1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:02,320 All right. Good evening. I'm going to 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:04,240 call to order the April 15th meeting of 3 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:05,680 the Whimman Hansen Regional School 4 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:07,520 Committee to order. If we can all please 5 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:11,589 stand for the pledge of allegiance. 6 00:00:11,599 --> 00:00:14,320 » I pledge algiance to the flag of the 7 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:16,720 United States of America and to the 8 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:19,920 republic for which it stands, one nation 9 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,039 under God, indivisible, with liberty and 10 00:00:23,039 --> 00:00:28,390 justice for all. 11 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,279 Um, and I I we're going to have just 12 00:00:31,279 --> 00:00:33,520 have a moment of silence. Ela Nukem, who 13 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,079 was a par professional Duval, um, passed 14 00:00:36,079 --> 00:00:38,239 away recently. Um, so we take a moment 15 00:00:38,239 --> 00:00:40,000 of silence to think of her and her 16 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:52,389 family. 17 00:00:52,399 --> 00:00:54,399 Okay. Um, I want to announce that we're 18 00:00:54,399 --> 00:00:57,039 being recorded and broadcast by WHCA. 19 00:00:57,039 --> 00:01:00,559 Um, and we are going to go into public 20 00:01:00,559 --> 00:01:02,640 >> just for moments of silence. I don't 21 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:04,479 know if anybody is aware of this, but 22 00:01:04,479 --> 00:01:07,360 John Non passed away. Uh, John Nune was 23 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:09,520 a school committee member years ago and 24 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:11,600 was on our finance committee in the town 25 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,320 of Whitman. So, uh, he had his his 26 00:01:14,320 --> 00:01:15,119 funeral today. 27 00:01:15,119 --> 00:01:16,640 >> Okay. So, I'm sorry about that. So, if 28 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,799 we um include John Non in your thoughts 29 00:01:18,799 --> 00:01:21,920 as well. 30 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,280 So we are being recorded by WHCA um as I 31 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,360 said and now we will um want to public 32 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:29,840 comment and we have 33 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:30,240 one 34 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,000 >> one is it Mr. Kane? 35 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,520 >> It is Mr. Kane. Thank you very much 36 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:37,670 Jason. 37 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,320 » Hi guys Sean Kane 31 Farest Street um 38 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:42,880 also select board member in Whitman. Um 39 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:44,880 I just like to speak briefly about the 40 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,200 budget. 41 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,840 I think two big questions were on our mind as we 42 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,720 presented this last budget scenario. One 43 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,560 was 44 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,399 how could we potentially provide or 45 00:01:58,399 --> 00:02:00,079 present a budget that would avoid an 46 00:02:00,079 --> 00:02:02,960 override? The feedback from the 47 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:04,479 community about an override is not very 48 00:02:04,479 --> 00:02:06,399 positive right now and we're thinking 49 00:02:06,399 --> 00:02:08,319 it's in all of our best interest if we 50 00:02:08,319 --> 00:02:09,679 come up with a scenario that would avoid 51 00:02:09,679 --> 00:02:11,120 an override. So that was one of the 52 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,280 concepts. The other concept that really 53 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,680 drove um how we organized the scenario 54 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,000 was we wanted to share the burden. So we 55 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,720 had about $500,000 that we had to cut 56 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,680 out of the out of the budget. And what 57 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:25,520 Mary Beth Garta did was she took about 58 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,160 half a little bit more than half and she 59 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,560 took it from the the departments in 60 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,640 Whitman mostly public safety but also 61 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:35,120 library and almost very deliberately 62 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,440 every department with that shared burden 63 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,879 kind of concept in mind. 64 00:02:40,879 --> 00:02:43,040 She also moved the the school assessment 65 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:44,959 from we had a lower assessment which was 66 00:02:44,959 --> 00:02:47,519 our projected um based on our revenue 67 00:02:47,519 --> 00:02:49,840 proportion kind of formula and she 68 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,080 bumped that up your school assessment up 69 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,560 to 4.85. It was a little bit lower about 70 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,040 $120,000 roughly lower. So she bumped 71 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,920 that up to the full amount but then we 72 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:02,159 had targeted non-mandated busing as a 73 00:03:02,159 --> 00:03:06,480 potential area to save some 74 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,560 cut some money. 75 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:10,480 what became pretty clear is that it's 76 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:12,159 not that simple. I mean, fairly 77 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:14,400 obviously, but even in the in the couple 78 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:15,920 weeks that this has kind of been going 79 00:03:15,920 --> 00:03:18,159 on, even my level of understanding of 80 00:03:18,159 --> 00:03:19,680 this scenario has significantly grown 81 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:21,680 with the the research and the feedback 82 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,480 has been really helpful. Um, so it's 83 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,720 obvious that simply eliminating 84 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,800 non-mandating busing, you can't just do 85 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,319 that because there are additional costs 86 00:03:30,319 --> 00:03:32,000 that would have to be incurred because 87 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,760 of it. 88 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:35,360 But are there ways that we can save with 89 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,680 transportation? You know, I'd like to 90 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,599 kind of just 91 00:03:39,599 --> 00:03:41,040 pause at that for a second. Are there 92 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:42,879 ways that we could potentially save with 93 00:03:42,879 --> 00:03:45,519 transportation um as a means to save 94 00:03:45,519 --> 00:03:47,680 some money 95 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:49,840 to do that I think does get fairly 96 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,080 complex and I I'd ask that maybe 97 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:53,440 somebody looks into it. Sounds like 98 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:58,080 people are looking into it, but simple 99 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,360 simply from my perspective I should say 100 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,120 we're paying for non-mandated busing. 101 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,920 So, a paying for I want to be careful my 102 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:07,040 statements because I don't want to be 103 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:09,519 inaccurate, but any student who's 104 00:04:09,519 --> 00:04:14,080 eligible who is outside the range um no 105 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:15,920 who's inside the range of a mile and a 106 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:17,919 half would be eligible for a seat on a 107 00:04:17,919 --> 00:04:19,519 bus. 108 00:04:19,519 --> 00:04:22,240 The exception of within a half mile. 109 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:26,000 >> Yeah. Within the um walking zone or 110 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,919 Yeah. So roughly a half mile, but there 111 00:04:27,919 --> 00:04:30,000 are some exceptions. So from a half mile 112 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,960 to a mile and a half, any literally any 113 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,520 eligible student has a seat on a bus if 114 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,960 they chose to sit on the bus. 115 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,360 So just thinking out loud like are there 116 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,520 ways if it instead of being all or 117 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:45,199 nothing, are there ways that could be a 118 00:04:45,199 --> 00:04:46,560 little bit of a compromise so that if 119 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,240 kids opted out and didn't actually want 120 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:49,680 to take the bus that we could pull back 121 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:51,280 on some bus, you know, things like that. 122 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:53,280 Are there cost savings that we can we 123 00:04:53,280 --> 00:04:55,199 can make with transportation? So, that's 124 00:04:55,199 --> 00:04:56,960 one kind of concept that we've been 125 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:58,000 thinking. 126 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,280 >> Sean, I just want So, it's been three 127 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:00,880 minutes, so I don't know if you could um 128 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,600 how long your your statement was, but we 129 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:04,960 just want to kind of wrap it up if you 130 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:05,199 could. 131 00:05:05,199 --> 00:05:06,240 >> Sure. Just one more point. 132 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:06,720 >> Yep. 133 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,990 >> Thank you. 134 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,440 » This last part is kind of the difficult 135 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:12,720 part and it deals with the regional 136 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:14,720 agreement. Right now, from our 137 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,199 perspective, my perspective, working 138 00:05:17,199 --> 00:05:19,520 with some of the the leadership team, 139 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,840 crunching some of the numbers. From our 140 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:23,039 perspective, if you look at 141 00:05:23,039 --> 00:05:25,600 transportation costs, Whitman 142 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,479 non-mandated and mandated, and Hansen 143 00:05:28,479 --> 00:05:31,199 non-mandated and mandated, you simply 144 00:05:31,199 --> 00:05:33,440 tallied up the total cost, it's about $2 145 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,400 million. You subtract the reimbursement, 146 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,280 which is about $1.3 million. Have what's 147 00:05:39,280 --> 00:05:41,600 left over. If you look at what the costs 148 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,520 are, not what we're reimbured, but what 149 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:47,360 the costs are, it's about 5050. 150 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,600 The cost for Whitman and the cost for 151 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,320 Hansen are about equal. So, when we're 152 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:54,000 doing the math that way, it seems like 153 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,720 for and I I do want you to be skeptical, 154 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:58,639 and I I'm throwing this out there not 155 00:05:58,639 --> 00:06:00,160 because I'm trying to like rub this in 156 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,080 your face or something. This is honestly 157 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:03,600 how I'm viewing the numbers. So, I want 158 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:05,919 you to gain a perspective of my angle, I 159 00:06:05,919 --> 00:06:08,960 guess. So I I would I'd ask you to kind 160 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:10,720 of do some independent or ask the the 161 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:12,319 administration to kind of pres present 162 00:06:12,319 --> 00:06:14,639 some research that shows like a a 163 00:06:14,639 --> 00:06:17,039 transportation analysis so you can maybe 164 00:06:17,039 --> 00:06:19,199 just appreciate where we're coming from. 165 00:06:19,199 --> 00:06:20,880 our perspective, it looks like the 166 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,400 costs are about equal 50/50. So then 167 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:26,639 when you separate out non-mandated 168 00:06:26,639 --> 00:06:28,639 busing, it puts us at a distinct 169 00:06:28,639 --> 00:06:30,400 disadvantage. 170 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,720 even the 6040 split wouldn't be in our 171 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,440 favor. But now to go beyond 60 means 172 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,080 it's really much not in our favor. So 173 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:39,759 that's kind of why this has been a hot 174 00:06:39,759 --> 00:06:42,160 button issue for us financially. Um I 175 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,400 know I'm running long so I'll wrap up. 176 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:46,000 Every dollar in Whitman right now like 177 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,280 en Hansen really matters. So for us, if 178 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:50,800 this is an area that we can really focus 179 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,440 on together and find some compromise in 180 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:55,680 the way to one, maybe come up with a 181 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,080 scenario that avoids an override and two 182 00:06:58,080 --> 00:06:59,919 find some cost savings that is not going 183 00:06:59,919 --> 00:07:02,080 to put kids at risk. I I want to make 184 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,319 that clear. My intention is not to like 185 00:07:04,319 --> 00:07:06,000 throw kids under the bus or put this in 186 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:07,520 the back of kids. Are there intelligent 187 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,560 ways that we can save on transportation 188 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:12,800 um without putting kids at risk safety 189 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,319 wise 190 00:07:14,319 --> 00:07:16,000 and get through the budget and kind of 191 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:16,880 together. 192 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:18,000 >> Okay. All right. Thank you very much, 193 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:18,400 Sean. 194 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,000 >> Thank you. 195 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:21,280 >> Okay. 196 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:22,880 >> Um 197 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:24,880 All right. So, the first item on the 198 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:29,199 agenda is the superintendent update. 199 00:07:29,199 --> 00:07:32,400 >> Thank you very much. Um as promised, 200 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,039 some uh photographs 201 00:07:35,039 --> 00:07:37,680 uh of what we've experienced in the 202 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,199 district over the last week or so. Let 203 00:07:39,199 --> 00:07:42,800 me just pull it up on my side, too, so 204 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,120 can see where we are. 205 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,870 Um 206 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,759 Okay, we're on the same place. Um, so, 207 00:07:51,759 --> 00:07:53,199 uh, around the horn, around the 208 00:07:53,199 --> 00:07:56,000 district, uh, this is preschool, uh, one 209 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,919 of the classrooms, and they're playing 210 00:07:57,919 --> 00:08:00,479 an awesome game, uh, where everybody's 211 00:08:00,479 --> 00:08:04,240 holding on to that, um, uh, flexible 212 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:08,160 rubber bandandy, uh, thing. Uh, next, 213 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,280 um, this is getting outside. Uh, 214 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:13,280 obviously last week, not today, because 215 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:17,520 they got coats on. Um, and this is uh 216 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,879 another room uh that we swung into where 217 00:08:20,879 --> 00:08:23,199 uh they were having a really fun chat 218 00:08:23,199 --> 00:08:26,560 about um uh about all kinds of things 219 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:30,879 actually. So that was great. Uh next 220 00:08:30,879 --> 00:08:32,719 um is 221 00:08:32,719 --> 00:08:35,760 uh that is at uh Indian Head and those 222 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:38,800 are the kindergarten kids in a glow 223 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:42,640 pumpkin or glowfish uh activity which is 224 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:45,760 really cool using a black light. Um 225 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,560 these are uh students uh that are 226 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:50,560 learning cursive. 227 00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:52,640 So I was sort of fascinated by that 228 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:53,839 because I didn't think we were doing 229 00:08:53,839 --> 00:08:57,839 that anymore. But um but according to uh 230 00:08:57,839 --> 00:09:00,720 Mr. Tranter, that's what's happening. Uh 231 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:04,399 next uh is at Duval. Uh this is 232 00:09:04,399 --> 00:09:06,640 something that uh Miss Craig brought to 233 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:08,399 the school last year as when she was 234 00:09:08,399 --> 00:09:11,040 assistant principal. Um it's a 235 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:14,160 organization that comes uh and does a 236 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:17,279 whole drumming experience uh for 237 00:09:17,279 --> 00:09:20,640 students uh both uh in a subsparate 238 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:22,959 program and then peers. So partners who 239 00:09:22,959 --> 00:09:25,600 are uh who who join them. So a bunch of 240 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:29,040 staff come and support uh kids um both 241 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,279 in gened classrooms as well as the in 242 00:09:31,279 --> 00:09:34,080 the uh ASD and TLC room. So it's a 243 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,279 really cool experience. Um, next is 244 00:09:37,279 --> 00:09:40,640 yours truly, uh, putting up a sign. And 245 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,320 if you go to the next one, Jason, you'll 246 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:46,480 see that, uh, that's Gia. Um, and we're 247 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:49,600 putting up the VCOS way sign, uh, 248 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:51,519 because they won it at the basket 249 00:09:51,519 --> 00:09:56,320 raffle. Um, it was awesome. Uh, next is 250 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:58,640 at Connley. Those are second graders. 251 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:00,800 Um, and those are projects about 252 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:02,399 measuring. So, it's about sort of 253 00:10:02,399 --> 00:10:04,399 measuring around the school and around 254 00:10:04,399 --> 00:10:05,760 town. 255 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:09,040 Uh next are some scientists also second 256 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,480 grade um looking at eggs and other items 257 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:16,560 that are found around uh the school. 258 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:19,200 Uh we move over to Whitman Middle. Um 259 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,320 there's a hardy group uh getting ready 260 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,959 to take a tour. 261 00:10:24,959 --> 00:10:27,839 And next, uh, and I'm sorry that I keep 262 00:10:27,839 --> 00:10:31,279 showing up in these pictures. Um, uh, 263 00:10:31,279 --> 00:10:32,880 but people send them to me because they 264 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:34,880 know that that that that I want to be 265 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,680 seen. Um, but that's me, uh, killing 266 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:41,200 some kids in, uh, in pickle ball. 267 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:42,000 >> Two on one. 268 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,839 >> So, you're taking them down. Taking them 269 00:10:43,839 --> 00:10:44,160 down. 270 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,480 >> Yeah. Taking them down. So, uh, they 271 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,440 couldn't believe how good I was. Um this 272 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:56,310 is the uh Excel uh program exclus 273 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:00,720 uh uh helps to manage. Um and uh we 274 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:04,880 provided uh coffee uh and other treats 275 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,000 at all uh of the schools the day after 276 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,079 conferences. Um, so it was kind of a 277 00:11:10,079 --> 00:11:12,560 nice treat for the staff to get um and a 278 00:11:12,560 --> 00:11:15,040 nice way to sort of say we we know that 279 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:16,959 last night was long and we're glad that 280 00:11:16,959 --> 00:11:18,720 you're back. 281 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,000 Um, this is over at the high school. Um, 282 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,360 it was a cleanup day. Um, and thank you 283 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:28,480 to Mr. Pharaoh for snapping these shots. 284 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,200 Um, next is the team that was actually 285 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,399 out and doing the cleaning. 286 00:11:34,399 --> 00:11:38,240 Um, this is over at Hansen Middle. Um, 287 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:40,480 and this is a cool competition that they 288 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,399 ran and there's three of the the 289 00:11:42,399 --> 00:11:44,480 winners. 290 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,320 Uh, and then this is also at Hansen 291 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,040 Middle and those are students um who are 292 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:53,360 working on uh a literacy project. 293 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:58,160 And next uh last night uh was the um 294 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:00,399 family food festival, international food 295 00:12:00,399 --> 00:12:02,959 festival. Uh it was a wonderful 296 00:12:02,959 --> 00:12:06,800 experience. Uh there were uh foods from 297 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:08,639 a whole bunch of different countries. 298 00:12:08,639 --> 00:12:12,639 Students signed up um and uh brought in 299 00:12:12,639 --> 00:12:16,160 uh treats either from their own um sort 300 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:19,279 of background or from anywhere. So uh we 301 00:12:19,279 --> 00:12:23,279 had dozens of countries um represented 302 00:12:23,279 --> 00:12:28,240 uh we had uh singers um the band and I 303 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,519 think this is McKenzie is that right? Um 304 00:12:31,519 --> 00:12:33,839 who sang for over an hour. God bless 305 00:12:33,839 --> 00:12:37,519 her. Um and these are a couple of kids 306 00:12:37,519 --> 00:12:39,839 representing Denmark. Um so it was a 307 00:12:39,839 --> 00:12:43,040 really wonderful experience um that 308 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:46,480 again Dr. C. Mishnewise um brought to 309 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,360 the district last year um and has 310 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:53,120 managed to keep it going uh and um 311 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:56,560 hopefully continues on next year. Um the 312 00:12:56,560 --> 00:13:00,320 next two just because I had to um 313 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,000 there's a question about how many people 314 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,120 fit on the seat of a bus. So I asked the 315 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:07,760 Duval folks to take a picture. These are 316 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,880 three adults um sitting on a seat. So 317 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,440 you can see that Mrs. Curley is really 318 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,959 not in a safe place right now. Um so not 319 00:13:16,959 --> 00:13:20,639 a good idea. Um and the next is uh those 320 00:13:20,639 --> 00:13:24,240 are three fifth graders. Um, and Sophia, 321 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,160 you can see, is kind of in the same 322 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:28,160 position as Mrs. Curley, kind of hanging 323 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:31,920 out into the middle. So, um, when folks 324 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:33,920 talk about how many people ride a bus 325 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:36,399 and what is that number supposed to be, 326 00:13:36,399 --> 00:13:39,040 um, this is some nice visual, uh, 327 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:41,760 evidence of, um, what that might 328 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,480 actually look like. So, 329 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:46,720 those are some things happening around. 330 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,839 Um, some quick other updates. We had 331 00:13:49,839 --> 00:13:52,320 some concerns about this building. uh 332 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:54,959 the gym and there was a tarp that was uh 333 00:13:54,959 --> 00:13:58,720 laid out um that that uh some folks felt 334 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,519 looked kind of icky. Uh there was also 335 00:14:01,519 --> 00:14:03,440 some concern about the seats in the 336 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:04,880 cafeteria and a lot of them were 337 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:08,399 missing. Um I went down with u Mr. 338 00:14:08,399 --> 00:14:10,720 Pharaoh and Mr. Driscoll to look at both 339 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,519 of those and understand what was going 340 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:16,399 on. both situation, the gym situation is 341 00:14:16,399 --> 00:14:19,360 a leak in the roof. 20-year-old building 342 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,480 um and it's been repaired. So hopefully 343 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,920 that um is taken care of. Uh and the 344 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:29,600 cafeteria seats um I learned uh that 345 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,000 they twist and as they twist, they snap. 346 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,160 The plastic snaps and then they go away. 347 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:37,839 And so um I learned that we spent $7,000 348 00:14:37,839 --> 00:14:40,399 last year on replacement seats that 349 00:14:40,399 --> 00:14:43,040 don't twist as much. So, we'll probably 350 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,680 be continuing that project uh moving 351 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,199 forward so people aren't sitting on a 352 00:14:47,199 --> 00:14:50,240 pole. Um 353 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,320 the uh we had um nice news from uh 354 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,720 Hansen Middle. Uh we have an Eagle Scout 355 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,800 and I'm not sure if this comes to you 356 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:03,920 all as a um a vote or whatever, but um 357 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:05,680 uh it's an exist there's an existing 358 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:09,040 structure over there that um is the um 359 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:12,320 the cabin that thorough used uh in 360 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:15,920 Walden at Walden Pond and Eagle Scout is 361 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,160 going to come and fix it up. So I don't 362 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:21,120 think that's a vote thing, but uh it's 363 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,440 nice to know. uh our active mind 364 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:25,519 students here at the high school won a 365 00:15:25,519 --> 00:15:28,480 video competition uh last week. So good 366 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:32,639 for them at the uh gathering. Um and 367 00:15:32,639 --> 00:15:35,519 then uh and just some quick thoughts in 368 00:15:35,519 --> 00:15:39,600 terms of the budget. Um we uh got some 369 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,160 good news in terms of FY27 370 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:46,480 that we uh I had mentioned uh once or 371 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:48,240 twice that there were some 372 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,839 considerations of cutting title one. Um 373 00:15:51,839 --> 00:15:55,199 there uh there were some cuts across the 374 00:15:55,199 --> 00:15:58,160 state. Some folks uh lost as much as 50% 375 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:02,000 of their title one funding. Um we were 376 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,639 sort of threatened or warned about that 377 00:16:04,639 --> 00:16:07,279 potentiality. Um luckily the numbers 378 00:16:07,279 --> 00:16:09,759 came in and and we've uh were almost 379 00:16:09,759 --> 00:16:12,880 even. It's about $6,000 difference. Um 380 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,040 so that's actually really helpful and we 381 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,279 were counting on that in the upcoming 382 00:16:17,279 --> 00:16:20,480 budget. So that's helpful. Um the House 383 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,440 Two numbers just came out. Um that's the 384 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:25,279 second version of the budget after the 385 00:16:25,279 --> 00:16:28,240 governor's budget. Um Mr. Wells and I uh 386 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,399 just started looking at those today. So 387 00:16:30,399 --> 00:16:33,040 we'll continue to look at that and we'll 388 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,600 give you updates on that. Um and looking 389 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:37,920 toward FY27. 390 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:43,360 Um uh we uh I put out to the staff uh 391 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:46,560 earlier this week um a request for 392 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,360 feedback on professional development. um 393 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:52,240 and how we can reflect on our practices 394 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:56,240 and um rather than sort of aim toward a 395 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,440 shiny new thing. Um what do we know 396 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:03,120 about what's um what's great work as a 397 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:04,799 classroom teacher or as a counselor or 398 00:17:04,799 --> 00:17:07,520 as a nurse? Um and how can we make that 399 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:09,679 the foundation of our professional 400 00:17:09,679 --> 00:17:11,360 development next year? So we're forming 401 00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:13,919 a committee. uh we'll have uh people 402 00:17:13,919 --> 00:17:16,319 working together so that before the year 403 00:17:16,319 --> 00:17:18,959 even starts there'll be an entire uh 404 00:17:18,959 --> 00:17:21,199 layout of what PD offerings will be 405 00:17:21,199 --> 00:17:23,039 available to folks next year. So I'm 406 00:17:23,039 --> 00:17:25,760 excited about that and that's all I 407 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:26,319 have. 408 00:17:26,319 --> 00:17:28,480 >> Okay. Thank you Dr. Marcus. Any 409 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:32,310 questions for Dr. Marcus? 410 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:33,039 » Mr. Marks, 411 00:17:33,039 --> 00:17:36,240 >> you mentioned the uh the Eagle uh 412 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,600 project. as a Eagle Scout myself and and 413 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,480 former scout leader here in in Whitman, 414 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:44,320 uh I love hearing about these Eagle 415 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,559 projects no matter where they're at, but 416 00:17:46,559 --> 00:17:48,240 seeing kids and and I know we had one 417 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:52,480 last year uh where somebody did some uh 418 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,559 built a platform for the for the music 419 00:17:54,559 --> 00:17:56,240 department. I love seeing that stuff 420 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:58,640 come back into the town. Uh part of one 421 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:00,080 of the requirements of that Eagle 422 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:01,679 project is it has to benefit one 423 00:18:01,679 --> 00:18:03,679 specific beneficiary. I don't think it 424 00:18:03,679 --> 00:18:05,120 ended up coming to this committee, but 425 00:18:05,120 --> 00:18:06,480 usually they do have to speak to 426 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:07,919 somebody within the school department to 427 00:18:07,919 --> 00:18:10,400 make sure that it's okay. Uh, but I love 428 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,160 to see that stuff. Awesome. 429 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,000 >> Great to great to see that continuing 430 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,200 here at Manson Beach. 431 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,679 >> All right. Um, all right. Well, before 432 00:18:19,679 --> 00:18:21,600 we get to the action items, I I feel 433 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:22,799 like it's been a little while since as 434 00:18:22,799 --> 00:18:24,480 the chair I've apologized for something, 435 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:28,160 so I feel like we're here. Um, so, uh, 436 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:29,679 my mother doesn't live here in town, so 437 00:18:29,679 --> 00:18:32,320 she always asks me to send her like the 438 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:33,840 meetings that I'm in so she can watch 439 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:37,919 them because she's a proud mom. Um, for 440 00:18:37,919 --> 00:18:40,320 reasons I don't know. And, um, last 441 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,799 week, Dr. Marcus and I went to the joint 442 00:18:42,799 --> 00:18:44,640 select board meeting and the FINCOM 443 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:48,000 meeting. And when my mother came by to 444 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,120 visit this weekend, I did not mention 445 00:18:51,120 --> 00:18:52,559 it. And I was wondering why I didn't 446 00:18:52,559 --> 00:18:55,280 mention it. And when I thought about it, was because at one point during that 447 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:59,440 meeting, I got a little um frosty with 448 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:00,640 an um one of 449 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:01,360 >> you should have 450 00:19:01,360 --> 00:19:02,559 >> one of the people on the select board. 451 00:19:02,559 --> 00:19:05,200 But I don't think that that's I I was 452 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:06,320 but the point to realize is I was 453 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:07,360 embarrassed by that 454 00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:09,440 >> and I don't um and this is my first 455 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,640 budget season. Um and obviously it's 456 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:14,160 very it's very tense and things like 457 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:15,600 that, but I just thought I would bring 458 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,520 that up to first say that I I I want to 459 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:18,799 make sure that I represent you guys well 460 00:19:18,799 --> 00:19:21,039 when I go to these things. Um but also I 461 00:19:21,039 --> 00:19:22,880 just hope that as we all kind of 462 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:24,559 traverse through this process that we 463 00:19:24,559 --> 00:19:27,760 are keeping being civil and being you 464 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,000 know um representing the board well when 465 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,280 we deal with other board member other boards and other committees and 466 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:34,240 also when we deal with each other 467 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:35,120 because obviously there's going to be 468 00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:36,160 some difficult discussions that we're 469 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:37,200 going to have over the next few weeks 470 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:39,120 about things and I just hope that we can 471 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:41,440 I I think I I've really enjoyed I feel 472 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:43,840 like how kind of cordial and civil we've 473 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:45,600 all been the last couple months as a 474 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:46,960 committee and I just I would hope that 475 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:48,880 we're not we don't we don't kind of fall 476 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,919 back uh some of the you know as things 477 00:19:51,919 --> 00:19:53,520 get tense, people get tense and we you 478 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:54,799 know do those things and I just I hope 479 00:19:54,799 --> 00:19:56,400 that we can all kind of work together 480 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:58,720 because we're you know we're all in this 481 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,559 together. So um but I wanted to say that 482 00:20:00,559 --> 00:20:02,640 because when I realized I didn't want my 483 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:04,000 mom to see it, I realized I didn't want 484 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,919 you guys to see it either. So um 485 00:20:05,919 --> 00:20:07,919 >> I want to thank you. Yes, M. 486 00:20:07,919 --> 00:20:10,080 >> Does it does this apply to us? Can we 487 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,480 get Frosty or is it only the chair? And 488 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,160 the reason I asked that is that I did 489 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:20,000 see your meeting and I did when we're fighting for children's 490 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,559 this these towns have put our uh budgets 491 00:20:22,559 --> 00:20:24,720 in the lower 1 percentile and called 492 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:27,520 that normal is normalized under funding 493 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:31,520 to a point that some some somebody's gut 494 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,080 say no at points and and and as far as 495 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,640 representing me or what I would think 496 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:38,880 was right. you've never been out of line 497 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,120 and uh and maybe for yourself you feel 498 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:43,280 as you always want to be cordial income 499 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,240 but sometimes saying no strongly 500 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:48,000 >> is the most appropriate thing to do. 501 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:48,320 >> Yeah. 502 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:48,799 >> Wow. 503 00:20:48,799 --> 00:20:50,720 >> Like I said I I I'm trying to keep up my 504 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,600 like uh Richie Cunningham 505 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,360 persona. 506 00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:56,960 >> I know. I know. When I when I was a 507 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,840 teacher I I I practiced being like the 508 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:01,200 very calm person. So then when I did 509 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,240 bust out my my like teacher voice, 510 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:05,600 everyone paid attention. So I guess 511 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:06,880 maybe that's what I was doing. But I 512 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:08,559 still I was icky about it and I just 513 00:21:08,559 --> 00:21:10,640 wanted to apologize for that. Um 514 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:10,960 >> Sure. 515 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:11,919 >> Well, thank you. 516 00:21:11,919 --> 00:21:13,200 >> So, um and um 517 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:14,159 >> Oh, Mr. Boyce, 518 00:21:14,159 --> 00:21:17,440 >> can TJ play the fonts 519 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:18,960 >> or or Glenn? 520 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:20,720 >> I think he's more of a chachi, actually. 521 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:22,559 >> Okay, 522 00:21:22,559 --> 00:21:23,600 sorry. 523 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,640 >> I thought you were going to be nice. 524 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:28,480 >> Joanie loves Chachi. What can I say? Um 525 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,720 all right. Um for the first action item, 526 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:32,880 we have a vote on an amendment for the 527 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,039 project funding agreement. Um, this was 528 00:21:35,039 --> 00:21:36,320 in our packet and was taken out because 529 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,400 it did have some um sensitive 530 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:39,760 information in it that like banking 531 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:41,200 information numbers and stuff on it 532 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,360 because I'll let Miss Stafford explain 533 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:45,360 what the the because she understands it 534 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:46,480 better as the chair of the building 535 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,880 committee. Um, but we just need to vote 536 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,280 on that tonight so we can authorize um 537 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:52,400 some stuff for the middle school 538 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:53,919 building project. So, the Stafford. 539 00:21:53,919 --> 00:21:56,880 >> So, we get a lot of things every it 540 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:58,799 seems every other week um that we have 541 00:21:58,799 --> 00:22:01,760 to fill out. We have to sign this um one 542 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,159 paper. Uh we already did the IMA and we 543 00:22:04,159 --> 00:22:07,360 all voted on that. This paper concerns 544 00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:10,400 that the funding from well the I 545 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,240 shouldn't say that the propay the 546 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,200 reimbursement from MSBA will go directly 547 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,600 to the town of Whitman now since they 548 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:18,640 are the ones who are going to give us 549 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:22,320 the money. Um so we had to um just sign 550 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:26,159 it. Um Dr. Marcus is um just he's the 551 00:22:26,159 --> 00:22:27,679 only one that needs to really authorize 552 00:22:27,679 --> 00:22:30,720 to be signing it. Um so that the uh 553 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:33,840 propay from MSBA will now go directly to 554 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,960 the town of Whitman. Um so and they'll 555 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,720 you know they'll send us the money that 556 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,720 you know it's kind of back and forth 557 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:42,400 thing and then we can pay and then we 558 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:46,320 pay the bills. Um so um that's all that 559 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,320 we just need to vote that we're okay 560 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,640 with that. We've done the IMA so this is 561 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,200 just another extension that MSBA wants 562 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,360 us to do. 563 00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:57,520 >> Any questions? Miss Blackman. So, does 564 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,080 this mean that the town of Whitman will 565 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,600 be receiving the interest on the Thank 566 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,159 you. project rather than the Whitman 567 00:23:06,159 --> 00:23:07,760 Hansen Regional School District? 568 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:08,640 >> Yes. Well, 569 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:13,600 >> which which might I don't know if the towns did consider that when they 570 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:15,679 were planning their budget, but I just 571 00:23:15,679 --> 00:23:17,600 thought I would mention the fact that 572 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,159 Whitman is going to actually benefit as 573 00:23:20,159 --> 00:23:22,159 a town from it rather than the school 574 00:23:22,159 --> 00:23:22,480 district, 575 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,320 >> which would they would have anyway 576 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:28,880 because that's a separate account. the middle school. So even if the 577 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:30,960 interest came under the middle school, 578 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,120 it would be going back to the towns 579 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:36,080 anyway. It would reduce their uh owing 580 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:37,760 their, you know, what they would owe on 581 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,720 their budget. So it it kind of works out 582 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,760 um the same way. It's just to me it's a 583 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:45,039 little convoluted because we have to go 584 00:23:45,039 --> 00:23:47,360 back and forth and back and forth, but 585 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:49,760 you know, that's what MSBA agreed and 586 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,640 Whitman uh agreed to help us out to get 587 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:54,799 this done, the project done. 588 00:23:54,799 --> 00:23:56,559 >> Yeah. And just to to build on 589 00:23:56,559 --> 00:23:58,960 Stephanie's I had thought I was just 590 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:00,480 about to talk about the debt too. Thank 591 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,400 you 592 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,159 in a little different way. When we 593 00:24:04,159 --> 00:24:05,919 originally presented our budget, did we 594 00:24:05,919 --> 00:24:08,080 have to pull back and even if it was 595 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:09,520 going to be 596 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,520 >> um given back and forth or whatever, we 597 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:13,520 had to shift our budget over from that 598 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:15,760 debt over. Do we have a rough amount how 599 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,320 much we shifted? So we just have a sense 600 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:19,840 of how much they're getting back in 601 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:20,799 interest 602 00:24:20,799 --> 00:24:22,880 >> to pay pay back. I mean 603 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,520 >> it's not it's not a small amount. So, 604 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:27,760 >> all I know is um and Matt can probably 605 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,240 help out too is we have paid all the 606 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,720 bills that we have agreed on so far and 607 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,279 we have a balance of $75,000. 608 00:24:35,279 --> 00:24:38,559 >> Um so, um I don't know if Matt can 609 00:24:38,559 --> 00:24:41,200 answer anymore with that as far as 610 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:42,480 interest wise or whatever. 611 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,000 >> So, the interest it goes with the 612 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,760 borrowing. So, they use that interest 613 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,600 and they it reduces the amount of money 614 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:48,880 that you end up borrowing in the end. 615 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:50,240 So, you only borrow the total amount of 616 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,320 money that you need for the project. um 617 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:53,840 and the interest can offset that a 618 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:55,760 little bit plus you know MSBA fund comes 619 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:57,279 in offsets with the total borrow as 620 00:24:57,279 --> 00:24:58,640 well. So it all is kind of a total 621 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:00,720 package directed at the school and all 622 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:02,799 that money stays with the school. 623 00:25:02,799 --> 00:25:04,559 >> Thank you. 624 00:25:04,559 --> 00:25:06,720 >> Any other questions for Miss Stafford or 625 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,520 Mr. Wells or Dr. Marcus? 626 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,919 Okay. Can I have a motion to approve the 627 00:25:11,919 --> 00:25:13,440 amendment for the PFA? 628 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:14,240 >> Motion. 629 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:15,200 >> Second. 630 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:15,679 >> Okay. 631 00:25:15,679 --> 00:25:18,240 >> All in favor? All right. Thank you guys 632 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:18,720 very much. 633 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:19,520 >> Thank you. 634 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:20,559 >> All right. Next up, we have the 635 00:25:20,559 --> 00:25:22,159 acceptance of a donation from the Kowani 636 00:25:22,159 --> 00:25:24,080 Club of Hansen Foundation. Dr. Marcus, 637 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:25,679 do you want to speak to this? 638 00:25:25,679 --> 00:25:28,720 >> Um, yes. And I Mr. Tranter was here, but 639 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,760 I'm not sure they ran away. 640 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:33,919 Um, 641 00:25:33,919 --> 00:25:37,679 this is uh an annual donation uh that 642 00:25:37,679 --> 00:25:40,559 the Kuanas Club of Hansen has um been 643 00:25:40,559 --> 00:25:48,480 giving to the Indian Head School. Um the request is to be able to over uh the 644 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:54,559 next uh five years um provide about 120 645 00:25:54,559 --> 00:25:57,360 uh dictionaries per year. So 600 alto 646 00:25:57,360 --> 00:26:01,520 together um to the Indian Head School uh 647 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:05,430 fourth grade students. 648 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:06,480 » Okay. 649 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:07,760 >> No questions. 650 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:08,559 >> Sorry. 651 00:26:08,559 --> 00:26:10,559 >> I move we approve the donation. 652 00:26:10,559 --> 00:26:11,279 >> Second. 653 00:26:11,279 --> 00:26:13,600 >> All right. All in favor? 654 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:14,000 >> All right. 655 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,840 >> Oh, I just have to abstain because I 656 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,880 have a fourth grade. 657 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,120 >> This was all the ice dictionaries. 658 00:26:21,120 --> 00:26:22,960 >> Yeah. 659 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,760 >> Okay. All right. Um Whitman Hansen 660 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:27,520 Regional High School student council 661 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:28,960 field trip. 662 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:32,080 >> We have some Dr. Marcus, do you on that 663 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:32,559 or is that 664 00:26:32,559 --> 00:26:35,919 >> Yep. This is a request for uh the high 665 00:26:35,919 --> 00:26:37,679 school student council to go to the 666 00:26:37,679 --> 00:26:40,080 vision conference um which is the 667 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,400 national conference of um school 668 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:46,640 councils. This is the funny one in uh 669 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,919 when um Mr. Wells and I were looking 670 00:26:49,919 --> 00:26:52,640 through the budget and we found that 671 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:56,000 there was um money from something from a 672 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,960 revolving account going to MASC. 673 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,360 Uh, and we we freaked out because we 674 00:27:01,360 --> 00:27:03,840 thought that their high school revolving 675 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:06,159 account was paying for MASC. Well, it 676 00:27:06,159 --> 00:27:08,559 is. It's the Massachusetts Association 677 00:27:08,559 --> 00:27:11,919 of Student Councils, 678 00:27:11,919 --> 00:27:15,760 not not school councils. So, um, but 679 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,559 this is so that that's what this this is 680 00:27:18,559 --> 00:27:20,880 that we found that we thought was a 681 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:22,159 scary thing, but it's actually a really 682 00:27:22,159 --> 00:27:24,480 wonderful thing. um student council 683 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:28,640 going to uh the um the program uh up in 684 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,520 New Hampshire. Uh it will uh sponsored 685 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:35,360 by Mr. Morardi. Um there are two adults 686 00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:39,279 going, Mr. Morardi uh and Miss Scott. Um 687 00:27:39,279 --> 00:27:41,760 and the members of the student council 688 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,919 can see the times that they're going. Um 689 00:27:43,919 --> 00:27:46,559 and I recommend approval of this 690 00:27:46,559 --> 00:27:47,679 >> motion to approve. 691 00:27:47,679 --> 00:27:48,480 >> Second. Okay. 692 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:52,880 >> Any questions? Okay. All in favor? 693 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,960 All right. 694 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:57,039 Okay. I don't think we have anything in 695 00:27:57,039 --> 00:27:58,799 paper on this, but we have next item is 696 00:27:58,799 --> 00:28:01,200 review capital request item. So, Dr. 697 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:02,080 Marcus, you want to take this one? I 698 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:03,919 feel like I'm 699 00:28:03,919 --> 00:28:05,200 >> dropping everything off on you. 700 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:09,679 >> Sure. No, that's okay. Um so we uh had 701 00:28:09,679 --> 00:28:14,720 put in um a request to um the two town 702 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:18,240 managers um to um have them put on the 703 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:23,679 warrant uh uh a the paving of um to 704 00:28:23,679 --> 00:28:26,399 start with the paving of the lower lot 705 00:28:26,399 --> 00:28:29,120 um over here at the high school. uh we 706 00:28:29,120 --> 00:28:38,720 got a quote um so the the initial um uh request for the article was 191,000 I 707 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,720 think um and the split uh on that was to 708 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:47,039 each town 114 and whatever the other 709 00:28:47,039 --> 00:28:51,440 piece is 70 something thank you um and 710 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:55,360 uh along the um the way we've had the 711 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,840 this conversation uh that I talked about 712 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:01,120 with um a company that's going to be um 713 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:05,520 putting together a um a solar farm uh uh 714 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,200 right next to us, right on the other 715 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:11,279 side of the um power lines. Um and there 716 00:29:11,279 --> 00:29:13,520 are have been initial conversations with 717 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:18,080 the company um about them using our road 718 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:22,080 and what um what how we would arrange 719 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,320 sort of them working uh with the road 720 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,120 and their willingness to provide some 721 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:31,919 service or some um uh financial 722 00:29:31,919 --> 00:29:35,200 arrangement with um with the district in 723 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:40,080 terms of using the road. Um we mentioned 724 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:44,799 the uh notion of paving. Uh we a we um 725 00:29:44,799 --> 00:29:49,279 gave the quote. Um the the solar company 726 00:29:49,279 --> 00:29:52,080 actually looked at some other quotes um 727 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:56,240 and uh they felt comfortable um being 728 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,880 able to provide us um with that amount 729 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,279 of money. Now there's more to it because 730 00:30:01,279 --> 00:30:03,360 it's not you know one one of the things 731 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,159 that uh in our conversation with deesse 732 00:30:06,159 --> 00:30:09,120 today um we learned that you know there 733 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:12,480 are um systems in place and ways that 734 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:15,039 the money um has to come to us. It has 735 00:30:15,039 --> 00:30:18,640 to be done appropriately. However, um 736 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:22,720 given that uh we um had we're working on 737 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:26,080 those conversations um 738 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,080 in the in the midst of this just as we 739 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,880 were getting close um the company has 740 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,679 run into a little bit of a delay uh in 741 00:30:33,679 --> 00:30:37,440 terms of making the cut through from our 742 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,240 road over to where the power lines are. 743 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:44,480 It's um short short distance. Um and so 744 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:45,600 they're trying to work that out. So 745 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,000 there's been a little bit of a delay. Um 746 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,039 but they uh are very positive. They 747 00:30:51,039 --> 00:30:52,720 think that the delay is only about six 748 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:58,159 months. Um and uh it it makes me think 749 00:30:58,159 --> 00:31:03,120 that if we can um have the project of 750 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,159 paving funded in a in a um in a 751 00:31:06,159 --> 00:31:10,000 different way um then it's a way for us 752 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,000 to be able to reduce that capital 753 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:17,120 request. um uh and move it either hold 754 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:21,279 off uh and wait because we also um 755 00:31:21,279 --> 00:31:24,480 discover that the um town of Hansen 756 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:28,880 wants to wait until um uh the fall and I 757 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:34,080 know Miss Green is here. Um and so um 758 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,080 uh so so we would have to wait for that 759 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:40,080 anyway and that would then lead if the town of Whitman didn't have a 760 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:41,840 fall town meeting it would end up back 761 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:45,279 in at the spring anyway no matter what. 762 00:31:45,279 --> 00:31:48,799 And so, um, that concept of this is 763 00:31:48,799 --> 00:31:50,559 going to get delayed until the spring 764 00:31:50,559 --> 00:31:55,679 anyway, um, works in the favor of, um, 765 00:31:55,679 --> 00:31:58,640 you know, accepting, uh, this, um, 766 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,120 donation or however this works, um, from 767 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,480 the, um, from the solar company, um, and 768 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:08,240 gives us the ability to, um, take it off 769 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:14,310 of capital at this point. 770 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,399 more to it. 771 00:32:16,399 --> 00:32:17,760 Shall I keep going? 772 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,559 >> No. 773 00:32:20,559 --> 00:32:24,640 >> So, that would be my recommendation. Um, 774 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:28,159 it's uh we're the the the articles went 775 00:32:28,159 --> 00:32:32,880 to the two towns through um uh through 776 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,039 the business office through um 777 00:32:35,039 --> 00:32:38,720 superintendent's office. Um, so the 778 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,600 reason it's an action item is really to 779 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:47,200 um allow me um the permission or give me 780 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,240 the permission to uh resend those 781 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,200 requests um to the two town uh 782 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,230 administrators. 783 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,640 So, first of all, as somebody who sits 784 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,200 on our capital and operations um 785 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,240 subcommittee, there were a lot of other 786 00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,080 projects that we also had that we would 787 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,720 have liked to have done. The longer we 788 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,640 wait, the more the those 789 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:12,640 >> areas deteriorate. 790 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:18,000 Um, so I I feel like I I understand that 791 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,600 we're 792 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:21,760 doing what we can to ease the burden on 793 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,159 the towns, but at the same time it might 794 00:33:24,159 --> 00:33:26,240 come back later as a more expensive 795 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:29,679 cost. Um, and then throwing my realtor 796 00:33:29,679 --> 00:33:33,279 hat on. Um, are we giving them a right 797 00:33:33,279 --> 00:33:37,360 of way? Is that like a an easement? Um, 798 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,440 what what is it that legally we're 799 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:43,679 giving them? Um, can we legally because 800 00:33:43,679 --> 00:33:47,360 we lease the we don't own the property, 801 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:49,519 right? So, like has this been run 802 00:33:49,519 --> 00:33:51,679 through the lawyers? Like all of that 803 00:33:51,679 --> 00:33:53,919 fun type of 804 00:33:53,919 --> 00:33:55,279 >> legal questions, I guess. 805 00:33:55,279 --> 00:33:58,080 >> Yeah, we've we've run some some of the 806 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:02,080 initial thoughts um through council. Um, 807 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:03,919 but it this is going to need to be 808 00:34:03,919 --> 00:34:06,720 firmed up um and we have to get clarity 809 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,119 on what that is. the the the request 810 00:34:09,119 --> 00:34:14,320 from the company um is simply the use of 811 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:18,720 the road um to be able to cut across um 812 00:34:18,720 --> 00:34:20,800 over to that property. We don't own 813 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,800 anything beyond the road. So, they're 814 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:26,879 just using our road to go into um the uh 815 00:34:26,879 --> 00:34:29,679 the right way the 816 00:34:29,679 --> 00:34:32,000 >> of the of the road. I know what you're 817 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,440 asking about is what what off the off of 818 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:37,200 the road are we giving them permission 819 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:39,760 for and is that a right of way? 820 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:40,079 >> So, 821 00:34:40,079 --> 00:34:43,040 >> no, if if we allow them to use our road, 822 00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:46,399 then that's that's establishing a legal 823 00:34:46,399 --> 00:34:49,119 precedent for the company to continue. 824 00:34:49,119 --> 00:34:51,440 And I don't know what the parameters of 825 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:58,160 it are as far as that goes, but I just I think that it's wonderful that the 826 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,040 company's willing to help us out. I am 827 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,599 very concerned, however, about 828 00:35:03,599 --> 00:35:05,119 postponing projects. And if they're 829 00:35:05,119 --> 00:35:07,359 willing to help us out with this, but we 830 00:35:07,359 --> 00:35:09,520 could maybe get this taken care of 831 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:12,560 sooner because that lot is 832 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,119 >> very dangerous, then they could help us 833 00:35:15,119 --> 00:35:16,800 out with some of the other paving 834 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,960 projects. For instance, the student lot 835 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:20,320 here at the high school needs to be 836 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,480 redone. The fire road here at the high 837 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,400 school needs to be redone. So, it's not 838 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:26,320 like there's a shortage of places where 839 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,960 that money could benefit us down the 840 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,680 road. And I'm just very concerned about 841 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,520 us 842 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:38,560 um you know delaying things especially 843 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:41,119 now that there's some bumps that we 844 00:35:41,119 --> 00:35:44,079 might be hitting. So 845 00:35:44,079 --> 00:35:46,079 >> I'm going to do two things. One is going 846 00:35:46,079 --> 00:35:48,800 to be a question. Um it is my 847 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:50,640 understanding that the regional school 848 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:53,520 owns this building but leases the other 849 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:55,359 buildings. Correct. So 850 00:35:55,359 --> 00:35:57,920 >> this building is is ours and the others 851 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,280 are leased. Okay. And then um within the 852 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,560 same context of that and Stephanie 853 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:08,079 mentioned precedents are we is is it on 854 00:36:08,079 --> 00:36:11,119 the table that we will be doing a lease 855 00:36:11,119 --> 00:36:14,160 for a period of time access of say 30 856 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,960 years or something or is it is it just 857 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:18,480 fullon access 858 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:20,000 >> because that can end up being an 859 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:20,720 easement. 860 00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:23,920 >> Yeah. No, I hear you. So we won't have 861 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,800 anything to do with the solar project or 862 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:34,320 whatever. different property. So, um the agreement would be that we're 863 00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:38,720 allowing them to use a road that they're 864 00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:41,200 going to create on their own property. 865 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,920 Um and use but use our road. Yeah. The 866 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:47,680 question is that small amount that might 867 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:49,760 be considered an easement or a 868 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:50,240 >> Okay. 869 00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:52,160 >> Yeah. I have to figure that out. And 870 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:56,240 then to continue on, um, 871 00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:59,359 just back to what Stephanie said, when 872 00:36:59,359 --> 00:37:02,480 you're considering your costs, you're 873 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:04,480 considering a long-term view when you're 874 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:05,920 doing a municipal thing. You're not 875 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:07,760 considering the, "Oh, we get a deal 876 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,440 today and we're not going to see it 877 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:12,000 again because those things are rotating 878 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,560 every single year." And and the sooner 879 00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:16,800 you can get to them, the reduced costs 880 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,119 of the overall. We've seen this and I 881 00:37:19,119 --> 00:37:20,960 and she brings up a great point because 882 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,440 we saw that we had to build a whole new 883 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,640 middle school because we didn't address 884 00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:29,520 uh leaks in a roof in in a proper and 885 00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:32,079 timely full-on manner. We have other 886 00:37:32,079 --> 00:37:34,720 leaks in other roofs and other issues. 887 00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:40,079 So, a real thought on uh c and I also 888 00:37:40,079 --> 00:37:41,599 understand I was at the meeting last 889 00:37:41,599 --> 00:37:45,200 night that where you're at. So just some 890 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:49,359 I think she brings up a valid point and I and well understanding the 891 00:37:49,359 --> 00:37:50,960 situation you're in at the same time if 892 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:55,839 it's possible um to think long term 893 00:37:55,839 --> 00:37:58,400 >> as well. 894 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,119 >> Mr. Ry, 895 00:38:01,119 --> 00:38:03,200 >> this is more of a procedural question, 896 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,320 but it's probably too late to change the 897 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:07,520 town meeting warrant at this point 898 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:08,800 anyway, is it not? 899 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:10,640 >> No, we can just pass over it. We can't 900 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:11,520 just pass over, 901 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:14,720 >> right? But so if it we could perhaps 902 00:38:14,720 --> 00:38:18,800 give Mr. Dr. Marcus two weeks to firm up 903 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:20,320 some of these details before we make any 904 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:22,800 decisions if there's no actual change to 905 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:23,599 the 906 00:38:23,599 --> 00:38:25,440 >> warrant. Oh, I see what you're saying. 907 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:28,720 >> Can I ask just quickly that because I 908 00:38:28,720 --> 00:38:31,200 think you mentioned earlier and in past 909 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:34,320 I think it was mentioned that the 910 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:36,720 capital is actually outside the warrant. 911 00:38:36,720 --> 00:38:39,680 is it wasn't sent over as 912 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:41,680 >> it's it's outside the assessment, right? 913 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:42,560 So, it's it own 914 00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:45,280 >> set out in ours. We we didn't have it in 915 00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,680 the assessment. So, he can we could vote 916 00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:49,839 to do that at any time, couldn't we? 917 00:38:49,839 --> 00:38:52,640 What is it? 918 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:54,720 >> Not that I want to. I'm just saying just 919 00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:56,640 for procedural reason, you know. 920 00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:59,200 >> So, at this point with I know for sure 921 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,040 Hanson's warrant is closed, I believe. 922 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:02,400 >> Oh, the warrant being closed. Okay. 923 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:03,839 Thank you. like we would be talking 924 00:39:03,839 --> 00:39:05,760 about someone getting up at town meeting 925 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,440 and tableabling the article or passing 926 00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:09,680 it over because we don't need the money, 927 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:10,079 >> right? 928 00:39:10,079 --> 00:39:11,839 >> So, we don't need to 929 00:39:11,839 --> 00:39:13,440 >> if we have things that we would like to 930 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,000 see further clarified, we don't need to 931 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,560 vote tonight. We could vote the 29th. 932 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:18,960 >> Okay. 933 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:20,640 >> Um which would still be the week before 934 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:21,599 both town meetings. 935 00:39:21,599 --> 00:39:27,109 >> Perfect. Thank you. 936 00:39:27,119 --> 00:39:28,640 » Okay. So 937 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:29,359 >> it 938 00:39:29,359 --> 00:39:31,760 >> to hold 939 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:34,640 to table it till 940 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:36,560 >> second 941 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:37,599 motion. 942 00:39:37,599 --> 00:39:39,440 >> Okay. So we have a motion to second the 943 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,280 table to the 29th. 944 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:44,320 >> Okay. All in favor? 945 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:45,920 >> All right. Thank you. 946 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:49,280 >> All right. Um we're zipping right along. 947 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,119 Um next up we have approval of meeting 948 00:39:51,119 --> 00:39:54,240 minutes for March 11th and March 25th. 949 00:39:54,240 --> 00:39:56,720 Motion to approve. 950 00:39:56,720 --> 00:40:02,079 >> Uh the minutes for the 25th, 951 00:40:02,079 --> 00:40:03,520 >> right? May the 25th. 952 00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:04,400 >> Yeah. 953 00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:08,480 >> Um the executive session portion has um 954 00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,320 one person vote listed as abstained and 955 00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:12,880 then says the motion passed unanimously. 956 00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:14,560 >> Is that I don't think it's technically 957 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:18,320 true, right? Okay. 958 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:22,880 >> Miss Black. Um, also on the um the 959 00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:27,119 minutes for the 25th um the numbers the 960 00:40:27,119 --> 00:40:29,680 figures for the warrant subcommittee um 961 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:31,760 were not listed in there. They were 962 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:33,359 listed on the other one. I think for 963 00:40:33,359 --> 00:40:35,599 continuity it would make sense. I did 964 00:40:35,599 --> 00:40:38,160 already send them to Jen, but um if we 965 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:40,000 can just update the minutes to to 966 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,880 reflect the amounts that were that were 967 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:45,760 approved. Y 968 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:48,000 >> any other comments? All right. All 969 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:48,960 right. So, can I have a motion to 970 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:49,680 approve these? 971 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:50,720 >> You have a motion, 972 00:40:50,720 --> 00:40:52,320 >> but I guess with the amendment with 973 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:53,359 those changes 974 00:40:53,359 --> 00:40:54,320 >> with those changes. 975 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:55,680 >> Yeah. So, do we get a second on the one 976 00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:56,720 that motion that you 977 00:40:56,720 --> 00:40:56,960 >> No, 978 00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:58,800 >> I don't know. I was second. 979 00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:00,400 >> So, well, no. I think we want to make a 980 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:01,839 motion to do with the changes. 981 00:41:01,839 --> 00:41:03,280 >> I believe Mr. Boyce made a motion with 982 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:03,920 the amendments. 983 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:05,359 >> Oh, did you? 984 00:41:05,359 --> 00:41:05,839 >> Yes. 985 00:41:05,839 --> 00:41:07,040 >> Okay. 986 00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:07,760 >> Is there a second? 987 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:08,079 >> Second. 988 00:41:08,079 --> 00:41:09,920 Chris. Okay. All right. All in 989 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:11,440 favor? 990 00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:13,040 >> All right. 991 00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,520 Okay. So, next up we have subcommittee 992 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:18,319 reports starting with uh Miss Blackman. 993 00:41:18,319 --> 00:41:21,440 All right. So, um we did um good luck. 994 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:26,400 >> I do have a report here in the um 995 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:30,720 in your packets for you. So um on we've 996 00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:33,200 met so sub policy subcommittee met on 997 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,960 April 1st and again on April 8th um we 998 00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:40,960 reviewed a number of um policies which 999 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:43,280 are listed on both the front and the 1000 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:50,640 back of your um the paper and um most we 1001 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:53,920 um decided to move forward to the full 1002 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:56,000 committee and you have those in your 1003 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,400 March and April 1004 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:03,760 um folders. Um there was one that Mr. 1005 00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:05,440 Trestle got a little twitchy about which 1006 00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:08,880 dealt with um fussing. Um so we skipped 1007 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,200 over that because we want to wait until 1008 00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:14,319 we have a um an updated regional 1009 00:42:14,319 --> 00:42:17,680 agreement um to make sure that we're in 1010 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:19,760 line with the regional agreement. And 1011 00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:22,640 then um there were several um that we 1012 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:25,440 tabled um from this last meeting because 1013 00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:27,280 we wanted feedback from food services 1014 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:29,520 because they were related to food 1015 00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:33,200 services and um Mr. Pharaoh got us 1016 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:35,680 answers the next day which was amazing 1017 00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:38,160 but we can't um approve those until our 1018 00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:41,760 next meeting which is not until May 1019 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:45,680 13th. So, um, I guess my only question 1020 00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:47,599 is does anybody have any questions about 1021 00:42:47,599 --> 00:42:49,839 any of the 1022 00:42:49,839 --> 00:42:52,560 troublemaker? All right, Mr. Murphy. 1023 00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:54,640 >> I It's not really troublemaking, I don't 1024 00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:54,960 think. 1025 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:55,280 >> No. 1026 00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:58,400 >> Um, the DB policy for regional school 1027 00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,640 district annual budget refers to a 1028 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,480 finance subcommittee, which I don't 1029 00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:04,880 think we actually hold. So, I don't know 1030 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:07,680 if that needs to be adjusted to budget 1031 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:10,870 subcommittee. 1032 00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:12,720 » Um, 1033 00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:13,839 Which one is this? Sorry, 1034 00:43:13,839 --> 00:43:14,720 >> this is a DB 1035 00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:15,440 >> DB. 1036 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,920 >> And this is the um fourth paragraph. It 1037 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:19,200 says at the discretion of the finance 1038 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:20,800 subcommittee, an informal public 1039 00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:22,000 information meeting may be held to 1040 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,640 solicit input from the general public. 1041 00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:26,319 >> And then it it refers to the finance 1042 00:43:26,319 --> 00:43:28,000 subcommittee again like two sentences 1043 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:29,680 later. 1044 00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,160 >> So I think we did talk about that. So 1045 00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:34,560 that might just be a thing we missed. 1046 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:35,359 >> So 1047 00:43:35,359 --> 00:43:36,480 >> um 1048 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:39,119 >> I can appreciate the vast amount of 1049 00:43:39,119 --> 00:43:40,880 policy you've been looking at. 1050 00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:42,880 >> Yes. Yes, you can see by the thickness 1051 00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:44,400 of the packets how much we've been going 1052 00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:48,160 through. Um, but one of the things that 1053 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,640 I guess I will put before this committee 1054 00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:55,920 to consider um is the naming of the 1055 00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:57,599 committees and what different committees 1056 00:43:57,599 --> 00:43:59,520 all stand for. Right now, we seem to 1057 00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:04,079 have a lot of committees. um a finance 1058 00:44:04,079 --> 00:44:07,440 committee in other districts anyway that 1059 00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:10,240 I've looked at incorporates 1060 00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:14,160 the budget, the warrant and maybe like 1061 00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:16,079 capital or something along those lines. 1062 00:44:16,079 --> 00:44:18,480 So, they're looking at a broader picture 1063 00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:20,880 of I don't know if that's something that 1064 00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:24,000 we want to consider at some point when 1065 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:29,200 we reorganize. But um 1066 00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,079 I I guess my only concern is making sure 1067 00:44:32,079 --> 00:44:34,079 that we're 1068 00:44:34,079 --> 00:44:36,880 with policy broad enough that we're not 1069 00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:38,880 pigeonholding ourselves but at the same 1070 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:43,839 time not doing anything um too minute 1071 00:44:43,839 --> 00:44:54,870 but I am open to the will of the committee. Any 1072 00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:56,880 other comments or questions for Miss 1073 00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:59,040 Blackman? 1074 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:01,520 >> Do do we want to make a decision about 1075 00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:04,319 finance committee versus budget finance 1076 00:45:04,319 --> 00:45:04,960 subcommittee? 1077 00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:05,920 >> We 1078 00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:07,920 >> we're discussing so that 1079 00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:13,599 >> is this the first reading second read on this. So 1080 00:45:13,599 --> 00:45:15,359 we would we can certainly make that 1081 00:45:15,359 --> 00:45:17,200 adjustment. 1082 00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:20,800 And then just just reading it in the 1083 00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:22,400 paragraph, 1084 00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:24,960 I don't even I mean I suppose budget 1085 00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:26,880 subcommittee would make a little more 1086 00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:29,440 sense, but says the superintendent and 1087 00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:31,280 members of the finance subcommittee will 1088 00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:33,280 make every effort to fully inform all 1089 00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:34,880 member communities and their officials 1090 00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:37,920 of the budget plans of the district. 1091 00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:40,800 then um at the discretion of the finance 1092 00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:42,880 subcommittee and or I guess prior an 1093 00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:44,960 informal public information meeting may 1094 00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:46,560 be held to solicit input from the 1095 00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,560 general public 1096 00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:50,960 like what is an informal public 1097 00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:54,079 information meeting seems oxymoronic to 1098 00:45:54,079 --> 00:45:58,480 me um and isn't that like is this not 1099 00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:00,800 our public budget hearing or is that 1100 00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:02,480 totally different because to me that's 1101 00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:05,200 what it sounds like in which case I 1102 00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:06,960 wouldn't I would recommend not 1103 00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:08,800 specifying ing a subcommittee because we 1104 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:10,160 just do that as a committee. 1105 00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:11,440 >> I mean, the next sentence is in 1106 00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:12,720 accordance with the district agreement, 1107 00:46:12,720 --> 00:46:14,480 a public hearing shall be held. So, it 1108 00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,160 sounds like it's two separate things, 1109 00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:18,800 >> which is weird. 1110 00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:20,560 >> So, if it's two separate things, 1111 00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:22,640 >> the spirit of this and when we talked 1112 00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:25,599 about it was that the budget 1113 00:46:25,599 --> 00:46:28,000 subcommittee as it currently exists does 1114 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:29,760 have the ability for the public to go 1115 00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:30,319 there. Okay. 1116 00:46:30,319 --> 00:46:32,000 >> So, I think these words would be so 1117 00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:34,079 that's the informal public to talk about 1118 00:46:34,079 --> 00:46:37,200 things in the subcommittee that have to 1119 00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:38,720 get brought to the full committee, but 1120 00:46:38,720 --> 00:46:40,160 it wouldn't be the public hearing or 1121 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:41,680 anything like that. It would be when you 1122 00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:43,359 have the budget subcommittee, whoever 1123 00:46:43,359 --> 00:46:46,160 wanted to go could hear the context of 1124 00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:48,400 what's taking place with the finances. 1125 00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:49,520 >> Okay, that makes sense. 1126 00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:52,400 >> The existing policy calls also says that 1127 00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:53,680 you can hold an informal public 1128 00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:55,119 information meeting. It just leaves the 1129 00:46:55,119 --> 00:46:57,920 subcommittee part out, 1130 00:46:57,920 --> 00:46:59,520 >> right? And so in that case, that would 1131 00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:03,920 be just our open like our meetings. M 1132 00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:05,839 >> that's probably because we have had a 1133 00:47:05,839 --> 00:47:08,000 budget subcommittee standing budget 1134 00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:09,680 subcommittee 1135 00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:12,560 >> right yep 1136 00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:14,640 >> so is there any 1137 00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:15,760 >> Mr. 1138 00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:19,040 And if I'm reading the the 1139 00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:21,280 table of contents on the front here, DB 1140 00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:23,520 is mass recommendation. So this this 1141 00:47:23,520 --> 00:47:27,520 policy here is basically just 1142 00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:30,480 in is it adding language from the mask 1143 00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:32,640 policy or is this is exactly what the 1144 00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:34,319 mask policy says? 1145 00:47:34,319 --> 00:47:36,000 >> This is the mask policy. 1146 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:41,109 >> Okay. 1147 00:47:41,119 --> 00:47:45,119 I mean I I understand uh TJ's point 1148 00:47:45,119 --> 00:47:47,280 about you know we don't have a finance 1149 00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:49,760 subcommittee so this doesn't give 1150 00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:52,319 discretion to the budget subcommittee 1151 00:47:52,319 --> 00:47:54,640 this gives discretion to a subcommittee 1152 00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:56,160 that doesn't exist right 1153 00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:57,680 >> so I think and I understand what you're 1154 00:47:57,680 --> 00:47:59,200 saying about well maybe we when we 1155 00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:01,520 reorganize we have the ability to 1156 00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:03,359 >> change wording or or change the name of 1157 00:48:03,359 --> 00:48:04,880 some of these committees and whatnot I I 1158 00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:07,119 do think it would it there's value in 1159 00:48:07,119 --> 00:48:09,599 having it match what we do have. 1160 00:48:09,599 --> 00:48:11,760 >> And then if it's something that through 1161 00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:13,599 reorganization or through creation of 1162 00:48:13,599 --> 00:48:15,200 new subcommittees or merging of 1163 00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:17,520 subcommittees we change that that could 1164 00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:19,040 always go back to the policy committee 1165 00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:22,960 to modify that that title. Correct. 1166 00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:26,559 >> Um would the full committee be open to 1167 00:48:26,559 --> 00:48:30,319 budget finance subcommittee? Therefore 1168 00:48:30,319 --> 00:48:37,109 we can cover both bases. 1169 00:48:37,119 --> 00:48:40,000 » I am budget and finance subcommittee. I 1170 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:40,240 don't 1171 00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:42,720 >> budget finance sub so that that it's 1172 00:48:42,720 --> 00:48:44,960 either or type of a thing, but are we 1173 00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:47,119 going to have a finance subcommittee? 1174 00:48:47,119 --> 00:48:49,760 >> It would be the same committee doing 1175 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:52,559 >> same things with a new name. 1176 00:48:52,559 --> 00:48:54,800 >> Do you have to have the committees that 1177 00:48:54,800 --> 00:48:56,880 are listed or these are just rules? If 1178 00:48:56,880 --> 00:48:59,839 you have the committee, say the budget 1179 00:48:59,839 --> 00:49:01,520 every year, usually you make a a 1180 00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:04,559 five-year plan, you know, you wouldn't 1181 00:49:04,559 --> 00:49:08,160 have the budget every year. Hopefully, 1182 00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:09,359 >> we have an operating 1183 00:49:09,359 --> 00:49:13,680 >> I think the the point I made before you came back in was like right 1184 00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:16,800 now we're we're giving discretion to an 1185 00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:19,119 entity that doesn't currently exist. So, 1186 00:49:19,119 --> 00:49:22,000 you're right. I mean, you know, you call 1187 00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:23,359 it whatever you call it. It is what it 1188 00:49:23,359 --> 00:49:25,440 is. But I think I I think your 1189 00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:27,599 compromise is fine because it it is at 1190 00:49:27,599 --> 00:49:29,760 least giving discretion and giving some 1191 00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:31,359 level of authority to a subcommittee 1192 00:49:31,359 --> 00:49:33,839 that actually exists as opposed to one 1193 00:49:33,839 --> 00:49:36,079 that could theoretically exist at some 1194 00:49:36,079 --> 00:49:37,599 date in the future. 1195 00:49:37,599 --> 00:49:41,119 >> So if we want to do it budget or budget 1196 00:49:41,119 --> 00:49:42,559 finance subcommittee, I'm fine with 1197 00:49:42,559 --> 00:49:44,720 that. But I think including the budget 1198 00:49:44,720 --> 00:49:46,640 subcommittee that does exist in that 1199 00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:48,160 wording is important. 1200 00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:54,069 >> Okay. 1201 00:49:54,079 --> 00:49:56,319 Any other questions about any of the 1202 00:49:56,319 --> 00:49:59,119 policies before you? 1203 00:49:59,119 --> 00:50:01,280 >> Thank you. You did a wonderful job. You 1204 00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:04,630 all did. 1205 00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:06,319 » It's really Miss Blackman. I just 1206 00:50:06,319 --> 00:50:06,640 >> Oh, 1207 00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:07,440 >> I just sit there. 1208 00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:09,599 >> You just look pretty, right? 1209 00:50:09,599 --> 00:50:11,200 >> Does his Richie Cunningham thing. 1210 00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:12,079 >> He does the Richie. 1211 00:50:12,079 --> 00:50:14,160 >> Not Not the case. 1212 00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:15,119 >> I I think you play. 1213 00:50:15,119 --> 00:50:16,559 >> So, these are all second reads. 1214 00:50:16,559 --> 00:50:18,880 >> Um, so the first packet is second reads 1215 00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:20,960 and then the second packet is first 1216 00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:25,119 reads. Okay, that's confusing. 1217 00:50:25,119 --> 00:50:29,200 >> They're in two separate folders in your 1218 00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:30,000 >> I'm just being different. 1219 00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:32,160 >> Now, which one is which? 1220 00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:34,240 >> Very funny. 1221 00:50:34,240 --> 00:50:37,280 >> I I specifically put current and mask 1222 00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:38,960 versioned 1223 00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:41,680 and I tried to be clear about what it 1224 00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:45,520 was that we were doing for 1225 00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:48,160 adjustments, right? But again, we're 1226 00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:50,079 covering 1227 00:50:50,079 --> 00:50:53,599 >> a multipleyear project in very few 1228 00:50:53,599 --> 00:50:55,119 months. So 1229 00:50:55,119 --> 00:50:59,040 >> So for this second read, it's just a 1230 00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:01,359 second read. There's no vote or anything 1231 00:51:01,359 --> 00:51:03,200 required for tonight. There's 1232 00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:04,400 >> George's 1233 00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:06,400 >> you could if you've already discussed it 1234 00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,240 at the second read you could make the 1235 00:51:08,240 --> 00:51:11,599 motion to wave the third read and accept 1236 00:51:11,599 --> 00:51:14,480 then make the motion to accept as the 1237 00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:16,640 second read that first packet then that 1238 00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:19,119 would be clear the decks that she's done 1239 00:51:19,119 --> 00:51:21,680 a lot of work and then the next time you 1240 00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:24,079 just go into the regular second read of 1241 00:51:24,079 --> 00:51:24,800 tonight's first 1242 00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:26,880 >> read 1243 00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:29,200 just require that every motion to wave 1244 00:51:29,200 --> 00:51:31,359 third and then move forward 1245 00:51:31,359 --> 00:51:32,400 >> I'm Sorry. 1246 00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:33,359 >> Oh, no. No. It's okay. 1247 00:51:33,359 --> 00:51:36,480 >> I move to wave reading and accept. 1248 00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:38,559 >> Okay. It's not okay now cuz I was going 1249 00:51:38,559 --> 00:51:40,079 to say something. 1250 00:51:40,079 --> 00:51:41,280 >> It was okay if you were going to say 1251 00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:42,800 something. Skip over me. 1252 00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:43,760 >> Okay. So, we have a first time have a 1253 00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:45,359 second. Then we'll have 1254 00:51:45,359 --> 00:51:48,400 >> n discussion. Now you get to discuss. 1255 00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:49,200 >> Okay. Oh, wow. 1256 00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:51,359 >> Now I got to apologize for Chris. 1257 00:51:51,359 --> 00:51:52,960 >> Cry over here. 1258 00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:56,000 >> Um, first of all, 1259 00:51:56,000 --> 00:52:01,040 this is really good work. I uh if it is 1260 00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:04,480 you as we've been told I and and your 1261 00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:06,880 attention to the public uh I I I've 1262 00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:08,800 gotten a couple of phone calls saying 1263 00:52:08,800 --> 00:52:11,760 that this committee really um listened 1264 00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:13,760 and uh allowed for a lot of dialogue 1265 00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:16,079 with the public. This is amazing and I 1266 00:52:16,079 --> 00:52:20,800 want to I want to thank everybody who worked on this from uh those on my 1267 00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:23,680 our committee to those out in the public 1268 00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:27,280 who contributed. Um thank you so much. 1269 00:52:27,280 --> 00:52:29,599 Great work. Thank you. 1270 00:52:29,599 --> 00:52:31,920 >> And I definitely do not do it alone. 1271 00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:35,119 >> Mr. Pharaoh and Dr. Samayweis also 1272 00:52:35,119 --> 00:52:37,200 >> and staff and staff. I'm including you 1273 00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:37,839 as the public. 1274 00:52:37,839 --> 00:52:39,920 >> Yes. 1275 00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:41,839 >> Yeah. 1276 00:52:41,839 --> 00:52:43,040 >> All right. So, we have a first and 1277 00:52:43,040 --> 00:52:44,960 second to 1278 00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:47,760 uh wave the second reading and move to a 1279 00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:49,200 vote. So, it will be two votes, right? 1280 00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:50,400 It'll be a vote to move it to the second 1281 00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:52,240 reading and then we'll have a move uh to 1282 00:52:52,240 --> 00:52:55,040 wave the second reading and then third 1283 00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:55,760 the third reading. 1284 00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:57,200 >> Yeah, wave the third. I didn't I didn't 1285 00:52:57,200 --> 00:52:58,160 read this. I didn't read the second 1286 00:52:58,160 --> 00:52:59,520 time. So, I'm waving both of them 1287 00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:00,960 >> and accept with the change. 1288 00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:02,160 >> I only read it once. 1289 00:53:02,160 --> 00:53:03,200 >> That's for yourself. 1290 00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:04,480 >> Yeah. 1291 00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:05,680 >> So, so we have a motion to wave the 1292 00:53:05,680 --> 00:53:07,119 third reading. I'll step 1293 00:53:07,119 --> 00:53:10,400 >> all in favor. Okay. And then can I have 1294 00:53:10,400 --> 00:53:13,359 a motion to um accept these policies 1295 00:53:13,359 --> 00:53:15,839 with the the added change of budget 1296 00:53:15,839 --> 00:53:16,720 finance committee? 1297 00:53:16,720 --> 00:53:18,720 >> Can I can Oh, you do it. 1298 00:53:18,720 --> 00:53:19,359 >> Motion. 1299 00:53:19,359 --> 00:53:20,400 >> Okay. 1300 00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:20,960 >> Second. 1301 00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:23,599 Any discussion? 1302 00:53:23,599 --> 00:53:26,559 Okay. All in favor? All right. Very 1303 00:53:26,559 --> 00:53:29,200 good. Thank you. 1304 00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:30,800 >> Okay. 1305 00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:32,480 >> Um, 1306 00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:34,319 is that is that all for policy, Miss 1307 00:53:34,319 --> 00:53:35,119 Blackman? 1308 00:53:35,119 --> 00:53:38,079 >> Um, I believe so. 1309 00:53:38,079 --> 00:53:38,559 >> Yes. 1310 00:53:38,559 --> 00:53:40,000 >> Because this other one's first reading, 1311 00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:40,720 right? 1312 00:53:40,720 --> 00:53:42,160 >> This is the first packet is first 1313 00:53:42,160 --> 00:53:42,880 reading. 1314 00:53:42,880 --> 00:53:44,240 >> Yep. 1315 00:53:44,240 --> 00:53:46,000 >> All right. So, now turning turning 1316 00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:48,000 things over to Miss Blackman for the 1317 00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:50,880 warrant subcommittee. 1318 00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:53,040 >> So, the warrant subcommittee met on 1319 00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:55,040 April 3rd. At that time, we reviewed and 1320 00:53:55,040 --> 00:53:56,800 signed the accounts payable warrant in 1321 00:53:56,800 --> 00:54:01,670 the amount of $6182,75741, 1322 00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:06,079 the food services warrant for $55,561, 1323 00:54:06,079 --> 00:54:12,230 and the payroll warrant for 1,647,294. 1324 00:54:12,240 --> 00:54:13,599 There were no warrants for the Whitman 1325 00:54:13,599 --> 00:54:15,119 Middle School building project at that 1326 00:54:15,119 --> 00:54:18,319 time. And I need a motion to approve the 1327 00:54:18,319 --> 00:54:20,800 payment of said warrants. 1328 00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:22,000 >> So moved. 1329 00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:22,800 >> Second. 1330 00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:26,319 >> All right. Any discussion? All in favor? 1331 00:54:26,319 --> 00:54:29,520 All right. All right. And now, attorney 1332 00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:31,920 Blackman. No, actually, Mr. Voice. Mr. 1333 00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:33,280 >> Mr. Boyce with the Pilgrim Area 1334 00:54:33,280 --> 00:54:34,559 Collaborative. 1335 00:54:34,559 --> 00:54:37,839 >> So, we did meet um our April meeting was 1336 00:54:37,839 --> 00:54:41,839 last Thursday. Um there were two of us, 1337 00:54:41,839 --> 00:54:45,119 uh Tendra Stson from Marshfield and 1338 00:54:45,119 --> 00:54:47,200 myself who serve on the budget 1339 00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:49,920 subcommittee. And this was we started an 1340 00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:52,720 hour earlier so that we could get in our 1341 00:54:52,720 --> 00:54:57,280 time with um our business manager 1342 00:54:57,280 --> 00:55:00,400 um and obviously our executive director. 1343 00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:04,480 So we had covered quite a bit the big 1344 00:55:04,480 --> 00:55:06,880 and it was the biggest thing on our 1345 00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:09,040 agenda for our regular meeting. You can 1346 00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:12,559 see we're just over $11 million for our 1347 00:55:12,559 --> 00:55:16,319 presentation of the FY27 budget. 1348 00:55:16,319 --> 00:55:18,480 uh there would no there's a few key 1349 00:55:18,480 --> 00:55:23,280 highlights below but basically um 1350 00:55:23,280 --> 00:55:25,920 it's not just no uh significant 1351 00:55:25,920 --> 00:55:28,400 additions or or no new positions were 1352 00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:31,280 added but really it was the across the 1353 00:55:31,280 --> 00:55:34,960 board 3% increase and you can see that 1354 00:55:34,960 --> 00:55:37,599 can vary with collaborives between three 1355 00:55:37,599 --> 00:55:41,040 and 5%. Um 1356 00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:43,119 this actually though, you know, and I 1357 00:55:43,119 --> 00:55:46,160 think when I started 10 years ago, 1358 00:55:46,160 --> 00:55:49,680 um representing us at the collaborative, 1359 00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:52,720 it was way down in the 50s or 60s. So 1360 00:55:52,720 --> 00:55:56,000 now we're at 74,000. And I'm not selling 1361 00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:58,079 that as a you know, that's that's a 1362 00:55:58,079 --> 00:56:00,799 terrible thing. We're keeping pace with 1363 00:56:00,799 --> 00:56:04,160 the others and we're being mindful. The 1364 00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:07,920 3% does also go across the board for a 1365 00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:10,160 lot of services. I didn't bring the 1366 00:56:10,160 --> 00:56:12,480 whole services list and I thought maybe 1367 00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:13,680 there would have been a little bit of 1368 00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:16,880 detail but um that was left off. But we 1369 00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:19,599 do have our second read uh for the 1370 00:56:19,599 --> 00:56:23,359 budget next month or second go through. 1371 00:56:23,359 --> 00:56:25,200 We'll have the budget subcommittee May 1372 00:56:25,200 --> 00:56:28,480 7th before the regular May 7th meeting. 1373 00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:30,960 So there still be more to come from that 1374 00:56:30,960 --> 00:56:33,440 and I know we'll probably get a lot more 1375 00:56:33,440 --> 00:56:36,640 um completed documentation. 1376 00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:40,079 We also had policy updates 1377 00:56:40,079 --> 00:56:43,200 4,000 and 6,000 series that were 1378 00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:45,760 introduced as a first read and as you 1379 00:56:45,760 --> 00:56:48,720 can see from here it's an ongoing effort 1380 00:56:48,720 --> 00:56:51,920 uh to review and revise pack policies. 1381 00:56:51,920 --> 00:56:54,160 Uh Mr. Blackman, you probably would have 1382 00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:55,680 enjoyed this but maybe you would have 1383 00:56:55,680 --> 00:56:57,920 found this is enough. I don't need to 1384 00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:01,200 see any more policies. But anyways, um 1385 00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:03,520 obviously with compliance law compliance 1386 00:57:03,520 --> 00:57:06,960 and and desi regulations and I know we 1387 00:57:06,960 --> 00:57:10,240 have it on the pack website, 1388 00:57:10,240 --> 00:57:12,880 but don't think that these are right up 1389 00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:15,200 because it's the first read right up 1390 00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:17,839 there in black and white. We are still 1391 00:57:17,839 --> 00:57:20,720 going through. Um now Becky does a great 1392 00:57:20,720 --> 00:57:22,960 job for us putting together the 1393 00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:26,240 documentation and so forth. Um, so we're 1394 00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:29,839 still with that. And then PAC has turned 1395 00:57:29,839 --> 00:57:32,319 50 years old this year. 1396 00:57:32,319 --> 00:57:36,000 >> And they had during that day, I wasn't a 1397 00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:38,480 part of it or or I I know a few people 1398 00:57:38,480 --> 00:57:43,839 were um a celebration at the uh Pilgrim 1399 00:57:43,839 --> 00:57:47,680 Area Coll um the Pilgrim Academy 1400 00:57:47,680 --> 00:57:51,119 uh in Plymouth. Uh, Representative 1401 00:57:51,119 --> 00:57:56,160 Michelle Badger was a former pack 1402 00:57:56,160 --> 00:57:59,920 representative from Plymouth. Um, she 1403 00:57:59,920 --> 00:58:04,079 left a couple years ago and she ran for 1404 00:58:04,079 --> 00:58:07,119 office and congratulations to her. I 1405 00:58:07,119 --> 00:58:09,839 think she took office maybe last year. 1406 00:58:09,839 --> 00:58:13,920 Um, but she and Kendra and myself and 1407 00:58:13,920 --> 00:58:16,480 Sheila have been the long-standing 1408 00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:18,799 members. And I just like to mention that 1409 00:58:18,799 --> 00:58:22,400 because I I often hear from Kendra or 1410 00:58:22,400 --> 00:58:25,040 Michelle in the past, well, who who's 1411 00:58:25,040 --> 00:58:26,319 going to be chair? Who's going to be 1412 00:58:26,319 --> 00:58:29,599 chair? And you guys can do it. You're 1413 00:58:29,599 --> 00:58:31,760 doing great with it. So, uh, this year 1414 00:58:31,760 --> 00:58:34,400 it's actually Sheila uh, Vaughn uh, from 1415 00:58:34,400 --> 00:58:36,960 Kingston who is our chair. So, just 1416 00:58:36,960 --> 00:58:39,440 adding a few pieces there. If you have 1417 00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:42,240 any questions, let me know. Um, I always 1418 00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:45,760 like the repeat piece like the SSC and 1419 00:58:45,760 --> 00:58:47,920 the other uh collaboratives that we 1420 00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:49,599 belong to. 1421 00:58:49,599 --> 00:58:50,319 >> Thank you. 1422 00:58:50,319 --> 00:58:51,599 Mr. Boyce. Any questions for 1423 00:58:51,599 --> 00:58:54,480 Mr. Boyce? 1424 00:58:54,480 --> 00:58:55,680 >> Okay. 1425 00:58:55,680 --> 00:58:59,359 >> Um, Mr. Wy, do we have anyone on the 1426 00:58:59,359 --> 00:59:00,720 >> No, there's no one in the 1427 00:59:00,720 --> 00:59:03,200 >> Okay. And there's no one um that signed 1428 00:59:03,200 --> 00:59:05,680 up in person for hold comments. So, um 1429 00:59:05,680 --> 00:59:07,760 we're going to vote to go into executive 1430 00:59:07,760 --> 00:59:10,000 session. Before we do that, I do want to 1431 00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:12,240 um thank Jason Cook um for all the work 1432 00:59:12,240 --> 00:59:14,880 that he did. Um we are experimenting 1433 00:59:14,880 --> 00:59:17,040 with ways to allow people who cannot 1434 00:59:17,040 --> 00:59:20,319 physically be here at the um in our 1435 00:59:20,319 --> 00:59:21,920 space to be able to contribute to public 1436 00:59:21,920 --> 00:59:25,119 comment. Um he has acquired for us from 1437 00:59:25,119 --> 00:59:27,839 WHCA a device called the owl, which is 1438 00:59:27,839 --> 00:59:29,760 what this thing that's like looking at 1439 00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:32,559 me the whole meeting. 1440 00:59:32,559 --> 00:59:33,599 >> It literally says owl. 1441 00:59:33,599 --> 00:59:35,920 >> It says owl on it. Looks like an owl. Um 1442 00:59:35,920 --> 00:59:37,920 and as if you might have seen this on 1443 00:59:37,920 --> 00:59:39,359 the agendas, but there's a meeting link 1444 00:59:39,359 --> 00:59:41,040 and that'll be there for every meeting 1445 00:59:41,040 --> 00:59:42,720 so that individuals that are not able to 1446 00:59:42,720 --> 00:59:45,119 attend um in person, you know, 1447 00:59:45,119 --> 00:59:46,720 especially, you know, people that might 1448 00:59:46,720 --> 00:59:48,559 be disabled or have difficulty traveling 1449 00:59:48,559 --> 00:59:49,920 would be able to participate in public 1450 00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:51,839 comment with us uh through this method. 1451 00:59:51,839 --> 00:59:53,040 And I just want to thank Jason because 1452 00:59:53,040 --> 00:59:54,559 he and I have been working and I say he 1453 00:59:54,559 --> 00:59:55,520 and I have been working on it, which is 1454 00:59:55,520 --> 00:59:56,799 like I'm like Jason, can you figure out 1455 00:59:56,799 --> 00:59:58,079 how to do this? And then Jason just did 1456 00:59:58,079 --> 00:59:59,760 all the work, but I'm taking partial 1457 00:59:59,760 --> 01:00:02,640 credit for it as well. Um, 1458 01:00:02,640 --> 01:00:04,319 so 1459 01:00:04,319 --> 01:00:05,680 somebody's got there's got to be one 1460 01:00:05,680 --> 01:00:08,079 person who asks, right? The person. But 1461 01:00:08,079 --> 01:00:09,920 I I just want to thank Jason um for all 1462 01:00:09,920 --> 01:00:10,960 the work that he did to put this 1463 01:00:10,960 --> 01:00:12,720 together today and all the work he does 1464 01:00:12,720 --> 01:00:14,160 for the school and for the school 1465 01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:16,000 committee throughout the whole year as 1466 01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:18,319 well because it's uh he is one heck of a 1467 01:00:18,319 --> 01:00:19,680 chap. So I just want to thank him for 1468 01:00:19,680 --> 01:00:26,870 that. Um so 1469 01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:28,640 um with that I am we are going to be 1470 01:00:28,640 --> 01:00:30,720 entering into two executive sessions. Um 1471 01:00:30,720 --> 01:00:32,880 we will not be returning after uh only 1472 01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:35,440 to adjourn. Um so the first executive 1473 01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:36,880 session is to discuss strategy with 1474 01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:38,400 respect collective bargaining or 1475 01:00:38,400 --> 01:00:39,760 litigation if an open meeting may have 1476 01:00:39,760 --> 01:00:43,359 detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigating position of the public 1477 01:00:43,359 --> 01:00:45,920 body and the chair so declares and I do 1478 01:00:45,920 --> 01:00:48,640 declare um for unit B and unit C. Um, 1479 01:00:48,640 --> 01:00:50,319 and the second one is to comply with or 1480 01:00:50,319 --> 01:00:51,839 act under the authority of any general 1481 01:00:51,839 --> 01:00:54,160 or specific law or federal grant and aid 1482 01:00:54,160 --> 01:00:55,359 requirements. And that is to approve 1483 01:00:55,359 --> 01:00:56,960 executive session meeting minutes for 1484 01:00:56,960 --> 01:00:58,880 February 4th, March 11th, and March 1485 01:00:58,880 --> 01:01:01,440 25th. So, I'm going to um I need a 1486 01:01:01,440 --> 01:01:04,079 motion to go into executive session. 1487 01:01:04,079 --> 01:01:04,799 >> So moved. 1488 01:01:04,799 --> 01:01:05,440 >> Second. 1489 01:01:05,440 --> 01:01:07,599 >> Okay. It's going to be a roll call vote. 1490 01:01:07,599 --> 01:01:08,319 Mr. Boyce, 1491 01:01:08,319 --> 01:01:08,559 >> yes. 1492 01:01:08,559 --> 01:01:09,280 >> Miss Diffen, 1493 01:01:09,280 --> 01:01:09,599 >> yes. 1494 01:01:09,599 --> 01:01:10,480 >> Mr. Degraio, 1495 01:01:10,480 --> 01:01:10,799 >> yes. 1496 01:01:10,799 --> 01:01:11,520 >> Mr. Ralphie, 1497 01:01:11,520 --> 01:01:11,839 >> yes. 1498 01:01:11,839 --> 01:01:13,359 >> Mr. Trestle, yes. Mr. Marks, 1499 01:01:13,359 --> 01:01:13,839 >> yes. 1500 01:01:13,839 --> 01:01:14,559 >> Miss Hill, 1501 01:01:14,559 --> 01:01:14,880 >> yes. 1502 01:01:14,880 --> 01:01:15,680 >> Mr. McCllum, 1503 01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:16,000 >> yes. 1504 01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:17,119 >> And Miss Blackman, 1505 01:01:17,119 --> 01:01:19,440 >> yes. Okay. All right, everybody. Thank 1506 01:01:19,440 --> 01:01:21,200 you very much for coming out. Um, and 1507 01:01:21,200 --> 01:01:23,119 we'll see you all. Our next meeting is 1508 01:01:23,119 --> 01:01:25,760 the 29th, the Wednesday after vacation. 1509 01:01:25,760 --> 01:01:27,680 Um, we also have a budget subcommittee 1510 01:01:27,680 --> 01:01:29,839 meeting that day as well. So, hope to 1511 01:01:29,839 --> 01:01:31,520 see you all there. Have a great vacation 1512 01:01:31,520 --> 01:01:32,480 for those that 1513 01:01:32,480 --> 01:01:34,319 >> here. We're going upstairs. Great 1514 01:01:34,319 --> 01:01:35,680 vacation. What? 1515 01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:38,480 >> I have a picture.