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In case of America, the Institute of Republic for which it stands, one nation, another God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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If we could just stay standing and give a moment of silence for Jack Allen, who was a fifth grader at Gallup Close who recently passed away.

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Mr. Brunner.

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And before we dive into the agenda, I'm going to make a motion to make two modifications to our agenda this evening.

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One is under information items for the student leadership board.

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We'll move that up to follow right after town council liaison comments.

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And then the second item is under new business to add another item I for discussion of possible action regarding the demographic placement for Board of Education position.

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Second by Mr. James.

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So we will open it up to any requested citizens.

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Always get nervous when we have a big showing that we're going to be busy.

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So we will jump right into the Kate student leadership presentation.

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And I'll invite Mr. Doyle to come up to do the first presentation and for the benefit of the group,

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we're here through our membership with Kate of the Connecticut Association Board of Education.

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They reach out to the Board of Education and the administration to look for nominations for student leadership awards.

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And we are very excited to present several tonight for a student recognition for a living public school.

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So Mr. Doyle.

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I'm David Dole, Director of School Counseling at High School.

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And I'd like to introduce our first recipient, Eric Danick.

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And who says Michelle Napp will come up and say a few words about it.

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Hi, everyone.

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I'm Eric Danick, Central Professor and I'm the School Counselor.

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I work as an intelligence and this is the other one.

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He is a high-powered student where he excelled in all of the classes.

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He was a student from the top math side of students in the first class.

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He is a self-motivator who passed the 6th class.

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He has achieved the outer world.

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And he has been recognized as an academic excellence.

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They are on his sophomore and junior years.

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Last year, he was the recipient of the Adelaide Point Booker Rule.

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He worked with a dedicated athlete in Fenton.

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He had run a faculty lover and the respect from the teammates had come to be selected

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as the perfect platform since his sophomore year.

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Since his freshman year, he has been an active member of our National Ocean Science Board.

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The Husband, Student, and Connecticut Resolalom compete against each other in topics

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relating to oceanography and marine life.

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He was selected a co-club in a team where they have been in the nationals two times.

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and he thoroughly ensured the programming aspect of the class.

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co-bounded and created a first Leicester School East School School.

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Our first school is bound here to the community,

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helping in a good country and for our logic field.

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By the fall, I am planning to attend Whatworth Institute of Technology in Boston.

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Okay, our next recipient is Madeleine Lavanto.

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It has been both my pleasure and good fortune to have been Madeleine Lavanto's concert for the past four years.

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She is a thoughtful, honest, dependable, responsible, mature young woman,

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and balances all of her commitments with great support and support.

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She has a stand-up in several arenas, as evidenced by her many accolades.

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She is a FOIA member and current president of a local chapter of the FFA.

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where she has volunteered in the swim, soccer, talent show, and spirit squad programs.

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for the testament to her hard work and compassion for others

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during the opening panel presentation, and she did all of the projects she always does.

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This is what happens when you don't pay attention to the agenda.

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So next up we'll call Mr. Fomari up for a presentation for Ledger Middle School.

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Mr. Fomari.

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of endorsing these two candidates for this particular award.

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Layla Montgomery, please.

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Layla Montgomery is one of our 2019 elements recipients of the KBSU Leadership Award,

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and there is not a finer and more worthy student.

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As this high honor should require, Layla is a leader by example

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who holds herself to a higher standard than is possible by anyone else.

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She's the type of student who serves at a bright spot in every teacher's day

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and who can inspire the belief by any teacher fortunate enough to have her

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that no matter how challenging a day may be, at least a chunk of it will be spent with Layla.

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She commands respect from all.

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Her peers genuinely like her by simply being herself day in and day out.

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She says an example worthy of our own.

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Whether it is in our diligent pursuit of high achievement

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or in the genuine kindness she demonstrates towards literally every single human being

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she crosses paths with throughout her days.

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Layla is a quiet leader.

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She knows what she likes and is committed to being the best version of herself always.

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Layla has taken advantage of numerous opportunities available to her.

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She has also taken initiative to create others for the benefit of men.

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She is and has been a regular fixture on her highest honors list,

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earning all A's in every class for every marking period to date.

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She is an avid and remarkably skilled author with multiple publications

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and the Connecticut student writers magazine

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and most recently her own publication for her poem,

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Writers Right in the 31st edition.

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She initiated a Writers Club, which met weekly

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and ultimately benefited many of our budding writers as well.

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Layla has a demonstrated interest in her science class

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and seeks out opportunities to lead.

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That's my spot.

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to create and facilitate a jack-o-lantern with the whole class

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as a way to not only make learning fun,

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Layla is a distinguished saxophonist in our LMS band

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Only one of a few honors on her.

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She is a member of our band's band and has already been chosen

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to participate in Jazz Band at Ledger High School.

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as the Cate Sunilich Award, non-inspired with a real Montgomery,

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who stands out for all the aforementioned reasons.

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But beyond these, she does so to smile and her face

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every single day and LMS is a better place

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Matt Scarborough, which will be shown.

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Matt Scarborough is also a 2019 LMS recipient of the Cate Sunilich Award

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and he too is an outstanding selection.

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He has matured beyond his years

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and has the ability to demonstrate his learning

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in a way that is quite impressive.

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Matt is an old soul who demonstrates the value of firm handshake

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and looking someone in the eye on his feet

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and what he's spoken to.

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are manifested in the manner in which he treats people

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which serve as a model amongst his peers.

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The standard to which a particularly unified peer

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is held quite literally is for the boy to ask himself

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would Matt Scarborough think this is cool?

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like our first recipient, Matt, is quite the humble person.

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every market and period of his time at LMS.

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that Mr. Rall recruited him to be part of our leadership program

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serving as a mentor to some of our impacted population.

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and emphasized the successes of other participants.

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unlike the preponderance in those of course.

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the essay grade was elected on his own

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How World War II Changed Women's Lives Forever

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which in our itself was impressive

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that he was able to express himself about this very worthy topic.

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The pride of which he approaches his work

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where his portfolio serves as an example for others to emulate.

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where he set the tone amongst his squad

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for hard work and commitment team.

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the moment he steps into the gym.

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to make our school a better place

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as a result of his demonstrated leadership.

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On behalf of the board

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our sincerest congratulations.

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Well deserved.

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each of you as recipients are examples

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of why we do what we do

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of why they're public schools.

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if the recipients can come up for pictures

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with their awards

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So come on up.

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Turn around very fast.

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Get out of the way.

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Get it out of the way.

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You are going to be in front.

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Get out of the way.

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So we move the agenda to give you the prime opportunity to exit Stage 1 if you didn't want to say for the

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first time. All right, so we'll move on to our normal business of next up report from superintendent

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school, Ms. Ireland. So first, I'd be remiss if I didn't just, again, acknowledge and thank

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and really just express my deep appreciation to the Gallup community and all of Legend

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Public Schools and our families in this community on the response to a fifth-grader

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passing, which is unbelievably difficult, the compassion on behalf of the adults and their

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peers. I spent the day in that school seeing exactly what it seemed to be a kernel as our

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students comfort each other and our staff comfort each other as just really a special demonstration

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of how the community comes together when it experiences a tragedy. And I just, again,

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want to thank Dr. Austin and the entire team at Gallup for really surrounding all of our children

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at the school would love, particularly during that time. On a much higher note, today I attended

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the sensory graduation, the three members of the class of 2019 at Electric High School who

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we had an alternate graduation ceremony because they needed a setting in which

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they could be themselves and be able to participate in a graduation without being overstimulated.

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It was probably the most special graduation I've gone part of. Ms. Webb was there.

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But it was really special. I want to thank Ms. Short in particular who leads our program

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at Ledger High School for those students and really her efforts in making this a special

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day for them. We had two of our kernels that are in Ledger High School on a daily basis and

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one student who has been at a specialized placement for many years most of her school

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experience. So it was nice to have her come back home and be able to experience that day. So again,

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it was special and I was really happy to be part of that on behalf of the Board of Education

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and Ledger Public Schools. I also have the privilege of introducing Rachel Moder, our Director

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of Finance and Human Capital. Welcome Rachel. Rachel's been working with us two days a week for

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the last few weeks and I really enjoy having her. And we also have Wayne Donaldson who's our

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Director of Building and Grounds who is joining us as well. Both great additions to the team.

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For the Board, the State Legislature has been busy and so has every Superintendent in the

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State trying to track all the myriad of changes that are coming out. We think we

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are finally down to a budget. In that budget, 251,000 more in education cost sharing to the

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Town of Ledger. Of course we project revenue but we don't control that revenue and so the

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Town will receive 251,000 more in ECS funding. There is additional agri-science funding and

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I'll be working with the Town Council and the Board to secure and our team in the agri-science

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department to determine how we will spend those additional funds. It also looks as if the

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Maggot School Bus Grant is included in this budget. I know that's a big concern of the

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Finance Committee and the Board. We plan on that grant to fund the transportation of

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students out of district and it's a critical element of that plan and that was funded.

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The Town budgeted on their side of the budget, 138,000 for teachers' retirement benefits

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that the Governor was talking about transferring. That did not come to fruition and so that

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is another favorable position. The Town also received about $500,000 in additional funding

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related to the PQAC fund. Overall, the budget process was very good to Ledger and so I

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just wanted to bring that to all of your attention. We met with the food service

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provider and we will not be increasing our rates for our lunch services for next year.

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The only change is we're going to have with the new facility at Ledger Middle School is we're going

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to have the premium food products at Ledger Middle School very similar to what we have at the high

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school so they can have a standard meal or they can get a premium meal. I would just note that

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regardless of the standard or the premium meal, if you're a pre-reduced lunch student you get

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that for either free or $0.44. The next work we have, I'm just previewing it for the board,

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is to address the school lunch program at Julia Long and our Gales Fairview School.

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So we'll be putting together a plan to bring that to the board education

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later this summer so that we can execute on it next summer. So I'm excited about that.

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We'll be able to fund that with our food service account.

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Redistricting letters were sent to all parents of children reassigned to Gales Fairview School.

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They got a specific letter and we got an open house. About 40 of our little ones showed up to

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meet and tour Gales Fairview School and Julia Long and it was really neat. I know the parents

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were very nervous. The kids were very nervous and the second they walked through the door

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they were tons of smiles. They were running around with their friends and you know all the stress was

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relieved and it was a really nice special night. We had teachers there, the PTO had cookies and

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punch and all that. It was a really great day. Gallup Hill School has been running

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penpal events which have been very successful and the feedback I've received from the teachers.

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They're chilling from LCS walking and they see the bark and they see the upper symbolism

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that they recognize from their school and there's an instant connection. It's really been

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a positive transitional experience. LCS also had a very successful reunion day on May 18th

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with about 200 people attending day-long activities celebrating the history of Ledgerd Center School.

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And then the other topic that we're working on is Mayor Allen, myself, Shelly and Jackie Flake

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has met to talk about the Imperial Memorials on grounds of Ledgerd Center School.

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Came up with a plan to move some plantings and then also

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coordinating with the Department of Public Works to move some of those memorials over to the Gallup Hill

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campus and so we'll be working with Ms. Flake as we'll be going over there and scouting out

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some spots working with Dr. Austin and myself to find an appropriate place to put those

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memorials to our students and some of our faculty. You should have received the

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district update so we sent a pretty comprehensive district update including dates and different

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events going on in the district to our parents. If there are any questions about that we can

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go into that. We had our first Board of Ed and Town employee benefit fair yesterday

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here in the library where we brought all the vendors for our benefit programs.

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We had about 30 members of the board or our employees join us for questions of the

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vendor so we think it was a real success on our side. Unfortunately the Town didn't have anyone

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who took advantage but it was still offered and it's just again a sign of us trying to work together

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and create programming for the benefit of our teams. Over the next two weeks I'll be recognizing

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11 teachers who are retiring from Ledgerd Public Schools with anywhere between 20 and 40 years

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of service and so we'll be meeting it with them and presenting them with a small token

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of our appreciation for the board education and we also have several others who have resigned

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so we met that 14 target that was in our budget which I've been asked about. The service of those

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11 members equals it's pretty unbelievable 271 years of education service between them.

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FFA of Wars Night was wonderful as always. We installed our new officers and also I have

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to give a shout out our IT team here at the high school was recognized as honorary FFA members

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and so that was a nice piece and then I shared with the board and tweeted out Ledgerd Middle

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School went to Horses' Heel and Humans in Mystic, kind of a stunts and part of Mystic.

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It's a great program. We had about 15 students working in the barn and it's a program

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we're looking to continue on and continue to work on creating that relationship with them.

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Our PBIS results so as part of our first year implementation of PBIS in the schools we got

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we did a evaluation so we have an independent evaluator come in and do a series of measures

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and it was really proud that the average score across the three schools that were measured

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our elementary was 97% with Gallup Hill being 100 so really proud of that. I know I gave a

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shout out to Gales Ferry and Juliet along at the last one because I hadn't yet gotten Gallup's results

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but Gallup surpassed Gales Ferry and Juliet along and LCS they had 97 and Gallup had 100 so

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kudos to them and now we're building on that first year's success and starting to look at

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tier two interventions. I met with the coaches today and it's pretty exciting to see the development

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of that and I shared with the coaches today we've done a lot of very intentional things to

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facilitate this dramatic transformation we're going to have and transition we're having this summer

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and so each of our elementary schools have implemented PBIS where they have a common

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language and they're discussing behavior expectations and bus expectations so when our

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children go from LCS over to Gallup Hill they see pause on the wall and they're talking about

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bark behavior and they have that common language that just sets an opportunity for them to feel

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again more at home in their school but it also has a huge benefit for our teachers so our teachers

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also have that common language and they're coming into that environment the same happened for

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our children going over to Gales Ferry and then the board's supportive scheduling also again

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rather than having three discrete schedules that were very very different and how they handled their

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days our teachers are ready to acclimate into each school and have a kind of a footing and an

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understanding of where they're going so we've we've done a lot of that and I can't thank the

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board enough for their support as we continue to make these these positive improvements upon

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an already great school system. No it's a great update I appreciate it. Any questions

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comments from board members? All right thank you very much that's great all right school board

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rest turn it to you. Okay so for the high school we have graduation along with finals next week

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so very excited for our seniors almost there. For the finals or for the graduation?

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And then we have field day for our elementary schools and our NHS goes to help out with

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that so that's a good time and then we have our middle school chorus concert and then I just

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want to thank you all since this is my last meeting it's really been a humbling experience

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being a part of this and it's definitely given me an appreciation for the behind the scenes

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effort and it's really allowed me to like kind of give my peers a little bit more appreciation

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for the behind the scenes effort so thanks. We appreciate you coming and enjoying these

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meetings I know they're not always exciting especially on a Wednesday evening I'm sure you

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have some other fun stuff you might want to do but it's been great and and with with folks in

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the past it's been great just to have the representation in that pulse check and being

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the eyes and ears back into each of us clear so we greatly appreciate that. Awesome and we

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forgot the last or this past Friday Saturday was the pop's concert as well for

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it was it was amazing it was I heard a lot of good stuff about that so great awesome

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any questions comments for our school board reps all right thank you all right so we'll move

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down to board member comments I'll open it up for board members if they don't want to ask

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Mr. Bronner. So I would like to recognize Principal Fagan and Mr. Doyle for the fantastic

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execution last night of the high school awards night everything went off very well it was a

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great turnout and a lot of good students recognized so and this is the this is the end

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of the 2019 school year for our seniors and they were well represented last night.

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Thank you Ms. Gellin. So I have a couple things so I was able to attend to attend the FFA awards

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night I haven't done that in the past I'm actually really embarrassed that I have it

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encouraged board members next year to attend it is 25 percent of our student body really impressive

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work they're doing it was a really nice ceremony. I also attended the LMS parent information night

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I don't know if that was the name of it or not but we all went to the middle school to

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fifth and sixth grade parents and our students had a great presentation by Mr. Pomeroy and the

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guidance department down there and we're able to tour the new spaces so a lot of really great

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things and I know the fifth graders went down there today for their intermediate middle school

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so very appreciative of that transition for both grades thank you Ms. Pomeroy and that also

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I was not a bad one okay another one sorry didn't call you out and then

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take back Mr. Hartlings the parents committee of the school consolidation committee the parents

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subcommittee of the anyway we've been holding different socials there's another one this Saturday

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night you can find the Facebook event it's at seven o'clock in the Old Mystic Village so we hope

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not just a legit center in the Hillsfield um the Hillsfield family

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And then lastly, if you ever wonder about the impact that your students, that your teachers

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are teachers, have on their students, I attended the Fairies Center for Jack. And to see the teachers

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from Gallup Hill show up there and hug his dad, it's a partnership that we have as parents

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with those teachers and I'm a huge supporter of teachers, but until I saw Mr. Doyle Hugg,

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Mr. Allen, the partnership has been undervalued. So next time you see a teacher, you see a parent

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meeting, that's an incredibly strong relationship that we need to make sure that we as a board

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are nurturing. So there was probably four or five hundred people there and I thought

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it was just a really great showing of Gallup Public Schools, our students, many of our children

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were there supporting this family that was a huge part of our life for many years.

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My seventh grader was able to attend the Frederick Oceanology field trip and I have to say

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it was probably one of his best days as a student of the middle school. He had an opportunity

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to shine, he's worked a lot, he was excited. It was just a great hands-on learning experience

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and just really glad that we had that opportunity for our students. So I just wanted to share that experience.

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And I'm looking forward to the middle school course.

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Thank you. Any other board member comments? Alright, so we'll turn it over to these

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and of course I'll keep it with you, Mr. Palmer, for facilities.

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Sure, a few updates. So we had our PMBC meeting on Monday.

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The permanent municipal building committee for those who don't know.

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So we oversee the building projects. There was a request that we read that the PMBC reimbursed

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letter public schools for fuel costs because during the construction phase we saw a very

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large increase in our fuel costs that can be attributed to work that was going on

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with windows where open doors were open, the building wasn't closed up and sealed the way

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it would normally be during our operations. So we did get approval for that.

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It was quite a bit, almost 36,000 dollars. So that was obviously a significant impact

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for our budget and the PMBC recognizes that it's important that they cover that cost

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as part of the construction. So I wanted to share that that was accomplished this week.

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Just to start, do you have any backdrop on how that amount was determined?

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Yeah, absolutely. So it was a comparison between last year and previous years and this year.

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And I can tell you that at the middle school it was a much smaller, it was a small portion of the total.

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It was only $4,045 difference and then for Gallup Hill School it was quite a bit, it was 31,720.

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So most of that was number two heating fuel, a portion of it was gas, which would have been at the middle school.

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Thank you. So yeah, it was quite a bit, but that would get covered and then obviously going forward

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we'll keep an eye on fuel expenses but it'll be good to heat in a picture where we don't have half of the building

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wide open, that would be good. So we have reached substantial completion for the building project at both of our schools

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so that's important to note. We've spoken previously about the littered high school tunnel abatement project

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so I wanted to just give an update that it will potentially be delayed a year due to unfavorable dip bidding conditions.

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There's no safety concerns here, this was just a planned project that we were applying to have it delayed a year

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so that we can go out to bed again and hope to get something closer to the amount that has been planned

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for the expect on that project. And I just want to update everybody that the coordination of moves

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from Levin Center School to all of the teachers that are being shifted around between the closure of Levin Center

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and the 6-3 teachers going to the middle school, that the coordination effort has been done for that

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but not to impact learning materials until the school year has ended and then obviously during half days

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teachers will be getting everything packed up and moved.

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So that's it. Do I miss anything about it?

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No, you can't touch it.

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We're running for your two page report.

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So for LMS in Gallup Hill, so the majority of the construction work is done

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assumption is probably substantial punch list items that they go through.

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Is there anything else that we've done over the summer months or is predominantly all the work finished at this point?

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For the most part it's finished. There are certainly punch list items.

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At Gallup Hill School you can expect to see the rock wall around the perimeter.

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That perimeter work will be done over the summer.

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We have a storage building that's being put in over at the Lager Middle School

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that will house equipment for our maintenance staff

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and also other building maintenance and also the bikes for our bike club

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and where they will learn all about bicycles and how they work.

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That building will hopefully get put in.

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We need to form a great slab. We're still working out the details of that.

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So there's a few things that you'll see going on but we can say that we've reached a substantial completion.

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I'm sorry for one more question.

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So regarding the maintenance equipment, I know we've discussed in the past

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00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:30,640
just the need and recognition for additional equipment.

456
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:35,640
Has there been any discussion with PM through PMBC to seek funding to purchase additional equipment to support?

457
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:36,640
Absolutely.

458
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:41,640
So a couple of examples just to highlight,

459
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:45,640
we did get two pieces of equipment for snow removal.

460
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:49,640
One for each side of town with all of the additional curving and sidewalks.

461
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:53,640
That was obviously something different that we needed to accommodate

462
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:55,640
so we could purchase those.

463
00:36:55,640 --> 00:37:00,640
And then going forward, actually, Mr. Donaldson, our new director of facilities

464
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:08,640
was able to find two lightly used aerial lifts

465
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:14,640
for maintenance at each of the new renovated buildings.

466
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:18,640
So we're looking to purchase those.

467
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:28,640
It was probably a 30% savings, 40% savings to purchase those two

468
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:29,640
and they're lightly used.

469
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:31,640
So that's going to be great.

470
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:36,640
So that was presented to PMBC and then also equipment for stripping and waxing the floor.

471
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:42,640
As you know, we have a great deal of floor maintenance that we're going to have to keep on foot over the summer

472
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:46,640
and it's just not reasonable to expect our maintenance staff to keep that on

473
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:47,640
without some real equipment.

474
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:52,640
So we're looking at purchasing items in that area.

475
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,640
Anything else?

476
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:56,640
Yes.

477
00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,640
We're looking to request as well.

478
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:01,640
I know you're bringing that.

479
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:03,640
Okay.

480
00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:04,640
Awesome.

481
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:05,640
Thank you.

482
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:06,640
Sorry for the questions.

483
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:07,640
That was great update.

484
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:08,640
Any other questions for our facilities?

485
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:09,640
Yes.

486
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:14,640
Was there any discussion on the status of the bids for the high school track and field project?

487
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:16,640
So the bidding, I'm glad you brought that up.

488
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:17,640
Thank you.

489
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,640
So the bidding deadline is tomorrow at 3 PM.

490
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:24,640
And so at that point the bid will be open to review.

491
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:25,640
Thank you.

492
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:26,640
No, it's coming forward.

493
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:27,640
Yeah, no, I'm glad you brought that up.

494
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:28,640
Thank you.

495
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,640
That's for the design phase.

496
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:34,640
Yeah, design phase of the track.

497
00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:38,640
Any other questions?

498
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:42,640
Policy, Mr. James.

499
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:45,640
Policy met on May 13th.

500
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:50,640
It was great to see the turnout from the town.

501
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:54,640
But we had some very exciting policies to weave through.

502
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:55,640
There were four.

503
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:59,640
We're going to go through them later tonight that were kind of intertwined and overlapping.

504
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:05,640
And a lot of work actually over the last couple of weeks working on these specific policies.

505
00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:07,640
So we'll go over those tonight.

506
00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:09,640
The work that we accomplished and what we're going to bring forward.

507
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:12,640
Our next meeting is going to be June the 17th.

508
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:14,640
It's a Monday.

509
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:18,640
Please make sure you come to that one because I don't think we have one scheduled in August.

510
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:23,640
Let's be the last chance to really enjoy it and all of that fun.

511
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:24,640
Awesome.

512
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:25,640
Thank you.

513
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:27,640
Any questions for Mr. James?

514
00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:28,640
All right.

515
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:29,640
Mr. Braun.

516
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:30,640
Hey.

517
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:32,640
So we have two items first.

518
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:34,640
Finance did meet tonight.

519
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:36,640
We meet always before this board meeting.

520
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:38,640
We welcome the public to come.

521
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:40,640
Again, I'll provide a quick highlight here.

522
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:44,640
But if you want to hear the details behind the discussions on how we come to our decisions,

523
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,640
you definitely would want to come to our finance meetings.

524
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:53,640
They are not sure there's exciting as policy, but we do have some good discussion.

525
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:59,640
As far as 2018-2019 budget, we're currently 79% spent.

526
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:07,640
And again, our reserve for this year appears to be about $135,400 to $69.16.

527
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:12,640
Again, that's a very small percentage out of a roughly $32 million budget,

528
00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:15,640
and that is subject to change as we go through final purchase orders

529
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:20,640
and any other things that happened in this last several weeks of the school year.

530
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:25,640
We also later tonight will vote on some budget transfers that we reviewed.

531
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:30,640
We're simply moving funding from one line item to another to align with reality.

532
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:33,640
There's no actual overrun or underrun on those accounts.

533
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:35,640
It's just admin cleanup.

534
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:41,640
As far as the 2019-2020 budget, Mr. Hartling explained the status of where we're at there.

535
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:45,640
That's good news that we're not taking reductions from the state at this point.

536
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:47,640
Our budget is currently intact.

537
00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:49,640
We have no changes to it.

538
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:54,640
Come August, Finance will discuss any adjustments that have to be made

539
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:59,640
as we go into the new school year based on lessons learned and things that come to be.

540
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:04,640
We also discussed substitute teaching rates 2019-2020,

541
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:08,640
and for this year we decided not to make any changes to those rates.

542
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:12,640
So that topic that's in our board package later tonight will have no action.

543
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:18,640
And I'll move to the negotiation and then we can go back to questions.

544
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:23,640
No, perfect. And I do want to just again thank Mr. Hartling, the administrators

545
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:29,640
and obviously the board, especially Finance for all the hard work that went into, again, another budget cycle.

546
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:34,640
Thankfully the budget passed and we have a few months off before we start to process all over again.

547
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:36,640
So yeah, two more months.

548
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:38,640
It just says you might be excited for finals.

549
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,640
We're super excited for both the conversations to start.

550
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:43,640
But thank you again for the team effort.

551
00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:47,640
It was definitely, I think we finally have a process down

552
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:50,640
and appreciate the intended feedback from board members.

553
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:53,640
And then all the work obviously from administration standpoints.

554
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:54,640
Thanks.

555
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:58,640
Before I call on Finance, welcome the board to Ms. Moser.

556
00:41:58,640 --> 00:41:59,640
Thank you.

557
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:00,640
Glad to have you here.

558
00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:03,640
Looking forward to you keeping us out of trouble.

559
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:05,640
On the negotiations committee side,

560
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:09,640
we'll continue to work the secretary's negotiation this month.

561
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:12,640
We'll also start with the custodians group.

562
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:16,640
And tonight you'll be voting on the paraprofessional handbook which we have updated

563
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:18,640
and that was in your read ahead package.

564
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:21,640
We'll discuss that later tonight for board votes.

565
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:22,640
Great.

566
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:23,640
Thank you.

567
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:24,640
Any questions for Mr. Bronner?

568
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:27,640
I am ready to go back though.

569
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:34,640
Oh sorry.

570
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:37,640
So for Learn there's a new executive director that will start July 1st.

571
00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:40,640
Dr. Eileen Connolly has retired.

572
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:55,640
So this week you may, at least on the Galesbury campus,

573
00:42:55,640 --> 00:43:00,640
the teacher recognition, the grant pliers went out.

574
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,640
So take a look for those.

575
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:05,640
That's how you recognize the teachers at the end of the year

576
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:10,640
and don't want you to leave so that we can give back to other public schools.

577
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:12,640
Keep an eye out for those.

578
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:15,640
And since I have my nickel back,

579
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:19,640
I did not mention, so I'm a soccer mom

580
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:21,640
and so I happened to be at the middle school

581
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:25,640
when the company came and sprayed for grass at the middle school field

582
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:30,640
and a few parents and myself noticed that they didn't quite finish

583
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:34,640
it seemed that they had run out of grass seed spray

584
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:38,640
and then we come back since the practices

585
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:41,640
and we've noticed that we still have that missing area

586
00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:44,640
and at the bottom we have more weeds than we have grass

587
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:46,640
and so since I've had several comments

588
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:50,640
I just wanted to share that that has not been finalized

589
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:53,640
by our building project.

590
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:56,640
We've not accepted the grass as complete

591
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:59,640
so if you have any concerns as did I

592
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,640
that is being addressed and we will have more grass than weeds

593
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:06,640
That's so funny, I was there for the bike race last week

594
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:09,640
and I was like, what is this on the ground?

595
00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:12,640
It's like grass everywhere, so that's a no.

596
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:15,640
It's not that, and they acknowledge it is not that.

597
00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:18,640
It's prep work for volleyball fields.

598
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:24,640
Any other, I apologize if I'm trying to remember

599
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:25,640
from skipping a random one.

600
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:26,640
Any other board member updates,

601
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:27,640
leaves on committees?

602
00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:29,640
I think we've got them all, all right, perfect.

603
00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:34,640
All right, so I will turn it over for our finance update.

604
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:37,640
Hello everyone, thank you for the one welcome.

605
00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:39,640
I'm very happy to be here.

606
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:41,640
I work forward to working with all of you

607
00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:43,640
and our staff and our community.

608
00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:46,640
As Mike said, we have a forecasted reserve

609
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:49,640
of $135,459.

610
00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:52,640
That represents just over half a percentage

611
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:54,640
of our total expenditures this year.

612
00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:59,640
So as of May 27th, we had spent $25,236,000.

613
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:06,680
We are approaching the end of the fiscal year. This is kind of an ever-moving target and

614
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:11,360
never-moving number that we keep, you know, update on and keep forecasting what gets us

615
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:17,200
to the end of the year. So we do have that reserve of about $135,000. That's largely

616
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:22,400
tracking from some savings in our salaries accounts. This is because of various staff

617
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:27,640
changing, open positions, unpaid time off, and various other scenarios that contribute

618
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:34,200
to that type of savings. And we also have forecasted subs impossible overtime from now

619
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:37,960
until the end of the year. We are going to have to use some of that reserve in those

620
00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:43,000
salaries to offset some over-budget expenditures and professional services.

621
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:47,560
Professional services are notoriously difficult to budget for, so we do have a

622
00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:51,560
little bit of a deficit there. So we're going to offset in that way. And we also

623
00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:57,240
have a savings of about 320,000 left over in our transportation tuition

624
00:45:57,640 --> 00:46:02,120
insurance and communication accounts. That's largely due to some changes in some

625
00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:07,640
special education scenarios. And that's also going to be utilized to offset some of

626
00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:12,520
the costs in our various professional services and supply accounts. We also have

627
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:17,080
a deficit in some of our supply accounts that's largely tracking back to

628
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:23,000
utilities, which is not outside of the norm. So that is going to be offset

629
00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:30,120
with those two savings areas. We received the end of our excess cost grant for fiscal year 19.

630
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:37,720
Our total incoming grant was $758,744 that exceeds what was budgeted

631
00:46:37,720 --> 00:46:46,280
at $656,548. So that came in in really good shape. Any questions about that information?

632
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:49,320
Appreciate it. Thank you so much.

633
00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:55,480
Excellent. All right, so next item up is the approval of the Board of Education

634
00:46:55,480 --> 00:47:00,280
Minutes from May 8, 2019. So I will make a motion of the Board of Education

635
00:47:00,280 --> 00:47:05,320
to approve the regular meeting minutes for May 8, 2019. Seconded by Mr.

636
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:09,560
Bronner. Any discussion? Yes. So I have one change in the paragraph nine.

637
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:14,920
From the Finance Committee report, the amount forecasted reserved is

638
00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:19,000
incorrect. I have the corrected amount here. So it'll map with the Finance

639
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:23,320
Committee minutes. Any further discussion?

640
00:47:27,720 --> 00:47:34,440
So we state the motion to approve the regular May 8, 2019 meeting minutes

641
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:39,080
amended as discussed. Seconded by Mr. Bronner. Any further discussion?

642
00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:44,280
All right. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion passes. Thank you.

643
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:49,000
All right. Ms. Cahlin, communication correspondence. So we received five.

644
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:54,840
One was from Ms. Benzing about the bus that goes to Gallup Hill School

645
00:47:55,640 --> 00:48:01,160
from May 13. And then we received emails from four different students about

646
00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:11,240
what their civics and action project. Thank you. All right. Moving down the

647
00:48:11,240 --> 00:48:15,560
information item. So first up is the 2018-19 donations received by

648
00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:20,120
Electric Public Schools. So the information is in your packet that outlines the

649
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:23,640
donations received. And that's in accordance to policy 3-2-8-0,

650
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:29,480
which outlines the requirement that for any donations above 5,000 have to be

651
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:34,440
listed out and presented to the Board. No required action area. Just

652
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:39,320
information for the Board's reference. If there's any questions, comments. I'll open it up.

653
00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:45,960
So we'll move on. All right. Next item up, update on current issues class.

654
00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:49,000
And I'll turn that over to Ms. Hargis.

655
00:49:11,720 --> 00:49:15,240
All right. Good evening. Hi, I'm Ashley Hargis. I'm the Instructional Leader for the

656
00:49:15,240 --> 00:49:20,040
Humanities Department at the High School. And I'm just going to take you through a quick

657
00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:26,680
overview of one of our electives that just went through the curriculum revision process.

658
00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:32,680
So on current issues, it was originally adopted as a social study selective in 1993.

659
00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:37,880
There's been several rewrites since then. And most recently, it was rewritten last

660
00:49:37,880 --> 00:49:42,040
year to align the new social studies frameworks, common core standards,

661
00:49:42,040 --> 00:49:47,320
and to align it in the new social studies inquiries curriculum template. And throughout

662
00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:53,880
the course, it's been consistent in maintaining as student choice, as a student choice

663
00:49:53,880 --> 00:50:00,760
difficult course. So course overview, students investigate timely news events.

664
00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:05,240
They study the impact of new media technologies in relations with audiences.

665
00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:09,320
They study global trade, immigration, environmental issues, terrorism,

666
00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:14,200
and the role of journalism in society. Facilitate the use of primary and secondary

667
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:19,960
materials to form opinions, to propose solutions to problems, as well as generate class discussion.

668
00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:27,080
Research and prepare major oral presentations that trace the development of current

669
00:50:27,080 --> 00:50:32,520
and or controversial issue. And we're working towards them publishing authentic

670
00:50:32,520 --> 00:50:37,400
writing connected to issues that they study and to take informed action towards change in

671
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:41,080
the problem. So that would be like publishing in the Kernel magazine.

672
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:49,320
And that would be cross curricular as well, working with the journalism class.

673
00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:56,200
Our course resources are, well, current issues. Plus, in 2015, we purchased,

674
00:50:56,200 --> 00:51:01,560
the department purchased, the Brown University Choices Program. And that curriculum,

675
00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:06,760
it includes curriculum units, student readings, lesson plans,

676
00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:10,120
activities to accompany and compliment readings and articles.

677
00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:17,080
It went through two reads at Instructional Council. And here we are.

678
00:51:20,040 --> 00:51:20,680
Any questions?

679
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:25,560
Thank you very much. Thank you.

680
00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:39,160
Thanks again for coming up.

681
00:51:39,160 --> 00:51:42,600
That's a great question. Yes.

682
00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:47,800
So that looks silly for Ms. Hargis to answer. But so with the high school, maybe Ms.

683
00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:54,440
Hobson or Mr. Hartley would know. I'm sure we all remember from our college courses at the

684
00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:57,160
end being a student survey, which would be, you know, for impact

685
00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:04,440
in what students thought could be different or better. Do we do anything like that at

686
00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:10,440
the high school? Could be really provide feedback. Does that make sense?

687
00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:18,200
Yeah, no. I mean, some teachers do it like individually at the end of each year.

688
00:52:18,200 --> 00:52:23,080
And it's kind of like informal. And then I know they did that like me ask,

689
00:52:23,080 --> 00:52:26,760
or they used it for some of their me ask data where they sent out surveys

690
00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:29,720
at the end of the year. So we do those each year, too.

691
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:34,680
But those aren't specific to like one class. You can say like what your favorite

692
00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:37,080
class is or what your most like impactful teacher is.

693
00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:39,320
But yeah.

694
00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:43,080
If so, it would be interesting to get some student feedback.

695
00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:46,120
You know, if not nine through 12, we at least like,

696
00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:50,920
you know, seniors and seniors that have lived through some classes and could give us some feedback.

697
00:52:54,600 --> 00:52:59,560
Great. So we'll move on to new business. And the first item up, I'll turn it over to Mr.

698
00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:03,160
Bronner, which is regarding discussion of the action regarding 2019, the point of 20

699
00:53:03,160 --> 00:53:08,280
paraprofessional students. Why move with the Legislative Board of Education approved

700
00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:13,720
the Ledger Public Schools Paraprofessional Handbook for the year 2019-2020?

701
00:53:14,680 --> 00:53:21,560
Second. Second by Mr. James. And just for purpose again for the board, the modified

702
00:53:21,560 --> 00:53:27,000
document is in the board packet that was sent out. And for the public that is currently online.

703
00:53:36,120 --> 00:53:38,680
Could we just give some highlights of some changes?

704
00:53:40,520 --> 00:53:43,320
Like, is there anything wonderful and great in there that we'd like to share?

705
00:53:44,680 --> 00:53:49,960
Well, I'll tell you what I'm particularly proud of is at the end of it, we are expanding our

706
00:53:49,960 --> 00:53:54,040
educational benefit as a learning organization. I think we should be supporting our paraprofessionals

707
00:53:56,440 --> 00:54:00,600
or supporting their educational opportunities. And I greatly appreciate the board's support

708
00:54:00,600 --> 00:54:04,600
of that effort. So there is an educational benefit in paraprofessionals,

709
00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:11,800
which gives them reimbursement for three courses per year at a maximum of $500.

710
00:54:13,080 --> 00:54:19,560
And when I met with the paraprofessional committee, they were quite pleased with that

711
00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:23,480
opportunity. And I hope a lot of them get the image of it.

712
00:54:27,240 --> 00:54:31,000
It's going to be my ongoing effort to make sure that all of our bargaining units, as best as

713
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:35,000
I can, have an opportunity to get an educational benefit and expand their horizons.

714
00:54:35,480 --> 00:54:43,320
And I think it's kind of a basic. And so I'm happy to be able to do that. So thank you for

715
00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:49,640
or in advance for your support of that. The other piece is the compensation program.

716
00:54:51,240 --> 00:54:55,640
So we have moved our standard rate, which is the starting rate for paraprofessionals,

717
00:54:56,360 --> 00:55:05,480
at to $13. And then paraprofessionals who have been within in the system

718
00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:14,120
would receive a 75 cent raise. I will just tell the board that as the minimum wage laws

719
00:55:14,760 --> 00:55:19,240
change in the state of Connecticut, that legislation has been passed, we will see that

720
00:55:20,200 --> 00:55:23,160
we will have to keep up with that with our paraprofessional compensation. And that

721
00:55:23,160 --> 00:55:25,960
we'll have a pretty significant budgetary impact.

722
00:55:29,960 --> 00:55:36,200
I didn't want to, I think most of the budget or the thing posted, a paraprofessional came

723
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:40,440
up that is actually interested in becoming a teacher and asked about it. So I think it's

724
00:55:40,440 --> 00:55:47,560
moving in the direction that you wanted it to move us. Is that $500 per class?

725
00:55:47,560 --> 00:55:47,960
Per course.

726
00:55:53,400 --> 00:55:54,600
Any other discussion?

727
00:56:05,240 --> 00:56:09,160
All right. Any other discussion? All right. All those in favor?

728
00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:14,360
All those opposed? Those in passes one, stay Mr. Guerrero. Thank you.

729
00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:21,160
All right. Ms. Hox, then we'll turn it over to you for discussion of possible action regarding

730
00:56:21,160 --> 00:56:26,280
the approval of the EP statistics. All right. In your board packet, you should have a copy

731
00:56:26,280 --> 00:56:35,560
of an EP statistics textbook approval form that was submitted by Sean Law, one of our

732
00:56:35,560 --> 00:56:40,120
teachers sitting in the audience this evening. As you can see, he has done his due diligence

733
00:56:40,120 --> 00:56:47,560
and gone through the book with the IC as well. And on the back, or as you scroll through your

734
00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:58,520
minutes, you will see we are requesting that you approve this for the purchase price of $4,614.16.

735
00:56:58,520 --> 00:57:04,840
You'll also note that another purchase that we will make to support this course are some

736
00:57:04,920 --> 00:57:08,600
calculators that will help the students to get a higher level math.

737
00:57:09,800 --> 00:57:13,880
Thank you. Mr. Law, anything you want to say before we turn it over to the board for discussion?

738
00:57:14,680 --> 00:57:15,560
You don't have to just go to the board.

739
00:57:18,200 --> 00:57:23,160
Didn't want to put you on the spot. Sorry. All right. Any questions from the board members,

740
00:57:23,160 --> 00:57:31,800
or Ms. Hox, or Ms. Law? All right. This was one of the courses that we recently added in.

741
00:57:35,560 --> 00:57:41,080
All right. So I move that the Board of Education approve the textbook for the EP statistics course.

742
00:57:42,520 --> 00:57:45,240
Seconded by Mr. Brauner. Any further discussion?

743
00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:47,640
Just go. This is a fantastic course.

744
00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:55,720
All right. All those in favor? All those opposed?

745
00:57:57,320 --> 00:58:02,280
All right. Thank you. Appreciate it. All right. So next item up, discussion of possible

746
00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:08,040
action regarding the LHS trip to Costa Rica for April of next year 2020. So again,

747
00:58:08,040 --> 00:58:14,360
information is in the board packet. I'm not sure Mr. Harling or anyone wants to make any

748
00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:18,600
comments. Otherwise, pretty self-explanatory. So I will make the motion that the Board of

749
00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:24,440
Education approve the LHS trip to Costa Rica for April of 2020. Seconded. Seconded by Ms.

750
00:58:24,440 --> 00:58:28,840
Calvin. Any discussion? Questions, comments? Yes, ma'am. Yes, yes.

751
00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:33,080
Annie and I both went to Spain and it was an amazing experience and I'm sure you know

752
00:58:33,080 --> 00:58:37,880
something I'm going to be here at Costa Rica. I hear many great things about Costa Rica, so

753
00:58:39,080 --> 00:58:44,280
I will not name myself a shopper. That actually works well for this microphone, so.

754
00:58:45,400 --> 00:58:48,520
All right. Any further discussion? All right. All those in favor?

755
00:58:49,320 --> 00:58:56,440
All those opposed? Motion passes unanimously. And next item down to Mr. Brauner's point

756
00:58:57,080 --> 00:59:02,680
is regarding the substitute teaching rate. So that was discussed at finance and has not moved

757
00:59:02,680 --> 00:59:07,720
cons. So it's just opened up for discussion. Anything, Mr. Brauner, you want to bring up there?

758
00:59:07,720 --> 00:59:13,000
Nope. So the finance committee did review the current rates of rates in the surrounding

759
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:19,000
communities, our ability to fill substitute teachers on any given day, and there were no

760
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:24,920
driving factors that increasing the daily rate would affect that at this point. We have some

761
00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:30,280
other incentives that actually would kick in on the teachers contract for next year that

762
00:59:30,280 --> 00:59:35,720
we're hoping will help some of the challenges we have in getting substitutes. But at this

763
00:59:35,720 --> 00:59:39,400
point, yeah, there was nothing, no data that said that an increase in the rate would affect

764
00:59:39,400 --> 00:59:43,640
our ability to fill substitutes. So we decided to take another year and see how the rest of

765
00:59:43,640 --> 00:59:47,320
the policy changes work out or the contract will change the work out.

766
00:59:48,200 --> 00:59:57,560
Thank you. Any questions for Mr. Brauner? All right. So I will turn it over to Mr.

767
00:59:57,560 --> 00:59:59,720
James. We have a series of first readings.

768
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:10,000
And as I kind of give a prelude to these four, we're really overlapping and retwined.

769
01:00:10,000 --> 01:00:18,000
In some cases kind of convoluted, some cases contradictory in some of the wording.

770
01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:22,000
So we spent a lot of time going back and forth between all of them.

771
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:28,000
So I'll start with the first one. It is policy 4118.111, 4218.111.

772
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:35,000
It's the discrimination grievance procedure and has went through the definitions.

773
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:41,000
Who is covered by this policy and then walked through the complaint procedure.

774
01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:47,000
Second one. Any questions?

775
01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:56,000
Second one is 4118.112, sexual and other forms of harassment.

776
01:00:57,000 --> 01:01:06,000
Again, this policy, there's been some changes in wording since the last time this one was revised.

777
01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:11,000
Legal definitions. So we went through the definitions.

778
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:15,000
The process to go through if any harassment occurs.

779
01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:20,000
And we also, there's outline and alternate complaint procedure.

780
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:25,000
Understanding the sensitivities of some instances.

781
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:33,000
There are ways to go through this with respect to those sensitivities.

782
01:01:33,000 --> 01:01:37,000
Outlines how to proceed through the investigation.

783
01:01:37,000 --> 01:01:41,000
And outlines the requirement for annual training.

784
01:01:41,000 --> 01:01:48,000
And not only what constitutes, but how to handle or what to do if you observe any questions.

785
01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:57,000
Next one is 521.1, Equal Opportunity Plan.

786
01:01:57,000 --> 01:02:02,000
In there we updated the protected classes as those definitions changed.

787
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:07,000
And we created some consistency with the grievance policy.

788
01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:13,000
In the wardings and kind of the district's stamps.

789
01:02:13,000 --> 01:02:17,000
So that the exact same wording is used throughout.

790
01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:24,000
Where we believe we should be, how we should treat people, et cetera.

791
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:28,000
Questions?

792
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:32,000
And the last one, and I might have that number.

793
01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:35,000
This is 521.1.

794
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:39,000
This actually was, it wasn't a policy for.

795
01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:44,000
It was a regulation.

796
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:50,000
So going through the research and all this to realize that this should be a policy.

797
01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:52,000
It needed to be a policy.

798
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:57,000
So it's a discrimination complaint procedure.

799
01:02:57,000 --> 01:03:01,000
And this is a requirement for the district to have this.

800
01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:03,000
It's outward facing.

801
01:03:03,000 --> 01:03:08,000
It's a short version of how we handle any complaints.

802
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:14,000
So we wanted some consistency again with the other policies regarding the same topics.

803
01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:17,000
So what is to be done when a complaint is filed?

804
01:03:17,000 --> 01:03:30,000
The requirement to publish this kind of guides the brevity and the contact information, et cetera.

805
01:03:30,000 --> 01:03:33,000
So that we have all that easy for other people to find.

806
01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:36,000
And like so we publish any questions.

807
01:03:36,000 --> 01:03:41,000
Thank you, Mr. James.

808
01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:43,000
Excuse me.

809
01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:47,000
Thank you.

810
01:03:47,000 --> 01:03:49,000
All right.

811
01:03:49,000 --> 01:03:53,000
Next item up is discussion across the action regarding budget transfers, Mr. Bronner.

812
01:03:53,000 --> 01:03:54,000
Thank you.

813
01:03:54,000 --> 01:04:02,000
Why move with the Ledger Board of Education approve the following requested budget transfers as approved by the Ledger Board of Education Finance Committee.

814
01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:14,000
First is to transfer $7,500 from the Ledger High School Project Odoos and Fees account to the Ledger Middle School Project Odoos and Fees account.

815
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:25,000
Second is transfer $12,000 from the Ledger High School Coaches salary account to the Ledger High School's administrator salaries account.

816
01:04:25,000 --> 01:04:38,000
And third is to transfer $119,193.40 from special ed tuition public account to special ed other professional services account.

817
01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:39,000
Perfect.

818
01:04:39,000 --> 01:04:44,000
So just for clarification, one motion for a three noted budget transfers as stated.

819
01:04:44,000 --> 01:04:45,000
Is there a second?

820
01:04:45,000 --> 01:04:46,000
Second.

821
01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:47,000
Second by Mr. James.

822
01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:48,000
Any discussion?

823
01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:49,000
All those in favor?

824
01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:51,000
All those opposed?

825
01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:52,000
Motion passes unanimously.

826
01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:53,000
Thank you.

827
01:04:53,000 --> 01:04:54,000
Thank you, Mr. Bronner.

828
01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:55,000
All right.

829
01:04:55,000 --> 01:05:00,000
Next item up is discussion and signature change form ED 099 for food services.

830
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:07,000
So I have a motion to revise the authorized signers of the ED 099 agreement for child nutrition programs.

831
01:05:07,000 --> 01:05:15,000
Jason Hartman, Superintendent is the first signer authorized to sign the ED 099 agreement and to sign claims reimbursement.

832
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:23,000
And Rachel Moser, Director of Finance is the second signer authorized to sign claims reimbursement in the event of the absence or incapacity of the first signer.

833
01:05:23,000 --> 01:05:24,000
Second.

834
01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:27,000
Second by Ms. Calhoun.

835
01:05:27,000 --> 01:05:28,000
Any discussion?

836
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:29,000
All those in favor?

837
01:05:29,000 --> 01:05:30,000
All those opposed?

838
01:05:30,000 --> 01:05:31,000
Motion passes.

839
01:05:31,000 --> 01:05:33,000
Thank you, Ms. Moser, for that as well.

840
01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:34,000
All right.

841
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:48,000
Next item up is discussion of public action regarding the LCS underground storage pink removal, which was, you know, discussed, I believe, at facilities and then brought up tonight at finance.

842
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:57,000
Anything, Mr. Palmer, or do you want to bring up from a facility standpoint or Mr. Bronner to finance?

843
01:05:57,000 --> 01:06:12,000
Well, so just for awareness so that everybody understands what this is about at the Leonard Center School property, there are two underground storage tanks that must be removed prior to the sale of that property.

844
01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:29,000
For anybody who attended or forgot the information from the mayor's recent presentations to the town regarding the sale of that property, he explained that prior to the sale we'll need to remove those storage tanks.

845
01:06:29,000 --> 01:06:37,000
And then if there is, if environmentally they find that there's anything, if there are any leaks from those tanks, those will have to be addressed.

846
01:06:37,000 --> 01:06:42,000
So I'll make the motion, but I just kind of wanted to explain what that was all about.

847
01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:43,000
I appreciate it.

848
01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:48,000
And this is, these are reimbursable by the time.

849
01:06:48,000 --> 01:06:51,000
So that was part of the presentation from the mayor.

850
01:06:51,000 --> 01:06:58,000
So if you have, if you want initial information, you can bring it closer to that to what was distributed during that time meeting.

851
01:06:58,000 --> 01:06:59,000
Okay.

852
01:06:59,000 --> 01:07:12,000
So making a motion to proceed with work quoted by top environmental to remove two underground oil tanks from Leonard Center School with a brief reimbursement for all working over just from this on the subject.

853
01:07:12,000 --> 01:07:13,000
Seconded by Mr. Bronner.

854
01:07:13,000 --> 01:07:14,000
Any discussion?

855
01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:20,000
So just for clarity, there's absolutely no financial risk for the board.

856
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:21,000
This is all on the town.

857
01:07:21,000 --> 01:07:31,000
And for the town, this is something that we really need to be done whether the property is sold or not.

858
01:07:31,000 --> 01:07:32,000
Correct.

859
01:07:32,000 --> 01:07:33,000
Correct.

860
01:07:33,000 --> 01:07:34,000
Yes.

861
01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:38,000
Those tanks have hit the 30 year limit.

862
01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:39,000
Right.

863
01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:50,000
And if anybody wanted, so for amount, there's two tanks, the smaller tank was quoted at $4,950 for removal, the larger tank at $6,950 for removal.

864
01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:55,000
So that brings us to $11,900 for the removal of the tanks themselves.

865
01:07:55,000 --> 01:08:01,000
If there's any leaks found during the environmental study, that would be in addition to that.

866
01:08:01,000 --> 01:08:02,000
Great.

867
01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:03,000
Any further discussion?

868
01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:04,000
Thank you.

869
01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:07,000
There's no point in asking about this.

870
01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:08,000
Great.

871
01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:09,000
Thank you for clarification.

872
01:08:09,000 --> 01:08:10,000
All right.

873
01:08:10,000 --> 01:08:11,000
All those in favor?

874
01:08:11,000 --> 01:08:12,000
All opposed?

875
01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:14,000
Motion passes unanimously.

876
01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:15,000
All right.

877
01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:16,000
Thank you.

878
01:08:16,000 --> 01:08:17,000
All right.

879
01:08:17,000 --> 01:08:21,000
Next up is our unfinished business and back to this.

880
01:08:21,000 --> 01:08:22,000
Oh, my gosh.

881
01:08:22,000 --> 01:08:23,000
He skipped your eye.

882
01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:24,000
Sorry.

883
01:08:24,000 --> 01:08:25,000
Ms. Byter shows.

884
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:28,000
I had it on the written paper, but not on the online version.

885
01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:29,000
So apologies.

886
01:08:29,000 --> 01:08:32,000
So back to my earlier motion to amend the agenda.

887
01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:45,000
The next item up, which is not in the agenda packet online for that bit of anyone watching, is item I, which is discussion impossible action regarding replacement of vacancy of Mr. Strickland seat.

888
01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:53,000
So just for purposes of public, if a member of the board resigns, that position has to be filled with the same political party.

889
01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:58,000
And Ms. Bytish is up for that replacement.

890
01:08:58,000 --> 01:09:01,000
Ms. Bytish previously served on the Board of Education.

891
01:09:01,000 --> 01:09:10,000
And the most recently was not on the Board of Education through our, which we have another election cycle coming up this year.

892
01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:14,000
So Ms. Bytish has stepped up to the plate and we're excited to have her back.

893
01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:20,000
The board did meet with Ms. Bytish earlier this evening to have a conversation, quote unquote, interview.

894
01:09:20,000 --> 01:09:29,000
So with that, I will motion that the Board of Education approve Ms. Bytish to fill Mr. Strickland's vacancy on the board.

895
01:09:29,000 --> 01:09:30,000
Second.

896
01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:31,000
Second by Ms. Caldoun.

897
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:35,000
Any discussion?

898
01:09:35,000 --> 01:09:37,000
Yes, I have a comment.

899
01:09:37,000 --> 01:09:40,000
There are many people in any community.

900
01:09:40,000 --> 01:09:50,000
This is a particular ledger that I would say have propensity to complain about status quo, but don't have the conscience to do something about it.

901
01:09:50,000 --> 01:10:00,000
I think the ledger is very lucky to have someone like this that's going to bring a level of passion and concern to the Board of Education for the kids.

902
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:03,000
And I'm excited to see this happen.

903
01:10:03,000 --> 01:10:04,000
Appreciate that.

904
01:10:04,000 --> 01:10:06,000
Any further discussion?

905
01:10:06,000 --> 01:10:11,000
I don't have words, but I'm just going to say ditto.

906
01:10:11,000 --> 01:10:15,000
Very excited to have Janice back.

907
01:10:15,000 --> 01:10:16,000
All right.

908
01:10:16,000 --> 01:10:17,000
Put up to vote.

909
01:10:17,000 --> 01:10:22,000
So all those in favor, all those opposed, welcome back almost.

910
01:10:22,000 --> 01:10:30,000
So next steps will just for clarifications, all send notifications in the town clerk to advise them on the Board's vote.

911
01:10:30,000 --> 01:10:32,000
And then you'll have to get sworn in and then you'll be official.

912
01:10:32,000 --> 01:10:35,000
So welcome back.

913
01:10:36,000 --> 01:10:42,000
And I notion that we put Ms. Vitish on PMVC as the sole board member.

914
01:10:42,000 --> 01:10:45,000
Second.

915
01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:46,000
Excellent.

916
01:10:46,000 --> 01:10:47,000
All right.

917
01:10:47,000 --> 01:10:48,000
Sorry about for skipping over.

918
01:10:48,000 --> 01:10:49,000
All right.

919
01:10:49,000 --> 01:10:51,000
So Mr. James, back to you from unfinished business.

920
01:10:51,000 --> 01:10:56,000
Two second readings of possible actions of two policies that are up to Laura George.

921
01:10:56,000 --> 01:10:58,000
Second reading.

922
01:10:58,000 --> 01:11:01,000
First one is policy 4118.113.

923
01:11:01,000 --> 01:11:03,000
It's about polling.

924
01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:10,000
Through this, we added in the definition to outline who this covers.

925
01:11:10,000 --> 01:11:12,000
It's only for in district.

926
01:11:12,000 --> 01:11:14,000
We'll make that clear.

927
01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:16,000
Clean up some of the other definitions.

928
01:11:16,000 --> 01:11:28,000
We also added guidance for instances where a student who has a disability that is involved, particularly maybe as the perpetrator,

929
01:11:28,000 --> 01:11:33,000
how to field that, how to create intervention prevention strategy

930
01:11:33,000 --> 01:11:39,000
and also change the climate assessments from bi-annually to annual.

931
01:11:39,000 --> 01:11:41,000
Any questions?

932
01:11:41,000 --> 01:11:49,000
I move that the Board accept policy 4118.113 as amended.

933
01:11:49,000 --> 01:11:51,000
Second.

934
01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:53,000
Seconded by Mr. Schneider.

935
01:11:53,000 --> 01:11:55,000
Any discussion?

936
01:11:55,000 --> 01:11:57,000
All those in favor?

937
01:11:57,000 --> 01:11:58,000
All those opposed?

938
01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:01,000
Motion passes unanimously.

939
01:12:01,000 --> 01:12:06,000
Second policy is policy 6146.

940
01:12:06,000 --> 01:12:08,000
Graduation requirements.

941
01:12:08,000 --> 01:12:15,000
We had to adjust to match the state requirements, plus one elective.

942
01:12:15,000 --> 01:12:19,000
Also have in there the existing requirements for the existing students,

943
01:12:19,000 --> 01:12:25,000
but this is for the new students that will be entering.

944
01:12:25,000 --> 01:12:29,000
We also remove the PGR language because it's not used.

945
01:12:29,000 --> 01:12:35,000
So I move that we accept policy 6146.

946
01:12:35,000 --> 01:12:36,000
No.

947
01:12:36,000 --> 01:12:41,000
Now, 6146, graduation requirements as amended.

948
01:12:41,000 --> 01:12:42,000
Second.

949
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:43,000
Second by Mr. Kevlin.

950
01:12:43,000 --> 01:12:45,000
Any discussion?

951
01:12:45,000 --> 01:12:47,000
All those in favor?

952
01:12:47,000 --> 01:12:49,000
All those opposed?

953
01:12:49,000 --> 01:12:51,000
Motion passes.

954
01:12:51,000 --> 01:12:52,000
All right.

955
01:12:52,000 --> 01:12:55,000
At this point, I motion that the Board of Education

956
01:12:55,000 --> 01:13:00,000
move into an executive session and invite Mr. Hartman.

957
01:13:00,000 --> 01:13:02,000
Second by Mr. Palmer.

958
01:13:02,000 --> 01:13:04,000
Any discussion?

959
01:13:04,000 --> 01:13:06,000
All those in favor?

960
01:13:06,000 --> 01:13:07,000
All those opposed?

961
01:13:07,000 --> 01:13:08,000
Thank you.

962
01:13:08,000 --> 01:13:10,000
Appreciate it.

963
01:13:10,000 --> 01:13:11,000
Yeah, we'll take it.

964
01:13:11,000 --> 01:13:13,000
But let me take a five-minute process

965
01:13:13,000 --> 01:13:17,000
for stretching and whatever other needs to be there.

966
01:13:17,000 --> 01:13:18,000
Yeah.

967
01:13:21,000 --> 01:13:23,000
Thank you.