[0:51] 16, 20, 20, 6. At this time, I take a motion to open a meeting. So moved. Moved by a day and seconds, aye?

[1:25] And at our last, this is our last meeting of the school year, I think, having a fair meeting to last.

[1:32] We have some retirees this year and we have Ms. Jean Ando, Mitchell School Teacher, 29 years.

[1:42] Mr. Dwayne Chilcott, from East Bridgewater, Junior Senior High School, campus teacher, 24 years.

[1:48] Mrs. Laura McFee, Mitchell School Teacher, 24 years.

[1:52] This is Deborah C. Lee, he's Bridgewater Junior High School Board Language Teacher, 20 years.

[1:58] Miss Sandra Telles, Central School Teacher, 20 years.

[2:02] Mrs. Lisa Dion, speech and language teacher, Mitchell School, 12 years.

[2:06] Mrs. Ginny and Harvey, administrative assistant, Central School, 19 years.

[2:11] Mr. Lewis Parazo, custodian, central school, 17 years.

[2:16] That is a lot of years.

[2:20] 165 total.

[2:23] That is outstanding. That's a lengthy period of time for people to work in one spot.

[2:30] I know, I'm familiar with some of these people, and I know they all did a great job,

[2:35] and I know that they will be sorely missed. I see Mrs. Sealy sitting right there.

[2:40] We missed, I'm sure.

[2:40] We have President Mrs. Cele. We have Mrs. McPhee, Mrs. Ando, and Mr. Paraza. So congratulations

[2:50] to all of you.

[2:56] So we always talk about the longevity in Eastbridge Water. And this is a true example of people who

[3:02] have come and spent their career here. And the dedicated people that are here, along with

[3:07] the other retirees, are really a true testament to the dedication and commitment that people

[3:13] show to Eastbridge Water. And as Lou said today, I hire him. I'm going to take credit for that.

[3:22] I see him around. I haven't seen him in a long time.

[3:31] So the committee has gifts for you. So Mr. Pika will call your name.

[3:39] We

[4:09] hope you

[4:19] have a wonderful retirement.

[4:25] All well deserved.

[4:27] Yeah.

[4:28] Don't feel obligated to stay at the rest of the meeting.

[4:32] Thank you very much.

[4:34] Thank you for coming to our meeting.

[4:37] And congratulations.

[4:38] Yes, congratulations.

[4:40] Enjoy.

[4:46] Thank you.

[4:47] is to take one other thing out of order because you have something going on

[4:54] tonight that's very important, so we should do you first, if everybody doesn't

[5:00] want to.

[5:05] So the Eastbridge Water Music Department award, the NAMM also known

[5:09] as National Association of Music Merchants Foundation, was awarded to our

[5:14] we're music department. So let's see, I'm just going to read.

[5:21] So the East

[5:21] Bajora music department is proud to announce that for the very first time

[5:25] East Bajora public schools have been recognized as one of the best

[5:28] communities for music education by the National Association of Music

[5:32] Merchants and AMM Foundation for their outstanding support and

[5:35] unwavering commitment to music education. Now in its 27th year the BCME program

[5:41] continues to spotlight and celebrate individual schools across the United

[5:44] state for their exemplary dedication to music education in their ongoing efforts to ensure

[5:49] equitable access to music learning as a part of a well-rounded education.

[5:54] And in 2026, only 1,008, I know that sounds like a lot, but that's nationwide, school districts

[6:00] across the nation earned this honor, which includes public-private, shatter-in, or repeal

[6:04] institutions.

[6:05] Recipients of the 2026 BC and E Awards were selected through a comprehensive application

[6:10] and review process that evaluates key indicators, including funding, instructional time, graduation

[6:15] requirements, student participation, facilities, community involvement, and program support.

[6:20] To uphold the program's rigor and credibility, all applications were independently reviewed

[6:24] and verified by Woke Brown, a leading research and evaluation firm specializing in education

[6:29] Thank you so much.

[6:31] Well deserved.

[6:33] Thank you.

[6:35] Congratulations.

[6:36] Congratulations.

[6:36] And thank you to our admin through health.

[6:39] Mr. Silva, Dr. Williams, Ms.

[6:42] in the department who helped us file the application,

[6:45] along with all of the good visit teachers.

[6:48] It was 100 feet of application.

[6:51] It took me to the civil life, but I mean,

[6:53] our community deserves it.

[6:55] We've had such a strong tradition of music education

[6:58] since I was a kid growing up in Randolph. I knew about this for

[7:02] do I have to do programs so that was a long time ago.

[7:05] I was in the 80s I was in high school so thank you all so much for

[7:10] helping us file this and we plan to file it in the future and hopefully

[7:16] our community, our students, our families deserve it because they work so hard

[7:20] and we have an award-winning music program so thank you all very much.

[7:25] Thank you for your hard

[7:33] work.

[7:34] Thank you so much for the latest comments.

[7:39] I have three of them in our undergraduate recital in the Auto 22.

[7:45] See?

[7:46] At the drop in the Oxford and the Centre for State Service.

[7:49] For us, er, on tonight's visit.

[7:53] Thank you.

[7:53] Thank you very much.

[8:08] Thank you for what you do on the board.

[8:14] We can have the superintendent's corner.

[8:17] Great.

[8:18] And to follow suit with all the honoring and celebrating,

[8:21] I have a special student here this evening

[8:24] with her mom and dad.

[8:26] Gabrielle Pearson was the valedictorian,

[8:28] or is the valedictorian of the class of 2026.

[8:33] And so each year, every superintendent in the Commonwealth

[8:36] has the opportunity to honor one student

[8:40] from their school district with the certificate of academic excellence, and I chose Gabby

[8:46] not just because of her academic excellence and being the valedictorian, but for all the

[8:52] things that she's done over the course of her career here in high school.

[8:56] And I was at the senior of what's night, and I heard all of those accolades.

[9:00] So I reached out to her guidance counselor, and I said, can I borrow that?

[9:03] Because I want all at home to hear everything that she's been involved in, not only with

[9:09] her studies but to be the well-rounded student that she is today and so deserving of this

[9:14] award.

[9:14] So,

[9:16] this fall, Gabby will attend University of South Carolina where she plans to major

[9:20] in exercise science with a minor in dance.

[9:23] She hopes to combine her passion for movement and wellness with the education she receives

[9:28] to pursue a career in physical therapy.

[9:31] Over the last two years, she has been a member of the varsity field hockey team here at the

[9:39] an activity she has dedicated herself to most of her life.

[9:43] As a competitive dancer with a self-short dance ensemble,

[9:46] she has served as senior teen captains for the past two years,

[9:50] demonstrating tremendous leadership, commitment, and teamwork.

[9:54] Her talents also extend far beyond athletics in the arts.

[9:58] Throughout her time at the Junior Senior High School,

[10:00] she has maintained high-honoural status every year,

[10:04] earned multiple underclassmen awards,

[10:06] completed nine AP courses and successfully took two dual enrollment college courses. Outside of the

[10:14] classroom she has served as president of the World Language Honor Society, treasurer of the National

[10:20] Honor Society, and communications officer for the class of 2026. She has been an integral member of the

[10:28] the organizations including Key Club, Active Minds, STEM Club, and Student Senate.

[10:35] Her future is undoubtedly bright and we know she will continue to lead, inspire, and achieve

[10:40] wherever life takes her.

[10:42] We're incredibly proud of her accomplishments and can't wait to see all she achieves in

[10:48] the years ahead.

[10:50] So congratulations to Gabrielle.

[10:59] We reconnected this year.

[11:01] I saw this funny story.

[11:02] But when Gabby was in kindergarten, her first day of school, we were out back with buses

[11:09] and the buses were arriving and I had a parent come up to me.

[11:13] Old in the market, not too much.

[11:14] Me just with my daughter is getting on the buses in kindergarten.

[11:17] First day of school, I'm a nervous wreck.

[11:19] It's okay if I just stand here and watch her get off the bus.

[11:22] I'm born with my heart and I said, I remember it to this day.

[11:26] And really is a true testament to the love and support she received from her dad

[11:31] and her mom then has helped to achieve everything that she has. So congratulations.

[11:36] So well deserved.

[11:38] Thank you.

[11:38] Mom's done.

[11:39] Thank you.

[11:41] Thank

[11:47] you.

[11:47] You guys, please.

[11:52] You know, maybe I don't have a big share of it.

[11:54] I'll give you a hand.

[11:55] I'll give

[12:09] you a hand.

[12:11] Mom's done.

[12:11] Congratulations.

[12:13] Congratulations.

[12:13] I'm so glad.

[12:15] Thank you.

[12:16] Thank you.

[12:30] Next was the High School Graduation Ceremony, which was on May 29th.

[12:35] We dodged the rain and got the ceremony in.

[12:39] It went well, Mr. Silver, true credit to him and his team

[12:42] for all the work they do behind the scenes

[12:44] to make sure the event is successful.

[12:48] So on to the next school year.

[12:52] We have things coming up for the summer.

[12:54] We have ESY under the direction of Mr. Falon.

[12:58] That starts on July 6th.

[13:00] We've got the little Vikings under the directorship

[13:03] of Lisa Varasso that also starts on July 6th, starts from which Mrs. McPartlin is undertaking

[13:11] that will be for our incoming K, incoming 3, and incoming 7th grade, and that's on this

[13:20] 19th.

[13:21] Yeah, so today I message her not to all the families via parents' grade just to save the

[13:24] date just so they're aware of the activity happening, it'll be at all three schools for

[13:29] the K-37 and it's really just a three-hour program allowing students to kind of

[13:34] acclimate to the building, meet some of the staff, see some future classmates,

[13:38] just really like ease those first-day jitters and feel more comfortable so

[13:42] that first day the transition is a lot easier. So we'll have signups that will be in

[13:47] early August and that's when parents will sign up directly with the building but

[13:52] for right now just wanted parents to be aware so they mark their calendars.

[13:55] Yes.

[13:56] Great.

[13:57] Mr. Bailey, anything more on extended school year?

[14:00] Sure.

[14:01] Yes.

[14:01] Why would we go superintendent?

[14:02] William said is running from July 6th to August 6th.

[14:06] We run a five week program.

[14:08] Monday through Thursday.

[14:10] We run it from 845 to 130 for a lot of our students.

[14:14] We usually use two sites, which we're going to do again this year.

[14:17] We use our junior senior high school because of the air conditioning for our three through

[14:21] 12 and we use the mods down at the central school for our pre-kated 2s kind of keep them in the home environment

[14:29] We've got 157 invitations out to families

[14:33] without a hundred responses so far

[14:36] with an eighty percent acceptance rate. So it really is a program that that a lot of our students take part in

[14:44] It's a benefit in a lot of ways to prevent that regression from a lot of our kids

[14:49] Let me get them kind of staying in that swing for that beginning next school year.

[14:54] Thank you.

[14:55] All right.

[14:56] Perfect.

[14:57] And for those of you that may not know, little Vikings.

[15:00] This is the program that we offer for our students, K-6. It's an enrichment program. Students can sign up for a week. I believe it's sold out already, as Mrs. Tenerasa usually does in true fashion. Always a popular event, an opportunity for students. So, we look forward to that.

[15:16] Well, it's been working very hard on that for a long time now.

[15:19] Yeah, we did see it.

[15:20] Wow, it's been that long already.

[15:22] Wow.

[15:22] We used to see the booklet.

[15:23] We didn't, I don't know, we've ever seen it this year.

[15:25] Maybe we haven't seen it for a few years now.

[15:28] We missed a bullet.

[15:28] We got to sell it in the media.

[15:30] Well, we, I don't know, we did.

[15:32] Oh, we did.

[15:33] Mom got it in the media.

[15:35] They're expensive.

[15:37] But, actually, it put in the package.

[15:39] They are pretty impressive.

[15:40] Yeah.

[15:41] Yeah.

[15:41] And all the offerings.

[15:42] Yeah.

[15:43] And it's quite a bit.

[15:44] students, a lot of work that goes into it. And it's self-running. It's all self-funded.

[15:51] Yeah, it's good. And it's still affordable. And if you're looking at

[15:57] camp prices. Yep, absolutely. If families are taking advantage of our daycare

[16:02] over the summer and the last of students to be transported from the daycare to

[16:07] our little Vikings, actually it's all at Mitchell School this year, so

[16:11] and they'll be in need to transport what students can lead daycare, go to little bikings,

[16:15] and then go back to daycare so that they can still be cared for from 7 to 16 months.

[16:24] The annual Massachusetts Association for School Superintendents Summer Executive Institute,

[16:28] which is July 13th, 2016, this is my problem and myself when we attending that.

[16:34] I'm not the same one where there may be a seat over there.

[16:36] So this, so it had on here that it was the joint one,

[16:39] but the joint one's in the fall.

[16:41] This is just the mass and preventance.

[16:43] OK.

[16:44] MESE does have one in the summary, but it's short.

[16:47] It's only like one or two days or something.

[16:49] I know the way they have it this year.

[16:50] But you all would receive information about that

[16:52] in your email from MESE, not from me.

[16:59] Central School Building Committee updates.

[17:01] We're just about coming up on the 16% submission

[17:05] of our design. That's going to be the end of this month. The building committee we met

[17:12] with the planning board last evening. We had to share with them the routes, the transportation

[17:18] parts, entering and exiting the school. So we shared with them that right now, if you

[17:24] enter an exit central school to drop off a pickup, there's one way in. And one way out

[17:29] where with the new school building, there will be three opportunities.

[17:33] They can enter through central street, via plummet street, or via root 18, as well as

[17:40] exiting.

[17:40] They'll have those three options.

[17:42] So, obviously, it's our intent to disperse the traffic, as opposed to all traffic going

[17:47] out onto central street.

[17:49] One request that the planning board had that was voted on and approved was that if you

[17:54] are exiting the central street location, you have to only go right, which is what is

[18:01] in place right now, so that we don't send traffic towards the center of town for sending

[18:06] it away from the center of town. So, Planning Board was happy with the plans as they

[18:10] exist right now with that one piece that they want to make sure that we account for.

[18:17] The preloading is coming to an end. We have about another week of the preloading and then

[18:22] will be ready for the soil to sit for probably about eight months. We'll be looking at the winter

[18:31] time for them to then come and remove some part of the soil, distribute some of the soil with

[18:38] the on schedule still of construction beginning early winter. Well, the soil is sitting there,

[18:52] like a big cloud bank or something and you could see dirt across 18 and stuff.

[18:56] Will they be spraying it or doing anything with it?

[18:58] So it will be seeded.

[19:00] So I was asking what terminology it will be seeded.

[19:03] So it will keep the dust from blowing.

[19:07] So it will look maybe like a little, like, sweating.

[19:13] But yeah, that's what they'll do to maintain some of that dust and dirt.

[19:18] And then lastly, strategic planning.

[19:21] We had our last full committee meeting and we have one meeting left with the leadership team, which will be held next

[19:27] Plan today. We will finalize the strategic plan and I'll be ready to share that probably the audit meeting.

[19:39] Thank you.

[19:59] So the strategic plan of the last strategic plan, we had three things, we're working towards

[20:08] right now we have four themes.

[20:10] So, if you do want to break that up, then you still have strategic plan on there.

[20:15] My failing is just giving you an overall update as we are in each of them and not necessarily

[20:21] breaking them up, I think.

[20:23] So I think we still can add strategic plan updates to the year on calendar knowing that we

[20:28] will have the right to go.

[20:30] Okay.

[20:30] Sounds good.

[20:36] And the school for many subcommittee that have met since last meeting are the bargaining

[20:40] subject for many for certified professional contract.

[20:44] And we have an executive session this evening.

[20:48] And just so everybody knows because we have a new wish committee, so any time that there

[20:54] is a subcommittee that needs to have to let Mike know so he can post for it, there's 48 hours

[21:00] that he has to post to town calendar hits at Senator's town clerk and also when you have

[21:06] a subcommittee meeting somebody has to take minutes on a subcommittee meeting and then

[21:10] they get you have to vote on them either here if you're not going to have any future subcommittees

[21:16] meetings for that group and if you are going to have future meetings for that group,

[21:22] then you can vote on your own subcommittee and then those minutes have to get to Mike so that they

[21:27] can be sent to the town clerk and also filed here.

[21:33] But 30 questions, you can always ask me.

[21:35] I don't know.

[21:37] I just want to put that out there because everybody needs to know.

[21:43] And also in our packets, we have, this was the planning calendar,

[21:50] 25.26, but we have a 26.27, also in our packet for next year.

[21:57] And this, the next year's calendar pretty much follows

[21:59] the same as this year and

[22:04] then we'll just put in strategic plan sprinkled it out right so

[22:08] I have a couple of recommendations sure so in September it has adoption of handbooks that's been

[22:15] in April so those should be all set by I think you just voted on it yeah so that we get moved to

[22:24] that April calendar and then superintendent

[22:29] where it says entry plan, it will be year two mentoring

[22:34] and strategic plan update.

[22:36] We'll be raising it in kind of the rollout for the year.

[22:40] What that's going to look like.

[22:44] The God Wilbur is good to have the principals

[22:46] because once school kind of just settled in,

[22:48] it gives them an opportunity to get settled

[22:50] and then they can come to the actual meeting.

[22:53] December 15th, that mid-year review

[22:55] would be a new strategic plan review.

[23:03] And then I think it would be important around

[23:05] March to give you another strategic plan update and

[23:19] then I have it again in June. So

[23:22] to hear one accomplishments and goals for year-to-year.

[23:28] I can get this off of my conversation.

[23:30] Okay.

[23:36] And this can be tweaked throughout the year. It's as necessary again. Oh, the only

[23:42] The only other thing I was going to bring up about this was so we know that next year

[23:47] election day is on May 15th and one thing that happened this year was the town clerk's

[23:55] office needed to have time to do whatever it is they need to do after elections and so

[24:01] the schedule is tight and next year it's on the calendar here from May 25th and I would

[24:06] asked, if I checked with the town clerk, I did check with her before, but I was thinking

[24:12] to put the meeting on May 20th, which is that Thursday, which is the same week after

[24:21] election, because that way, we can reorder, move on with business as opposed to waiting

[24:29] until the following week.

[24:31] Didn't we close in there a bit of a struggle for people to get up there?

[24:34] That's why we want to move there.

[24:38] Well, it wouldn't be that Tuesday.

[24:39] It was a struggle to get there Monday and Tuesday, but I think that four days is enough

[24:43] as long as they get there.

[24:44] They can't go on Monday, and I think Tuesday she did it, but it was a struggle for her

[24:49] for the town clerk.

[24:51] So, I'm thinking, do I ask her about, I said, what if we move into the neighborhood?

[24:56] And she thought that that would be doable, because that gives Wednesday and Thursday.

[24:59] but do you think that's doable?

[25:01] I can say just keep that as it is.

[25:02] Well, you have two meetings in April,

[25:04] and then it's almost a month in between.

[25:07] I think that would give attendees to look at.

[25:10] Take your attendees to do what you need to do.

[25:12] Okay, mate, but I say more tightness

[25:15] is that we were really close-moved to get it done.

[25:19] My thinking was just so we could re-organize.

[25:23] Technically, we wouldn't be reorganized,

[25:28] and I mean, well, I guess we could, I would have to check to make sure, go by the same

[25:32] plug-in.

[25:33] You don't have to have the option to go through the chair, the table.

[25:39] Right.

[25:40] So it wouldn't be as you.

[25:44] Yeah, you know, it's better resigning.

[25:46] Okay.

[25:48] Wait.

[25:48] No, I don't know.

[25:49] I don't know.

[25:49] Do you want to go on out of Twitter?

[25:52] Okay.

[25:52] And then let me tell you what we didn't have.

[25:54] Keeping on Tuesday is easier.

[25:56] We'll give the next one.

[25:56] Oh yes.

[26:03] so we're staying with May 20th.

[26:05] Yeah.

[26:08] I don't know if we get what I want.

[26:11] It's good to know what's that right.

[26:14] It's a safer debt.

[26:16] Yeah.

[26:19] Did you have plans, May 20th?

[26:23] I have no plans.

[26:24] Not any plans.

[26:25] Well, I don't know if that's the never planned.

[26:27] This is never planned.

[26:29] And then and also in the packet is the new school mini membership list with

[26:33] Janie Quinney's account list for your student pleasure, new

[26:41] school

[26:41] information statement is also enclosed.

[26:46] So oh these operating there's

[26:47] operating protocols in your in your packet so if you could just resume those and

[26:52] be prepared for August when we will hopefully approve them at that time.

[27:21] So the mission statement, did you want to talk about the mission statement, don't you?

[27:26] Sure.

[27:28] So as part of our work with the strategic plan, that can we look at the current mission

[27:36] statement, the current vision statement and the current core values, and so through the

[27:44] work through the Strategic Planning Committee, we did a lot of work smithing, and really

[27:50] wanted to focus with the mission statement. We really wanted to make sure that it was

[27:54] a partnership, that the community was included knowing that a lot of our Strategic Planning

[27:59] and will revolve around the working relationships

[28:03] with our community.

[28:05] So, this was the recommendation

[28:08] of the Strategic Planning Committee

[28:10] that we felt really spoke to the heart

[28:13] of the district's mission.

[28:16] So with school committee approval,

[28:18] and we're looking for that to be

[28:19] the spiritual out of public school's mission statement.

[28:24] I would take a motion to approve

[28:26] this expert order of school's mission statement.

[28:35] Thank you.

[28:36] Thank you.

[28:41] And we have our updated in-school committee member packet, and that's just for everybody to

[28:46] have.

[28:47] Oh, actually, going back to the operating protocols, I just have one request that I need.

[28:55] There was a sentence that I noticed that was stupidity.

[28:59] And this one is to be had the bill probably only bring it back in August.

[29:05] And the sentence that's duplicated is, under the communications section, it says,

[29:11] it's about the superintendent in the last sentence, under the second bill, it says,

[29:15] the superintendent, the official spokesperson of the district, but then the next line down,

[29:19] the bill, it says, the superintendent is the official spokesperson of the district.

[29:23] So we only need that one.

[29:24] So I would ask with the second, the last sentence of the second bullet being removed so that we'll be correct when

[29:32] It gets brought back in August.

[29:39] That's okay with everybody

[29:47] And we have that next up is the lead quarterly report

[29:56] That's

[30:22] Thank you.

[30:26] And last but not least, in our list, Mr. Sheg, the Business Administrator.

[30:31] All right.

[30:33] Point information for us.

[30:35] So two weeks left, and it looks like we're still in good shape. We will meet budget. Right now on non-salary line is

[30:48] $1,250,000 over budget, but we have not made the circuit breaker entry yet.

[30:58] We budgeted almost $1.5 million in circuit breaker revenue, salaries $191,000 over budget.

[31:06] But we have not made the school choice entry yet, we budgeted $250,000 in revenue.

[31:15] busing is over budget $6,775 but we in the budget during the budget process we allocated

[31:23] $6,775 out of the revolving fund so if you take all everything into account it looks

[31:33] like we right

[31:38] now we have a positive balance of $275.

[31:42] My plan with that is to say, for example, the salary line remains at $190,000 under budget.

[31:56] I would take the $190,000 out of school choice revolving and leave the difference in school

[32:03] choice revolving.

[32:05] If the non-salary line remains at $1,250,000 over budget.

[32:11] I would take that out of the circuit breaker revolving and leave the remaining balance in

[32:18] the circuit breaker revolving for next year.

[32:27] Any

[32:32] questions on that?

[32:39] Revolving fund balances, these are really good shape to my opinion, we're pretty close

[32:50] Those are almost above in all accounts that we were last year at this time.

[32:58] Psychopraker, right now is the balance is 1.3 million.

[33:03] We have another $422,000 payment coming in, June 22nd, and also we've got a little bit

[33:11] of good news in the supplemental budget.

[33:16] they increase the transportation reimbursement component of circuit breaker from last year,

[33:25] from 61.36% to 67.89%, so that'll give us another 39,000 in circuit breaker payment,

[33:39] which will again give us a little more cushion going into next year.

[33:50] And I sent out by email some

[33:52] There's no circuit breaker information, if anyone wants to sit down and go through my 60 column spreadsheet and more than half the

[34:06] questions are on revolving funds.

[34:11] The next couple pages is how year-end housekeeping.

[34:16] We all need to take a school committee vote to amend our current year budget to reflect actual expenses.

[34:27] This is done at the end of every year.

[34:32] So, the first column is the original budget.

[34:36] The second column is my amended budget.

[34:41] And these are all the different line items.

[34:45] The first grouping is the non-salary, and the second grouping

[34:49] of the salary line items, and you can see all the changes

[34:52] that I am proposing to make.

[34:56] I think total stays the same, I'm just reallocated by

[35:05] line-in.

[35:16] I would take a motion to amaze.

[35:19] Oh, anyone have any questions?

[35:21] Oh, I try to say motion, say it, and then amaze.

[35:23] And they're just wondering how you can come about with the changes.

[35:27] Is that just reflective of what, you know, things really looked like this year?

[35:31] Yes, it's based upon actual experience.

[35:35] You

[35:46] can see that one line line on page 3, the homeless transportation.

[35:51] We didn't, I mean, that really helped us out this year by not having any expense in

[35:57] that line line.

[35:58] And that's homeless and foster care transportation.

[36:05] And then once we do this, you won't need to make any more mistakes.

[36:12] I would take the motion to amend the end of the year, figures to the current figures that

[36:18] Mr. Taylor, the business administrator is recommending.

[36:21] So moved.

[36:23] So good.

[36:23] Move my errands, I can write them in any further discussion.

[36:28] All in favor?

[36:29] Aye.

[36:30] Aye.

[36:31] I can give you an update on some of the things

[36:35] that we're going to be working on this summer.

[36:37] So the big project is the firewall replacement.

[36:41] That's a town, school-wide project.

[36:44] I've got to get the auditorium stage floor done before.

[36:47] the auditorium stage for law and we're looking at a new telephone system.

[36:56] What was the last time we changed the phone system for you to leave that long ago?

[37:00] Oh, it was.

[37:01] It was a bell industry.

[37:05] How many years?

[37:07] So, within a lot of time.

[37:10] I'm trying to think there's a law called I believe it's Megan's Law where you need to

[37:19] You need to be able to identify the location of a 911 call on any new system that's implemented.

[37:27] I forget what it was, but our system was implemented before that.

[37:33] So it's going to be eight years maybe.

[37:37] Yeah.

[37:39] Yeah.

[37:40] It was, I tried to forget that.

[37:42] So remember that?

[37:44] I do.

[37:44] But you

[37:50] live to tell about it.

[37:51] Yeah, that'd be a relief.

[37:57] New child payroll HR system.

[38:01] We're looking at, we've been working hard on getting the

[38:09] Hopper's payroll system up and running.

[38:12] That's going live July 1.

[38:15] We're excited about this new system that brings us

[38:18] into the 1990s rather than paper like we've been doing for the past my 10 years here so

[38:29] it's gonna it's gonna be a change but I think at the end of the day a

[38:32] place look like it don't have everything each one will have an account

[38:36] they'll be able to see everything in their account online for Erica.

[38:41] It will be easier for Erica.

[38:53] So the plan is for July 1, so our summer employees for ESY, little Vikings, all will be on

[39:02] in the system, and then we'll hold it back for staff in the park.

[39:06] Small, break it in early with.

[39:09] Work out the things.

[39:10] Yeah, work out the things.

[39:12] Still the things.

[39:14] It's a rivalry.

[39:18] Is that it?

[39:19] Oh, thank you.

[39:23] Going back to one thing.

[39:25] So the year-long calendar, this was our school calendar.

[39:31] So we, we technically have a meeting scheduled for this July to talk about business and

[39:36] finance report and I was checking with John that asked him, do we have to have, does he

[39:43] need us to have a meeting?

[39:44] So if we don't mind to others, if we don't have to have a meeting, I don't want to say

[39:53] more about that.

[39:54] I know you don't have a meeting, but if we don't have to have one, I ask that we don't have

[39:59] it for July, if we don't need it.

[40:00] We couldn't have an executive session, that could be coming up. Who knows?

[40:05] Yeah, so, what's it say, Mr. Shay?

[40:10] Yeah, I don't, I can't think of anything that may come up that couldn't lead to bias.

[40:20] And I guess there's something else to go with schedule.

[40:23] That's all I can.

[40:25] How do you all feel?

[40:27] That's fine.

[40:27] We don't have it scheduled right now.

[40:29] The July for this year in 26

[40:34] We'll

[40:39] make a motion to full-gold the july meeting

[40:42] so move

[40:44] I moved it you motioned it. I moved it anybody second it for second by dawn. I'll in favor

[40:52] Thank you

[40:53] So like you said if something pops up, we can always

[41:04] I think she wanted to be here, and she's not here.

[41:13] Well, I could, I know we're not supposed to use our cell phones at the meeting, but I just

[41:18] want to see if every chassis texted me because she was texting me earlier to ask me if the meeting was here or

[41:24] at Tom Hall and I told her that someone will be coming to the door, but then the meeting

[41:28] started. So I didn't need to, oh, she's in another meeting now. Okay. Yeah. Okay.

[41:35] So she's not coming. Okay. Thank you for letting me do that. I would take a motion at this

[41:44] This time to approve payroll warrant 47 P.S. dated 5, 20, 20, 6.

[41:51] So moved.

[41:52] Moved by Dan.

[41:53] Second.

[41:54] Second by Leslie.

[41:55] All in favor.

[41:56] Aye.

[41:57] Aye.

[41:57] Stand.

[41:59] Aye.

[42:00] And I would take a motion to approve payroll warrant 49 P.S. dated 6, 3, 26.

[42:05] So moved.

[42:06] Moved by Dan.

[42:07] Second.

[42:08] Second by Leslie.

[42:09] All in favor.

[42:10] Aye.

[42:11] I'm staying.

[42:17] I would take a motion to approve a counts payable one S.W. with counts on 48 dated 5 27 26.

[42:26] So moved.

[42:27] Move by Dan, say goodbye Leslie, all in favor?

[42:30] Aye.

[42:32] And I would take a motion to approve a counts payable one S.W.

[42:35] on the side. Fifty. May 6 1026. Move by Dan. Second by Leslie. All in favor.

[42:42] Aye. And I'll take a motion to approve May 5, 2026. School committee meeting minutes.

[42:48] So moved. Second by Dan. Second by Aaron. All in favor. Aye. And I'll take a motion to approve

[42:54] the May 19, 2026. School committee meeting minutes. So moved. Move by Dan. Second. Second by Leslie. All in favor.

[43:02] Aye. Aye.

[43:04] And I would take a motion to accept the generous donation of $5.50, I mean a $5.50 Walmart gift

[43:13] service, a $250 total from mid-safe for families in need of assistance with securing groceries

[43:19] and essential supplies.

[43:21] So moved.

[43:22] Move by then.

[43:23] Second by who's by then.

[43:24] Crystal.

[43:25] All in favor?

[43:26] Hi.

[43:28] Thank you.

[43:28] Can I just speak?

[43:29] Absolutely.

[43:29] So we have a community member who likes to remain anonymous for the last several years.

[43:35] She has made donations and now her company has partnered with her.

[43:40] So she's employed by Metsay and they do this three times a year.

[43:44] So he made a call back in winter.

[43:45] We had market basket gift cards and so I just kind of rotate.

[43:49] So the $5.50 mark gift cards are like to the Mitchell schools so that then it smells like

[43:55] you share those with families.

[43:56] So a huge thank you thank you to the anonymous community member as well as

[44:02] Nancy. Thank you. It's very nice to have been very generous.

[44:06] And I would take

[44:08] emotion to accept let's see to the East Virginia Senior High School golf team

[44:15] from Mr. and Mrs. Philip and Deborah Chassie of East Bridgewater for 18-100

[44:20] We know the gift cards to Joe and Lee and Snacks and Bearfrogs.

[44:24] That was very generous.

[44:26] So moved.

[44:26] Second?

[44:27] Moved by Dan, second by Crystal.

[44:29] All in favor?

[44:30] All right.

[44:31] Thank you.

[44:31] That was a trigger generous.

[44:33] And not the first time.

[44:34] Yes.

[44:35] That has now become a annual tradition and the team is forever grateful.

[44:39] Yes.

[44:39] Prepared to talk to you.

[44:45] It's

[44:51] a very nice school community meeting.

[44:53] But the school year was, it was a fast school year by very quickly.

[44:57] Some days.

[45:02] I know this is your first full year. It's almost at an end, my first full year, and I could not have done it without the team in front of me as well as the rest of the leadership team. It's part of the school committee. You made it your once again. I still have nine days.

[45:22] That's good, good show. Thank you.

[45:28] I do have a couple. I had a couple.

[45:29] a couple of questions about the advertisements that are out there, but people positions.

[45:35] Are you talking about the advertisements over there on the post office?

[45:39] No, the post office.

[45:43] So is the, I don't know if this is the right form for it.

[45:47] What's the question?

[45:49] What's the question?

[45:50] So this, some of these are stipend positions.

[45:55] So it just as it reads and then some of these on stipend positions on a

[45:59] moment because it doesn't possibly so stipend positions that are part of the

[46:04] collective bargaining agreement have to be posted anyway.

[46:08] Okay.

[46:09] So club advisors, coaches, lead teachers, sure exactly which ones you're looking at but those

[46:16] Thank you to the Board of Education.

[46:18] Thank you.

[46:22] Oh, I have a blurb that was okay.

[46:26] I moved to vote to meet an executive session

[46:28] pursuant to National Laws Chapter 30A, Section 21A,

[46:32] for the following purpose and not to return to open session.

[46:34] Purpose 3 to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining

[46:37] with the East Bridgewater Education Association,

[46:40] UNITA as an open meeting may have a detrimental effect

[46:43] on the bargaining position of the public body

[46:44] and the chair soda players.

[46:46] And at this time we take a role call.

[46:51] Motion and non-concerned.

[46:52] So side.

[46:53] We can lay the motion.

[46:54] Yeah.

[46:55] Okay.

[46:55] I think I.

[46:56] Pennington.

[46:57] I.

[46:57] Hudson.

[46:58] I.

[46:58] Mcdonut.

[46:59] I.

[47:00] Daniel.

[47:00] Sit down.

[47:01] Good.

[47:02] Good.

[47:04] Good.

[47:07] Good.

[47:08] to the following purpose, and not to return to open session, purpose 3G discussion. Strategy is

[47:13] respected collective bargaining with the East Bridge Water Education Association, Unit Aid,

[47:17] as an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the public body into

[47:20] the chair, so to place.

School Committee Meeting - 6-16-26

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