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Good morning, everybody. It is Thursday, July 9th, and it is 10 o'clock 6 a.m. and we are calling this regular meeting of the Winchester School Committee to Order.

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Our thank you, Mr. Marion, for this new graphic representation of our agenda. I love it. We've got numbers right, easy to read up on the screen.

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So we are going to start today with with public comments, then move on to Superintendent and Chair remarks, our consent agenda, discussion of the Safe Schools memo, the Mr. Belair submitted, some updates, consideration for approval for our child care hardware and FSMC contracts, talk about our summer meeting schedule and our workshop, move into executive session and adjourn hopefully around 1130.

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So with that, we will flip over to public comment.

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Public comment will be for up to 20 minutes,

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anyone who's wishing to speak shall identify themselves by name,

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no longer than three minutes,

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and our Vice Chair Ms. Minierjee will do the timing.

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All remarks are addressed to the chair,

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and just as a reminder,

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public comment is not a discussion debate or dialogue between residents in the committee.

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It's just an opportunity for everyone to express their opinion

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on issues of school committee business.

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If there's something you want to submit in writing,

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we're happy to incorporate that into the record.

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So feel free to do that either during or after the meeting.

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And with that, I will ask anyone who is here for public comment

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to raise their digital hand and we will elevate you

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and Ms. Minierjee will do the timing.

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All right, I see we have three people here for public comment.

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There's someone Cindy and then Rebecca Slis

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and Liz are the three people.

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So I think we'll take them in that order, Ms. Minierji.

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So if you'll go ahead and do the timing,

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let's elevate Cindy first,

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and we will move on from there.

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That's the Cindy.

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They're hand down.

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Oh, let's go on to Rebecca.

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All right, so let's move on to Rebecca's.

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Liz.

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Good morning, everyone.

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Can you hear me?

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Yep, and good morning. Good morning, Rebecca.

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My name is Rebecca's Liz.

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I live at two Watson Plays.

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And I'm here today both as a parent of two students in Winchester Public Schools and as the executive director of the network for social justice.

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I am grateful to the school committee for having on its agenda today the topic of safe school zones.

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And I fully support creating policies and procedures to ensure the safety of all WPS students, including in the event of federal immigration enforcement presence.

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There are times when my roles and yours too, I imagine, overlap, and the desire for all students to feel

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safe and safe role is one shared by many in our community. Over a year ago, when executive orders were

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issued aimed at and affecting immigrants, as well as other segments of our community, I was in touch with

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parents who were concerned.

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Even if we can never guarantee our children's safety, we wanted some communication and some assurance

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that the schools had a plan if immigration agents were to show up.

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Fast forward to this past April, 2026, when the network convened a broad group of stakeholders.

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The purpose to discuss community preparedness as local and national news indicated that immigrants and people who look like immigrants continue to be at risk.

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At that April meeting, the idea of a safe school zone was introduced and we learned of a Massachusetts school defense toolkit with resources and best practices that was developed because of the ongoing and increased concern

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about school preparedness and student safety.

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Coming back to today, that is why I'm so grateful that the School Committee

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is acknowledging this concern and committing to develop a policy and plan

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for Winchester Public Schools starting the next school year.

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I can confidently say there is a broad group of stakeholders who support you

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and is willing to share the resources we've collected as well as our needs and perspectives.

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I'll close with a brief story about why this work feels so important right now.

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Out of personal and professional interests, I signed up for a summer class, Spanish for social justice,

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with 20 others from Massachusetts who want to improve their Spanish and be able to better support immigrant families.

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The first scenario we discussed at length was a square last year in American C.S. schools and emergencies.

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We were encouraged to imagine that we were children being asked where are your parents?

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Do you want to start?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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It was three minutes.

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So maybe just five more seconds.

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Sure.

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What I think we were really being asked to consider and feel in that moment was vulnerability

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and empathy.

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Two more sentences.

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While Winchester may not be a community where the risk of immigration enforcement

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actions is high, we do want to be a community where we lead with and teach empathy, where

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Our schools are places where all students feel safe and a sense of belonging and where

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our policies and practices are aligned with these shared values.

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Thank you for committing today as a school committee to a policy that protects students and

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families who may feel especially vulnerable in this moment and maintains a school environment

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where all students can learn and thrive.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thanks Rebecca.

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I see that Cindy has re-raised her hand and we have Liz as well.

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So I will let Mr. Marin decide who to elevate.

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Come on over.

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And thanks very much Rebecca.

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As we see you cast back off into the attendee zone.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for bearing with me.

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My name is Cindy Revel and I live in Arlington.

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Can everyone hear me?

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Yes. Great. Okay.

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I'm here as a fifth-grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School.

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And I'm also here to support the Safe School Zones item.

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As an elementary teacher and Winchester for a decade,

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I've always known that our schools are committed

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to the social emotional well-being of our students.

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We're a team that puts our deep care and respect into action

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from providing incredible social, emotional learning coaches

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to the way that we just solve everyday problems.

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And that's why I know that we will signal to families

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that we are alongside them,

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protecting our students and our learning environment.

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So this item seeks to make transparent

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our district's commitment to the safety of immigrants.

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And families, and of all students, by creating a clear protocol that could be followed in emergency situations.

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And I, along with countless other educators in our district, strongly advocate for the school committee to commit to providing this.

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As a final Winchester Education Association, Rep Council meeting, this year, the representatives reviewed an early version of a safe school zone's resolution.

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and the endorsed it with enthusiasm.

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There are only question was when, when can this happen?

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So I just want to say thank you and behalf of Winchester educators.

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We know that our district can be a role model for others in these trying times.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Cindy.

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Cindy, we will move you back to the attendees.

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Certainly welcome to join the rest of the meeting, but thanks so much for joining us this morning.

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And Liz is our final public commenter if you could unmute and if possible, if you're in a place to do so turn on your camera.

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Hi, my name is Liz Blacksuchy.

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I'm from one, I'm at 195 Haalandav,

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in which I'm a parent of two Morocco Children.

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I am fully in support of the Safe School's Resolution.

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First, I want to say thank you to everyone

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on the School Committee this year

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in Defraing Tag and Friday.

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I also want to say I am sorry for what you must have

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gone through this spring.

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I cannot imagine what it's been like in your shoes.

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You've had to make a lot of really difficult decisions about budget cuts, many of them were probably lose lose.

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I think the decision to pass this resolution, however, is a clear win.

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This protects all students, all staff and parents.

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It's an easy way to show how Winchester public schools prioritize and protect our students and staff, particularly the most vulnerable.

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perhaps you might encounter people who feel the likelihood of federal agents arriving at

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our schools is statistically insignificant. So those people I would say I hope they are

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right and also what's the statistical likelihood of a fire happening in one of our newer

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buildings. These buildings are built to void fires and yet every year we have fire drills

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just in case and because to not do so would be clearly irresponsible. I think the same

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holds true here. I would also ask people to remember that even if federal agents never showed

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up in the town of Winchester, parents could be detained from their place of work or while

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driving or going to church, etc. We need a policy in place to support any child who has lost

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one or two parents. Since January of 2025, according to the SNUS, more than 6,300 children

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under 18 have been detained. So for anyone who thinks this is a problem exclusively of immigrants,

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also, according to the Book of Public Report, as of October 2025, at least 170 U.S. citizens

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have been detained by ICE, including approximately 20 American children. And for anyone who thinks this

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is a problem exclusively of people of color who have been racially proviled, please refer to the

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work visa, and married to an American man, and her white seven-year-old Canadian daughter,

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who spent close to three weeks in ICE detention in March, with no rationale provided.

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The good news is, Winchester does not need to reinvent the wheel. Many other towns and Massachusetts

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have developed protocols already which we can refer to. Furthermore, in May of 2016,

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That's Chuseous Governor more healing issue guidance with the title K through 12 schools obligations to protect students and their information.

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I urge you all to take advantage of the fact that WEA, including Cindy, our great resources, they have an e-create working group.

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They're already in touch with schools with policies and protocols in place.

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They can start these sources.

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Yeah, just want them to wrap it all up.

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Teachers and staff are the ones who would be there with children.

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Should this ever happen?

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So as a parent, I insist that they are at the table with you when you develop this.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you, Liz.

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Thanks so much.

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And I believe we have one last public commenter as we move

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Liz back into the attendees.

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Eliana.

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Yes.

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Good morning.

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I'm going to try to turn my camera on, and I'm not necessarily at a place I might have to turn off my camera at some point, but I did want to take an opportunity to comment as a parent.

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I am, you know, from an immigrant background.

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I have two children in the public schools, one in the high school

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and one in the middle school.

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I also have a daughter who has complex special needs,

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who is out of district.

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And I am right now at the state house.

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I have been here before.

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I am a strong advocate in,

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I came here for the passage of the Safe Community Act

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And I was very important for the communities, you know, who are the most vulnerable at this

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point.

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I know that Winchester is not necessarily a community that has or serves, you know, large

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immigrant community.

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However, I know the importance that it is for me as a parent to have information to know

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the procedures, the protocols, the policies, and to receive information, you know, from

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school and that unfortunately hasn't in the case. I just went up a couple of instances in which

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there were some rumors going on in Winchester and I really felt very concerned. When I spoke

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with my two songs, one age 13, the one age 15, both of them said to me that it would be very

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also the line in regards to what the students really need. Think about what the families feel

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and how these can be very impactful. I myself am a stakeholder. I'll be very happy to support

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and any efforts in order for procedures, policies and all of that to be done. I think it is

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a very important thing that interested in needs to do. Thank you, I appreciate the time.

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Thank you, Eliana. Is it possible for you to give us your name as well so that we can incorporate that into the minutes for the meeting if you're comfortable doing that?

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Yeah, of course. So do you want me to say it now?

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Just you can say it now and then our recording secretary municipal and I say we'll be able to incorporate that into the minutes for the meeting.

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of course, Illiana, I hope you're in a goticad GTIC.

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Perfect. Thank you so much, Illiana. I hope you have a good rest of your day and

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thanks. And we appreciate everyone who's come to share a public comment today.

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We really are very...

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Very grateful always for hearing from our community. And obviously we will continue to discuss this item later on the agenda with the memo that Mr. Bellair put into the packet for committee members. So without it 10 to 21, I will close public comment and thank again everyone for participating and we will move on to Superintendent and chair remarks. Dr. Hackett.

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Thank you, Dr. Matthews. Good morning, everybody. I just have one. We have had a busy summer.

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We're doing a lot of wrapping up a lot of things, including some hiring, but I am pleased to announce that we have hired an athletic director.

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Wayne Publisi, Dr. Matthews, and who else had a chance to meet him?

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That's right. That's right. Thank you. It seems like it was a long time ago, and it really wasn't.

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Um, Wayne is actually currently or has his direct director and, um, in, uh, in, uh, in

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over, and he's been in that role since 2022 and prior to that, he, he has had a long, uh, career

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in in over. So, uh, we are super excited to welcome him aboard. He's, he's experienced, uh, he

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rose to the top very quickly and the candidate pool at the high school, uh, screening committee level.

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And I think that, you know, I think we're fortunate to find someone with experience and I'm looking forward to, as I know,

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because I know misconous is looking forward to him coming on board soon. So that is it for me.

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And it also, I think Dr. Hackett, not to cut you off, but I want to make sure to highlight that he does have experience also having coached in Winchester.

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It was many years ago now, but he did start out, I believe he started out his career as a coach here in Winchester as well back in the late 90s.

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So he was excited to because of his prior association with the district excited to return after many years.

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So I will also just echo what Dr. Hackett said and say that much of our time has been spent finalizing some of the more key hires for next year.

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And so you, committee members, we will meet again next week in order to work on another one of those

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hires and ratifying that. So we are excited about that as well. So stay tuned. Make sure that

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we are all sort of prepared and ready for the meeting next week so that we are able to to finalize our

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great team for the 2026-27s full year as well.

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Summer is in full swing.

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Obviously that gives us more of an opportunity to do some of our

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more long-range and strategic things.

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So one of the things we will be looking to do over the summer is

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have some workshop sessions similar to how we did last summer

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in order to get prepared for the many things that we anticipate will be on our

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plate this coming fall as well.

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So stay tuned for more from me about scheduling those sessions

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in between all of our many vacations and troubles that everyone has over the course of the summer.

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And obviously thank you as well to those who came and provided a public comment today.

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We are always very grateful and appreciative to hear from members of the community and look forward to working on the issue that everyone raised over the course of the coming weeks.

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So with that I will move on to the consent agenda.

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I believe is next.

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I'm so Mr. Marin, if we can flip over to that.

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Ms. Bowling, I say, is there anything additional

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that you'd like to add?

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We did a pretty extensive presentation last week on this,

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but I know there were at least two notes that you had

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about small things that needed to be updated

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before we took them motion for the consent agenda today.

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Oh, it's not necessarily an update.

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It's just a point that in the motion.

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If there's a EFC EFD, and then there's EFC separately

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and EFD separately, and the combination of EFC or at the point

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about EFC EFD is that those are supposed to be split

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into two standalone policies, the following EFC

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universal free school meals and EFD on the meal charge policy.

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And then the combined ELC EFT would be deleted.

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And then the other one is CCA, the organizational charts.

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That's supposed to be deleted.

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So.

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Did everyone track that site?

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It wasn't an update.

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It was an update committee to make sure they fully understood what we were

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voting on in our second reading and approval today.

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So is everybody clear on that?

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Ms. Minier G.

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I am clear on that specific point, but I have a general policy question about their summer

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schedule.

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So, do you want me to hold off and let us vote in these policies first?

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Sure.

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That's great.

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Is there someone that would like to make a motion around the consent agenda?

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Motion to accept the consent agenda.

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Is there a document?

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All right, so with a motion by Ms. Bolinese and a second by Ms. Miniergy, we will take a

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roll call vote on accepting the consent agenda. Mr. Belair. Ms. Miniergy. Oh, sorry. Mr.

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Mr. Hubcroft, sorry. I'm just looking at all my little Zoom boxes. Okay. Ms. Bolinese.

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Hi. Ms. Miniergy. Hi. And I vote as well. So we are unanimously in favor of adopting

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the consent agenda has presented, Ms. Minergy.

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So now that Bell to Bell is law, is policy, subcommittee,

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are they, are you, do you plan on discussing it this summer?

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And looking for, or I don't know if that's,

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has been on your agenda, or an apologies,

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I should be attending your meetings to stay on top of it.

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But when you guys are so good,

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I'm sorry, you have lots of meetings.

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Yeah, I know, but you're so good about coming to budget subs. So I feel like I should be in the

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policy as well to be supportive. But is that something that is scheduled for this summer?

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So policy subcommittee will definitely be meeting over the summer and it's part of the future agenda items.

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Great. Great. And then just as some of the comments just on policy. So with the approval of all of the

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policies today will get the rest or will get the policy manual updated for all of these.

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And I think we're most of the way to being ready to submit our policy manual to the

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MSE to be updated to their online policy manual.

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We still do have a few left mainly from two sections and then also just a few individual

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policy. So I have a complete list of all of those ready to go. And then also, I guess related

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to this with our student handbooks. I've taken a look through our student handbooks in all of

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the policies that we have in there because I think we had had a number of policies that were

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still based on the old policies. But now that we have gotten so much policy approved over this

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last year, we can pretty confidently update the student handbook, so that they'll be ready to go for

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also for 26.

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27, as part of that preparation.

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All right. Any other questions?

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Thank you. Greatly. This is the tremendous effort. So thank you both.

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No problem. Yeah, we are very grateful for all the work the policy so committee has been doing. And we'll continue to do to bring everything up to date with an aligned with the latest policies with the mass.

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see. So with that, I believe we are moving on to the presentation of the Safe

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Schools memo. So I will turn it over to Mr. Browler.

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Hey, everybody. So as was kind of alluded to during public comment with some of the guests

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that we had today, I think this summer is a really great opportunity to, or as the

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memo that I put in the binder lays out, to really take a step back and as we're heading

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into the next school year, think about what our policies and procedures should look like in the

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event that there are federal integration enforcement actions at school property or that impact

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our families and how we can be prepared for that. You know, these have been actions that have

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directly impacted families and Winchester already, they have been impacting communities across the

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country and we're I think in a position to do some thinking around what formal policy could

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look like to codify some of the existing practices that we do have to come into alignment

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with guidance that was issued by Governor Healey and the Massachusetts Executive Office

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of Education and then also to engage our state delegation or continue to engage our state

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as the protect act, which is a piece of legislation that regulates federal immigration enforcement

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at public schools, courthouses, other facilities to make sure that we're complying with the law,

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as it evolves and as Massachusetts responds to federal immigration enforcement actions over the last two years.

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So I think this intends to be kind of the start of the conversation and hopefully this is something that

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be taken up in the policy subcommittee in the coming weeks so that we can be ready for the next

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school year. But I think I just wanted to advance this as a priority that emerged from a lot

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of great conversations with community organizations, with parents, with teachers, elected officials,

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elsewhere in town that have kind of brought us to this point. So super grateful for their advocacy

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and input. And I think today I think it would be helpful if the committee has, if there's, I guess this is maybe a general framework that I would use as a starting point for potentially drafting something in the policy subcommittee.

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So if there are general general impressions, the school committee has with regards to some of the points outlined in this memo would be happy to answer questions or discuss what's in here.

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but I do this is kind of the beginning of a conversation

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that will continue in policy subcommittee

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and then come back to the full school committee later.

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That's great.

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Thank you, Mr. Billaire.

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Mr. Huffcroft, when was in the energy of their injuries?

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So let's start with Mr. Huffcroft.

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Yeah, so thank you, Mr. Billaire.

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For bringing this forward, this is a really important topic.

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Obviously, I remember when I first started

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their activities, let's say, having a conversation

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with Dr. Hackett, a year or more ago about the things we're already doing, and I think it

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is a good time to look at how do we modify, expand, and make sure that we're being thoughtful

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about what we're doing, especially with the new guidance, and then communicate what we're doing

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out with the broader community for sure. And I think working on this in the policy committee,

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I think it was a good place to work on it.

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I'll note that the legislature is the protect act

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is in conference right now.

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The House version only protects court houses.

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The Senate version has a broader scope of sensitive areas

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that do include schools and places of worship

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and healthcare and other things.

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So hopefully the Senate version is the version that ends

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at landing, but either way, as that evolves,

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we want to make sure that we're meeting compliance with it.

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I think my input for policy committee folks, when we start getting into this, I think a

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good approach to take care might be a sort of two-part approach where we, you know, having

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looked at the state guidance and your memo of state governance has a few other things.

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I think the committee would probably be very supportive of as well, but then we just adopt

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the state guidance, and then we have a second part where we layer in the Winchester specific things that we might add to it because I note that in your memo

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you know we have notification of Winchester police and having them serve as a district liaison or you know we'll talk to Dr. Hackett about

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you know we shouldn't even have someone offers their immigration status we shouldn't write it down you know and you know

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dealing with the third party contractors and things I don't think is in the state guidance.

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So I think having the adopting what the state's guidance keeps us from having

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consistency between policies and it allows future updates at the state level to automatically

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remain up to date in our policies, but then layering in which a specific step on top of that

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because I think we might want to go further would be a good approach for the committee to consider.

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So, those are my two cents.

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Thank you, Mr. Hillcroft.

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Here's my energy.

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Thank you guys for putting this together.

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Thank you, John.

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And thank you.

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And that represents justice for your collaboration

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and partnership.

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I feel like just having this conversation

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since a strong message to members in our community

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that they're supported that we see them

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and we value them as members of our community.

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So, thank you again for highlighting this and bringing this to our attention.

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I support everything in the memo.

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I just have a central law of questions and possible additions,

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or maybe you've considered them, and when it's a different route.

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A firm with service providers, absolutely important, right?

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So the protocols that we're having during the school day,

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for after school programs like Kidsboro,

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we want to make sure that our students are protected the entire time

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that they're on school grounds,

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that are part of even after school programming, absolutely.

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But along that vein, also with parent association,

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they have after school programs,

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they also have Halloween parties and various events

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that members of the community can participate in,

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that can experience certain,

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that can be put in situations where we need

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to follow these protocols as well.

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So if you can include the leadership,

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as you can go through Islip,

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I believe is a new leadership council's name.

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the former PISC and just have a quick way to kick off the school year.

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Some safety protocols that they can implement after school during, you know, concerts and

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fit book fair and science fair, all of these great things that we do, just to make sure that we're consistent.

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And we're protecting our community, all this,

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and I'm all set.

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Thank you.

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Thanks, Ms. Minierjee. Ms. Bull and I say.

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I was just going to say, thank you very, so thank you so much for putting this together.

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And thank you to so much to all of those who joined us for public comment and expressed your input.

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I think that's very important and valuable.

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And I think as Ms. Minierjee was saying, it's great that we're having this conversation.

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I think Mr. Hubcroft was also pointing out that this is still in the house.

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So I'm not really sure how it progresses through, I guess if it goes from the house, then on to the senate.

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So I'm not really sure how it makes its way through at the state level.

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But I do think it's important that we stay in touch with our legislators so that we understand what's happening with this.

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and so that we can stay in step with that as it develops and I think from a policy perspective

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policy is very much on the governance side we're sort of high level over arching aspirational

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but when we start getting down into the part I guess I see part of this is I think that the school committee can take a broad stance on this

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And, I mean, I'm personally very supportive.

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But I think what we do have to remember from a policy perspective

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is that we come up with the overarching view,

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but we don't get down into codifying the procedures

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and all of the steps.

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I view that as more of an operational responsibility.

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So I'm glad to hear as one of our public speakers with public commenters was saying this morning that

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like the Lincoln School is having this discussion that the staff there are having this discussion.

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And I think it's important for our staff to be having this discussion perhaps with the IMT teams as well so that there is a procedure in place.

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But I don't know that the school committee gets into the procedure.

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But otherwise, I'm very supportive.

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Thank you, Ms. Bullenis.

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I see Mr. Hupcroft's hand is raised again.

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Yeah, thank you.

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I realized I probably wasn't clear.

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I was just responding to the Protect Act in the,

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in Mr. Billaires memo,

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because the reference to this school's being there

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and just that that wasn't fully settled,

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but hopefully it will be.

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I do think the guidance,

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the Executive Office of Education,

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you know, has issued guidance that,

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you know, it could be adopted sooner or so.

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So I don't think that we have to necessarily wait for the protect act, but at the same time,

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I think that I'll be forthcoming pretty soon.

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This will, and I say, I think you also raise a really good point on policy versus procedures,

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and I think that the state recommendations, which I think are a very good baseline,

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allows us to focus more on what we want this unique above and beyond this,

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Winchester from a policy point of view while the superintendent can minister the procedures because a lot of that is

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the rightly, you know, not in our domain. So I agree with that as well. But yeah, I don't think we to hold it up

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for the protect act.

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So hopefully we will be forthcoming very soon.

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Thank you, Mr. Hubsar. I'll just comment that I'm broadly supportive of what Mr. Hubsar has said.

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I, my idea around this and, you know, in full disclosure, obviously, I am a member of the Board of the Network for Social Justice.

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So I've been aware of these issues.

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Very grateful, Mr. Bill, I put them into the memo

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and brought them forward for consideration.

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But in terms of my own involvement,

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this is something I'm extremely supportive of.

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And I am definitely on board with what Mr. Havcroft said.

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It would be, I think, well advised for us,

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especially mindful of what Mr. Havcroft said

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to develop the higher level policies

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and have an understanding of where Winchester

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would like to be from a high level policy perspective,

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sort of maybe in front of and open to revision if things change with the final form of the

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House Senate conference around the Protect Act, what the final form of the legislation looks

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like and what responsibilities that puts into us. But I would love for us to be, if not a

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four-runner since the Protect Act is passed in both the House and Senate and they're just in

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conference right now and we know it's one of the largest priorities for both of our legislative bodies

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as well as for the governor to sign this year.

448
00:34:54,190 --> 00:34:56,610
I would just like to see us be very prepared,

449
00:34:57,330 --> 00:35:01,390
especially given the fact that the fall is always more rapidly

450
00:35:01,390 --> 00:35:03,470
approaching than we wanted to be over the summer

451
00:35:03,470 --> 00:35:05,470
as we're enjoying our moments off.

452
00:35:05,990 --> 00:35:09,170
And so my suggestion around this would be that our policies

453
00:35:09,170 --> 00:35:12,150
up committee, Ms. Bolinesi, and Mr. Bellair,

454
00:35:12,330 --> 00:35:15,310
take this up at an upcoming meeting,

455
00:35:16,010 --> 00:35:18,570
and then bring back a recommendation for the high level policy

456
00:35:18,570 --> 00:35:21,350
to the committee that we can vote on and incorporate,

457
00:35:21,350 --> 00:35:28,470
And that'll get us, as Mr. Mr. Hockcroft said, that will get us sort of out in advance of what we

458
00:35:28,470 --> 00:35:35,190
strongly anticipate will be a legislative imperative that comes down to us from the state moving forward.

459
00:35:35,710 --> 00:35:40,930
I will on a personal note, say I'm very grateful for the public commentators that came.

460
00:35:40,970 --> 00:35:45,910
They came today. I'm always very excited to see broad-based coalitions across the community

461
00:35:47,050 --> 00:35:52,930
coming to our table and advocating around issues that are important to them.

462
00:35:53,090 --> 00:35:55,830
I think that's a really important part of civic life.

463
00:35:56,330 --> 00:36:05,010
And I am excited to continue to work with folks who've come today to advocate on behalf of those who are more vulnerable in our communities.

464
00:36:06,410 --> 00:36:13,390
And, you know, obviously want to make sure that we do everything we can to be as protected as possible in the context of our own local community.

465
00:36:13,390 --> 00:36:23,350
And particularly for our students, you know, children are the most vulnerable folks in our communities when it comes to issues around immigration enforcement at the federal level.

466
00:36:23,610 --> 00:36:40,330
And I think it's always important to ensure as much as we possibly can that we provide as much of a protective layer around them as possible because the federal context is quite menacing at the current moment.

467
00:36:40,330 --> 00:36:42,230
So thank you to everybody.

468
00:36:43,110 --> 00:36:48,090
I will without ask if it's going to be completely as chair

469
00:36:48,090 --> 00:36:51,110
if our policy subcommittee can take this up

470
00:36:51,110 --> 00:36:54,090
as a next agenda item, I think back to us

471
00:36:54,090 --> 00:36:56,610
for consideration in the future.

472
00:36:59,350 --> 00:37:01,830
All right, thank you everyone for that.

473
00:37:01,850 --> 00:37:06,250
Unless there's any else we will move on to our section of updates.

474
00:37:08,010 --> 00:37:09,810
All right, so there's two things.

475
00:37:10,370 --> 00:37:18,370
today, we have an open volunteer position. So it could ever be just who's not on you

476
00:37:18,370 --> 00:37:21,990
just go on me because I think there's some feedback in the Zoom calls so I just want to make sure

477
00:37:21,990 --> 00:37:29,290
that that's thanks. There is an open position for a school committee appointed EFPBC member

478
00:37:29,670 --> 00:37:29,970
as you know.

479
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:40,060
So from our prior meetings, I am currently serving as a school committee rep on the EFPVC, given the action of town meeting, this past spring, we're going to have a second.

480
00:37:40,620 --> 00:37:57,440
School committee appointed position. I think the committee has kind of decided by consensus that we'd like that to be not a second school committee member, but rather, and member of the community was appointed by the school committee to serve with our lens of concerns and on our behalf.

481
00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:03,120
And so that the application for that volunteer position is now available.

482
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,100
You can apply online at our website,

483
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:10,060
ManchesterPS.org and certainly feel free to email the committee

484
00:38:10,060 --> 00:38:13,260
if you have any questions in advance of applying for that,

485
00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:18,340
but we would love to have a robust pool of applicants to join our EFPVC

486
00:38:18,340 --> 00:38:22,360
for those that are not aware that is the education facilities,

487
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:24,640
planning and building committee,

488
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:30,740
which during times when we're partnered with the MSBA to do construction on our schools,

489
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:34,360
which we currently are at the Morocco Elementary School,

490
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:38,740
at that as a committee that also serves as what's called the School Building Committee,

491
00:38:39,020 --> 00:38:46,940
which under MSBA procedures, is the body that makes decisions and determinations around

492
00:38:46,940 --> 00:38:52,660
how to partner with MSBA on the construction design of new schools.

493
00:38:52,660 --> 00:39:00,920
So it's a great time for anyone who has interest in the topic, as well as any relevant expertise

494
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:10,400
that can be anything from construction, architecture, design, trades, anything of that nature

495
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:16,400
that could be a helpful contributor to that committee. So I'm certainly encouraged anyone who may

496
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:22,560
have applied for EFPBC through the town seats, who is not selected, certainly would love to have

497
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:27,640
as well as anyone who might be a new applicant interested in the committee.

498
00:39:27,780 --> 00:39:29,740
It generally meets on Monday nights.

499
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:34,900
I attended my first meeting after being officially added on July 1st.

500
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:36,180
And I will just update the committee.

501
00:39:36,300 --> 00:39:38,440
I know many of you were able to attend that.

502
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,440
As folks in the audience, not participating.

503
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:46,440
But there was a robust discussion of the draft facilities master plan,

504
00:39:47,140 --> 00:39:50,080
including a lot of discussion of the Morocco Elementary School.

505
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:56,040
and that discussion is available on Windcam for anyone who would like to review it on demand.

506
00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:06,160
So we definitely are going to my suggestion to the FPBC was that it is time for us to get

507
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:11,760
together as a school committee and as EFPBC, sort of discuss the next steps in that project and

508
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:16,820
make sure that the final product that comes out of the SOTE's master planning process aligns

509
00:40:16,820 --> 00:40:22,000
the decisions that the school committee needs to make around the Maraka Elementary School in

510
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:26,880
particular and our building assets across the district more broadly. So that will be the next

511
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:32,120
step. Hopefully we can do that at some point over the summer before that processes is finalized

512
00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:38,520
and the final document is available. So that's the update with EFPBC and then capital planning.

513
00:40:38,700 --> 00:40:46,600
I will turn over to Ms. Minierjee. Thank you. So last night, I attended my first WCCP

514
00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:50,640
CPC meeting, which was very convenient because I'm a member of both committees.

515
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:58,980
And it was a great collaborative meeting because WCCP is a relatively new committee.

516
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:05,920
And it works, there are plenty of projects that overlap between the two bodies.

517
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:12,200
So it's just the way to work collaboratively and support each other and support the projects as much as we can and leverage whatever funds that we have available.

518
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:22,020
We voted our capital priorities and if you could just click on that really quickly and drew and just bring up our ranking.

519
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:30,040
We voted on this on our June 26 meeting, but which has passed the June 15 deadline for WCCP,

520
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:36,560
but I'm making the case on Tuesday that the Lincoln flatwork is actually not a new application.

521
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:45,240
And we took a lot of the feedback that we received from WCCP last year, and we tweaked it so we're hoping to have them consider it again this year.

522
00:41:46,100 --> 00:42:01,640
But also, it'll be a good example of how the two bodies are working well, and in the collaborative way, and bringing the strongest case possible to town meeting because at the end, all of the committees, including this one, are beholden to town meeting.

523
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:16,060
So it's just bringing that best case, the best case that we can make for not just Lincoln Flatwork, but all of our historic assets, which, yes, is also called the HVAC project and the field work for Lincoln.

524
00:42:16,620 --> 00:42:19,840
I'm bringing those in front of WCCP and hoping to get that support.

525
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:26,420
So I will update you to see if WCCP and capital will collaborate on that at the very least

526
00:42:26,420 --> 00:42:33,360
it's in the capital queue, so it'll be brought in front of fall town meeting once capital

527
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:35,460
finished finalizes its process.

528
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:36,980
Any questions?

529
00:42:41,950 --> 00:42:42,550
Thank you.

530
00:42:42,870 --> 00:42:43,010
Yeah.

531
00:42:43,510 --> 00:42:44,190
I was just curious.

532
00:42:44,190 --> 00:42:50,970
Can you let us know how much CPC funds are available for historic buildings in this area?

533
00:42:51,590 --> 00:42:54,170
If you know, if you know, it's not, that's okay.

534
00:42:54,610 --> 00:42:56,250
Specifically to historic?

535
00:42:57,470 --> 00:43:00,850
Well, the categories that you were talking about for Lincoln and McCall.

536
00:43:01,830 --> 00:43:02,510
Well, I'm sorry.

537
00:43:02,970 --> 00:43:07,290
So for the Community Preservation Act funds or...

538
00:43:07,290 --> 00:43:07,870
Yes, I'm sorry.

539
00:43:09,350 --> 00:43:10,030
CPC.

540
00:43:12,350 --> 00:43:19,250
So, CPC is capital planning committee, so a little bit of the stable as they, I know it's very exciting.

541
00:43:19,270 --> 00:43:22,170
I do really serve on both committees, and I have, yeah, to get a straight.

542
00:43:22,730 --> 00:43:24,670
So, before let's wrap it up on the three letter I can.

543
00:43:25,050 --> 00:43:25,630
Thank you.

544
00:43:25,870 --> 00:43:32,650
Yes, so WCCCP is community preservation act funds and CPC is capital planning committee.

545
00:43:32,750 --> 00:43:35,950
Those are the building and the capital stabilization funds.

546
00:43:35,950 --> 00:43:37,170
Oh, just a bit.

547
00:43:37,290 --> 00:43:38,630
Two, seven, we can't just

548
00:43:38,630 --> 00:43:40,730
spend it on a better job finding more

549
00:43:40,730 --> 00:43:42,330
dissimilar acronyms.

550
00:43:43,390 --> 00:43:48,010
Yeah, or just calling WCCP CPA, the CPA committee,

551
00:43:48,350 --> 00:43:49,790
and that would have been very straight forward.

552
00:43:50,310 --> 00:43:52,930
Or, you know, the capital planning, just stabilization committee.

553
00:43:53,130 --> 00:43:55,590
But then to be fair, it would have been CPC and CPA,

554
00:43:55,910 --> 00:43:57,230
which is still very close.

555
00:43:57,770 --> 00:44:00,650
That is the real question, is there $900,000

556
00:44:00,650 --> 00:44:01,890
to do the link and flat work?

557
00:44:02,050 --> 00:44:02,750
I guess it's going.

558
00:44:04,150 --> 00:44:07,810
Yes, but then that would take money away from other things.

559
00:44:08,070 --> 00:44:13,110
So it's not 100, we're not looking for them to fund 100% of it, but to share a portion of it.

560
00:44:13,310 --> 00:44:18,530
May it be 50-50. There was a survey that was conducted after fall town meeting.

561
00:44:18,990 --> 00:44:20,950
It was published in December, I believe.

562
00:44:21,730 --> 00:44:25,270
And in the survey of town meeting members, it was specifically about,

563
00:44:25,350 --> 00:44:30,570
how would you like to see this partnership between the stabilization funds and the CPA.

564
00:44:30,570 --> 00:44:53,430
And they 60% of, I'm sorry, 60% of CPA funds, town meeting members would like to see being used towards projects in the capital backlog, which these three projects that I highlighted, the school projects are part of that capital backlog.

565
00:44:53,430 --> 00:44:59,930
And then they're remaining 40% to go towards other community initiatives.

566
00:45:10,660 --> 00:45:17,380
I think they have 2 million, they have about 2.1, I believe exactly.

567
00:45:21,980 --> 00:45:39,100
And of course some projects like we were yesterday we spoke about the Packer Ellis Quartz and a couple of years that's going to be like a three million dollar project like all of these bigger projects. We don't just spend three million dollars out of the gate we borrowed right and so that's that service that'll be coming out of those funds

568
00:45:39,580 --> 00:45:44,280
because we won't spend $3 million in cash on that on the project.

569
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:46,080
That's what we're talking about.

570
00:45:46,100 --> 00:45:48,060
Right, we have a triple bond rating.

571
00:45:48,300 --> 00:45:50,000
We might as well use it.

572
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:50,980
That's a great point.

573
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:54,100
That's how the solar work we did, you know,

574
00:45:54,180 --> 00:45:55,260
makes one year one.

575
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:57,700
So yeah, that's a great reminder for community.

576
00:45:57,780 --> 00:45:59,460
Thank you.

577
00:45:59,960 --> 00:46:00,200
All right.

578
00:46:00,340 --> 00:46:01,120
Any other questions?

579
00:46:04,020 --> 00:46:04,320
Great.

580
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:08,340
With that, we will move on to our next agenda item,

581
00:46:08,340 --> 00:46:14,900
which is a consideration of approval for our district contracts. Mr. Marin, I will hand it over for you

582
00:46:14,900 --> 00:46:22,410
to you for this. Thank you. So we have three contracts for your review.

583
00:46:24,230 --> 00:46:29,730
So as you know, our policy is schooled may away in a contract longer than three years.

584
00:46:30,630 --> 00:46:35,170
It's the first one we went out. Schooled may have voted in the fall of this report.

585
00:46:35,170 --> 00:46:41,610
a request for proposals to extend our district childcare program from three years to five years.

586
00:46:42,050 --> 00:46:46,370
And we went through the process. This late winter early spring.

587
00:46:47,490 --> 00:46:54,190
We had two bits on it, and kids were always the most favorable out of those two.

588
00:46:54,430 --> 00:46:58,170
And they were also our existing benefit for childcare.

589
00:46:58,170 --> 00:47:04,170
And so we're looking to extend them a new contract, and this would be year one of five.

590
00:47:05,590 --> 00:47:11,810
And it would be structured in a way, some more of the food source contract that we were new year by year.

591
00:47:12,090 --> 00:47:15,070
So it's over five year term, but we have the option to extend each year.

592
00:47:15,570 --> 00:47:18,350
And so if something did change, we were able to go back up to bid.

593
00:47:18,750 --> 00:47:20,110
The committee would still have that option.

594
00:47:21,290 --> 00:47:25,630
And then the second one on the list is a hardware lease.

595
00:47:26,370 --> 00:47:27,970
So with our budget and some of the constraints,

596
00:47:28,990 --> 00:47:34,030
we still have to update a significant amount of Chromebooks in the district

597
00:47:34,030 --> 00:47:36,070
and switching to a leasing model.

598
00:47:36,390 --> 00:47:38,110
We need more economical for us.

599
00:47:38,990 --> 00:47:43,930
And we'll enable us to update a larger amount of devices that we have.

600
00:47:44,190 --> 00:47:47,930
And it will help also reorganize some of that as well.

601
00:47:47,930 --> 00:47:53,910
So this is our student Chromebook since most have the elementary level, and this would be a five year lease.

602
00:47:54,150 --> 00:47:59,270
It will line with our five year life cycle replacement that we tried to do.

603
00:47:59,590 --> 00:47:59,990
Those devices.

604
00:48:01,150 --> 00:48:07,750
And then the last one is we're going to year two of our current food service management company contract.

605
00:48:08,090 --> 00:48:09,870
And that's what's what's in this nutrition.

606
00:48:11,590 --> 00:48:13,550
So, these are in your packet.

607
00:48:14,350 --> 00:48:16,870
I have to go into more detail on anything there.

608
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:21,100
Mr. Huffcroft, do you have a question?

609
00:48:21,380 --> 00:48:22,340
Followed by Mr. Bill air.

610
00:48:23,260 --> 00:48:25,720
Yeah, and these are, I'm supportive of all of these.

611
00:48:25,980 --> 00:48:27,400
So I refer to all, I was just curious.

612
00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:30,460
And maybe I was throughout my three questions.

613
00:48:31,080 --> 00:48:33,720
You know, one is here in the, the child care,

614
00:48:33,720 --> 00:48:36,720
at least, and I remember, you know, we have the ability to,

615
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:39,560
to get out of this every year.

616
00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:51,380
And I was kind of curious why the difference between having a five-year contract that you can go out and date every single year on and just having a one-year contract is.

617
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:54,020
We're locking in like the terms over five years.

618
00:48:54,820 --> 00:48:56,300
I was just curious as a quick reminder.

619
00:48:57,300 --> 00:48:58,660
Maybe just answer that.

620
00:48:58,700 --> 00:49:00,600
I'll put the ask the other two.

621
00:49:00,920 --> 00:49:01,080
Sure.

622
00:49:02,860 --> 00:49:04,520
So we feel like programs like this.

623
00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:09,700
food service, you're trying to build a program, have consistency, and students get to know the

624
00:49:09,700 --> 00:49:15,460
individuals with those programs. In what Kizbaron Pticole, we've had a good history of them,

625
00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:19,540
we've done really good feedback from families, services that provide sweet thought of people

626
00:49:19,540 --> 00:49:27,140
to file to send a five-year for that program. Okay. I just, I didn't know if there's something

627
00:49:27,140 --> 00:49:30,500
some things that we're gaining from, from having that.

628
00:49:30,500 --> 00:49:31,560
Yeah, and it was exciting.

629
00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:34,920
Yeah, that there's some dislike overhead to doing these processes.

630
00:49:35,220 --> 00:49:38,560
It's not a huge list, but it is a kind of process here.

631
00:49:39,100 --> 00:49:40,540
Yes, so efficiency gains.

632
00:49:41,460 --> 00:49:45,860
Okay, on the hardware lease was curious.

633
00:49:46,140 --> 00:49:50,320
Are we doing, is that sort of over, is it staggered?

634
00:49:50,600 --> 00:49:54,840
So we're, we're getting five, really buying them all.

635
00:49:54,840 --> 00:50:04,440
every five years they'll all become old and have to be a renewed or really like a fifth of them each year over five years that every year a fifth of them comes up to be refreshed.

636
00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:16,660
I think it's one fifth, but we are trying to parse it out so that we can get to that standard five year life cycle placement.

637
00:50:16,660 --> 00:50:18,820
But then it made it's over the next three years.

638
00:50:19,180 --> 00:50:27,760
We're making devices at the elementary and secondary level that we support and also devices for staff to get that.

639
00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:29,040
Great.

640
00:50:29,320 --> 00:50:41,080
And then on the food services, I know we've been moving from Styrofoam to compostable trays to eventually having dishwashers and being able to have real trays.

641
00:50:41,900 --> 00:50:44,520
Do we have the Styrofoam completely out now?

642
00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:47,840
because I know at one point we were ending up with with a styrofoam

643
00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:51,560
when other districts used up all the combustible stuff and I

644
00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:55,520
from said that they were all out now just wondering how on the

645
00:50:55,520 --> 00:51:00,060
the sustainability progression how we're doing and how you're thinking about that.

646
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:05,640
Yes, start from especially out. I do not see at any time this year. Come back,

647
00:51:05,780 --> 00:51:11,380
we have good supply chains around those trays. We also work closely with a group

648
00:51:11,380 --> 00:51:16,240
town, I'm getting their official name, it's kind of like the Winchester Sustainability Group, I think

649
00:51:16,240 --> 00:51:21,120
Tom, you know, in Africa. But we work with them on our composting efforts at the Almetry

650
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:26,640
School. We had great group of students at the high school or the past two years who are building

651
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:31,200
on the composting program outside there. So we're going to extend some of those practices,

652
00:51:32,340 --> 00:51:37,520
get to the remaining schools next year, which will be a focus on my call, then also at Morocco,

653
00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:46,280
elementary, um, if it's in 0 and 2, um, um, trust us the same building. We, we were looking

654
00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:52,680
at some other services around to be useful. We were washing, um, but just with, with budgets

655
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:59,700
as they were, we were sort of positive for, um, sort of re-valuate that at the moment. But right now,

656
00:51:59,840 --> 00:52:06,420
we have, uh, we're washing at the one-challenge school or as purpose-built care, and the next

657
00:52:06,420 --> 00:52:10,320
National staff would be looking at my call for that,

658
00:52:10,400 --> 00:52:11,860
where they have some of the infrastructure in place,

659
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,200
and we said to make some upgrades in the over the next year,

660
00:52:14,360 --> 00:52:14,860
perhaps so.

661
00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:17,080
Thank you.

662
00:52:17,540 --> 00:52:17,540
Any,

663
00:52:21,170 --> 00:52:21,570
Mr. Billare?

664
00:52:25,050 --> 00:52:26,010
Thank you.

665
00:52:26,530 --> 00:52:29,970
So I think, recognizing that we have,

666
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:48,880
The technology usage committee, Dr. Allen, I was doing a great job leading. That's going to be meeting throughout the summer and into next school year, that's looking at all of our technology policies, including the, you know, how we might approach technology in different ages.

667
00:52:50,260 --> 00:52:56,880
I think I would be maybe more open to a shorter term lease on the Chromebooks, just given

668
00:52:56,880 --> 00:52:58,300
that we might need.

669
00:52:58,580 --> 00:53:03,180
This committee might deliver recommendations to the superintendent that we need additional

670
00:53:03,180 --> 00:53:03,920
Chromebooks.

671
00:53:03,940 --> 00:53:06,060
They might say that we need fewer Chromebooks.

672
00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:12,240
I think that that might influence the terms of a contract like this, so Andrew, can you say a little

673
00:53:12,240 --> 00:53:16,540
bit more about Mr. Rick, can you say a little bit more about the pricing of the five-year

674
00:53:16,540 --> 00:53:21,980
contract relative to a potentially shorter term option and I think you mentioned that this

675
00:53:21,980 --> 00:53:27,200
was about a fifth of the Chromebook inventory that the district has, so that would be that

676
00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:28,520
information would be helpful.

677
00:53:30,360 --> 00:53:36,720
Yes, yeah, I would recommend the five year lease now that this does come what they,

678
00:53:36,760 --> 00:53:42,440
so a reorganization standardization of some devices at the elementary level in terms of what we're offering.

679
00:53:42,440 --> 00:53:48,020
So these would be a higher amount of devices and it's more about 50% of the classrooms enrollment.

680
00:53:48,580 --> 00:53:49,000
It's a count.

681
00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:51,820
So this is reducing devices to start.

682
00:53:53,220 --> 00:53:56,740
And then even if there were further changes, it's the same model that we used throughout the district.

683
00:53:57,100 --> 00:53:59,420
And we still have significant amount of upgrades at the secondary level.

684
00:54:00,500 --> 00:54:02,100
That we can repurpose things, we'll never have.

685
00:54:02,620 --> 00:54:07,300
So I want to see a reason to change that if other things were to change,

686
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:11,840
but we also have had some really good conversations internally on those invitories

687
00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:15,820
in what's where the district is looking to go with things.

688
00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:19,120
I know Dr. Hack has been involved with that too, I had anything.

689
00:54:21,940 --> 00:54:24,060
No, I just, you said what I was going to say actually,

690
00:54:24,540 --> 00:54:27,880
just to say that this is a represents a reconfiguration

691
00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:31,200
and a reduction in the ratio of devices

692
00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:32,640
at the elementary level.

693
00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:34,640
Fairly significantly actually,

694
00:54:34,640 --> 00:54:37,160
we were approaching almost one to one

695
00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:40,760
and a lot of places that cuts that down to I believe.

696
00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:50,000
I think the ratio is 10 or so when it depends on how many kids in the classroom, but I also just want to mention that you know part of the challenge for us is

697
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:51,260
and passes still delivered.

698
00:54:51,780 --> 00:54:53,760
It's still delivered on devices.

699
00:54:54,520 --> 00:55:03,760
So we have this huge ramp up of a need to get devices and kids hands and the districts always done a really good job.

700
00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:08,800
Um, scheduling that and rotating that and sending devices from one school or the other.

701
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:28,700
Um, but there's that reality that we do, you know, we also, oh, we have to make sure we have enough devices to be able to accommodate that as well as devices that in case something some device goes down that we have some backup that can be used if a teacher is doing a lesson that is relying on the technology.

702
00:55:28,700 --> 00:55:35,180
So I really appreciate the point, Ms. Billaire, I think I don't think this does anything to

703
00:55:36,620 --> 00:55:43,090
hinder any development or movement in any way towards whatever the committee comes out with.

704
00:55:43,660 --> 00:55:49,600
And I think it actually does reset kind of our starting point so that we can kind of change

705
00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:54,460
maybe the expectation around how many devices that students are going to have or building

706
00:55:54,460 --> 00:55:55,880
I'm going to have it be all mentioned low.

707
00:55:56,960 --> 00:55:59,920
So we obviously should not be doing one to one

708
00:55:59,920 --> 00:56:01,600
from a lot of reasons, not the least,

709
00:56:01,700 --> 00:56:05,360
in which is we can afford it, certainly the other pieces.

710
00:56:05,900 --> 00:56:07,920
Because don't need advice in the hands all the time.

711
00:56:11,820 --> 00:56:12,900
So, no right, Ms. Minerati.

712
00:56:13,700 --> 00:56:15,540
I love hearing that, Dr. Hackett.

713
00:56:15,900 --> 00:56:17,120
I love hearing that.

714
00:56:17,840 --> 00:56:21,160
I think the one thing that I really loved about arts and letters

715
00:56:21,160 --> 00:56:23,860
is that it's paper and pencil.

716
00:56:24,440 --> 00:56:26,160
My son was in the fifth grade pilot.

717
00:56:26,160 --> 00:56:32,900
So fifth graders who do bring their own device, he didn't need his Chromebook to participate in the new Arts and Letters curriculum.

718
00:56:34,100 --> 00:56:40,620
So I don't think it would impact the rollout of Arts and Letters this year. Can you please confirm that?

719
00:56:42,980 --> 00:56:45,820
The actually have their placement of devices?

720
00:56:46,400 --> 00:56:50,760
Do you mean yes, yes. Well, the quantity of devices in each building and whatever we're budgeting.

721
00:56:51,140 --> 00:56:53,440
No, no, no. It would not affect.

722
00:56:53,960 --> 00:57:11,040
There, as you know, there's some technology related to the program where our assessments, that kind of thing, but just have to be done for technology. So what I can say is we probably need to come up with some money to add storage and access to each one of our building, given the amount of materials that have come in, it's just unbelievable.

723
00:57:12,520 --> 00:57:26,780
And the volunteers, the people here, I don't know who they are, but they're like in every single day, and then that little entry area, and they are just just going through like sand as elves and just packaging and repackaging.

724
00:57:26,980 --> 00:57:29,680
It's just amazing operations going on here.

725
00:57:30,060 --> 00:57:34,600
I saw all of the boxes and boxes stacked at Ambrose the last week of school.

726
00:57:34,600 --> 00:57:39,880
And it is, it requires a Feets of Strengths to move all of those books, but they are exactly that.

727
00:57:39,880 --> 00:57:45,260
They're paper and where are their workbooks and literature, the children will have in their hands.

728
00:57:45,580 --> 00:57:47,800
I saw the kindergarten books and they are just stunning.

729
00:57:48,160 --> 00:57:49,800
So I'm very excited about it.

730
00:57:49,800 --> 00:57:55,080
And I'm grateful that this will not at all interfere with the successful rule out.

731
00:57:58,220 --> 00:57:58,960
That's great.

732
00:57:59,320 --> 00:58:00,300
Any other questions?

733
00:58:00,860 --> 00:58:02,820
If not, I would be happy to accept a motion.

734
00:58:03,260 --> 00:58:06,900
Mr. Marin, just in terms of procedure, do we need to do three?

735
00:58:06,900 --> 00:58:10,920
separate motions for each of these or can we accept them? We didn't really put them on the

736
00:58:10,920 --> 00:58:14,480
consent agenda, so I'm assuming it's it's three separate motions in votes.

737
00:58:15,540 --> 00:58:18,100
Yes, yeah, that's great to separate to have.

738
00:58:18,780 --> 00:58:26,000
All right. I would accept a motion to start around the acceptance of the district child care contract

739
00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:33,180
with kids broke. So moves second. Right. With a motion by Ms. Miniergy seconded by Ms.

740
00:58:33,180 --> 00:58:35,600
and I say I'll take a roll call vote, Mr. Belair.

741
00:58:36,100 --> 00:58:37,660
Hi, Mr. Hubcroft.

742
00:58:38,180 --> 00:58:39,800
Hi, Mr. Bullenessay.

743
00:58:40,220 --> 00:58:40,560
Hi.

744
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:41,720
Ms. Minyarji.

745
00:58:42,460 --> 00:58:42,680
Hi.

746
00:58:43,020 --> 00:58:44,160
And the chair vote, as well.

747
00:58:44,280 --> 00:58:46,640
So that's a 5 to 0 unanimous vote.

748
00:58:46,940 --> 00:58:49,000
Looking on to the hardware lease,

749
00:58:49,020 --> 00:58:51,400
I would accept a motion around the acceptance

750
00:58:51,400 --> 00:58:53,000
of the hardware lease agreement.

751
00:58:53,480 --> 00:58:55,040
So, Mr. Bullenessay.

752
00:58:55,680 --> 00:58:56,560
All right.

753
00:58:56,980 --> 00:58:59,600
Modemotion by Ms. Bullenessay.

754
00:58:59,880 --> 00:59:01,920
Seconded by Mr. Hubcroft.

755
00:59:01,920 --> 00:59:05,760
Um, we would take a roll call of Mr. Bill air abstain.

756
00:59:06,560 --> 00:59:08,040
All right, Mr. Hupcroft.

757
00:59:09,260 --> 00:59:11,040
Ms. Bill and I say, I.

758
00:59:11,820 --> 00:59:13,060
Ms. Miniergy.

759
00:59:13,180 --> 00:59:13,620
Hi.

760
00:59:14,180 --> 00:59:17,720
And the chair votes aye as well. So we are 4 to 0 to 1 on that one.

761
00:59:18,360 --> 00:59:21,800
And then in terms of the agreement with what's in nutrition,

762
00:59:23,500 --> 00:59:28,040
acceptance of the food service management contract for your two of five.

763
00:59:28,080 --> 00:59:29,640
I will accept the motion on that as well.

764
00:59:29,640 --> 00:59:31,160
So moved.

765
00:59:31,960 --> 00:59:32,200
All right.

766
00:59:32,340 --> 00:59:34,000
On a motion by Mr. Hopcroft.

767
00:59:34,360 --> 00:59:34,820
Second is,

768
00:59:34,820 --> 00:59:34,900
Second.

769
00:59:35,700 --> 00:59:36,580
Mr. Polinesi.

770
00:59:36,980 --> 00:59:38,000
We will take a roll call.

771
00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:39,240
Vote Mr. Billaire.

772
00:59:39,760 --> 00:59:39,780
Hi.

773
00:59:40,280 --> 00:59:41,260
Mr. Hopcroft.

774
00:59:41,560 --> 00:59:41,600
Hi.

775
00:59:42,640 --> 00:59:43,120
Polinesi.

776
00:59:43,700 --> 00:59:43,980
Hi.

777
00:59:44,520 --> 00:59:45,780
Ms. Minierjee.

778
00:59:46,060 --> 00:59:46,320
Hi.

779
00:59:46,700 --> 00:59:48,060
And the chair votes aye as well.

780
00:59:48,220 --> 00:59:49,280
So that is five to zero.

781
00:59:50,060 --> 00:59:50,300
All right.

782
00:59:50,360 --> 00:59:51,640
Thank you so much for those.

783
00:59:52,660 --> 00:59:53,840
Congratulations, Mr. Marin.

784
00:59:53,980 --> 00:59:56,680
We've gotten that dealt with for this year.

785
00:59:56,680 --> 00:59:59,840
and we're going to run that out over the current week.

786
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:21,660
Moving on quickly to our summer meetings schedule and workshops, I would encourage you all. I'm going to send a scheduling text. My favorite thing to try and actually get sometimes nailed down for our summer meetings. I know that some of us have vacations.

787
01:00:22,180 --> 01:00:37,700
That we need to work around, but ideally what I would like to see with this is that we have at least two sessions, preferably between now and the beginning of August, because I know we have one member who's leaving the country at that point.

788
01:00:38,340 --> 01:00:45,660
And so if we are able to do that, there are a number of topics that we need to delve into that we will discuss at a later date.

789
01:00:45,660 --> 01:00:49,860
don't need to have the labor that for today since we're already at 11.07 and we needed to

790
01:00:49,860 --> 01:00:55,280
go into executive session. But please respond as quickly as possible. Let's get these on

791
01:00:55,280 --> 01:01:00,840
the books because once folks start going out of the country it's a little bit less easy to

792
01:01:00,840 --> 01:01:07,060
schedule. And so if it's possible to do one or maybe two sessions in real time that would be great

793
01:01:07,060 --> 01:01:12,360
for the topics that we need to discuss over the summer. Obviously we are having our meeting next

794
01:01:12,360 --> 01:01:18,480
as well for the consideration and approval of the contract with our new assistance superintendent for elementary education.

795
01:01:19,200 --> 01:01:21,500
So look forward to having that meeting as well.

796
01:01:22,220 --> 01:01:27,840
But do look out between now and then for the scheduling information for our summer meeting workshops.

797
01:01:29,500 --> 01:01:36,400
With that, I will move on to our next agenda item, which I believe is moving into executive session.

798
01:01:36,400 --> 01:01:42,780
And so unless there are any other items I would accept a motion to move into executive

799
01:01:42,780 --> 01:01:47,160
session, a mindful of the fact that the committee will not come back into public session.

800
01:01:48,140 --> 01:01:53,700
And we will just adjourn directly from that executive session without coming back online.

801
01:01:54,280 --> 01:01:58,740
So the executive session today is for purposes two and three to conduct strategy sessions

802
01:01:58,740 --> 01:02:04,020
in preparation for negotiations with non-union personnel, as well as to discuss strategy with

803
01:02:04,020 --> 01:02:08,760
respective collective bargaining with the WAA as the chair declares in both cases that an open meeting

804
01:02:08,760 --> 01:02:12,080
may have a detrimental effect in the negotiating position of the committee. So it's the

805
01:02:12,080 --> 01:02:13,250
exact emotion at this time.

806
01:02:14,500 --> 01:02:15,420
I moved.

807
01:02:16,280 --> 01:02:17,300
Is there a second?

808
01:02:17,380 --> 01:02:17,720
Second.

809
01:02:18,200 --> 01:02:20,620
All right. I'm motion by Ms. Volanesa.

810
01:02:21,060 --> 01:02:23,860
Second by Ms. Minierjee will take a World Cova, Mr. Billaire.

811
01:02:25,710 --> 01:02:27,270
Hi. Mr. Hopcroft.

812
01:02:27,970 --> 01:02:29,150
Hi. Ms. Volanesa?

813
01:02:29,690 --> 01:02:29,970
Hi.

814
01:02:30,490 --> 01:02:31,110
Ms. Minierjee.

815
01:02:31,410 --> 01:02:31,630
Hi.

816
01:02:32,050 --> 01:02:34,950
And I vote I as well. So we are adjourned in executive session

817
01:02:34,950 --> 01:02:40,170
at 11.09 a.m. The link will be, you know, you know, you know, probably.

818
01:02:43,340 --> 01:02:52,760
So I see. Yes, it will. Yeah, no, just, just, just, yes, you'll get it from the Andrew, right?

819
01:02:53,260 --> 01:02:59,300
Andrew, Andrew will be sending that as we scheduled in plan before the meeting. So this is all

820
01:02:59,300 --> 01:03:05,380
arranged pressure. Let at least you think we were not organized. I don't know, received anything yet.

821
01:03:06,060 --> 01:03:06,700
It's common.

822
01:03:07,460 --> 01:03:07,700
Thank you.

823
01:03:07,980 --> 01:03:09,320
Thank you.

824
01:03:09,320 --> 01:03:10,200
Dr. Spam.

825
01:03:10,640 --> 01:03:10,760
All right.

826
01:03:10,840 --> 01:03:11,320
I love a note.

827
01:03:11,480 --> 01:03:12,520
Thank you so much, everybody.

828
01:03:12,700 --> 01:03:13,020
Thank you.

829
01:03:13,260 --> 01:03:14,360
Thank you.

830
01:03:14,360 --> 01:03:14,860
Thank you.

831
01:03:14,860 --> 01:03:15,020
Thank you.

832
01:03:15,020 --> 01:03:16,020
Thank you.

833
01:03:16,020 --> 01:03:20,780
Thank you.