UNEDITED TRANSCRIPTION OF MARCH 9, 2021 PLEASANTVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING HELD VIA ZOOM MEETING VIDEOCONFERENCE, AT 7:33PM

1 00:00:00.930 --> 00:00:05.250 Dr. Cameron Fadjo: Alright, we are recording and you can begin, while I love these attendees and.

2 00:00:07.170 --> 00:00:24.030 Larry Boes: Good evening I this is Larry both President that wasn't full Union free school district Board of Trustees I want to welcome everybody to the board of trustees meeting or the education meeting of Tuesday march 9 2021.

3 00:00:27.420 --> 00:00:29.730 Larry Boes: We have some housekeeping items.

4 00:00:30.990 --> 00:00:32.430 Larry Boes: To take care of first.

5 00:00:34.350 --> 00:00:36.960 Larry Boes: The first announcement is with regard to.

6 00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:50.580 Larry Boes: The may 18 2021 annual school district meeting and election, there will be two vacancies for the office of member of the board of education for three year terms commencing July one.

7 00:00:51.960 --> 00:01:03.420 Larry Boes: expiring June 30 2024 petitions are available in the district office petitions require a minimum of 25 qualified voter signatures and must be returned to the district clerk.

8 00:01:03.930 --> 00:01:17.040 Larry Boes: No later than 5pm Monday April 19 2021 if i'm not correct Veronica that was in an amendment right made at the state level yesterday, I believe.

9 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:24.780 Larry Boes: to lower the amount of signatures necessary to 25 typically would be based on.

10 00:01:26.220 --> 00:01:32.160 Larry Boes: Voter turnout in the last election but due to the fact that that was held.

11 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:40.440 Larry Boes: was held virtually the numbers for that election were significantly higher than any.

12 00:01:41.460 --> 00:01:53.910 Larry Boes: School board votes and elections in many, many, many years, so the legislature to the State of New York change the minimum requirements to 25 qualified voters.

13 00:01:54.360 --> 00:01:55.290 Larry Boes: Well, and also.

14 00:01:55.680 --> 00:02:00.150 Angela Vella: and also to minimize the number of people that you had to interact with get petition.

15 00:02:01.590 --> 00:02:02.160 Angela Vella: signatures.

16 00:02:03.270 --> 00:02:15.990 Larry Boes: eligible to vote in the annual budget vote and school board election on may 18 2021 you must be one a citizen of the United States to at least 18 years of age by May 18 2021.

17 00:02:16.770 --> 00:02:23.430 Larry Boes: Three a pleasantville Union free school district President at least 30 days immediately prior to the date of the vote.

18 00:02:25.020 --> 00:02:34.170 Larry Boes: For registered with westchester county Board of elections or registered to vote with our district by no later than may 13 2021.

19 00:02:35.370 --> 00:02:42.990 Larry Boes: registering at the district office in our district does not register an individual with the West shut westchester county Board of elections.

20 00:02:43.650 --> 00:02:54.600 Larry Boes: A wherever the converse is true meaning if you are registered with the westchester county Board of elections, you are also registered to vote in the district meeting and elections.

21 00:02:55.740 --> 00:03:11.970 Larry Boes: If you have previously registered and voted in either school district or general election in the last four calendar years reregistration is not required voter registration forms and additional information is available on the district website.

22 00:03:15.150 --> 00:03:20.640 Larry Boes: We have another announcement transportation requests for transportation, to provide.

23 00:03:21.390 --> 00:03:41.430 Larry Boes: To private sorry and parochial schools for the 2021 22 school year must be submitted in writing to district office by Thursday April 1 2021 request forums are available and the district website may be obtained from the business office to address the first announcement.

24 00:03:43.920 --> 00:03:46.500 Larry Boes: When we brought up this topic at the last meeting.

25 00:03:47.640 --> 00:03:53.160 Larry Boes: On speak for Emily but she had stated that she will be running for reelection.

26 00:03:54.180 --> 00:03:55.740 Larry Boes: It was also my seat.

27 00:03:57.180 --> 00:04:04.860 Larry Boes: That is up for vote again this year, my seat I call it, because I currently sit in it, but.

28 00:04:06.180 --> 00:04:09.390 Larry Boes: i'm here to announce that I will not seek reelection.

29 00:04:10.440 --> 00:04:11.370 Larry Boes: After this year.

30 00:04:14.370 --> 00:04:16.950 Larry Boes: Nine years has been.

31 00:04:17.970 --> 00:04:18.480 Larry Boes: Great.

32 00:04:20.070 --> 00:04:23.550 Larry Boes: it's been amazing serving with my fellow board members.

33 00:04:24.900 --> 00:04:28.350 Larry Boes: With all the administration interacting with all the staff.

34 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:37.050 Larry Boes: But as we always say you know this, the students are really what it's all about and i've had an amazing time.

35 00:04:38.640 --> 00:04:45.150 Larry Boes: Providing opportunity for students, and I will miss that significantly.

36 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:50.580 Larry Boes: But i'll have more to say as i've said to other people.

37 00:04:51.660 --> 00:04:57.960 Larry Boes: I still have time left, and a lot to do so you'll continue to hear from me for a few more months.

38 00:04:59.340 --> 00:04:59.790 Larry Boes: But.

39 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:08.010 Larry Boes: At least for now, this, this will be, I will not be seeking reelection so.

40 00:05:09.660 --> 00:05:10.320 Larry Boes: anyway.

41 00:05:12.090 --> 00:05:21.120 Mary Fox-Alter: Just me, we will have any opportunities to speak about you and trust me, I will, but because we've got a whole group of seventh graders and there.

42 00:05:22.320 --> 00:05:22.530 Larry Boes: yep.

43 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:35.490 Mary Fox-Alter: it's important to share that I first met Mr bose when he had two young boys at Bedford around school little girl who's in your garden.

44 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:55.860 Mary Fox-Alter: And he has been the steward as a journey through all three schools these nine years, so I am just so proud and privileged to have been on that journey with our board President, this year, and he knows what it's like to experience it K 12.

45 00:05:56.610 --> 00:06:10.080 Mary Fox-Alter: And everything in between so Barry, thank you for nine years of service to a Community that's outstanding it's incredible and we are so lucky to have been on this journey with you.

46 00:06:10.410 --> 00:06:12.660 Mary Fox-Alter: More and, later on, on your last night.

47 00:06:12.690 --> 00:06:17.220 Mary Fox-Alter: But trust me, we are so grateful for everything you've done for this Community.

48 00:06:17.880 --> 00:06:37.770 Larry Boes: Well, thank you, Mary and I feel lucky to be talking to the seventh graders, some of whom i've coached and lacrosse every once in a while, as the bads club years align with with my daughter's grade who's an eighth grade so it's wonderful to see all of your faces.

49 00:06:39.210 --> 00:06:43.260 Larry Boes: joining us here so it's a great occasion.

50 00:06:44.430 --> 00:06:53.820 Larry Boes: For me, to make that announcement and and correlated to the wonderful time i've had with all the children and students in this district so thanks a lot Mary.

51 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:03.480 Larry Boes: We have one more housekeeping item before we get to recognition.

52 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:13.590 Larry Boes: May I make a motion to NASA motion to approve the board meeting minutes of February 23 2020.

53 00:07:23.190 --> 00:07:26.580 Larry Boes: Okay, all in favor any questions or comments.

54 00:07:29.190 --> 00:07:29.760 Larry Boes: Angela.

55 00:07:30.300 --> 00:07:30.630 I.

56 00:07:31.980 --> 00:07:32.100 Larry Boes: Jill.

57 00:07:32.610 --> 00:07:34.050 Larry Boes: hi Emily.

58 00:07:34.470 --> 00:07:48.000 Larry Boes: hi I am I as well we're not currently joined by our fifth board member shane gaffey, who is also endeavoring to provide opportunity for students.

59 00:07:49.320 --> 00:08:02.460 Larry Boes: doing the filming or practicing the filming of the high school production that will debut this weekend this Friday I believe next week next week sorry.

60 00:08:05.460 --> 00:08:09.300 Larry Boes: So, Mr mcafee will join us as the meeting goes long.

61 00:08:10.320 --> 00:08:17.400 Larry Boes: So at this time i'll turn it over to our superintendent Mary fox altar and we have recognition here.

62 00:08:18.570 --> 00:08:18.960 Mary Fox-Alter: So.

63 00:08:20.100 --> 00:08:24.990 Mary Fox-Alter: If this is a wonderful moment every board meeting where we're joined by our students.

64 00:08:24.990 --> 00:08:38.700 Mary Fox-Alter: Because that's the focus of our work, our students to recognize accomplishment and very important area and we're here this evening with your proud principal turned it over to in a moment and.

65 00:08:39.570 --> 00:08:41.010 Mary Fox-Alter: proud teacher and guidance.

66 00:08:41.010 --> 00:08:51.060 Mary Fox-Alter: counselor gene gilroy broad and we have something exciting to share with this community that aligns with a board goal about creating.

67 00:08:51.900 --> 00:09:03.600 Mary Fox-Alter: Diversity equity and inclusion activity and the partnerships, we build and I am just so proud of the work that our students are doing so, Mr mehra i'm going to turn it over to you.

68 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:04.980 Don Marra: Thank you.

69 00:09:06.270 --> 00:09:15.270 Don Marra: We have a six year partnership with the Holocaust and from the rights education Center in white plains and these nine wonderful students.

70 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:31.800 Don Marra: were joined by witnesses go Ryan miss Ross and actually i'd like to turn it over to Mrs gilroy to intro this because her in this area has been exceptional so i'm just going to turn it over to you.

71 00:09:33.210 --> 00:09:46.950 Jean Gilroy: Yes, um you can turn it over to me and the first thing I would like to do is thank Mr mehra for his wonderful support we couldn't have done it without his help on my partner in crime Pam Roth and.

72 00:09:47.640 --> 00:09:57.780 Jean Gilroy: Joanne wallace and TIM Carlo down in the TV studio we had so much fun yesterday it never would have happened without them so we're really, really appreciative.

73 00:09:58.290 --> 00:10:08.520 Jean Gilroy: Of of their work i'd like to run you through the process that these girls went through so you understand how this this wonderful video came to be.

74 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:20.820 Jean Gilroy: Back in January Pam and I went into all the FLEX periods of seventh grade and said we're looking for people interested in student government student leadership.

75 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:32.520 Jean Gilroy: We have a day long workshop with the Holocaust and human rights Center on a day of learning about leadership skills if you're interested, we have sign up sheets, you have to do a zoom interview.

76 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:43.560 Jean Gilroy: Because we are looking for articulate outgoing and thoughtful people well, we got 20 people to sign up and they were all girls.

77 00:10:44.220 --> 00:10:55.410 Jean Gilroy: So I called Julius calero and so Julie at the Human Rights Center I said Julie, we have all girls every year we're supposed to bring four boys and four girls.

78 00:10:55.980 --> 00:11:08.160 Jean Gilroy: I said i'm 20 girls to interview, and she said, fine that's Okay, you know do girls, so we did our interviews and I had to call her back again and say Julie.

79 00:11:08.640 --> 00:11:19.080 Jean Gilroy: I can't bring eight girls I can't possibly cut it down to eight girls, I have nine wonderful girls can I bring all nine and she said absolutely.

80 00:11:19.560 --> 00:11:35.190 Jean Gilroy: So we had our nine wonderful girls, so we attended a day long workshop on via zoom and then teams in which we had some girls fully remote some girls quarantining some girls in the building.

81 00:11:35.640 --> 00:11:50.040 Jean Gilroy: In a big room with fans and windows open and masks, but we did the whole day and i'll tell you i'm I told Julie Scarborough of the six years we've done this, this was the best one yet.

82 00:11:50.670 --> 00:11:58.050 Jean Gilroy: The girls were so thoughtful they were articulate they were everything we were looking for, and it was just really a great day.

83 00:11:58.770 --> 00:12:07.590 Jean Gilroy: So, once we do this with the human rights Center were charged with taking what we learned that day and bringing it back to the Community.

84 00:12:08.100 --> 00:12:18.000 Jean Gilroy: When usually we go into classrooms with our project, but we couldn't do that, for obvious reasons, so we figured we'll make a video That way we can show it.

85 00:12:18.450 --> 00:12:26.070 Jean Gilroy: To students in the classroom and then we thought yeah and we can show it to the whole district of this it better be good so.

86 00:12:26.580 --> 00:12:39.570 Jean Gilroy: We brainstormed and what the girls decided to do was we wanted to show our fellow students and Community Members what micro aggression is it's a hot word right now, so what is it.

87 00:12:40.380 --> 00:12:48.960 Jean Gilroy: So, and that was one of the big subjects in the workshop on what is micro aggression, how do you spot it and what do you do about it.

88 00:12:49.470 --> 00:12:55.770 Jean Gilroy: So the girls came up with real life scenarios of micro aggressions that they've either heard.

89 00:12:56.430 --> 00:13:07.800 Jean Gilroy: Seen or experienced themselves in our school community and in our larger community of pleasantville and they came with those scenarios and I went home and I wrote a skeleton script.

90 00:13:08.310 --> 00:13:12.480 Jean Gilroy: And I brought it into the girls and we did script readings and they schooled me.

91 00:13:12.990 --> 00:13:22.590 Jean Gilroy: They said, Mrs gilroy nobody our age would say that line, so I said okay let's tweak it do it, this is gory nobody's on Facebook, we have to take that line out.

92 00:13:22.980 --> 00:13:30.450 Jean Gilroy: So the girls took this gallatin script and they made it their own they really changed it they they said, the wording that they wanted.

93 00:13:30.900 --> 00:13:44.250 Jean Gilroy: And we were ready to put it on its feet so for the last five weeks with a hybrid schedule we've run rehearsals with some people in quarantine some people in from the a sick day some people.

94 00:13:44.430 --> 00:13:50.250 Jean Gilroy: In normally just all different combinations that whatever rehearsal we had we found out who was around.

95 00:13:50.730 --> 00:14:04.290 Jean Gilroy: Until this past Friday was the first day we had a rehearsal with everybody under the same roof, and we shot it yesterday so um it was it was an interesting process i'm.

96 00:14:05.250 --> 00:14:16.620 Jean Gilroy: i'm very proud of the script i'm very proud of them, we, I think the plan is to have the student body see this video first in their classrooms and then to put it up on the district website.

97 00:14:17.520 --> 00:14:29.250 Jean Gilroy: We have so much fun Yesterday we had a green screen, we had a teleprompter we felt so professional, we had a lot of giggles a lot of takes, but it was really, really, a lot of fun.

98 00:14:29.730 --> 00:14:41.280 Jean Gilroy: And honey focus even tweaking the screen, yes, the script yesterday, she turned to me and said Do I really have to say it this way, this is not the way I would say it said fine say it, the way you're going to say it rehearsal is a laboratory.

99 00:14:41.850 --> 00:14:56.700 Jean Gilroy: So um it and and the the girls yelled at the end it's in the can, and it was and when you'll see at the end is is very charming so um I just want to add Yesterday was International women's day.

100 00:14:57.210 --> 00:15:05.190 Larry Boes: And this is women's history month these girls made history yesterday and fees mine girls.

101 00:15:05.250 --> 00:15:18.780 Jean Gilroy: are going to continue making history as perceptive articulate and strong leaders, there is going to be no stopping these nine girls so Kamilah watch out.

102 00:15:22.650 --> 00:15:29.760 Don Marra: You see why I turned it over to Mrs go right everybody, I could not have done that, so I agree there's a lot of girl power.

103 00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:37.890 Don Marra: on the screen and I give them so much credit and i'm so so proud of them, they are models for our.

104 00:15:38.520 --> 00:15:47.550 Don Marra: School community, and I agree with, I agree with Mrs girl you better watch out because they're gonna do some incredible amazing things and I just want to thank miss Roth and Mrs gilroy.

105 00:15:48.180 --> 00:15:56.850 Don Marra: You can hear the passion and Mrs gilroy voice, and she so enjoys this work and it shows, and I think the girls would agree.

106 00:15:57.960 --> 00:16:10.200 Don Marra: and her leadership is just remarkable in this area, so this is go right Thank you and the bottle from my heart and Miss Ross Thank you very much and girls congratulations I think the board would agree.

107 00:16:10.740 --> 00:16:24.720 Don Marra: This is very, very impressive and they can't wait to see what you've made in terms of video, and we will be showing our students starting next week so i'm really excited about it and you should be very, very proud, so thank you very much.

108 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:32.280 Mary Fox-Alter: To introduce if I can add or miss skill right I don't mean to put the.

109 00:16:34.470 --> 00:16:46.980 Mary Fox-Alter: Our students on the spot, but i'm going to do that with anyone like to comment on what they enjoyed about it, what what they found challenging or just a statement about this incredible experience.

110 00:16:49.140 --> 00:16:51.750 Mary Fox-Alter: Anyone feel like sharing a little bit okay.

111 00:16:53.190 --> 00:16:53.970 Don Marra: Any forgot.

112 00:16:54.840 --> 00:17:05.490 Hanifa: yeah so actually so miss go actually sent us the link for the video today, and so I was watching it earlier and, at the end when we actually kind of decided.

113 00:17:05.970 --> 00:17:15.480 Hanifa: Our last line was supposed to be actually isabel's line singularly by herself and we ended up doing the little bit the last bit all by ourselves and roll like one django like that.

114 00:17:15.990 --> 00:17:23.640 Hanifa: And after that we were like jumping up and down and Sophia called like that's a wrap for simple like that, so I thought that they actually cut that out right that was just us.

115 00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:33.900 Hanifa: But they didn't cut that out, so it was actually just really funny just seeing us like just all at the end, just like jumping up and down just clapping ourselves, and those are really fun process, thank you.

116 00:17:36.360 --> 00:17:37.170 Don Marra: Good Sophia.

117 00:17:38.610 --> 00:17:50.610 Sophia Dougherty: um I was just I feel so fortunate to have this opportunity and I thought it was so cool to just like in our day to day life and like think about things we say and we don't even realize like sometimes.

118 00:17:51.330 --> 00:18:00.450 Sophia Dougherty: Little things could be offensive to different communities and I I always try my hardest to really think before anything that I say, and I think that.

119 00:18:00.840 --> 00:18:10.200 Sophia Dougherty: it's super cool to be able to share that with you know different people and be able to call people out if they're making comments that could be offensive to someone or.

120 00:18:10.800 --> 00:18:16.530 Sophia Dougherty: And like just even examine like what we're saying to other people if even though we may not realize it like.

121 00:18:17.430 --> 00:18:25.710 Sophia Dougherty: Things can be offensive, but we don't you know we don't think about that, and I think that making sure that everyone feels comfortable and happy with like.

122 00:18:26.130 --> 00:18:33.120 Sophia Dougherty: The environment that they're in is super important i'm super cool to be able to learn about how we can do that for other people so yeah.

123 00:18:35.790 --> 00:18:36.870 Don Marra: Well, said, Sophia.

124 00:18:38.250 --> 00:18:39.960 Don Marra: Sofia Donna, you say something.

125 00:18:40.710 --> 00:18:52.920 Sofia Donahue: um yeah I agree with what i'm Sofia said, and I think one of the hardest parts was deciding what we should put in because there's a wide.

126 00:18:53.730 --> 00:19:13.560 Sofia Donahue: Like different types of micro aggressions that can happen, and I think one of the hardest parts was narrowing down which topics we should put in to the scripts and the videos, but I think it was um I think it was all a really great process, and I think.

127 00:19:15.180 --> 00:19:18.450 Sofia Donahue: We all learned a couple things and.

128 00:19:20.070 --> 00:19:25.650 Sofia Donahue: it's like i'm glad that we could choose video for everybody to learn more about.

129 00:19:29.370 --> 00:19:30.630 Don Marra: Our last one canola.

130 00:19:32.550 --> 00:19:50.340 Camilla Browand: um yeah adding on to what Sophia said there's like a wide variety of like all the micro aggressions we could have done for the skits and um we did five, I think we did more than there has like had they have normally done in the past couple years.

131 00:19:51.600 --> 00:19:59.940 Camilla Browand: Because we just had, like so many ideas, because we wanted to educate people on what they were doing wrong or just like make sure not to do it and.

132 00:20:01.170 --> 00:20:04.680 Camilla Browand: We had like too many ideas, and so we did five.

133 00:20:05.550 --> 00:20:13.890 Pam Roth: Camilla I agree when this gilroy showed me the scripts I was blown away because they were very, very different.

134 00:20:14.280 --> 00:20:28.530 Pam Roth: than anything we've seen in the past, they were incredibly creative they were intuitive they were thoughtful I mean miss gilroy and I were like oh my God look at the ideas were fantastic so.

135 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:35.970 Pam Roth: You guys did an amazing job and we're so proud of the work you did so thank you all of you are fantastic.

136 00:20:37.590 --> 00:20:39.480 Larry Boes: A couple more hands raised they're done.

137 00:20:40.110 --> 00:20:41.490 Don Marra: Oh okay.

138 00:20:44.040 --> 00:20:51.030 Katie Lent: um I also Besides, it being like fun and it was also very educational So besides.

139 00:20:51.840 --> 00:21:03.750 Katie Lent: learning how we could like stop ourselves from doing it, we can also learn like how to politely stop everyone else i'm doing it so um if someone else is.

140 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:16.980 Katie Lent: Being mean but not realizing it, we can politely tell them that that's not right and that's what I think was the main thing that I learned from that not only to stop myself from doing it, but also people.

141 00:21:20.190 --> 00:21:20.700 Don Marra: Miriam.

142 00:21:23.280 --> 00:21:28.290 Miryam Follman: um yeah I was just going to say that I also thought it was like a really fun process and we all learned a lot and like.

143 00:21:28.530 --> 00:21:38.550 Miryam Follman: I think, even in like the hard time it was like super well planned out and like it was really safe and we all came in, like the separate days, and it was just like I feel like it really worked out perfect in the end.

144 00:21:41.070 --> 00:21:42.540 Pam Roth: Claire Claire is heather hands.

145 00:21:42.540 --> 00:21:42.630 up.

146 00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:52.260 Clara Shingler: I just wanted to say that this whole situation was on someone eye opening because all the things like that people are saying, and these skits.

147 00:21:52.710 --> 00:22:05.760 Clara Shingler: Are things that you don't even think about before you say so I just hope for everybody that seeing this that they kind of understand is to really think before they speak in be careful with our words because it has a bigger impact and they may believe it does.

148 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:11.370 Don Marra: Well, sir.

149 00:22:12.360 --> 00:22:15.300 Larry Boes: Back to God, I told you, they were articulate.

150 00:22:17.490 --> 00:22:18.030 Larry Boes: Yes.

151 00:22:19.950 --> 00:22:28.410 Don Marra: Go ahead, no, I was just saying it's just so nice that they built up that camaraderie right, and when you first started what by saying at the end we kind of like celebrated and.

152 00:22:29.130 --> 00:22:46.350 Don Marra: that's that's what they built right you guys build that camaraderie and that bond that comes with sharing kind of a common goal, and I think this is going this Roth, where you know great in terms of how they cultivated that and I think the partnership that we've had with.

153 00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:55.530 Don Marra: The Holocaust and human rights education Center over the years has really been exceptional and this is the, this is the kind of work, we want to do where we're not bringing someone in.

154 00:22:55.950 --> 00:23:06.480 Don Marra: For an assembly, and then we don't see them again for the till the next year we're actually empowering and educating our students and they are then turn keen to the rest of our student body.

155 00:23:06.930 --> 00:23:18.960 Don Marra: and the rest of our students are seeing them as role models and and folks to aspire to, and I think that's contagious and it builds a really positive culture within the school so i'm proud of that work that we're doing.

156 00:23:20.520 --> 00:23:33.030 Mary Fox-Alter: i'm so excited to see on TV and other places on cable access on web on our website, as many multimedia.

157 00:23:33.750 --> 00:23:44.610 Mary Fox-Alter: outlets media outlets as possible it's great Thank you so much girls, you made it so exciting for all of us i'm very much anticipating a couple of times many good.

158 00:23:45.150 --> 00:23:59.070 Mary Fox-Alter: One of the first few times gene and Pam that you did this, we did this gets at a board meeting so but they had to be a little truncated right, but now we're going to be able to see the whole a whole gamut of the.

159 00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:14.490 Mary Fox-Alter: presentations and this gets so very exciting, I want to thank Joe and wallace obviously pleasurable high school graduate TIM Carlo for all their work and support on this very, very, very important project, so thank you.

160 00:24:16.410 --> 00:24:27.090 Larry Boes: Thank you i'm super impressed by all of you, I expect to continue to see this group of students in leadership positions as they continue to grow.

161 00:24:27.690 --> 00:24:49.350 Larry Boes: And you know, maybe some of you will be sitting with a board of education meeting you know talk when you're when you're older as student leaders of the high school so congratulations to all of you sincerely and i'm super impressed all of you and thank you so much.

162 00:24:58.440 --> 00:25:02.910 Larry Boes: Thank you gene Thank you Pam as well, and thank you don.

163 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.470 Don Marra: pleasure.

164 00:25:05.520 --> 00:25:09.750 Don Marra: Girls you don't have to stick around unless you want to hear my budget report in a few minutes.

165 00:25:10.260 --> 00:25:11.100 Larry Boes: I want to say thank you.

166 00:25:12.690 --> 00:25:20.580 Larry Boes: To Sophie Sophia Camilla Miriam Clara and if I katie Isabella and Sophia.

167 00:25:22.350 --> 00:25:26.790 Larry Boes: All very impressive young people, and I congratulate them again.

168 00:25:27.210 --> 00:25:27.840 Thank you.

169 00:25:30.570 --> 00:25:31.170 Thank you.

170 00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.260 Miryam Follman: Thanks.

171 00:25:34.950 --> 00:25:36.090 Sophie Nordin: Everybody Thank you.

172 00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:40.410 Jill Grossman: and congratulations everybody amazing work, thank you all.

173 00:25:44.070 --> 00:25:46.980 Larry Boes: Well that's a great way to start a meeting for sure.

174 00:25:48.300 --> 00:25:52.590 Larry Boes: Important work and being delivered by the students themselves.

175 00:25:53.610 --> 00:25:55.050 Larry Boes: and ask for anything better than that.

176 00:25:57.060 --> 00:26:00.630 Larry Boes: Next we move on to budget discussions.

177 00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:07.590 Larry Boes: TIM will will lead us in these important conversations.

178 00:26:09.540 --> 00:26:11.190 Larry Boes: But i'll turn it over first to marry.

179 00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.740 Larry Boes: As we.

180 00:26:15.450 --> 00:26:18.810 Larry Boes: Take our next step in these in the budget process.

181 00:26:19.530 --> 00:26:38.400 Mary Fox-Alter: It so budget is an educational plan it's basically an identification of all the resources and tools and mechanisms that we use to put forth the goals set out by the Board of education set out through our strategic plan so it's very important.

182 00:26:39.570 --> 00:26:40.380 Mary Fox-Alter: That we.

183 00:26:40.410 --> 00:26:42.870 Mary Fox-Alter: focus on the instructional needs.

184 00:26:42.930 --> 00:26:55.350 Mary Fox-Alter: of our buildings so tonight, I am just so proud and privileged to have all three principles here tonight talk about their program and then we have.

185 00:26:55.860 --> 00:27:04.950 Mary Fox-Alter: A super important probably they employ the largest number of people in certain categories in different ways, but our our director of.

186 00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:16.890 Mary Fox-Alter: Co directors of special ED and educational services, so they will be talking about our special education program and as we educate all kids from, believe it or not.

187 00:27:17.550 --> 00:27:33.330 Mary Fox-Alter: K through 21 and they are responsibilities under preschool special education as well, so I thank all the professionals in the room tonight for their attention to the details here and.

188 00:27:34.410 --> 00:27:43.170 Mary Fox-Alter: It goes without saying that every single one of these 10 whipple has done an outstanding job there are many, many.

189 00:27:43.800 --> 00:27:55.890 Mary Fox-Alter: iterative conversations at a at the individual level where even dollar amounts of to 500 250, why are we doing this that's the level of focus these conversations have.

190 00:27:56.070 --> 00:28:08.040 Mary Fox-Alter: Before we present this to the board of education, so I want to thank our team, I want to thank TIM whipple for all the preparation and work that has taken place before tonight's conversation, so thank you TIM.

191 00:28:09.870 --> 00:28:19.320 Timothy Whipple: Well, thank you, Mary I appreciate that and also very lucky to have a great team of principles and and directors, Dan rook and see the principles.

192 00:28:20.040 --> 00:28:30.660 Timothy Whipple: able to help develop this piece of the budget this year so with that let's get let's get started, so you can see here real quick from the Budget calendar just to recap.

193 00:28:31.170 --> 00:28:45.240 Timothy Whipple: Where we are tonight we'll be talking about our instructional program budgets next meeting on the 23rd will be wrapping up kind of the last piece of our budget development with our projected revenues and reserve fund balances.

194 00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:54.000 Timothy Whipple: April six we hope to have a final draft budget, hopefully, after the after the State of New York passes the their budget by April 1.

195 00:28:55.500 --> 00:29:08.850 Timothy Whipple: So how will do this tonight is um I will kind of give an overview of the of the main financial aspects of each kind of building in department and then i'll ask the building principals and i'll ask.

196 00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:23.100 Timothy Whipple: Dan and rob to jump in with some of the slides that they prepared to kind of give a more more in depth overview of some of the specific instructional programs that they have in their buildings, so that let's start off with bed for road.

197 00:29:24.540 --> 00:29:29.100 Timothy Whipple: or grade elementary school and you'll see some of the main categories that.

198 00:29:30.150 --> 00:29:32.850 Timothy Whipple: We will show here from year to year.

199 00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:37.620 Timothy Whipple: You know, on the equipment line we're really talking about furniture for the most part.

200 00:29:39.270 --> 00:29:54.360 Timothy Whipple: 23,000 you'll see an increase of about 13,000 this year, this is this is more or less a placeholder because we first developed as budget a couple months ago we weren't anticipating buying as much furniture, as we just had have recently actually so really.

201 00:29:55.770 --> 00:30:04.320 Timothy Whipple: You know, really in a good place with a lot of our furniture at the bed for road school right now we didn't make a pretty significant purchase over the last few weeks, then Peggy is.

202 00:30:04.830 --> 00:30:12.810 Timothy Whipple: anxiously awaiting the desk to be delivered to her building as we speak, I don't know if that happened today but it's it's definitely a minute.

203 00:30:13.890 --> 00:30:24.210 Timothy Whipple: So we're going to leave this in there, we know there are going to be needs and then we're going to have next year could be at the bed for old school, it could be at the middle school or it could be at the high school.

204 00:30:24.780 --> 00:30:32.520 Timothy Whipple: So we do want to leave this particular allocation in in the budget, and this is furniture, this is chairs desks.

205 00:30:32.850 --> 00:30:41.490 Timothy Whipple: You know, we just know that you know, things are going to change and we want to be able to have the flexibility to deal with that, as it comes up, so this this isn't an increase from year over year.

206 00:30:43.260 --> 00:30:54.510 Timothy Whipple: Contractual area again, this is one one way, this is one area that I do want to highlight and I might even ask Mary to jump in because she'll have you know better, language, then I will about the increase.

207 00:30:54.960 --> 00:31:10.920 Timothy Whipple: In the nature of the increase here, and then you also see at the middle school in high school but relatively speaking, you know the the increase of about $25,000 in the contractual area is a result of US budgeting money next year for.

208 00:31:12.510 --> 00:31:27.390 Timothy Whipple: Tutoring for students, some remedial services for any students that show maybe gaps and learning, based on the pandemic We know this is a need that needs attention and so that maybe i'll just jump at the Mary and she can kind of fill in a little bit more details.

209 00:31:28.350 --> 00:31:28.740 So.

210 00:31:29.790 --> 00:31:36.150 Mary Fox-Alter: it's important that we share with the Community that we have an incredible Board of education, who has kept.

211 00:31:36.630 --> 00:31:50.460 Mary Fox-Alter: The educational learning needs of kids front and foremost in their conversations, as well as the social emotional learning needs of all kids so in a proactive manner, we have created funding.

212 00:31:50.730 --> 00:31:59.460 Mary Fox-Alter: In our budget for the summer, if we have identified gaps and learning gaps in achievement to provide extra services.

213 00:32:00.210 --> 00:32:09.510 Mary Fox-Alter: As well as perhaps additional counseling for kids and families as we transition back in September, this has been the most.

214 00:32:10.230 --> 00:32:18.870 Mary Fox-Alter: Incredible of years, the most challenging of years and I joined my colleagues, also in trying to be as proactive as possible.

215 00:32:19.110 --> 00:32:32.970 Mary Fox-Alter: In terms of creating funding and resources to help do some summer work as we move forward and prepare for September reentry so in a proactive way we have front loaded our budget with.

216 00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:45.660 Mary Fox-Alter: need consultant services contractual services, and we will work to our team to identify research based and methodologies for kids and families who might need this but.

217 00:32:46.260 --> 00:32:50.460 Mary Fox-Alter: I want to thank the board for their continuous conversation.

218 00:32:50.760 --> 00:33:02.490 Mary Fox-Alter: As putting those needs front and foremost in our Community and as well as the social emotional needs of kids so thank you will, and that that that's the identification of that piece.

219 00:33:02.760 --> 00:33:10.530 Mary Fox-Alter: I need everyone to be clear, there are data very scientific approaches that we identified through special ED for kids that.

220 00:33:11.250 --> 00:33:18.390 Mary Fox-Alter: may need the extended school year program in the summer it's an intense six week program in every day.

221 00:33:19.080 --> 00:33:34.260 Mary Fox-Alter: This is above and beyond that, because we will always take care of our special education kids who might need that level of service, but this is about our in terms of the pandemic and what we need to do to help address student learning gaps.

222 00:33:34.950 --> 00:33:39.990 Mary Fox-Alter: gaps that might occur at the end of the year, as well as sal needs.

223 00:33:41.610 --> 00:33:54.090 Timothy Whipple: um it may, it may also be interesting to note that we're doing a lot of this type of work right now, as well, and this is, this is the supplement a lot of that work that's happening, you know this this these last few months of this year.

224 00:33:56.310 --> 00:34:09.330 Mary Fox-Alter: Thank you, and I do want to give a shout out I got a wonderful email from Marianne flatly about three hours ago, who has been participating in some of the after school work with our high school students and.

225 00:34:09.750 --> 00:34:18.780 Mary Fox-Alter: She thought it was just incredible and she wants to share the work we're doing in pleasantville with the other school district service by.

226 00:34:19.290 --> 00:34:34.020 Mary Fox-Alter: Student assistant services so again, I want to thank Joe palumbo and Greg, particularly at the high school and my team and the other two buildings, we are all about trying to help and support our students and families, through this most challenging of times.

227 00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:43.500 Timothy Whipple: Okay, the guess the only last thing I would say in terms of the supply seals you'll see a decrease in both of those categories.

228 00:34:45.060 --> 00:34:55.560 Timothy Whipple: In the supplies area, the reason for the decrease was last year we had or I guess would be this year we had budgeted for a one time expenditure for the second step program which.

229 00:34:56.010 --> 00:35:02.730 Timothy Whipple: which obviously we won't need to do, because we purchased what we need to do there and in the textbook category again.

230 00:35:03.150 --> 00:35:16.020 Timothy Whipple: It was for a one time guided reading series that we did purchase so again, these were one time expenses that we planned, we can bring the budget back down to the level to where it was in the previous year and so you'll see those decreases there.

231 00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:22.800 Timothy Whipple: um I guess with that i'll turn it over to Peggy and she can bring you a little bit more detail.

232 00:35:34.410 --> 00:35:51.330 Peggy Galotti: So thank you, Mr bose this is nine out of 14 budget presentations i've done while you have sat on the board and from all the administrators, thank you for sitting, through them, but, most importantly, thank you for allowing us to create budgets that are child centered.

233 00:35:52.560 --> 00:36:02.340 Peggy Galotti: responsible, but yet allowed us to really grow and move in the right direction in pleasantville so we appreciate that so i'm going to open up with.

234 00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:11.250 Peggy Galotti: Our kindergarten projected enrollment as always it's a little bit of a wild card, but we were steady and i'm very happy to report that.

235 00:36:12.030 --> 00:36:22.560 Peggy Galotti: We are projecting 115 kindergarteners To date, we have 78 registered already so that's a high number, but I think we're getting really.

236 00:36:22.950 --> 00:36:28.920 Peggy Galotti: Good at reaching out through our registration process, you know the there's always silver linings.

237 00:36:29.610 --> 00:36:36.240 Peggy Galotti: Everything is going online for registration, so we haven't had to face in person, and we really feel we have a better.

238 00:36:36.750 --> 00:36:49.680 Peggy Galotti: projection so that's at 115 and then you can see all our other grade levels and we're holding steady we're excited we just delayed our peek into kindergarten which was supposed to happen next week.

239 00:36:50.100 --> 00:36:54.300 Peggy Galotti: just waiting a little bit longer to see if there are more people that are going to register.

240 00:36:54.600 --> 00:37:09.990 Peggy Galotti: to also be able to give more concrete answers once we do and all in model currently so that we didn't want to open up with our brand new K parents again to say we're not sure so we're hoping if we delay it by a few weeks we'll have some more concrete answers.

241 00:37:10.170 --> 00:37:13.530 Larry Boes: Well, let me know when you're going to do that Peggy is, as you know, I love going.

242 00:37:14.160 --> 00:37:15.180 Larry Boes: To kindergarten so.

243 00:37:15.510 --> 00:37:18.420 Peggy Galotti: I absolutely well I absolutely will.

244 00:37:19.530 --> 00:37:26.610 Peggy Galotti: Our budget, and so the middle school and high school and the same you know our budgets are based on mission statements are learning goals.

245 00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:37.350 Peggy Galotti: professional development, to support those learning goals our instructional resources and our staffing so that's what i'm going to share with you tonight, it just could you back one more time sorry Veronica.

246 00:37:38.580 --> 00:37:45.780 Peggy Galotti: I just want to show you to two pictures, the one of the young man sitting on the floor, that is, all in.

247 00:37:46.230 --> 00:37:58.230 Peggy Galotti: Those are things that we have not seen in a really long time with a cardboard box made it made a huge statement, so I always look for silver lines you'll hear me say that 1000 times, he did research on all the planets.

248 00:37:59.340 --> 00:38:09.180 Peggy Galotti: And that's what he brought to school, so, while he was home during his hybrid model He never stopped learning and I was so really very so proud of him, so a big shout out to him, thank you Veronica.

249 00:38:11.190 --> 00:38:18.900 Peggy Galotti: As TIM had shared with you our furniture budget is larger than we may anticipate, but there are items in there that we do need.

250 00:38:19.350 --> 00:38:31.200 Peggy Galotti: bookcases teachers desks and chairs, one of the things when we were emptying our rooms in the summer, to be able to make room for the students is we realize some of the desk as they were being taken out were just.

251 00:38:31.530 --> 00:38:41.730 Peggy Galotti: falling apart in the custodians hands, some of the bookcases for, believe it or not, still existed from the old building, so we opened in 2003.

252 00:38:42.540 --> 00:38:54.030 Peggy Galotti: So we have budgeted for several bookcases for classrooms some new teachers desk and some additional chairs, we had a whole delivery of chairs, but we do believe we are needed a few more.

253 00:38:54.510 --> 00:39:04.080 Peggy Galotti: TIM our desks are not here, as I said, a cabinet, I think, Joe and I are getting ready to drive to Texas, to go get them the truck broke down they promised me this week.

254 00:39:04.740 --> 00:39:20.520 Peggy Galotti: Our contractual services, our test is our testing, you know we purchase kindergarten screenings every year that that's a consumable our music fees and memberships are repairs and maintenance and that's the music events on our kill and conferences that we attend.

255 00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:34.650 Peggy Galotti: Our materials and supplies are always our big our big budget in terms of the size of the number and a lot of items that we get as TIM mentioned it's we have sal and D E Ai.

256 00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:41.940 Peggy Galotti: material and supplies, we really are taking a deep dive into our classroom libraries, we need to know what we have, what we need.

257 00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:54.690 Peggy Galotti: To put to the side and bring back new information we have an amazing parent committee working with us on lessons for this spring and we're excited every time a new book pops up.

258 00:39:55.110 --> 00:40:06.420 Peggy Galotti: That is really, really age, appropriate and time appropriate to support all of that learning tremendous amount of steam supplies that are going into.

259 00:40:06.930 --> 00:40:17.010 Peggy Galotti: Our materials and supplies, because a lot of them are consumables as I just talked about was our literature our classroom supplies that's our art and our music or lady art supplies.

260 00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:24.480 Peggy Galotti: recessed supplies without a whole lot of recess supplies this year that Mr magoo he keeps saying I want that for next year I want that for next year.

261 00:40:25.470 --> 00:40:39.180 Peggy Galotti: So we have some more recessed supplies in there and next year we are anticipating a six section of kindergarten and our third graders are going to fourth grade, which will have us open another classroom.

262 00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:52.290 Peggy Galotti: Their rooms, the rooms are there, the deaths are there, but they have been there hasn't been a fourth grade classroom in a long time of six sections so we've budgeted some extra money to be able to ensure that they have classroom libraries and everything that they need.

263 00:40:56.520 --> 00:41:03.420 Peggy Galotti: So our professional development, and both these are money is put in there, we are really looking at the elementary level to.

264 00:41:03.720 --> 00:41:15.000 Peggy Galotti: have opportunities for di training and also for la opportunities as we begin to change our classroom libraries and as we begin to look at what our goals are for next year is.

265 00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:22.200 Peggy Galotti: We are really looking to do a good evaluation of our la program you get real steady and one, and then you start looking at the other.

266 00:41:23.040 --> 00:41:32.070 Peggy Galotti: So it just goes hand in hand with the changing of literature and the changing of books that we're putting in students and teachers hands to really take a good look at.

267 00:41:32.430 --> 00:41:49.440 Peggy Galotti: Our elite program our cultural arts program is robust that's a picture of Arc stages, this year, one of the programs that they ran visions for our kindergarteners and our second graders and we love our bosses partnerships they offer a tremendous amount of opportunities for our children.

268 00:41:51.990 --> 00:41:53.070 Peggy Galotti: think that that was it.

269 00:41:57.630 --> 00:42:01.110 Timothy Whipple: Okay, thank you Peggy welcome to the middle school.

270 00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:04.170 Timothy Whipple: I just had a couple highlights here.

271 00:42:05.370 --> 00:42:15.990 Timothy Whipple: You know, last this current year, we are really we made some some significant improvements in our in our furniture, as we have it all of our buildings so you'll see that kind of drop off a little bit for next year.

272 00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:24.210 Timothy Whipple: Mr mark did put in put an order in recently for for some additional additional deaths and some furniture so.

273 00:42:25.620 --> 00:42:34.380 Timothy Whipple: we've got that planned contractual services up again and as Mary indicated, this is an area where we're planning to budget additional 25,000.

274 00:42:36.720 --> 00:42:47.250 Timothy Whipple: For student work over the summer and the other areas are pretty are pretty in line with what they have been in the past, we do utilize a per pupil amount for both our supplies.

275 00:42:47.610 --> 00:42:53.730 Timothy Whipple: allocations in our textbook so that really falls within the you know the enrollment that we see at the middle school for next year.

276 00:42:54.450 --> 00:43:07.170 Timothy Whipple: And the Boston area, hopefully, you know With any luck, will be able to do the you know the the sharp trip in the outdoor educational programs, that we do through both these next year, this is where most of that is coated from.

277 00:43:08.850 --> 00:43:11.010 Timothy Whipple: So that Donald turn it over to.

278 00:43:11.550 --> 00:43:12.030 extend.

279 00:43:14.730 --> 00:43:29.490 Don Marra: So our projected enrollment is here as Peggy mentioned we're pretty pretty level 567 we do have a large grade in grade seven right now for great next year, which we're projecting to be about 144.

280 00:43:31.350 --> 00:43:37.140 Don Marra: That is our largest grade, by far, and then we're pretty steady throughout.

281 00:43:39.780 --> 00:43:45.150 Don Marra: As Mr whipple mentioned furniture replacement, this has been ongoing the Board has heard me talk about this quite a bit.

282 00:43:46.140 --> 00:44:01.470 Don Marra: As well as the other principals we've we've had some ongoing replacement of old furniture over the years and try and do that in a fiscal fiscally responsible way usually do a few classrooms per per year, replacing old furniture, that is either.

283 00:44:03.420 --> 00:44:10.020 Don Marra: needs some repairs or it's it's just time for for replacement, and I refer to slide desks and.

284 00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:18.660 Don Marra: chairs attached to the Community chairs attached to the table tops which are just a little less.

285 00:44:20.010 --> 00:44:38.700 Don Marra: user friendly in terms of having some different flexible settings in a non covert environment, but that is certainly something that we try to replace every year, and as, as Mr apple mentioned, we do have another order coming in to supplement some other furniture that isn't conducive to.

286 00:44:39.780 --> 00:44:50.670 Don Marra: To this environment that we're in right now with with social distancing itself but that furniture initiative is something that will will see every year until we feel like we're in a pretty good place with our furniture so.

287 00:44:51.990 --> 00:44:54.180 Don Marra: Next slide please contractual services.

288 00:44:55.560 --> 00:45:00.120 Don Marra: Steps a we've talked about this quite a bit at the high school and middle school.

289 00:45:01.470 --> 00:45:08.220 Don Marra: stepped up DVD step say is it's really a skills based program that we have contractually.

290 00:45:09.810 --> 00:45:26.430 Don Marra: hired Dan o'brien who's a pattern and also licensed clinician who's done a fabulous job starting last year with our fifth grade students so she pushes into health classes and students receive 10 lessons 1040 minute lessons.

291 00:45:27.870 --> 00:45:35.160 Don Marra: within their health quad and we're lucky that we have health in in all four grade levels so that lends itself quite nicely to this program.

292 00:45:35.700 --> 00:45:52.080 Don Marra: And what db T steps a really is all about it's dialectical behavioral therapy, but it's for students to really learn how to manage difficult emotional situations cope with stress make better decisions and really incorporates the skills of distress tolerance mindfulness.

293 00:45:53.130 --> 00:46:05.790 Don Marra: emotional regulation and interpersonal effectiveness so that that is quite important during these times, especially that we are in our students with.

294 00:46:06.180 --> 00:46:15.690 Don Marra: The ability to not only manage their emotions, but recognize those emotions and kind of what what they mean for each of our students so.

295 00:46:16.470 --> 00:46:26.160 Don Marra: we're thrilled to have Dan so last year was for our first year with Dana and using grade five as an opportunity for her to push in to.

296 00:46:26.880 --> 00:46:44.400 Don Marra: To health classes and this year she's done the same in grade six so we're facing her, and I just want to thank eth as well publicly because they've actually helped finance a portion of Dana we budgeted last year for Dana to be in.

297 00:46:45.960 --> 00:47:01.470 Don Marra: The classroom 10 times per per quarter, but now in a hybrid model you do the math you have to actually come in 20 times per quarter because students are split the days are split or 1000 or enthusiasts, so I was stuck there and.

298 00:47:02.670 --> 00:47:13.680 Don Marra: Be Th and Dan and I, we had a conversation Brian and Julian and they were outstanding and incredibly generous and helping us maintain Dana for this year, so I just want to publicly thank them.

299 00:47:14.730 --> 00:47:29.820 Don Marra: After after that some pretty basic needs, that we have every year postage printing conferences memberships musical repairs that we contract out and our courtyard and upon that requires some.

300 00:47:30.900 --> 00:47:31.890 Don Marra: Regular maintenance.

301 00:47:35.040 --> 00:47:41.520 Don Marra: These are, these are pretty straightforward also just basic materials and supplies, the one thing i'll say is for instructional supplies, some of the things that.

302 00:47:42.180 --> 00:47:51.660 Don Marra: We would have is shared supplies in a normal year we have purchased a little extra to make sure that we're doing we're you know we're utilizing.

303 00:47:53.160 --> 00:48:08.730 Don Marra: Students are utilizing those supplies in a safe way so we've actually asked our teachers to get pretty creative in terms of how they're ordering the supplies and what they're ordering and really keeping that in mind, so we will continue to do that for the next school year.

304 00:48:10.230 --> 00:48:20.850 Don Marra: professional development in both these schools, it was it was a really big left for us this year, the summer we started that PD in the summer Randy Hall, I put him in here because I just wanted to give him a shout out, he was.

305 00:48:22.020 --> 00:48:26.340 Don Marra: really critical in terms of getting getting that off the ground and.

306 00:48:27.360 --> 00:48:32.430 Don Marra: I want to thank camera as well for for helping us quanta Randy for a lot of our our PD We actually had a.

307 00:48:33.990 --> 00:48:43.860 Don Marra: PTA pto parent night, where we had almost 100 families attend and Randy spearheaded that meeting, which was fantastic.

308 00:48:45.300 --> 00:48:58.500 Don Marra: Even though the tri states consortium doesn't necessarily fall within my buildings budget the middle schools budget I listed it as a an exciting opportunity for us and we'll do some PD around that i'm sure.

309 00:49:00.090 --> 00:49:07.260 Don Marra: This year also southern westchester both pieces offered some really interesting they call them PD shorts so.

310 00:49:08.070 --> 00:49:14.610 Don Marra: almost like some snippets in terms of best practices for teaching and learning and virtual environments, which I know our teachers have taken advantage of.

311 00:49:15.360 --> 00:49:26.520 Don Marra: At all three buildings are ap principles groups come out of this code as well and they've been critical, certainly in in these times really talking to other principles and.

312 00:49:26.970 --> 00:49:34.650 Don Marra: Not just yours talking with other assistant principals those have been critical for us to learn what other school districts are doing what other school buildings are doing.

313 00:49:35.640 --> 00:49:43.470 Don Marra: In this environment and one other cool thing I mentioned is sort of the library book share so the high school and middle school actually now we have a digital.

314 00:49:45.480 --> 00:49:54.450 Don Marra: subscription, if you will, or a partnership, where students can can take out books in a variety of different formats, the this.

315 00:49:54.960 --> 00:50:01.860 Don Marra: Southern westchester books these books share so it's really, really cool join walls and risa freyre floated that to.

316 00:50:02.760 --> 00:50:12.180 Don Marra: Mr palumbo myself and we thought was a great idea so it's been actually very well received with with you know we don't want to share a lot of different materials and have books.

317 00:50:12.720 --> 00:50:19.800 Don Marra: coming in and out at least the beginning of the year, we certainly didn't want to do that, so this has been a really nice alternative for us.

318 00:50:21.750 --> 00:50:33.450 Don Marra: And then, as TIM mentioned sharp reservation, this is a, this is a big component of this code right now actually looking into potentially doing something may as a day trip, which will be pretty exciting more details to come so stay tuned on that.

319 00:50:34.170 --> 00:50:39.840 Don Marra: But hopefully next year, we have the opportunity to do a full trip.

320 00:50:42.630 --> 00:50:51.270 Don Marra: And lastly, capital improvements we have a large number of security cameras in our building, which is fabulous replacing some of those security cameras.

321 00:50:51.990 --> 00:51:09.450 Don Marra: Upgrading them to cameras that have a bit higher resolution or a little bit higher quality will certainly be a big help for us, we also have a sign that's in front of our building that's in need of a replacement and our bleachers as well.

322 00:51:10.470 --> 00:51:17.580 Don Marra: Those are married you correct me if i'm wrong, I think they're 30 plus years old, both the sign and the bleachers in the middle school gym.

323 00:51:19.080 --> 00:51:20.280 Mary Fox-Alter: 1995.

324 00:51:20.670 --> 00:51:36.690 Don Marra: yep 95 so approaching that and the rest are are pretty self explanatory but hydration stations are bottle fillers so they're not the old fashioned water fountains they're actually the you know the filtered bottle fillers that you'll see in gyms and things like that.

325 00:51:37.710 --> 00:51:41.160 Don Marra: So that's pretty that's pretty much it for the middle school.

326 00:51:42.330 --> 00:51:42.870 Don Marra: But yeah.

327 00:51:44.250 --> 00:51:49.560 Timothy Whipple: yeah i'll just add about the capital improvements, you know these are areas theory that we have budgeted next year.

328 00:51:50.430 --> 00:51:58.020 Timothy Whipple: We do have some areas in Mr chamberlain's budget where we tried to do some capital group that each of our buildings during the summer.

329 00:51:58.560 --> 00:52:11.820 Timothy Whipple: And sometimes we have some remaining funds from the previous year, so these are these are things that that Mr mark has has identified and, obviously, you know, Mary and I are supportive of we have you know available funds to do these.

330 00:52:13.020 --> 00:52:22.020 Timothy Whipple: But obviously we're looking forward to a lot of positive improvements at the middle school in terms of capital this this coming summer and just.

331 00:52:22.260 --> 00:52:27.480 Larry Boes: If I can add you know every summer there is new paint and.

332 00:52:29.190 --> 00:52:36.840 Larry Boes: You know repaired areas throughout all of the buildings, just as a regular general maintenance situation.

333 00:52:38.400 --> 00:52:45.030 Larry Boes: So there's extensive cleaning and and painting, and that kind of thing every year every song.

334 00:52:46.350 --> 00:52:47.610 Angela Vella: repairing concrete.

335 00:52:48.090 --> 00:52:50.190 Angela Vella: They are curbs and yeah.

336 00:52:51.840 --> 00:52:54.180 Angela Vella: He finished group does do a great job of.

337 00:52:54.840 --> 00:52:59.550 Angela Vella: Just staying on top of what needs to be fixed and prepped up yeah.

338 00:52:59.790 --> 00:53:00.150 agreed.

339 00:53:01.800 --> 00:53:03.540 Timothy Whipple: Okay, thank you don.

340 00:53:04.170 --> 00:53:06.540 Timothy Whipple: You moving on to the high school.

341 00:53:08.100 --> 00:53:21.630 Timothy Whipple: You know there's really there's really not too much that stands out is different from year to year here, we do have some equipment which again is is really furniture for classrooms we've been able to buy some of those desks this year.

342 00:53:22.680 --> 00:53:30.660 Timothy Whipple: I think Joel might have been more lucky than Peggy is, I think, somebody said that they were they were they were seeing answering the building today so that's that's.

343 00:53:32.310 --> 00:53:33.780 Peggy Galotti: From my desk i'm just.

344 00:53:34.920 --> 00:53:36.030 Timothy Whipple: Those are my desk.

345 00:53:36.030 --> 00:53:36.660 Peggy Galotti: Love on.

346 00:53:38.640 --> 00:53:39.270 Mary Fox-Alter: The truck.

347 00:53:40.410 --> 00:53:40.740 Timothy Whipple: yeah.

348 00:53:42.870 --> 00:53:45.300 Angela Vella: My father huge truck out in front of this.

349 00:53:45.330 --> 00:53:48.720 Angela Vella: The front circle today, when I was on my walk is that what that truck was.

350 00:53:49.050 --> 00:53:50.550 Peggy Galotti: dope truck.

351 00:53:50.970 --> 00:53:51.720 Angela Vella: Yes, hear.

352 00:53:52.260 --> 00:53:53.010 Angela Vella: me okay.

353 00:53:53.760 --> 00:53:56.250 Larry Boes: don't put no parking signs by brs.

354 00:53:59.070 --> 00:54:17.220 Timothy Whipple: But as Joe will tell you, you know, we do have we do have many older style desks at the high school, so I think it is, it is still a priority for us to try to replace those deaths as best we can, and the future, so we do have money allocated for for the continuation of that for next year.

355 00:54:17.550 --> 00:54:21.840 Larry Boes: And we've talked we've talked about that you know this, particularly the high school.

356 00:54:22.980 --> 00:54:24.270 Larry Boes: You know just don't fit.

357 00:54:25.770 --> 00:54:32.520 Larry Boes: The bodies of the older kids as well as most of them having laptops now.

358 00:54:34.290 --> 00:54:35.820 Larry Boes: All of them having laptops.

359 00:54:37.050 --> 00:54:38.730 Larry Boes: You know that areas not very big.

360 00:54:41.760 --> 00:54:42.930 Angela Vella: Big bodies little desk.

361 00:54:43.380 --> 00:54:43.860 Larry.

362 00:54:45.810 --> 00:54:57.900 Mary Fox-Alter: larry's rate, I mean it is the point, but the high school is the most complex of all buildings we have some classrooms that were built in 1929 we have started that were built.

363 00:54:58.230 --> 00:55:09.360 Mary Fox-Alter: 72 so we're trying to you try to keep classrooms in the high school associated with program so it's very complicated it has.

364 00:55:10.230 --> 00:55:25.950 Mary Fox-Alter: The most eclectic choice in terms of furniture and desks and I give Mr palumbo and Greg funding and his team, an incredible amount of credit in terms of making it all work, it is the most challenging.

365 00:55:26.400 --> 00:55:33.720 Mary Fox-Alter: Things and fact that this board and this Community supports the level of programming at the high school is incredible.

366 00:55:34.440 --> 00:55:48.780 Mary Fox-Alter: But we were certainly challenged by the rooms, the program and options so it's all a good program all all good problems to have because they're all based they're all based on student choice.

367 00:55:49.080 --> 00:55:50.430 Larry Boes: That I would encourage.

368 00:55:50.640 --> 00:55:58.470 Larry Boes: Community members to attend the town halls related to each of the buildings to hear more details about what.

369 00:56:00.570 --> 00:56:04.800 Larry Boes: You know plans are within each learning environment.

370 00:56:06.000 --> 00:56:13.110 Larry Boes: Because they walk they all have their different aspects to them and in challenges to them so.

371 00:56:13.740 --> 00:56:27.360 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: It is square footage in our high school high school classrooms not one or two small rooms It ranges from anywhere between 560 square feet and 1100 square feet and one of the things that we learned this year.

372 00:56:27.870 --> 00:56:39.810 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: Is that traditionally some of our biggest classroom spaces, you know are used by departments, who have some smaller classes so obviously this year with.

373 00:56:40.260 --> 00:56:48.270 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: square footage being a significant thing for us to think about we've done a lot of moving around the building and as part of our.

374 00:56:48.720 --> 00:57:02.700 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: plan to get more students in for five day instruction we're making some additional steps now so that, as we transition students back we're using our square footage in a way that makes sense, as far as spacing goes.

375 00:57:03.090 --> 00:57:08.250 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: yeah so there will be some small adjustments to students schedules, which will certainly cover as part of our town hall meetings.

376 00:57:09.120 --> 00:57:15.930 Mary Fox-Alter: I certainly think just as a reference point to the Community with Joe said is incredible um.

377 00:57:16.380 --> 00:57:27.900 Mary Fox-Alter: Right now, you cannot build the minimum square footage for classroom it stayed and correct me if i'm wrong TIM 770 square feet, you cannot go below that.

378 00:57:28.710 --> 00:57:40.650 Mary Fox-Alter: The better road school has classrooms who are we we actually went above that, when we were building that building in terms of what we felt was the minimum, so the high school has classrooms that are.

379 00:57:41.310 --> 00:57:56.220 Mary Fox-Alter: You know 500 square feet 550 they would not be allowed to be built, today, but we love our beautiful 1929 building and it does present a challenge in terms of the type of furniture, you can buy.

380 00:57:57.180 --> 00:58:03.540 Mary Fox-Alter: You know how you outfit it, how do you keep programs whether their English language arts or.

381 00:58:04.050 --> 00:58:21.600 Mary Fox-Alter: Social studies together, but it just that that number alone should be a reference point to our Community, in terms of the challenge the high school team has in terms of fitting barriers and desks and expanding in person instruction, while maintaining programming for kids.

382 00:58:22.200 --> 00:58:27.720 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And if I good one more thing, before we advance and talk a little bit more about the specifics of the high school budget.

383 00:58:28.170 --> 00:58:34.170 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: In don's last slide when they he referenced capital improvements you, you will not see a similar slide.

384 00:58:34.650 --> 00:58:45.870 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: In my presentation and i've been working with TIM and Steve Chamberlain around some different projects that are currently taking place to look let's say renovate portions of our auditorium.

385 00:58:46.560 --> 00:58:58.320 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: we're looking at tiling in that space we are looking at a potential change with our lighting fixtures you know, we have the old gel lights that produce a significant amount of heat.

386 00:58:58.890 --> 00:59:08.520 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: it's becoming more and more costly to use those gel lights because folks aren't manufacturing that those supplies as much as they used to so.

387 00:59:08.970 --> 00:59:18.060 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: You know, we are certainly looking at opportunities, you know to modernize the building and make sure that our students have the best possible facilities.

388 00:59:19.650 --> 00:59:29.310 Timothy Whipple: And just to piggyback on that you know the middle schools is probably the building that you know we haven't done as much capital works here the ice goal was obviously has gone through.

389 00:59:30.150 --> 00:59:43.740 Timothy Whipple: Drastic renovation and, most recently, so Jill said, you know we don't have we don't have a lot of the upgrades that we're doing at the middle school, but as as indicating and we are going to replace some assessments for tile in the auditorium the summer.

390 00:59:44.790 --> 00:59:58.800 Timothy Whipple: That that'll be a nice improvement and obviously we have some some older lights, that we would hope to transition to led the near future to you know horse for economy real you know efficiency reasons, but also to provide a better life for for our production, sir.

391 00:59:59.490 --> 01:00:00.360 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And i'll say.

392 01:00:00.900 --> 01:00:06.870 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: When when we met with the consultants who are doing that light work, although we're changing the lights.

393 01:00:07.290 --> 01:00:15.390 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: They said the infrastructure or the bones of the system that was installed as part of the last renovation project is outstanding.

394 01:00:15.720 --> 01:00:30.090 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: You know so luckily, when we look at doing that work going forward, we have the framework of what we need, there are certain you know 21st century components that we have to add so good for site on the team that worked in that auditorium as part of the most recent renovation.

395 01:00:31.410 --> 01:00:41.670 Mary Fox-Alter: A very comprehensive project for the high school back in 2007 2008 2009 and we were happy.

396 01:00:42.090 --> 01:00:58.830 Mary Fox-Alter: To be able to have a 21st century high school able for our kids so many areas took place to renovate our high school to make it where it is today couldn't be prouder of a decision being part of a team at that time that moved the high school.

397 01:00:59.940 --> 01:01:12.060 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: So our first slide speaks to student enrollment at the high school, these are projections for the upcoming year, as you can see our 10th and 11th grade classes are our two biggest classes.

398 01:01:12.570 --> 01:01:22.080 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: The ninth grade class to projection is currently 134 based on the students, you know who are enrolled in eighth grade and students who are.

399 01:01:22.380 --> 01:01:31.650 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: going to be enrolled from the mechanical school district, I will say that it's not uncommon for us to get a handful of new registrants during the summer months.

400 01:01:31.980 --> 01:01:50.910 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: I was speaking with someone last week who's considering moving into the area, so I anticipate that number being somewhere between 135 and 140 before the school year starts, which would put us in an area that's that's relatively flat based on the enrollment numbers in our other grades.

401 01:01:53.700 --> 01:01:59.550 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: superintendent fox all their talked about the unique curriculum and course offerings at the high school.

402 01:02:00.000 --> 01:02:09.510 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: we're currently in the process of working with high school students and our eighth graders to develop academic programs for the upcoming school year.

403 01:02:09.960 --> 01:02:19.830 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: I had the pleasure of meeting with the class of 2025 when they visited this building a few weeks ago and the students eyes just light up.

404 01:02:20.190 --> 01:02:29.100 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: When they see all the choices when they hear about the opportunity that they have you know to cater the experience here to the courses that they're interested in.

405 01:02:29.760 --> 01:02:36.840 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: Certainly, there are New York State requirements, and you know particular classes, that you are required to take.

406 01:02:37.680 --> 01:02:45.030 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And there are a lot of opportunities for students to explore elective areas and their own individual interests.

407 01:02:45.540 --> 01:02:54.510 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: One of the questions that came up most frequently during our transition programs that we've had with the families of the class of 2025.

408 01:02:54.930 --> 01:03:01.080 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: was around well how many credits, do you need to graduate and how many credits to students typically have.

409 01:03:01.800 --> 01:03:09.960 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: You know, I will say that students finish our program here at the high school with many more credits than they need for graduation they explore.

410 01:03:10.410 --> 01:03:19.710 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: The arts sciences literature mathematics, we have elective offerings in each one of those content areas and, as you can see in this slide.

411 01:03:20.160 --> 01:03:26.820 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: it's typical that a student will be enrolled you know for six or seven courses per year keep in mind.

412 01:03:27.450 --> 01:03:34.020 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: that some of our lab courses and the other opportunities have more than one period commitment during the day.

413 01:03:34.380 --> 01:03:41.310 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And we obviously encourage students to sit for lunch, to take some downtime with their classmates there are some students.

414 01:03:41.730 --> 01:03:49.530 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: You know who opt to skip the lunch and maybe they arrive, a little late or leave a little early based on different offerings that we have here in the building.

415 01:03:50.070 --> 01:03:56.850 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: But we certainly work with students and families around that concept of balance when we develop the master schedule.

416 01:03:57.270 --> 01:04:10.080 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And when we do our academic planning with families if i've got any families from the class of 2025 watching this evening, I know I sent out an email last night, please reach out to your school counselor.

417 01:04:10.770 --> 01:04:16.440 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: let's develop those relationships early and often it's so so important that that is.

418 01:04:17.070 --> 01:04:21.390 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: Someone that you become very familiar with our counselors are eager and excited to work with you.

419 01:04:21.780 --> 01:04:34.350 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And we want to make sure that our middle school students who make this transition to the high school have the best possible experience as they walk across the parking lot and that we've put all the appropriate supports and information in place to make that possible.

420 01:04:38.010 --> 01:04:48.720 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: instruction and curriculum, you know our budget, you know you'll see that there are significant amount of consumables in our budget when it comes to art supplies and our lab science courses.

421 01:04:49.230 --> 01:04:56.040 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: The performing arts i'm very excited to announce that we have two new course offerings for this upcoming school year.

422 01:04:56.400 --> 01:05:12.300 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: We are partnering with Syracuse university's project advance which is a wonderful program that allows students to be duly enrolled and earn credit here at pleasantville high school, while simultaneously earning credit at Syracuse university.

423 01:05:13.140 --> 01:05:19.350 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: When they complete the courses that we're going to be offering they will receive a bonafide Syracuse university.

424 01:05:19.710 --> 01:05:25.410 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: transcript we've got a webinar around that that we shared with families to provide them with information.

425 01:05:25.920 --> 01:05:34.710 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: counselors have been advising students, you know around these new course offerings the two course offerings that we're looking to have in place for the upcoming school year.

426 01:05:35.160 --> 01:05:43.680 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: will be an intro to African American studies and a women and gender studies course so you know we're encouraging students to you know explore those areas.

427 01:05:44.010 --> 01:05:49.770 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: There is a possibility that we can expand our offerings through Syracuse in the upcoming years.

428 01:05:50.280 --> 01:05:59.580 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: When i've met and spoke with other high school principals locally there's a natural tension, when you offer these types of opportunities, because there are only nine periods in a day.

429 01:06:00.120 --> 01:06:10.170 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And these programs do run up against the ap programs that we have here, you know, so if you're a family that has a question about ap versus dual enrollment.

430 01:06:10.500 --> 01:06:19.620 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: I strongly encourage you have a conversation with your counselor speak with your child about the specific course offerings and consider taking advantage of these new opportunities.

431 01:06:20.310 --> 01:06:30.210 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: The other new course or the it's not new but it's going to be a bit redesigned is we're looking at formalizing our humanities research program through the College board.

432 01:06:30.600 --> 01:06:41.700 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: They offer an ap course in research, what we would do in a flexible way is provide students with the opportunity to opt in to that ap component or not.

433 01:06:42.330 --> 01:06:52.260 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: One of the nice things about our humanities program is a lot, like our science, research program it provides students with an opportunity to do some very targeted research.

434 01:06:52.650 --> 01:06:59.760 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: To engage in creative writing and to really follow their passion in that area, so you know we are so excited about that.

435 01:07:00.240 --> 01:07:06.300 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: Oh, another big driver in this year's budget would be in our math department lines for our textbooks.

436 01:07:06.780 --> 01:07:17.460 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: few years ago we signed on for big ideas math, it is a great tool in the math classrooms it provides teachers with diagnostic information about.

437 01:07:18.060 --> 01:07:29.760 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: The work that students do at home, it gives teachers, the ability to know in advance if there are particular problems or concepts that they should focus on when they're tailoring their instructional plans.

438 01:07:30.330 --> 01:07:41.640 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And the expenditure in that area this year will secure big ideas math for us for three years in our algebra one algebra two and our geometry courses were obviously.

439 01:07:50.910 --> 01:07:51.870 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: We might have lost in.

440 01:07:51.900 --> 01:07:54.300 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: English or yellow glasses, the.

441 01:07:55.740 --> 01:07:59.520 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: The prop the products are sorry i'm in the building, can you guys hear me.

442 01:08:01.080 --> 01:08:07.350 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: sorry about that the products are a little different so that's something that we will certainly keep an eye on going forward.

443 01:08:07.860 --> 01:08:08.610 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: front and remove our.

444 01:08:10.800 --> 01:08:17.460 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: facilities and equipment, I spoke a little bit with this, Mr whipple as we started out discussing the auditorium.

445 01:08:17.790 --> 01:08:29.970 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: I was in that space earlier this evening before the meeting we had our cast or crew, I think Mr mcafee was in there, doing some filming it's a space that we love to use and showcase here in the district.

446 01:08:30.420 --> 01:08:41.370 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: We are doing some enhancements this upcoming year a lot, like the middle school and the Bedford road school, we take a cyclical approach to replacing desks here at the high school.

447 01:08:42.060 --> 01:08:48.810 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: superintendent fox Walter talked about the diversity of furniture in the building, I can tell you that in the last.

448 01:08:49.440 --> 01:08:54.120 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: month or so i've learned that we have four different types of desks here in the building.

449 01:08:54.900 --> 01:09:03.510 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: will really two different types, but we have four different sizes, so that presented a little bit of a challenge when we worked to identify.

450 01:09:03.930 --> 01:09:11.040 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: Our desk barriers that we're going to be using and I want to thank TIM whipple for kind of helping me work through that we've got some great solutions now.

451 01:09:11.700 --> 01:09:20.310 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: But obviously pre pandemic, we were working on these orders we're going to continue to do that, you know as we work through this pandemic and post pandemic.

452 01:09:20.670 --> 01:09:38.190 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: Looking to move away from those smaller sled type desks and more towards tables when I was working with a supplier from California who's selling desk barriers, he explained that New York seems to be the only state in the Union, that is predominantly.

453 01:09:39.360 --> 01:09:46.650 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: Or has predominantly gone with sled desks, you know, in recent times, so you know that's certainly a challenge and it's something that we want to move away from.

454 01:09:47.190 --> 01:09:57.990 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: For a number of reasons, certainly our fitness Center is also an area, you know that we look at it gets a lot of us during the day during school and after school.

455 01:09:58.380 --> 01:10:07.740 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: I want to say that that space has been open to students after school new for the last three or four months we've worked to space folks out in there.

456 01:10:07.980 --> 01:10:17.370 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: so that they could take advantage of it engage engage in physical activity and during the winter months, it was very helpful and I also want to point out and i'm sure, Mr.

457 01:10:18.180 --> 01:10:25.740 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: I oreo and Dr follow will talk about this later, but our our ISP programs, and some of our specialized programs use that space.

458 01:10:26.070 --> 01:10:40.230 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: A lot during the school year it becomes a great area, you know, for all of our students to utilize and work together so those are certainly areas where we invest during our school year you'll see that appear in our school budgets.

459 01:10:42.780 --> 01:10:52.110 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: Our school counseling and our wellness a lot, like the middle school, I was doing some counting when Mr Mayor was speaking this is going to be our fourth year.

460 01:10:52.620 --> 01:11:00.600 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: hosting our dialectical training our steps a work that we have with students in the ninth grade students are exposed.

461 01:11:01.020 --> 01:11:10.500 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: To the curriculum through 16 separate lessons those lessons in ninth grade take place in our English and social studies classes, we do.

462 01:11:10.890 --> 01:11:30.300 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: Eight meetings in each one of those areas and what we've started to do in recent years is for students in grades 1011 and 12 we began to incorporate that steps a work into our PE classes this past year we were the recipient of a grant from cognitive behavioral consultants.

463 01:11:31.320 --> 01:11:40.290 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: To provide all of our PE teachers our counselors members of our clinical team and our teachers with universal classroom training.

464 01:11:40.950 --> 01:11:52.890 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: That is something that we've leveraged this year, you know as part of bringing students back after we were closed last spring and we're going to continue to do that, I will be bringing students back in in larger numbers in the coming month.

465 01:11:53.550 --> 01:12:02.760 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And, with an eye towards the future we're going to be looking at a more formalized advisory program you know for the upcoming school year which will include all of our teachers.

466 01:12:03.270 --> 01:12:15.300 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: This year I was a bit hesitant to do that, outside of P, because teachers had already lost so much in person instructional time with students from September through now.

467 01:12:15.960 --> 01:12:20.280 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: In the upcoming school year I feel like you will have more time to work with.

468 01:12:20.910 --> 01:12:26.910 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And I have teachers who have now been trained so i'm very eager and excited to get that work off the ground.

469 01:12:27.240 --> 01:12:37.380 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And then certainly our car our school counselors you know, have been working around the College process and the work that they do to make sure that all domains of the school counselors.

470 01:12:38.010 --> 01:12:46.470 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: are fully covered in this upcoming year we have a member of our school counseling department who's retiring if you'll remember from our last Board of education, Miss hamill.

471 01:12:47.100 --> 01:12:53.670 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: will be leaving us at the end of the school year and we put a posting on oh last this past week we've developed.

472 01:12:54.120 --> 01:13:06.540 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: You know, some great leads around some early applicants, that we have and we're very excited to bring that person in to hire the best possible candidate to have them work with families, I know I sent a letter out to.

473 01:13:07.380 --> 01:13:11.190 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: Eighth grade families last week, who were worried because they received the email.

474 01:13:11.610 --> 01:13:20.310 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: That mishandled was their child's counselor then a week later, they received an email that mishandle was retiring I let those families know that mishandle will be working closely with them.

475 01:13:20.910 --> 01:13:28.740 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: Throughout April May and June and that when we hire a new member of our team that individual will also be working closely with them.

476 01:13:29.130 --> 01:13:36.840 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: As we prepare for the upcoming school year so certainly a lot of excitement in our counseling office, and you know this past week.

477 01:13:37.380 --> 01:13:49.140 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: Along these lines, a little bit off topic I surveyed our students, as part of our plan to bring students back full time in April and i'm going to be presenting.

478 01:13:49.650 --> 01:13:56.370 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: The suggestions that the students provided us with, and some of that data with my child study team, and my clinical team.

479 01:13:56.730 --> 01:14:12.120 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: As we work to make sure that we have the appropriate sal supports in place for students, you know when they returned to the building, so it will be at school counseling or wellness programs, you will see that in our budget they're certainly a great team and i'm excited to have them.

480 01:14:13.320 --> 01:14:24.690 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: As far as professional development goes I didn't listed here, but certainly our work with school edgy this year and going forward has been a significant area of focus for us.

481 01:14:25.410 --> 01:14:38.310 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: What I think to where we are now versus where we were last year in regards to what technology looks like in the classroom it's amazing the transformation that's taking place that's a credit to our teachers.

482 01:14:38.760 --> 01:14:55.200 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: that's a credit to the teams of teachers who worked to train our teachers and to the folks from both cities, who worked with us as well, so you know that has certainly been an area of focus as far as our universal gbt like I stated earlier, we worked with.

483 01:14:56.310 --> 01:15:02.370 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: cognitive behavioral consultants as part of that training earlier, the school year we plan on continuing that work.

484 01:15:03.120 --> 01:15:15.420 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: Our workshops that we have planned you know it's we've got a significant amount of work around that transition back for students, we are sending counselors out for state and regional.

485 01:15:16.470 --> 01:15:27.720 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: exercises around that area, and I would say the bow season, has provided some excellent opportunities for adult learning, you know as we bring students back, and we are looking to take advantage of those, you know as much as we possibly can.

486 01:15:28.770 --> 01:15:35.760 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: The two pieces that I haven't mentioned yet are the nyu sent nyu metro Center and the tri states consortium.

487 01:15:36.180 --> 01:15:41.880 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: I know that those are really district initiatives, but they are going to have an enormous impact on the high school staff.

488 01:15:42.330 --> 01:15:49.950 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: We are very excited to work with the tri states consortium and do program reviews, you know across the content areas.

489 01:15:50.430 --> 01:15:58.590 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: If I were to make a suggestion to the board of ED into Marriott i'd love to look at La First, I know that we've been talking about that you know for a couple years and.

490 01:15:58.980 --> 01:16:08.190 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: I think it would be a great opportunity for us to look at our literature, the work that we're doing with writing and the English departments excited do it, they certainly are.

491 01:16:08.940 --> 01:16:12.870 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And then, as far as the nyu metro Center goes we're very excited to begin our work with them.

492 01:16:13.260 --> 01:16:19.920 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: We recently appointed a diversity equity and inclusion coordinators here in the district, and I know that they met.

493 01:16:20.280 --> 01:16:26.310 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: With the curriculum coordinators from the other two buildings, you know earlier this week and they're really excited they have.

494 01:16:26.700 --> 01:16:34.830 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: submitted an initial proposal, to me, which I look forward to sharing with Mary tomorrow around a three year plan that they have.

495 01:16:35.190 --> 01:16:41.640 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And I know that one of the things that we talked about as a district was well what will that look like if we then sign up to work with the metro Center.

496 01:16:41.940 --> 01:16:50.250 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And what superintendent fox altar will tell you is that, when we had a discussion with the folks at the metro Center they shared that any initial work that we could do.

497 01:16:50.610 --> 01:17:00.750 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: would only strengthen the work that they do with us when they arrive so certainly areas where we have allocated time and resources and we're looking forward to continued growth.

498 01:17:00.900 --> 01:17:01.740 In those areas.

499 01:17:05.310 --> 01:17:09.990 Timothy Whipple: Okay, thank you very much, Mr palumbo anything else, and as we wrap up that.

500 01:17:10.800 --> 01:17:14.760 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: coach if there's any questions or If anyone had any particular interest in want to talk about the budget.

501 01:17:19.170 --> 01:17:19.500 Graham.

502 01:17:20.550 --> 01:17:21.360 Timothy Whipple: thanks again.

503 01:17:22.230 --> 01:17:22.890 Larry Boes: Thanks Joe.

504 01:17:24.300 --> 01:17:34.590 Timothy Whipple: Last but not least, we'll be speaking with Mr Ariel and Dr bolo about educational services and their budget so real quickly i'll hit some of the highlights.

505 01:17:35.790 --> 01:17:49.380 Timothy Whipple: You know the equipment line we we don't focus so much on furniture in the special education budget, this is really based on many of the assistive technology devices that certain students will have as as.

506 01:17:50.580 --> 01:18:04.800 Timothy Whipple: As necessary on your IEP for the year so you generally leave this as as as an amount that that's flexible and then, when when these come up during the year, who certainly will provide what was necessary.

507 01:18:06.690 --> 01:18:20.850 Timothy Whipple: Contractual services area, you can see, this is a pretty big, this is a pretty big line so we're talking anything from transportation for our program trips in this area, this is where we budget all of our lab school rental and tuition with wcc.

508 01:18:22.500 --> 01:18:30.480 Timothy Whipple: We also have an outsource relationship for our PT and some of our speech services, in addition to some of our own speech providers.

509 01:18:32.520 --> 01:18:43.620 Timothy Whipple: And you'll see a part of the decrease here is related to a reduction in some of the job coaching that done in the past, through the JC CCA.

510 01:18:44.160 --> 01:18:52.710 Timothy Whipple: And you know, Dan I think can give a little bit more perspective and background on that and and what we're going to be doing in the future to be a little bit more efficient in this area.

511 01:18:54.540 --> 01:19:06.450 Timothy Whipple: The tuition line again, you know that's something i'll highlight real quick, you know, we do have a certain amount of our population does attend other public and private schools outside of the district.

512 01:19:07.950 --> 01:19:18.750 Timothy Whipple: And this does include as a board knows the the maintenance costs for students who attend residential centers So although you'll see a really a no change in the budget.

513 01:19:19.890 --> 01:19:29.970 Timothy Whipple: We do believe that based on you know we are budgeting the higher amount for the maintenance costs, next year, hopefully, the the amount does go back down to.

514 01:19:31.050 --> 01:19:41.340 Timothy Whipple: You know 36% from 54%, but we do have enough in there, I believe, to cover that should that not pass in the state budget for next year.

515 01:19:42.900 --> 01:19:45.030 Timothy Whipple: And then wrapping it up on the both CS line.

516 01:19:46.770 --> 01:20:00.540 Timothy Whipple: You know, we do, we do have certain students that attend the Putnam northern westchester program at that both the Center we do have students that attend the southern westchester bonuses for particular special programming, so in this area, we do have.

517 01:20:01.050 --> 01:20:12.420 Timothy Whipple: funds budgeted for certain students that we know will attend and also some flexibility for students, that may enroll halfway through the year or some portion of the year next you know next next year.

518 01:20:13.560 --> 01:20:17.610 Timothy Whipple: Okay, so with that you'll see you an overall change of.

519 01:20:18.870 --> 01:20:23.160 Timothy Whipple: Budget, the budget of a negative 23,000 which is, which is obviously very efficient.

520 01:20:25.170 --> 01:20:32.250 Timothy Whipple: So, moving on well I guess we'll i'll let Dan and rook kind of go through the budget and and turn it over to them.

521 01:20:34.830 --> 01:20:44.820 Dan Iorio: Yes, thank you TIM, and you know I want to thank everyone for the opportunity for allowing us to present the special I budget as you as you are aware.

522 01:20:45.990 --> 01:20:59.070 Dan Iorio: You know this is pretty complex budget, you know this process does take a while, I think it makes sense to focus on the areas that TIM had mentioned because they do make up a large portion.

523 01:21:00.030 --> 01:21:07.800 Dan Iorio: You know of our budget before we get there, I would like to you know speak a little bit about the enrollment the project that enrollment.

524 01:21:08.850 --> 01:21:21.840 Dan Iorio: which remains pretty consistent from previous years at the elementary level, you know we're looking at somewhere around 71 students for next year, which actually has an increase from the current school year.

525 01:21:22.860 --> 01:21:41.850 Dan Iorio: The Middle school at 78 students and the high school at 101 both of those are a decrease a small decrease, I know I don't necessarily think there's any rhyme or reason that goes with these numbers, I think it does work in cycles.

526 01:21:43.050 --> 01:21:52.290 Dan Iorio: But there is, you know a number on this slide that I would like to address you know that that I do feel.

527 01:21:53.040 --> 01:22:00.840 Dan Iorio: You know, we kind of know why we are at that number and that's a 92% of our classified students, which our service and our buildings.

528 01:22:01.440 --> 01:22:15.060 Dan Iorio: That that number is actually a little bit higher I think it's closer to like 93 and a half to 94, so I do want to make that point and that's credited to our teachers and our programs and.

529 01:22:16.230 --> 01:22:19.620 Dan Iorio: You know, really, you know our staff being able to provide.

530 01:22:20.640 --> 01:22:30.030 Dan Iorio: The appropriate support and services for students to be able to keep them in a public school setting, which in the end is our ultimate goal.

531 01:22:32.640 --> 01:22:35.730 Dan Iorio: I would like to go to the next slide.

532 01:22:37.080 --> 01:22:45.990 Larry Boes: That was a if I can add them, that was a significant decision policy decision that the district made approximately 1516 years ago.

533 01:22:46.650 --> 01:23:07.410 Larry Boes: And I want to again as you credited to our teachers and our staff and the district as a whole for that commitment to include city with regard to our students that are classified and how much they are integrated and kept within our school district, because it does.

534 01:23:08.460 --> 01:23:15.060 Larry Boes: It does matter and it does create something I think that we will all become proud of.

535 01:23:16.500 --> 01:23:17.070 Larry Boes: and

536 01:23:18.360 --> 01:23:24.450 Larry Boes: And I think that everybody has done exemplary job along the way.

537 01:23:25.620 --> 01:23:30.180 Dan Iorio: We appreciate that, and you know it's not necessarily because our.

538 01:23:31.020 --> 01:23:46.590 Dan Iorio: Our numbers are decreasing in any way, shape or form it's just you know us being able to expand on our programs and offer these opportunities for our students, which is, which is something that we really do take a lot of pride in.

539 01:23:47.280 --> 01:23:47.640 Right.

540 01:23:51.960 --> 01:23:52.800 Dan Iorio: On this slide.

541 01:23:53.520 --> 01:23:54.630 Dan Iorio: I know, Tim had.

542 01:23:54.870 --> 01:24:04.050 Dan Iorio: made a reference to our related services and related services is a large portion of our contractual area.

543 01:24:05.580 --> 01:24:29.400 Dan Iorio: You know, although we do provide majority of the related services within our district with our own employees, there is a significant amount that is contract and how, and that would include our PT we do have teachers of the hearing impaired the visually impaired.

544 01:24:30.480 --> 01:24:40.950 Dan Iorio: And you know we don't necessarily have employees in our district, that would be able to deliver that so we do contract out, and you know year to year it's important that we.

545 01:24:42.630 --> 01:24:48.930 Dan Iorio: Take a close look at these projections because that's a pretty significant amount.

546 01:24:49.740 --> 01:24:59.400 Dan Iorio: You know, so we do look at the students and the amount of services that those students are receiving so that, when we do make our projections.

547 01:25:00.120 --> 01:25:10.290 Dan Iorio: You know we're able to keep it consistent and there are times, where we do have to reallocate funds and other areas, so that we can make up for that that difference.

548 01:25:11.490 --> 01:25:15.870 Dan Iorio: you'll also notice on this page that you know there's a few.

549 01:25:17.940 --> 01:25:25.920 Dan Iorio: terms that you'll see you know repeated and i'm One of those is a job coaching on the job coaching.

550 01:25:26.940 --> 01:25:30.690 Dan Iorio: Mr whipple did make reference to that as well.

551 01:25:32.460 --> 01:25:44.010 Dan Iorio: You know, for many years we've contracted with JC CA and they've provided this service to our students so in recent years we've taken a more proactive approach.

552 01:25:44.490 --> 01:25:59.850 Dan Iorio: And you know as professional development opportunities we've we've asked our own staff, whether that be, teachers and even our support staff to receive training in these areas, it just kind of makes sense.

553 01:26:00.900 --> 01:26:06.240 Dan Iorio: Because they are around these job coaches, or at least they were around these job coaches.

554 01:26:07.260 --> 01:26:24.330 Dan Iorio: You know now we're providing a lot of this support with our own staff so we were able to cut that area, you know almost in half, which allowed us to reach out reallocate funds, the areas that we felt were more important.

555 01:26:25.980 --> 01:26:34.530 Dan Iorio: And you know that would include our church partnerships, which is also mentioned on this slide you know we now partner with.

556 01:26:35.940 --> 01:26:53.640 Dan Iorio: Our Lady of pompei which is located in the flats the Presbyterian church and within those settings we can provide you know life skills training which we may or may not necessarily have sufficient space here in our buildings, to be able to do that.

557 01:26:54.840 --> 01:27:05.850 Dan Iorio: You know so we're really you know thankful that you know that these churches have been open to having our students and our staff work within their their buildings.

558 01:27:13.710 --> 01:27:25.710 Dan Iorio: I do feel it is extremely important to acknowledge the hard work and the teamwork of our health services staff, another major contractual area.

559 01:27:26.940 --> 01:27:33.240 Dan Iorio: which was an expense for us for for many years was you know was pro care.

560 01:27:34.410 --> 01:27:48.240 Dan Iorio: And we haven't used them at all this year, and last year was extremely limited, not because we've had bad experiences, or because we don't want to use them, but our our nurses and also our.

561 01:27:49.470 --> 01:28:01.020 Dan Iorio: lpn Donna burden they've they've made it a point to support each other, you know if someone is unavailable if they're sick or fan to go through a quarantine period.

562 01:28:01.710 --> 01:28:12.330 Dan Iorio: Each of them has really stepped up and done a great job so that we would not have to you know reach out to any of these outside contractors to provide that additional support.

563 01:28:13.980 --> 01:28:18.900 Dan Iorio: every couple of years and Dr bala might be able to give the exact number of years.

564 01:28:20.070 --> 01:28:25.380 Dan Iorio: We have staff members to have them specifically that.

565 01:28:26.520 --> 01:28:42.720 Dan Iorio: Get certified and crisis prevention and that's a training that's required by all of our staff who work within our special programs or who have students that are part of our special programs and rather than bringing in.

566 01:28:43.920 --> 01:28:46.890 Dan Iorio: outsiders to come in and provide this training.

567 01:28:48.240 --> 01:29:00.270 Dan Iorio: We thought it would make sense to have our staff go out and receive this training get certified and be able to provide that training to the rest of the staff.

568 01:29:00.990 --> 01:29:17.520 Dan Iorio: This is every I want to say two to three years, where we have to kind of be aware that this is an additional expense that is going to be coming out of our budget but it's also saved us a significant amount because it's us doing the training, rather than outside.

569 01:29:27.030 --> 01:29:33.630 Dan Iorio: And, and this slide you can see, you know pretty much the continuum of services that we offer a K through.

570 01:29:35.820 --> 01:29:48.630 Dan Iorio: You know, one of the programs, I would like to highlight is the alternative learning learning program and you know everyone is familiar with our therapeutic support program and our pleasantville Academy.

571 01:29:51.900 --> 01:29:54.270 Dan Iorio: we've taken a different approach.

572 01:29:55.470 --> 01:30:08.370 Dan Iorio: It it turns out in recent years, the students that fit the profile for our therapeutic support programs, and all of education program, which is the pleasantville Academy.

573 01:30:09.510 --> 01:30:10.530 Dan Iorio: they're very similar.

574 01:30:11.880 --> 01:30:12.570 Dan Iorio: So.

575 01:30:14.610 --> 01:30:27.600 Dan Iorio: When you hear the term therapeutic support there's a stigma that is attached to that so we felt like it would be a good idea to kind of take the two programs blend them together.

576 01:30:28.530 --> 01:30:35.700 Dan Iorio: It creates more of a hodgepodge of students gives you a more diverse population and a lot of them have similar needs.

577 01:30:36.960 --> 01:30:39.660 Dan Iorio: And this was the first year that we.

578 01:30:40.710 --> 01:30:44.250 Dan Iorio: piloted that program we've had tons of success.

579 01:30:46.350 --> 01:30:59.070 Dan Iorio: A lot of positive feedback, and this is the direction of the future that we feel and it's an area that we will continue to pursue because of the success that we've that we've had.

580 01:31:04.080 --> 01:31:05.340 Dan Iorio: And I think that's.

581 01:31:05.340 --> 01:31:05.790 Timothy Whipple: pretty much.

582 01:31:06.840 --> 01:31:14.850 Dan Iorio: It is um you know I just I wanted again like I said focus on the areas that you that you touched on, I mean we can talk.

583 01:31:15.150 --> 01:31:16.350 Dan Iorio: days about the.

584 01:31:16.650 --> 01:31:18.150 Dan Iorio: special education and budget.

585 01:31:19.410 --> 01:31:22.050 Dan Iorio: You did comment about the tuitions.

586 01:31:23.520 --> 01:31:25.080 Dan Iorio: And you know I.

587 01:31:26.430 --> 01:31:35.430 Dan Iorio: yeah that is a another extremely important area, especially with the maintenance charges going off and you'll notice that we've tried to remain consistent.

588 01:31:36.090 --> 01:31:44.700 Dan Iorio: And the reason why we're able to do that again is because of the programs that we're offering if there were students who potentially would have been.

589 01:31:46.020 --> 01:31:58.710 Dan Iorio: Where we would have made the recommendation for them to maybe be placed out of district in a therapeutic support type setting or in a intensive day treatment type setting.

590 01:31:59.460 --> 01:32:14.910 Dan Iorio: We can now provide that in our alternative learning program with all the support that we now have in place which helps us offset those costs for those maintenance charges that have increased significantly they've almost doubled.

591 01:32:16.380 --> 01:32:33.060 Dan Iorio: And you know as far as tuitions ago if we send the student out the goal is to bring them back if we can so that's another area that we take a close look at look at each year, especially now around annual review season.

592 01:32:35.430 --> 01:32:36.240 Timothy Whipple: very true.

593 01:32:37.590 --> 01:32:50.040 Timothy Whipple: You know the amount of money that we're paying for the maintenance shares this year is I think we've talked about it is it's over $160,000 more just because of that shift from your state to the district, so now to dance point.

594 01:32:51.150 --> 01:33:02.880 Timothy Whipple: You know anytime, of course, we believe we have the programs here, as you can see the continuum we believe we have the programs here and it's our our preference and goals to educate my students here as we possibly can.

595 01:33:04.650 --> 01:33:07.680 Timothy Whipple: So, thank you very much, great presentation and.

596 01:33:09.210 --> 01:33:15.120 Timothy Whipple: i'm moving on just the summary now you'll see all of for departmental areas here.

597 01:33:16.500 --> 01:33:25.530 Timothy Whipple: You can see a very efficient in increase only have about $40,000 and those four areas so because this is our last.

598 01:33:26.730 --> 01:33:32.130 Timothy Whipple: Budget presentation dealing with expenditures like just to highlight again we're where we've been and.

599 01:33:33.720 --> 01:33:41.100 Timothy Whipple: So you can see here we've got a salary increases about 396,000 employee benefits you remember.

600 01:33:42.240 --> 01:33:49.320 Timothy Whipple: very, very, very low very low increases for health insurance and retirement next year that's really driving the employee benefits downward.

601 01:33:50.940 --> 01:34:08.490 Timothy Whipple: equipment contractual supplies again very, very efficient their debt service and transfers based on our capital projects, again, all this is is is a double and we do have a few additional projects next year in terms of the fuel oil thing at the middle school.

602 01:34:10.590 --> 01:34:16.560 Timothy Whipple: And hv AC units at the middle school as well that we plan to do and special projects.

603 01:34:18.060 --> 01:34:30.660 Timothy Whipple: And finally, in the years we just talked about in the equipment contracts with supplies area for an instructional have about 40,000 so all total increase of about 1% year over year budget.

604 01:34:32.070 --> 01:34:41.700 Timothy Whipple: So obviously we're we feel like we're in a really good spot with expenditures our next and final kind of budget development session will be based on revenues.

605 01:34:42.120 --> 01:34:46.620 Timothy Whipple: And you know that's gonna be that's gonna be the tricky one, as we know, and Mary and I will be.

606 01:34:47.460 --> 01:35:02.430 Timothy Whipple: will be working very hard for the next couple weeks to try to learn as much as we can, about where the state is with their revenues, so that we can try to project for the board of education, to make a final decision on on the 2122 budget.

607 01:35:04.290 --> 01:35:10.080 Timothy Whipple: So with that that kind of lose our presentation for tonight will be happy to take any any final questions that you may have.

608 01:35:12.570 --> 01:35:12.990 Emily Persons: Great.

609 01:35:14.040 --> 01:35:20.850 Mary Fox-Alter: So why the while the Board is thinking about some of their questions, just an overview for our Community.

610 01:35:21.300 --> 01:35:26.430 Mary Fox-Alter: The plausible Union free school district is a complex comprehensive organization.

611 01:35:26.820 --> 01:35:41.760 Mary Fox-Alter: We have a projected budget of 53 million we employ over 500 people we educate over 1600 students in the most complex of situations and programs, and we try to maximize.

612 01:35:42.570 --> 01:35:54.240 Mary Fox-Alter: Student learning that's always the driving goal every single item that you heard over the past two presentations we have focused on all the way down to the dollar amount i'm proud of this team.

613 01:35:54.540 --> 01:36:10.590 Mary Fox-Alter: i'm proud of the ownership, they have over the program that's here and about our team of based approach as to what we believe is a real comprehensive expenditure mindful of what's going on in terms of this pandemic to move forward the.

614 01:36:11.370 --> 01:36:26.880 Mary Fox-Alter: TIM is right, the conversation over revenue streams, is complicated, giving the level of you know how do you adjust for debt service what what's going on in terms of aid, what about expenditure aid, what about what's going on with the pandemic but.

615 01:36:27.660 --> 01:36:34.500 Mary Fox-Alter: This tonight was our final presentation about what we believe are the expenditures necessary.

616 01:36:34.740 --> 01:36:50.730 Mary Fox-Alter: To move our school district our organization forward for the next year and I want to thank the team for the countless level of hours countless we have spent on every item every again that was presented tonight, so thank you everybody.

617 01:36:52.080 --> 01:36:52.800 Emily Persons: Have a question.

618 01:36:55.710 --> 01:37:06.030 Emily Persons: That was great you know very thorough timmy always just so meticulous and I have a question about the.

619 01:37:07.050 --> 01:37:10.500 Emily Persons: You talked a lot about in the the DDT and.

620 01:37:10.950 --> 01:37:19.140 Emily Persons: The step, say, which you know don your your emails out, you know you gave such good information in your weekly E blast about what's going on.

621 01:37:19.380 --> 01:37:28.800 Emily Persons: In in the fifth and sixth grade it was great and I just had, I had like last week was coincidental like almost every day, I had a conversation with a different person about.

622 01:37:29.550 --> 01:37:46.470 Emily Persons: Psychological self care and so can the steps say is that is that being guess where it is written for the elementary school is that something that can go down into the elementary school because you know the.

623 01:37:47.670 --> 01:38:03.870 Emily Persons: For the little our kids it's such a critical time like they don't have the language, the self awareness, yet on how to express that there, whatever it is they're feeling So what about them.

624 01:38:04.440 --> 01:38:15.210 Peggy Galotti: Oh, I think I i'll begin the conversation we we adopted second steps, which is a sal program in the.

625 01:38:16.350 --> 01:38:24.840 Peggy Galotti: Last year, when TIM made reference to that we had purchased it so we purchased it purchased a kit per grade level.

626 01:38:25.860 --> 01:38:29.430 Peggy Galotti: And as we unpack that we also have.

627 01:38:30.660 --> 01:38:36.090 Peggy Galotti: been using lessons from our adl book as well, because the two or merging together.

628 01:38:37.080 --> 01:38:45.990 Peggy Galotti: i'll be very honest it's been a struggle to get in every classroom I I took first grade Rachel took second grade because we felt those with a critical years I could have critical grades.

629 01:38:46.620 --> 01:39:05.610 Peggy Galotti: But i've taught two or three lessons but i've had to do it 12 times so i've done like Joe two lessons or 24 times, if you include I had to cohort and co op actually taught a first grade class today, so there is the second step is that program what we have what we found.

630 01:39:06.630 --> 01:39:17.340 Peggy Galotti: Is that the adl book that we've been working with we're kind of merging them together, because the adl has a little bit more of current elementary lessons with.

631 01:39:17.790 --> 01:39:26.130 Peggy Galotti: More current language than that second steps, but they're both valuable and our psychology team for years have been using second step.

632 01:39:26.700 --> 01:39:36.960 Peggy Galotti: In our small group so we're we're actually a little grateful we did it slowly because finding the best of both right now, so our hope is when we're all in.

633 01:39:37.710 --> 01:39:44.760 Peggy Galotti: And we can we can move faster and it's the timing is right, like a better term because the kids are coming in and now they'll have some.

634 01:39:45.540 --> 01:39:47.910 Peggy Galotti: needs to talk about their feelings and and.

635 01:39:47.970 --> 01:39:58.560 Peggy Galotti: And what it feels like and how to identify it That was our faculty piece of a faculty meeting today is, we want the kids to talk about it but what's the message, how do we get them to talk about without scaring them.

636 01:39:58.890 --> 01:40:00.270 Emily Persons: right because I heard.

637 01:40:00.780 --> 01:40:14.070 Emily Persons: I heard this phrase psychologically, you know we talked about self care a lot right, you know your diet your exercise your body, and then I heard the other day psychological self care and I thought Oh, that is really important, because.

638 01:40:15.360 --> 01:40:21.120 Peggy Galotti: You know i'll tell you there's a there's an undercover team at Bedford road school of people.

639 01:40:21.720 --> 01:40:30.540 Peggy Galotti: That absolutely focused on that all year for the adults in the building yeah i'm sending messages, no one knows who's running it it's it's been.

640 01:40:30.960 --> 01:40:40.050 Peggy Galotti: Running all year there's messages in the elevator there's different boards that make you think when you walk by we get emails on Monday.

641 01:40:40.620 --> 01:40:50.160 Peggy Galotti: What would you rather do it just all thinking and it's been very, very helpful for our staff, and now we have to think like that, for our children as well.

642 01:40:51.120 --> 01:41:03.690 Mary Fox-Alter: I also think that we need to be clear and i'm going to turn to Dr bollen a moment that step, say, is a thoroughly researched nura conklin actively based approach.

643 01:41:04.320 --> 01:41:11.730 Mary Fox-Alter: They did not have a curriculum for the elementary setting and I also think it's important while we focus on things.

644 01:41:11.940 --> 01:41:21.630 Mary Fox-Alter: To think about a culturally responsive school district is a school district that focuses on social emotional learning so the tie in between two.

645 01:41:21.930 --> 01:41:32.310 Mary Fox-Alter: happens to be appropriate, but Dr Bob if you don't mind just talk a little bit about our research bass pro approach towards this, because everyone wants to sell something right.

646 01:41:34.770 --> 01:41:42.600 Rukmini Bhalla: Absolutely, and thanks for stepping in I was gonna say even though, yes, we do not yet have a curriculum for the elementary school level.

647 01:41:42.930 --> 01:41:49.320 Rukmini Bhalla: We have as clinicians and the district adapted the steps they curriculum for our younger population.

648 01:41:49.800 --> 01:41:58.740 Rukmini Bhalla: And really what is step say right through teaching interpersonal effectiveness, which is so a lot of social skills we're teaching emotion regulation, which has a lot of coping skills.

649 01:41:59.280 --> 01:42:04.290 Rukmini Bhalla: And mindfulness which is taking place, also at the elementary level so we're teaching our kids.

650 01:42:04.830 --> 01:42:12.060 Rukmini Bhalla: All of these skills, our clinicians are getting trained and they have consultation sessions available with our CBC consultant.

651 01:42:12.420 --> 01:42:24.630 Rukmini Bhalla: I know you guys have heard a lot about CBC this evening so that's cognitive behavioral consultants of westchester as they in fact have their own dpt classroom universal program which is their version of.

652 01:42:26.370 --> 01:42:46.980 Rukmini Bhalla: Steps a so all of us are getting trained in it, and it is it's it's really something that's taking place district wide and you'll see a lot more happening more formally as well, but even in our younger grades db T is being infused in the classroom db T skills are infused in our classrooms.

653 01:42:48.000 --> 01:43:00.480 Rukmini Bhalla: With regard to just you know, going back to culturally responsive education, we are trying to bridge what's going on in the seo route realm and the D I around by.

654 01:43:01.800 --> 01:43:07.890 Rukmini Bhalla: Using a lot of the dpt skills that I mentioned off into personal effectiveness of mindfulness of validation.

655 01:43:08.640 --> 01:43:17.370 Rukmini Bhalla: To be able to facilitate some of the difficult converse in some conversations that can be difficult so so we're and again like this.

656 01:43:18.360 --> 01:43:30.990 Rukmini Bhalla: The seo times D I initiative is kind of like still in its infancy, but we are working closely, and you know diligently to make sure that this bridge, you know is built and.

657 01:43:32.010 --> 01:43:33.330 Rukmini Bhalla: That will move forward with this.

658 01:43:33.750 --> 01:43:34.320 Emily Persons: Thank you.

659 01:43:34.710 --> 01:43:40.980 Jill Grossman: Of course, that makes that so great to hear the bridging of the two it makes complete sense.

660 01:43:41.850 --> 01:43:43.710 Jill Grossman: So thanks for framing it that way.

661 01:43:44.100 --> 01:43:48.330 Jill Grossman: Class I had a fall, I have some budget questions, but since we're talking about the.

662 01:43:48.360 --> 01:43:49.920 Jill Grossman: DVD program just a really.

663 01:43:49.950 --> 01:44:04.920 Jill Grossman: quick question, is it possible, or maybe that's happened and i've just completely missed it, but is it possible for other materials that could be shared with parents, so that we can be reinforcing at home, because sometimes I know.

664 01:44:05.970 --> 01:44:19.740 Jill Grossman: A lesson will have happened and it's oh nothing happened we didn't talk about anything, or you know it's hard if the parents have some material to reinforce the conversation at home that would be a huge help, I think.

665 01:44:20.580 --> 01:44:20.850 Rukmini Bhalla: Maybe.

666 01:44:21.510 --> 01:44:22.350 Jill Grossman: I don't know but.

667 01:44:22.590 --> 01:44:32.850 Rukmini Bhalla: No, no that's a great question and know the reason why you're hearing a lot of candy initiatives, also in the district where we're trying to get our faculty train.

668 01:44:33.690 --> 01:44:41.760 Rukmini Bhalla: is so you know it's because they're it provides a consistency of language and so absolutely there's materials for parents as well.

669 01:44:42.390 --> 01:44:49.590 Rukmini Bhalla: Because we can talk and you know teach our kids all about validation but if they go home and there's you know anything gets invalidated it kind of.

670 01:44:50.310 --> 01:45:08.820 Rukmini Bhalla: defeats the purpose so they're absolutely as material for the parents and through I know there's been a lot of pto evenings where our clinicians have gone and they have presented, but the at the building level each clinicians are also holding.

671 01:45:09.900 --> 01:45:21.420 Rukmini Bhalla: And i'm going to ask Dan real quick to kind of jump in here because I have not sure if we did this at the start of this year, but every year, we invite parents and you share materials on DVD with them.

672 01:45:22.500 --> 01:45:30.780 Mary Fox-Alter: Just just to jump in a little bit before Dan does from a global perspective for the past three years.

673 01:45:31.470 --> 01:45:41.790 Mary Fox-Alter: We have received support from different agencies to run evening programs the Center for empowered living actually ran for two years, a.

674 01:45:42.240 --> 01:45:53.520 Mary Fox-Alter: parent toolkit navigating all of this, where every parent if they signed up for two evenings walked out with a toolkit on how to do this great work that needs to be continued, and I want to thank.

675 01:45:54.870 --> 01:46:02.550 Mary Fox-Alter: for their support of that and for the Center for empowered living but it might be a nice way if we could create some sort of.

676 01:46:03.270 --> 01:46:19.170 Mary Fox-Alter: You know, video tools that could also help along those ways great question Jill it's work that we did embark upon We actually had some parents kind of graduate with their certificate from all of that, but certainly needs to be continued, as we move forward right.

677 01:46:20.310 --> 01:46:24.600 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: The most recent parent workshops that were offered in.

678 01:46:25.920 --> 01:46:35.640 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: January, February, you know we're geared towards equipping families with these skills and I think it would be a good idea for us to just create a.

679 01:46:36.090 --> 01:46:46.230 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: database or centralized location where these resources can kind of live, so if a family wants to circle back and learn a little bit more about validation.

680 01:46:46.710 --> 01:46:48.360 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And the positive impact that it can.

681 01:46:48.360 --> 01:46:51.930 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: have on their relationship with their children find it pretty easily.

682 01:46:52.470 --> 01:46:59.190 Peggy Galotti: And I think the key Jill is the vocabulary at the elementary level like when I think about our rollout.

683 01:46:59.700 --> 01:47:14.790 Peggy Galotti: For thinking maps, you know each week we rolled out a new map, I sent home a parent newsletter with just a you know quick explanation, but the vocabulary what is a circle map and what what the identifiable pieces that you put in there, so I think it.

684 01:47:15.120 --> 01:47:28.230 Peggy Galotti: Going forward it's a really good idea if we just trying to start matching the vocabulary, the the workshops are are strong and fast at the elementary level, it could be a synopsis of the lessons that we we've been teaching.

685 01:47:28.980 --> 01:47:41.340 Jill Grossman: That is exactly yeah even like a weekly note hey your child learn this here's some materials that your child learned in health class this week.

686 01:47:41.820 --> 01:47:51.780 Jill Grossman: You know, and so that, yes, so that in the moment so it's not like two months later, after they've talked about it, parents are catching up or something it's.

687 01:47:51.960 --> 01:47:52.980 Jill Grossman: Right yeah.

688 01:47:53.010 --> 01:48:04.830 Don Marra: Talk to Dana to gel i'll talk to Daniel Bryan about that maybe there's a you know, an overview that you can provide, just like a bullets or summary of what was covered see if it gets mmm yeah.

689 01:48:04.980 --> 01:48:10.830 Emily Persons: He had a sheet, I went to that she gave a data data presentation at the at the middle school PTA.

690 01:48:11.880 --> 01:48:19.710 Emily Persons: I might have been a year ago fall I forget, but she was there was a sheet, but you know to joe's point because you know I.

691 01:48:19.950 --> 01:48:31.920 Emily Persons: It would be helpful to them reinforces oh hey you know, this is what happened in class today, and you start using the same language and it, you know it would be very beneficial if there was a you know, to get that.

692 01:48:32.310 --> 01:48:40.830 Dan Iorio: Sure, and this is also an area with our special programs where it's been addressed during some of our parent training sessions to which is.

693 01:48:42.120 --> 01:48:54.450 Dan Iorio: You know, a service that is mandated on you know some of our students I ups, so you know that is a time where we've been able to approach that as well with our parents.

694 01:48:56.190 --> 01:49:11.790 Jill Grossman: I have a couple of quick budget questions the it was mentioned earlier, I think it was under brs the 24,000 in contractual services for remedial X expected remedial I want does that just for vrs or was that for.

695 01:49:11.820 --> 01:49:15.900 Mary Fox-Alter: No, no, no, every single every single school had the exact same increase.

696 01:49:16.470 --> 01:49:18.090 Jill Grossman: Okay, so that was like.

697 01:49:18.300 --> 01:49:25.260 Mary Fox-Alter: We are, we are looking out right now to project, because you have to develop a budget we've got the timeline.

698 01:49:25.590 --> 01:49:32.580 Mary Fox-Alter: And we're looking at gaps and learning gaps and achievement or any kids that might need any level of a is additional support.

699 01:49:32.970 --> 01:49:47.310 Mary Fox-Alter: Of kids that would not necessarily be required for a full year of the summer program, but we are Sir we built a budget with the thought that as many, many You all know this, many of my colleagues have to.

700 01:49:47.550 --> 01:49:57.990 Mary Fox-Alter: just put together as a very precautionary in a proactive method just putting money in the budget to help address what we might need to do to help kids prepare for school next fall.

701 01:49:58.470 --> 01:50:00.630 Jill Grossman: So it was 24,000 for each building.

702 01:50:01.890 --> 01:50:04.740 Timothy Whipple: yeah for each buildings what we budgeted it's.

703 01:50:04.920 --> 01:50:13.380 Timothy Whipple: Okay yeah there's some other changes in there that made it 24 but the true for that particular as Mary said was 2025 for each of the three buildings.

704 01:50:13.770 --> 01:50:23.460 Mary Fox-Alter: And it doesn't mean that that set in stone, it might be fluid, you might be flexible about what those need to be, but we we looked at it in terms of a planning guideline.

705 01:50:25.980 --> 01:50:31.860 Mary Fox-Alter: And I think we heard the board talk about like how important that was so we put that funding in for all three schools.

706 01:50:33.540 --> 01:50:33.990 Thank you.

707 01:50:36.480 --> 01:50:37.230 Larry Boes: Joe anything else.

708 01:50:37.830 --> 01:50:39.000 Jill Grossman: I did, is that okay.

709 01:50:39.090 --> 01:50:40.260 Larry Boes: yeah of course okay.

710 01:50:41.310 --> 01:50:48.450 Jill Grossman: Two other questions so we'll one is just a quick question of the metro Center do we have a start date with that.

711 01:50:49.710 --> 01:50:52.290 Mary Fox-Alter: No right now the spring this is.

712 01:50:53.070 --> 01:50:53.520 OK.

713 01:50:55.380 --> 01:50:58.170 Jill Grossman: And then one other thing I just wanted to raise that.

714 01:50:58.710 --> 01:51:06.510 Jill Grossman: Joe talked about for the high school, it was just really interesting what you said what the Syracuse partnership is sounds great and.

715 01:51:06.810 --> 01:51:19.590 Jill Grossman: And you mentioned thinking you know thinking down the road about ap versus dual enrollment that students might need to make that choice at some point, it just got me thinking about both from a.

716 01:51:20.490 --> 01:51:37.200 Jill Grossman: I don't know from a cost perspective, what the differences between ap and dual enrollment thinking about both from a budgetary perspective, and also a learning experience perspective, how those two compare I don't know just seemed like something that could be an interesting conversation.

717 01:51:37.500 --> 01:51:47.160 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: yeah it certainly is you know, one of the things that i've learned in my initial conversations with Syracuse is that you know they are a.

718 01:51:47.670 --> 01:52:00.450 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: Dual enrollment nationally certified program that Syracuse university project advance, and you know, unlike the the College board offerings through advanced placement.

719 01:52:00.930 --> 01:52:11.970 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: You know, when you finish those course offerings like let's say through supa I mentioned earlier, you get a bona fide Syracuse university transcript you know with your grades on them.

720 01:52:12.930 --> 01:52:21.930 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And you do not have to sit for the one high stakes exam at the end of the year, so I think, from a teaching and learning standpoint.

721 01:52:22.800 --> 01:52:31.380 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: We could probably all agree that standardized assessments, you know that measure performance in one way on one day probably are not the best way to go.

722 01:52:31.770 --> 01:52:43.440 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: So I think that's a great selling point, the fact that the the College credit from the University is guaranteed, is a big selling point so.

723 01:52:43.950 --> 01:52:52.230 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: it'll be interesting like I said there's some natural tension that exists there and the other conversation that we may end up having as a district is around the IB Program.

724 01:52:52.740 --> 01:53:00.870 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: All right, there are some neighboring districts typically ones that are a little larger than us that either run full programs or cohort programs.

725 01:53:01.170 --> 01:53:10.350 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: So I think that's, you know as we get into our next iteration of the strategic plan, something that we should certainly look at explore those options learn.

726 01:53:10.830 --> 01:53:17.610 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: about how each program serves students in different ways, and then make some decisions as a district in regards to how we want to proceed.

727 01:53:18.690 --> 01:53:21.480 Angela Vella: We offer any IB classes, or no.

728 01:53:21.780 --> 01:53:22.410 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: Not no.

729 01:53:22.500 --> 01:53:27.960 Mary Fox-Alter: No, and I would highly recommend against that you either do one or the other don't.

730 01:53:27.990 --> 01:53:33.930 Mary Fox-Alter: don't like guy i've seen colleagues it's just Where are you putting your resources towards.

731 01:53:34.320 --> 01:53:42.990 Mary Fox-Alter: And again in high school with the first of all I want to thank the board of education for the level of support for the resources we do have at the high school level.

732 01:53:43.290 --> 01:53:53.220 Mary Fox-Alter: You know, you can have juniors and freshmen and freshmen and seniors in the same class together a school district that has 20 ap classes with open enrollment.

733 01:53:53.400 --> 01:54:07.020 Mary Fox-Alter: Multiple multiple entry points for different layers trying to align it on for kids choice, it is probably the most comprehensive approach towards programming, that is, student centered that i've ever seen.

734 01:54:07.290 --> 01:54:12.840 Mary Fox-Alter: And i'm thrilled with the high school for that, but at the end of the day, offering in the Syracuse courses.

735 01:54:13.020 --> 01:54:17.820 Mary Fox-Alter: It becomes very much a conversation that you have with your guidance counselor with families.

736 01:54:18.000 --> 01:54:30.720 Mary Fox-Alter: Thinking about what your career is where what kind of colleges, you want to go to what what their expectation is the College board is still a big player out there, the ap classes are still a big player out there right now.

737 01:54:30.960 --> 01:54:46.080 Mary Fox-Alter: And that's why we put a lot of attention and resources into our high school guidance department, we have a opening for a guidance counselor right now with high school and helping in partnership with families, working with families in order to navigate these.

738 01:54:46.650 --> 01:54:50.520 Mary Fox-Alter: they're very interesting and complex choices is important.

739 01:54:51.390 --> 01:55:07.230 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And just cost real quick, so the the super courses, if you elect to earn the College credit it's $113 per credit from Syracuse University, which I would say, is a great value.

740 01:55:08.640 --> 01:55:12.270 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: If you were to sit for a college board exam.

741 01:55:13.470 --> 01:55:21.840 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: And who knows how that exam goes and who knows whether or not your institution that you attend is going to accept the credit and provide you with college credit for it.

742 01:55:22.110 --> 01:55:32.850 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: you're talking about somewhere in the neighborhood of $113 you know for the exam with the prospect of maybe earning credit at the College level so.

743 01:55:33.360 --> 01:55:43.230 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: I think it's a real interesting thing that's why I said there's a natural tension there, and when we had the two professors from Syracuse connect with our families virtually.

744 01:55:43.680 --> 01:55:51.390 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: You know, it came across you know very clearly that they know that they are in a bit of a competition with the College board around this work.

745 01:55:52.260 --> 01:55:57.180 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: They have a an established program in Syracuse they've been doing this for over two decades.

746 01:55:57.750 --> 01:56:12.330 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: They have many different course offering some in entrepreneurship in La and in math and science, so it will be interesting to see how our initial foray with Syracuse goes, and you know where we what we do in the future.

747 01:56:13.170 --> 01:56:13.800 Angela Vella: Absolutely.

748 01:56:13.830 --> 01:56:14.910 Jill Grossman: I think yeah I think what I.

749 01:56:16.620 --> 01:56:27.870 Angela Vella: Think what good is it classes, that you talked about that we're that we're going to do with Syracuse are very different from anything we offer so just in terms of you know.

750 01:56:28.620 --> 01:56:33.840 Angela Vella: more opportunity and for for students to pursue things that they're interested in.

751 01:56:34.590 --> 01:56:41.640 Angela Vella: You know, it may not necessarily conflict with other things other ap classes if that's something that they're really interested in so.

752 01:56:42.090 --> 01:56:47.100 Angela Vella: You know this is just another way for us to have more opportunities for for kids to.

753 01:56:48.000 --> 01:57:00.330 Angela Vella: Take courses and something they might be interested in so from that perspective I think it's great I don't think it needs to be looked at, like a competition, I think it's just creating more choices for kids so thank you for doing it thanks for pursuing it.

754 01:57:00.630 --> 01:57:09.870 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: When it's interesting I just noticed, they have offerings in calculus one calculus to mean it's it'll be like I said, a very interesting, you know interesting experience.

755 01:57:10.290 --> 01:57:19.800 Larry Boes: So the Community understands we'll talk about ID we didn't define what that is it's a national baccalaureate degree and our different programs that certain high schools adopt.

756 01:57:21.090 --> 01:57:22.830 Larry Boes: To offer an IB degree.

757 01:57:24.720 --> 01:57:34.860 Larry Boes: For graduates that that complete full ID programs as Mary alluded to, but it will be interesting, Joe to see how Syracuse.

758 01:57:36.450 --> 01:57:50.430 Larry Boes: You know how they're at these class credits, I guess, will be looked at as children apply to other you know institutions other than Syracuse right right.

759 01:57:51.630 --> 01:57:52.470 Larry Boes: To see if they.

760 01:57:53.880 --> 01:58:01.350 Larry Boes: You know Syracuse is obviously highly ranked institution but but colleges are in competition with each other, so be.

761 01:58:01.890 --> 01:58:04.170 Larry Boes: Interesting they don't like to give away credits.

762 01:58:04.590 --> 01:58:07.920 Larry Boes: And you know when they're charging a lot of money so.

763 01:58:08.130 --> 01:58:09.060 Angela Vella: They may see them as.

764 01:58:09.930 --> 01:58:16.620 Angela Vella: Friends for credits, though, which might be easier to be accepted, then some of the ap classes that.

765 01:58:17.310 --> 01:58:22.470 Angela Vella: Some kids take so it all depends on where you go and what made it depends on what you made.

766 01:58:22.530 --> 01:58:32.040 Angela Vella: It depends on which major into yeah, of course, whether or not things get courses or ap versus whatever get accepted but.

767 01:58:32.550 --> 01:58:33.360 Larry Boes: Thanks for look it's.

768 01:58:33.540 --> 01:58:38.220 Angela Vella: To me it's all about letting kids have a great opportunity to to.

769 01:58:39.300 --> 01:58:42.090 Angela Vella: try something out and see if it's something that they might be interested in.

770 01:58:42.510 --> 01:58:44.370 Angela Vella: In a very low cost situation.

771 01:58:45.030 --> 01:58:45.690 Relatively.

772 01:58:46.830 --> 01:58:47.130 Angela Vella: Great.

773 01:58:47.160 --> 01:58:47.820 Larry Boes: Thanks Joe.

774 01:58:51.180 --> 01:58:53.400 Larry Boes: Any other questions.

775 01:58:54.900 --> 01:58:55.320 Larry Boes: The group.

776 01:58:58.410 --> 01:59:04.710 Larry Boes: We can move on to good segue into superintendents report Mary.

777 01:59:08.490 --> 01:59:21.750 Mary Fox-Alter: Okay, with the understanding of time it's about 930 I just want to keep my comments you know brief and short but focus clearly on our initiative about reopening or.

778 01:59:22.170 --> 01:59:31.710 Mary Fox-Alter: Expanding in person student attendance so first of all, we are super excited about the level of interest and the level of questions the administration.

779 01:59:31.980 --> 01:59:38.640 Mary Fox-Alter: The admin teams and all three buildings are getting from the upcoming town halls and thank you for the families.

780 01:59:39.090 --> 01:59:49.560 Mary Fox-Alter: brs is this Thursday and middle school and high school our next week continue, please, we push this continue to send in your specific school based questions.

781 01:59:49.740 --> 02:00:01.320 Mary Fox-Alter: To each principle they've been very helpful each of the buildings have had their own internal meetings and preparation of these programs, I will be at all three buildings by all three town hall meetings.

782 02:00:02.760 --> 02:00:15.570 Mary Fox-Alter: i'd like to just give like broad strokes to five essential elements that are part of our plans to expand in person instruction and why we believe they give us the confidence to move forward.

783 02:00:15.870 --> 02:00:24.270 Mary Fox-Alter: All of these are important data elements that give us confidence to greatly mitigate risk and build sound.

784 02:00:24.840 --> 02:00:40.320 Mary Fox-Alter: Like I said confidence in our decision making 100% risk free is all promote everyone needs to understand this, this is about mitigating risk, so there are basically five important components, first of all vaccine access as of this week.

785 02:00:40.620 --> 02:00:52.500 Mary Fox-Alter: Earlier we have from self reported conversations with our staff, a significant number of our staff, the vast majority have either received vaccines, or have appointments to receive them.

786 02:00:52.950 --> 02:01:09.750 Mary Fox-Alter: However, today, due to the incredible partnership with westchester county and the New York state united teachers pleasurable received notice that appointments for vaccines for pleasantville only staff members can be made this Thursday and Friday.

787 02:01:10.260 --> 02:01:20.940 Mary Fox-Alter: So multiple emails went out from our association President Sarah lamar and from me to everybody to all staff to make them aware of this great news.

788 02:01:21.210 --> 02:01:31.380 Mary Fox-Alter: Great news exclusive for pleasantville staff this Thursday and Friday so big shout out again to George latimer and nice it for this partnership.

789 02:01:31.710 --> 02:01:40.110 Mary Fox-Alter: Just as a confidential piece of information, we cannot require staff to get vaccinated and all vaccine information.

790 02:01:40.380 --> 02:01:50.310 Mary Fox-Alter: Is hipaa protected so Those are two important caveats but the staff is super excited to get this information so vaccine access huge issue.

791 02:01:50.760 --> 02:02:03.960 Mary Fox-Alter: Great news on that front barriers, as of this writing New York state, we still need to use barriers when we go below six feet per in person expansion below six feet per students in classrooms.

792 02:02:04.200 --> 02:02:16.560 Mary Fox-Alter: middle school and bed perote are looking at the triple des shields is you're all aware and the high school is a little bit trickier i'm not going to go into it, but the conversations over desk and furniture I add to the to add to that.

793 02:02:17.100 --> 02:02:28.980 Mary Fox-Alter: complexity of it, I want to give a huge shout out to TIM whipple and also on the team at the high school for discussing with regional colleagues driving to different schools seeing what other people are doing.

794 02:02:29.160 --> 02:02:39.870 Mary Fox-Alter: Everybody I know in this region they're all focused on this same question next item Item number three so proud of team pleasantville is the idea of ventilation.

795 02:02:40.200 --> 02:02:51.630 Mary Fox-Alter: The the essential element of it fresh air is important and it is always always been an item that we have included in our plans, not just now, as many others are doing.

796 02:02:52.020 --> 02:03:01.050 Mary Fox-Alter: We have a bed for road in the high school due to the construction projects over the last 10 to 17 years and I know our team highlighted those earlier.

797 02:03:01.350 --> 02:03:14.820 Mary Fox-Alter: At HP HC systems that include rooftop unit error handling unit that can be set to exchange fresh air rates at maximum recommended levels so we're getting a lot of fresh, year in and pulling.

798 02:03:15.480 --> 02:03:22.740 Mary Fox-Alter: Old air out, we also have in certain areas in the middle school done that, as well and in areas of the middle school we've.

799 02:03:23.220 --> 02:03:32.610 Mary Fox-Alter: Added in human events murdered filters adjusted all the fans there and have added individual pepper air purifiers.

800 02:03:32.910 --> 02:03:36.810 Mary Fox-Alter: To all of those classrooms so that's a huge item that's Item number three.

801 02:03:37.080 --> 02:03:48.270 Mary Fox-Alter: Item number for mass if you haven't heard on Dr Roy speak about this or checked out some of the CDC information if there's a lot of research out there about the confidence behind.

802 02:03:48.570 --> 02:03:54.480 Mary Fox-Alter: A proper fitting impact and compliance about mass I know this board has some great.

803 02:03:55.170 --> 02:04:05.730 Mary Fox-Alter: Good news to share, about that later on, but mass compliance in terms of proper fitting and even doubling up, you can get 95% protection so.

804 02:04:06.330 --> 02:04:13.050 Mary Fox-Alter: i'm thankful to westchester county in our state for the level of compliance with mass and check out one of the.

805 02:04:13.380 --> 02:04:24.660 Mary Fox-Alter: Inside pleasantville schools with Dr why that Emily is hosting you'll hear more about that, lastly, and very importantly, because this isn't good refocusing conversation it's going to be spoken about it, each of the.

806 02:04:25.230 --> 02:04:39.150 Mary Fox-Alter: town halls but the CDC talks about a regional infection rate so in terms of chain of command the CDC gives information to the New York State Department of Health, who in turn issues guidelines does, we do not.

807 02:04:39.480 --> 02:04:54.240 Mary Fox-Alter: report directly to the CDC or do we take that information as actual actionable items and has to go through the State of New York that's just how it works so, however, the CDC has issued what they call a.

808 02:04:54.630 --> 02:05:00.660 Mary Fox-Alter: Guidelines about a regional infection right, but we know here in westchester what makes up a region.

809 02:05:00.960 --> 02:05:09.690 Mary Fox-Alter: Where an accounting with major cities and small villages like plausible I know that porchester was it an area that was in an orange zone but yet.

810 02:05:10.350 --> 02:05:21.600 Mary Fox-Alter: Town next to it was not so trying to identify what they what they mean by that we need guidance from New York state about that, but just think about this in terms of a reflection.

811 02:05:21.900 --> 02:05:34.020 Mary Fox-Alter: So the CDC uses a seven day target, which is actually been the same as in New York and they state that if you are at an eight if your regional infection rate is over 8%.

812 02:05:34.230 --> 02:05:50.550 Mary Fox-Alter: You have to go back to a six foot social distancing when you look at the numbers from September until now placebos never been near a percent never been there never been there, so we are in a good place in terms of just looking at that regional infection rate.

813 02:05:51.690 --> 02:05:56.040 Mary Fox-Alter: statistic from the CDC and looking at it as how it would.

814 02:05:56.460 --> 02:06:09.960 Mary Fox-Alter: apply here so we're basically looking at these five elements that give us as an administrative team confidence to report to the board of education that we can we know we can bring in kids.

815 02:06:10.170 --> 02:06:19.590 Mary Fox-Alter: Below six feet with barriers and again do so safely and with student health and staff health as our focus so.

816 02:06:20.130 --> 02:06:21.270 Mary Fox-Alter: that's my broad.

817 02:06:21.540 --> 02:06:30.030 Mary Fox-Alter: strokes about that we're going to have very lengthy and exciting conversations and each of the buildings over those pieces over the next that I know will be talking about lunch.

818 02:06:30.150 --> 02:06:36.840 Mary Fox-Alter: And we'll be talking about the playground and we'll be talking about hallways and all kinds of different things in each of the building, so I encourage anyone.

819 02:06:37.050 --> 02:06:46.710 Mary Fox-Alter: With building level questions to please reach out to your schools and i'm excited to attend those meetings on Thursday night and next week.

820 02:06:48.570 --> 02:06:49.320 Larry Boes: Thank you so much.

821 02:06:51.240 --> 02:06:59.820 Larry Boes: Thank you so much Marion I will reiterate, you know, encouraging people to attend those town hall meetings for those types of specific questions, because those.

822 02:07:00.300 --> 02:07:18.510 Larry Boes: Building level administrators have different pressure points and challenges and so those particular questions for best addressed you know by the people who know those buildings best and at those town hall, so thank you so much for that.

823 02:07:20.580 --> 02:07:36.450 Larry Boes: I just liaison reports that if the rest of the Board doesn't mind, I just wanted to go first to get a couple things out of the way Mary alluded to, and to during the budget conversation will have more to say on this with regard to revenue, but.

824 02:07:38.250 --> 02:07:51.000 Larry Boes: You know, there have been some troubling developments put forward at least as a red flags by the executive branch the governor's office with regard to.

825 02:07:51.660 --> 02:08:11.280 Larry Boes: Decisions that really impact local control and it relates specifically to expense driven AIDS, the reason why, historically, you have different categories of expense terminates whether it's that service aid or whether it's both CS or whether it's.

826 02:08:13.020 --> 02:08:14.250 Larry Boes: Capital improvement.

827 02:08:16.560 --> 02:08:17.160 Larry Boes: Things.

828 02:08:18.750 --> 02:08:25.620 Larry Boes: You know those types of categories were created to encourage certain behavior from school districts.

829 02:08:26.730 --> 02:08:44.490 Larry Boes: removing them entirely which is really rooted in this governor wanting to penalize actually at the end of the day, well run, financial, you know financially well run districts is really at the root of.

830 02:08:46.080 --> 02:08:50.160 Larry Boes: Of what he does frankly and.

831 02:08:51.330 --> 02:08:58.020 Larry Boes: You know it's probably going to have to the Board will discuss this, but it probably is going to have to results in another.

832 02:09:00.060 --> 02:09:08.040 Larry Boes: campaign to bring this to the attention of our local legislators in both the Assembly and Senate.

833 02:09:08.970 --> 02:09:20.670 Larry Boes: they're pretty aware, because we got a little bit of a preview of this last year that maybe this was coming down the Pike and it was not addressed in last year's budget because the pandemic hit.

834 02:09:22.140 --> 02:09:34.740 Larry Boes: But it's something that's going to have to be talked about more in the next couple weeks, so I just wanted to get that out of the way I wanted to say to everybody.

835 02:09:35.580 --> 02:09:46.500 Larry Boes: Thank you so far for the communities contribution the school district communities contribution in both focus groups and the upcoming webinars.

836 02:09:48.240 --> 02:09:49.830 Larry Boes: In our superintendent search.

837 02:09:51.090 --> 02:10:00.900 Larry Boes: We have to webinar parent webinars occurring the afternoon next Monday and next Monday evening, as well, so there's still opportunities for you to.

838 02:10:02.550 --> 02:10:08.940 Larry Boes: To participate in those and board members will be present at those webinars and then.

839 02:10:09.420 --> 02:10:24.330 Larry Boes: We are going to announce a Community webinar which is really kind of a catch all its intended for Community Members who don't necessarily have children in the school this any longer, but can also be attended by parents and guardians.

840 02:10:25.440 --> 02:10:27.030 Larry Boes: Students or anybody else that.

841 02:10:28.320 --> 02:10:32.790 Larry Boes: wants to participate in that Community webinar that will be on march 22.

842 02:10:34.830 --> 02:10:37.440 Larry Boes: The Board will be sending out a communication later in the week.

843 02:10:38.460 --> 02:10:40.500 Larry Boes: You know, addressing these matters, and given the.

844 02:10:41.550 --> 02:10:50.190 Larry Boes: Given the information for the Community webinar so thank you to everybody, so far, and thank you to my fellow board members on that.

845 02:10:50.730 --> 02:10:50.970 and

846 02:10:52.200 --> 02:10:55.650 Angela Vella: On that note, should we also thank people for filling out the survey.

847 02:10:55.830 --> 02:10:57.870 Larry Boes: I went filling out the survey correct yes.

848 02:10:57.960 --> 02:10:59.040 Angela Vella: And anyone who hasn't.

849 02:10:59.370 --> 02:11:01.020 Larry Boes: You know, continue to do so, correct.

850 02:11:02.160 --> 02:11:02.700 Angela Vella: Yes.

851 02:11:03.120 --> 02:11:09.780 Larry Boes: will send a reminder in our communication out as well, for those that haven't participated yet.

852 02:11:11.370 --> 02:11:17.880 Larry Boes: Mary alluded to a mass campaign we have it in new business and old business but figured I just mentioned it quickly.

853 02:11:19.500 --> 02:11:30.900 Larry Boes: That the I reached out, you know, on behalf of the board to the village to to discuss with them about augmenting a campaign that they.

854 02:11:31.380 --> 02:11:42.150 Larry Boes: had started with regard to masking you know mascot pleasantville for lack of a better term, and we will be continuing this discussions between our.

855 02:11:42.960 --> 02:11:53.760 Larry Boes: village board liaison Jill and Emily and their liaison Paul Alvarez so more to come on that we can talk about a new business old business, but I just wanted to.

856 02:11:54.690 --> 02:12:14.070 Larry Boes: This is an important campaign, particularly as we begin to open up the schools for the Community and for our students to have it in their mind at all times and keep our infection rate low, so that we may enjoy each other's renewed company.

857 02:12:15.360 --> 02:12:24.420 Larry Boes: As our children begin to see each other begin to the outside and participating in sports as the as the weather gets warmer so.

858 02:12:25.470 --> 02:12:30.660 Larry Boes: Thanks everybody, thanks to the rest of the board for that quick indulgence.

859 02:12:32.010 --> 02:12:33.060 Larry Boes: you're allowed to go first.

860 02:12:33.180 --> 02:12:34.980 Angela Vella: you're allowed to go first once in a while Larry.

861 02:12:37.080 --> 02:12:49.080 Larry Boes: If anybody wants to you know, contribute to what I just sat at all feel free but obviously anything else you have to add, we can start with with Angela.

862 02:12:50.400 --> 02:12:51.510 Larry Boes: And the other liaison.

863 02:12:52.140 --> 02:12:56.010 Angela Vella: yeah just two quick things so I really enjoyed.

864 02:12:57.030 --> 02:12:57.870 Angela Vella: A week ago.

865 02:12:59.280 --> 02:13:08.280 Angela Vella: being part of the government classes for the seniors graduating seniors thanks to Veronica for setting all that up and and Mr palumbo.

866 02:13:09.150 --> 02:13:20.640 Angela Vella: I always enjoy going into the classroom and talking to the students about our budget process and our budget and how we put it together and and it's always a great.

867 02:13:21.840 --> 02:13:24.570 Angela Vella: great experience it's a little different over zoom this time.

868 02:13:25.590 --> 02:13:29.130 Angela Vella: But at least we have to do it because we didn't get to do it last last spring, so.

869 02:13:30.030 --> 02:13:46.230 Angela Vella: i'm glad where we're figuring out a way to continue that tradition, because I think it's a great way for us to talk about community service as a board member and our role and what we do and and how we put the budget together so that was that was really great.

870 02:13:47.640 --> 02:13:58.080 Angela Vella: And then the only other thing I wanted to mention is, I know, we have the public forum no it's actually the 15th so the 15th we have a parent forum.

871 02:13:58.590 --> 02:14:13.920 Angela Vella: For the search that Emily and Jill are going to so I signed up for the was just putting a school board association legislative advocacy committee meeting on that night on the 15th, so I will be attending that at 630.

872 02:14:14.820 --> 02:14:15.270 Shane McGaffey: Thank you.

873 02:14:16.650 --> 02:14:17.040 Shane McGaffey: Thanks.

874 02:14:17.280 --> 02:14:17.790 Angela Vella: that's it.

875 02:14:19.020 --> 02:14:20.430 Larry Boes: feel you wanna.

876 02:14:22.080 --> 02:14:25.470 Jill Grossman: um I attended.

877 02:14:27.840 --> 02:14:38.850 Jill Grossman: Mr colombo's high school reopening committee meeting, and it was just a really good conversation, a lot of great questions and suggestions came out of that.

878 02:14:40.350 --> 02:14:48.030 Jill Grossman: kristin Roy was there who are her presence was incredibly helpful just in terms of speaking to some of the.

879 02:14:48.540 --> 02:15:04.350 Jill Grossman: The research and recommend you know medical recommendations, right now, related to social distance and all that, so it was a really good and productive meeting and just want to also shout out Mr palumbo for running a great conversation.

880 02:15:07.560 --> 02:15:10.620 Jill Grossman: Should I say something about the mask thing now we're going to save that.

881 02:15:11.850 --> 02:15:13.800 Jill Grossman: I just wanted to also.

882 02:15:14.190 --> 02:15:29.520 Jill Grossman: Again i'll give another shout out to kristin Roi because that really came out of that idea came out of a conversation that I was having with her about the important the need to really in talking about going back to school full in.

883 02:15:30.720 --> 02:15:33.840 Jill Grossman: Full in person, the need to really.

884 02:15:35.460 --> 02:15:44.700 Jill Grossman: highlight in within the Community, the importance of keeping the infection rate low wearing masks everybody in the Community.

885 02:15:45.690 --> 02:15:53.970 Jill Grossman: doing what they can for so that, because there is a direct correlation between Mary talked about the the importance of the infection rate.

886 02:15:54.540 --> 02:16:05.250 Jill Grossman: You know the connection between the infection rate in the Community and infection rate within school just very important to keep the rates down all over so I just wanted to.

887 02:16:06.390 --> 02:16:12.210 Jill Grossman: Mention Dr Roy in terms of kind of planting the seed of that so.

888 02:16:12.750 --> 02:16:13.260 Larry Boes: Thanks Joe.

889 02:16:13.530 --> 02:16:13.890 yeah.

890 02:16:15.180 --> 02:16:19.350 Jill Grossman: And I have a meeting with Paul Alvarez tomorrow to talk about it, by the way, great.

891 02:16:20.520 --> 02:16:21.120 Larry Boes: chain.

892 02:16:22.140 --> 02:16:31.260 Shane McGaffey: A couple things i'll start with Larry you were talking about advocacy a little bit earlier just also wanted to mention Star and maybe when we discuss.

893 02:16:32.490 --> 02:16:41.940 Shane McGaffey: How expense to have an AIDS are being combined the CAP them, we can discuss the the governor's games with Star and how that affects our tax base.

894 02:16:42.870 --> 02:16:49.890 Shane McGaffey: he's tinkered with star over time and that has not been generally a good thing for westchester county so I just want to make that point.

895 02:16:50.370 --> 02:17:00.450 Shane McGaffey: On a completely different know the village buzzing bill does have an election next Tuesday on the 16th and they're not going to be using the REC Center.

896 02:17:01.680 --> 02:17:06.390 Shane McGaffey: elections for the village are now run by the county the county hasn't got the information out yet.

897 02:17:06.930 --> 02:17:17.100 Shane McGaffey: But if people go to pleasantville dash cam y.gov they can find out what whether polling places it's going to be because, again, the REC Center is not going to be one of the polling places anymore.

898 02:17:17.670 --> 02:17:34.020 Shane McGaffey: Just so people know as an fyi I also just wanted to mention that i'm starting next Friday, there will be the puzzle high school musical there'll be Friday Saturday and Sunday, so the 19th 20th and 21st screaming.

899 02:17:35.760 --> 02:17:45.870 Shane McGaffey: I think probably if you go to pH s play.org Emily will probably know exactly where to get the tickets i'm a little out of the loop on that i've just been sneaking peaks here.

900 02:17:47.760 --> 02:17:53.850 Emily Persons: Paul Paul has been posting that in in he blasts and on the Facebook I.

901 02:17:54.480 --> 02:18:06.600 Emily Persons: Think there's a folk they have a new football website I don't know exactly what the addresses but it's on all the Facebook in the school and the PTA and the PC oh it's everywhere so she's she's a very effective poster.

902 02:18:07.740 --> 02:18:19.470 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: Go to pH s Fo pa.org I you can get involved and get great information about the show, along with purchase the opportunity to stream.

903 02:18:20.370 --> 02:18:24.690 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: Presentation the students are so excited it's been a real bright point yeah.

904 02:18:25.230 --> 02:18:37.110 Joe Palumbo |He/Him|: you're here we've got students who are participating in the acting the singing set design the painting it's just great so and Jane, thank you for all the work that you're doing to film and I know this is a very different approach this year.

905 02:18:38.130 --> 02:18:38.970 Shane McGaffey: we're having fun.

906 02:18:39.180 --> 02:18:39.600 me.

907 02:18:42.060 --> 02:18:42.540 Larry Boes: Emily.

908 02:18:43.650 --> 02:19:02.250 Emily Persons: yeah just there was a septa meeting last week there's a separate event tomorrow night with two speakers one is from the Nicholas Center, and that is a organization that provides employment, training and Community engagement for our.

909 02:19:03.570 --> 02:19:10.710 Emily Persons: Adults special needs adults and then also the other speaker is a newcomer to pleasantville the spectrum.

910 02:19:12.240 --> 02:19:19.950 Emily Persons: company, which is a full service apparel decorating business where they employ adults with autism and that's just down on.

911 02:19:22.350 --> 02:19:33.930 Emily Persons: tompkins avenue so that's you know that'll be an event tomorrow night and and then just oh and sports starting i'm surprised, all my spy sports parents didn't bring that up.

912 02:19:36.450 --> 02:19:43.050 Emily Persons: Somebody posted their kid with the football helmet on Facebook, the other day, and then you know just to again on this.

913 02:19:44.190 --> 02:19:55.200 Emily Persons: Education problem, a problem and the concern with the way como is shifting this in our recent onboard New York state school board association.

914 02:19:56.040 --> 02:20:08.790 Emily Persons: Daniel fuller who is Cuomo as Deputy Secretary for education, you know he's just they're there they're just looking at this year they're just looking at one year in filling the gap with.

915 02:20:09.540 --> 02:20:18.930 Emily Persons: coven relief funds into education and there's a lot of concern that they're only looking at this one year and we know.

916 02:20:19.290 --> 02:20:40.590 Emily Persons: Look at we're just in the budget process, tonight we have to plan how could we have purchased all these desks if we only looked at one year, at a time, we have to pay attention and make sure that we have reserves for these strange moments and they're not doing that.

917 02:20:41.070 --> 02:20:43.110 Larry Boes: they're just ingenuous statement so.

918 02:20:43.380 --> 02:20:44.940 Larry Boes: narrows what I regarded as.

919 02:20:46.590 --> 02:20:54.390 Larry Boes: You know grow more talked about eliminating expense driven needs as categories and putting all eight into the Foundation, a bucket.

920 02:20:56.340 --> 02:21:11.580 Larry Boes: Which which dis incentivizes positive behavior positive budgetary behavior that the creation of these eight categories was they were formed to do so.

921 02:21:13.920 --> 02:21:21.750 Emily Persons: And that's actually for the government class that's kind of one of the things that I always talk about, you know as a homeowner you can pick and choose.

922 02:21:21.990 --> 02:21:36.360 Emily Persons: You know you have your different savings accounts, but you can, if you're a cow if you need to if your House, if your roof falls in you can reallocate your funds we don't have that choice, we are told, where we can get our money from.

923 02:21:36.780 --> 02:21:38.040 Emily Persons: And how we can spend it.

924 02:21:38.190 --> 02:21:42.510 Emily Persons: And we can't use our cafeteria funds for our.

925 02:21:44.310 --> 02:21:51.090 Emily Persons: textbooks let's say so that's a challenge and and people don't always stand out.

926 02:21:51.810 --> 02:21:56.520 Angela Vella: it's just very disappointing that it's you know you expect the leadership at that level to.

927 02:21:57.780 --> 02:21:58.590 Angela Vella: plan better.

928 02:21:58.950 --> 02:22:00.840 Angela Vella: And to be looking ahead, and to be.

929 02:22:02.520 --> 02:22:09.270 Angela Vella: And to try to anticipate and plan for the future and not be just looking at one so whether it's true or not, or if it's true.

930 02:22:10.050 --> 02:22:21.330 Angela Vella: it's it's disappointing that they're not looking to the future and if it's not true and they're just saying it to put us off or this year that that's just like Larry said disingenuous rather disingenuous.

931 02:22:22.800 --> 02:22:23.010 Right.

932 02:22:24.870 --> 02:22:26.160 Larry Boes: um okay.

933 02:22:28.200 --> 02:22:30.240 Larry Boes: Thanks everybody for Veronica.

934 02:22:33.090 --> 02:22:34.740 Larry Boes: Go back to the agenda.

935 02:22:36.960 --> 02:22:39.120 Larry Boes: superintendents appointments and record.

936 02:22:40.320 --> 02:22:41.550 resignations.

937 02:22:49.980 --> 02:22:50.580 Larry Boes: pull it up.

938 02:22:55.350 --> 02:23:01.290 Larry Boes: So we moved to superintendents recommendations and we just have a US.

939 02:23:02.460 --> 02:23:11.430 Larry Boes: Five a approval of appointments and requirements, so my I have a motion to approve superintendent recommendations by a.

940 02:23:12.030 --> 02:23:12.750 sum of all.

941 02:23:13.860 --> 02:23:14.250 Emily Persons: Okay.

942 02:23:16.350 --> 02:23:17.670 Larry Boes: Any questions or comments.

943 02:23:20.010 --> 02:23:20.880 Larry Boes: do not have any.

944 02:23:23.340 --> 02:23:25.590 Larry Boes: shane own favorite chain.

945 02:23:25.860 --> 02:23:27.330 Shane McGaffey: grow, yes, congratulate.

946 02:23:27.480 --> 02:23:27.750 hi.

947 02:23:29.820 --> 02:23:30.360 Larry Boes: Angela.

948 02:23:30.900 --> 02:23:31.200 hi.

949 02:23:32.730 --> 02:23:33.210 Larry Boes: Jill.

950 02:23:34.140 --> 02:23:34.440 hi.

951 02:23:36.120 --> 02:23:36.660 Larry Boes: Emily.

952 02:23:37.080 --> 02:23:37.410 hi.

953 02:23:39.210 --> 02:23:41.010 Larry Boes: hi my as well.

954 02:23:46.800 --> 02:23:56.160 Larry Boes: We have, at this point, recognition of the audience, so if you'd like to come on screen would ask that you raise your hand.

955 02:24:00.810 --> 02:24:05.400 Larry Boes: After badger will bring you on screen once you come on screen if you'd state your name and address.

956 02:24:05.970 --> 02:24:06.450 and

957 02:24:07.500 --> 02:24:11.850 Larry Boes: And then and keep your comments to five minutes or less.

958 02:24:13.770 --> 02:24:14.610 Larry Boes: That would be great.

959 02:24:23.370 --> 02:24:25.830 Larry Boes: Joe if you could bring on Patrick Donnelly.

960 02:24:52.290 --> 02:24:52.680 Patrick Donovan: hi.

961 02:24:54.270 --> 02:24:56.970 Patrick Donovan: Patrick donovan 217 sorrows land.

962 02:24:58.920 --> 02:24:59.190 Patrick Donovan: I just.

963 02:24:59.220 --> 02:25:03.030 Patrick Donovan: want to say i'm glad to hear the emphasis.

964 02:25:04.110 --> 02:25:08.310 Patrick Donovan: On possibility and the budgets, particularly with respect to the irs.

965 02:25:09.510 --> 02:25:10.050 Patrick Donovan: I think.

966 02:25:11.010 --> 02:25:11.520 Sorry.

967 02:25:13.350 --> 02:25:17.910 Patrick Donovan: To get and keep the kids in school until address their social learning.

968 02:25:19.470 --> 02:25:19.770 Patrick Donovan: and

969 02:25:21.810 --> 02:25:24.990 Patrick Donovan: things change and evolve for worse in the future.

970 02:25:25.650 --> 02:25:27.210 Larry Boes: As much as we should take it and.

971 02:25:27.240 --> 02:25:28.560 Patrick Donovan: hope that will not be.

972 02:25:28.740 --> 02:25:28.890 A.

973 02:25:30.900 --> 02:25:31.380 Larry Boes: Little.

974 02:25:31.770 --> 02:25:32.310 Patrick Donovan: Cheese change.

975 02:25:32.790 --> 02:25:38.220 Patrick Donovan: The ability for years as placeholders but i'm just curious as to.

976 02:25:38.250 --> 02:25:40.350 Patrick Donovan: What amounts accounted for.

977 02:25:41.370 --> 02:25:43.440 Patrick Donovan: Putting other way, what is the.

978 02:25:43.500 --> 02:25:43.950 Patrick Donovan: Actual.

979 02:25:44.370 --> 02:25:46.350 Patrick Donovan: Engine CC or flux.

980 02:25:47.790 --> 02:25:48.420 Larry Boes: Relative.

981 02:25:49.980 --> 02:25:50.310 Patrick Donovan: updated.

982 02:25:52.080 --> 02:25:52.830 Patrick Donovan: Within the budget.

983 02:25:54.540 --> 02:25:59.100 Patrick Donovan: Whether we should use the 2020 figures as a sort of baseline and then the change.

984 02:25:59.430 --> 02:26:01.170 Patrick Donovan: there's roughly roughly contingency.

985 02:26:03.090 --> 02:26:04.740 Patrick Donovan: Then a couple of other items i'm also.

986 02:26:04.740 --> 02:26:05.190 curious.

987 02:26:08.490 --> 02:26:10.020 Patrick Donovan: fields, whether or not.

988 02:26:10.080 --> 02:26:10.500 Larry Boes: Something.

989 02:26:10.680 --> 02:26:11.340 Larry Boes: is accounted for.

990 02:26:12.450 --> 02:26:17.070 Patrick Donovan: In this school year it was kicked in next year or spread across.

991 02:26:17.130 --> 02:26:17.370 All.

992 02:26:18.900 --> 02:26:19.860 Patrick Donovan: And then finally.

993 02:26:20.400 --> 02:26:21.840 Larry Boes: there's a brief discussion structure, I.

994 02:26:21.840 --> 02:26:22.110 Think.

995 02:26:23.580 --> 02:26:23.850 Larry Boes: either.

996 02:26:26.550 --> 02:26:28.950 Patrick Donovan: You know, in the event that we may need to bring in additional.

997 02:26:28.950 --> 02:26:29.460 staff.

998 02:26:30.930 --> 02:26:31.590 Patrick Donovan: I didn't change.

999 02:26:32.460 --> 02:26:33.810 Patrick Donovan: That maybe maybe.

1000 02:26:39.390 --> 02:26:46.920 Larry Boes: there's always flexibility within the budget, you know when you look at our budget Patrick you look at it as a whole.

1001 02:26:48.480 --> 02:26:53.070 Larry Boes: This year, you know as the year went on, there was.

1002 02:26:54.360 --> 02:26:56.940 Larry Boes: some areas in which we didn't spend as much money.

1003 02:26:58.230 --> 02:27:09.270 Larry Boes: As others which created as the year went on, which created flexibility to order and things changed created flexibility to order, some of these items.

1004 02:27:10.920 --> 02:27:13.230 Larry Boes: So that hasn't changed per se.

1005 02:27:15.510 --> 02:27:22.650 Larry Boes: And there's always flexibility within the budget for necessary staffing potential.

1006 02:27:25.500 --> 02:27:27.720 Larry Boes: If i'm addressing that correctly Mary.

1007 02:27:30.540 --> 02:27:32.610 Larry Boes: Can i'm coming very fast.

1008 02:27:33.630 --> 02:27:35.910 Shane McGaffey: I can make a comment but.

1009 02:27:36.510 --> 02:27:38.220 Shane McGaffey: One thing I would say 10.

1010 02:27:38.820 --> 02:27:39.630 Larry Boes: Years here.

1011 02:27:41.100 --> 02:27:42.240 Shane McGaffey: We had.

1012 02:27:43.560 --> 02:27:47.430 Shane McGaffey: We used, we had a certain amount of fun balance that we budgeted for last year, knowing.

1013 02:27:47.700 --> 02:27:49.110 Larry Boes: who's going to be a difficult year.

1014 02:27:49.470 --> 02:27:50.010 Shane McGaffey: And so.

1015 02:27:52.440 --> 02:27:54.450 Shane McGaffey: We had more typically.

1016 02:27:57.600 --> 02:28:02.040 Shane McGaffey: Aware of the challenges we have this year, my provider.

1017 02:28:02.100 --> 02:28:02.730 And their fear.

1018 02:28:03.930 --> 02:28:07.740 Shane McGaffey: We have planned for it ahead of time that i'm getting into here to feedback as anybody else.

1019 02:28:10.530 --> 02:28:13.140 Jill Grossman: yeah it's really bad i'm having trouble hearing other people.

1020 02:28:13.410 --> 02:28:13.890 Emily Persons: I can't.

1021 02:28:18.420 --> 02:28:19.350 Larry Boes: Really, for me.

1022 02:28:19.980 --> 02:28:23.550 Shane McGaffey: Well, it started when pepper donovan's is he using a phone and.

1023 02:28:24.930 --> 02:28:25.290 Patrick Donovan: I have.

1024 02:28:25.560 --> 02:28:26.670 Larry Boes: I have a microphone.

1025 02:28:27.330 --> 02:28:27.840 Patrick Donovan: That might be.

1026 02:28:28.770 --> 02:28:30.750 Shane McGaffey: A mute myself okay.

1027 02:28:31.410 --> 02:28:31.800 Emily Persons: it's like.

1028 02:28:34.650 --> 02:28:35.610 Larry Boes: Data assist.

1029 02:28:36.720 --> 02:28:38.430 Emily Persons: that's better okay.

1030 02:28:39.300 --> 02:28:41.310 Timothy Whipple: You don't have to belabor the point or or.

1031 02:28:43.410 --> 02:28:44.490 Timothy Whipple: You know it's.

1032 02:28:44.910 --> 02:28:45.570 Not rolling.

1033 02:28:47.400 --> 02:28:48.000 Timothy Whipple: yeah i'm going.

1034 02:28:48.810 --> 02:28:49.470 Emily Persons: To stop talking.

1035 02:28:49.500 --> 02:28:50.070 I think I.

1036 02:28:53.070 --> 02:28:55.410 Dr. Cameron Fadjo: Can I recommend that if you're not speaking just mute.

1037 02:28:57.240 --> 02:28:57.450 I.

1038 02:28:59.280 --> 02:29:06.480 Timothy Whipple: think one of the first things that we did in this year, the principles will, will you know attest to this, as we took a approach, where we took.

1039 02:29:08.160 --> 02:29:20.100 Timothy Whipple: from each building and set up what we call kind of a reduction reserve so we went through every single line item and we said what what I am can we set aside for things that we know we will need throughout the year.

1040 02:29:20.550 --> 02:29:27.450 Timothy Whipple: And so that that shield and some I didn't exact here all the question, but something that that shield some of the other things that we've had the purchase.

1041 02:29:28.320 --> 02:29:38.010 Timothy Whipple: have come directly from some of the things that we've been able to reduce at the building level, and you know that's that's really how we were able to accomplish a lot of that the second thing is.

1042 02:29:39.180 --> 02:29:46.410 Timothy Whipple: it's a question from you know I that I got before too many of the things that we bought this year P P supplies.

1043 02:29:47.100 --> 02:29:53.850 Timothy Whipple: That shields, to some extent, will be reimbursed by fema is part of the cares act so a lot of the things we've bought.

1044 02:29:54.720 --> 02:30:03.180 Timothy Whipple: We do have other other financial revenue mechanisms that will come in, you know we haven't received it yet, but we, we have applied for fema reimbursement so.

1045 02:30:03.570 --> 02:30:13.560 Timothy Whipple: All in all, we feel like we're in a good spot, we do know that there's some other things that will pop up that we just can't anticipate yet, but we do think we're well positioned to to handle most of that.

1046 02:30:16.920 --> 02:30:17.430 Patrick Donovan: Thank you.

1047 02:30:23.100 --> 02:30:25.530 Larry Boes: Is the ECHO coming back when I come back on.

1048 02:30:26.820 --> 02:30:27.030 Larry Boes: No.

1049 02:30:28.050 --> 02:30:29.280 Larry Boes: All right, thank you, Patrick.

1050 02:30:43.680 --> 02:30:44.790 Larry Boes: If there are any other.

1051 02:30:51.540 --> 02:30:53.520 Larry Boes: People that would like to raise their hand.

1052 02:30:58.050 --> 02:31:00.900 Larry Boes: We have Sarah, how can, if you can bring her on.

1053 02:31:03.090 --> 02:31:03.600 Larry Boes: camera.

1054 02:31:08.550 --> 02:31:10.410 Larry Boes: Again state your name and address.

1055 02:31:14.580 --> 02:31:16.470 Larry Boes: Keep your comments to five minutes or less.

1056 02:31:17.160 --> 02:31:21.000 Sara Hukkanen: Thanks Larry i'm Sarah hook it in 41 and we're having now.

1057 02:31:22.320 --> 02:31:23.340 Sara Hukkanen: Because there were so much.

1058 02:31:23.850 --> 02:31:25.350 Sara Hukkanen: More feedback when.

1059 02:31:25.950 --> 02:31:36.360 Sara Hukkanen: we're speaking I really don't believe that the audience was able to hear his questions and fall, so I just would like to know on if you get the either speak again.

1060 02:31:36.690 --> 02:31:37.560 Jill Grossman: Or if.

1061 02:31:37.680 --> 02:31:40.650 Sara Hukkanen: A member of the board or Mary could.

1062 02:31:42.900 --> 02:31:44.220 Sara Hukkanen: reiterate what he was saying.

1063 02:31:46.440 --> 02:31:46.860 Sara Hukkanen: Asking.

1064 02:31:48.240 --> 02:31:50.130 Larry Boes: Thanks, since it is my.

1065 02:31:50.670 --> 02:31:53.490 Larry Boes: microphone causing any issues.

1066 02:31:57.930 --> 02:31:59.040 Larry Boes: The the.

1067 02:31:59.070 --> 02:32:00.960 Larry Boes: tenor of the question, Sarah was that.

1068 02:32:02.130 --> 02:32:12.510 Larry Boes: has answered by Mr whipple I don't know if you heard his response and others related to flexibility in the budget process and whether or not.

1069 02:32:14.400 --> 02:32:25.710 Larry Boes: You know how we created flexibility in in this past year and are we maintaining that flexibility with respect to staffing potential staffing.

1070 02:32:26.820 --> 02:32:30.030 Larry Boes: or other equipment purchases.

1071 02:32:31.170 --> 02:32:35.700 Larry Boes: If that summarizes basically what he said so.

1072 02:32:38.220 --> 02:32:45.420 Larry Boes: I don't know if you heard Mr whipple his answer, or our other answers but TIM, do you want to reiterate what you said.

1073 02:32:49.410 --> 02:32:50.670 Timothy Whipple: yeah I think.

1074 02:32:51.570 --> 02:32:58.950 Timothy Whipple: You know the question of some of the things we've had to purchase in terms of death shields this year, obviously, you know, thousands of dollars worth of P, p.

1075 02:32:59.640 --> 02:33:10.380 Timothy Whipple: As I said, the first thing we did over the summertime was the work with each building and we said, you know we're, we need to try to set aside some of the instructional money that you have that we have budgeted.

1076 02:33:10.830 --> 02:33:19.980 Timothy Whipple: into a into a lion it's called kind of reduction reserve and because we didn't know exactly what we needed to buy at the time, but we knew his things were going to come up throughout the year.

1077 02:33:20.430 --> 02:33:30.900 Timothy Whipple: So we've been pulling from those reduction reserves this year to buy you know shields and different desks that we've had to purchase over the last few meetings.

1078 02:33:31.980 --> 02:33:44.100 Timothy Whipple: chairs at brs whole set of things and again this last thing I would say is that many of the things that you know as a as a great development as part of the carrier zach were able to receive fema reimbursement for.

1079 02:33:45.420 --> 02:34:02.220 Timothy Whipple: A high percentage of the things that we've had to buy as a direct result of coven so P P mainly but death shields is in that to some of the air filtration devices that we use at the middle school are good examples of that as well, so all in all, I think we're in a good spot.

1080 02:34:03.630 --> 02:34:13.080 Timothy Whipple: Peggy has indicated that there will be additional staffing needs that will have to address that beer, as when we do bring students back full time, I think, based on some of the reductions in.

1081 02:34:13.620 --> 02:34:23.880 Timothy Whipple: In staff who've taken leaves of absence is this year, we do have enough budgeted for those type of situations that you know that will rise in the last part of this year to saw.

1082 02:34:27.660 --> 02:34:28.890 Mary Fox-Alter: And I will add that.

1083 02:34:28.920 --> 02:34:41.220 Mary Fox-Alter: Just as an aside their high school being the most complex of all facilities and I have classrooms of 500 square feet and I can you know we are, we are acutely aware.

1084 02:34:41.580 --> 02:34:56.460 Mary Fox-Alter: Of the importance of program in all three buildings for all kids so board has been very supportive and we've been quite conservative up to this point, but you know, our goal is to ensure a child that.

1085 02:34:57.780 --> 02:35:04.650 Mary Fox-Alter: come in and have the robust learning experience we want them to have that we are excited to provide for them.

1086 02:35:06.450 --> 02:35:06.780 Sara Hukkanen: Right.

1087 02:35:06.810 --> 02:35:12.630 Sara Hukkanen: Thank you i'm also So is there a reason why the death shields we're not purchased in the summer.

1088 02:35:15.180 --> 02:35:15.900 Sara Hukkanen: Of 2020.

1089 02:35:17.490 --> 02:35:21.930 Mary Fox-Alter: yeah because you had to go below six feet and you know and the.

1090 02:35:21.960 --> 02:35:32.370 Mary Fox-Alter: Multiple times, as I stated, and you know that we made a decision, a very conscious decision with the district reopening committee and then all the building level committees.

1091 02:35:32.640 --> 02:35:43.380 Mary Fox-Alter: that we were going to do, six feet and wearing masks and we were going to ensure that the the school experience was as normal as possible.

1092 02:35:43.560 --> 02:35:55.620 Mary Fox-Alter: We were not carving up our libraries, we were not carving up we weren't live ripping out chairs in the auditorium with the little theater we made a conscious decision to have as a normal experience as possible.

1093 02:35:55.830 --> 02:36:05.400 Mary Fox-Alter: However, the state has not changed any of its guidance documents, so in order to go go below six feet, you need barriers, we do APP.

1094 02:36:05.580 --> 02:36:22.140 Mary Fox-Alter: Dev shields at the elementary school, which we do use for for certain important activities, maybe mass breaks, maybe time for snack they are portable they're they're like the older study carouse we actually use them in the middle school to high school again i'm.

1095 02:36:22.830 --> 02:36:28.170 Mary Fox-Alter: Sure, you heard Joe palumbo explain that i've got certain classrooms that are 500 square feet.

1096 02:36:28.410 --> 02:36:43.440 Mary Fox-Alter: An order to bring kids back in in a way that's appropriate for the four different types of desk there that's a very different conversation in pleasantville is not alone and its search for the right type of shields to implement program at the high school level.

1097 02:36:53.940 --> 02:36:54.390 Sara Hukkanen: Thank you.

1098 02:36:54.930 --> 02:36:55.650 Larry Boes: Thanks Sarah.

1099 02:36:57.690 --> 02:36:58.860 Larry Boes: If there are.

1100 02:36:59.970 --> 02:37:04.440 Larry Boes: Any further attendees would like to come on screen.

1101 02:37:11.100 --> 02:37:11.580 Larry Boes: Okay.

1102 02:37:12.990 --> 02:37:15.330 Larry Boes: At this time, we will move to.

1103 02:37:17.370 --> 02:37:19.860 Larry Boes: or policy is the first reading.

1104 02:37:21.000 --> 02:37:30.180 Larry Boes: This the first return policy number 5681 school safety plans, and this is a modification.

1105 02:37:31.980 --> 02:37:32.250 Larry Boes: Of.

1106 02:37:34.080 --> 02:37:40.890 Larry Boes: Mary of our safety plans due to our review that we are required to do.

1107 02:37:43.170 --> 02:37:44.700 Larry Boes: And certainly also.

1108 02:37:45.900 --> 02:37:47.310 Larry Boes: In the current environment.

1109 02:37:48.390 --> 02:37:48.870 Larry Boes: as well.

1110 02:37:49.950 --> 02:37:56.700 Angela Vella: yeah there's a couple of parts that refer to not covert specifically but dealing with.

1111 02:37:56.730 --> 02:37:58.110 Larry Boes: Public health emergencies yeah.

1112 02:37:58.170 --> 02:38:00.000 Angela Vella: tejas diseases yeah.

1113 02:38:03.180 --> 02:38:05.280 Larry Boes: um where do you want to quickly.

1114 02:38:05.280 --> 02:38:05.520 Larry Boes: Do.

1115 02:38:05.820 --> 02:38:07.470 Mary Fox-Alter: I mean, are we opening plan.

1116 02:38:13.980 --> 02:38:14.820 Larry Boes: Thank you, Mary.

1117 02:38:21.660 --> 02:38:29.310 Larry Boes: move on to businesses board we have recommendation to the Committee on preschool education recommendation, the Committee on special education.

1118 02:38:30.060 --> 02:38:44.820 Larry Boes: appointment is certified election inspectors slash poll workers adoption notice that the budget hearing an annual budget vote and election acceptance of a donation and then also near a standardized test waiver request.

1119 02:38:46.320 --> 02:38:48.900 Larry Boes: by the Board of education to.

1120 02:38:50.280 --> 02:38:54.750 Larry Boes: The federal Department of Education, this is actually in the form of a resolution.

1121 02:38:56.070 --> 02:39:01.560 Larry Boes: So I may have a motion to approve business aboard letters a through F.

1122 02:39:06.120 --> 02:39:06.720 Shane McGaffey: Second.

1123 02:39:09.060 --> 02:39:31.170 Larry Boes: I questions or comments of the first two categories on preschool and special education or typical we talked about those you know those are regular recommendations on our agendas, we have have also get in preparation for our elections and May.

1124 02:39:32.250 --> 02:39:37.950 Larry Boes: You start approving some hires for election inspectors and poll workers.

1125 02:39:38.970 --> 02:39:46.110 Larry Boes: We also are required by law to give notice of our budget hearing and the date of our annual budget vote.

1126 02:39:47.880 --> 02:39:49.650 Larry Boes: And so that's that adoption.

1127 02:39:50.730 --> 02:39:56.580 Larry Boes: We want to thank the acceptance of a donation from Ruth and schaeffer.

1128 02:39:57.870 --> 02:40:01.620 Larry Boes: Who donated to adult prices, so thank you Ruth Dan.

1129 02:40:03.390 --> 02:40:13.410 Larry Boes: And then, finally and we'll talk a little bit about this resolution that was drafted, I want to thank bill and Angela for working on this.

1130 02:40:16.920 --> 02:40:22.890 Larry Boes: This relates specifically to and many people may have heard this.

1131 02:40:24.720 --> 02:40:27.810 Larry Boes: The Biden administration Department of Education.

1132 02:40:29.190 --> 02:40:32.250 Larry Boes: sent out a memo basically stating that.

1133 02:40:33.360 --> 02:40:36.750 Larry Boes: They expect states to implement.

1134 02:40:38.340 --> 02:40:38.910 Larry Boes: The.

1135 02:40:40.440 --> 02:40:50.700 Larry Boes: assessments for grades three through eight including science assessments, as well as I school regions exams in English, science and math.

1136 02:40:52.770 --> 02:41:09.900 Larry Boes: And as we've been talking about you know some of the important things for us that clearly are are I don't know if they're overlooked for minimized in favor of gathering information.

1137 02:41:11.790 --> 02:41:16.140 Larry Boes: Are you know we're going to be wasting valuable instruction time.

1138 02:41:17.250 --> 02:41:20.400 Larry Boes: for individual student learning that's a.

1139 02:41:21.690 --> 02:41:25.470 Larry Boes: massive loss to devote to to these.

1140 02:41:26.700 --> 02:41:27.390 Larry Boes: tests.

1141 02:41:30.000 --> 02:41:34.890 Larry Boes: We suspect that a lot of people may opt out to stop out of these tests.

1142 02:41:35.940 --> 02:41:40.050 Larry Boes: And also, which would create a less meaningful.

1143 02:41:41.280 --> 02:41:44.880 Larry Boes: You know cohort of results to analyze.

1144 02:41:47.400 --> 02:41:50.490 Larry Boes: know when we've talked to about seo.

1145 02:41:52.560 --> 02:42:11.790 Larry Boes: You know, many times during this meeting, and you know we worry about our students mental health in general throughout our district and we're going to subject them to some standardized tests that i'm not sure is all that meaningful, as stated.

1146 02:42:12.930 --> 02:42:15.840 Larry Boes: And these tests cost a lot of money to run.

1147 02:42:17.610 --> 02:42:24.420 Larry Boes: I read the resolution, but I know that you know my fellow board members are going to want to chime in here.

1148 02:42:26.820 --> 02:42:28.200 Larry Boes: So I welcome any of them.

1149 02:42:29.520 --> 02:42:29.850 Emily Persons: it's.

1150 02:42:30.450 --> 02:42:32.730 Emily Persons: You know, we talked about test.

1151 02:42:34.320 --> 02:42:56.280 Emily Persons: The testing in years past but for for the for them to come at this late hour and insist is just unconscionable I mean we're trying to they're saying get back into school, so you know we're working hand over fist to get the students back in school.

1152 02:42:57.390 --> 02:43:01.560 Emily Persons: day and night figuring that all out and then to try and.

1153 02:43:01.980 --> 02:43:15.540 Emily Persons: put together a testing schedule you've got some kids they're going to stay remote, how is that test going to be done substitutes that had to be brought in, so the teacher, you know you just when you when you think of all that is involved.

1154 02:43:16.110 --> 02:43:32.730 Emily Persons: to administer a test when our educational situation has been so disrupted anyway they're they're going to be valueless If anything, they should just postpone it until October, or something so that there's some time.

1155 02:43:33.960 --> 02:43:37.020 Emily Persons: I I really think it's it's very unfair.

1156 02:43:38.370 --> 02:43:47.730 Jill Grossman: I think that I just want to highlight, to me, one of the key points made in this resolution, and in the letter that we sent to elected officials.

1157 02:43:48.210 --> 02:43:56.490 Jill Grossman: Is that we're not saying we don't think that we should be assessing student learning what we are saying is that.

1158 02:43:56.940 --> 02:44:15.120 Jill Grossman: We need to our teachers are on an ongoing basis using formative assessments to determine what students are learning and what they were they need additional support and they're making adjustments to their instruction and real time, and these standardized tests.

1159 02:44:17.070 --> 02:44:29.520 Jill Grossman: are not about improving individual student learning and given the year we've had, and you know, there has been, you know we don't know where.

1160 02:44:30.480 --> 02:44:48.270 Jill Grossman: There has not been the traditional amount of learning that a student gets in a given year and to sacrifice any instructional time to use an assessment that will not contribute contribute to individual students learning is.

1161 02:44:50.220 --> 02:44:53.460 Jill Grossman: Just inappropriate use of time and resources.

1162 02:44:55.200 --> 02:45:06.480 Shane McGaffey: I just want to piggyback on what Joe just said and just put a fine point on it, you know testing is meant for feedback you take a test you get some feedback you learn from your mistakes.

1163 02:45:07.440 --> 02:45:14.910 Shane McGaffey: You know, by the time you get the results of these tests you're in another year there's no feedback you don't learn from your mistakes it doesn't help.

1164 02:45:16.380 --> 02:45:21.150 Shane McGaffey: We should focus this year and, frankly, every year on the test that the kids can get feedback from.

1165 02:45:23.160 --> 02:45:27.180 Jill Grossman: Thank you for bringing that up yeah because they don't get the test results until September.

1166 02:45:27.240 --> 02:45:36.300 Jill Grossman: So when good you've missed the summer school opportunity you've missed opportunity to immediately address student learning needs.

1167 02:45:42.390 --> 02:45:42.600 yeah.

1168 02:45:51.090 --> 02:45:56.250 Angela Vella: yeah we don't want we don't want our teachers teaching to the test right now we want them teaching.

1169 02:45:57.360 --> 02:45:58.530 Angela Vella: Content IT skills.

1170 02:45:58.770 --> 02:45:59.160 yeah.

1171 02:46:01.140 --> 02:46:02.670 Larry Boes: yeah as I was saying.

1172 02:46:03.780 --> 02:46:17.760 Larry Boes: When I was muted, we sent a letter to our elected officials, I also have a calling into Monday or jones's office to discuss this with his legislative aide that would be earmarked for this topic, but.

1173 02:46:19.290 --> 02:46:19.710 Larry Boes: You know.

1174 02:46:21.090 --> 02:46:28.770 Larry Boes: we're all in strong opinion that this is, this is the wrong time, the wrong moment to be emphasizing something like this.

1175 02:46:30.570 --> 02:46:31.020 Larry Boes: So.

1176 02:46:32.910 --> 02:46:38.760 Larry Boes: To that end, let me just quickly read the resolution it states pleasantly you need free school district Board of education resolution.

1177 02:46:39.300 --> 02:46:43.530 Larry Boes: Calling for standardized testing waiver for 2020 2021 school year.

1178 02:46:44.370 --> 02:46:52.290 Larry Boes: Whereas under the federal every student succeeds act New York state must administration all school districts English language arts and math assessment.

1179 02:46:52.650 --> 02:47:00.030 Larry Boes: For grades three to eight science assessments once in elementary and middle school and high school regency exams in English science math.

1180 02:47:00.450 --> 02:47:08.610 Larry Boes: And, whereas the board that the pleasantville Union free school district values to the use of assessments means for teachers to understand the skills and knowledge.

1181 02:47:09.120 --> 02:47:15.210 Larry Boes: students have and still need to be prepared for the next grade level and beyond, whereas our teachers regularly and plan.

1182 02:47:15.660 --> 02:47:23.580 Larry Boes: A number of formative assessment tools both locally design and purchase to examine student's ability to think critically and to understand and apply reading, writing.

1183 02:47:24.000 --> 02:47:30.840 Larry Boes: math and science skills which are ongoing are immediately us to adjust classroom instruction meet students learning needs.

1184 02:47:31.350 --> 02:47:39.300 Larry Boes: And, whereas last year, the part US Department of Education wisely granted standardized testing waivers any state that made the cases unable to assess.

1185 02:47:39.690 --> 02:47:45.300 Larry Boes: It students to to the coven 19 endemic in order to allow schools to focus on student learning help.

1186 02:47:45.930 --> 02:47:59.400 Larry Boes: And, whereas school districts and their students are still navigating the same national emergency and the tremendous burden some challenges brains and, whereas we believe the following to be true information gathered from standardized tests will not be.

1187 02:48:02.040 --> 02:48:17.730 Larry Boes: won't go into these are the highlights standardized tests interfere with valuable instruction time and individual student learning standardized tests to track from supporting students mental health and tests add additional costs when budgets are already tight.

1188 02:48:18.930 --> 02:48:21.870 Larry Boes: The full text of this will be included on our website.

1189 02:48:22.740 --> 02:48:30.030 Larry Boes: But, therefore, be it resolved that while the pleasantville Union free school district Board of education appreciates the Biden administration's decision.

1190 02:48:30.450 --> 02:48:36.390 Larry Boes: And not hold schools accountable for test results grant states, flexibility and how they administer tests.

1191 02:48:36.930 --> 02:48:46.380 Larry Boes: The Board implores US Department of Education for phil New York state's request for a waiver for New York state assessment requirements under the every student succeeds act for the.

1192 02:48:47.580 --> 02:48:48.270 Larry Boes: school year.

1193 02:48:49.800 --> 02:48:52.590 Larry Boes: And I think I can say unequivocally that this board.

1194 02:48:54.150 --> 02:48:55.530 Larry Boes: You know it's.

1195 02:48:57.000 --> 02:49:09.930 Larry Boes: Really in support of New York state's request for that waiver, as many other states have requested the same way, so we'll see what happens so they're not that far away least one New York State had that has them on the books for so.

1196 02:49:11.040 --> 02:49:16.440 Larry Boes: Hopefully we'll see see some adjustment from from the Federal Department of Education.

1197 02:49:21.960 --> 02:49:22.650 Larry Boes: So.

1198 02:49:23.820 --> 02:49:26.970 Larry Boes: All in favor of business of the board a through F.

1199 02:49:28.230 --> 02:49:28.710 Larry Boes: Angela.

1200 02:49:29.460 --> 02:49:29.820 I.

1201 02:49:31.980 --> 02:49:36.510 Larry Boes: But before it can be any other further questions or comments anybody wants to add yeah.

1202 02:49:39.420 --> 02:49:41.310 Larry Boes: It was was I shane.

1203 02:49:41.670 --> 02:49:43.350 Larry Boes: I Jill.

1204 02:49:43.950 --> 02:49:45.690 Larry Boes: hi Emily.

1205 02:49:46.200 --> 02:49:48.840 Larry Boes: hi I am as well.

1206 02:49:52.140 --> 02:49:52.980 Larry Boes: Thanks everybody.

1207 02:49:54.540 --> 02:50:14.910 Larry Boes: Thanks tears, you have approval professional services agreements approval of settlements approval, a health contract approval of installment purchase agreement with southern westchester both he's for Peter services for 2021 to 2026 approval disposal district property.

1208 02:50:16.620 --> 02:50:19.920 Larry Boes: I have a motion to approve business affairs, a through E.

1209 02:50:21.540 --> 02:50:21.780 Shane McGaffey: So.

1210 02:50:25.590 --> 02:50:28.350 Larry Boes: Any questions or comments yeah.

1211 02:50:28.920 --> 02:50:29.700 The cash register.

1212 02:50:32.940 --> 02:50:33.780 Larry Boes: You want to get them.

1213 02:50:34.920 --> 02:50:36.270 Shane McGaffey: Well, they got a website.

1214 02:50:42.270 --> 02:50:43.830 Angela Vella: I think I should talk a little bit about.

1215 02:50:45.450 --> 02:50:45.900 Larry Boes: The.

1216 02:50:47.280 --> 02:50:48.000 Larry Boes: IPA.

1217 02:50:48.060 --> 02:50:49.050 Angela Vella: in stone, with our just.

1218 02:50:49.080 --> 02:50:49.500 dreaming.

1219 02:50:50.760 --> 02:50:51.150 Larry Boes: Right.

1220 02:50:52.920 --> 02:50:53.610 Angela Vella: So when we.

1221 02:50:53.670 --> 02:50:55.890 Angela Vella: Larry Larry would you mute.

1222 02:50:57.150 --> 02:50:58.140 Angela Vella: yeah that's better.

1223 02:50:59.250 --> 02:51:07.620 Angela Vella: So similar to when we take out a bond when we have debt that's retiring we like to take out a bond to do the work that needs to be done.

1224 02:51:08.580 --> 02:51:18.090 Angela Vella: Around the you know round for us to maintain our facilities in a similar fashion, when we have one of these installment of purchase agreements with both sees.

1225 02:51:18.870 --> 02:51:27.150 Angela Vella: expire, we tend to take out another one with them too and usually it's for technology it's to.

1226 02:51:27.930 --> 02:51:37.050 Angela Vella: Its equipment it's for services it's for the different things that we actually choose me for equipment, because it's got a like a five year lifespan of.

1227 02:51:37.620 --> 02:51:48.180 Angela Vella: So both CS owns the equipment, but we lease it for a certain amount of for this these five years and so it's a way for us to get a shared costs which would which gets us the equipment for a lower price.

1228 02:51:49.020 --> 02:52:00.240 Angela Vella: But we, we tend to do it in a row on a rotating basis so that we don't have these costs all at once, we do we do a little bit every once in a while when when these ipas.

1229 02:52:01.290 --> 02:52:01.710 Angela Vella: Are up.

1230 02:52:03.570 --> 02:52:05.430 Angela Vella: And that way we get new new equipment.

1231 02:52:06.930 --> 02:52:10.110 Angela Vella: So this is a cost effective way for us to update our technology.

1232 02:52:17.220 --> 02:52:18.780 Larry Boes: Any other questions or comments.

1233 02:52:23.370 --> 02:52:27.870 Larry Boes: All in favor business affairs, a through E Angela.

1234 02:52:28.500 --> 02:52:29.820 Larry Boes: hi Jane.

1235 02:52:30.600 --> 02:52:31.050 I.

1236 02:52:32.670 --> 02:52:33.060 Larry Boes: Jill.

1237 02:52:35.790 --> 02:52:36.180 Jill Grossman: hi.

1238 02:52:36.600 --> 02:52:37.950 Emily Persons: Emily hi.

1239 02:52:38.760 --> 02:52:40.050 Larry Boes: I am I as well.

1240 02:52:42.060 --> 02:52:48.600 Larry Boes: we've talked about the mask up campaign a bunch if anybody has anything further to add to it at this time.

1241 02:52:53.640 --> 02:52:55.560 Larry Boes: I think more to come on this topic so.

1242 02:52:56.640 --> 02:52:57.270 Larry Boes: pay attention.

1243 02:53:00.210 --> 02:53:00.720 Larry Boes: Emily.

1244 02:53:02.460 --> 02:53:03.420 Larry Boes: want to read 11 a.

1245 02:53:06.390 --> 02:53:08.220 Emily Persons: muted okay.

1246 02:53:09.510 --> 02:53:18.240 Emily Persons: I make a motion for the board of ED to enter into executive session to discuss the point in history of particular individuals, the Board will not be returning to take any action.

1247 02:53:19.290 --> 02:53:20.310 Shane McGaffey: Second, the motion.

1248 02:53:24.270 --> 02:53:25.350 Larry Boes: All in favor Angela.

1249 02:53:25.920 --> 02:53:27.390 Larry Boes: hi shane.

1250 02:53:27.720 --> 02:53:28.950 Larry Boes: I Jill.

1251 02:53:32.040 --> 02:53:32.460 Jill Grossman: I.

1252 02:53:32.880 --> 02:53:34.140 Emily Persons: Emily I.

1253 02:53:34.560 --> 02:53:42.840 Larry Boes: I might as well, thank you to everybody, for attending tonight, and we look forward to seeing you in the future, and again.

1254 02:53:43.470 --> 02:53:43.920 bye.