[0:45] I'd like to call the meeting to order.

[0:47] Mrs. Burns, roll call, please.

[0:49] >> Mr. Sullivan is absent with prior

[0:51] notice. Mrs. Helenbeck,

[0:52] >> present.

[0:53] >> Mrs. Brochius,

[0:54] >> here.

[0:55] >> Mrs. Egan

[0:56] >> here.

[0:57] >> Mr. Krauss is also absent with prior

[0:58] notice. Mrs. Marshall

[1:00] >> here.

[1:00] >> Mr. McGoldrich

[1:01] >> here.

[1:01] >> Mr. Rodriguez

[1:02] >> here.

[1:03] >> Miss Walbezer

[1:04] >> here.

[1:04] >> We have a quorum.

[1:06] Thank you. The pledge of allegiance will

[1:08] be led by Shane Keeler.

[1:14] » I pledge aliance to the flag of the

[1:18] United States of America and to the

[1:21] republic for which it stands. One nation

[1:24] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[1:27] justice for all.

[1:29] >> Thank you, Shane.

[1:30] >> You're welcome, Mrs.

[1:43] The board met in executive session this

[1:45] evening prior to this meeting to discuss

[1:46] matters of employment, issues related to

[1:49] labor relations, the purchase or lease

[1:51] of real property, matters related to

[1:53] litigation, and matters related to

[1:55] school safety and security. Any

[1:58] announcements, Mrs. Burns?

[1:59] >> No announcements.

[2:01] >> Uh, Mr. Bowman, superintendent report,

[2:03] please.

[2:04] >> Thank you, Miss Hbach. Uh last week was

[2:06] National Teacher Appreciation Week. This

[2:08] is an opportunity to recognize and thank

[2:11] our namin teachers for the extraordinary

[2:13] dedication, compassion, and

[2:14] professionalism they bring to our

[2:16] schools each and every day. Also want to

[2:18] give a shout out to the PTO volunteers

[2:20] who organized a number of breakfast,

[2:22] lunch, and other fun activities to thank

[2:24] and honor the teachers in their schools.

[2:27] May 6th was National Bike and Walk to

[2:30] School Day. groups of students at and

[2:32] staff at both Carlsonburg Middle School

[2:34] and Albert Schweitzer Elementary School

[2:36] got up early that morning and rode their

[2:38] bikes to school together through the

[2:39] Highland Park neighborhood. Thanks to

[2:41] the Middletown Township Police

[2:43] Department who not only provided traffic

[2:45] control for the rides, but also brought

[2:46] their own police bicycles and joined the

[2:49] ride. Congratulations to the students in

[2:52] Sage Atwood's second grade class at

[2:54] Tanka. They participated in the Philly's

[2:56] fanatic about reading program by each

[2:59] reading a 100 books and keeping a

[3:01] journal about that over the past few

[3:03] months. They earned a highly anticipated

[3:05] visit by the fanatic himself on May 5th

[3:07] for an all school assembly. It was an

[3:09] exciting morning and the fanatic put on

[3:12] quite a show as he usually does.

[3:16] Tonight was the spring signing night

[3:18] over at the high school for all of our

[3:19] senior athletes heading off to play

[3:21] their sports in college next fall. 27

[3:24] students were on schedule to be honored,

[3:26] which may be a record for one of these

[3:28] ceremonies. I congratulate the students

[3:30] on their achievement. Wish them the best

[3:31] as they head to the next level. Also

[3:33] thank their coaches for everything

[3:34] they've done to support our student

[3:36] athletes. Finally, tonight, I want to

[3:39] tell you about something that happened

[3:40] during the recent junior class trip to

[3:42] Virginia and Washington DC. As you might

[3:44] have heard, there was a shooting

[3:48] incident at the National Mall between an

[3:49] armed suspect and the police on May 4th.

[3:52] Thankfully, nobody was seriously

[3:54] injured. The situation was quickly

[3:56] controlled by the police. This happened

[3:58] while our students were enjoying some

[4:00] free time around the DC monuments after

[4:02] a lunch cruise. They had split into

[4:04] smaller groups and a few students

[4:05] witnessed the incident. Two of our

[4:07] assistant principles, Miss Bobby Simsky

[4:09] and Miss Vanessa Robinson, were on the

[4:11] trip along with other chaperons and

[4:12] class officers. Along with principal

[4:14] Garska, the administrators quickly

[4:16] developed a plan to reunite students and

[4:18] gather everyone safely in one location.

[4:20] Roads were closed by police and tour

[4:22] buses were scattered as a result. It was

[4:24] definitely a difficult and emotional

[4:26] situation to navigate. The two assistant

[4:28] principles along with class adviserss,

[4:29] Mr. Dave Fank and Miss Lorie Johnson,

[4:31] got all the students to reunification

[4:33] location safely with the help of other

[4:35] chaperons. They arranged a new pickup

[4:37] location for buses and was designated

[4:39] which buses would stay back with the

[4:41] students that were held by police

[4:43] collecting witness statements. Parents

[4:45] and guardians back home were kept

[4:46] informed throughout the ordeal. Miss

[4:48] Simowski and Mr. Garska coordinated with

[4:50] school counselors to ensure the students

[4:52] had access to counselors upon their

[4:53] return to school on Tuesday morning due

[4:55] to the traumatic event. In the days

[4:57] following this unfortunate but

[4:59] successful end to an otherwise great

[5:00] trip, I received multiple positive

[5:02] comments about how how our

[5:04] administrators, our chaperones, and the

[5:06] students handled themselves during and

[5:09] after the incident. We often say that

[5:11] nothing is more important to us than the

[5:12] safety of our students and staff. And

[5:14] the quick and decisive response to this

[5:16] incident by the adults on the trip shows

[5:19] that we live by no matter we live by

[5:21] that no matter what the circumstances.

[5:24] While I'm sorry that such a memorable

[5:25] trip had such a had to end in such a

[5:28] frightening way, I'm grateful and proud

[5:30] over on Sham High School staff and how

[5:33] our staff and students and how they

[5:34] handled and got through this together.

[5:36] And that is all I have this evening.

[5:38] Miss Holland.

[5:40] >> Thank you, Mr. Bowman. Is there any sign

[5:43] offs for public comment?

[5:44] >> Yes, Nicole Lackey.

[5:53] » It just hit the red button.

[6:01] » Good evening board members and Mr.

[6:02] Bowman. Um, I wanted to speak to the

[6:04] incident that Mr. Bowman just spoke

[6:06] about. My son is a junior who was on the

[6:08] trip and he and his friends were in the

[6:11] vicinity of the shooting. I am extremely

[6:14] grateful for the professionalism of all

[6:16] of the teachers and staff. I think that

[6:18] the way that they thought um outside of

[6:20] the box in a situation that they did not

[6:23] train for, have not trained for, and

[6:24] were not anticipating was exceptional.

[6:27] My son at 3:48 texted me a video of Vice

[6:31] President Pence's um not Pence, sorry, Uh the Vice President's motorcade

[6:38] go past and it was quite a sight and

[6:41] they were very excited. They were right

[6:42] in front of the Washington Monument. Uh

[6:44] ironically, my son's ebike died and he

[6:46] had to walk his bike back across to the

[6:49] other side of the crossing. His friends

[6:51] went across. That is where the shooting

[6:53] took place. It wasn't 15 minutes later

[6:55] he was calling me and he was panicked

[6:57] that this had occurred. I will say that

[7:00] the staff handled it amazingly.

[7:02] that Remind app um is it was a

[7:05] lifesaver to gather 400 students um in a

[7:09] moment's notice and and get the

[7:11] information out. So as a parent who was

[7:13] receiving a call three hours away

[7:14] feeling helpless I knew that under the

[7:16] guidance of Mr. Frink who is the class

[7:18] adviser um and my son is the vice

[7:20] president of the class. He works very

[7:22] closely with him. Mrs. Simahowski, Miss

[7:24] Johnson, Mr. Calderbank, Mr. Perry, Mr.

[7:27] Davis, Mr. Dylan, Mrs. Winchester, and

[7:30] I'm sure there's a few that I've I've

[7:31] left out. They did an exceptional job,

[7:33] and I would like as on behalf of the

[7:35] parents who I have spoken to about this,

[7:37] them be awarded in some way or

[7:39] accommodated because what it was

[7:41] exceptional. I'd also like to speak on

[7:43] behalf of Mr. Garska. Um, my son's bus

[7:46] was the last bus to pull in at the high

[7:48] school at about 10:20 p.m. Every other

[7:51] bus had had already left. Mr. Garska was

[7:53] personally taking the bags off of the

[7:55] bus and I can't imagine how stressful

[7:58] this was for him to receive those phone

[8:00] calls from his staff at 4:00 in the

[8:02] afternoon and I'm sure the emails and

[8:04] phone calls he got from parents over you

[8:06] know on our side but he was there on

[8:08] take taking the bags off of the buses

[8:10] and I just I think that that's pretty

[8:11] amazing. So huge shout out. I know that,

[8:14] you know, people come up here and

[8:15] complain all the time, but I really just

[8:17] wanted you to know on behalf of the

[8:19] parents who were on the other end of

[8:20] that phone call how grateful we are that

[8:22] you're trained, your staff was trained

[8:24] so well. I know I went over three

[8:26] minutes. I promised Mr. Van I would not.

[8:27] So, thank you very much. Thank you.

[8:30] >> You're saying nice things.

[8:34] » No further signups.

[8:36] >> Thank you. Uh, we have a few resolution

[8:38] actions for this agenda. Uh, Miss

[8:41] Marshall, please.

[8:43] >> Sure.

[8:43] >> I'd like to make a motion for 2.01202627

[8:45] 01 202627

[8:48] proposed final budget. Whereas 24PS6-687

[8:53] of the Pennsylvania public school code

[8:56] requires that the board of school

[8:57] directors prepare a proposed final

[8:59] budget at least 30 days prior to the

[9:01] adoption of the final budget and to make

[9:04] the proposed final budget available for

[9:06] public inspection at least 20 days prior

[9:08] to the date set for the adoption of the

[9:11] final budget. And whereas 24 PS6-687

[9:16] of the Pennsylvania public school code

[9:18] requires that the president of the board

[9:20] of school directors certify to the

[9:21] Pennsylvania Department of Education

[9:23] that the proposed final budget was

[9:25] prepared, presented, and made available

[9:27] for public inspection using the uniform

[9:30] form furnished by the Department of

[9:32] Education. And whereas the board of

[9:34] school directors has the 2026 to 2027

[9:38] proposed final budget for the school

[9:40] district in the required form and desire

[9:42] that seam be made available for public

[9:44] inspection as required by law. And

[9:48] whereas the total revenue equals

[9:50] $228,558,594

[9:54] and expenditures equal $231,75,334

[10:01] and the military equals $198.0124,

[10:06] meaning there is a tax increase included

[10:08] in this proposed final budget for the

[10:10] 2026 to 2027 year. Now therefore, be it

[10:15] resolved that the Nami School Board of

[10:18] Directors hereby adopts the attached

[10:20] 2026 to 2027 proposed final budget

[10:24] presented at this May 12th, 2026 public

[10:27] work session. And the same shall be made

[10:29] available for public inspection and be

[10:31] made available for duplication to any

[10:33] person on request beginning on May 13,

[10:36] 2026. and that the president of the

[10:39] board of school directors is authorized

[10:41] to issue the certifi the certification

[10:44] to the Pennsylvania Department of

[10:45] Education required by 24 PS6-687.

[10:50] Be it further resolved that the board of

[10:52] school directors will adopt the 2026 to

[10:55] 2027 final budget of the school district

[10:58] at a public meeting to be held on June

[11:00] 23rd, 2026.

[11:02] And there is one attachment.

[11:05] >> Thank you, Mrs. Marshall. There's a

[11:07] motion on the floor. Can I have a

[11:08] second, please?

[11:09] >> Second by Miss Brochious.

[11:11] Any questions or comments or concerns?

[11:15] All in favor?

[11:17] >> I opposed.

[11:20] >> A roll call for this one. Okay.

[11:24] >> Mrs. Brochious.

[11:25] >> Yes.

[11:26] >> Mrs. Egan.

[11:26] >> Yes.

[11:27] >> Mrs. Halenbeck.

[11:28] >> Yes.

[11:29] >> Mrs. Marshall?

[11:30] >> Yes.

[11:30] >> Mr. McCaldric?

[11:32] >> Yes.

[11:32] >> Mr. Rodriguez?

[11:33] >> Yes.

[11:33] >> And Miss Walpezer?

[11:35] >> Yes.

[11:36] >> Seven. Yes.

[11:39] >> Motion passes 70. Thank you. Uh Mrs.

[11:43] Brochious,

[11:46] I would like to make a motion 2.02

[11:49] contracted services for the 2025 2026

[11:53] resolve that the Namnney School Board of

[11:55] School Directors hereby approves the

[11:57] contractual agreement and service

[11:59] relationship with the following

[12:00] companies and individuals for the 2025

[12:03] 2026 school year. and it is for

[12:06] Illearning-School

[12:08] success package $4,500. A file is

[12:11] attached.

[12:13] >> Thank you, Mrs. Brcious. There's a

[12:14] motion on the floor. Can I have a

[12:15] second, please?

[12:18] >> Second by Mrs. Marshall. All those in

[12:21] favor?

[12:23] >> I opposed.

[12:25] Motion passes 70.

[12:28] Uh Mr. Rodriguez, please.

[12:31] >> Thank you, Mrs. Hollandbeck. Like to

[12:32] make a motion for 2.03 03 Bucks County

[12:35] Technical High School budget 2026 2027.

[12:39] Um whereas in order to provide technical

[12:42] high school education for our students,

[12:44] six Bucks County School Districts

[12:46] cooperatively established by the Bucks

[12:48] County Technical High School and whereas

[12:50] each participating school district must

[12:52] annually vote on the technical high

[12:54] school annual budget. Now therefore, be

[12:57] it resolved that the NHM board of school

[12:59] directors hereby approves the 2026

[13:03] 2027 Bucks County Technical High School

[13:05] budget in the total amount of 36,572,626

[13:11] with the operating budget of $35,156,20

[13:17] with anam school district 2026 2027 net

[13:21] fiscal payment to be 5,86,920.

[13:25] 23 files attached.

[13:29] >> Thank you, Mr. Rodriguez. There's a

[13:30] motion on the floor. Can I have a

[13:31] second, please?

[13:33] >> Second.

[13:34] by Mrs. Egan. Oh, I do know we

[13:36] need a roll call for this one.

[13:40] >> Mrs. Brochious?

[13:41] >> Yes.

[13:42] >> Mrs. Egan?

[13:42] >> Yes.

[13:43] >> Mrs. Halenbeck?

[13:44] >> Yes.

[13:44] >> Mrs. Marshall?

[13:45] >> Yes.

[13:46] >> Mr. McGolder?

[13:47] >> Yes.

[13:47] >> Mr. Rodriguez?

[13:48] >> Yes.

[13:48] >> Miss Waler?

[13:49] >> Yes.

[13:50] >> Seven. Yes. Thank you. Motion passes 70.

[13:54] That is it for the action items. Um

[13:59] section three items for approval at the

[14:01] public board meeting. 3.01 ret

[14:05] return routine I'll get it right.

[14:07] Routine business matters. 3.02 Annual

[14:11] appointments for the 26 through 27

[14:13] school year. 3.03 appointment of

[14:17] treasurer. 3.04 appointment of assistant

[14:21] board secretary.

[14:23] 3.0 05 Cooperative Purchasing Agreements

[14:27] 3.06 Competitive Electronic Auction

[14:31] Bidding 3.07 Breakfast and Lunch Pricing

[14:36] 3.08 Newspapers on record 3.09 Overnight

[14:41] Trips 3.10 10 Sunday facility usage

[14:48] 3.11 authorization to hire 3.12 facility

[14:52] and energy usage fees 3.13 depositories

[14:57] of school funds 3.14 procurement card

[15:01] use 3.15 taxpayer bill of rights 3.16

[15:08] the BCIU safe to say master service

[15:10] agreement

[15:12] 2020 26 through 2027.

[15:16] 3.17 the Head Start PreK and Early

[15:19] Learning Center Programou with the BCIU.

[15:23] 3.18 the vision plan renewal and 3.19

[15:28] go for Health Services LLC master

[15:31] services agreements for 2026 and 2027.

[15:35] So it's all the end of the year annual

[15:37] things that we have to approve every

[15:39] year.

[15:41] Um, committee reports. That's me as

[15:43] well.

[15:47] Um, we have the next business operations

[15:49] committee meeting next Wednesday, May

[15:51] 20th, in this room at 630.

[15:56] The Education Development meeting, Mr.

[15:58] Rodriguez.

[16:00] >> Thank you, Mrs. Tombeck. On Tuesday, May

[16:02] 5th, 2026, education development

[16:04] committee met here at 6:30. The

[16:07] committee discussed the following items.

[16:09] uh summer school updates, elementary K

[16:11] through 5 science curriculum program,

[16:14] technology overview for grades K through

[16:16] 1, middle school schedule updates. The

[16:20] full presentation is available on board

[16:21] docs for board review, and the committee

[16:24] recommends adoption of the FOST Pathways

[16:26] Science Curriculum Program for grades K

[16:29] through 12, I'm sorry, K through five.

[16:32] Approval of the Foss Pathways adoption

[16:34] will occur through the approval of

[16:35] purchase contracts with school specialty

[16:39] um right specialty FOs pathways and ECA.

[16:43] These contracts will appear under

[16:45] business operations contractor services

[16:48] on the May 26, 2026 public board meeting

[16:51] agenda.

[16:55] » Thank you, Mr. Rodriguez. Uh Mr.

[16:56] Sullivan is not here. Does anybody from

[16:58] the policy committee have Thank you,

[17:00] Miss W. I can just let you know the next

[17:02] meeting um is due to attendance issues

[17:04] moved. Um so it will be now June 4th at

[17:09] 6:30 in this room.

[17:12] >> Thank you. Uh representative reports,

[17:14] Mrs. Wies, you're up again.

[17:18] >> Uh thank you. Um the IU on Friday had

[17:21] their annual prom at their head offices.

[17:24] Every year they decorate the offices and

[17:27] I think about 80 students attended and

[17:30] more than 100 IU staff volunteers were

[17:32] there to help ensure a safe, inclusive

[17:35] and well-coordinated experience. Um I'm

[17:38] not sure what their prom theme was this

[17:39] year. They choose a new one every year,

[17:41] but everybody had a a great time. Uh the

[17:44] next IU meeting is next Tuesday, May

[17:46] 18th at 700 p.m. The advocacy

[17:50] subcommittee meeting will be meeting uh

[17:52] ahead of time at 5:15 and there's a

[17:54] finance meeting at 6.

[17:58] » Thank you, Miss Walby. Nisham Education

[18:01] Foundation, Mr. Rodriguez,

[18:03] >> thank you again. Uh the board of the

[18:05] Nisham Education Foundation met here

[18:08] yesterday at Maple Point. They discuss

[18:10] activities for next year, ways to

[18:13] increase community participation, and

[18:15] proposed changes to their bylaws. The

[18:17] next meeting will also be held at Maple

[18:19] Point on Tuesday, June 8th at 400 p.m.

[18:22] Elections will be held for the new and

[18:24] returning board members, and the public

[18:26] is invited to attend and participate.

[18:31] » Thank you, PSBA liaison, Mrs. Marshall.

[18:34] >> No report at this time. Thank you. And

[18:38] last but not least, one more time,

[18:39] technical school, Mr. Rodriguez.

[18:43] >> Actually, do not have anything at this

[18:44] time.

[18:46] >> Thank you. Uh, that brings us to the

[18:48] closing of the meeting. Um, public

[18:50] comment. Does anybody in the public have

[18:52] any comments they'd like to make? Now is

[18:53] your time. Come on down.

[19:07] Chris Chris Lyman 1251 Taylor Drive Lang

[19:10] Horn. How do we actually see like the

[19:12] attachments that you reference on this

[19:15] stuff?

[19:15] >> They'll be available tomorrow in board

[19:18] docs. If you go to if you go on to our

[19:20] website, there is a link that'll take

[19:21] you there. Once after we approve

[19:23] everything, they'll be live tomorrow.

[19:25] >> Gotcha. All right. Cool. Thank you.

[19:35] » Check the button. Does anybody have any

[19:37] future topics they'd like to discuss?

[19:41] Any board comment?

[19:44] >> Just one real quick, I promise. Um, I

[19:46] wanted to say thank you to the shamin

[19:50] staff on the trip in Washington DC. I

[19:53] think that was wonderful and thank you

[19:54] for um, talking this evening. Also, I

[19:58] forgot to mention when we had our

[20:01] education meeting the other night to

[20:03] thank our teachers for the job well done

[20:05] that they do. We do appreciate you and

[20:07] all the work that you do. So, thank you.

[20:11] >> Thank you. Anyone else?

[20:14] >> I also want to quick echo the summons

[20:16] about the junior class trip. I was

[20:18] approached by people within the

[20:20] community saw posts on Facebook and so

[20:22] often we do read the bad and the

[20:24] complaints and the negative. So, it was

[20:26] really nice to see that a the community

[20:28] kind of wrapped themselves around it.

[20:30] Um, and you know, definitely

[20:33] the teachers and students deserve a lot

[20:35] of praise for a job well done. Um, and

[20:37] everybody came back safely. So, thank

[20:39] you for speaking up today and thank you

[20:40] Mr. Bowman for sharing as well.

[20:47] Um, with that being said, let's see

[20:49] future meetings. The next meeting is

[20:52] Tuesday, May 26. at the public board

[20:54] meeting here at 700 p.m. As was

[20:57] previously stated, we have a business

[21:00] operations committee meeting on

[21:01] Wednesday, May 20th at 6:30 and the

[21:04] policy committee Thursday, June 4th at

[21:07] 6:30.

[21:08] With that being said, I'd like to make a

[21:10] motion to adjourn the meeting.

[21:15] » Thank you everybody. Have a great night.

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