[0:00] Good evening. I'd like to call to order the Hudson City School District Board of Education regular meeting.

[0:05] Tonight is September 14th, 2021. It's 630 p.m. in the Gerald M. Reeves Media Center at Hudson High School.

[0:12] This meeting is being held in open session in accordance with Ohio revised code section 121.22.

[0:18] If you'd like to watch the meeting later, you can go to Hudson.k12.hoh.us and click on our district Board of Education, watch board meetings.

[0:28] tonight we have Joe Lucas and Jane first and second graders here in Hudson and waving to the

[0:36] crowd here to lead us in the pledge. So if we could all rise in the pledge for the pledge

[0:40] will you just?

[0:41] Can get closer if you want to get closer you can get closer.

[0:50] Okay.

[1:07] Thank you so much. We appreciate you coming and leaving us really well done. And thank you, parents, for bringing them. And grandparents, I believe, too.

[1:18] You are welcome to stay, but we understand if you need to go home and get a good night's sleep before school.

[1:23] tomorrow.

[1:26] Item 3 and our agenda, we need to elect a treasure

[1:29] of pro-tem because Mr. Budo is out of town. Be it resolved that the Hudson City School District Board of Education and point mark the Zurich, as treasure of pro-tem for this meeting, can I get a motion?

[1:39] So moved. Second. Okay. Mr. Zurich, can you call the roll?

[1:44] Sorry, I was just a Zurich. Yes. This is Jones. Yes. Dr. Peterson. Yes. Mr. Tobin. Yes.

[1:52] Mrs. Toath is not here. Okay. And then can you call the roll call?

[1:56] Certainly. Mr. Zurich. Present. Mrs. Jones. Present. Dr. Peterson.

[2:02] Mr. Tobin. And I will comment Mrs. Toath had all intentions of being here today, but her

[2:08] delayed flight did not agree with that schedule. So she is unable to make the meeting.

[2:12] I think we have some student representatives here to present.

[2:21] And we're from student government,

[2:23] my name is Sarah McNurney and I'm a sophomore.

[2:26] And here are some of the highlights from home coming

[2:28] week at high school.

[2:30] So we kicked off spirit week on Tuesday,

[2:32] students were their class colors and participated in

[2:35] grade level competitions,

[2:37] such as bag toss, wigsnatch, mattress racing,

[2:40] and tug of war.

[2:41] The seniors claimed first place bragging white rights

[2:44] and Thor's hammer coming in behind them

[2:46] where the juniors in second, the sophomore's in third,

[2:49] and the freshman rounding out the competition in fourth.

[2:55] Hi, I'm Kenzie, I'm also a sophomore

[2:57] and on Wednesday, students dressed in blue denim

[3:00] to support our Rio themed homecoming.

[3:03] The weather cooperated on Thursday,

[3:05] evening for a hard-fought powder puff game

[3:08] that ended with a huge upset.

[3:10] Juniors beat the seniors in a final score of 30 to 28.

[3:17] And then on, oh, I'm ESA and I'm also a sophomore.

[3:19] On Friday, we all were redway and blue to school to commemorate 9-11, and we also stood a

[3:26] pep assembly outside, recognizing the fall of senior athletes in the 2026 homecoming court,

[3:31] which included a pair of attendants from the freshmen, sophomore junior and senior classes,

[3:37] and there were 10 seniors with Reno, Ferry and Charlie Wonders crowned the King and Queen.

[3:42] And the court was also featured on halftime on Friday night where the football team went

[3:46] to beat North Routes in 42 to 7, and then the week culminated in the Homecoming Dance for

[3:50] Nearly 1,000 students dance tonight away.

[3:55] Hi, I'm Mia and the sophomore class president.

[3:58] So we have so many people to thank for making this week possible, including our building administrators

[4:03] who were present involved in every single event, from custodial staff to secretaries from

[4:08] the tech team to the teachers, for our Friday night Jeep drivers and the parent volunteers

[4:12] to support water for the hundreds of homecoming attendees or

[4:15] our gratitude is immeasurable.

[4:18] There's no slowing down for student government.

[4:19] We begin delivering for backpack buddies this week

[4:22] and we are starting with land for holiday sharing.

[4:24] We also have our first blood drive coming up on October 21st.

[4:27] Do you have any questions for us?

[4:31] How did the Jeep drivers do on Friday?

[4:34] Were they at the game?

[4:35] It stayed on the track.

[4:37] This is straight in the air straight.

[4:39] No one was injured.

[4:40] Did you say one of the things was the jeans

[4:43] That's one was related to real?

[4:47] Yeah, so it was blue denim, and the main bird in the movie is his name is Blue, so BLU.

[4:53] So it's Blue denim.

[4:55] He always in the movie then, right?

[4:57] Okay, got it, got it.

[5:00] I would ask, by the way, I know that we have a exchange student from through rotary from Brazil this year.

[5:10] Forgive me, I forgot his name, but I hope you'll reach out and make him feel very welcome. He's apparently a very nice gentleman.

[5:16] From a much smaller school district in Brazil. He's still working out some of the kinks of being in this big fish tank we've got, but I know you'll make him feel welcome.

[5:27] I had one other comment to, the blood drive love that's coming up and I did find out I will

[5:35] be out of town for that but I'm still going to try to do my best to help you guys promote

[5:40] that within the community to get some adults in here to pony up some good blood.

[5:47] So, there's one other thing too, I'll think about it later.

[5:51] Thanks for all you're doing.

[5:52] I mean, it's really, you know, you guys are having fun, but you're also doing good things for the community

[5:57] and that's really important.

[6:00] So, and I hope you're studying too.

[6:02] Yeah.

[6:02] Okay.

[6:03] Good.

[6:04] Thanks for everything.

[6:04] Thank you so much, ladies.

[6:05] Appreciate it.

[6:06] Thank you.

[6:06] We appreciate it.

[6:07] We appreciate it.

[6:07] Thank you.

[6:09] Thank you.

[6:10] Thank you.

[6:11] We appreciate it.

[6:11] Thank you.

[6:12] Thank you.

[6:38] We appreciate it.

[6:39] thanks for the opportunity to discuss our district cyber security efforts.

[6:44] There has been a concise effort recently to kind of bolster our approach and evaluate our current stance.

[6:51] So I'm very grateful for the opportunity to discuss those with you tonight.

[6:54] I also want to take the opportunity to thank our technology team for a great start of the school year.

[6:59] They've been tremendous and making sure we're ready at the start of the year for all the teaching and learning that happens each and every day.

[7:04] And they've also been extremely warm and welcoming to me in my transition in the Hudson.

[7:09] So I want to thank them for being gracious in that.

[7:12] It's been a nice start so far.

[7:15] The history that kind of brings me here today.

[7:17] Talking about cyber security, I think it's twofold.

[7:20] The first one really is the House Bill 96 that was passed about a year ago.

[7:25] Newly started the 2526 school year.

[7:28] One of the requirements for House Bill 96 is that all government entities, including school districts,

[7:33] adapt a cybersecurity program, so that's one of the main reasons I'm here today.

[7:39] It also requires that the program be consistent with some generally accepted frameworks,

[7:46] and practices such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology,

[7:50] also known as the NIST.

[7:52] I'm going to pray that I'll at tonight or the Center for Internet Security or SIS.

[7:57] These plans are encouraged to include identification of critical functions and risks

[8:01] threat detection systems, incident response procedures, measures for recovery and ongoing security

[8:07] and also security training requirements for all employees based on job duties.

[8:13] Speaking a little bit in generalities, because we don't want to get into too many specifics

[8:16] in a public forum, because a lot of the sensitive nature of cybersecurity, but I'm always

[8:22] willing to answer any questions that you might have outside of tonight.

[8:26] Okay, the second historical reason I'm here is sort of what the district chose to do in response to House Bill 96.

[8:35] So late winter early spring in February the district began an endeavor with Neonette as our local ITC and the third party consulting firm that they partner with.

[8:48] to sort of go through an interview process to sort of establish

[8:55] how our current cybersecurity framework looks in terms of the

[8:59] next framework and some of the compliance issues that we might be

[9:03] expected to follow.

[9:05] That partnership resulted in bi-weekly meetings between

[9:10] Filament is the name of the security program, a service

[9:14] system that Neonat partnered with and our internal team.

[9:19] So we met every other week from February until August of 2026.

[9:23] I was able to join throughout the summer and up until the end, through that process

[9:29] filaments team interviewed and discussed our day-to-day operations with mostly our network

[9:33] team and then a few other individuals from the administrative team.

[9:38] They ask questions using control statements from each of the six in this categories, which

[9:43] I do have up here.

[9:46] They made assertions as to whether each control was met partially met or not met.

[9:52] In those interviews, we discuss a little over 100 control statements and how Hudson City

[9:58] schools fit in terms.

[10:00] Of the statement, whether we could meet it, partially meet it, or didn't meet it, or it wasn't applicable.

[10:06] Of those 166, we met fully 39, partially met 46 and have 21 that were either not met or not applicable.

[10:18] It seems like a lot at first glance, but when you talk with the team that kind of put us through the ringer with that,

[10:24] It was actually seem well-received like we were in pretty good shape, and I was trying to

[10:30] think of it in a positive way, because it kind of sheds some light on things that we could

[10:33] focus on to get better at quickly, just by maybe halfway meeting something, and then with

[10:40] a gold-a-full-like meet, all 166 of those statements.

[10:45] For each partially met or not met control statement, the filament team also gave us some recommendations

[10:51] for how we might get there more quickly, so we have that sort of in our back pocket as well.

[10:58] We are also graded with a weighted percentage for each of the core functions

[11:02] in the NIS cybersecurity framework in relation to whether or not we had every statement from

[11:08] that function fully met. So if you look at the categories up here, the recover, identify, protect,

[11:16] detect, govern, and respond. In the govern category, which is actually our lowest one, they scored

[11:23] us 40%. And that's not alarming to me because a lot of the compliance issues are new for Ohio,

[11:34] so we're still kind of learning how we fit with that, but I think also it gives us a little bit of

[11:46] With protect 73%, detect 92% respond 64% and recover 75% for a total average, they gave us a 67%

[12:01] The numbers don't sound as good as when I give you some of their statements. I think of the kind of put those two things in perspective

[12:08] But we do have work to do

[12:11] Which kind of brings us to our present reality and the future work

[12:15] Obviously those scores are going to help us determine some needs and priorities, but we do

[12:20] plan to use the cybersecurity framework assessment results to sort of establish our baseline

[12:26] so that we can come up with some objectives and strategic benchmarks as well as to inform

[12:32] and improve our organizational risk management, and that's going to go beyond just cybersecurity

[12:37] risk.

[12:38] Also, other types of risks that the district might have throughout other departments,

[12:45] and then also help with our service delivery.

[12:49] Major goal this work is really just to manage and reduce risk with the focus on cybersecurity.

[12:56] In short, I'd say the cybersecurity framework assessment results along with the NIS framework will be used to internally develop and continuously monitor and enhance our cybersecurity plan moving forward.

[13:08] And this will be one of the first organizations to tell you that it's always an ongoing thing,

[13:13] especially with cybersecurity, because once you think you have everything down, there's something else coming your way.

[13:19] So, a big part of that framework is not just sort of wrestling on your laurels, but being proactive in thinking about what might happen,

[13:26] and sort of turning it into proactive approach instead of always just reacting to something that happened and, you know, cause a little man.

[13:37] Before any questions, I also like to share some of the higher-level observations that the security

[13:43] and compliance analysts that we work most closely with shared with us, her name was Sarah

[13:47] Pamberton, and she shared these four statements that I thought helped me balance the scores

[13:55] that she also gave us.

[13:56] First one was Hudson City School District's time and effort to align their organizational

[14:00] practices and security program with the NIST cybersecurity framework is commendable.

[14:06] The second one was the district is motivated and demonstrates an understanding of the importance

[14:10] of security and compliance and for that one I would especially like to thank our network

[14:15] team, Ted and Kevin, our network manager and assistant network manager, because I think

[14:22] we are prepared for a lot of these things without even having the framework in front of us.

[14:27] Third one was that the district has established foundational cyber security governance practices and demonstrates a commitment to managing cyber security risk across the organization and

[14:36] The last one was

[14:38] Continue formalization of policies procedures and oversight activities will further strengthen the district's governance framework

[14:46] And it was kind of a lot and also very vague

[14:49] But any questions that I can address this evening.

[14:57] Thank you. Are you feeling confident that we'll meet there?

[15:00] Soon, I do. Yes. Partly because of the team we have in place and sort of being a new position here, too. I feel like we have extra hands to help kind of push us in the right direction. So I am fairly confident it will be up to speed soon. Yes.

[15:18] This is an all hands on deck sort of thing, is that everyone in the district hat that touches

[15:26] computer's technology is to have to have some understanding of how to behave with it,

[15:33] how to work with it, right, and what things to avoid.

[15:37] One of the things that we will have to look at is what does the training look like for everybody

[15:42] at different levels that might have different levels of exposure to cybersecurity risk.

[15:50] Yeah, but it's definitely all hands-on deck.

[15:52] And part of the NIS framework is also working outside

[15:54] of the department to establish shared language

[15:57] and some goals, entered departments.

[16:01] So that's one of the things I'm really looking forward to that.

[16:03] It's not just going to be owned just by the technology department,

[16:06] but we're trying to branch out and kind of make sure everybody's on the same page.

[16:11] And I would expect, I suppose, or hope that, you know, you obviously are dealing with

[16:19] educators who don't necessarily, you know, common language is so important, but I think you're

[16:23] going to have to articulate some of these weaknesses and threats in terms of, like, here's

[16:30] what can happen, you know, here's what is blown up for other school districts when they

[16:34] didn't do this and that, so, you know, just, I think that could be, that's always been

[16:39] very powerful for me to learn from the mistakes of others.

[16:42] I agree and I come from the field of teaching originally and so I know sometimes that the

[16:48] banter might be like when they see a fishing attack or you know sometimes it could honestly

[16:53] be a joke in a moment but I do think it's important that we kind of explain like even though

[16:58] it might be one small thing the repercussions of that could look like some pretty serious

[17:04] dominoes.

[17:04] So I agree.

[17:07] Thank you for jumping amidst dream and for all your work on this with your team.

[17:11] I appreciate you being here, Mr. Morton.

[17:18] All right, item seven on our agenda, public comments concerning agenda and non agenda items.

[17:23] Community comments are a way for citizens to communicate with the Board of Education.

[17:26] When you are called upon, please proceed to the microphone and state your name, city of residence and topic.

[17:31] Each person has a lot of three minutes.

[17:33] public participation may be limited to 30 minutes and less extended by a vote of the board.

[17:39] Please remember this is a formal and official meeting of the Board of Education and what you say becomes part of the official meeting report.

[17:44] If your comment involves a concern with a student, employee or board member, please do not address them by name.

[17:49] Keep in mind we are meeting in a school setting and possibly in the presence of students.

[17:53] At this time the primary role of the Board of Education is to listen and reflect on your comments.

[17:57] The board will not respond with action but will take comments under advisement and direct the comments to the appropriate staff member to address

[18:02] outside of this board meeting with that, are there any public comments tonight?

[18:09] Mr.

[18:09] Claussman.

[18:26] Bill Claussman, Hudson. Hudson Board of Education replaces the first equity and inclusion

[18:32] program with an engagement and achievement program that following President Trump's executive

[18:38] order will enable Hudson schools to continue receiving federal government funding. The individual

[18:44] who previously held the eliminated position of the E.I. coordinator was then immediately placed

[18:50] in the position of engagement and achievement coordinator.

[18:54] Many parents, students, may be wondering what educational issue

[18:59] or student concern is addressed by this new program.

[19:03] If the concern is that this school system will no longer

[19:06] be able to maintain, it's hot here standards,

[19:10] then we need to know why that might be the case.

[19:13] Past history does not dictate a need for this program.

[19:16] Let me list some of the accomplishments that are listed on the Hudson School website, 98% graduation rate, 94% of students, 10 college after graduation, 5 star state rating, 27th highest rated public school in Ohio, I just heard work 10th in some economy or whatever the metric is.

[19:39] Number one, an accurate metro area.

[19:41] Number one, in some accounting according to U.S. News and World Report.

[19:45] Seven huts in high school students have posted a perfect 36 composite scores on the

[19:49] ACT in the last two years.

[19:52] 26 advanced placement courses are offered.

[19:54] Huts in high school is designated an AP Honoreal Platinum Tier.

[20:00] By the college board's highest level, recognition, available. 175 Hudson High School students were introduced

[20:08] and membership in National Honor Society. In 1997 high school graduates in class of 2024 earned a

[20:28] which are in manicum loud honors.

[20:31] 77 are in sumicum loud honors.

[20:34] The honors in the awards listed above

[20:35] the testaments, the excellence of our teachers,

[20:39] allowing Hudson to be in a destination city

[20:42] for family seeking outstanding public education

[20:46] for their children.

[20:48] It also speaks to a school legacy of achievement extends

[20:51] for decades, supporting the proposition

[20:54] that continued educational excellence

[20:56] can be expected with or without the newly established Department of Engagement and Achievement

[21:03] that will cost in excess of 100,000 a year.

[21:06] I ask why is this new program necessary?

[21:10] Thank you.

[21:12] Thank you.

[21:12] For comments.

[21:13] Are there any other public comments tonight?

[21:17] Okay.

[21:17] See none.

[21:18] We are going to move on to item eight.

[21:20] Our consent agenda.

[21:22] We resolved that the Hudson City School District Board of Education approved the following items.

[21:25] A, we have purchase orders where the invoice predates the PO, and B, we have different funds being moved between light items to make sure the grants are in the correct fund line.

[21:41] Can I get a motion?

[21:43] So moved.

[21:44] And a second.

[21:46] Any questions or comments on this?

[21:50] All right.

[21:50] Can you call the vote?

[21:52] This is Jones.

[21:53] Yes.

[21:53] Dr. Peterson. Yes. Mr. Tobin. Yes. Mr. Dzerik. Yes.

[21:59] And nine reports and recommendations of the Treasurer CFO, Mr. Phillip DiBudo. We have gifts and grants.

[22:06] A $5,000, $8 grant from the Dorothea Snyder Partners and Education Fund on behalf of Hudson Public Schools and

[22:12] Dammit Fund in Hudson City Schools Foundation. We use for immersive math VR. Can I get a motion?

[22:18] so moved. And a second. Any questions or comments?

[22:24] So Miss Jones, maybe you can remember better than I do, the Dorothea Schneider partners in education

[22:31] fund, named in honor of our well-beloved principal at McDowell School, is a fund of the Hudson

[22:41] of, well, essentially Hudson Public School in Dalman,

[22:45] so I shot to the community, city schools foundation.

[22:49] That is one that is currently receiving funds

[22:53] from the proceeds of the, is it the golf outing?

[22:57] I believe so, Mrs. Terrell, I might be able to answer that.

[22:59] It's better than me, but yes.

[23:01] I think that is, and it's a wonderful legacy.

[23:06] I want to say it has, you know, a six figure sort of

[23:09] the endowment related to it, and it's great.

[23:14] So can you tell us a little bit more about the immersive math VR?

[23:23] So it takes the idea into virtual reality and uses that concept and application and designing

[23:30] different things, different buildings and structures, and so their specific projects that

[23:36] the kids can use the virtual reality headset and relation to the standards that they're

[23:40] to develop more project-based learning and experiences.

[23:44] So it goes beyond just the math itself.

[23:46] Yes.

[23:47] Applying the math, too, particular kind of like...

[23:50] Designs.

[23:51] Designs.

[23:51] Yeah.

[23:52] Wonderful.

[23:54] That's a great, a great use of this kind of money.

[23:57] Yeah, we're super.

[24:00] We have a lot of gratitude for organizations that support our creative ideas, and we're

[24:05] able to provide students with experiences that we may not otherwise be able to without our generous

[24:13] community supporters for sure.

[24:16] Thank you.

[24:18] Any other questions?

[24:20] I just want to add.

[24:21] Yeah.

[24:22] I'm so sorry.

[24:23] No.

[24:23] We have highly engaged in talent and students and they work hard.

[24:28] They want to get things right but the VR glasses can take a student to the next level.

[24:35] In terms of just engagement and interest and we know when kids are interested in something that takes it to another level.

[24:44] So I've seen the VR glasses work where a student will participate in that moment and then take the moment with them and it's the opposite of

[24:53] I just got my homework done or I just completed this project.

[24:57] It is something that can be super impactful.

[24:59] so

[25:00] I'm thankful for this opportunity. I was going to point out, Dana, and I went to visit the Boy Scout

[25:07] Career Skills Program, I'm not saying that right, but they had VR welding tools there. So,

[25:14] they also had hands-on welding things that you could, you know, what, but you start out with

[25:19] this VR headset learning how to weld things and that you've got positive feedback from the, the

[25:30] And it's a very realistic sort of experience, and give kids, in a super safe sandboard, if

[25:38] you will, sand table, the opportunity to learn how to do some of these things before

[25:42] they hook up electrodes and do it, I'm sure it's done very safely when you're working

[25:51] with real rods, but it's just a great experience.

[25:55] We even have some of those things in our library here, I believe, so in our media center.

[26:01] Is this for high school?

[26:03] Yeah, it's currently for high school.

[26:05] I just wanted to do one little quick shout out to our teachers too, because our teachers and

[26:10] our staff are willing to research and try to come up with real world experiences and

[26:17] creativity for the engagement piece for our students as we go forward.

[26:22] And we definitely would not be able to continue these initiatives without them as well, spearheadings.

[26:29] This is a grand proposal that was written by our faculty, you know, wonderful.

[26:33] Who took the lead on that?

[26:34] Andrew, Robert, hi, and Cameron swinging.

[26:39] I'm sorry.

[26:40] How many students usually participate in utilize this program?

[26:43] Well, I can't remember how many goggles we wrote for.

[26:47] So they'll have to take turns, but it's for the classes that Cameron teaches.

[26:52] Yeah, everybody, I'll get a chance to experience it.

[26:57] Can you call the vote?

[26:59] Mr. Deter.

[27:00] Dr. Peterson?

[27:02] Yes.

[27:02] Mr. Tobin?

[27:03] Yes.

[27:04] Mr. Deter, yes.

[27:06] Mrs. Jones?

[27:07] Yes.

[27:08] Up next, we have reports and recommendations of the Board of Education from the Superintendent and Treasure

[27:15] Compensation.

[27:16] Be a result that's a Hudson City School District Board of Education improve a 3.9% increase for the

[27:20] 2,026,27 school year for the superintendent data

[27:24] Addis and Treasurer Phillip Udo, and in

[27:26] corns with the Hudson City School District

[27:27] Compensation Strategies and Guidelines

[27:29] Effective August 1st, 2,026, can I get a motion?

[27:32] It's moved.

[27:33] And a second?

[27:34] Second.

[27:35] And I would like to comment.

[27:36] I know 3.9% seems high.

[27:38] But if you've been watching our board meetings

[27:40] for the last little while, we negotiated with both unions

[27:45] last year and changed insurance, which saved the

[27:48] district and considerable amount of money.

[27:49] And with that, I have approved 3.9% for the unions and other administrators and non-rep.

[27:59] So these are our final two that we need to approve any other comments about that.

[28:05] Okay, can we call a vote please, Mr. Tobin?

[28:09] Mr. Deseric. Yes.

[28:11] Mrs. Jones?

[28:12] Yes.

[28:12] Dr. Peterson.

[28:13] Yes.

[28:14] And I would like to comment, I guess, one more thing. I should have said before we voted.

[28:17] but I do appreciate Dana how hard you and Phillip both work and we're lucky to have you both

[28:23] here.

[28:24] Thank you.

[28:24] Thanks for the board.

[28:26] Thank you.

[28:27] Item 11 reports and our recommendations of the superintendent, Mr. Dana, and a superintendent

[28:32] comments.

[28:32] Thank you, Mr. Jones.

[28:33] I think the students tonight said it better than me.

[28:36] They had a great week last week.

[28:39] I do know Friday night we had our homecoming and football alumni tailgate.

[28:45] I think we had about 25 alumni football players that came.

[28:51] We did a little pregame event in coordination with Hudson City School's foundation.

[28:57] All in all I think there was a total of about 40.

[29:00] They mentioned Reno and Charlie being named homecoming King and Queen to our incredible

[29:07] explorers.

[29:08] So, that was a great night, great weekend.

[29:10] another good wind. Band was awesome. And as Mr. Chuba likes to say, the cheerleaders continue

[29:16] to be undefeated. It's their awesome as well. Just want to let the board know next week,

[29:22] the 22nd is our first portrait of an explore day. This is year 5 of implementation of

[29:28] our POE days. And we are starting off with an adaptive problem solver. One of the things that

[29:35] We are trying this year in lieu of district t-shirts, is we are going to have as much of an

[29:42] amazing Hudson Day on our portrait days as we can.

[29:47] So we'll see how all that goes and certainly the board knows I will report out to them.

[29:53] What's happening in our building and what our kids are wearing and how creative we are getting

[29:58] to dress up like an explorer that.

[30:02] Just one additional comment, you know, just on the light side, I think over the last three games were averaging about 50 points a game from the explorers offense and defense combined. It's it's pretty amazing. Yeah, we're playing really well right now. Yeah. Now we get into the, we're getting ready to go into the juggernaut of our schedule, but yeah, but it's exciting and it was great. I mean, the point was I think also it was great.

[30:29] energy at the game. There was not very few empty seats, I think, on our sideline, and I think

[30:38] everyone was having a great time. Students really appear to be a lot, high degree of enthusiasm

[30:43] right now.

[30:44] I think if you're at our game and you see all of our kids and our fans and our cheerleaders

[30:49] and band, you can see public education working and what public education can be through the

[30:58] supportive of a community through the support of families, driven staff, high achievers

[31:04] mentality.

[31:06] So I'm super proud of those evenings and you mentioned a little sport, so I'll go ahead

[31:10] and say our girl soccer team is currently ranked number one in the state, and number

[31:15] three nationally.

[31:18] So we'll see what happens, come November.

[31:21] I sat with two alums from the class of 1962 with the football game and of course I gave them

[31:29] all those facts and everything and I think I blew them away with how much success and how positive

[31:36] the kids are, how well behaved they are and everything like that. It was really fun to see

[31:44] the whole experience through their eyes.

[31:47] And I think they were proud of good.

[31:49] Yeah, good.

[31:50] Thank you, Mr. Jones.

[31:52] You.

[31:53] Item B personnel retirement.

[31:54] We resolved that upon the recommendation of the Hudson City School District

[31:57] Superintendent, the following personal action

[31:59] be approved, whereas this individual will retire after many years

[32:02] of dedicated service to the Hudson City School District

[32:04] and whereas this individual has successfully contributed

[32:09] to the education of hundreds of students

[32:11] during these many years, be it therefore resolved that the Board of Education of the Hudson City School District

[32:16] commences individual for their outstanding commitment to the pursuit of excellence in the Hudson City Schools,

[32:21] and be it for the resolve that said Board of Education extends this individual. It's best wishes for an

[32:26] abundance of happiness and continued success as they enter this new phase of their life,

[32:30] and witness where we, the members of the Hudson Board of Education on the 14th day of September,

[32:34] in 2006, except the letter of retirement approved the retirement of and passed this resolution.

[32:40] And this is for Patricia Montgomery, effective 52827, and Mrs. Montgomery was my daughter,

[32:47] sir, great teacher, and is one of the best.

[32:49] They're all great, but she's exceptional.

[32:53] So she will be missed, but she has put in her time, so we understand.

[32:58] item C certified personnel is on page 4 and 5 and continues on page 6 support personnel on

[33:08] 6 and on to 7 and on to page 8 and then we also have extracurricular supplemental on 8 and

[33:18] on to page 9 and I get a motion for all of these personnel items.

[33:25] So moved.

[33:25] And a second. Second. Any comments, Mrs. Hunt?

[33:30] I'm just also super excited for Mrs. Montgomery who's going to have a super strong year.

[33:36] I met with her last week, and she is excited about retirement, but also is excited about an amazing year this year.

[33:44] We have a lot of HR items on this agenda. They are standard items for this time of year, but if you have anything specific that you want to address, please let me know.

[33:54] We do have a new basketball coach who was on this agenda just in little and I can't find him on here, but he's a big one here.

[34:05] Thank you on page nine. There's a lot on this agenda.

[34:08] But we are excited to make that recommendation this evening.

[34:11] I know Mr. Chiba talked to several of the players and there will be an upcoming meeting for the players and families coming soon.

[34:20] So that information will be sent out, but we're excited to welcome him pending Board of

[34:24] Prooflets tonight, and like I said, there's a lot on there this evening, if you have anything

[34:29] specific that you want to address, please let me know.

[34:32] I don't have any questions for Mrs. Hunt, or anybody.

[34:35] Okay, so let's call the vote for this.

[34:38] Mr. Deseric, yes, Mrs. Jones?

[34:41] Dr. Peterson?

[34:42] Yes, Mr. Tobin.

[34:45] All right, item F, extracurricular travel study, there are a whole bunch of trips on here.

[34:50] So the H2BE trip to Oil Creek State Park and Oil City, Pennsylvania, the Hudson High School Boys Golf trip to the...

[35:00] CACWA, club, and EREPA. The Hudson High School Marine Biology Trip to the Stone Lab and put in bay. The Hudson High School

[35:06] Service Learning Program Trip to Camp Leadwood and Peninsula. Hudson High School Leadership Conference to Camp

[35:11] Asvary and High Room. The Hudson High School Leadership Conference. One part of that was for the

[35:17] prep I assume for the Leadership Team. And then the second one is for the actual conference.

[35:25] The new

[35:29] high school French class trip to Montreal and Quebec City in Canada, can I get a motion?

[35:37] So moved.

[35:38] And a second.

[35:40] Questions or comments?

[35:42] Besides, it's all wanting to shape our own.

[35:43] Most of those.

[35:44] They sound awesome.

[35:47] Okay.

[35:48] Can we call the vote then?

[35:49] Sure.

[35:50] Mr. Deseric?

[35:51] Yes.

[35:51] Mrs. Jones?

[35:52] Yes.

[35:53] Dr. Peterson?

[35:54] Yes.

[35:54] Mr. Tobin.

[35:55] Yes.

[35:56] All right, reports and recommendations of the director of operations.

[36:00] Mr. Tom Baroney, we have in lieu of transportation.

[36:02] We've voted on these before.

[36:04] This is where students that go to private schools that have either

[36:10] their times conflict with our travel times or it's, you know,

[36:14] just too difficult to get there.

[36:15] Their parents are reimbursed.

[36:16] Some money from the district for their travel time.

[36:20] Can I get a motion?

[36:22] It's a motion.

[36:24] It's a motion.

[36:25] questions or comments about this, Mr. Baroni is out tonight due to surgery, but I'm sure Mr.

[36:31] Addis could answer if needed.

[36:34] Okay, can we call the vote for this?

[36:36] This is Jones?

[36:38] Yes.

[36:38] Dr. Peterson?

[36:39] Yes.

[36:40] Mr. Tobin?

[36:41] Yes.

[36:42] Mr. Zergis.

[36:43] And to comment, this is state law that we have to follow to do this.

[36:47] Any unfinished business, anyone would like to bring up?

[36:52] Okay, new business. We have our next couple board of education regular meetings September 28th,

[36:59] 2026 at 6 p.m. here, and October 12th, 2026 at 6 p.m. here, any other new business that anyone would like to bring up.

[37:09] Okay. With that, we are ready to adjourn.

[37:12] Be it resolved that the Heisen City School District Board of Education meeting be adjourned. Can I get a motion?

[37:17] Move.

[37:17] And a second?

[37:19] Second.

[37:20] Can you call the vote?

[37:21] Dr. Peterson?

[37:22] Yes.

[37:23] Stratobin?

[37:23] Yes.

[37:24] Stratobin?

[37:25] Yes.

[37:25] We are adjourned.

[37:29] Thank you.

[37:30] And, boys, do you need your paper sign?

[37:33] You know, we really hurry it up for you.

[37:35] I'll take that.

[37:36] I'll take that.

[37:37] We're not really here.

[37:39] You really did.

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