239 --> 04:19:40,720
no one goes in, but

5738
04:19:40,720 --> 04:19:42,239
>> I kind of like to know what they are if

5739
04:19:42,239 --> 04:19:44,800
they are.

5740
04:19:44,800 --> 04:19:45,199
>> Yeah.

5741
04:19:45,199 --> 04:19:48,000
>> Do we have apps so that they need to

5742
04:19:48,000 --> 04:19:50,800
like sign in and sign up? So, we can

5743
04:19:50,800 --> 04:19:55,359
literally track who's been to what

5744
04:19:55,359 --> 04:19:57,359
>> if we really wanted to do the

5745
04:19:57,359 --> 04:19:58,319
enforcement.

5746
04:19:58,319 --> 04:19:59,760
>> Yes. Right.

5747
04:19:59,760 --> 04:20:02,880
>> Maybe we should look at um enforcing

5748
04:20:02,880 --> 04:20:05,600
a policy of something for the bathroom

5749
04:20:05,600 --> 04:20:08,560
and and really discussing security at

5750
04:20:08,560 --> 04:20:10,560
the high school and if that's really

5751
04:20:10,560 --> 04:20:13,359
working because I I have heard

5752
04:20:13,359 --> 04:20:16,319
>> different complaints about security at

5753
04:20:16,319 --> 04:20:17,520
the high school.

5754
04:20:17,520 --> 04:20:20,479
>> So, um maybe that's a discussion for us

5755
04:20:20,479 --> 04:20:21,760
at some point.

5756
04:20:21,760 --> 04:20:22,800
>> Yeah. you know,

5757
04:20:22,800 --> 04:20:23,199
>> yeah,

5758
04:20:23,199 --> 04:20:25,600
>> who we're hiring and if they're able to

5759
04:20:25,600 --> 04:20:28,159
do the job and what are they actually

5760
04:20:28,159 --> 04:20:29,439
doing

5761
04:20:29,439 --> 04:20:31,520
>> and we need to talk about that and see

5762
04:20:31,520 --> 04:20:33,600
because that's an ongoing issue.

5763
04:20:33,600 --> 04:20:35,040
>> As far as also what training they're

5764
04:20:35,040 --> 04:20:35,520
given.

5765
04:20:35,520 --> 04:20:37,279
>> Yeah. What training, right?

5766
04:20:37,279 --> 04:20:38,880
>> How to handle the situation.

5767
04:20:38,880 --> 04:20:41,680
>> Yeah. Because we can't have the plumber

5768
04:20:41,680 --> 04:20:44,399
like just remove the toilet bowl to

5769
04:20:44,399 --> 04:20:47,680
remove the vaping devices like every

5770
04:20:47,680 --> 04:20:50,720
other in the toilet every other day. And

5771
04:20:50,720 --> 04:20:52,640
people can't go to the bathroom because

5772
04:20:52,640 --> 04:20:57,840
of that. We really have to I mean I mean

5773
04:20:57,840 --> 04:20:59,600
they really have to do something at the

5774
04:20:59,600 --> 04:21:03,359
high school. I mean it's part of the leadership at the high

5775
04:21:03,359 --> 04:21:04,239
school.

5776
04:21:04,239 --> 04:21:04,800
>> Mhm.

5777
04:21:04,800 --> 04:21:06,640
>> They have to start stepping it up a

5778
04:21:06,640 --> 04:21:07,920
little bit.

5779
04:21:07,920 --> 04:21:14,149
>> Yeah.

5780
04:21:14,159 --> 04:21:15,760
Cuz kids can't deal with the

5781
04:21:15,760 --> 04:21:19,840
urine. That's not right.

5782
04:21:19,840 --> 04:21:23,040
All right. Anything else? Any others

5783
04:21:23,040 --> 04:21:25,920
comments? Adrian.

5784
04:21:25,920 --> 04:21:29,990
Okay. Jen.

5785
04:21:30,000 --> 04:21:33,680
All right. Anything else, Sam?

5786
04:21:33,680 --> 04:21:34,080
>> No.

5787
04:21:34,080 --> 04:21:35,120
>> All right. Thank you.

5788
04:21:35,120 --> 04:21:36,159
>> Thank you.

5789
04:21:36,159 --> 04:21:36,800
Sam.

5790
04:21:36,800 --> 04:21:40,080
>> All right. Committee reports. We have

5791
04:21:40,080 --> 04:21:42,080
some policy

5792
04:21:42,080 --> 04:21:45,040
um curriculum. Mitch left. So, Ian, you

5793
04:21:45,040 --> 04:21:47,279
want to talk about curriculum? Um

5794
04:21:47,279 --> 04:21:48,640
>> do you mind?

5795
04:21:48,640 --> 04:21:49,920
>> Yeah.

5796
04:21:49,920 --> 04:21:51,600
speak on it. I guess to the extent that

5797
04:21:51,600 --> 04:21:53,680
I know I know that uh we're going to

5798
04:21:53,680 --> 04:21:57,199
have review of the study of IB

5799
04:21:57,199 --> 04:22:00,239
um on our agenda for the October 7th

5800
04:22:00,239 --> 04:22:01,439
meeting

5801
04:22:01,439 --> 04:22:03,840
>> which I did want to note that the uh

5802
04:22:03,840 --> 04:22:05,359
calendar at the end of the agenda does

5803
04:22:05,359 --> 04:22:07,439
not have that listed.

5804
04:22:07,439 --> 04:22:09,199
So that's something that we should make

5805
04:22:09,199 --> 04:22:11,279
an adjustment for the advanced planning

5806
04:22:11,279 --> 04:22:14,399
calendar October 7th 6 p.m. remote.

5807
04:22:14,399 --> 04:22:18,389
>> Okay. Um

5808
04:22:18,399 --> 04:22:20,000
other than that, no I don't I don't have

5809
04:22:20,000 --> 04:22:21,680
I'm not prepared to give a report.

5810
04:22:21,680 --> 04:22:24,239
>> Okay.

5811
04:22:24,239 --> 04:22:30,229
All right.

5812
04:22:30,239 --> 04:22:33,040
» And finance and facilities. um finance

5813
04:22:33,040 --> 04:22:36,319
and facilities met um not at our normal

5814
04:22:36,319 --> 04:22:38,479
um first Tuesday of every month, but we

5815
04:22:38,479 --> 04:22:41,439
met last Tuesday and we basically

5816
04:22:41,439 --> 04:22:45,279
discussed all of the items that Rita and

5817
04:22:45,279 --> 04:22:50,239
um Sam went through um like five pl the

5818
04:22:50,239 --> 04:22:53,279
past five 10 minutes. Um, one of the

5819
04:22:53,279 --> 04:22:57,199
things um that we I I do need to talk to

5820
04:22:57,199 --> 04:23:00,239
Ian regarding his referral um because I

5821
04:23:00,239 --> 04:23:02,560
thought it was CO versus special

5822
04:23:02,560 --> 04:23:04,399
meeting, but I just wanted to get a

5823
04:23:04,399 --> 04:23:07,920
better handle on that um as we proceed.

5824
04:23:07,920 --> 04:23:10,319
Um it is going to be on our next

5825
04:23:10,319 --> 04:23:13,520
meeting. The meeting coming up in

5826
04:23:13,520 --> 04:23:17,120
October is cancelled um due to finance

5827
04:23:17,120 --> 04:23:20,399
director being on vacation. Um, I just

5828
04:23:20,399 --> 04:23:23,120
need to confirm with my colleagues that

5829
04:23:23,120 --> 04:23:25,439
the date proposed by the business

5830
04:23:25,439 --> 04:23:27,199
director works for them.

5831
04:23:27,199 --> 04:23:28,560
>> What was that date? Do you remember?

5832
04:23:28,560 --> 04:23:31,439
>> Um, I believe it was OC, it was the

5833
04:23:31,439 --> 04:23:35,359
Tuesday, um, October 20th.

5834
04:23:35,359 --> 04:23:38,960
>> Um, same time, six o'clock. So, um once

5835
04:23:38,960 --> 04:23:41,840
I get confirmation that that's okay with

5836
04:23:41,840 --> 04:23:46,640
the people that normally attend, um

5837
04:23:46,640 --> 04:23:50,319
we will um I'll let um Joyce know.

5838
04:23:50,319 --> 04:23:53,040
>> Okay. Okay.

5839
04:23:53,040 --> 04:23:54,880
>> That's it.

5840
04:23:54,880 --> 04:23:58,319
>> Okay. Thank you. Um Jay, anything for

5841
04:23:58,319 --> 04:24:01,120
communications?

5842
04:24:01,120 --> 04:24:03,760
>> Uh yes. Well, we met back on August 13th

5843
04:24:03,760 --> 04:24:06,399
and it was coded out the last regular

5844
04:24:06,399 --> 04:24:06,960
meeting.

5845
04:24:06,960 --> 04:24:09,760
>> Okay. Thank you, Jay. Um, ad hoc

5846
04:24:09,760 --> 04:24:12,159
long-term plan space planning.

5847
04:24:12,159 --> 04:24:14,399
>> Yeah, we have not met. We do have a

5848
04:24:14,399 --> 04:24:17,920
meeting scheduled for October 8th at 4

5849
04:24:17,920 --> 04:24:21,600
in the afternoon in the middle school.

5850
04:24:21,600 --> 04:24:24,159
>> Okay.

5851
04:24:24,159 --> 04:24:24,880
>> Middle school.

5852
04:24:24,880 --> 04:24:27,040
>> We got um confirmation that it can be at

5853
04:24:27,040 --> 04:24:28,720
the media center.

5854
04:24:28,720 --> 04:24:30,319
>> All right.

5855
04:24:30,319 --> 04:24:32,960
media center.

5856
04:24:32,960 --> 04:24:35,279
>> Any question for that?

5857
04:24:35,279 --> 04:24:35,920
>> Excuse me.

5858
04:24:35,920 --> 04:24:37,840
>> Question for media.

5859
04:24:37,840 --> 04:24:39,359
>> Do we have an agenda set up for that

5860
04:24:39,359 --> 04:24:40,239
yet?

5861
04:24:40,239 --> 04:24:44,560
>> Um, no. I was planning on um mostly

5862
04:24:44,560 --> 04:24:46,720
focusing on the middle school and then

5863
04:24:46,720 --> 04:24:48,399
um also putting on the agenda to talk

5864
04:24:48,399 --> 04:24:49,359
about robotics.

5865
04:24:49,359 --> 04:24:52,560
>> Okay, very good. Thank you.

5866
04:24:52,560 --> 04:24:55,359
My thought was is to, you know,

5867
04:24:55,359 --> 04:24:57,920
basically let the middle school staff go

5868
04:24:57,920 --> 04:24:59,279
>> and we're going to talk about robotics

5869
04:24:59,279 --> 04:24:59,920
afterwards.

5870
04:24:59,920 --> 04:25:01,760
>> Sounds reasonable.

5871
04:25:01,760 --> 04:25:03,359
>> Uh, but it's at the media center, so

5872
04:25:03,359 --> 04:25:05,600
it's not a normal location. So, will it

5873
04:25:05,600 --> 04:25:07,439
be recorded in accordance with our

5874
04:25:07,439 --> 04:25:08,080
policy or

5875
04:25:08,080 --> 04:25:10,880
>> I'll just make sure Clint has that.

5876
04:25:10,880 --> 04:25:12,880
>> Okay, great. Thank you.

5877
04:25:12,880 --> 04:25:16,239
>> I'll do a phone recording of it.

5878
04:25:16,239 --> 04:25:20,229
>> Something

5879
04:25:20,239 --> 04:25:24,720
appreciate it. Okay, next is learn. Um,

5880
04:25:24,720 --> 04:25:28,399
the learn board met on September the

5881
04:25:28,399 --> 04:25:31,840
10th if I'm not m mistaken and we were

5882
04:25:31,840 --> 04:25:34,000
introduced to the par educator and the

5883
04:25:34,000 --> 04:25:36,239
teacher of the year. We discussed

5884
04:25:36,239 --> 04:25:39,040
staffing. All certified positions across

5885
04:25:39,040 --> 04:25:42,080
the agency are currently staffed. The

5886
04:25:42,080 --> 04:25:44,239
friendship school is now prek through

5887
04:25:44,239 --> 04:25:47,279
grade one. U the regional multicultural

5888
04:25:47,279 --> 04:25:51,040
magnet school is grades 2 to seven and

5889
04:25:51,040 --> 04:25:52,800
the long-term goal was for the

5890
04:25:52,800 --> 04:25:56,000
friendship school to be prek through two

5891
04:25:56,000 --> 04:26:01,840
and RMS is going to be grades 3 to 8.

5892
04:26:01,840 --> 04:26:05,439
So RMS is moving into middle school.

5893
04:26:05,439 --> 04:26:08,000
They're gonna have a middle school now.

5894
04:26:08,000 --> 04:26:12,080
Um, and the Friendship School and the

5895
04:26:12,080 --> 04:26:15,600
and Marine Science Magnet High School

5896
04:26:15,600 --> 04:26:17,760
were recognized as national magnet

5897
04:26:17,760 --> 04:26:20,640
schools of excellence by the magnet

5898
04:26:20,640 --> 04:26:23,040
schools of America.

5899
04:26:23,040 --> 04:26:26,000
And learn high schools continue to

5900
04:26:26,000 --> 04:26:29,279
demonstrate strong academic outcomes,

5901
04:26:29,279 --> 04:26:33,279
including 100% graduation rate. And 99%

5902
04:26:33,279 --> 04:26:35,199
of the freshmen are on track for

5903
04:26:35,199 --> 04:26:38,080
graduation. The two high school students

5904
04:26:38,080 --> 04:26:42,399
earn the two high schools students earn

5905
04:26:42,399 --> 04:26:44,319
2,224

5906
04:26:44,319 --> 04:26:48,560
college credits. Uh what else do I have?

5907
04:26:48,560 --> 04:26:51,680
The new uh early childhood center for

5908
04:26:51,680 --> 04:26:55,199
learn hopefully will be opening

5909
04:26:55,199 --> 04:26:59,520
in September 2027. That's the goal. and

5910
04:26:59,520 --> 04:27:02,080
learn will host um the disability

5911
04:27:02,080 --> 04:27:06,399
conference on March 20th, 2027 from 10

5912
04:27:06,399 --> 04:27:09,040
to 2 at the Mystic Ma at the Mystic

5913
04:27:09,040 --> 04:27:11,520
Marriott. And that's all I have to

5914
04:27:11,520 --> 04:27:13,120
learn. I have more, but it's getting

5915
04:27:13,120 --> 04:27:15,680
late. So,

5916
04:27:15,680 --> 04:27:18,080
next is athletic fields. I think I sent

5917
04:27:18,080 --> 04:27:20,479
everyone uh Mitch's notes on athletic

5918
04:27:20,479 --> 04:27:24,159
fields. So, you have that military super

5919
04:27:24,159 --> 04:27:24,880
question on that though.

5920
04:27:24,880 --> 04:27:26,159
>> Yeah, go ahead. There's no student

5921
04:27:26,159 --> 04:27:28,080
mention anything about the um the

5922
04:27:28,080 --> 04:27:30,960
Franklin property.

5923
04:27:30,960 --> 04:27:36,070
>> I don't the athletic fields

5924
04:27:36,080 --> 04:27:39,600
they they they said the board should be

5925
04:27:39,600 --> 04:27:42,239
interested and we gave it to the town

5926
04:27:42,239 --> 04:27:44,560
and I if I'm not mistaken the town

5927
04:27:44,560 --> 04:27:46,960
council is not interested in purchasing

5928
04:27:46,960 --> 04:27:48,159
the athletic bands.

5929
04:27:48,159 --> 04:27:49,199
>> All right. So

5930
04:27:49,199 --> 04:27:53,040
>> I think uh with that regard like it it

5931
04:27:53,040 --> 04:27:54,880
that doesn't seem like I've not I've not

5932
04:27:54,880 --> 04:27:56,239
seen it come across the town council

5933
04:27:56,239 --> 04:27:57,120
agenda.

5934
04:27:57,120 --> 04:27:59,760
>> It's not that's not been voted. Town

5935
04:27:59,760 --> 04:28:01,600
manager works for town council. Town

5936
04:28:01,600 --> 04:28:03,600
council works for the people. We also

5937
04:28:03,600 --> 04:28:06,399
work for the people.

5938
04:28:06,399 --> 04:28:07,920
We have not discussed that and voted on

5939
04:28:07,920 --> 04:28:10,239
it as a board.

5940
04:28:10,239 --> 04:28:12,159
It got sent to athletic fields. I was in

5941
04:28:12,159 --> 04:28:14,640
disagreement with that.

5942
04:28:14,640 --> 04:28:16,319
We need to take responsibility of that

5943
04:28:16,319 --> 04:28:18,800
item and we need to vote on it as a

5944
04:28:18,800 --> 04:28:20,880
board. What we want to do with it and

5945
04:28:20,880 --> 04:28:22,960
whether it

5946
04:28:22,960 --> 04:28:24,960
>> we should vote on whether we want to buy

5947
04:28:24,960 --> 04:28:26,399
>> whether we believe it would be an asset

5948
04:28:26,399 --> 04:28:28,720
to add to the school district and then

5949
04:28:28,720 --> 04:28:30,000
whether or not we want to work with the

5950
04:28:30,000 --> 04:28:32,800
town council and ask to try to make it

5951
04:28:32,800 --> 04:28:36,000
happen and then get them to take some

5952
04:28:36,000 --> 04:28:38,479
official action on it so they can be

5953
04:28:38,479 --> 04:28:40,000
discussed in the public arena and voted

5954
04:28:40,000 --> 04:28:43,120
on in a proper fashion.

5955
04:28:43,120 --> 04:28:45,120
I don't like it seemed like it went off

5956
04:28:45,120 --> 04:28:46,880
into this gray zone and

5957
04:28:46,880 --> 04:28:48,319
>> well once it athletic fields

5958
04:28:48,319 --> 04:28:50,479
>> I know but that's not an that body is an

5959
04:28:50,479 --> 04:28:52,399
ad hoc it's it's not an officially

5960
04:28:52,399 --> 04:28:53,760
ordained body

5961
04:28:53,760 --> 04:28:56,000
>> it's not like a voting body it's not a

5962
04:28:56,000 --> 04:28:57,920
charter body it's not elected

5963
04:28:57,920 --> 04:28:59,600
representatives of the people

5964
04:28:59,600 --> 04:29:00,479
>> okay

5965
04:29:00,479 --> 04:29:04,000
>> town council board of ed

5966
04:29:04,000 --> 04:29:05,840
property over there could be very useful

5967
04:29:05,840 --> 04:29:08,159
to the district

5968
04:29:08,159 --> 04:29:10,080
it could be a great asset to help

5969
04:29:10,080 --> 04:29:12,800
support the students so I think we as

5970
04:29:12,800 --> 04:29:14,720
board have a responsibility to take

5971
04:29:14,720 --> 04:29:17,600
respon to to take possession of that

5972
04:29:17,600 --> 04:29:21,120
item as far as like

5973
04:29:21,120 --> 04:29:22,880
an action item

5974
04:29:22,880 --> 04:29:24,800
>> that we got to put into our agenda and

5975
04:29:24,800 --> 04:29:28,000
handle it through our processes. And

5976
04:29:28,000 --> 04:29:29,840
then if it's determined to be the role

5977
04:29:29,840 --> 04:29:31,279
of the board that we want to take that

5978
04:29:31,279 --> 04:29:33,199
we would like to acquire that for the

5979
04:29:33,199 --> 04:29:35,760
district, then we approach the town

5980
04:29:35,760 --> 04:29:37,520
council

5981
04:29:37,520 --> 04:29:40,319
and ask them to make it a matter of

5982
04:29:40,319 --> 04:29:43,439
discussion on their agenda.

5983
04:29:43,439 --> 04:29:45,439
so that they can have it in a public

5984
04:29:45,439 --> 04:29:47,520
arena. People can come and comment to

5985
04:29:47,520 --> 04:29:49,680
them about it

5986
04:29:49,680 --> 04:29:51,359
and you know we have this discussion in

5987
04:29:51,359 --> 04:29:53,439
public because the town manager doesn't

5988
04:29:53,439 --> 04:29:55,199
get to just arbitrarily decide things

5989
04:29:55,199 --> 04:29:58,239
like that.

5990
04:29:58,239 --> 04:30:01,199
He he works for the council

5991
04:30:01,199 --> 04:30:05,910
and the council works for the people.

5992
04:30:05,920 --> 04:30:11,110
Thank you.

5993
04:30:11,120 --> 04:30:14,640
Okay, next is military students lean

5994
04:30:14,640 --> 04:30:17,600
>> superintendent we haven't met

5995
04:30:17,600 --> 04:30:19,439
coming up

5996
04:30:19,439 --> 04:30:22,319
>> town city council's RTM board of ed

5997
04:30:22,319 --> 04:30:24,080
leaison J

5998
04:30:24,080 --> 04:30:27,439
>> um we met in September um believe it was

5999
04:30:27,439 --> 04:30:31,120
September 10th um

6000
04:30:31,120 --> 04:30:33,840
and we had multiple discussions um

6001
04:30:33,840 --> 04:30:36,000
superintendent Austin was present and

6002
04:30:36,000 --> 04:30:38,479
gave um an update on the school

6003
04:30:38,479 --> 04:30:44,720
district. Um we had um John Bert um also

6004
04:30:44,720 --> 04:30:49,520
present. He provided some insight on

6005
04:30:49,520 --> 04:30:53,600
um what did he what did he I don't oh

6006
04:30:53,600 --> 04:30:55,439
goodness I don't because I remember

6007
04:30:55,439 --> 04:30:57,600
Christine was there and she gave insight

6008
04:30:57,600 --> 04:31:00,640
on the speeding um like monitors that

6009
04:31:00,640 --> 04:31:03,279
are going up on uh Mitchell Street I

6010
04:31:03,279 --> 04:31:07,439
believe and or like um former Clarence B

6011
04:31:07,439 --> 04:31:09,520
sharp I don't know what it's called now

6012
04:31:09,520 --> 04:31:13,600
so there's discussion on that um there

6013
04:31:13,600 --> 04:31:15,520
was also

6014
04:31:15,520 --> 04:31:18,800
Yeah. Why do I um I'm having a blank on

6015
04:31:18,800 --> 04:31:22,149
um

6016
04:31:22,159 --> 04:31:24,880
the town

6017
04:31:24,880 --> 04:31:26,880
Beverly, you were there. I don't recall

6018
04:31:26,880 --> 04:31:29,279
what John shared because Christine

6019
04:31:29,279 --> 04:31:32,960
shared about the um the speeding cameras

6020
04:31:32,960 --> 04:31:35,439
>> when Susan presented on like everything

6021
04:31:35,439 --> 04:31:37,120
going on.

6022
04:31:37,120 --> 04:31:38,720
>> Um new housing.

6023
04:31:38,720 --> 04:31:41,279
>> Oh yes, that's right. new housing going

6024
04:31:41,279 --> 04:31:48,159
up um at the end of Tollgate and um 184.

6025
04:31:48,159 --> 04:31:50,479
There was housing going up there um

6026
04:31:50,479 --> 04:31:53,439
potential um and then on the

6027
04:31:53,439 --> 04:31:58,239
intersection of 117 and 184 and then

6028
04:31:58,239 --> 04:32:01,760
just past Whittle Street um and not

6029
04:32:01,760 --> 04:32:04,080
Whittle Street, Whittle's Farm on Sandy

6030
04:32:04,080 --> 04:32:06,319
Hollow, there was also some discussion

6031
04:32:06,319 --> 04:32:09,520
about housing going up there as well.

6032
04:32:09,520 --> 04:32:11,920
Thank you, Beverly. Once you said that,

6033
04:32:11,920 --> 04:32:13,760
I knew exactly where all the locations

6034
04:32:13,760 --> 04:32:16,560
were. So, um, he gave us updates on

6035
04:32:16,560 --> 04:32:19,199
housing. Um,

6036
04:32:19,199 --> 04:32:20,560
>> finalized yet, I don't think.

6037
04:32:20,560 --> 04:32:24,080
>> No, they haven't. Um, and they're all

6038
04:32:24,080 --> 04:32:26,560
like, um, apartment style, I believe,

6039
04:32:26,560 --> 04:32:30,800
cuz I had asked about 55 and older

6040
04:32:30,800 --> 04:32:33,840
and single structure homes, but they

6041
04:32:33,840 --> 04:32:35,920
were all, um, complexes,

6042
04:32:35,920 --> 04:32:37,040
>> high density.

6043
04:32:37,040 --> 04:32:38,880
>> Mhm.

6044
04:32:38,880 --> 04:32:47,359
And they also talked about um the Columbia class submarines. They

6045
04:32:47,359 --> 04:32:50,080
were not um families probably will not

6046
04:32:50,080 --> 04:32:53,439
be on the Columbia class submarines.

6047
04:32:53,439 --> 04:32:56,479
Um and that came from representative Dan

6048
04:32:56,479 --> 04:32:58,720
Keski

6049
04:32:58,720 --> 04:33:02,479
and we talked about the cost of um house

6050
04:33:02,479 --> 04:33:05,840
bottom roof. what was going on with that

6051
04:33:05,840 --> 04:33:08,799
HVAC and the school construction is now

6052
04:33:08,799 --> 04:33:10,320
5050.

6053
04:33:10,320 --> 04:33:12,959
We talked about that.

6054
04:33:12,959 --> 04:33:17,990
Um

6055
04:33:18,000 --> 04:33:20,879
what else did they talk about?

6056
04:33:20,879 --> 04:33:22,959
Yeah, because the roof um the money the

6057
04:33:22,959 --> 04:33:25,199
grant for the roof is going to run out.

6058
04:33:25,199 --> 04:33:27,119
So

6059
04:33:27,119 --> 04:33:28,799
you better hurry up and do something

6060
04:33:28,799 --> 04:33:32,000
with that Charles Bon roof.

6061
04:33:32,000 --> 04:33:34,639
And that's about it. And they're very

6062
04:33:34,639 --> 04:33:37,359
interested in getting units going.

6063
04:33:37,359 --> 04:33:39,920
>> It's going to take a while. Um I think

6064
04:33:39,920 --> 04:33:41,920
what they say two to three years before

6065
04:33:41,920 --> 04:33:44,719
fully implemented, but they really want

6066
04:33:44,719 --> 04:33:47,920
to get that going.

6067
04:33:47,920 --> 04:33:48,400
>> Okay.

6068
04:33:48,400 --> 04:33:50,320
>> Is is it actually happening? Is have

6069
04:33:50,320 --> 04:33:51,760
they done the preliminaries?

6070
04:33:51,760 --> 04:33:54,080
>> So we're I'm sorry. We're currently

6071
04:33:54,080 --> 04:33:56,480
paying. However, the project manager

6072
04:33:56,480 --> 04:34:00,160
hasn't contacted Lita and Clint um since

6073
04:34:00,160 --> 04:34:03,039
the initial meeting. Um she has been

6074
04:34:03,039 --> 04:34:06,799
reaching out and um we still need to set

6075
04:34:06,799 --> 04:34:12,070
up like an official kickoff.

6076
04:34:12,080 --> 04:34:15,600
» We voiced this during the meeting.

6077
04:34:15,600 --> 04:34:18,639
>> We're getting ghosted.

6078
04:34:18,639 --> 04:34:21,359
I think the

6079
04:34:21,359 --> 04:34:23,359
project manager is working with the town

6080
04:34:23,359 --> 04:34:25,359
right now to get their

6081
04:34:25,359 --> 04:34:28,959
>> um payroll and it's the same one. So I

6082
04:34:28,959 --> 04:34:30,959
don't know if it's just that

6083
04:34:30,959 --> 04:34:33,199
>> it's working very hard on the town side.

6084
04:34:33,199 --> 04:34:34,320
So I'll find out.

6085
04:34:34,320 --> 04:34:35,760
>> So we were hoping that we would get

6086
04:34:35,760 --> 04:34:37,680
another project manager that they could

6087
04:34:37,680 --> 04:34:40,561
work simultaneously so that both systems

6088
04:34:40,561 --> 04:34:42,639
and platform

6089
04:34:42,639 --> 04:34:45,039
we informed John and John and Susan

6090
04:34:45,039 --> 04:34:49,910
we're going to

6091
04:34:49,920 --> 04:34:56,561
Okay, next is um AGSA GA leazison will

6092
04:34:56,561 --> 04:35:00,719
be meeting on Monday, October 26 at

6093
04:35:00,719 --> 04:35:05,760
about 4:00 before the board meeting.

6094
04:35:05,760 --> 04:35:08,959
Okay, next is the consent calendar. Uh

6095
04:35:08,959 --> 04:35:11,600
do I have a motion to approve the

6096
04:35:11,600 --> 04:35:14,000
consent calendar? That's approval of the

6097
04:35:14,000 --> 04:35:17,039
regular meeting minutes of August 24th,

6098
04:35:17,039 --> 04:35:20,879
2026. Attachment five, approval of the

6099
04:35:20,879 --> 04:35:23,920
special meeting minutes of August 26.

6100
04:35:23,920 --> 04:35:27,600
Attachment 6 and acceptance of gifts.

6101
04:35:27,600 --> 04:35:31,359
Um, Northeast Academy PTO donated

6102
04:35:31,359 --> 04:35:35,189
$6,45267

6103
04:35:35,199 --> 04:35:37,199
to be used for playground repairs at

6104
04:35:37,199 --> 04:35:40,480
Northeast Academy.

6105
04:35:40,480 --> 04:35:42,400
Uh, do I have a motion to approve?

6106
04:35:42,400 --> 04:35:45,039
Excuse me.

6107
04:35:45,039 --> 04:35:45,840
>> For a motion.

6108
04:35:45,840 --> 04:35:47,119
>> Yes.

6109
04:35:47,119 --> 04:35:48,639
>> So,

6110
04:35:48,639 --> 04:35:49,600
do I second?

6111
04:35:49,600 --> 04:35:52,000
>> Second.

6112
04:35:52,000 --> 04:35:53,920
>> Any discussion?

6113
04:35:53,920 --> 04:35:56,879
>> Yeah. Um, for the minutes of August

6114
04:35:56,879 --> 04:35:58,719
24th.

6115
04:35:58,719 --> 04:36:02,000
>> Um, at the end, information proposals.

6116
04:36:02,000 --> 04:36:03,760
It says, "Mr. Thomas asked that

6117
04:36:03,760 --> 04:36:05,359
Wednesday's special meeting would allow

6118
04:36:05,359 --> 04:36:08,160
for remote attendance."

6119
04:36:08,160 --> 04:36:11,119
And um

6120
04:36:11,119 --> 04:36:13,039
>> where are you again? So I can

6121
04:36:13,039 --> 04:36:15,279
>> second page of the August 24th minutes.

6122
04:36:15,279 --> 04:36:16,000
>> Okay.

6123
04:36:16,000 --> 04:36:19,920
>> Um that request was denied. Uh I think

6124
04:36:19,920 --> 04:36:23,279
it would be more clear if this if that

6125
04:36:23,279 --> 04:36:25,279
sentence was put in there that my

6126
04:36:25,279 --> 04:36:31,029
request was denied by the chair.

6127
04:36:31,039 --> 04:36:32,959
» I'm trying to find out where you are.

6128
04:36:32,959 --> 04:36:35,600
It's over there. Oh, you're over here.

6129
04:36:35,600 --> 04:36:40,320
Um for old business discussion wait

6130
04:36:40,320 --> 04:36:42,561
>> I also had a note for the August 26

6131
04:36:42,561 --> 04:36:43,279
meeting.

6132
04:36:43,279 --> 04:36:44,000
>> Okay.

6133
04:36:44,000 --> 04:36:46,080
>> Um

6134
04:36:46,080 --> 04:36:48,080
discussion was not allowed in in the for

6135
04:36:48,080 --> 04:36:49,920
the first motion but in the second

6136
04:36:49,920 --> 04:36:52,400
motion for the second executive session.

6137
04:36:52,400 --> 04:36:54,240
Discussion was allowed and I did ask

6138
04:36:54,240 --> 04:36:56,561
again explicitly to be included in the

6139
04:36:56,561 --> 04:36:58,639
executive session remotely and that

6140
04:36:58,639 --> 04:37:01,039
request was denied by the chair.

6141
04:37:01,039 --> 04:37:02,480
>> So I think there should be some sentence

6142
04:37:02,480 --> 04:37:05,680
in there reflecting that.

6143
04:37:05,680 --> 04:37:08,480
I'll put that in there. I have Joyce put

6144
04:37:08,480 --> 04:37:12,551
that in there

6145
04:37:12,561 --> 04:37:16,719
for the August 24th meeting in the old

6146
04:37:16,719 --> 04:37:20,230
business

6147
04:37:20,240 --> 04:37:23,840
on the action item 8

6148
04:37:23,840 --> 04:37:25,760
business

6149
04:37:25,760 --> 04:37:27,520
um

6150
04:37:27,520 --> 04:37:32,551
the reading of policy P5144.12.

6151
04:37:32,561 --> 04:37:34,719
It was I

6152
04:37:34,719 --> 04:37:38,240
that abstain and Mitch voted no. So

6153
04:37:38,240 --> 04:37:40,639
that's backwards.

6154
04:37:40,639 --> 04:37:43,920
Mitch voted no for that policy and I

6155
04:37:43,920 --> 04:37:49,750
abstained.

6156
04:37:49,760 --> 04:37:50,480
» Okay.

6157
04:37:50,480 --> 04:37:51,760
>> All right. Well, one other thing on

6158
04:37:51,760 --> 04:37:53,119
that.

6159
04:37:53,119 --> 04:37:54,000
>> Which one are you

6160
04:37:54,000 --> 04:37:56,000
>> on the same one? First page comments

6161
04:37:56,000 --> 04:37:58,240
from citizens.

6162
04:37:58,240 --> 04:38:01,039
um is uh where Mitch talked about

6163
04:38:01,039 --> 04:38:02,959
curbside voting. I think that should be

6164
04:38:02,959 --> 04:38:05,439
in comments from citizens. I went and

6165
04:38:05,439 --> 04:38:07,039
listened to that meeting and there was

6166
04:38:07,039 --> 04:38:09,439
no clear uh distinction whether we moved

6167
04:38:09,439 --> 04:38:13,359
on from comments to citizens. So um but

6168
04:38:13,359 --> 04:38:14,719
>> curbside

6169
04:38:14,719 --> 04:38:16,160
>> Yeah. He just talked about there being

6170
04:38:16,160 --> 04:38:18,959
an issue ft to allow people to vote

6171
04:38:18,959 --> 04:38:19,359
curbside.

6172
04:38:19,359 --> 04:38:21,680
>> He did talk about it on how many times.

6173
04:38:21,680 --> 04:38:23,680
>> Yeah. So, I think it it did kind of seem

6174
04:38:23,680 --> 04:38:25,359
like it was in response, but I think

6175
04:38:25,359 --> 04:38:27,199
that it it was a little,

6176
04:38:27,199 --> 04:38:28,799
>> you know, wishy-washy when we were

6177
04:38:28,799 --> 04:38:30,480
talking about that. I think it was

6178
04:38:30,480 --> 04:38:31,359
brilliant in comments.

6179
04:38:31,359 --> 04:38:34,240
>> Okay.

6180
04:38:34,240 --> 04:38:36,240
>> Some of this

6181
04:38:36,240 --> 04:38:39,039
corrected view, please.

6182
04:38:39,039 --> 04:38:40,561
>> What's that?

6183
04:38:40,561 --> 04:38:41,840
>> How do you want that?

6184
04:38:41,840 --> 04:38:44,480
>> Oh, just just put that Yeah, just put

6185
04:38:44,480 --> 04:38:46,639
just move that comment into comments

6186
04:38:46,639 --> 04:38:49,680
from citizens rather than response.

6187
04:38:49,680 --> 04:38:51,680
>> Okay. Thank you.

6188
04:38:51,680 --> 04:38:54,879
>> Yeah, that was I I listened to it twice

6189
04:38:54,879 --> 04:39:00,000
and it was very confusing there. So

6190
04:39:00,000 --> 04:39:01,600
>> um under superintendent and

6191
04:39:01,600 --> 04:39:04,719
administration reports summer curriculum

6192
04:39:04,719 --> 04:39:06,400
professional learning it says

6193
04:39:06,400 --> 04:39:10,400
superintendent Austin noted the summer summer camps and the teachers

6194
04:39:10,400 --> 04:39:14,000
working in the camps staff working on

6195
04:39:14,000 --> 04:39:15,600
robotics

6196
04:39:15,600 --> 04:39:17,920
the Mary Morrison project and the

6197
04:39:17,920 --> 04:39:21,840
machine shop project and that all space

6198
04:39:21,840 --> 04:39:25,520
are looking good

6199
04:39:25,520 --> 04:39:27,279
that's bad language Yeah.

6200
04:39:27,279 --> 04:39:30,000
>> Okay. Um,

6201
04:39:30,000 --> 04:39:34,639
and the other one says GMS math and EA

6202
04:39:34,639 --> 04:39:37,199
giving opportunity. I wonder what that

6203
04:39:37,199 --> 04:39:39,760
means.

6204
04:39:39,760 --> 04:39:51,270
What does that mean? Giving opportunity.

6205
04:39:51,280 --> 04:39:54,160
I don't know. Three horses are coming

6206
04:39:54,160 --> 04:40:03,830
forward. 25 horses. Well, revised.

6207
04:40:03,840 --> 04:40:05,680
My other thing is under the director of

6208
04:40:05,680 --> 04:40:08,000
facilities, it said Mr. Kilpatrick

6209
04:40:08,000 --> 04:40:11,280
reported and it says bids came in high

6210
04:40:11,280 --> 04:40:14,160
and went back out to bid again, but it

6211
04:40:14,160 --> 04:40:16,400
doesn't say bids for what? So, if I'm

6212
04:40:16,400 --> 04:40:17,920
reading this, I don't know what what are

6213
04:40:17,920 --> 04:40:20,160
you bidding on? What were we bidding on?

6214
04:40:20,160 --> 04:40:22,080
It must be the cement in front of the

6215
04:40:22,080 --> 04:40:22,718
high school.

6216
04:40:22,718 --> 04:40:23,760
>> It is a cement.

6217
04:40:23,760 --> 04:40:26,798
>> Yeah. So that should be pretty.

6218
04:40:26,798 --> 04:40:29,440
>> No, but it never went out.

6219
04:40:29,440 --> 04:40:31,600
>> I think it did go out and he said it

6220
04:40:31,600 --> 04:40:33,040
came back too high.

6221
04:40:33,040 --> 04:40:33,440
>> Oh.

6222
04:40:33,440 --> 04:40:34,878
>> And then he said that he's going to need

6223
04:40:34,878 --> 04:40:36,160
it.

6224
04:40:36,160 --> 04:40:39,200
>> Yeah. Okay.

6225
04:40:39,200 --> 04:40:41,520
I can go on, but that's about enough of

6226
04:40:41,520 --> 04:40:44,400
that.

6227
04:40:44,400 --> 04:40:46,878
>> We finish up on the August 26. Anything

6228
04:40:46,878 --> 04:40:47,520
else?

6229
04:40:47,520 --> 04:40:48,320
>> Bless you.

6230
04:40:48,320 --> 04:40:50,718
>> God bless you. Um, the last item on the

6231
04:40:50,718 --> 04:40:53,680
agenda is discussion regarding pursuing

6232
04:40:53,680 --> 04:40:56,560
a cashless system at Gotton Public

6233
04:40:56,560 --> 04:40:59,760
Schools. And two,

6234
04:40:59,760 --> 04:41:01,120
>> we got a vote on that.

6235
04:41:01,120 --> 04:41:01,760
>> All right.

6236
04:41:01,760 --> 04:41:02,958
>> The consent agenda.

6237
04:41:02,958 --> 04:41:04,958
>> Oh, yeah. All right. I'm trying to get

6238
04:41:04,958 --> 04:41:07,040
through this. All right. All those in

6239
04:41:07,040 --> 04:41:09,520
favor of the consent calendar as

6240
04:41:09,520 --> 04:41:11,040
amended,

6241
04:41:11,040 --> 04:41:14,878
um, if you're online, raise your hand.

6242
04:41:14,878 --> 04:41:17,280
Andrea, I think we lost Jay.

6243
04:41:17,280 --> 04:41:21,040
>> Nope. There he is. J. Okay. Andrea, Jay,

6244
04:41:21,040 --> 04:41:24,638
Ian, Jen, myself, and Adrian. So, that

6245
04:41:24,638 --> 04:41:26,718
pass. Thank you. Thanks for reminding

6246
04:41:26,718 --> 04:41:28,638
me. I was moving on. And thank you,

6247
04:41:28,638 --> 04:41:31,680
Northeast Academy PTO for your donation

6248
04:41:31,680 --> 04:41:37,750
of $6,45267.

6249
04:41:37,760 --> 04:41:40,958
All right. Next is discussion regarding

6250
04:41:40,958 --> 04:41:44,320
pursuing a cashless system at Barton

6251
04:41:44,320 --> 04:41:47,440
Public Schools. And Rita's not here. Can

6252
04:41:47,440 --> 04:41:49,120
I just tell you what we talked about?

6253
04:41:49,120 --> 04:41:49,840
>> Okay.

6254
04:41:49,840 --> 04:41:52,320
>> We talked about having a place for cash

6255
04:41:52,320 --> 04:41:54,958
to be brought in with the students name

6256
04:41:54,958 --> 04:41:58,240
and ID at Mary Morrison at central

6257
04:41:58,240 --> 04:42:01,520
office in the office and you know um

6258
04:42:01,520 --> 04:42:04,400
Ernie will then pick that cash up or you

6259
04:42:04,400 --> 04:42:06,480
know we'll have that picked up and then

6260
04:42:06,480 --> 04:42:08,878
add it to the kids account. They also

6261
04:42:08,878 --> 04:42:10,560
talked about a place at Fitch High

6262
04:42:10,560 --> 04:42:13,520
School whether it's one cash register

6263
04:42:13,520 --> 04:42:15,360
that's in the cafeteria or in the

6264
04:42:15,360 --> 04:42:18,638
office. So, um, Ernie's willing to to

6265
04:42:18,638 --> 04:42:20,878
make that happen and that I think

6266
04:42:20,878 --> 04:42:22,560
that'll really solve the problem that

6267
04:42:22,560 --> 04:42:24,000
you're not going to have kids with cash

6268
04:42:24,000 --> 04:42:27,120
all over the place. Um, and we really do

6269
04:42:27,120 --> 04:42:29,360
want them to use the system. And to tell

6270
04:42:29,360 --> 04:42:32,798
you the truth, um, Matt did do a survey,

6271
04:42:32,798 --> 04:42:34,798
but only 30 kids responded, and he's

6272
04:42:34,798 --> 04:42:36,080
going to work on getting me those

6273
04:42:36,080 --> 04:42:37,440
responses. We're going to wait a couple

6274
04:42:37,440 --> 04:42:38,878
more days to see if other kids will

6275
04:42:38,878 --> 04:42:42,480
respond. Um, so just to get insight from

6276
04:42:42,480 --> 04:42:44,000
the kids and I'll share that with the

6277
04:42:44,000 --> 04:42:46,798
board. But I think having sites where

6278
04:42:46,798 --> 04:42:49,600
they can put the cash I think the

6279
04:42:49,600 --> 04:42:51,760
problem was that cash was all over the

6280
04:42:51,760 --> 04:42:54,320
place and you had the same person

6281
04:42:54,320 --> 04:42:58,320
collecting the cash as you know um

6282
04:42:58,320 --> 04:43:01,040
getting it to deposit in the bank and

6283
04:43:01,040 --> 04:43:03,280
that that's never a good thing and you

6284
04:43:03,280 --> 04:43:05,680
you're at risk. So we're really trying

6285
04:43:05,680 --> 04:43:08,718
to tighten up where cash comes in. Um

6286
04:43:08,718 --> 04:43:10,400
one of the kids said on the survey

6287
04:43:10,400 --> 04:43:12,958
though he said can't they do Apple Pay?

6288
04:43:12,958 --> 04:43:15,440
you know, so there is, you know, and

6289
04:43:15,440 --> 04:43:17,360
I've even talked to Clinton about that

6290
04:43:17,360 --> 04:43:20,240
like how because kids are using those

6291
04:43:20,240 --> 04:43:22,000
kind, you know, we got to kind of get up

6292
04:43:22,000 --> 04:43:24,958
with the times a little bit on how they,

6293
04:43:24,958 --> 04:43:28,080
>> you know, do those funding, but we do

6294
04:43:28,080 --> 04:43:31,280
we're kind of held to what the um food

6295
04:43:31,280 --> 04:43:34,000
service is using for their receipt of

6296
04:43:34,000 --> 04:43:36,160
funds.

6297
04:43:36,160 --> 04:43:38,080
You know,

6298
04:43:38,080 --> 04:43:39,280
>> I just wanted to give you that

6299
04:43:39,280 --> 04:43:42,240
background. 18.

6300
04:43:42,240 --> 04:43:45,440
>> Yeah. So, um I did

6301
04:43:45,440 --> 04:43:47,520
so we know that at least we'll make an

6302
04:43:47,520 --> 04:43:50,080
assumption that this is mostly targeted

6303
04:43:50,080 --> 04:43:52,718
towards or or who it will affect most is

6304
04:43:52,718 --> 04:43:55,200
probably going to be the lower income um

6305
04:43:55,200 --> 04:43:57,120
you know part of our school system which

6306
04:43:57,120 --> 04:44:01,120
it you know is a lot like over half. Um

6307
04:44:01,120 --> 04:44:04,798
and um so I did a I tried to find if

6308
04:44:04,798 --> 04:44:07,360
there was any studies on how many people

6309
04:44:07,360 --> 04:44:10,320
actually don't have bank accounts and

6310
04:44:10,320 --> 04:44:12,958
FDI had a 2023 report said it was a

6311
04:44:12,958 --> 04:44:15,680
little over 4% of people don't have bank

6312
04:44:15,680 --> 04:44:18,798
accounts and then 14 additional percent

6313
04:44:18,798 --> 04:44:21,040
are underbanked meaning they might have

6314
04:44:21,040 --> 04:44:24,000
a bank account but not um use it every

6315
04:44:24,000 --> 04:44:27,360
day um like we might but they so still

6316
04:44:27,360 --> 04:44:30,160
um you know get money orders

6317
04:44:30,160 --> 04:44:32,320
and cashier checks and or maybe not

6318
04:44:32,320 --> 04:44:34,320
cashier checks um but they'll they'll

6319
04:44:34,320 --> 04:44:38,000
use kind of secondary banking um payday

6320
04:44:38,000 --> 04:44:43,120
type stuff. So um and um in and I

6321
04:44:43,120 --> 04:44:45,600
listened to the um you know the

6322
04:44:45,600 --> 04:44:47,680
discussion um when I was listening to

6323
04:44:47,680 --> 04:44:53,360
the the um policy committee meeting Ernie

6324
04:44:53,360 --> 04:44:56,480
did say that um that the majority I have

6325
04:44:56,480 --> 04:44:59,200
it written down somewhere but the m um

6326
04:44:59,200 --> 04:45:00,878
that the majority of those students

6327
04:45:00,878 --> 04:45:02,638
unfortunately I'm not right here um the

6328
04:45:02,638 --> 04:45:05,120
majority of those students were um the

6329
04:45:05,120 --> 04:45:07,360
kids that um you know that are running

6330
04:45:07,360 --> 04:45:09,440
balances negative balance balances are

6331
04:45:09,440 --> 04:45:11,920
the kids that um applied to have free

6332
04:45:11,920 --> 04:45:13,360
and reduced lunch but didn't actually

6333
04:45:13,360 --> 04:45:17,040
get it. So, so I think that um that that

6334
04:45:17,040 --> 04:45:19,440
a lot of like where we're catching kids

6335
04:45:19,440 --> 04:45:22,080
that aren't paying are probably families

6336
04:45:22,080 --> 04:45:25,280
that really are in hardship at least,

6337
04:45:25,280 --> 04:45:26,480
you know, according to kind of what

6338
04:45:26,480 --> 04:45:30,638
Ernie said. Um so I I just think that

6339
04:45:30,638 --> 04:45:34,000
given the district that we're in going

6340
04:45:34,000 --> 04:45:35,520
cashless,

6341
04:45:35,520 --> 04:45:37,760
um you know, it's going to be easy to

6342
04:45:37,760 --> 04:45:39,360
say that Yeah. Well, I have a credit

6343
04:45:39,360 --> 04:45:41,200
card obviously and I'm sure everybody

6344
04:45:41,200 --> 04:45:43,440
has a credit card. Um, but it's hard to

6345
04:45:43,440 --> 04:45:46,080
pick out the few that don't where this

6346
04:45:46,080 --> 04:45:50,320
is a a meal burden for them. Um, and and

6347
04:45:50,320 --> 04:45:52,080
I don't know how many, but I don't think

6348
04:45:52,080 --> 04:45:53,600
that we're really going to know how many

6349
04:45:53,600 --> 04:45:56,080
with a survey. Um, I think that we have

6350
04:45:56,080 --> 04:45:58,878
to kind of use the statistics that um

6351
04:45:58,878 --> 04:46:01,600
that I think are legitimate. The FDIC,

6352
04:46:01,600 --> 04:46:03,040
you know, under the last administration,

6353
04:46:03,040 --> 04:46:05,120
so it might be a little different. So

6354
04:46:05,120 --> 04:46:06,878
principles the only other two schools

6355
04:46:06,878 --> 04:46:08,878
are Northeast Academy and CB and the

6356
04:46:08,878 --> 04:46:10,400
principles are reporting it isn't a

6357
04:46:10,400 --> 04:46:12,080
problem at all but families have not

6358
04:46:12,080 --> 04:46:14,480
expressed any but I think it's Fitch

6359
04:46:14,480 --> 04:46:16,480
High School because it's related to the

6360
04:46:16,480 --> 04:46:20,320
alleart so their kids who are you know

6361
04:46:20,320 --> 04:46:22,160
maybe preferring to do the alakart

6362
04:46:22,160 --> 04:46:25,120
instead of a meal you know and that's

6363
04:46:25,120 --> 04:46:27,200
where I think that they feel like they

6364
04:46:27,200 --> 04:46:31,520
need to use cash so if we had one um you

6365
04:46:31,520 --> 04:46:34,480
know one cash register that they could

6366
04:46:34,480 --> 04:46:36,958
go to with just the cash. I think that

6367
04:46:36,958 --> 04:46:38,798
would help. And I think to let other

6368
04:46:38,798 --> 04:46:41,440
people know if they only have cash to

6369
04:46:41,440 --> 04:46:44,000
pay that they can put their kids' name

6370
04:46:44,000 --> 04:46:46,638
and, you know, school and their ID

6371
04:46:46,638 --> 04:46:48,080
number and then just put it in an

6372
04:46:48,080 --> 04:46:50,400
envelope and we can collect it safely at

6373
04:46:50,400 --> 04:46:52,718
food services at Mary Morrison and here

6374
04:46:52,718 --> 04:46:55,040
at central office and that way it would

6375
04:46:55,040 --> 04:46:58,000
give them that ability to do that. So,

6376
04:46:58,000 --> 04:47:02,400
what if you had a a a parent that um

6377
04:47:02,400 --> 04:47:04,958
lived over near Eastern Point and their

6378
04:47:04,958 --> 04:47:08,160
child went to Fame's River or Mystic

6379
04:47:08,160 --> 04:47:10,400
River where they don't accept cash.

6380
04:47:10,400 --> 04:47:11,440
>> They don't have a car.

6381
04:47:11,440 --> 04:47:13,760
>> They don't there those are C schools.

6382
04:47:13,760 --> 04:47:14,798
They don't have

6383
04:47:14,798 --> 04:47:16,400
>> goes to Northeast Academy,

6384
04:47:16,400 --> 04:47:17,280
>> right?

6385
04:47:17,280 --> 04:47:19,920
>> Where they don't collect cash and they

6386
04:47:19,920 --> 04:47:21,520
don't have a car or they don't have easy

6387
04:47:21,520 --> 04:47:23,760
access to a car. I've heard that there

6388
04:47:23,760 --> 04:47:26,160
has been no complaints or no concerns

6389
04:47:26,160 --> 04:47:29,680
about kids and meals at at the other two

6390
04:47:29,680 --> 04:47:31,040
elementary schools. So

6391
04:47:31,040 --> 04:47:33,760
>> I I I don't disagree that you haven't

6392
04:47:33,760 --> 04:47:36,080
heard about complaints, but you may not

6393
04:47:36,080 --> 04:47:38,160
be hearing about them. I mean, there may

6394
04:47:38,160 --> 04:47:40,240
be people in here that don't people in

6395
04:47:40,240 --> 04:47:42,560
this community that don't feel

6396
04:47:42,560 --> 04:47:44,240
comfortable that would totally qualify

6397
04:47:44,240 --> 04:47:46,400
for free and reduced lunch, but given

6398
04:47:46,400 --> 04:47:47,920
the environment right now, don't feel

6399
04:47:47,920 --> 04:47:49,200
comfortable filling out those

6400
04:47:49,200 --> 04:47:52,798
applications. And I don't know how we

6401
04:47:52,798 --> 04:47:56,560
find out who that is. Like, how do we

6402
04:47:56,560 --> 04:47:58,240
know who we're missing? Because they're

6403
04:47:58,240 --> 04:48:00,000
just not going to speak up. And I think

6404
04:48:00,000 --> 04:48:01,600
that we really need to use like the

6405
04:48:01,600 --> 04:48:03,200
demographics of the district that we're

6406
04:48:03,200 --> 04:48:06,718
in and um like just take that into

6407
04:48:06,718 --> 04:48:09,360
account with whether cash is a good idea

6408
04:48:09,360 --> 04:48:12,638
because sending a kid to school with $2

6409
04:48:12,638 --> 04:48:14,480
is a big difference than sending him to

6410
04:48:14,480 --> 04:48:17,120
school with $50 or $100 when that might

6411
04:48:17,120 --> 04:48:19,600
be a huge part of your expendable

6412
04:48:19,600 --> 04:48:21,200
income.

6413
04:48:21,200 --> 04:48:23,280
>> I think it's going to be hard to go

6414
04:48:23,280 --> 04:48:25,680
totally cashless.

6415
04:48:25,680 --> 04:48:27,360
So that's why I'm saying we could have

6416
04:48:27,360 --> 04:48:30,080
places where they can bring cash.

6417
04:48:30,080 --> 04:48:33,120
>> And so to Adrian's point, what about the

6418
04:48:33,120 --> 04:48:35,040
elementary? Because you said the high

6419
04:48:35,040 --> 04:48:37,840
school, but you didn't just Adrian's

6420
04:48:37,840 --> 04:48:39,360
point with the elementary school.

6421
04:48:39,360 --> 04:48:40,000
>> Well, what's that?

6422
04:48:40,000 --> 04:48:42,000
>> Well, like I said, the principles have,

6423
04:48:42,000 --> 04:48:44,080
you know, said that no parent has come

6424
04:48:44,080 --> 04:48:45,840
to them and said they wanted the kids

6425
04:48:45,840 --> 04:48:47,760
haven't even come in with cash.

6426
04:48:47,760 --> 04:48:49,520
>> So like at the high school, they were

6427
04:48:49,520 --> 04:48:52,638
coming in to pay cash at the alart.

6428
04:48:52,638 --> 04:48:55,040
So the alle cart, one of the places they

6429
04:48:55,040 --> 04:48:57,200
could put it is right there in one of

6430
04:48:57,200 --> 04:48:59,120
the cash registers. I think it's more

6431
04:48:59,120 --> 04:49:01,440
the high school that we're hearing about

6432
04:49:01,440 --> 04:49:02,958
that's a concern.

6433
04:49:02,958 --> 04:49:04,798
>> So I don't think we can totally go

6434
04:49:04,798 --> 04:49:06,320
cashless. I mean it's

6435
04:49:06,320 --> 04:49:07,760
>> Well, I think that yeah, we're going to

6436
04:49:07,760 --> 04:49:09,440
have to give a place where they can put

6437
04:49:09,440 --> 04:49:10,560
the cash.

6438
04:49:10,560 --> 04:49:13,840
>> Yeah, I I would say I mean

6439
04:49:13,840 --> 04:49:20,000
it's a matter of equitable access and you know creating a a wide ramp

6440
04:49:20,000 --> 04:49:23,840
access point, you know. So And my

6441
04:49:23,840 --> 04:49:27,280
concept of, you know, I'd like to see if

6442
04:49:27,280 --> 04:49:29,040
you want to have one cash register where

6443
04:49:29,040 --> 04:49:31,840
you can accept cash in real time in the

6444
04:49:31,840 --> 04:49:33,760
cafeteria,

6445
04:49:33,760 --> 04:49:37,440
you know, so people could pay on site,

6446
04:49:37,440 --> 04:49:39,200
you know,

6447
04:49:39,200 --> 04:49:40,240
>> in every school.

6448
04:49:40,240 --> 04:49:42,080
>> Ernie has said that more people have

6449
04:49:42,080 --> 04:49:44,480
signed up, even teachers have signed up.

6450
04:49:44,480 --> 04:49:48,080
So he has felt successful that people

6451
04:49:48,080 --> 04:49:49,760
are signing up and more people are

6452
04:49:49,760 --> 04:49:51,440
filling out their forms. Just as a fail

6453
04:49:51,440 --> 04:49:52,878
safe though is what I'm saying. It's

6454
04:49:52,878 --> 04:49:56,000
like you may not get much traffic, but

6455
04:49:56,000 --> 04:49:58,160
the one or two kids or the five or 10

6456
04:49:58,160 --> 04:49:59,840
kids that that do use it.

6457
04:49:59,840 --> 04:50:01,680
>> Well, I wish Rita were here to hear this

6458
04:50:01,680 --> 04:50:03,440
conversation because she does have grave

6459
04:50:03,440 --> 04:50:07,840
concerns about the potential of fraud.

6460
04:50:07,840 --> 04:50:12,080
Um, and we just wouldn't know.

6461
04:50:12,080 --> 04:50:15,280
>> But I don't I don't I'm I'm not me. I'm

6462
04:50:15,280 --> 04:50:18,958
not saying that uh we shouldn't try to

6463
04:50:18,958 --> 04:50:21,200
go cashless, but I don't think we can

6464
04:50:21,200 --> 04:50:24,638
really go cashless. I think it's I mean,

6465
04:50:24,638 --> 04:50:26,798
you can still encourage people to pay by

6466
04:50:26,798 --> 04:50:29,760
check, you know, pay by credit card, but

6467
04:50:29,760 --> 04:50:30,958
I think we're still going to have to

6468
04:50:30,958 --> 04:50:32,878
accept money.

6469
04:50:32,878 --> 04:50:34,958
That's my thought.

6470
04:50:34,958 --> 04:50:38,868
>> Mike Mike.

6471
04:50:38,878 --> 04:50:41,360
» Yeah. Thank you. Um, I think for the

6472
04:50:41,360 --> 04:50:42,958
high school, I maybe you already said

6473
04:50:42,958 --> 04:50:45,200
this, but the outlet car for sure. I

6474
04:50:45,200 --> 04:50:46,958
think accepting cash will be important

6475
04:50:46,958 --> 04:50:50,320
because high school students, they're probably using their own cash.

6476
04:50:50,320 --> 04:50:52,878
>> Yeah. Value of money in their earning

6477
04:50:52,878 --> 04:50:55,440
power. This is where they can can can

6478
04:50:55,440 --> 04:50:58,320
use it. Um, and then maybe in general

6479
04:50:58,320 --> 04:51:00,560
for the high school that would be a um

6480
04:51:00,560 --> 04:51:02,000
and maybe the middle school because it's

6481
04:51:02,000 --> 04:51:04,878
just not that many sites to deal with

6482
04:51:04,878 --> 04:51:06,798
and then they're they're older students

6483
04:51:06,798 --> 04:51:10,160
anyway. probably be um practically and

6484
04:51:10,160 --> 04:51:12,560
more important to um to have to

6485
04:51:12,560 --> 04:51:16,000
certainly have cash options there. Um my

6486
04:51:16,000 --> 04:51:20,638
other question is um Jay had brought up

6487
04:51:20,638 --> 04:51:24,000
the point of some new state law that's

6488
04:51:24,000 --> 04:51:26,638
going to come in eventually and say you

6489
04:51:26,638 --> 04:51:30,958
can't charge an access fee um to pay for

6490
04:51:30,958 --> 04:51:33,520
student meals. I know we don't directly

6491
04:51:33,520 --> 04:51:36,638
but the um uh the service we use it

6492
04:51:36,638 --> 04:51:39,200
charges I think it's you see $225 or

6493
04:51:39,200 --> 04:51:40,718
$250

6494
04:51:40,718 --> 04:51:42,718
every time and that's a varying

6495
04:51:42,718 --> 04:51:44,240
percentage like it actually favors

6496
04:51:44,240 --> 04:51:46,000
people putting in more money at once

6497
04:51:46,000 --> 04:51:46,320
right

6498
04:51:46,320 --> 04:51:48,240
>> which would disadvantage people having

6499
04:51:48,240 --> 04:51:49,440
less money right

6500
04:51:49,440 --> 04:51:53,520
>> um in the first place but like so um

6501
04:51:53,520 --> 04:51:55,680
could you comment on on what Jay had

6502
04:51:55,680 --> 04:51:57,520
brought up is that something on the

6503
04:51:57,520 --> 04:51:59,680
horizon and if so should we just kind of

6504
04:51:59,680 --> 04:52:01,120
wait for that seems like it's going to

6505
04:52:01,120 --> 04:52:02,400
be next fear.

6506
04:52:02,400 --> 04:52:03,840
>> I don't know. I think I have to talk to

6507
04:52:03,840 --> 04:52:08,150
the representatives about that.

6508
04:52:08,160 --> 04:52:11,760
I'm I'm not sure about that one.

6509
04:52:11,760 --> 04:52:12,240
>> Jay,

6510
04:52:12,240 --> 04:52:13,200
>> find out.

6511
04:52:13,200 --> 04:52:15,040
>> Jay, can you speak on that what you

6512
04:52:15,040 --> 04:52:18,310
heard?

6513
04:52:18,320 --> 04:52:20,240
» Yeah. Well, let me find the actual

6514
04:52:20,240 --> 04:52:21,920
documentation and send it to the whole

6515
04:52:21,920 --> 04:52:26,000
board. But my understanding is that um

6516
04:52:26,000 --> 04:52:29,600
it's not going to be legal to charge uh

6517
04:52:29,600 --> 04:52:34,240
fees uh starting in 2027. My concern is

6518
04:52:34,240 --> 04:52:36,878
if you take away the profit factor, so

6519
04:52:36,878 --> 04:52:39,360
will all these electronic services, you

6520
04:52:39,360 --> 04:52:42,320
know, basically just cease to work for

6521
04:52:42,320 --> 04:52:46,718
anybody. Um though I did mention that

6522
04:52:46,718 --> 04:52:48,958
there were other services I I won't

6523
04:52:48,958 --> 04:52:51,040
mention them mention them online here

6524
04:52:51,040 --> 04:52:53,920
that um that other districts are using

6525
04:52:53,920 --> 04:52:56,400
to electronically transfer from their

6526
04:52:56,400 --> 04:52:59,280
bank accounts without fee. So I mean I

6527
04:52:59,280 --> 04:53:01,280
think this is all going to be changing

6528
04:53:01,280 --> 04:53:06,150
quite a bit in in the next year.

6529
04:53:06,160 --> 04:53:07,600
» Okay.

6530
04:53:07,600 --> 04:53:10,320
>> Yeah. I just wanted to also express my

6531
04:53:10,320 --> 04:53:13,040
uh shared discomfort with the idea of

6532
04:53:13,040 --> 04:53:15,680
having a third party system charge fees

6533
04:53:15,680 --> 04:53:18,718
because it is essentially a poor person

6534
04:53:18,718 --> 04:53:19,840
tax.

6535
04:53:19,840 --> 04:53:22,638
>> Um where they have to pay more because

6536
04:53:22,638 --> 04:53:24,958
they have to put in more often, you

6537
04:53:24,958 --> 04:53:28,000
know, and and then you can't, you know,

6538
04:53:28,000 --> 04:53:30,798
it's it's unduly favors, you know,

6539
04:53:30,798 --> 04:53:34,080
people who can drop large sums,

6540
04:53:34,080 --> 04:53:38,000
>> you know, so it's not equitable.

6541
04:53:38,000 --> 04:53:40,878
So, um, so we have to, again, I don't

6542
04:53:40,878 --> 04:53:42,798
know where these third party vendors

6543
04:53:42,798 --> 04:53:45,120
come from or how we get wrapped up with

6544
04:53:45,120 --> 04:53:46,798
them, but I think we should find a way

6545
04:53:46,798 --> 04:53:47,680
to get away from them.

6546
04:53:47,680 --> 04:53:48,798
>> Yeah.

6547
04:53:48,798 --> 04:53:50,958
>> Credit cards charge, you know, the

6548
04:53:50,958 --> 04:53:53,440
stores charge and we end up paying.

6549
04:53:53,440 --> 04:53:54,958
>> We had that other agenda item where

6550
04:53:54,958 --> 04:53:56,240
they're talking about the fees were

6551
04:53:56,240 --> 04:53:59,200
absorbed, you know,

6552
04:53:59,200 --> 04:54:00,400
>> like the other night when we were having

6553
04:54:00,400 --> 04:54:01,040
that meeting.

6554
04:54:01,040 --> 04:54:03,840
>> I think that was a camp for 30 kids or

6555
04:54:03,840 --> 04:54:06,878
something. it wasn't like a whole 3,000

6556
04:54:06,878 --> 04:54:07,520
students.

6557
04:54:07,520 --> 04:54:08,080
>> Yeah.

6558
04:54:08,080 --> 04:54:09,600
>> So, I mean anyway, like you know, we

6559
04:54:09,600 --> 04:54:11,280
we're

6560
04:54:11,280 --> 04:54:12,480
this whole district is supposed to be a

6561
04:54:12,480 --> 04:54:13,680
place where everyone gets a level

6562
04:54:13,680 --> 04:54:15,680
playing field, you know, and and and so

6563
04:54:15,680 --> 04:54:18,160
I I think we should apply that that

6564
04:54:18,160 --> 04:54:24,400
ethos to everything we possibly can and you know,

6565
04:54:24,400 --> 04:54:27,360
>> so do you think that we should try to go

6566
04:54:27,360 --> 04:54:30,400
cashless as much as we can but still

6567
04:54:30,400 --> 04:54:35,280
accept cash when we have to? Yeah, the versatility, diversity of access,

6568
04:54:35,280 --> 04:54:38,160
you know, like differentiate.

6569
04:54:38,160 --> 04:54:40,638
>> So, if that's the case, I think we

6570
04:54:40,638 --> 04:54:42,638
should still forward with going

6571
04:54:42,638 --> 04:54:44,798
cashless, right? Like I said, there's

6572
04:54:44,798 --> 04:54:48,400
other like when you're outside with

6573
04:54:48,400 --> 04:54:50,718
outside in the real world, like the

6574
04:54:50,718 --> 04:54:53,520
district, there's places we go and you

6575
04:54:53,520 --> 04:54:55,520
get caught off guard and you have to pay

6576
04:54:55,520 --> 04:54:59,040
very um cashless. So the idea of having

6577
04:54:59,040 --> 04:55:02,718
one cash register open especially alle

6578
04:55:02,718 --> 04:55:07,200
cart right um at fitch that accepts cash

6579
04:55:07,200 --> 04:55:10,320
I think that's a viable option um maybe

6580
04:55:10,320 --> 04:55:13,360
there are no issues or minimal issues at

6581
04:55:13,360 --> 04:55:14,638
the elementary school because maybe

6582
04:55:14,638 --> 04:55:16,560
those kids aren't allowed to purchase

6583
04:55:16,560 --> 04:55:18,240
alle cart I'm not really sure

6584
04:55:18,240 --> 04:55:19,680
>> nobody else has alle cart

6585
04:55:19,680 --> 04:55:22,240
>> yeah so I think middle school does

6586
04:55:22,240 --> 04:55:23,840
>> middle school I think once a week

6587
04:55:23,840 --> 04:55:26,000
>> yeah so that's cash register

6588
04:55:26,000 --> 04:55:27,200
>> yeah it's not has

6589
04:55:27,200 --> 04:55:29,840
>> no it's not it's the high school. So if

6590
04:55:29,840 --> 04:55:32,560
we can have a register let's try it out

6591
04:55:32,560 --> 04:55:40,150
but um only for alle cart

6592
04:55:40,160 --> 04:55:43,520
» Jay you have your hand up again.

6593
04:55:43,520 --> 04:55:45,360
>> Yeah I'm sorry I just want to make it

6594
04:55:45,360 --> 04:55:48,160
clear this was this is a federal

6595
04:55:48,160 --> 04:55:51,200
um uh law that will be coming into

6596
04:55:51,200 --> 04:55:53,200
effect next year and so I'll I'll

6597
04:55:53,200 --> 04:55:56,638
forward it. It it only um it will only

6598
04:55:56,638 --> 04:56:00,958
make it illegal for um families under a

6599
04:56:00,958 --> 04:56:03,600
certain um income level.

6600
04:56:03,600 --> 04:56:04,160
>> Mhm.

6601
04:56:04,160 --> 04:56:06,320
>> Um above that, I guess it would still be

6602
04:56:06,320 --> 04:56:08,000
legal. I don't know.

6603
04:56:08,000 --> 04:56:10,000
>> I mean, a junk fee is a junk fee, right?

6604
04:56:10,000 --> 04:56:10,718
But

6605
04:56:10,718 --> 04:56:12,000
>> how are they going to even decipher

6606
04:56:12,000 --> 04:56:12,400
that?

6607
04:56:12,400 --> 04:56:16,638
>> Probably your IRS taxes or something.

6608
04:56:16,638 --> 04:56:19,360
>> Yeah. I I I don't know. But again, it's

6609
04:56:19,360 --> 04:56:22,718
um I I think there are ways right now. U

6610
04:56:22,718 --> 04:56:24,560
but

6611
04:56:24,560 --> 04:56:27,520
um to to transfer from your checking

6612
04:56:27,520 --> 04:56:29,520
account with certain vendors. Um I think

6613
04:56:29,520 --> 04:56:32,878
there was an issue about uh a district

6614
04:56:32,878 --> 04:56:36,000
is not um you know has to have an

6615
04:56:36,000 --> 04:56:39,600
institutional um bank account, not a

6616
04:56:39,600 --> 04:56:43,040
business account. So um maybe they they

6617
04:56:43,040 --> 04:56:45,680
can't accept but I I I did find examples

6618
04:56:45,680 --> 04:56:49,520
of other uh districts um that are using

6619
04:56:49,520 --> 04:56:51,520
these cash transfer systems that don't

6620
04:56:51,520 --> 04:56:53,600
have fees. I mean, I think it could be

6621
04:56:53,600 --> 04:56:56,320
done, but in the meantime, I agree that

6622
04:56:56,320 --> 04:56:59,440
I think we should um

6623
04:56:59,440 --> 04:57:02,400
ease into this um you know, rather than

6624
04:57:02,400 --> 04:57:04,798
just going cashless

6625
04:57:04,798 --> 04:57:07,520
all together.

6626
04:57:07,520 --> 04:57:09,760
>> Thank you, Jay. Mike, you have your hand

6627
04:57:09,760 --> 04:57:11,360
up.

6628
04:57:11,360 --> 04:57:13,120
>> Yeah, just briefly, I was wondering if

6629
04:57:13,120 --> 04:57:14,958
we can keep track of or if we already

6630
04:57:14,958 --> 04:57:18,878
know, is the unpaid lunch debt tracking

6631
04:57:18,878 --> 04:57:22,160
higher this year than last year? It's

6632
04:57:22,160 --> 04:57:24,638
too soon to tell, but that that you

6633
04:57:24,638 --> 04:57:26,638
know, we'd have to think that might it's

6634
04:57:26,638 --> 04:57:29,120
harder to pay because we've reduced one

6635
04:57:29,120 --> 04:57:31,760
of the ways he can or eliminate one. I'm

6636
04:57:31,760 --> 04:57:33,440
just wondering what we know about the

6637
04:57:33,440 --> 04:57:37,600
temp this year versus last.

6638
04:57:37,600 --> 04:57:40,240
>> I can find out from Ernie where we're

6639
04:57:40,240 --> 04:57:42,480
running this month, you know, at the end

6640
04:57:42,480 --> 04:57:46,240
of September versus last September.

6641
04:57:46,240 --> 04:57:47,920
>> Yeah, he would know. I mean like last

6642
04:57:47,920 --> 04:57:50,240
year early on he knew we were like in

6643
04:57:50,240 --> 04:57:53,840
the whole like I think 13 or 20,000

6644
04:57:53,840 --> 04:57:56,878
and it was very soon.

6645
04:57:56,878 --> 04:57:59,680
>> All right. Any other discussion on going

6646
04:57:59,680 --> 04:58:04,080
cashless? So I'm taking it as we can't

6647
04:58:04,080 --> 04:58:06,878
go entirely cashless yet. We can

6648
04:58:06,878 --> 04:58:09,680
encourage people to pay by check or

6649
04:58:09,680 --> 04:58:12,878
money order or credit card. But at the

6650
04:58:12,878 --> 04:58:14,480
high school we'll still have a cash

6651
04:58:14,480 --> 04:58:17,920
register and they have our at the middle

6652
04:58:17,920 --> 04:58:18,798
school.

6653
04:58:18,798 --> 04:58:20,560
>> So we'll still have a cash registered

6654
04:58:20,560 --> 04:58:21,840
there

6655
04:58:21,840 --> 04:58:25,360
>> and I personally feel that all the all

6656
04:58:25,360 --> 04:58:28,480
the schools should accept cash as form

6657
04:58:28,480 --> 04:58:29,920
of payment for lunch.

6658
04:58:29,920 --> 04:58:30,320
>> Mhm.

6659
04:58:30,320 --> 04:58:31,920
>> I mean we can try to discourage it try

6660
04:58:31,920 --> 04:58:33,520
to move away from it

6661
04:58:33,520 --> 04:58:37,200
>> and I mean I think we

6662
04:58:37,200 --> 04:58:39,360
from you know obviously before I mean I

6663
04:58:39,360 --> 04:58:40,638
even thought that we were supposed to go

6664
04:58:40,638 --> 04:58:42,718
cashless by that report. Um and I think

6665
04:58:42,718 --> 04:58:45,840
I said that in the meeting but um but

6666
04:58:45,840 --> 04:58:48,320
don't have to and there's other ways to

6667
04:58:48,320 --> 04:58:51,840
solve the problem, you know, of um

6668
04:58:51,840 --> 04:58:53,680
preventing fraud that we don't have any

6669
04:58:53,680 --> 04:58:55,520
record that we've ever had fraud.

6670
04:58:55,520 --> 04:58:57,440
>> Well, you wouldn't know.

6671
04:58:57,440 --> 04:58:59,280
>> Like those two lunch ladies in New

6672
04:58:59,280 --> 04:59:00,240
Kingdom that stole them.

6673
04:59:00,240 --> 04:59:01,520
>> No one's going to steal a million

6674
04:59:01,520 --> 04:59:04,400
dollars, $3 at a time. So,

6675
04:59:04,400 --> 04:59:06,480
>> no, but over I don't think we need to

6676
04:59:06,480 --> 04:59:07,600
talk about a million dollars because

6677
04:59:07,600 --> 04:59:08,480
it's clearly

6678
04:59:08,480 --> 04:59:11,200
>> a million dollars might be excessive,

6679
04:59:11,200 --> 04:59:14,080
but they can easily but they can easily

6680
04:59:14,080 --> 04:59:16,560
take $1,000. They can easily take

6681
04:59:16,560 --> 04:59:18,638
$10,000. And there's there's probably

6682
04:59:18,638 --> 04:59:20,560
other systems that we could put in place

6683
04:59:20,560 --> 04:59:22,638
to help prevent that,

6684
04:59:22,638 --> 04:59:25,680
>> restrict that rather than just going

6685
04:59:25,680 --> 04:59:27,440
>> because we still need to have a control

6686
04:59:27,440 --> 04:59:29,440
like the control that you have in place

6687
04:59:29,440 --> 04:59:32,718
for point of service types of firms

6688
04:59:32,718 --> 04:59:35,840
versus let's say town hall is different,

6689
04:59:35,840 --> 04:59:39,200
right? Because it's small petty c not

6690
04:59:39,200 --> 04:59:42,080
petty but small petty cash, high volume,

6691
04:59:42,080 --> 04:59:44,080
high transaction,

6692
04:59:44,080 --> 04:59:46,878
very easy for fraud, right? Whereas if

6693
04:59:46,878 --> 04:59:49,200
you have like a tax bill, centralized

6694
04:59:49,200 --> 04:59:53,440
location um payment very different type

6695
04:59:53,440 --> 04:59:56,160
of um control that you have to have in

6696
04:59:56,160 --> 04:59:58,638
place there. It's larger, less

6697
04:59:58,638 --> 05:00:01,840
frequency. Um not saying that there is

6698
05:00:01,840 --> 05:00:05,440
fraud. I'm just saying we as a district

6699
05:00:05,440 --> 05:00:09,280
need to think of situations where fraud

6700
05:00:09,280 --> 05:00:13,760
can occur and mitigate it to um protect

6701
05:00:13,760 --> 05:00:16,480
the district. Um, like I said before, I

6702
05:00:16,480 --> 05:00:19,040
support Rita because if there is

6703
05:00:19,040 --> 05:00:22,160
anything that is identifiable in an

6704
05:00:22,160 --> 05:00:24,798
audit, it's not us. It's Rita. She's the

6705
05:00:24,798 --> 05:00:28,000
finance director. She has control of any

6706
05:00:28,000 --> 05:00:30,080
controls that we put in place for this

6707
05:00:30,080 --> 05:00:32,240
district. She is the professional we

6708
05:00:32,240 --> 05:00:34,798
hired and we need to um trust her

6709
05:00:34,798 --> 05:00:36,400
judgment, right? We need to support

6710
05:00:36,400 --> 05:00:40,798
that. Um so yes I do feel that yes it's

6711
05:00:40,798 --> 05:00:44,718
hard um for everyone to go cashless but

6712
05:00:44,718 --> 05:00:47,520
society's trending cashless we are going

6713
05:00:47,520 --> 05:00:49,280
to accommodate there's two or three

6714
05:00:49,280 --> 05:00:50,878
locations

6715
05:00:50,878 --> 05:00:54,400
um proposal by administration is to have

6716
05:00:54,400 --> 05:00:59,280
um open cash registers at Fitch and GMS

6717
05:00:59,280 --> 05:01:02,718
what more can we do or one what more can

6718
05:01:02,718 --> 05:01:05,680
we do we're trying to accommodate but we

6719
05:01:05,680 --> 05:01:09,200
can't accommodate everything. We need to

6720
05:01:09,200 --> 05:01:11,760
as a board, we need to keep, you know,

6721
05:01:11,760 --> 05:01:13,840
ensure that the kids, the children can

6722
05:01:13,840 --> 05:01:17,040
eat, right? Like if they want extra, but

6723
05:01:17,040 --> 05:01:19,280
we're not denying them their original

6724
05:01:19,280 --> 05:01:22,878
meal. And but we do need to protect um

6725
05:01:22,878 --> 05:01:26,320
the district and any of the finances. We

6726
05:01:26,320 --> 05:01:29,360
can provide guidance. That's our job as

6727
05:01:29,360 --> 05:01:32,160
the board of ed, but the director of

6728
05:01:32,160 --> 05:01:35,040
finance should have that say in addition

6729
05:01:35,040 --> 05:01:38,958
with the superintendent. And that's what I was trying to convey last

6730
05:01:38,958 --> 05:01:41,200
time, you know, and I think it's very

6731
05:01:41,200 --> 05:01:44,878
important. Um because it's her um she's

6732
05:01:44,878 --> 05:01:46,798
online. She's the one signing off on our

6733
05:01:46,798 --> 05:01:49,600
financials and everything.

6734
05:01:49,600 --> 05:01:50,958
>> And I think she's trying to be

6735
05:01:50,958 --> 05:01:51,600
proactive.

6736
05:01:51,600 --> 05:01:53,760
>> She is trying to be she's trying to be

6737
05:01:53,760 --> 05:01:54,320
proactive.

6738
05:01:54,320 --> 05:01:55,760
>> Be proactive. When something happens,

6739
05:01:55,760 --> 05:01:57,840
then let's do something. I think VA is

6740
05:01:57,840 --> 05:02:00,000
trying to be proactive. Let's get a So

6741
05:02:00,000 --> 05:02:01,280
this

6742
05:02:01,280 --> 05:02:01,600
>> Yeah,

6743
05:02:01,600 --> 05:02:05,120
>> I don't my I'm not saying that we should

6744
05:02:05,120 --> 05:02:07,280
ignore the report because the report

6745
05:02:07,280 --> 05:02:09,680
said put controls in place to help

6746
05:02:09,680 --> 05:02:10,798
prevent fraud, right?

6747
05:02:10,798 --> 05:02:12,320
>> There's more than one way of doing that.

6748
05:02:12,320 --> 05:02:14,240
I mean, not accepting cash is clearly a

6749
05:02:14,240 --> 05:02:16,080
way that we can help prevent fraud.

6750
05:02:16,080 --> 05:02:18,400
>> Putting cameras up over cash registers

6751
05:02:18,400 --> 05:02:20,480
or places where cash is accepted is

6752
05:02:20,480 --> 05:02:24,798
another way of doing it. So that's like one solution so that if we

6753
05:02:24,798 --> 05:02:26,718
suspect fraud, we can go back and see

6754
05:02:26,718 --> 05:02:27,520
it.

6755
05:02:27,520 --> 05:02:30,160
>> So there's there's more that and I'm and

6756
05:02:30,160 --> 05:02:32,240
I'm not a security person, so I imagine

6757
05:02:32,240 --> 05:02:34,560
people that know how to like do this

6758
05:02:34,560 --> 05:02:37,760
with security would have good ideas, not

6759
05:02:37,760 --> 05:02:39,280
just my ideas.

6760
05:02:39,280 --> 05:02:43,920
>> So um so I I still support just um

6761
05:02:43,920 --> 05:02:46,718
accepting cash at all the schools for

6762
05:02:46,718 --> 05:02:49,520
right now until we can um figure out a

6763
05:02:49,520 --> 05:02:51,920
better plan. Well, that's their plan to

6764
05:02:51,920 --> 05:02:53,840
only have one cash register. They still

6765
05:02:53,840 --> 05:02:54,080
want to

6766
05:02:54,080 --> 05:02:55,920
>> accept.

6767
05:02:55,920 --> 05:02:57,200
They're not going to accept it at all

6768
05:02:57,200 --> 05:02:58,878
the schools.

6769
05:02:58,878 --> 05:03:00,798
>> And that's why I don't think it's fair

6770
05:03:00,798 --> 05:03:03,040
for because I I don't know how many

6771
05:03:03,040 --> 05:03:04,480
people don't have cars, but I'm guessing

6772
05:03:04,480 --> 05:03:07,360
there's a lot of them.

6773
05:03:07,360 --> 05:03:09,200
>> Mike

6774
05:03:09,200 --> 05:03:11,520
and I

6775
05:03:11,520 --> 05:03:13,360
and let's decide what we're going to do

6776
05:03:13,360 --> 05:03:15,520
because it's up to 10.

6777
05:03:15,520 --> 05:03:17,200
>> Yeah. I agree with the importance of

6778
05:03:17,200 --> 05:03:18,718
controls

6779
05:03:18,718 --> 05:03:23,360
>> and um and I I I concerned about cameras

6780
05:03:23,360 --> 05:03:24,958
actually in a school setting,

6781
05:03:24,958 --> 05:03:27,760
>> but um I I will say these kind of

6782
05:03:27,760 --> 05:03:29,840
controls have been there for years.

6783
05:03:29,840 --> 05:03:33,600
every uh store in Mystic or Graten or

6784
05:03:33,600 --> 05:03:35,840
wherever they they deal with many many

6785
05:03:35,840 --> 05:03:38,080
small transactions every day from

6786
05:03:38,080 --> 05:03:41,280
different um forms of payment and uh

6787
05:03:41,280 --> 05:03:44,320
just see if your uh register and

6788
05:03:44,320 --> 05:03:47,600
receipts match up at the end of the day.

6789
05:03:47,600 --> 05:03:48,878
was one of the first lessons I've

6790
05:03:48,878 --> 05:03:53,360
learned on my first job. And uh so uh

6791
05:03:53,360 --> 05:03:55,920
it's we don't have to invent these ways

6792
05:03:55,920 --> 05:03:58,798
controls. They've existed for literally

6793
05:03:58,798 --> 05:04:01,120
generations. It's just that we need to

6794
05:04:01,120 --> 05:04:03,520
put the old school controls in place

6795
05:04:03,520 --> 05:04:05,760
where cash is accepted which is legal

6796
05:04:05,760 --> 05:04:09,920
tender um um appropriate to um for all

6797
05:04:09,920 --> 05:04:12,948
debts.

6798
05:04:12,958 --> 05:04:15,760
» Ian, thanks Mike. Um, yeah, I like the

6799
05:04:15,760 --> 05:04:17,680
way Mike summed it up there. And then I

6800
05:04:17,680 --> 05:04:20,160
would just go so far as to say like I

6801
05:04:20,160 --> 05:04:22,480
think there should be at least one point

6802
05:04:22,480 --> 05:04:25,600
in every school where someone could put

6803
05:04:25,600 --> 05:04:28,160
cash on their account.

6804
05:04:28,160 --> 05:04:30,080
>> Um,

6805
05:04:30,080 --> 05:04:31,760
>> oh, say they're going to Mary,

6806
05:04:31,760 --> 05:04:35,040
>> right? Yeah. Like, you know, maybe

6807
05:04:35,040 --> 05:04:36,480
a principal's office,

6808
05:04:36,480 --> 05:04:37,600
>> right? So, maybe we can look at

6809
05:04:37,600 --> 05:04:39,520
something like that. But I also don't

6810
05:04:39,520 --> 05:04:41,600
want to lose sight of the forest for the

6811
05:04:41,600 --> 05:04:43,920
trees or wherever this how the saying

6812
05:04:43,920 --> 05:04:46,798
goes. Um

6813
05:04:46,798 --> 05:04:49,040
what is the barrier between us and

6814
05:04:49,040 --> 05:04:50,718
getting

6815
05:04:50,718 --> 05:04:53,680
um universal coverage for food across

6816
05:04:53,680 --> 05:04:55,760
the full district?

6817
05:04:55,760 --> 05:04:57,120
You said it was a state thing.

6818
05:04:57,120 --> 05:04:59,280
>> 60% free and reduced lunch and SNAP

6819
05:04:59,280 --> 05:05:01,440
benefits at a certain percent. And we

6820
05:05:01,440 --> 05:05:03,360
have a thousand kids who are military

6821
05:05:03,360 --> 05:05:04,878
will never get a SNAP benefit because

6822
05:05:04,878 --> 05:05:05,840
they get tryare.

6823
05:05:05,840 --> 05:05:07,760
>> Okay. So how do we solve that problem?

6824
05:05:07,760 --> 05:05:11,200
So, I talked to the reps. I mean, it's I

6825
05:05:11,200 --> 05:05:13,120
feel like that's an injustice.

6826
05:05:13,120 --> 05:05:15,120
>> Yeah.

6827
05:05:15,120 --> 05:05:18,400
>> So, how can we solve that problem?

6828
05:05:18,400 --> 05:05:20,320
>> I guess legislatively.

6829
05:05:20,320 --> 05:05:21,280
>> Yeah.

6830
05:05:21,280 --> 05:05:22,798
>> So, when can we get our legislators

6831
05:05:22,798 --> 05:05:23,520
here?

6832
05:05:23,520 --> 05:05:24,878
>> Come to December.

6833
05:05:24,878 --> 05:05:25,920
>> Oh, after the election.

6834
05:05:25,920 --> 05:05:26,560
>> After the election,

6835
05:05:26,560 --> 05:05:27,840
>> of course.

6836
05:05:27,840 --> 05:05:28,718
>> Okay.

6837
05:05:28,718 --> 05:05:30,080
>> Why would they come?

6838
05:05:30,080 --> 05:05:31,120
>> Why are you saying it like that?

6839
05:05:31,120 --> 05:05:32,560
>> I don't know.

6840
05:05:32,560 --> 05:05:34,958
>> Why do you say like that?

6841
05:05:34,958 --> 05:05:36,480
>> Tired. If they don't get elected, then

6842
05:05:36,480 --> 05:05:38,638
they don't not going to do us any good.

6843
05:05:38,638 --> 05:05:40,320
Coming in October, then they don't get

6844
05:05:40,320 --> 05:05:42,958
elected. Then

6845
05:05:42,958 --> 05:05:44,560
>> I look forward to talking in in

6846
05:05:44,560 --> 05:05:45,600
December.

6847
05:05:45,600 --> 05:05:49,120
>> Um I hope they all show up this time.

6848
05:05:49,120 --> 05:05:51,520
>> They hope you show up too

6849
05:05:51,520 --> 05:05:54,718
>> in person.

6850
05:05:54,718 --> 05:05:56,798
>> You got your hand up

6851
05:05:56,798 --> 05:05:57,600
by state law.

6852
05:05:57,600 --> 05:05:59,280
>> Yeah. I just want to mention a couple

6853
05:05:59,280 --> 05:06:00,878
years ago I brought this up with our

6854
05:06:00,878 --> 05:06:03,920
state legisl

6855
05:06:03,920 --> 05:06:06,798
and I was immediately shot down by a

6856
05:06:06,798 --> 05:06:09,040
representative at the time who said this

6857
05:06:09,040 --> 05:06:11,600
is not a state issue. Um this is a

6858
05:06:11,600 --> 05:06:14,798
federal issue. Um

6859
05:06:14,798 --> 05:06:18,480
that they're the ones um they make the

6860
05:06:18,480 --> 05:06:20,400
decision which always confused me

6861
05:06:20,400 --> 05:06:27,120
because I thought um that um

6862
05:06:27,120 --> 05:06:28,878
uh SNAP

6863
05:06:28,878 --> 05:06:30,718
uh you know is a state program but I

6864
05:06:30,718 --> 05:06:32,560
guess it's under the jurisdiction of the

6865
05:06:32,560 --> 05:06:34,400
federal government. So, I just think we

6866
05:06:34,400 --> 05:06:36,080
need to dig into that a little more.

6867
05:06:36,080 --> 05:06:38,798
>> Yeah, maybe Courtney

6868
05:06:38,798 --> 05:06:39,440
>> can help.

6869
05:06:39,440 --> 05:06:41,520
>> Yeah, because our our rec said there was

6870
05:06:41,520 --> 05:06:44,160
nothing they could do with state.

6871
05:06:44,160 --> 05:06:46,718
>> Well, maybe you can uh contact

6872
05:06:46,718 --> 05:06:48,638
Congressman Courtney. He was not here

6873
05:06:48,638 --> 05:06:51,440
today. We could ask him about that and

6874
05:06:51,440 --> 05:06:54,958
uh find out is that a federal or state

6875
05:06:54,958 --> 05:06:55,360
or

6876
05:06:55,360 --> 05:06:57,040
>> Well, could we do that in writing so

6877
05:06:57,040 --> 05:06:58,718
that we can have a communication that's

6878
05:06:58,718 --> 05:07:00,080
officially coming back from their office

6879
05:07:00,080 --> 05:07:01,920
that we could share around and get some

6880
05:07:01,920 --> 05:07:03,440
more clarification? Yeah.

6881
05:07:03,440 --> 05:07:04,958
>> So they can like give us chapter and

6882
05:07:04,958 --> 05:07:07,600
verse citations. So like what laws are

6883
05:07:07,600 --> 05:07:09,680
preventing this and then we get after it

6884
05:07:09,680 --> 05:07:11,040
that way.

6885
05:07:11,040 --> 05:07:12,718
>> I have shared this problem with him

6886
05:07:12,718 --> 05:07:13,600
before.

6887
05:07:13,600 --> 05:07:14,080
>> Yeah,

6888
05:07:14,080 --> 05:07:15,200
>> there's a problem.

6889
05:07:15,200 --> 05:07:18,798
>> If he he wants if if you if you email

6890
05:07:18,798 --> 05:07:21,680
him, can you email him and then CC the

6891
05:07:21,680 --> 05:07:24,638
board on his response? So we know where

6892
05:07:24,638 --> 05:07:26,798
to target as far as like if there's a

6893
05:07:26,798 --> 05:07:28,718
policy that's preventing this or laws

6894
05:07:28,718 --> 05:07:31,120
that's that that's undue barrier, undue

6895
05:07:31,120 --> 05:07:33,120
burden, then let's target those things

6896
05:07:33,120 --> 05:07:35,760
and knock them down,

6897
05:07:35,760 --> 05:07:36,000
>> right?

6898
05:07:36,000 --> 05:07:37,440
>> And then we know where to

6899
05:07:37,440 --> 05:07:38,718
>> and then that's that's the most

6900
05:07:38,718 --> 05:07:40,240
equitable way to deal with it like you

6901
05:07:40,240 --> 05:07:42,480
know like pay for everybody,

6902
05:07:42,480 --> 05:07:44,320
>> you know, like and then cashless is out

6903
05:07:44,320 --> 05:07:45,680
the window. We don't have to worry about

6904
05:07:45,680 --> 05:07:46,000
that,

6905
05:07:46,000 --> 05:07:48,480
>> right?

6906
05:07:48,480 --> 05:07:50,958
>> Okay, it says at 10, so I'm just going

6907
05:07:50,958 --> 05:07:53,200
to move on so we can get out of here.

6908
05:07:53,200 --> 05:07:55,280
letter is communications and comments by

6909
05:07:55,280 --> 05:07:55,920
board members.

6910
05:07:55,920 --> 05:07:58,080
>> Is there any I mean on that discussion

6911
05:07:58,080 --> 05:07:59,600
is there any

6912
05:07:59,600 --> 05:08:00,958
>> So this is the second time we've

6913
05:08:00,958 --> 05:08:02,958
discussed it now. Is there any

6914
05:08:02,958 --> 05:08:04,400
>> what's the actionary plan?

6915
05:08:04,400 --> 05:08:06,560
>> We thought they were going to put a cash

6916
05:08:06,560 --> 05:08:07,760
out a pitch

6917
05:08:07,760 --> 05:08:11,200
>> and I I like Eden's suggestion on uh the

6918
05:08:11,200 --> 05:08:16,070
schools taking cash

6919
05:08:16,080 --> 05:08:19,270
whether it's at the register or not.

6920
05:08:19,280 --> 05:08:20,718
line or not. I don't think it matters.

6921
05:08:20,718 --> 05:08:24,628
>> That doesn't matter.

6922
05:08:24,638 --> 05:08:25,920
» Wait, wait, wait, wait. We're all

6923
05:08:25,920 --> 05:08:28,718
talking at the same time, so we can't

6924
05:08:28,718 --> 05:08:30,638
have that.

6925
05:08:30,638 --> 05:08:33,600
>> So, who's talking first? You, Adrian.

6926
05:08:33,600 --> 05:08:35,600
>> First, Susan, why don't you um based on

6927
05:08:35,600 --> 05:08:37,120
all of our comments?

6928
05:08:37,120 --> 05:08:37,680
>> Oh,

6929
05:08:37,680 --> 05:08:39,040
>> Adrien, go ahead.

6930
05:08:39,040 --> 05:08:40,798
>> I would just like to see what the we

6931
05:08:40,798 --> 05:08:42,240
could we could do this with the scene.

6932
05:08:42,240 --> 05:08:43,920
what the general board support is for

6933
05:08:43,920 --> 05:08:46,878
accepting cash at all locations in some

6934
05:08:46,878 --> 05:08:49,440
form or another.

6935
05:08:49,440 --> 05:08:51,200
>> There's six of us here. We can vote,

6936
05:08:51,200 --> 05:08:51,920
right?

6937
05:08:51,920 --> 05:08:54,878
>> Whether you get Jay and Dr. A or I

6938
05:08:54,878 --> 05:08:56,798
>> Yeah.

6939
05:08:56,798 --> 05:08:57,520
>> So, yeah, seven.

6940
05:08:57,520 --> 05:08:59,680
>> Sorry, Beverly. I didn't hear that.

6941
05:08:59,680 --> 05:09:05,440
>> Um Oh, seven. Go ahead, Adrian. So, I I would propose that we accept cash at

6942
05:09:05,440 --> 05:09:08,958
all locations, at all schools, um so

6943
05:09:08,958 --> 05:09:11,680
that we don't um miss some families

6944
05:09:11,680 --> 05:09:13,840
where it might be a hardship. Um and

6945
05:09:13,840 --> 05:09:15,200
then if we want to accept it at a

6946
05:09:15,200 --> 05:09:18,400
register at Fish, that's probably like a

6947
05:09:18,400 --> 05:09:19,120
good

6948
05:09:19,120 --> 05:09:21,040
>> You don't really need it at the C

6949
05:09:21,040 --> 05:09:24,480
schools except for maybe the cart line

6950
05:09:24,480 --> 05:09:26,718
for GMS.

6951
05:09:26,718 --> 05:09:27,600
>> Yeah. So,

6952
05:09:27,600 --> 05:09:29,200
>> I

6953
05:09:29,200 --> 05:09:30,798
heard that. I didn't hear what you said.

6954
05:09:30,798 --> 05:09:32,560
I didn't say anything yet.

6955
05:09:32,560 --> 05:09:34,080
>> Yeah. So, well, that's that's a good

6956
05:09:34,080 --> 05:09:36,240
point at this at the C schools if there

6957
05:09:36,240 --> 05:09:38,878
is no no one's paying for lunch. So,

6958
05:09:38,878 --> 05:09:40,160
we're just talking about lunch, not the

6959
05:09:40,160 --> 05:09:42,400
cashless thing in general because the

6960
05:09:42,400 --> 05:09:44,400
cashless thing in general is

6961
05:09:44,400 --> 05:09:45,840
>> Well, we just started with the lunch.

6962
05:09:45,840 --> 05:09:47,600
>> Slightly big slightly bigger than this,

6963
05:09:47,600 --> 05:09:50,400
but just talking about lunch. So, at all

6964
05:09:50,400 --> 05:09:52,958
locations where you have to pay for

6965
05:09:52,958 --> 05:09:54,160
food,

6966
05:09:54,160 --> 05:09:55,680
>> one cash register.

6967
05:09:55,680 --> 05:09:58,080
>> Yeah. So, northeast accepting cash. I

6968
05:09:58,080 --> 05:10:00,320
mean, maybe they have a a cash box. the

6969
05:10:00,320 --> 05:10:02,638
cash register.

6970
05:10:02,638 --> 05:10:04,240
You're going to have to have receipts.

6971
05:10:04,240 --> 05:10:06,000
So, you can't What are you going to do

6972
05:10:06,000 --> 05:10:07,920
in a little box? Who's going to write

6973
05:10:07,920 --> 05:10:10,080
the receipts?

6974
05:10:10,080 --> 05:10:12,080
I'm assuming the cash registers have

6975
05:10:12,080 --> 05:10:13,200
receipts.

6976
05:10:13,200 --> 05:10:14,958
>> Yeah. Have to figure it out, Ernie.

6977
05:10:14,958 --> 05:10:16,000
>> Yeah.

6978
05:10:16,000 --> 05:10:18,000
>> It goes into his system and then that's

6979
05:10:18,000 --> 05:10:19,680
how he gets his record and then they

6980
05:10:19,680 --> 05:10:21,120
have to compare it to when they bring it

6981
05:10:21,120 --> 05:10:21,840
to the bank.

6982
05:10:21,840 --> 05:10:23,840
>> Yeah.

6983
05:10:23,840 --> 05:10:25,520
>> There's always ways, you know, you could

6984
05:10:25,520 --> 05:10:28,798
be on the cash register and somebody

6985
05:10:28,798 --> 05:10:30,480
could give you No, that's

6986
05:10:30,480 --> 05:10:32,638
>> $10. And you don't have to put in

6987
05:10:32,638 --> 05:10:35,600
>> No, that's why they That's why when

6988
05:10:35,600 --> 05:10:38,000
you're at a store, they always ask you,

6989
05:10:38,000 --> 05:10:39,680
"Do you want your receipt?"

6990
05:10:39,680 --> 05:10:40,160
>> Yeah.

6991
05:10:40,160 --> 05:10:43,200
>> That's why they ask cuz they need to

6992
05:10:43,200 --> 05:10:45,360
input that transaction.

6993
05:10:45,360 --> 05:10:47,200
>> And then whether you accept the receipt

6994
05:10:47,200 --> 05:10:49,600
or not, it's part of the system. So

6995
05:10:49,600 --> 05:10:52,080
that's why they ask. If you have a place

6996
05:10:52,080 --> 05:10:54,000
that doesn't ask you

6997
05:10:54,000 --> 05:10:56,240
>> if you want a receipt, you could be

6998
05:10:56,240 --> 05:10:58,878
thinking the way you're thinking.

6999
05:10:58,878 --> 05:11:01,840
ways to save money. And it doesn't have

7000
05:11:01,840 --> 05:11:07,200
to be a million dollars. You could be taking $10 here, $10 there,

7001
05:11:07,200 --> 05:11:10,480
but still that's that's fraud.

7002
05:11:10,480 --> 05:11:12,080
>> Doesn't matter the amount. It's still

7003
05:11:12,080 --> 05:11:13,360
fraud. So,

7004
05:11:13,360 --> 05:11:16,320
>> yeah.

7005
05:11:16,320 --> 05:11:17,600
>> All right. You have that.

7006
05:11:17,600 --> 05:11:19,120
>> So, we landed on something.

7007
05:11:19,120 --> 05:11:20,560
>> Yes.

7008
05:11:20,560 --> 05:11:22,638
>> Do we have board support for that?

7009
05:11:22,638 --> 05:11:26,160
>> Mike, do you have your hand up again?

7010
05:11:26,160 --> 05:11:28,400
>> Yeah. It's just uh clarifying which

7011
05:11:28,400 --> 05:11:30,638
locations would would this be? Obviously

7012
05:11:30,638 --> 05:11:31,600
Fish

7013
05:11:31,600 --> 05:11:33,200
>> Charles

7014
05:11:33,200 --> 05:11:34,718
>> and Charles.

7015
05:11:34,718 --> 05:11:35,360
>> Yeah.

7016
05:11:35,360 --> 05:11:38,798
>> And then and then there's no option at

7017
05:11:38,798 --> 05:11:40,798
um GMS.

7018
05:11:40,798 --> 05:11:43,360
>> Yeah. Once a week

7019
05:11:43,360 --> 05:11:43,840
>> they can.

7020
05:11:43,840 --> 05:11:45,120
>> So we need it there too.

7021
05:11:45,120 --> 05:11:47,120
>> Yeah. We need it there. So we need at

7022
05:11:47,120 --> 05:11:51,680
Fitch and we need it at uh GMS a cash

7023
05:11:51,680 --> 05:11:53,280
register.

7024
05:11:53,280 --> 05:11:55,440
>> Yep. But then still accept

7025
05:11:55,440 --> 05:11:57,840
>> but still accept cash. The people could

7026
05:11:57,840 --> 05:12:00,080
still pay pay by cash but come to the

7027
05:12:00,080 --> 05:12:02,638
principal's office and I guess and give

7028
05:12:02,638 --> 05:12:04,718
it to the secretary. That still could be

7029
05:12:04,718 --> 05:12:05,680
floor but

7030
05:12:05,680 --> 05:12:07,360
>> well I don't know that they don't have I

7031
05:12:07,360 --> 05:12:08,798
have to find out do they have a cash

7032
05:12:08,798 --> 05:12:11,520
register

7033
05:12:11,520 --> 05:12:12,400
>> um

7034
05:12:12,400 --> 05:12:14,400
>> well it was the last year

7035
05:12:14,400 --> 05:12:16,160
>> had they accept cash flows here.

7036
05:12:16,160 --> 05:12:18,080
>> I don't know even how much cash they

7037
05:12:18,080 --> 05:12:20,638
collected. I'll have to find out.

7038
05:12:20,638 --> 05:12:23,600
>> What about Mary Morris?

7039
05:12:23,600 --> 05:12:24,958
Do they pay for lunch there?

7040
05:12:24,958 --> 05:12:28,080
>> The well food service is right there. So

7041
05:12:28,080 --> 05:12:29,920
they can bring the cash into Mary

7042
05:12:29,920 --> 05:12:31,840
Morrison if they have cash.

7043
05:12:31,840 --> 05:12:35,910
>> So we'd be accepting cashb

7044
05:12:35,920 --> 05:12:41,910
GMS and

7045
05:12:41,920 --> 05:12:43,360
» I'm good with that.

7046
05:12:43,360 --> 05:12:45,200
>> I am.

7047
05:12:45,200 --> 05:12:48,868
>> That's two.

7048
05:12:48,878 --> 05:12:51,680
» That's three.

7049
05:12:51,680 --> 05:12:52,638
Mike Whitney's hand.

7050
05:12:52,638 --> 05:12:55,680
>> Mike Knight.

7051
05:12:55,680 --> 05:12:57,200
>> Yeah, I'm good with that. And I I do

7052
05:12:57,200 --> 05:12:58,718
acknowledge that actually the elementary

7053
05:12:58,718 --> 05:13:02,638
school might not have that register.

7054
05:13:02,638 --> 05:13:07,990
>> I'll find out. [laughter]

7055
05:13:08,000 --> 05:13:11,440
» Um, Andrea, you good with that?

7056
05:13:11,440 --> 05:13:12,240
>> Yes.

7057
05:13:12,240 --> 05:13:16,868
>> Okay. Jay,

7058
05:13:16,878 --> 05:13:17,520
» yes.

7059
05:13:17,520 --> 05:13:21,120
>> Okay, there you go. All right. Next

7060
05:13:21,120 --> 05:13:22,878
letters, communication, comments by

7061
05:13:22,878 --> 05:13:24,878
board members

7062
05:13:24,878 --> 05:13:27,760
and uh and any other items in their

7063
05:13:27,760 --> 05:13:30,798
jurisdiction. I got a letter from CA

7064
05:13:30,798 --> 05:13:32,878
saying thank you for becoming a member

7065
05:13:32,878 --> 05:13:34,958
of CABE

7066
05:13:34,958 --> 05:13:38,080
because we joined CA last year. So they

7067
05:13:38,080 --> 05:13:41,280
sent us a me a thank you note. Thank you

7068
05:13:41,280 --> 05:13:44,080
for public school boards that education

7069
05:13:44,080 --> 05:13:46,480
decision to continue the CA membership

7070
05:13:46,480 --> 05:13:48,160
and then they talk about everything that

7071
05:13:48,160 --> 05:13:50,480
Cape offers.

7072
05:13:50,480 --> 05:13:53,440
Um also if you're going to go to the

7073
05:13:53,440 --> 05:13:57,520
Cape um conference, please let um Joyce

7074
05:13:57,520 --> 05:14:00,400
know and if you sign up, please go

7075
05:14:00,400 --> 05:14:02,958
because that's wasting money if you sign

7076
05:14:02,958 --> 05:14:05,040
up and you don't go and we can't find

7077
05:14:05,040 --> 05:14:08,638
somebody to replace you. So, um, please,

7078
05:14:08,638 --> 05:14:11,200
if you're going to go, let Joyce know.

7079
05:14:11,200 --> 05:14:12,958
If you think you can't go, don't sign

7080
05:14:12,958 --> 05:14:15,200
up.

7081
05:14:15,200 --> 05:14:17,120
And that's about it. And then Cave is

7082
05:14:17,120 --> 05:14:18,878
having a delegate assembly. Did you all

7083
05:14:18,878 --> 05:14:20,240
get one of these?

7084
05:14:20,240 --> 05:14:21,360
>> I have it in the packet.

7085
05:14:21,360 --> 05:14:23,840
>> Oh, you have it? Okay. So, one meeting,

7086
05:14:23,840 --> 05:14:26,638
we should talk about um they like us to

7087
05:14:26,638 --> 05:14:29,840
talk about the resolutions. If you see

7088
05:14:29,840 --> 05:14:33,120
anything in this handout that you think

7089
05:14:33,120 --> 05:14:34,718
um

7090
05:14:34,718 --> 05:14:36,480
should be addressed at the delegate

7091
05:14:36,480 --> 05:14:39,760
assembly and if anybody I usually go to

7092
05:14:39,760 --> 05:14:41,600
the delegate assembly if anybody else

7093
05:14:41,600 --> 05:14:43,360
wants to go I think there's two of us

7094
05:14:43,360 --> 05:14:46,718
that can go. Last year, Jen and I went,

7095
05:14:46,718 --> 05:14:50,000
so just let me know. And then we decide

7096
05:14:50,000 --> 05:14:52,320
if there's more than one person that

7097
05:14:52,320 --> 05:14:56,798
wants to go, we'll decide who goes.

7098
05:14:56,798 --> 05:14:58,240
>> And you have the advanced planning

7099
05:14:58,240 --> 05:14:59,760
dates.

7100
05:14:59,760 --> 05:15:01,840
>> Okay. What is in communications?

7101
05:15:01,840 --> 05:15:02,480
>> Yeah. Go ahead.

7102
05:15:02,480 --> 05:15:06,400
>> Yeah. I I just wanted to um

7103
05:15:06,400 --> 05:15:08,638
ask for a referral or I want to propose

7104
05:15:08,638 --> 05:15:10,878
a referral to the policy committee to

7105
05:15:10,878 --> 05:15:13,360
develop a policy on um participation

7106
05:15:13,360 --> 05:15:18,958
executive session. Uh I think um it is

7107
05:15:18,958 --> 05:15:22,080
allowable by state law for people to

7108
05:15:22,080 --> 05:15:24,320
participate remotely in any meeting.

7109
05:15:24,320 --> 05:15:26,560
It's not there's no exclusion for

7110
05:15:26,560 --> 05:15:28,320
executive sessions. But I think we

7111
05:15:28,320 --> 05:15:30,560
should make it clear that our policy is

7112
05:15:30,560 --> 05:15:32,798
that anyone can participate in executive

7113
05:15:32,798 --> 05:15:35,920
session as a member of the body whether

7114
05:15:35,920 --> 05:15:38,560
they're remote or on site.

7115
05:15:38,560 --> 05:15:45,190
>> I support that.

7116
05:15:45,200 --> 05:15:46,958
Um,

7117
05:15:46,958 --> 05:15:49,280
Andrea,

7118
05:15:49,280 --> 05:15:50,958
>> I don't I'm not sure that I really

7119
05:15:50,958 --> 05:15:53,120
understand that this is an executive

7120
05:15:53,120 --> 05:15:55,760
session that we're speaking about and

7121
05:15:55,760 --> 05:15:58,320
yet we don't know who's in the room, who

7122
05:15:58,320 --> 05:16:02,320
isn't on it, on the board. That's not an

7123
05:16:02,320 --> 05:16:03,440
executive session.

7124
05:16:03,440 --> 05:16:04,638
>> I'm asking for

7125
05:16:04,638 --> 05:16:05,680
>> we have to be here.

7126
05:16:05,680 --> 05:16:07,520
>> I'm just asking for a referral to make

7127
05:16:07,520 --> 05:16:09,120
it a policy for them to develop

7128
05:16:09,120 --> 05:16:14,150
something and then it could be voted on.

7129
05:16:14,160 --> 05:16:17,200
No. I'm not in favor of that. And I

7130
05:16:17,200 --> 05:16:19,840
talked to other people and they think

7131
05:16:19,840 --> 05:16:22,400
that if it's an executive session, you

7132
05:16:22,400 --> 05:16:24,480
should be everybody should be present.

7133
05:16:24,480 --> 05:16:26,718
That's why it's an executive session.

7134
05:16:26,718 --> 05:16:29,920
But you know that's when I speak to

7135
05:16:29,920 --> 05:16:31,200
other people. That's what they say.

7136
05:16:31,200 --> 05:16:32,718
>> The law is the law. The law doesn't have

7137
05:16:32,718 --> 05:16:33,360
any carbon.

7138
05:16:33,360 --> 05:16:35,600
>> Yeah. But the law is the law. But we can

7139
05:16:35,600 --> 05:16:37,760
have our own policy, too.

7140
05:16:37,760 --> 05:16:39,920
>> All right. So, is it going to go to

7141
05:16:39,920 --> 05:16:43,440
policy or not? Well, Mike, you have your

7142
05:16:43,440 --> 05:16:44,878
hand up. Then Jen.

7143
05:16:44,878 --> 05:16:47,280
>> Yeah, just I just say I mean I've looked

7144
05:16:47,280 --> 05:16:49,840
a little bit. I couldn't find policy on

7145
05:16:49,840 --> 05:16:52,958
it either way. So maybe we should put a

7146
05:16:52,958 --> 05:16:55,120
policy in it either one way or the other

7147
05:16:55,120 --> 05:16:56,958
or something in between.

7148
05:16:56,958 --> 05:16:59,600
>> Yeah. Okay.

7149
05:16:59,600 --> 05:17:02,000
>> I'm okay with it getting referred and

7150
05:17:02,000 --> 05:17:05,280
having the policy committee research to

7151
05:17:05,280 --> 05:17:09,520
see what what they should do. Um, but

7152
05:17:09,520 --> 05:17:14,638
I'm okay with how it is now.

7153
05:17:14,638 --> 05:17:16,878
>> I'll be good with the policy, but I

7154
05:17:16,878 --> 05:17:19,600
would not vote for executive session to

7155
05:17:19,600 --> 05:17:24,560
be people could be online on Zoom and uh you don't know what's going on in

7156
05:17:24,560 --> 05:17:27,120
their house. You can't see behind them.

7157
05:17:27,120 --> 05:17:29,920
So, I think uh but I'm okay with it

7158
05:17:29,920 --> 05:17:32,160
going the policy, but I would not vote

7159
05:17:32,160 --> 05:17:36,000
for executive session to be on Zoom. I'm

7160
05:17:36,000 --> 05:17:39,280
gonna be voting for it to be in person.

7161
05:17:39,280 --> 05:17:43,760
And that's how that's the way I feel.

7162
05:17:43,760 --> 05:17:50,390
>> Jane, your take.

7163
05:17:50,400 --> 05:17:51,040
» Jane?

7164
05:17:51,040 --> 05:17:53,200
>> Yeah, I'm fine with having Yeah, I'm

7165
05:17:53,200 --> 05:17:56,560
fine with a full board discussion and

7166
05:17:56,560 --> 05:18:00,160
having a uh firm policy on this so that

7167
05:18:00,160 --> 05:18:02,958
there's no uh question going forward.

7168
05:18:02,958 --> 05:18:05,600
>> Yeah. And so we're Yeah. Yeah,

7169
05:18:05,600 --> 05:18:07,840
>> I'm I'm in favor of that, too.

7170
05:18:07,840 --> 05:18:09,040
>> I agree.

7171
05:18:09,040 --> 05:18:11,360
>> Okay. But I'm not voting for it. If

7172
05:18:11,360 --> 05:18:14,320
people say they want it to be on Zoom,

7173
05:18:14,320 --> 05:18:17,040
I'm going to say right now,

7174
05:18:17,040 --> 05:18:17,440
>> um,

7175
05:18:17,440 --> 05:18:18,718
>> I agree with that, too.

7176
05:18:18,718 --> 05:18:20,718
>> But it's good to have a policy so people

7177
05:18:20,718 --> 05:18:22,480
don't go in the newspaper and talk about

7178
05:18:22,480 --> 05:18:24,400
it. I didn't like that.

7179
05:18:24,400 --> 05:18:26,560
>> So, our policy committees are completely

7180
05:18:26,560 --> 05:18:30,150
online.

7181
05:18:30,160 --> 05:18:32,560
» Oh, can I make a comment?

7182
05:18:32,560 --> 05:18:35,200
>> Um, Dr. Acriman, as you're making the

7183
05:18:35,200 --> 05:18:38,080
tables for the Martin Luther King, can

7184
05:18:38,080 --> 05:18:40,320
you just make sure that we as a board

7185
05:18:40,320 --> 05:18:42,638
are together? There was one year where

7186
05:18:42,638 --> 05:18:46,400
Jay was separated out somewhere and I

7187
05:18:46,400 --> 05:18:47,440
>> he was with us.

7188
05:18:47,440 --> 05:18:48,878
>> Oh, yeah. Yeah. But I don't want to be

7189
05:18:48,878 --> 05:18:51,120
that one board member that separated out

7190
05:18:51,120 --> 05:18:52,000
in the future.

7191
05:18:52,000 --> 05:18:55,200
>> I need to get you a check, Dr. Arian.

7192
05:18:55,200 --> 05:18:57,840
I I I'm very glad that you brought that

7193
05:18:57,840 --> 05:19:00,080
up, Jen, because that was my when we

7194
05:19:00,080 --> 05:19:01,600
went to communications, that was going

7195
05:19:01,600 --> 05:19:05,360
to be my communications. Oh, we have

7196
05:19:05,360 --> 05:19:07,920
>> we have four pitch high school students

7197
05:19:07,920 --> 05:19:11,120
who are being uh honored as Dr. Martin

7198
05:19:11,120 --> 05:19:14,240
Luther King scholars and that's Akira

7199
05:19:14,240 --> 05:19:17,840
Greger, Winter Davis, Robert Vergera,

7200
05:19:17,840 --> 05:19:21,040
and Brandon Dian. So, we all need to be

7201
05:19:21,040 --> 05:19:26,400
there as a board. So, and um this year

7202
05:19:26,400 --> 05:19:29,120
things are are very different. So, I

7203
05:19:29,120 --> 05:19:33,360
have I usually pass out the u the hard

7204
05:19:33,360 --> 05:19:35,760
copy invitations, but of course, I

7205
05:19:35,760 --> 05:19:37,360
haven't been able to attend the board

7206
05:19:37,360 --> 05:19:40,240
meetings, but I can send you there's a

7207
05:19:40,240 --> 05:19:43,520
link that you can

7208
05:19:43,520 --> 05:19:46,080
sign up to. You can even you can go on

7209
05:19:46,080 --> 05:19:49,680
the link and register and

7210
05:19:49,680 --> 05:19:51,760
>> and I I'm not sure exactly because I

7211
05:19:51,760 --> 05:19:56,160
haven't seen the link how you taste that

7212
05:19:56,160 --> 05:20:00,400
you let me if you let me know that um if

7213
05:20:00,400 --> 05:20:01,840
you let me know that you're going to

7214
05:20:01,840 --> 05:20:04,638
come and you get me your check. I'll be

7215
05:20:04,638 --> 05:20:07,280
happy to do it that way or when I send

7216
05:20:07,280 --> 05:20:09,760
you that link tomorrow you can go and

7217
05:20:09,760 --> 05:20:12,080
figure out how to do that. I already

7218
05:20:12,080 --> 05:20:15,200
completed the link. So you can put me

7219
05:20:15,200 --> 05:20:17,040
the link, Andrea, and I'll get it to

7220
05:20:17,040 --> 05:20:19,040
everybody else.

7221
05:20:19,040 --> 05:20:20,080
>> You have it, Susan.

7222
05:20:20,080 --> 05:20:21,520
>> No, I get the link.

7223
05:20:21,520 --> 05:20:23,440
>> I already completed the link, Dr.

7224
05:20:23,440 --> 05:20:24,080
Aerman.

7225
05:20:24,080 --> 05:20:26,160
>> No, no, Susan wants the link.

7226
05:20:26,160 --> 05:20:27,280
>> Oh, Susan wants the link.

7227
05:20:27,280 --> 05:20:30,718
>> And then I pass it to everybody else.

7228
05:20:30,718 --> 05:20:32,798
>> I need to I need to get that set up.

7229
05:20:32,798 --> 05:20:33,200
Okay.

7230
05:20:33,200 --> 05:20:34,638
>> Sorry. I would appreciate the link.

7231
05:20:34,638 --> 05:20:35,280
Thank you.

7232
05:20:35,280 --> 05:20:37,920
>> Ian needs the link, but if you send it

7233
05:20:37,920 --> 05:20:39,920
to Susan, she can send it to the board

7234
05:20:39,920 --> 05:20:41,520
members.

7235
05:20:41,520 --> 05:20:43,680
Beverly, didn't I send it to you?

7236
05:20:43,680 --> 05:20:44,560
>> Uh,

7237
05:20:44,560 --> 05:20:46,000
>> I must have got it somewhere.

7238
05:20:46,000 --> 05:20:47,920
>> I don't know. I can check my email. I

7239
05:20:47,920 --> 05:20:50,240
can't remember because I sent mine by

7240
05:20:50,240 --> 05:20:52,958
mail. I got an invite in the mail. So, I

7241
05:20:52,958 --> 05:20:54,638
just filled it out and sent it in.

7242
05:20:54,638 --> 05:20:57,120
>> I see. I see.

7243
05:20:57,120 --> 05:20:59,120
>> Let me see if I can get that link to

7244
05:20:59,120 --> 05:21:01,920
every Well, I'll I'll send it to Susan

7245
05:21:01,920 --> 05:21:03,200
and you're going to send it to

7246
05:21:03,200 --> 05:21:03,840
everybody.

7247
05:21:03,840 --> 05:21:05,360
>> I promise.

7248
05:21:05,360 --> 05:21:07,360
>> Okay. Thank you so much.

7249
05:21:07,360 --> 05:21:09,200
>> We all need to We all need to be there.

7250
05:21:09,200 --> 05:21:12,080
These are fabulous individuals. And in

7251
05:21:12,080 --> 05:21:14,718
fact, another there's another scholar

7252
05:21:14,718 --> 05:21:18,958
whose mother uh I had at Finch Junior

7253
05:21:18,958 --> 05:21:22,400
High School when she was there and um

7254
05:21:22,400 --> 05:21:24,320
and now her son is a scholar.

7255
05:21:24,320 --> 05:21:27,520
>> That's awesome.

7256
05:21:27,520 --> 05:21:30,080
Adrian is not at high school as a

7257
05:21:30,080 --> 05:21:31,440
scholar.

7258
05:21:31,440 --> 05:21:33,200
>> Adrien.

7259
05:21:33,200 --> 05:21:37,840
>> Yeah. Um All right. So, um I have a

7260
05:21:37,840 --> 05:21:41,040
concern that um about AI. I think our

7261
05:21:41,040 --> 05:21:42,958
district is really we've got an AI

7262
05:21:42,958 --> 05:21:44,320
committee, but the A committee has done

7263
05:21:44,320 --> 05:21:47,120
a survey that said everybody's concerned

7264
05:21:47,120 --> 05:21:49,440
about AI just like we heard tonight. Um

7265
05:21:49,440 --> 05:21:51,600
yet we still don't have almost a year

7266
05:21:51,600 --> 05:21:53,200
later, we still don't have any kind of

7267
05:21:53,200 --> 05:21:55,200
regulation or policy

7268
05:21:55,200 --> 05:21:56,400
>> that I know of.

7269
05:21:56,400 --> 05:21:58,320
>> Well, we have a policy that says the

7270
05:21:58,320 --> 05:22:00,080
district will come up with something,

7271
05:22:00,080 --> 05:22:01,920
right? Or the like they put it on the

7272
05:22:01,920 --> 05:22:05,360
district to do something. And um like I

7273
05:22:05,360 --> 05:22:07,760
know from my own children um some

7274
05:22:07,760 --> 05:22:10,320
teachers are using AI to grade um

7275
05:22:10,320 --> 05:22:12,400
written responses.

7276
05:22:12,400 --> 05:22:14,400
Um some teachers most of the teachers

7277
05:22:14,400 --> 05:22:16,480
are not. Some teachers have like blue

7278
05:22:16,480 --> 05:22:18,000
book policies where the kids have to

7279
05:22:18,000 --> 05:22:20,878
write in class on paper. Other PE

7280
05:22:20,878 --> 05:22:23,200
teachers are allowing AI. And I I had

7281
05:22:23,200 --> 05:22:27,120
some real concerns um that we're we're

7282
05:22:27,120 --> 05:22:29,520
basically doing a test case, you know,

7283
05:22:29,520 --> 05:22:32,160
just like Facebook was, right? Um on all

7284
05:22:32,160 --> 05:22:33,600
of these kids without having any

7285
05:22:33,600 --> 05:22:37,200
regulation. So, um, and and I the AI

7286
05:22:37,200 --> 05:22:38,560
committee is meeting in another week and

7287
05:22:38,560 --> 05:22:41,600
a half. Um, but at the rate that the AI

7288
05:22:41,600 --> 05:22:43,120
committee is going to go, it's going to

7289
05:22:43,120 --> 05:22:46,000
be another year and and and the rate

7290
05:22:46,000 --> 05:22:49,040
actually AI is going, um, we may end up

7291
05:22:49,040 --> 05:22:51,520
making a big mistake by letting by not

7292
05:22:51,520 --> 05:22:53,200
having any kind of policies or

7293
05:22:53,200 --> 05:22:55,840
regulations. So, um, what I would really

7294
05:22:55,840 --> 05:22:57,680
like to see is just the administration

7295
05:22:57,680 --> 05:23:01,120
put up a regulation that says no AI for,

7296
05:23:01,120 --> 05:23:03,200
you know, kids under 10th grade and only

7297
05:23:03,200 --> 05:23:05,600
limited AI in 11th and 12th grade and

7298
05:23:05,600 --> 05:23:07,200
under certain guidelines or something

7299
05:23:07,200 --> 05:23:09,280
like that. um something that makes

7300
05:23:09,280 --> 05:23:11,200
sense, but at least some guidelines for

7301
05:23:11,200 --> 05:23:14,320
staff and students on where AI is okay

7302
05:23:14,320 --> 05:23:15,760
and where it isn't because I think it's

7303
05:23:15,760 --> 05:23:18,400
the wild west and I I think that um we

7304
05:23:18,400 --> 05:23:22,160
could be sitting on on on you know a big

7305
05:23:22,160 --> 05:23:25,680
problem here in um in teaching our kids

7306
05:23:25,680 --> 05:23:27,920
to write and critical thinking skills

7307
05:23:27,920 --> 05:23:31,200
because I mean I use AI all the time in

7308
05:23:31,200 --> 05:23:34,320
my job and it makes it easier but um I'm

7309
05:23:34,320 --> 05:23:36,320
not really trying to learn things with

7310
05:23:36,320 --> 05:23:38,000
my job. I mean, we're the kids are

7311
05:23:38,000 --> 05:23:39,840
trying to learn and they need that

7312
05:23:39,840 --> 05:23:42,400
critical thinking. So, um that's

7313
05:23:42,400 --> 05:23:44,400
something that came up tonight. I I

7314
05:23:44,400 --> 05:23:46,000
don't think that we can wait for the AI

7315
05:23:46,000 --> 05:23:48,798
committee um because I imagine it's

7316
05:23:48,798 --> 05:23:50,878
going to be next spring before something

7317
05:23:50,878 --> 05:23:52,560
comes through if we just wait for the AI

7318
05:23:52,560 --> 05:23:54,958
committee. Um so, I I would personally

7319
05:23:54,958 --> 05:23:56,958
like to see the administration give us

7320
05:23:56,958 --> 05:23:58,798
something in a couple of weeks. Maybe

7321
05:23:58,798 --> 05:24:01,520
the AI committee's next meeting is to

7322
05:24:01,520 --> 05:24:03,200
come up with some guidelines

7323
05:24:03,200 --> 05:24:05,920
>> to do to come up with something concrete

7324
05:24:05,920 --> 05:24:08,000
so we can implement it and have some

7325
05:24:08,000 --> 05:24:09,120
rules.

7326
05:24:09,120 --> 05:24:09,680
>> Um,

7327
05:24:09,680 --> 05:24:12,798
>> can you email uh Susan? Can you email

7328
05:24:12,798 --> 05:24:16,798
Clint and about Adrian's uh

7329
05:24:16,798 --> 05:24:18,320
>> full support of that?

7330
05:24:18,320 --> 05:24:19,680
>> I'm in full support of that

7331
05:24:19,680 --> 05:24:23,120
>> for the AI committee to start.

7332
05:24:23,120 --> 05:24:23,920
Um,

7333
05:24:23,920 --> 05:24:25,680
>> how often do they meet?

7334
05:24:25,680 --> 05:24:29,360
>> What's Susan? Um,

7335
05:24:29,360 --> 05:24:31,520
it's either every other month, something

7336
05:24:31,520 --> 05:24:33,600
like that. Okay.

7337
05:24:33,600 --> 05:24:36,240
>> Well, they haven't met since the spring

7338
05:24:36,240 --> 05:24:37,760
and the last meeting, I think, was

7339
05:24:37,760 --> 05:24:39,280
canceled because it was in June, right

7340
05:24:39,280 --> 05:24:41,920
close to the end of school. So,

7341
05:24:41,920 --> 05:24:44,480
>> um, I think we just need to

7342
05:24:44,480 --> 05:24:46,240
>> we can I think we should keep having the

7343
05:24:46,240 --> 05:24:47,840
committee, but I think right now we need

7344
05:24:47,840 --> 05:24:49,120
some rules.

7345
05:24:49,120 --> 05:24:50,480
>> And even if they're wrong, at least

7346
05:24:50,480 --> 05:24:51,600
there's something.

7347
05:24:51,600 --> 05:24:52,160
>> Okay.

7348
05:24:52,160 --> 05:24:53,680
>> Well, perhaps he'll put that on his

7349
05:24:53,680 --> 05:24:56,638
agenda. Um, and then the second thing I

7350
05:24:56,638 --> 05:24:58,480
wanted to bring up, um, to the board, I

7351
05:24:58,480 --> 05:24:59,840
sent an email to the board about this,

7352
05:24:59,840 --> 05:25:02,958
but the Charles Barnum roof,

7353
05:25:02,958 --> 05:25:04,878
um, at this point, we need to ask the

7354
05:25:04,878 --> 05:25:07,200
council for an extension,

7355
05:25:07,200 --> 05:25:08,798
um, because it can't be done before the

7356
05:25:08,798 --> 05:25:10,080
end of the school year and it won't be

7357
05:25:10,080 --> 05:25:13,680
done by the end of June. Um, we kind of

7358
05:25:13,680 --> 05:25:15,520
talked about this in finance and

7359
05:25:15,520 --> 05:25:18,638
facilities, but um, I put together a

7360
05:25:18,638 --> 05:25:21,440
tenative timeline thinking that if we

7361
05:25:21,440 --> 05:25:23,120
ask the council, they need like a month

7362
05:25:23,120 --> 05:25:25,440
or a month and a half to answer us,

7363
05:25:25,440 --> 05:25:26,480
right?

7364
05:25:26,480 --> 05:25:28,080
>> Meaning that we would need to vote on it

7365
05:25:28,080 --> 05:25:32,000
in the board at the end of October

7366
05:25:32,000 --> 05:25:35,520
to go forward and Sam needs to get a new

7367
05:25:35,520 --> 05:25:39,760
quote prior to that from the architect.

7368
05:25:39,760 --> 05:25:42,320
Um, so do we as a board want to do the

7369
05:25:42,320 --> 05:25:44,400
roof next summer?

7370
05:25:44,400 --> 05:25:46,560
Because if we do, I think we need to

7371
05:25:46,560 --> 05:25:48,718
like light a fire under it and not end

7372
05:25:48,718 --> 05:25:50,878
up in the same place we were last year,

7373
05:25:50,878 --> 05:25:53,200
the year before, the year before.

7374
05:25:53,200 --> 05:25:56,000
Because Sam said ideally we'd go to bid

7375
05:25:56,000 --> 05:25:58,958
July uh January 15th, which means we'd

7376
05:25:58,958 --> 05:26:00,878
have to have town council approval

7377
05:26:00,878 --> 05:26:03,520
before that, which means we we need to

7378
05:26:03,520 --> 05:26:06,320
have an estimate and board approval

7379
05:26:06,320 --> 05:26:10,240
before that. Why why bid when is bid?

7380
05:26:10,240 --> 05:26:11,040
January 5th.

7381
05:26:11,040 --> 05:26:12,878
>> He said he said it should ideally go out

7382
05:26:12,878 --> 05:26:13,440
January.

7383
05:26:13,440 --> 05:26:16,000
>> Why can't you why can't we bid on it now

7384
05:26:16,000 --> 05:26:16,718
on the

7385
05:26:16,718 --> 05:26:18,320
>> because we need to so that this is what

7386
05:26:18,320 --> 05:26:20,798
we were trying to figure out in the

7387
05:26:20,798 --> 05:26:23,760
meeting. We need to have um a new

7388
05:26:23,760 --> 05:26:26,000
estimate of the roof done. It was last

7389
05:26:26,000 --> 05:26:28,638
estimated at a million dollars years

7390
05:26:28,638 --> 05:26:29,600
ago.

7391
05:26:29,600 --> 05:26:30,560
>> It's going to be more.

7392
05:26:30,560 --> 05:26:32,798
>> Did he start that process?

7393
05:26:32,798 --> 05:26:34,400
>> I mean when was your committee? Last

7394
05:26:34,400 --> 05:26:34,878
week.

7395
05:26:34,878 --> 05:26:37,760
>> Last week. Did he is he how where is he?

7396
05:26:37,760 --> 05:26:39,760
>> He's not here. I can't ask him, but I'll

7397
05:26:39,760 --> 05:26:40,400
ask him.

7398
05:26:40,400 --> 05:26:42,080
>> But well, I think the more important

7399
05:26:42,080 --> 05:26:43,760
thing is is that we need to make sure

7400
05:26:43,760 --> 05:26:45,840
that we can meet that timeline.

7401
05:26:45,840 --> 05:26:49,040
>> I mean, do you guys agree that vote vote

7402
05:26:49,040 --> 05:26:51,440
as a board to ask for we have to ask for

7403
05:26:51,440 --> 05:26:53,040
an extension either way and presumably

7404
05:26:53,040 --> 05:26:54,798
it's going to cost for more money. We're

7405
05:26:54,798 --> 05:26:56,160
going to have to ask for a little more

7406
05:26:56,160 --> 05:26:58,560
money as well. that that ask should be

7407
05:26:58,560 --> 05:27:01,040
the end of October to give the council

7408
05:27:01,040 --> 05:27:03,280
November and then the first two weeks of

7409
05:27:03,280 --> 05:27:05,520
December to give us an answer

7410
05:27:05,520 --> 05:27:07,600
>> because we need to go out to bid for

7411
05:27:07,600 --> 05:27:08,958
January. Then we have to come up with

7412
05:27:08,958 --> 05:27:11,440
bid documents which probably be December

7413
05:27:11,440 --> 05:27:14,638
and the first two weeks of January.

7414
05:27:14,638 --> 05:27:16,718
>> That is a process. It takes time.

7415
05:27:16,718 --> 05:27:18,480
>> Okay, we can put that on the agenda.

7416
05:27:18,480 --> 05:27:20,320
>> We need to have something by by one

7417
05:27:20,320 --> 05:27:23,040
month from now. Meaning we need to have

7418
05:27:23,040 --> 05:27:26,320
that new estimate. I'll put anything

7419
05:27:26,320 --> 05:27:27,680
else that I'm missing because I don't

7420
05:27:27,680 --> 05:27:29,120
know what the process is.

7421
05:27:29,120 --> 05:27:32,558
>> Yeah. Yeah. Like that time because we

7422
05:27:32,558 --> 05:27:34,558
gave Sam I think you were there Susan,

7423
05:27:34,558 --> 05:27:37,360
right? Like we we asked Sam to like do

7424
05:27:37,360 --> 05:27:39,520
that on

7425
05:27:39,520 --> 05:27:42,638
you know cuz when it went out this year,

7426
05:27:42,638 --> 05:27:44,798
it was too late because all of the

7427
05:27:44,798 --> 05:27:48,160
construction companies already had

7428
05:27:48,160 --> 05:27:52,798
um businesses or or jobs lined up. So

7429
05:27:52,798 --> 05:27:54,878
they weren't going to bid on our million

7430
05:27:54,878 --> 05:27:58,558
dollar roof. So um and I know there was

7431
05:27:58,558 --> 05:28:01,360
an approval process with the state too

7432
05:28:01,360 --> 05:28:03,360
like we see work on that.

7433
05:28:03,360 --> 05:28:04,400
>> Yeah, they did.

7434
05:28:04,400 --> 05:28:08,558
>> So we just need to like be able to say

7435
05:28:08,558 --> 05:28:10,080
um

7436
05:28:10,080 --> 05:28:13,360
if I remember correctly, we have an

7437
05:28:13,360 --> 05:28:17,040
architect on retainer.

7438
05:28:17,040 --> 05:28:19,520
>> All right. I'll put it on the um October

7439
05:28:19,520 --> 05:28:23,040
19th agenda for discussion, not for a

7440
05:28:23,040 --> 05:28:26,000
vote. Just for discussion and Ian, I'll

7441
05:28:26,000 --> 05:28:28,878
put your dis uh purchasing the Franklin

7442
05:28:28,878 --> 05:28:30,958
property on that same agenda for

7443
05:28:30,958 --> 05:28:33,200
discussion, not for a vote. We discuss

7444
05:28:33,200 --> 05:28:35,120
it and then you want to move it forward

7445
05:28:35,120 --> 05:28:37,200
for an official vote, we could put it on

7446
05:28:37,200 --> 05:28:39,200
the regular board meeting agenda on

7447
05:28:39,200 --> 05:28:41,520
October 26. Sounds good. Okay.

7448
05:28:41,520 --> 05:28:42,878
>> Thank you.

7449
05:28:42,878 --> 05:28:45,040
>> Anytime.

7450
05:28:45,040 --> 05:28:47,520
Uh Dr. Hey,

7451
05:28:47,520 --> 05:28:48,240
>> your turn

7452
05:28:48,240 --> 05:28:51,440
>> to adjurnn. Motion to adjourn.

7453
05:28:51,440 --> 05:28:52,958
>> Right there with you. Second.

7454
05:28:52,958 --> 05:28:54,400
>> Anybody need a chocolate on the way

7455
05:28:54,400 --> 05:28:56,240
home? Otherwise, I'm bring the office.

7456
05:28:56,240 --> 05:28:59,760
>> Do all those in favor of it?

7457
05:28:59,760 --> 05:29:04,480
>> I I am Am I not allowed to say anything?

7458
05:29:04,480 --> 05:29:06,798
>> You are, but we already

7459
05:29:06,798 --> 05:29:10,638
>> we already have a motion to adjourn

7460
05:29:10,638 --> 05:29:13,520
>> and a second. Who second it?

7461
05:29:13,520 --> 05:29:14,480
>> Sorry, Jay.

7462
05:29:14,480 --> 05:29:17,040
Can he have Don't we have

7463
05:29:17,040 --> 05:29:18,958
discussion? We haven't voted on it yet.

7464
05:29:18,958 --> 05:29:20,240
>> It could be retracted.

7465
05:29:20,240 --> 05:29:22,878
>> Okay.

7466
05:29:22,878 --> 05:29:24,400
>> Yeah. I mean, I've been pretty quiet.

7467
05:29:24,400 --> 05:29:26,400
for six hours. I

7468
05:29:26,400 --> 05:29:30,240
just like to say, you know, uh one or

7469
05:29:30,240 --> 05:29:32,558
two things. Um I'm not happy about the

7470
05:29:32,558 --> 05:29:35,360
meeting going this long either, but I I

7471
05:29:35,360 --> 05:29:37,600
do think that some very critical issues

7472
05:29:37,600 --> 05:29:40,320
were brought up tonight. And I think

7473
05:29:40,320 --> 05:29:43,280
it's very clear that we've got some very

7474
05:29:43,280 --> 05:29:46,240
difficult decisions to make. Um I agree

7475
05:29:46,240 --> 05:29:52,240
with um Adrian uh that not having an AI

7476
05:29:52,240 --> 05:29:55,840
policy um gets more dangerous by the

7477
05:29:55,840 --> 05:29:57,440
day, especially the things that I'm

7478
05:29:57,440 --> 05:29:59,200
hearing that are going on in the

7479
05:29:59,200 --> 05:30:00,638
classroom.

7480
05:30:00,638 --> 05:30:02,480
>> Um

7481
05:30:02,480 --> 05:30:04,958
>> Jay, we have an AI policy. Jay,

7482
05:30:04,958 --> 05:30:06,240
>> we don't we need the regulations.

7483
05:30:06,240 --> 05:30:08,798
>> We have an AI policy.

7484
05:30:08,798 --> 05:30:10,878
Remember with Matthew,

7485
05:30:10,878 --> 05:30:13,200
>> the policy allows the sorts of things

7486
05:30:13,200 --> 05:30:15,600
that we're hearing are happening in the

7487
05:30:15,600 --> 05:30:17,360
classroom.

7488
05:30:17,360 --> 05:30:19,280
>> I mean, I think that's why Adrian's

7489
05:30:19,280 --> 05:30:22,878
asking for regulations

7490
05:30:22,878 --> 05:30:25,680
>> to tighten up the regulation.

7491
05:30:25,680 --> 05:30:29,600
>> I I am I am trying to emphasize that I

7492
05:30:29,600 --> 05:30:32,638
agree that we need to take action with

7493
05:30:32,638 --> 05:30:35,840
this. I am also very concerned about

7494
05:30:35,840 --> 05:30:37,920
what's going on with robotics and how

7495
05:30:37,920 --> 05:30:40,958
these students are being affected by a

7496
05:30:40,958 --> 05:30:43,600
decision over which they had no control.

7497
05:30:43,600 --> 05:30:47,040
>> Um, and I would very much like to hear

7498
05:30:47,040 --> 05:30:50,240
um from the board attorney about how

7499
05:30:50,240 --> 05:30:53,760
this settlement uh led to this. And I

7500
05:30:53,760 --> 05:30:55,920
I'm very interested to see what was on

7501
05:30:55,920 --> 05:31:00,878
the paper that the parent uh handed in terms of how much this is going to

7502
05:31:00,878 --> 05:31:07,360
cost them. um just to go through the uh

7503
05:31:07,360 --> 05:31:09,840
the change of the number. There were a

7504
05:31:09,840 --> 05:31:11,680
lot of very disturbing things that came

7505
05:31:11,680 --> 05:31:15,040
out tonight and um I I really think we

7506
05:31:15,040 --> 05:31:20,150
need to take action. Thank you.

7507
05:31:20,160 --> 05:31:26,470
» Anything else?

7508
05:31:26,480 --> 05:31:28,400
» All right, going back to a motion to

7509
05:31:28,400 --> 05:31:31,520
adjurnn. Do I have a motion to adjurnn?

7510
05:31:31,520 --> 05:31:33,440
Motion tojourn.

7511
05:31:33,440 --> 05:31:35,040
>> I'll second it again.

7512
05:31:35,040 --> 05:31:38,000
>> Motion to adjourn by Andrea, second by

7513
05:31:38,000 --> 05:31:40,558
Jen. It's 10:30. All those in favor of

7514
05:31:40,558 --> 05:31:43,200
adjournment.

7515
05:31:43,200 --> 05:31:47,160
Okay. Pass. Thanks.