[0:00] I am calling to order the uh
Middleton School Committee meeting.
[0:06] Today is Monday, June 1st. And please
rise for the Pledge of Allegiance.
[0:15] [multiple voices] I pledge allegiance
to the Flag of the United States
[0:19] of America, and to the Republic for
which it stands, one Nation
[0:23] under God, indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all.
[0:28] Thank you.
[0:30] Um, seeing no remarks from the
public.
[0:35] We will uh move on to approval from
previous minutes, so in
[0:39] your drive and Ari, if you need help.
[0:44] Sure. Let me know.
[0:46] Um, in the drive are meeting minutes
from the last meeting
[0:50] from uh May 4th.
[1:11] We will need a motion to approve the
minutes.
[1:14] Yep, I will make a motion to approve
the minutes from May 4th.
[1:17] I'll second that motion.
[1:19] Perfect, all in favor? Aye, Aye.
[1:21] Any opposed?
[1:23] Great.
[1:24] Okay, moving on.
[1:27] Um, next will be reports from other
committees.
[1:33] Um, anything that we want to report
on? We haven't met.
[1:36] We're time, yeah, those are, yeah,
those meetings are on a little
[1:38] hiatus now until the budget's done.
[1:39] Okay.
[1:40] So PTO received that.
[1:41] Yeah, so PTO. Yep. Yep.
[1:43] So just a couple of things, um, PTO
encourages the families to
[1:46] follow up on the social media, um,
just to follow them and then
[1:50] as well as to click in and, um, to
register for their newsletter
[1:53] just to get all of the information.
[1:56] I know this year they started doing
like a monthly calendar and it's
[1:59] been sent home, it's at least
phenomenal for myself.
[2:02] Yeah. Um, I know other parents have
said great things about it.
[2:05] So that's like where you'll start
getting any like newsletter
[2:07] information.
[2:08] They've been sending out a lot of
information.
[2:11] Um, as for over the summer, they're
really hoping or just in the next
[2:16] couple weeks too that everyone can
start, um, going in that has
[2:21] a child in an elementary school to
submit their t-shirt size so
[2:23] that they can get their fun run
shirts ordered, um, and then info
[2:26] for their sponsorship opportunities
will be coming out shortly.
[2:30] Um, and then I did talk to the
president and she's just she said
[2:34] like the PTO's incredibly grateful
for the support of the families,
[2:36] staff and community and just
[2:38] making everything possible for the
kids this year.
[2:40] Um, and the teachers and the staff.
[2:42] And then I personally like just kind
of want to throw it out there
[2:46] as well is like, I going to their
meetings every other month, um,
[2:50] have just seen like how much they do
and how incredible they are to
[2:53] like work with, how much they do for
the teachers, for the staff
[2:57] and even the students, like one of
the biggest things that I saw
[2:59] this year was we were on a budget
freeze, but they were putting, they
[3:03] were going and like doing grants for
the teachers and they were getting
[3:06] like the I'm gonna blank on what it
is called if anyone wants to help
[3:09] out, but it's like the boards for the
classrooms.
[3:11] Um, like the electronic boards and,
um, like smartboards.
[3:16] Okay.
[3:17] I just feel like, I know, my son's in
four, so he didn't see it, but
[3:20] like that is a big help for the
teachers and for the students to
[3:23] like be getting new things even
though like we were on a budget
freeze.
[3:27] Um, so just very thankful for the PTO
and how great they are,
[3:31] um, to the students and the teachers
and the staff.
[3:34] So they got a grant for SmartBoards?
[3:36] So, yeah, so they were doing like
throughout the year and they started
[3:40] it last year, I believe, um, they
were like, like the fun run
[3:43] money and all the sponsorships that
they do.
[3:44] They did like a grant program for the
teachers, so they sent it out
[3:48] to the teachers, the teachers could
apply for the grants and then I
[3:51] believe it was fifth grade that they
got two or four of the
[3:53] smart boards.
[3:55] Wow.
[3:56] Um, and then yeah, like the pumpkin
fest, like the PTO supplies all
[4:00] those pumpkins, the one of the grades
wanted to do a science
[4:03] experiment with pumpkins this year,
[4:05] so they did all of those, um, just
like the little extra asks that
[4:08] the teachers want to do with the
students.
[4:10] They've just been able to really
support.
[4:12] Okay. I don't remember approving that
in like the gifts and grants.
[4:15] Because it wasn't...
[4:17] Did we have to approve that?
[4:19] Because I know that we have like
gifts and grants sometimes.
[4:20] Yeah. Go ahead, Patina.
[4:22] So I don't think did that come
through us?
[4:24] That's what I'm wondering if it comes
through the PTO is that
[4:26] like separate?
[4:27] Yeah.
[4:28] I think it would be because they're
part of our organization.
[4:30] It's not like an outside agency
giving us like a gift per se.
[4:33] Not that I would like, yeah, refuse
it.
[4:36] Okay.
[4:37] No, that's awesome.
[4:40] That's it. Okay. Excellent.
[4:42] And then as far as an update, um,
from the CPack, our June meeting
[4:47] will be uh June 20th and um at 7
o'clock at Flatbread in Georgetown,
[4:51] it'll be more of just like a social
end of the year.
[4:59] gathering. Um, at the May meeting we,
[5:01] um, did elections and so there's a
new, a new board there.
[5:06] Um, myself and uh Stephanie, I say
your last name wrong, but
[5:12] Bonape. Oh yeah, ba- yeah. Yeah,
Stephanie from Boxford.
[5:15] Stephanie B from Boxford. Yeah,
Bonape.
[5:17] Um, are are going to co-chair.
[5:19] And then secretary and treasurer, um,
Aaron, um, Kreet from Boxford is
[5:26] going to step into that role. And
then we had a few different people in
the
[5:29] member at large. So for the first
time in several years we actually
have a
[5:34] full board, which is amazing. Um,
[5:35] and then lastly is uh Spotlight
Awards. It's been out on our social
media,
[5:39] it's gone out in, um,
[5:41] school newsletters, I believe.
[5:44] And families can nominate a staff
member.
[5:47] It doesn't have to be a special
education uh staff person,
[5:50] but it's somebody who has had a
positive impact on your child who
receives special education services.
[5:56] And um, we will um, provide them a
little gift and the
[5:59] like the family's quote of
appreciation, um, before the end of
the school year.
[6:04] And the link is out on social media,
[6:06] but if anybody has trouble with it or
needs the link,
[6:09] they can uh message me directly or
find us on social media.
[6:12] And um, those will be going out in
the next couple weeks.
[6:15] as well and staff always really
appreciate the recognition of of
that.
[6:19] And a nice little gift kind of
separate from teacher appreciation
week.
[6:22] Uh and that's all for CPAC.
[6:26] And any other committees, I don't
think so.
[6:29] Uh moving on to reports from the
superintendent.
[6:32] Thank you, Jackie. Good evening,
everybody.
[6:34] Uh nice to see you all.
[6:36] Tonight's our re-organization
meeting. Um, and uh,
[6:39] before we get into that, I'll just
read into the record
[6:43] uh what our policy is on
reorganization.
[6:46] Just wanted to welcome uh Ari uh to
the team.
[6:49] Ari joining us uh on the school
committee,
[6:52] uh just got elected for a three-year
term.
[6:53] And Ari and I had a chance to connect
earlier today briefly just to put
[6:56] a name and a face together, so I
enjoyed the conversation
[6:59] and look forward to you being a part
of the team, so welcome.
[7:01] Thank you. Of course.
[7:03] Um, so school committee
organizational meeting, that's uh
document that's in the drive,
[7:07] it reads school committee
organizational meeting.
[7:09] For the purpose of organizing the
school committee at its first regular
meeting
[7:13] following the district's annual
elections,
[7:15] we'll elect from its membership a
chair, a vice chair and a clerk.
[7:19] All of whom will hold their
respective offices for a term of one
year,
[7:23] or until a successor is elected.
[7:25] In the event the chair and vice chair
are no longer members of the school
committee,
[7:28] the senior member will act as the
chair pro tem.
[7:30] A majority of the members of the
school committee will constitute a
quorum.
[7:34] The election will proceed as follows.
[7:36] Nomination for the office of the
chair will be made from the floor,
[7:38] the chair will be elected by a
majority roll call vote of the
[7:41] members present and voting.
[7:43] If no nominee receives a majority
vote,
[7:46] the election will be declared null
and void and nominations will be
reopened.
[7:49] Upon election, the new chair will
then preside,
[7:51] calling for the election of the vice
chair and the clerk in that order,
[7:55] and the procedure used for their
election will be the same
[7:57] for that as electing the chair.
[7:59] Any vacancy among the offices
occurring between organizational
meetings will be
[8:02] filled by a member elected by the
school committee.
[8:05] The election will be conducted as
described above,
[8:07] following the election of offices,
[8:08] at its organizational meeting, the
school committee then can proceed
[8:11] into its regular or special business
as scheduled on the agenda.
[8:15] And so to begin, I'll see if we have
a nomination for the office of chair
[8:18] by anybody.
[8:23] I nominate Jackie.
[8:25] Okay.
[8:26] Do we have a second? I will second
that.
[8:29] Do we have any other nominations for
chair for the Middleton School
Committee
[8:32] for the 26-27 school year?
[8:37] Seeing none, we have a motion and a
second, so we have to do a roll call
vote.
[8:40] Dave. I. Jackie. I. Michelle. I. Ari.
I. Patina. I.
[8:44] Jackie. Congratulations.
[8:47] Back to you. Thank you. You're
welcome. Okay.
[8:50] So now we just moved down through.
[8:52] So we'll need uh a nomination for
Vice chair. For Vice chair. Yep.
[8:57] And I need to go find the right
document here.
[8:59] And that's a PDF, yep.
[9:02] Um, I will need a, a motion, a
nomination for a vice chair.
[9:08] I'll nominate Dave.
[9:09] [tapping]
[9:12] I'll second that. Yeah, thank you.
Okay, see if there's any other
nominations.
[9:15] Any other nominations for vice chair?
[9:20] Cool. Okay, and then we'll need a
roll call.
[9:22] So uh, Dave, we'll start with you.
[9:25] I. Jackie. I. Michelle. I. Ari. I.
Patinana. I.
[9:31] There we go. Okay.
[9:32] Thank you very much.
[9:34] And then next we will need a
nomination for uh, clerk.
[9:39] And clerk is just kind of third in
succession.
[9:43] Uh, should the chair or the vice
chair not be available,
[9:48] um, for some business.
[9:53] Um, and who was our clerk for this
year?
[9:58] I'm forgetting. Michelle. Okay.
[10:00] Was it me? Yes. Oh, okay. Okay.
[10:02] Um, and and I guess
[10:09] Is there anybody who is me ask if
anybody is interested?
[10:14] We'll see if there's a nomination for
clerk first.
[10:16] Okay, okay, we go there. Okay.
[10:18] Um,
[10:20] I will
[10:22] I'll nominate Patina. Okay.
[10:23] [laughter]
[10:26] I'll second that.
[10:28] And then is there any other
nominations?
[10:31] [laughter]
[10:32] Okay.
[10:33] Shall you want to do that?
[10:34] Thank you, Michelle.
[10:35] Um, okay, then we're going to do a
roll call.
[10:37] Yeah.
[10:38] So Dave,
[10:39] I.
[10:40] Jackie, I.
[10:41] Michelle.
[10:43] I,
[10:44] sorry.
[10:45] Ari, I.
[10:46] Do my vote? Yes.
[10:48] Yeah.
[10:48] Yeah.
[10:49] Patina, I.
[10:50] Okay.
[10:51] And congratulations.
[10:52] Correct.
[10:53] Okay.
[10:54] Okay.
[10:55] And then
[10:56] So these Jackie are we don't do votes
and nominations
[10:58] for these.
[10:59] These are just looking for people to
raise their hand.
[11:02] Sometimes people like, 'I really like
this committee.'
[11:03] I'll do it again.
[11:05] next year or whatever the case may
be.
[11:06] And we can provide a little
explanation.
[11:08] For each one as we go through.
[11:10] Just to kind of make sure everybody
is aware of
[11:12] the full scope of what they are.
[11:14] So the first one is
[11:15] a TTU and it's usually the chair plus
two. Yeah. Yeah.
[11:18] Um, so I I will take one of the the
seats.
[11:22] Um, is anybody else interested?
[11:24] Usually it's uh for TTU, it is what
is it quarterly?
[11:29] Yeah, four meetings.
[11:30] Um, so four meetings a year.
[11:32] Um, this year was really nice in
Middleton.
[11:35] Because it was immediately following
our meeting,
[11:37] but next year it's going to
Topsfield.
[11:39] Uh, Boxford.
[11:40] Why am I out of order?
[11:41] Okay, so yes, it's going back to
Boxford.
[11:43] Um, so it would be immediately
following one of their meetings.
[11:46] So, um, for whoever takes the role,
[11:48] it'll likely be on a different night.
[11:51] So we would have our meeting on a
Monday night, say,
[11:54] and then we would have to attend a
Boxford meeting
[11:56] four times a year.
[11:59] Um,
[12:00] What night what night of the week do
they typically have those meetings?
[12:03] Uh, they they haven't decided for
next year,
[12:05] but it's typically been the second
and fourth Thursday.
[12:07] But it's they only have two meetings
a month
[12:09] like maybe three or four of the
months out of the year.
[12:12] So but it's usually the second,
[12:14] I would say is the more logical
second
[12:16] Thursday of the month.
[12:17] The second Thursday.
[12:18] Yeah, the fourth usually gets
[12:19] I can volunteer for one of those
spots.
[12:20] Okay.
[12:22] Um, and is anybody else interested in
that third position?
[12:28] I'd take the third position.
[12:30] Okay.
[12:31] Excellent.
[12:32] Okay.
[12:33] And are you all available tonight?
[12:35] Tonight?
[12:36] Yeah, for the TTU meeting.
[12:38] Sure. I didn't know
[12:39] Will dinner be served?
[12:42] Maybe not.
[12:43] Um, I am available for tonight.
[12:45] I don't think that I am.
[12:46] Okay.
[12:47] As long as we I mean we need five
total.
[12:49] I can still go tonight.
[12:50] Three committees, would that work?
[12:51] Can Patina go where she was on it
last year?
[12:53] Um,
[12:57] It's good question.
[12:58] I you'd have to nominate her to I
think
[13:00] go back to TTU for one more meeting
[13:02] or something just to make it
official.
[13:03] And so for Michelle to start on in
the 26, 27 school year.
[13:08] So why don't we do this, why don't we
if you can go tonight,
[13:11] I can go tonight.
[13:12] I just Why don't we say Patina is the
third member?
[13:14] Okay.
[13:14] And then I'll make a note on our
summer meeting.
[13:16] Okay.
[13:17] We'll just elect Michelle as a member
of the TTU.
[13:18] Okay.
[13:19] And I guess you have questions.
[13:20] Ari, are you able to stay for the
next
[13:23] Yes, I am.
[13:23] Then do we need Patina if if the two
of us can go?
[13:26] Um, it's
[13:27] It's always good to have three
[13:28] if we can cuz the other two towns
show up with one,
[13:31] then we would have five.
[13:32] Okay.
[13:33] Okay.
[13:34] So knowing that I have we have three
is not a bad thing.
[13:37] Okay.
[13:38] Okay. Thank you.
[13:39] Yeah.
[13:39] So I'll make a note. So let's yeah,
so we have our three people.
[13:42] Yes.
[13:43] And then I'll make a note that
Michelle and Patina switch at the
summer meeting.
[13:46] Okay.
[13:47] Okay.
[13:49] And then next
[13:50] is the uh policy review subcommittee.
[13:54] Um, I'll state.
[13:55] Yeah.
[13:56] Okay.
[13:57] Perfect.
[13:57] Thank you, Dave. I'll for that.
[14:00] Um,
[14:01] and then uh next is CPAC liaison and
I will keep uh the CPAC.
[14:08] Uh,
[14:09] roll.
[14:09] And then next is uh school committee
recording secretary.
[14:14] Is anyone interested in that?
[14:16] I think it's
[14:16] Yeah.
[14:17] It is.
[14:18] It is, Colleen, she's waving.
[14:20] Yes.
[14:21] Um, so Colleen will continue in that
role.
[14:23] Thank you, Colleen for all you do.
[14:26] And then negotiation subcommittee.
[14:27] And can somebody just remind me where
we are in the cycle?
[14:30] Yeah.
[14:31] So we are in so that'll be a light
year
[14:33] this coming year, 26, 27, should be
[14:35] little to no lifting.
[14:37] Um, next year at this time when we're
volunteering for that,
[14:41] you know, that personal need to be
prepared for like
[14:43] every Tuesday from 3:30 to 5:30
[14:46] like we did this past go around from
January to June
[14:47] kind of a thing.
[14:48] We'll follow the same format as we
did,
[14:50] you know, three years ago at that
time
[14:53] and I think it'll be very similar.
[14:55] Um, but yeah, so this year I think if
you're looking to be on a very light
committee, that's a good one to raise
your hand for.
[15:00] Yes.
[15:01] Um, I am interested
[15:03] So the chair
[15:03] just um as one of the seats.
[15:06] So we're going to need a second
person again.
[15:09] very light this year and then the
alternate again in the
[15:12] event that one or two cannot cannot
make it.
[15:15] I can do it, I'll be an alternate
either way.
[15:18] Same. Okay, Dave. And Bettina.
Perfect.
[15:23] I can continue being the
communications liaison.
[15:27] Okay.
[15:32] Okay, and then school handbook, um,
[15:35] is another one that's that's pretty
light.
[15:39] it just entails reviewing the
handbook
[15:43] before school starts, um, with the
principles and
[15:47] providing any feedback as far as
typos or if it's
[15:49] missing something.
[15:54] Is anybody interested in that?
[15:56] I can do that. Okay.
[16:02] And then, uh, Fincom, oh, we already
have one
[16:05] person listed here for the Fincom.
[16:07] Yeah, I think that what we did, um,
we had the
[16:10] chair kind of be like an automatic.
[16:11] Okay, if you can still do it, and
then we had, yep.
[16:13] I'll I'll do it if you want
alternate.
[16:16] Perfect. Dave. Okay.
[16:21] Okay. And then, uh, PTO Liaison.
[16:26] Anybody interested in the PTO
Liaison?
[16:29] I'm happy to do it again, unless you
want to join,
[16:31] or unless you want to do it.
[16:33] Do do you have to go to the meetings
as a PTO
[16:35] Liaison? Are they meetings?
[16:36] I went to every other, and then I
just, um, would
[16:38] check in with the president.
[16:40] Okay. It might be tough for me just
because my wife
[16:42] is at the meeting too, and finding
child care for
[16:44] that would be.
[16:45] Oh, okay, fair enough. Yeah.
[16:47] I'm happy to do it again. Okay.
[16:50] Okay. And then, um, next is
Facilities Liaison.
[16:56] I can do that.
[16:58] I can do that with C. Yeah.
[17:00] Okay. And, um, Health and Wellness
Liaison.
[17:07] Who was that this time around? I mean
Colin.
[17:11] Yeah. I can look it up.
[17:14] I thought it might have been Joe.
[17:16] Let me look.
[17:22] 29 25, I want.
[17:43] All right, here it is. So it was
[17:48] Joe. Yeah.
[17:52] I know for the Trittown because we
had like, um,
[17:55] Sherice and all that for the Trittown
but what what
[17:58] does that look like? Can you remind
us?
[18:00] Yeah, so that has been in the past,
you know, they had
[18:02] to rewrite the Health and Wellness
policy. That was
[18:04] something that that group did, um,
[18:06] it's a lot with food services, any of
the
[18:08] programming around recycling or
[18:10] any activities, after school programs
and night programs
[18:13] like the Get Moving night that we
used to do and
[18:15] things like that.
[18:17] So it's just liasing with Sherice and
other folks
[18:19] from across the tricity area on
things related to
[18:20] health and wellness.
[18:22] And how often do they
[18:24] It's pretty light. I think it's maybe
maybe
[18:25] four or five times a year.
[18:28] Yeah. Is anybody interested in that?
[18:32] I can do it. Okay.
[18:36] Sorry.
[18:40] Um, and next is Safety Liaison.
[18:46] what that all entails. Yes.
[18:48] Yeah, that has been in the past any
of the work we've
[18:50] done around crisis communications.
[18:52] It was a heavier lift years ago when
we were trying to
[18:54] get everything on board with Crisis
Go and
[18:56] any of our school crisis planning
that we do or if
[18:58] a situation emerged and
[18:59] we needed, you know, the chair and
someone else from
[19:01] the committee to serve as like a
school committee rep
[19:04] on navigating through some type of an
emergency
[19:05] situation, those folks would step in.
[19:08] I'm happy to do that.
[19:13] And then, so the Crest Board of
Directors will
[19:15] continue to be
[19:17] Dr. Morrison, the North Shore
Education Consortium,
[19:19] um,
[19:20] will continue to be Dr. Morrison and
legislatively
[19:23] as on, will continue to be Dr.
Morrison.
[19:26] Uh, the last piece is the signatory,
um,
[19:28] authorization, um,
[19:30] which is being available to sign
payroll or other
[19:34] documents, um,
[19:36] as needed outside of the meetings.
[19:39] Um, I'm happy to keep one of those.
[19:43] I can do the all if you want.
[19:47] And do we have a printed copy of that
for tonight?
[19:49] I need someone to be primary
specifically and
[19:51] someone to be secondary specifically.
[19:53] Oh, for this? So I'll I will primary.
[20:01] And then do we circulate that for
signature
[20:02] afterwards, calling?
[20:04] Correct. Okay.
[20:06] So we need to nominate
[20:08] Jackie and Dave for that?
[20:10] Yes. Oh, okay. Okay, great.
[20:11] Okay, so I'll nominate Jackie Dubois
to be primary
[20:14] signatory authorization, um, for town
hall compliance.
[20:21] Second.
[20:23] Okay, all in favor?
[20:24] I. I.
[20:25] Any opposed?
[20:26] Oh, it says roll call vote.
[20:28] Okay.
[20:28] Yeah.
[20:29] I.
[20:30] Apparently I should have been wearing
my glasses.
[20:32] Uh, Jackie, I.
[20:33] Uh, Michelle, I.
[20:35] Ari, I.
[20:36] Bettina, I.
[20:37] And do we need to vote the secondary
one? Okay.
[20:40] Thank.
[20:41] Um, I will nominate Dave De Bonas to
be the secondary
[20:45] signatory authorization per town hall
compliance.
[20:48] And I will second that.
[20:50] I.
[20:51] Roll call.
[20:52] I.
[20:53] Jackie, I.
[20:54] Michelle, I.
[20:55] Ari, I.
[20:56] Bettina, I.
[20:58] Thank you.
[21:01] All right.
[21:02] Okay.
[21:06] And close that out.
[21:11] And moving on to um next.
[21:18] Uh, chatting the course.
[21:19] Starting the course.
[21:20] Yeah.
[21:21] Yes.
[21:22] Mhm.
[21:23] So chatting the course is just uh
probably mostly for Ari at
[21:27] this point. Uh, chatting the course
is MASC is the name of your
[21:30] sort of parent organization. It's the
Mass Association School Committees.
[21:33] Yep.
[21:34] Mine is MASS Mass Association schools
superintendents.
[21:37] So MASC offers a number of trainings
and sessions throughout
[21:41] the year. You'll start getting emails
from them, um,
[21:43] once we get you all sort of cued into
the system.
[21:45] But one of the ones is called
charting the course.
[21:47] And it's basically the primer on how
to be on a school
[21:51] committee and what are all the
motions and what are the votes
[21:53] and just all the sort of the ins and
outs of being
[21:54] a school committee member.
[21:56] So Antonette will do some outreach to
you, Antonette's
[21:58] in uh the Superintendent office.
[22:00] and she'll do some outreach for you.
[22:02] there never seems to be a convenient
location, it's always
[22:05] like Bellingham and, you know, like
really far away.
[22:08] But it kind of is what it is.
[22:10] A couple years they did offer them
online. I don't know if
[22:12] they're still doing that.
[22:13] But if you can just sort of put
charting the course and Antonette
[22:15] in your head and those connections
will be made.
[22:17] in the coming weeks and when you see
one of those courses,
[22:19] the goal is always to try to get it
done sometime within the
[22:22] first year of your school committee
service.
[22:24] Just helps with all the kind of
understanding all the technical
[22:26] parts of the meetings and and things
like that.
[22:29] Okay.
[22:30] Yep.
[22:32] And then just last thing from me. Um,
so Dessie, um,
[22:35] has been collecting student
attendance data. I
[22:38] they collect staff attendance data as
well.
[22:41] Um, and so in the drive, you'll see a
PowerPoint slide, it says
[22:44] 2526 student attendance.
[22:47] And I just grabbed our three towns.
[22:50] And so go to the bottom part of the
slide first, so that's
[22:53] the 24 25 data.
[22:55] It was as of March 1st in 2425.
[22:59] And if you dial in on Middleton, our
attendance rate was 94.6.
[23:04] The average number of absences was
5.9.
[23:08] Um, absent 10 or more days, um, 17.7.
These are uh percentages.
[23:15] Um, chronically absent, 10% or more,
so that would be obviously
[23:18] 18 or more days.
[23:20] Uh, that's 13%.
[23:22] And then chronically absent, 20% or
more, which would be 36 or
[23:26] more days. That was 1.3.
[23:29] So if you compare that to the top
part of the slide, so in
[23:33] 2526, so Dessie just sent an email
out on this a
[23:35] couple of weeks ago.
[23:37] And so I grabbed the data for 2526,
and again, Middleton,
[23:40] the attendance rate was 93.5.
[23:44] The average number of absences was
seven.
[23:47] And then absent 10 or more days,
26.5.
[23:52] And then chronically absent, which is
10% or more was 21.2.
[23:56] And then chronically absent, uh, 20%
or more is uh 2.3%.
[24:02] So a bump, uh, in the numbers across
the board, uh,
[24:04] just more of an informational item
just for us to be aware of.
[24:08] Always says nobody's going in the
right direction.
[24:09] Yeah.
[24:10] Yeah, they all seem to go up.
[24:13] Do we have a sense, is it like
vacation related? Is it illness
[24:16] related?
[24:17] It's a combo.
[24:18] Is it families, most like if you have
one sibling out and
[24:20] then the other?
[24:21] Yeah, I think Jeff and Mike could
probably attest to that, um,
[24:24] that it's typically uh if you have
one sibling out, it's
[24:26] it's typically another.
[24:27] I think, you know, coming out of
COVID, the travel piece of it is,
[24:30] you know, just not traveling on
February vacation and traveling
[24:32] the week before or after is
economically. Yes.
[24:35] Way more viable for people.
[24:38] Um, so again, it's just an
informational point.
[24:41] nothing more, just something for us
to keep be aware of.
[24:44] I think as we think about, you know,
when we get into the
[24:46] fall and we look at assessment scores
and we look at data,
[24:48] student data and things like that,
this just becomes a piece
[24:50] of the puzzle, right?
[24:51] If someone's absent 18 days, 10%,
right? That's almost a
[24:54] month of school.
[24:56] When you think there's anywhere
between like 18 and 22 days in
[24:59] a in a month of school.
[25:01] Uh, and 20%, you know, that's almost
like two months of school
[25:04] if you think of like 36 days,
roughly, give or take.
[25:08] So it's just, you know,
[25:11] informational just sharing, I think,
[25:12] you know, as you guys talk to your
[25:14] colleagues and and in your fellow
[25:16] citizens in town.
[25:17] You know, it's just something that
[25:19] to be mindful of as we navigate
through a school year more than
[25:23] So, not to deliver it with a finger
wag, just deliver it as
[25:25] a piece of data.
[25:27] Okay. That's all. Thank you. Yeah.
[25:32] Okay, moving on to the report
[25:34] of the assistant superintendent of
operations.
[25:36] Hmm. Good evening, everyone.
[25:38] was including the drive
[25:40] is the financial report for June.
[25:42] And message remains consistent.
[25:46] And we have been in the as you know,
been in the spending freeze
[25:48] for this fiscal year.
[25:51] and we are starting the process of
closing the books,
[25:55] schools out June 16th
[25:57] and the goal is to wrap things up by
the end of June.
[26:00] Don't want any encumbrances if I can
avoid it.
[26:04] Um, there will be some outstanding
[26:07] invoices uh that we know will be
coming
[26:11] And again, overall, the goal is to
[26:14] preserve the revolving accounts and
[26:16] create some consistency over the next
few years,
[26:19] especially as we look at
[26:23] FY28, FY29 and possible
[26:25] exposure for an override.
[26:29] So with that, I will stop talking
[26:31] and answer any questions the
committee may have.
[26:36] And I will do a a 101, and we'll go
over, I'll go over all of it.
[26:41] And see just in the interim just for
tonight and for now,
[26:43] so I can come prepared when he meets
with you.
[26:45] If you go to page three, just talk
about the cost categories and how
[26:47] those are the nine cost centers and
just about that.
[26:50] So when we talk about this, those
nine categories
[26:53] on page three. I'm sorry? Just by on
page three of the. Yeah. Yeah.
[26:58] So when we talk about the cost
categories.
[27:01] Those are like the major areas of our
budget.
[27:06] And when we go through it, it's
salaries,
[27:09] supplies,
[27:11] in district special education costs,
insurance,
[27:15] out of district tuitions,
[27:18] facilities, utilities,
[27:21] transportation,
[27:22] and take them home, PD.
[27:24] And professional development.
[27:28] So, those are the main areas when we
talk about our budget
[27:31] and the main areas of of expenditure.
[27:35] Salaries of course being the largest.
[27:37] about, you know, if you don't if you
factor in insurance, it's
[27:40] about 60 somewhat percent, without
[27:42] insurance, it would be like 80
somewhat percent.
[27:45] So when we go through these financial
reports and you see
[27:48] those nine class categories, we try
to sort all those budget
[27:50] expenditure lines. We do sort them by
those cost categories.
[27:56] So, you'll see detail line by line by
line.
[28:00] And there's like 260 expenditure
lines for the general fund,
[28:03] and then we summarize those into the
nine lines,
[28:06] and then that all feeds up into the
major summary report, which is not
[28:11] that so everything I just said is the
general fund.
[28:15] And then we have grants.
[28:17] So, a you know, multiple grants.
[28:20] Then we have what's called revolving
accounts, which are really fee-based
[28:22] uh types of programs.
[28:25] And then we have what's called warn
articles, things that are voted
[28:27] outside of the budget for specific
purposes.
[28:31] And so, you'll see those in the
financial report and it goes in
[28:33] that order.
[28:35] Major summary, breakdown to nine
categories, and then detail
[28:38] line by line.
[28:41] All right. But again, when we do a
budget 101, we'll go over all of it.
[28:45] Anything else, Dr. Morrison, any
other
[28:48] questions, thoughts, feedback?
[28:53] All right. So we'll we'll keep
everybody posted as we go through
[28:56] the the close out, so Dr. Morrison
will be communicating,
[28:58] we'll we'll both be communicating
with you. We get to that point
[29:01] probably sometime in July
[29:04] to say this is where we're at, and
this is the strategy
[29:06] we're recommending to go.
[29:09] Thank you. Thank you.
[29:13] Okay. Next is report of the
principles.
[29:14] We have um May updates.
[29:19] So, at how Manning, it has been
[29:21] busy and gets busier as we get closer
to the end.
[29:27] Um, in May uh we did
[29:30] [cough] pardon me, we did finish
[29:38] We were able to
[29:39] Yeah. Yeah.
[29:41] finish MCAS, um,
[29:44] We did not have 100% participation
rate this year,
[29:48] um, but we will be in the high 90s.
[29:50] We had um more this year, um
[29:53] parents asked that their student not
take the MCAS this year,
[29:58] uh than we have in the past.
[29:59] There is no technical opt out,
[30:01] um but they will just not receive a
score and we will um
[30:04] it will affect our participation
rate.
[30:09] Um, so that is done.
[30:11] We had our fifth and sixth grade
spring musical Finding Nemo.
[30:16] Kira Clemenzi and Michael Joyce, um,
put on a great show.
[30:20] They did it four or five times,
[30:22] twice for families and twice in
school.
[30:26] one for Fuller Meadow kids and one
for Hamaney kids.
[30:30] Um, so it was very good.
[30:32] Upcoming, tomorrow is Field Day.
[30:35] Uh, and for the first time it will be
actual Field Day
[30:38] and not field hour for the grade
levels.
[30:40] We used to do it. PTO used to put the
whole thing on themselves.
[30:45] Um, each grade level got an hour
outside.
[30:47] Tomorrow, I had some teachers that
wanted it to be a day.
[30:51] I said, go ahead.
[30:53] Um, they actually took me up on it
and planned it in conjunction with
PTO.
[30:58] So tomorrow is either going to be a
great day or it might be
[31:01] the last time we have
[31:03] Field Day. That remains to be seen.
[31:06] The weather's going to cooperate
though, so that is, um, a good thing.
[31:10] So, um, stay tuned on that.
[31:14] Uh, Friday the 5th is the sixth grade
Walk to End Childhood Cancer.
[31:19] So all of our sixth graders will be
walking around the reservoir.
[31:23] They've been raising money for the
last month or so, um, for that.
[31:28] Friday, March 5th is also Howie's
fourth birthday, if you're
interested.
[31:32] Um, he's actually this sixth grade
class has had Howie all the way
through
[31:37] elementary or how Manning.
[31:40] So, it's a momentous one, I guess you
could say.
[31:44] Um, fourth grade...
[31:45] What are you doing for the for the
party?
[31:48] Nothing. Oh, okay. Yeah.
[31:50] He'll get a cake at home, I guess.
[31:53] I'm sure my wife will do something.
[31:54] Pup, pup.
[31:55] He gets to go to work.
[31:57] That's what he loves. Yeah.
[31:58] Uh, on Tuesday the 9th, our sixth
grade's going to Cedarland.
[32:03] Um, over in Haverhill,
[32:06] I believe it is. Yep.
[32:08] Uh, and our fourth grade's going on
their Tidepool, their annual
Tidepool.
[32:11] And then fourth grade on the 12th has
Comicon.
[32:15] The 15th is the moving on ceremony
for sixth grade.
[32:18] That'll be at 9:30 on our baseball
field.
[32:22] Uh, it will be a nice day that day as
well.
[32:25] There is a backup plan, but we don't
talk about it out loud
[32:27] because that's bad luck.
[32:29] Um, and the 16th is the last day of
school that is an early
[32:32] release day for students at 12
o'clock.
[32:36] Uh, one other thing that I did skip
over, this past Wednesday the 27th,
[32:42] um, Masco seniors returned to
Hamanning.
[32:46] Um, we did a clap out for them and
then they got a chance for
[32:49] about a half an hour to
[32:51] just walk around and visit their
former teachers.
[32:55] Um, I think that's quickly, this is
the second year in a row
[32:57] we've done it.
[33:00] We did it once or twice pre-COVID,
never really was a solid thing,
[33:03] but, um, I think now it's become one
of the favorite days of the year
[33:06] for at least for the staff anyway
[33:08] to see that they're all digging
through their old pictures and
[33:11] putting them up on the doors and
everything for the kids.
[33:14] Um, so it was a lot of fun to to see
them. This one was also special
[33:18] because this is the class that walked
out on March 11th, 2020,
[33:22] um, not knowing that they would never
return to Hamaning again.
[33:25] So, they got, That's crazy.
[33:28] They did not get to have their clap
out in sixth grade.
[33:30] So this was a good thing for them.
[33:34] And that's my updates. We'll save the
zip. Good night.
[33:37] Oh, the 9th, sorry.
[33:38] Uh, June 9th.
[33:41] Uh, we are sending some students, no,
the 9th or the 8th? The 8th, sorry.
[33:47] June 8th, Monday, June 8th, a week
from today.
[33:49] We are sending students to Special
Olympics.
[33:52] Over at North Andover High School.
[33:55] Um, very excited to be a part of that
and am happy that they
[33:59] have asked us to join them this year.
[34:02] You have that penciled in your
calendar. I think I had sent
[34:04] an email early on about Howie
possibly being part of the
[34:09] He'll be there. Excellent.
[34:10] Even just for the like the opening
ceremony.
[34:13] It starts at nine, correct?
[34:15] Um, everybody's arriving at nine.
[34:17] The ceremonies are going to be closer
like 9:30.
[34:20] 9:30.
[34:22] Yeah, I have it. Okay.
[34:23] 9:30.
[34:24] You will be there.
[34:25] Excellent.
[34:27] I just attended, they did a junior
one with just Andover
[34:29] and North Andover.
[34:31] Um, we said we're going to start
slow, just with the older
[34:33] kids this year.
[34:35] Um, and it was a super fun, fun day
event. Family showed up.
[34:39] Um, so looking forward to that.
[34:41] What's the location again, Jackie?
[34:43] North Andover High School.
[34:44] The big field out behind North And
over.
[34:46] Okay.
[34:47] They will send us a map and I'll
share that out with everybody
[34:49] that's coming.
[34:52] Um, thank you, Jeff.
[34:55] Anything else, or we're good to move
on to Fuller Meadow?
[34:58] Oh, good.
[35:00] Go for it.
[35:01] Good evening, everybody.
[35:03] Uh, so May was a quick month and here
we are in June.
[35:06] Tomorrow, our kindergarten.
[35:07] Students are going to visit uh uh
actually the Firefighters Z is coming
to visit the kindergarten students
tomorrow for their fire safety
training.
[35:15] Uh on the fifth, kindergarten has
their serenade and picnic, which I'm
excited to learn about.
[35:21] Uh June 8th, we have our field day
with the rain date of June 10th.
[35:26] On the 11th, our first and second
graders will be walking to the fire
station and the police department and
checking out the new buildings over
here.
[35:33] Um June 12th, we have a the grade two
Luau, which is new to us this year,
kind of a little bit of a kind of a
party celebration moving on for them.
[35:42] Uh which will only include uh
students and staff, no parents.
[35:47] Uh the 16th is the last day of school
and on June 22nd, the roof project
kicks off.
[35:54] So, and you have a few students
attending special Olympics because it
it um overlapped with field day.
[36:01] So we gave our students the um the
choice.
[36:04] The choice. And I think we have two.
[36:05] I think so, yeah. Yes.
[36:08] That's exciting. We'll try and plan
differently for next year.
[36:10] Yeah, but still.
[36:13] Um, okay, well, thank you very much.
Anybody have any questions for the
principles?
[36:19] Um, moving on to SIP year one update.
[36:24] Yep, so as part of the uh school
improvement plan uh policy work that
we did,
[36:28] uh we had two-year plans written at
the schools with the idea of a an
update at the end of year one.
[36:33] So in the drive, uh you will see the
approved plans, the SIP
[36:38] approved plans for both Fuller and
Howe.
[36:40] And uh Jeff and Mike just want to
give us an update on uh
[36:42] how the plans are going at each
school.
[36:44] So I don't know who wants to start.
[36:47] I'll start. I'll stay in our our
order.
[36:49] Okay. If that's all right. Uh.
[36:51] Um, so on page starting on page six
of our plan, um,
[36:55] is our goals for the year. We had
three goals:
[36:58] one inclusive practices,
[37:00] social emotional learning and
innovative teaching.
[37:05] Um, just focusing really on the
actions.
[37:09] Uh many of them are uh in process.
[37:12] There are some that we have not
started and are holding
[37:14] for year two.
[37:16] Uh so on the top of page six, um,
[37:19] the first one is one that's we're
holding on on for year two.
[37:24] Um, the review and implement the
updated Tri Town School Union D cap.
[37:28] Uh we have reviewed it uh and
implemented it on some levels.
[37:31] We have further uh implementation
work to do particularly as it
[37:34] um relates to our IST process.
[37:40] Um, the rest are
[37:45] fully in process.
[37:50] And goal number two, the social
emotional learning, um,
[37:53] continue to implement PVIS structures
is ongoing.
[37:57] Uh, the relationship mapping is
ongoing. We completed the student
[38:00] or the the the teacher portion of the
relationship mapping, um,
[38:04] back in November.
[38:07] and we will conduct the student
portion of that in the next
[38:11] week or two, uh, week or and a half.
[38:15] uh before we leave for the summer.
[38:18] Uh, the rest um are also all in
progress.
[38:27] And then goal number three, under the
innovative teaching, um,
[38:33] all of those continue to be in
process as well, uh,
[38:38] and we'll continue into next year.
[38:41] The last one, the the create
opportunities for teachers to explore
AR and VR within the classroom
setting.
[38:47] is a little bit stalled that it
happens in in some places.
[38:52] Um, one aspect of that is
[38:54] um the availability of the sets.
[38:59] Uh we have one really class set to
use.
[39:02] Um, and so people have to pass that
around,
[39:04] but it's also a matter of finding
things that are
[39:06] of actual education value and not
just entertainment value.
[39:12] Um, we want to make sure that we're
using it for the former and not the
just the latter.
[39:16] Um, though it is interesting to be
introduced to it.
[39:19] I think all of the kids have
experienced the
[39:23] the entertainment aspect of AR and VR
[39:26] and it's really hammering what's
available and it's
[39:28] what's quality um instructional
practices with that.
[39:36] And I think that's it unless somebody
has questions.
[39:41] I like how this is laid out.
[39:44] Yeah. Kind of ties in with district
work.
[39:47] Yep. Yep.
[39:48] Um, and then the two-year plan again,
at the end of year one, we do the
update here and then
[39:53] they'll start working on uh by May
15th of 27, the next two-year plan
[39:59] uh will come together.
[40:04] Anybody have any questions?
[40:06] About the How Meaning plan.
[40:09] Moving on to Fuller Meadow.
[40:11] Okay, Fuller Meadow, if you want to
look on page five,
[40:15] uh, with our goal of one inclusive
practices, uh, utilizing database
[40:19] decision-making to identify and meet
[40:20] the dynamic diverse academic and
social emotional behavior needs of
students.
[40:25] Uh, under actions, continue grade
level data meetings.
[40:29] We've done that. We do that three
times a year. We're just finishing up
our last one now.
[40:33] We continue with our monthly
collaborative meetings. We're doing
that.
[40:36] Our EL learners meeting with
teachers. Uh, that is something that
is ongoing.
[40:42] Uh, the next page down facilitate
destruction regarding inclusive
practices.
[40:47] Members of the MTSS team will
communicate.
[40:50] Uh, that's something that is always
ongoing.
[40:53] Um, the next one, team investigates
grade forms.
[40:56] to be used in linked it.
[40:58] Uh, anything that you see that says
linked it will be kind of, um,
[41:02] switching gears toward
[41:03] um, open architecture.
[41:07] Open arc. Architect? Architecture,
yes.
[41:09] Architect, which is the the platform
that will be using next year.
[41:13] We found that linked it was a little
bit not so user-friendly, so
[41:17] um, a lot of this stuff, you see
linked it, you can just substitute
open architect there.
[41:22] Uh, student records forms, SEL, TAT,
504, we continue to work on those
forms
[41:28] to put those make them electronic.
[41:31] Our TAT team, teachers assisting
teachers, they're always uh, continue
to create these forms.
[41:38] The Mental Health team, we'll be
working with the Desa screening, um,
[41:41] to identify students that are in
need.
[41:46] Uh, the next one, linked it, we can
skip that.
[41:51] If you go to page eight,
[41:54] um, continue to grade level data
meetings.
[41:56] Yeah, we're doing that. Oh, that's
year two, so, I'm sorry.
[41:59] Uh, we can skip over to goal number
two, SEL.
[42:05] Um, continued discussions regarding
SEL skills at data meetings, that's
ongoing.
[42:10] Establish chair one school wide
expectations, that is ongoing.
[42:14] Uh, implement SEL second step
curriculum.
[42:17] We implemented that this year, that
will continue next year.
[42:20] Uh, continue to pilot Desa. We're
open to continue that screener.
[42:25] And if you look at goal number three,
exploring opportunities for
[42:27] innovation practices.
[42:29] Uh, within our new into reading
program, that will continue.
[42:33] Uh, lots of PD on that this year.
[42:35] Discuss that. I mean, you're meeting
how to, um,
[42:38] integrate project-based learning.
[42:40] Uh, each grade level is probably
doing one project-based learning
lesson per year,
[42:44] so that's ongoing.
[42:46] And then we'll continue the next
steps for, um, next year.
[42:58] Anybody have any questions about
Fuller Meadow plan?
[43:04] I thank you. I really like how it's
broken out too.
[43:07] It just looks really clear and
understandable.
[43:09] able to report on it.
[43:13] Thank you. So moving on to new
business.
[43:18] Um, gifts and grants.
[43:20] You guys don't have any, do you?
[43:22] I don't remember seeing anything in
there.
[43:23] No. Good. Okay.
[43:24] Um, and then next is the annual town
meeting uh follow-up.
[43:28] Yeah, just a thank you uh to the
community just for the continued
support of our
[43:32] schools, whether it be the operating
budget or when we have items that
are, you know,
[43:36] capital in nature like the roof
project.
[43:39] As you know, the roof project was
both um a town meeting item and a
ballot item as well.
[43:44] Uh, and we just very much appreciate
the community support. The community
has
[43:48] always been tremendous supporters of
the work that we do at the elementary
school.
[43:50] and that shows on all year long, but
particularly on those two days in May
[43:54] when we have town meeting and we have
the ballot.
[43:56] So just more so just to thank you to
all the members of our community for
the
[43:59] continued support and
[44:00] uh, we'll talk a little bit more
about the roof in a minute,
[44:03] but I don't know if anyone else had
anything they wanted to add to
[44:06] town meeting or the ballot.
[44:08] It was, it was very nice and
rewarding to sit at town meeting
[44:12] and to hear the support and see the
support. Really,
[44:17] um, I think at least for us, like,
very few hesitations, just we have a
[44:21] really supportive community, and
[44:24] knowing that some other towns are
struggling with that, that was, you
know,
[44:27] we were very fortunate that
[44:30] um, we continue to have such great
support.
[44:32] So, I second the thank you.
[44:36] Perfect. And then, um, connected to
that, uh, is the roof project.
[44:39] So the roof project uh has been
moving along.
[44:42] There's a asked to do a a quick
little summary.
[44:45] So in the drive, you'll see a
document that S says that reads FM
roof project
[44:48] as a title.
[44:50] And, uh, I'll talk to you about the
picture on the bottom of that in a
second.
[44:54] give folks a minute to get in there.
[44:57] Uh, so basically, article 22 passed
unanimously.
[45:01] Uh, there were zero no votes for the
remaining project funding of two
[45:04] 0.2 million.
[45:05] As the committee may recall, there
was 300K in initial funding
[45:08] back in 25, that was for the
schematic design phase and getting
[45:11] the drawings done and so on and so
forth.
[45:13] So a total funding package of 2.5.
[45:16] The measure was also approved at the
vote on May 19th.
[45:20] The project has been awarded and
contracted with Stanley roofing
company.
[45:23] Uh with a price of 1.7.
[45:26] Project kickoff meeting will be held
on or was held on 527. Steve led that
meeting last week.
[45:32] That was a multi-hour meeting.
[45:34] Contractor and his management team
currently busy and engaged in
material equipment, middle phase and
shop drawing reviews.
[45:40] And then as Mike referenced on site
mobilization will be 623,
[45:44] which I believe is the Monday or the
Tuesday rather, uh after we get out.
[45:49] So the kids are out on the 16th, we
just want to give teachers and
[45:53] the school enough time to kind of
wrap up and get classroom situated
[45:56] and so on and so forth.
[45:58] Um, good that we came in, you know,
you know, you the bid comes in under
because as you start to take a roof
off, you never know what's
underneath.
[46:03] So there's a little bit of, you know,
ability there to navigate any
surprises that may come along.
[46:09] And then just that overhead view, I
grabbed that off of uh Google Earth
[46:13] and so you can see the new roof, the
new roof is all the white sections
[46:16] of the roof, that's the fill roof
that was done.
[46:19] Um, I think that was back in, was
that 14 or 15, Steve?
[46:23] The the Fuller Fuller roof.
[46:29] Or 11? I don't, it was somewhere in
that time frame.
[46:32] Yeah, no, I'm sorry because I'm just
trying to wrap my head around uh,
yeah, I got to look.
[46:37] And so the, the areas that will get
done on the roof, anywhere
[46:41] where you see let's call it like a
black shingle almost, that's
[46:44] the part of the roof that will now
match the white Sona fill
[46:47] roof that we currently have. So,
[46:49] the cafeteria uh is done.
[46:50] So you can see to the left of that is
the left of that is the gym on the
top left hand corner, that would be
the gymnasium.
[46:55] And then as you come, you know, down
that uh hallway there, uh
[46:59] the portables, and the the um the
portables in the back rather,
[47:02] and then the classrooms there uh in
the back as well will also get done.
[47:06] So I think Michelle, you and Natasha
and Natasha and I were on that roof a
couple years ago.
[47:12] Uh walking it all.
[47:14] So it's multi-level and
multi-layered.
[47:15] And, you know, the goal is to
obviously have it all buttoned up,
[47:18] you know, there'll be punch list
items that go into the school year,
[47:22] but substantial construction
complete.
[47:23] It's nice that we have an extra week
this summer.
[47:25] That's a helpful thing for sure, it's
a helpful thing for sure, it's a
little bit of a longer summer with
labor day being so late.
[47:29] So, we'll keep you guys updated, uh
throughout the process.
[47:32] But this is kind of a standard
operating business for uh Stephen
[47:35] Steve, we've done a number of these
projects across the Trinitown over
[47:39] the past, you know, 25 years and
certainly in my 10 years, we've done,
[47:42] I think maybe five or six at this
point.
[47:45] So, um, we've had good success with
MSBA and it's nice to get the
reimbursement as well. So.
[47:50] Happy to take any questions, but it's
pretty straightforward process.
[47:55] questions? Uh, just is like the
playground going to be closed off for
the summer too?
[47:59] Yeah, the campus will be shut down.
[48:01] Yeah, uh because they'll have the lay
down area for all the equipment.
[48:04] And so the town is trying to find a
different spot for the wreck uh this
year because that's usually at the
Fullermetal.
[48:09] But yeah, the campus will be pretty
much closed.
[48:12] because it just there'll be a lot of
construction happening.
[48:18] Okay, um next on to the policy sub
committee. Yep.
[48:22] So, in the drive, uh you'll see
policy J K A A uh so a little bit
[48:26] of background on this policy.
[48:30] So, back in 25, um MASC uh had
updated the restraint policy,
[48:35] the restraint of student policy.
[48:40] And our current policy reflects
those, um, 2025 changes.
[48:45] And so then Desi, excuse me, not
Desi, MASC sent out their normal
[48:49] newsletter and they said, um, hey,
we've updated the, the restraint
[48:53] policy again.
[48:55] And it's based on, and I'll show you
the laws that it's based on in the
second, and um, I said to Antonette,
do me a favor, can you compare the
two?
[49:01] Because I just want to see like how
they're a lot of differences between
2025 and now.
[49:06] And she said, I don't even need to
compare it, that one's two pages,
this one's nine.
[49:09] So I can tell you that there's
differences in terms of the policy
itself.
[49:12] Uh, if you scroll to the very end of
this policy, you can see the
reference section that we always see
on these.
[49:20] And after we approved it in like
March of 25, you can see the revised
[49:23] there, it was revised in Middleton,
uh, we ended up approving it on
[49:26] May 5th, but the process started in
March.
[49:30] They came out with some new
references, timeout practices from
[49:33] Desi from February of 26, and then
prevention of physical restraint
[49:37] and requirements if used, Desi
amended June 24, so there were
[49:40] some new documents that had come out.
[49:42] And so this policy, uh, was sent to
us.
[49:47] And we brought it to the policy
subcommittee, we tried to have a
[49:51] policy subcommittee meeting on shot
order, uh from the time we
[49:54] received this from the state until
the date of this meeting.
[49:57] We tried to get a policy subcommittee
meeting together.
[50:00] Excuse me, we couldn't just because
of schedules.
[50:03] But what I had said to Dave and the
folks from Topsfield and Boxford,
[50:07] um, read it and review it. There's
really not a whole lot here to
change.
[50:11] Like this is the policy from the
state and it's about a topic that
[50:15] um, you know, it's not something that
we want to mess with anything
[50:18] that's legally obliged.
[50:20] And so Dave, I appreciate your timely
feedback on the policy
[50:24] in terms of having read it and
reviewed it.
[50:28] Um, we are under an obligation by the
state across the whole state,
[50:33] not just the tritown, to have the
policy approved by August 17th.
[50:37] And I'm assuming that's a start date
for some school district
[50:38] somewhere maybe in the state or
whatever.
[50:40] I don't know why they, you know why
they picked the 17th?
[50:42] I don't. Yeah, it's kind of a an odd
date.
[50:45] And so my thought was that, um, we
should approve it to get it on the
books.
[50:51] And then we can say it's on the books
for August 17th.
[50:54] And then if anyone from across the
three towns has any little tweaks,
[50:57] we got some feedback late today.
[50:59] Yep. That, um, you know, I need to
review and look at, we need to have
legal look at.
[51:02] It was like real minor processy type
stuff.
[51:05] But my recommendation from the
committee would be that we should
approve it that way,
[51:09] we have it in the books by August
17th. It's there.
[51:13] We're doing trainings this summer on
it. Matt, you want to talk a little
bit about that
[51:15] and the work that you have to do
through your office?
[51:18] Sure. So we, um, I've already had
staff attend several trainings
throughout the year.
[51:22] I've been to a few our BCBAs and a
few other staff members.
[51:26] We have BCBAs attending an intensive
training next week where
[51:30] it's not only the training, but
they'll also, um, as part of the
training, you get the materials.
[51:35] You can replicate them, you buy
basically the training materials.
[51:39] So we'll be getting that all in next
week. We plan to do a full
administrative training
[51:43] um, at the end of June.
[51:46] And then what'll happen is the at one
of the two staff days when we come
back.
[51:51] Uh before the kids come back,
there'll be a full for every staff
[51:54] in the district, there'll be a full
training for every staff member in
the district as one of those
[51:57] um during one of those two days.
[52:01] So, definitely all school districts
are are navigating this right now.
[52:04] Actually I had a crust meeting and an
AC meeting
[52:06] and I brought it up at both those
meetings.
[52:07] Like, hey, this needs to be on the
books by August 17th.
[52:10] We might want to have a summer Zoom
just to make sure that those two
organizations
[52:13] also get it on the books.
[52:16] And then again, if we have any little
minor tweaks or little process things
that we want to change,
[52:20] uh, at least we have it. It's like
posting a school committee agenda
once you get it in under the 48
hours.
[52:25] You can make edits to it, right?
[52:27] So, my recommendation and again, Dave
has reviewed it as the policy
subcommittee member
[52:31] would be for us to approve it
tonight.
[52:34] That way we don't get hung up. I know
we'll have a summer meeting, but if
for any chance the summer meeting
gets
[52:38] scheduled or rescheduled to move or
we can't get people there and now
it's August 18th for some reason.
[52:43] I think we just want to make sure
that we are under the guideline
[52:45] of their time frame.
[52:48] So, if it's the will of the committee
to do so,
[52:51] we're happy to take any questions.
[52:52] But I put BGB in there.
[52:54] Uh BGB.
[52:56] Right, it would be waving it and then
uh motioning to approve this to get
it
[52:59] uh get it in the books.
[53:03] Um and do I have
[53:06] other than saying we need a motion to
wave BGB.
[53:09] Is there a piece I need to read?
[53:13] Uh no, it's just wave BGB. Yeah.
[53:15] Okay, so we will need a motion to
wave uh to wave BGB.
[53:22] I'll make the motion to wave policy
BGB.
[53:25] I'll second that motion.
[53:26] Okay. All in favor? Aye.
[53:28] Okay. And then we will go to the
JKAA.
[53:35] And so we are looking for a motion to
approve JKAA
[53:38] as presented. Yep.
[53:43] I'll make the motion to approve JKAA
as presented.
[53:47] I will second that motion.
[53:48] Um, before we vote, can I just ask a
question?
[53:50] Um, I'm just trying to read through
this as much as I can.
[53:54] Under the restraint procedures and
training.
[54:00] What page are we on, Michelle?
[54:01] Um, I think I'm on page the end of
page six going into seven. Yep.
[54:06] Is does it say anywhere about like
what type of restraints are being
used?
[54:10] Because I I think I just said
including prone restraints otherwise
permitted under
[54:16] 603 CMR.
[54:20] So are we talking like, what what are
we talking?
[54:24] Yeah. Uh you want to take that?
[54:25] Yeah, so, um, it talks about, um, the
types of restraints are not
significantly changed in this policy.
[54:32] It's more about the timeout
procedures and what the then what the
definition is regarding what a
timeout is.
[54:36] So restraint, no mechanical
restraint, no mechanical restraint,
no medical restraint, all that is
always been in the policy.
[54:40] That's something that's in our
procedures, it's in your current
policy that we we couldn't any
[54:45] the prone restraint is because of
breathing.
[54:49] Um, that was one of the major
components of it.
[54:54] We do not we any staff member that
potentially could be involved
[55:01] involved in any situation with hands
on in this district is
[55:05] yearly trained in safety care.
[55:07] And they get certified and trained in
safety care.
[55:09] If they are not, they are no, they
are not in that situation.
[55:12] That being said, we still any
[55:15] any of the, um, delineated prone
medical or other restraints that
[55:19] are listed as cannot do regardless.
[55:22] That's already in your policy and
already in our procedures. Okay.
[55:25] That's not the new part.
[55:26] The significant new part that
everybody's trying to navigate is
[55:30] what the definition of time out in
seclusion is.
[55:33] and specifically time out.
[55:34] Which, you know, it's this is where
we're doing a lot of the training
[55:37] and really trying to work with the
attorneys to get interpretation of
the
[55:40] language around, um,
[55:44] not only just cool down spaces, but
even if a student is
[55:47] really walking in the hallway, and if
they choose that they don't
[55:50] want to be walking in the hallway,
[55:54] are they allowed access to anything
they want now,
[55:56] and if you don't allow them access,
then it's considered a time out
[55:59] and that could lead to other
interventions which is what we don't
want.
[56:04] The biggest one to be honest with you
is students leaving the building.
[56:07] Whereas in the current, in the
current regulations and in current
approaches you can
[56:11] you're not putting your hands, but
you can stand in front of a door.
[56:14] So you could stand in front of the
exterior door.
[56:17] Um, the new regulations around these
procedures say that you
[56:20] cannot block doors.
[56:22] Which means that student if they
chose to, could walk right through
the exit door and right outside.
[56:28] And our requirement is just to
follow.
[56:30] The feedback that we not only us, the
whole state has given,
[56:34] um, a lot of the districts and
frankly a lot of the private
[56:36] special ed schools are very concerned
about this.
[56:39] because the byproduct, the concern is
the byproduct to what
[56:42] is that it could lead to actually
more restraints.
[56:45] because if a student is now allowed
to exit the building,
[56:50] after not being restrained, just a
block of that door.
[56:53] Now if you can't do that, the student
leaves the building
[56:55] and they get into a, then they get
into a, then they get into a safety
issue outside of the building,
[56:59] the staff is going to make it a
safety issue and maybe a restraint
occurs.
[57:03] Again, not just us. This is every
building, every in the state.
[57:06] And so, that seems like the byproduct
of what's happening here,
[57:10] so we're getting a lot of legal
interpretation of
[57:13] what does this actually mean about
the timeout piece?
[57:15] But like I said, a lot of private
special ed schools are
[57:17] are significantly concerned about
this as well.
[57:22] Thank you. Yep.
[57:31] Got a motion. I had a motion and a
second.
[57:33] Okay, so then just uh, um, all in
favor.
[57:36] of approving JKS, say I.
[57:40] I. I.
[57:43] Okay, and I like the idea of
revisiting it.
[57:46] Any other updates we might get or
[57:49] Thank you for doing that.
[57:52] And then, do we need
[57:55] I forget how it works. Do we need to
[57:59] Yeah, that's good. Let's just move
on.
[58:02] Okay, next is moving on to FY27
Summer MSC data for everything.
[58:07] So last year, you guys are always get
the kind of kick us off
[58:10] because you're usually the first out
of the gate.
[58:13] So let me go back to last August.
[58:18] Uh, let's see.
[58:20] Last year we did like the first week
of August, we had Middleton on the
fourth,
[58:24] we did Boxing on the fifth, we did
Topfield on the seventh. We try to
[58:28] tuck them in all into the same week.
[58:31] Doesn't mean we have to do that again
this year,
[58:33] but wanted to check schedules with
folks so we could get a summer
meeting
[58:38] on the books. If we would have
followed that same sort of thought
process,
[58:42] that would put us on like August 3rd.
[58:45] So I guess it would be to check to
see if folks maybe
[58:48] around, not around, zoom, in person,
all that fun stuff.
[58:53] August 3rd works for me. It works for
me. Works for me. Works for me.
[59:01] Um, do you want to earlier or later
in person zoom?
[59:05] Just kind of nail all those things
down.
[59:06] Typically this is zoom when people
are traveling,
[59:08] everyone's around, we can certainly
[59:10] Um, and
[59:13] For I prefer if we can stick with the
5:30 time just because it's
consistent.
[59:18] How's everybody feel about that?
[59:19] Yeah, that works for me.
[59:24] So I'm going to do Middleton School
Committee Summer meeting.
[59:28] Um, Colin, can you just take a note
to do a calendar invite and put
everybody on it?
[59:35] August 3rd at 5:30.
[59:37] Just all the school committee just so
everyone has it in their calendar
[59:40] and Steve and me and Matt and the
principals and everybody.
[59:45] I have to book the room anyways.
[59:53] Oh, that was easy.
[59:53] So that will be Middleton Town Hall.
[1:00:00] Let me just save that in my calendar.
[1:00:02] And then the other one is, um, does
the meeting day and time still work?
[1:00:07] Uh, we have historically,
[1:00:09] for as long as I've been here,
[1:00:11] it's been the first Monday and it's
been 5:30.
[1:00:13] Uh, we just wanted to check to see if
that's still good for everybody.
[1:00:15] as we start to lock it down for the
26, 27 school year.
[1:00:20] Does for me? Yes. Yes, for me.
[1:00:22] Yes. Okay. Great.
[1:00:23] All right, so we'll stay with that,
first Monday at 5:30.
[1:00:27] So to that end, Colleen anticipated
that.
[1:00:30] So in the drive, um, you'll see a
document that says Middleton.
[1:00:33] FY 27.
[1:00:35] Uh, meeting dates, and so if you want
to get them all into.
[1:00:37] your calendar,
[1:00:39] uh, you'll see that we have there all
of the first.
[1:00:42] The September one's actually weirdly
late because of Labor Day.
[1:00:45] Oh, wow. Yeah.
[1:00:46] Right, so it's the 14th which is
super late for Middleton.
[1:00:48] school committee.
[1:00:49] Oh, wow. Yeah.
[1:00:50] Uh, because the first Monday is the
seventh.
[1:00:52] Um, and so you can see on there all
of the dates for the month.
[1:00:57] So you have October 5th, so on and so
forth.
[1:01:00] And then we just tucked in for now
the potential TTU date.
[1:01:03] So for those of you that raised your
hand to be on TTU.
[1:01:05] It would most likely be October 8th,
which is the first.
[1:01:07] third, second Thursday in October.
[1:01:11] December 10th, which is the second
Thursday in December.
[1:01:15] Um, and so on and so forth.
[1:01:17] It will kind of follow that process.
[1:01:21] Did you say September is the seventh?
[1:01:22] Uh, no. Okay.
[1:01:23] September, for the school community
date.
[1:01:26] Yes.
[1:01:26] For TTU or for us?
[1:01:28] For TT for us.
[1:01:29] Uh, September 14th for the first one.
[1:01:31] Okay. Yeah, because of uh, the
seventh is Labor Day.
[1:01:33] Okay.
[1:01:34] So in that document, Middleton FY 27
school committee dates.
[1:01:37] Just so everybody has it.
[1:01:39] If you want to tuck those into your
calendar, then we're good to go.
[1:01:39] for, um, next year.
[1:01:44] And I'm going to have Antonette put
all those in my calendar.
[1:01:49] Yeah, one thing to note on the
September 14th, they have to.
[1:01:51] confirm if the space is available.
[1:01:54] Okay. All right. Okay. Right.
[1:01:56] Thank you, Colleen.
[1:02:01] This was approved.
[1:02:04] tonight.
[1:02:11] Great.
[1:02:13] Everyone good on that?
[1:02:14] Yes. Thank you for putting this list
together.
[1:02:16] Yeah, thank you, Colleen. Very
helpful.
[1:02:21] Um, okay, and next is correspondence
folder.
[1:02:23] which, um, is going around.
[1:02:25] Uh, yeah, perfect.
[1:02:27] And then other, I just have one
other, uh, just for the.
[1:02:29] for all that goes around.
[1:02:31] Um, so, and I meant to say this
during the superintendent update.
[1:02:35] Uh, have been meeting regularly with
Heather Galante.
[1:02:37] she's the new, uh, Masco
Superintendent.
[1:02:40] Um, and trying to get her to meet as
many people as she.
[1:02:43] possibly can.
[1:02:45] whether it be school committee or
select board.
[1:02:47] or Fincom, uh, folks.
[1:02:50] And so she's already met with the
Boxford liaison team.
[1:02:53] she met with the select board reps,
the Fincom reps.
[1:02:55] and the uh, school committee reps in
Boxford.
[1:02:59] And we've got Topfield lined up for
next week.
[1:03:02] Um, a week or so ago, we jumped in
the truck and spent a half day.
[1:03:05] together.
[1:03:07] And, um, I drove around to all three
town halls and she spent.
[1:03:10] about 30 minutes with each town
administrator.
[1:03:13] And then we went to the elementary
schools to shake hands.
[1:03:15] and meet the principals at the
elementary schools.
[1:03:17] And then this Thursday, I've got a
lunch meeting set up.
[1:03:19] with her, myself and Kevin Tierney,
who's the MTA rep.
[1:03:23] Masco will be going into negotiations
in January 27.
[1:03:26] So just trying to get her to meet as
many people as she can.
[1:03:29] possibly before she starts on July 1.
[1:03:31] To kind of hit the ground running,
um, and off she goes.
[1:03:34] So,
[1:03:35] the one final meeting we still will
need to set up, we were just.
[1:03:37] kind of waiting for tonight's
reorganization to happen.
[1:03:40] Will be with uh the Fincom rep now?
[1:03:42] Yes. Yeah.
[1:03:43] So it'll be with Dave and Jackie and
then Costa and Richard.
[1:03:47] And so I'll coordinate with you guys,
I'll find a date for you.
[1:03:50] to meet with Heather so you can have
some FaceTime as well.
[1:03:52] and uh have an opportunity to talk to
her and get to know her.
[1:03:54] a little bit more.
[1:03:55] But just really trying to get a lot
of scaffolding under her.
[1:03:58] and support.
[1:03:59] so when she comes in, she's as I
said, really hit the ground.
[1:04:01] running and, um, knows a lot of
people.
[1:04:03] before she even walks in the door,
so.
[1:04:05] I think that'll be such a wonderful
connection, um.
[1:04:08] to make, so early.
[1:04:10] Yeah, important. I really appreciate
that you've done that.
[1:04:12] Yep, no problem at all.
[1:04:14] Um, okay.
[1:04:16] Then, um, the last thing that we need
to do then is, um.
[1:04:20] just approve bills and payroll, so I
will need a motion.
[1:04:23] to approve bills and payroll as
presented.
[1:04:27] I'll second that motion.
[1:04:30] I'll need a motion.
[1:04:32] I'll make the motion. Thank you.
[1:04:33] And then Dave will second.
[1:04:34] I'll second the motion. Okay, thank
you.
[1:04:35] All in favor?
[1:04:36] Aye. Aye.
[1:04:37] Okay, thank you very much.
[1:04:39] Um, and we actually won't need an, we
thought we needed an.
[1:04:40] executive session tonight for, we had
some old minutes that we.
[1:04:43] thought we had to approve.
[1:04:45] Okay.
[1:04:46] But. We're good.
[1:04:46] Okay, we put it on there wondering if
we did.
[1:04:48] and we don't have any.
[1:04:49] Good. So we're good.
[1:04:50] We will just need a, um, motion to
adjourn.
[1:04:52] Yes. Unless we have anything else.
[1:04:55] Nothing else. Nope, that's it.
[1:04:56] Okay.
[1:04:57] Um, so a motion to.
[1:04:58] earn.
[1:04:59] I'm make a motion to adjourn.
[1:05:01] Thank you.
[1:05:02] And a second?
[1:05:04] I second that motion.
[1:05:05] And all in favor?
[1:05:06] Aye.
[1:05:08] Excellent.
[1:05:09] Thank you.
[1:05:10] Thank you all.
[1:05:11] Thanks everybody.
[1:05:12] I'll stay for