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Welcome to the Monday, June 1st, 2026 meeting of the Dennis Yamath Regional School Committee. Please stand and join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I will now pass the meeting over to Dr. Smith for the school committee reorganization. >> All right. Uh this is my 30 seconds of

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chaom. Uh so uh annually after the election we have to do reorganization uh up or just for the chair and then the chair can take over at that point. So we'll uh start first with nominations. Um, anybody who would like to make a

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nomination for chair can uh do so, but then we'll close nominations. Well, actually, first the nomination and then the person can either accept or decline the nomination and then we'll close nominations. Then we'll have any discussion um from the potential

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nominees uh and then we'll take a vote. >> M Mr. Glenn, >> I nominate John New. >> Mr. afternoon. Would you accept or decline? >> Thank you very much, Mr. Glenn, but I decline the nomination.

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>> Um, Mr. Toino, >> I nominate Jenny Landers for chair. Miss Landers, accept or decline? >> I accept the nomination. >> Thank you. Any other nominations? Seeing none, I'm going to close the

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nominations. I will do a roll call vote. All in favor of Miss Landers as chair, starting with Mr. Glenn, say I. >> And I vote I. >> And it is unanimous. And I turn the

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chair over to Miss Landers. Thank you. For the position of vice chair, do we have any nominations? >> Um,

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Glenn had >> I I nominate Glenn Martin. I don't for vice chair. >> Mr. I second that nomination. >> Okay. Any other nominations? >> Okay. Uh closed nominations.

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We'll take a vote uh in favor of Glenn for vice chair. Mr. Glenn, >> Mr. Pearson, Mr. New, >> Mr. Dolantino, >> I vote I. >> And I vote I. So we'll let Glenn know. Uh, nominations for the position of

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treasurer, please. We're not doing treasurer anymore. We don't even need the assistant. Okay, perfect. Uh, so just secretary. Nominations for the position of secretary, please. >> Anybody?

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>> Mr. Glenn, >> I nominate Thomas Tino. Okay, Tomas, do you accept the nomination? >> I accept. >> Any other nominations? Hearing none, we'll take a vote in favor of Tomas as secretary. Mr. Glenn, >> I.

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>> Mr. Pearson, Mr. New, Mr. Dolantino, >> I vote I. >> And I vote I. So, Tomas, thank you very much. >> Wonderful. All right. So, we have our new slate of officers and we will move on to our acknowledgement of our retirees.

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All right. Excellent. So, I'm going to have our former chair uh come up and join me for this portion. And sorry I have my back to you. It's hard for me to read and face the camera at the same time and not have my back to everybody.

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Um so the last couple of school committee meetings uh have been my personally been my favorite of the year. While at our last meeting um we were lucky enough to have our students from the Pathways Independence program present their community partner awards. Tonight we have the honor of celebrating

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our retirees. Tonight we recognize nearly 25 individuals who are soon to end their long and distinguished service to students, to families, and to public education as a whole and to begin the next phase of their life. Each of these folks uh is soon to be entering into a

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life no longer dictated by an alarm clock, weekdays, nor a travel schedule confined to the school vacation weeks. After such long and distinguished careers, um we can quantify or begin to start to quantify the collective impact

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that you have made. Combined, the retirees uh both sitting behind me and listed on the screen have over 480 years of service in public education. It averages over 20 years each.

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That is really a truly remarkable legacy of public service. It reflects an innume innumerable amount of lives touched, futures shaped, and destinies recast. It also represents a significant amount

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of wisdom, expertise, experience, and insight that will be leaving DY, a loss that cannot be replaced. While these numbers speak to the collective magnitude of service, they only begin to tell the story of the individual commitment each of you has

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shown to our school community. You've been the bedrock to our district and your personal dedication has left an indelible mark on generations of students. Each of those students has been has impacted the lives of countless

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of other individuals as they've grown, achieved, and given back to their community, expanding your impact nearly to immeasurable levels. Before concluding, it's important to reflect on the core mission that has guided your careers. As Albert Einstein

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wisely said, "Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death." This powerful sentiment perfectly encapsulates the dedication that you've shown to nurturing the minds within our community. Your legacy, not not just in the years you served, but in

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the enduring spirit of learning you ignited in thousands of students, ensuring that their own intellectual journey will continue long after they leave our halls. With that incredible legacy of learning firmly established, we now turn to your well-deserved next

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chapter. In thinking of your next chapter, I was reminded of a quote by philosopher Senica that says, "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." It's also the line in a 1990s pop song, but that's just an aside.

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As as you transition into this next phase, one no longer dictated by the rigid demands of an academic calendar or early morning alarm, we wish you nothing but the best in your unscheduled new beginning. We thank you for everything that you've given to DY.

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Congratulations. So, there are a couple of um things that we're going to have each of you come up individually. A couple of things that we're going to uh give you. So, one is going to be a gift. We've actually I'm going to take these things in order because I'm holding this one first. So, first is going to be from the state

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senate, an official citation that each of you is going to get. I'm just going to read um you know it'll be personalized to your particular experience but uh it the official citation the parts that are consistent for everybody says official citation be it known that the Massachusetts Senate

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hereby extends congratulations to in recognition of the joyous and happy occasion of your retirement after blank years of service to the Dennis Yarmouth Regional School District and be it be further known that the Massachusetts Senate extends best wishes for continued success that this citation be only

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signed be duly signed by the president of the senate and attested to and uh and a copy thereof transmitted by the clerk of the senate. So each uh will receive one of these uh as well as a gift from the school district. Uh we've reimagined the gift that was maybe a traditional

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gift in DY. Uh we're hoping you will appreciate our reimagination um and our gratitude for your many years of service to us as a district. So again, we're starting uh in alphabetical order uh with Miss Tina and Andre.

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>> Congratulations. >> Uh next, Miss Candy Aldridge. >> Make sure Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, >> Miss Brenda Burke. Uh, Miss Suzanne Christie.

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Those are glass. >> Uh, Miss Carol Deppen, uh, Miss Raquel Ellis. Miss Cheryl Greon, Miss Carol Mahadei. Miss Kathy Moasian, uh, Miss Mary Morett,

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uh, Miss Lisa New, uh, Miss Kathleen O' Conor, uh Miss Suz uh Susan Picking. Uh, Musta River, Miss Tracy Seagull. All right. And then we and if somebody did end up coming, then come on up. But we had a list of folks who told us they

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weren't going to be able to be here tonight. Uh, Miss Doris Bard, Miss Teresa Castaloney, Miss Amy Chsy, uh, Miss Cynthia Dippantino, Mr. Edward

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Oh, Fantino. Thank you, Miss Karen Pcell. Miss Jean S sever Severia. Thank you. Miss Anita Slater Slattery and Miss Suzanne Street.

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Okay. All right. Thank you. And congratulations to all of you. Um we have one more certificate um to give today. And this is in grateful recognition of exceptional dedication, leadership, and commitment to the students and families of the Dennis

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Regional School District for more than 30 years of distinguished service to the school committee. Um, and this is for Mr. Philip Morris. Uh, Mr. Morris. Mr. Morris uh started attending school committee meetings in 1977 as a parent.

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um was start part of the parent uh council advisory council uh and then joined the uh Dennis Jarmath Regional School Committee in 1981, the year I was born. Uh it was a great year. Uh you started the the legacy here. Your name's on many buildings in the district and

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we're grateful uh for all that you've done. I know that's more than 30 years because I'm not 30 years old, but uh we know you took some breaks over the years for family and things. Um, but uh we are forever grateful for all that you've done for the school committee uh and for our students and and uh staff here. So,

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thank you, Phil, for an amazing time. >> And then uh if we can have all of our uh retirees on the stage, we'll take a picture. Thank you everyone. Next are reports and discussions. No student representative report tonight. I

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assume she's off enjoying graduate life. Uh almost graduate life. All right. senior week, right? Prom tomorrow. Um, school committee leons to the select boards. Um, Marilyn's not here for

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Dennis. Um, anything for Yarmouth. Not tonight. Okay. Moving on to the superintendence report, please. All right. Thank you. Um, so a couple of things. First, in the committee's

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packet, uh just past the uh slides that have the honores for the retirement, there's a a letter from or a flyer that was drafted um by Miss Dunn, the uh DEA president,

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but it's speaking to a Mass Child uh book uh award. This is really just a special acknowledgement to a couple of our staff members who went uh Miss Meredith Henderson, um Miss Lisa

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Coocha, and Miss Kathleen Bino. Each of them submitted for uh Mass Child book grants. Um, so between the three of them, uh, it's over $6,000 worth of book grants, um, which will bring in over,200

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1,200 books into DY just before the close of the school to support summer success reading. Um, is part of an MTA um, uh, charitable contribution to local um, MTA

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uh, like local organ locals. Um anyways, she uh Miss Dunn wrote up a nice description of it here, but it's really just a you know great uh description or a great uh opportunity to recognize our teachers uh for doing you know going cut

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above to get some extra supports and some extra extra opportunities for our students. So because of the work that these three did uh and the support of the MTA, there will be some uh some additional books in students hands um at the elementary level going home with them uh just in time for summer. Uh next

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is the uh uh just circling back or closing the loop on the Patty Watson memorial gym dedication which was on the 22nd of June. It was a

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a lovely ceremony hosted just across the street over here at Station A Elementary School. Um, as the committee is well aware, you all approved um the the naming of the gymnasium after former fizzad teacher uh Patty Watson. I didn't

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have the opportunity to meet Miss Watson. Uh so it was nice for just as a personal note just to go to the ceremony to hear there was like five or six speakers who got up to speak. um about uh Patty, what she meant um to

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not only to the students u but to the staff, to the community um and really it was a nice like cross-section of people that had worked with her in different capacities. a former student even came up and spoke um to really talk about the impact that she had and and if you

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needed any sort of reaffirmation that you had made the right decision. It was you know as you listen to each of the people speak about the impact that she left behind um and who she was to that entire school and she was to that especially to that specific space. Um it

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was really reaffirming um that the the committee made the right decision that that was that was the right thing to do was to to honor that spa honor her and honor that space um with her name. So it was a wonderful ceremony. You know it was just just long enough um but not too

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long um and they had the her grandchildren peel back the like the display so that um you know it was kind of hidden behind cover until um the grandchildren peeled back the display. It was just really really well done. Mr. R organized the you know the thing along with the committee that had gone through

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the naming piece but he sort of mced the event. Um it was just really tastefully done really well done. It was probably over 100 people I say probably closer to 200 people in the gym. Um you know I didn't didn't take a head count but it was it was a good number of people in there. Um standing room only. Um it was

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really really nice really nice uh ceremony. Um next is uh reunification. So, as the committee is aware, it's been, you know, multi-year goal that been working on safety protocols in the district. This

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year has been working on reunification. Uh, Friday, last week, yeah, I went to a um earlier this year in the fall, I'd gone and watched with officer Nick and I had gone and watched Sandwich run a

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reunification drill, and that was with high school age students. Friday, Nick and I went up and observed uh Falmouth run a drill and it was with K to what was nice about this is both of them were done at off-site locations, but this was

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with K to4 students in Falmouth. So, it gave a completely different perspective, right? Obviously, high school kids are sort of much more independent um and in um and self-directed. K4 kids need a lot Well, all right. Yeah. I Yes.

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raising a high schooler currently. Yeah. Right. So, true, true. And kindergarters might be a little bit more independent than than than my junior. Um but um but anyways, I digress. The the but the sort

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of level of care is obviously a little bit different. And what was interesting is we had had a train a brief like condensed training. the safety team uh had had a brief condensed training just a few days prior in preparation for our larger training which we're gonna have

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on the 29th which I'll speak in more detail about in just a second uh which just went over sort of the highle things for us to start to be considering as we prep for our own reunification planning and drill and it was nice because we went when we went there um the person

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that's in charge of their reunification is their um business manager and so he walked us through their entire site their entire thought process and and how they have the whole space organized to support. Um so it was really nice just to see we had had this training which

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talked about all these things you need to think about like line of sight and how do you separate groups until you're ready to reunify and um where do you bring you know students in versus where do you bring parents in and what happens if this situation happens and what happens if that situation happens and they had thought all these things through because they've had very similar training. we're all getting all the same

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training, but they've taken the theoretical and put it into practice in this space and they've thought very deliberately about it. So, it was great for Nick and I to go out and walk to space with their, you know, it's their space and we'll have to think about how to apply it to our spaces, but to talk through the transition from theory to

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practice with them um was very helpful, I know, to Nick and I, for us to talk about it on the way up and then for us to debrief it on the way back. Um, and I got to ride in a police cruiser, so that was cool, too. Um, all right. And then so that leads to the 29th. Uh, so Monday

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on the June 29th, we will have there's a I think what is Sarah? We say 60 something of 62 of us. 62 of us that'll be participating in a in a training uh all day training. Uh, and there's two main parts to that, three main parts of

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the training. First is getting trained on the process, getting trained on the technology that supports our process here in DY. And then we'll run tabletops. Um, uh, which is like basically you're just sitting talking through a scenario and and practicing it

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on the technology. We'll do all that. That's all in the morning. And then in the afternoon, we're going to run an actual drill. And I've put out requests out to middle school and high school parents. I'll send out another reminder here uh, probably next week. Um, we need

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somewhere between 30 to 60 volunteers just to come and help us run an actual reunification drill, a small scale one. Um, but we're going to run it at out of the high school and we're going to test our training as the point in the afternoon. Um, we're inviting uh the

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part of our safety team already includes public safety, but doesn't always include sort of the the higher ups in the public safety. It doesn't include the chiefs, always the assistant chiefs, the people who in a major crisis are going to have to be making like largecale decisions. So, we're going to be inviting them. I know the one of the

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chiefs was at the meeting we had a couple meetings ago in preparation and uh we're planning to invite them to this or they are they've been invited to this this training especially in the afternoon to observe the drill to start to think about because the school staff

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owns the reunification process. But then, you know, if there's traffic control needs, if there's uh medical needs, we're going to obviously going to need the support of our public safety folks. Uh and so thinking all those through things through in partnership will be part of this training as well.

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And then that'll set us up for next fall to start to run a reunification drill uh at a larger scale. So, this will be a test, work out some of the bugs. Uh we're going to have to order some like signage and things, but we want to test it out first. We'll do that over the

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summer and then we're going to run uh pick a school and run a drill uh next year in a similar fashion that um um yeah Felmouth and Sandwich do. We're going to get on that type of a schedule and add it to our drill schedule.

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And then last is the July 20th workshop. So at the last meeting presented the committee with some options to consider for workshop. committee gave some direction around uh superintendent evaluation specifically looking at multi-year goals

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and metrics for monitoring those uh as well as goal setting for the school committee uh looking around how to tie it to the strategic plan as well as monitoring school committee goals. So, I've been in touch with our field rep. His name is Sean Castello. Um, he is available that day. Uh, he's on board

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with us facilitating a workshop that would cover those two topics. U, I've given him some more detail around the conversations that the committee's uh, had around those topics. And I think he and I are working on scheduling like a follow-up Zoom. I think that's where I

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left things uh, in our email conversation. That is an update on those things and through the chair. Sorry to the chair. I'll take any questions. >> Any questions for Dr. Smith? Mr. Glenn.

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>> Uh Dr. Smith, uh on the reunification, uh I'm assuming that it's still for security reasons the parents aren't going to know what that place is. that that it'll be limited to to people um

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you know need to know people to do it. Uh my concern is when we do a drill and you do it at the high school or if you do the next drill at a different place the mindset of the people will be to come where we don't want them to come. So uh I wonder if we have any uh ideas

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on that on how to uh eliminate that miscommunication right off the bat. And the second question is about uh did in all of this have you come up in any uh fund uh you know funding sources or different things that

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we haven't considered before to help with funding that Felmouth does it or whoever. sort of the first question. Uh, so that was one of the things Nick and I talked a little bit about on the ride home is both Sandwich and Felmouth do

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like advertise like this is the reunification spot. So, we talked through like the pluses and minuses on that. We didn't come to a conclusion. It's something for us to bring back to the larger safety committee and discuss a little bit further. But yes, our current practice is to hold the

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reunification site um internally and then communicate it out to families when we need them to go to the reunification site, meet us here. Um now again, we we've seen some other places do it differently or at least

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that's their plan. So we are in discussion about should we shift our practice and I don't have an answer for you right now. Um, and then going back to your first piece around or a second piece rather around um, funding. So, I think the most immediate thing

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that we've I know we've talked about this year specifically around safety and security is the is the COPS grant, but it's very it's a federal grant. A, it's competitive, which doesn't mean we can't get it. Um but it is competitive and it

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does tend to be um focused on specific things like like mostly around like hardening of the building and security things. So where it wouldn't apply to this particular thing, it doesn't mean it can't support other things related to security and safety. So, with the the one of the things that we had had in the

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budget um originally was upgrades to um security cameras and there was one other item. I can't remember it off the top of my head, but um both of those we uh came

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out of the budget through the process u and we are going to apply for those through with the COBS grant. Any other questions? All right. School committee business. We have multiple policies um for which

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this is a second reading which would mean a vote tonight. We have them all in our packet. We'll go one by one and see if anybody has any comments or changes

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and then we'll vote them individually policy EB safety program. This is the second reading on this proposed new policy. Anyone? >> I move uh policy EB safety program as printed.

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>> Is there a second? Sir, >> any discussion? All in favor? >> I >> I unanimous vote on that. Policy EFBA, school food and nutrition.

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>> I move policy EFBA, school food and nutrition, the meal modification as printed. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Made and seconded. Any discussion on EFBA? Seeing none. All in favor? >> I >> I unanimous vote. Policy EFC, Universal

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Free School Meals. >> I move policy EFC, universal free school meals as printed. >> Second. >> Moved and seconded. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor? >> I >> I unanimous vote. Policy EFD meal

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charge. >> I move policy EFD meal charge as printed. Second >> made and seconded. Any discussion? All in favor? >> I >> I unanimous vote. Policy EC, building

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and grounds management. >> I move policy EC, building and grounds management as printed. >> Second. >> Made and seconded. Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor?

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>> I unanimous vote on that one as well. Next is the treasurer appointment, Mark. >> So, uh, as I've previously mentioned, our So, just to catch up everybody, make sure everybody's on the same page. So, when I first took over, uh, as

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superintendent, the treasurer was a uh, one of the positions the school committee uh, members held. Uh we had discussions here among the committee that uh in order to be able to do all

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the functions that the treasurer really needs to do that asked the CA the committee to consider uh creating when our assistant treasurer position um when that person retired that we create a treasurer position

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um that was a staffed employee uh and the committee appoint that Um, so we've had somebody doing that job for a year. Um, that was is a retired school business official. Um, and that person is going back into retirement.

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Um, so we have uh done a search process uh bringing another retired SBA. It's a part-time job for us, right? So bringing another retired school business official in. Um, we've set up a process to this person happens to be a retired school business official from out of state. So,

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we set up a mentoring system with a somebody who's serving as a men uh excuse me, as a treasurer in a one of our neighboring school districts. It's also a region that also uses the same um

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uh yeah, Infinite Vision is the same budgeting software that we use, accounting software that we use uh to really help up for success. um the person actually is starting um this week. Uh and so so the treasurer

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technically won't take over, you know, the roles won't switch until July 1, we're doing some overlap um in the month of July, I mean, excuse me, in the month of June. And um so but in order for the new treasurer to be bonded, the new treasurer to be um be able to do all the

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functions with the bank that the treasur needs to do because as a reminder, the treasurer, the business office handles your general ledger, handles all of your budget, but the treasurer is the only one who can move the cash, right? Um,

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so, uh, that's all your bank access and, uh, that person has to be, uh, appointed by the school committee. So, this is Dennis Gisler has been through the process, um, is my recommendation for the committee to appoint Mr. Dennis Gisler as your next treasurer.

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>> Do I hear a motion? >> I move that we appoint Mr. Dennis Gistler to the position of treasurer for the district of Dennis. >> Second >> made and seconded. Any discussion? >> Mr. Glenn.

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>> Um salary is commentor. It's the exact same salary. Is there any appropriation from us that's different? >> Any other discussion? All right. All in favor of the appointment of Mr. Dennis

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>> Gistler. >> I That's a unanimous vote. Next is the meeting calendar. We saw this once before and I don't think did anyone have any changes? Nope. Nobody came back with any comments or

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changes. Okay. >> We've done our best to check check it against all the religious holidays. We should be in the clear. >> All right. So, is there a motion to approve the meeting schedule for 2627? >> So, moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second.

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>> Made and seconded. Any discussion? >> Just another quick question. Uh, our workshops uh do we have tenative dates on those or >> we have July 20th? July 20th and August. >> It's the 10th.

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>> I think we've got one I think we've got two dates held in August actually just in case we needed >> is for sure. And then the committee held the because there's five Mondays in August. The committee also held the 31st

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as a potential meeting date which would be like right before school opens >> and that those are all workshops. >> No, the July 20th is the only date so far that's confirmed as a workshop. >> The agenda for August will be set soon.

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>> Yeah. And then waiting, you know, I was waiting for a chair. Um and then um the but the committee did decide to an earlier start too for those two meetings, right?

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>> Yes. Five o'clock starts for the summer meetings. Yep. >> Great. >> Yep. Any further discussion on that? All right. All in favor? I unanimous vote on the meetings.

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Next is the school calendar. There's a change to the term dates. >> Yes, it's a subtle change. The middle school next year is going to be making a slight shift to their schedule. It's going to require them to go on to quarters versus trimesters. So because

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uh because of the change in the schedule, it will require um so because you all approved the total calendar and on the calendar it has the um early release I mean sorry it has the

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trimester dates on it. It has the quarter um term dates. It has the report card dates. like those things just needed to be adjusted because the report card dates for example were um say K to7

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like if you look at the existing one and if you flip to the next one and now in red you see the changes right so the quarter terms quarterly terms will now say 6 to 12 instead of 7 to 12 I mean 8 to 12 or high school rather and then the report card target dates will be the

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trimester dates will be K to 5 and then the report card target dates will be 6 to 12 instead of them being 8 to 12 because the the middle school is going to be on the same quarter schedule. So the that means the the grades will come out four times a year instead of three

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times a year at the 67. >> Yeah. >> Sorry. >> All right. So uh >> so it's a very it's a very subtle teenagers. It's a very subt subtle change to the calendar, but it is a change to the calendar. >> All right. So, trimesters now

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>> it is for grades six and seven. >> It will now be trimesters. >> No, it will now be quarters. >> It will now be quarters. >> Well, yeah. Quarters. Yes. >> So, it'll be it'll be lining up with a high school where before they lined up with K to 5,

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>> right? Uh, >> so it's really changing. All we really changed was the heading and who what's included in the heading. >> Perfect. Okay. Uh, does anyone move the amended calendar? >> So move.

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>> Is there a second? >> Any discussion on the amended calendar? >> Have to make sure my kid does his homework earlier. >> Right. Apparently. Yeah. four times instead of just three times. >> Uh all in favor

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>> I unanimous vote on that consent agenda. What do we have tonight? Just the minutes of the March 23rd meeting. Anyone move the consent agenda? So move. >> Second. >> Made and seconded. Any discussion?

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All in favor? >> I >> I bills requisitions payroll. Got it. >> Madam chair, sorry. I just want to abstain from those publicly >> abstain. Oh, sorry. Abstain on the consent. You got it. Yep.

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Um, bills, requisitions, payroll, calendars. We just covered uh school year coming to an end. We've got awards night. We've got prom tomorrow night. Awards night on Thursday

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night. Graduation on Saturday. Busy week for everybody. Um and last day of school on the 25th and between now and then they've got an early release and a Junth holiday. So our next meeting is on the

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15th. Is anyone here for public comment tonight? We have one person for public comment. I'm going to read this very quickly. Our policy on public participation in meetings can be found with the agenda.

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The public is reminded that a school committee meeting is a meeting of a governmental body at which members of the body deliberate over public business. We welcome your attendance and appreciate your interest in viewing your school committee as we conduct a regular business meeting. The school committee believes that the school district community should have an opportunity to comment to the committee on issues that

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affect the school district and are within the scope of the committee's responsibilities. Some questions you may have may not be within the scope of the committee's responsibilities. In that case, I suggest you send or give your question in writing to the appropriate person so that your concern may be given proper consideration. Individuals may

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address topics on the agenda, items specified for public comment or items within the scope of responsibility of the school committee. This is an opportunity for individuals to address the topics on the agenda. Each citizen will be allowed to speak for no more than three minutes. When you're recognized, please step up and press the button so that the green light comes on

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the microphone, please. Um, good evening. My name's You can hear me fine. Good evening. Um, to the members of the school committee, Superintendent Smith, thank you. um and

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at least one maybe is still here, but um all of the people who retired this evening, congratulations is in order obviously for them. Parents, thank you. Um my name is Carolyn Warner Bernett. Um and I am here this evening. I wanted to

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just briefly introduce something that I believe could be exciting and on the horizon for our DY community. I wanted to quickly mention the introduction of a conversation, a future conversation about chapter 74.

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Um, that is Massachusetts framework for approved vocational and technical education programs. That sounds really bureaucratic, I understand. But to break it down for any of you who might not be familiar with chapter 74,

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it's what qualifies a district for a technical or vocational programming element. And I, as a parent, I should qualify myself first. As a parent of three people who I can say proudly live

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in the Dennis Yarmouth community, I I have to rhetorically begin to ask myself what might get people excited about this district. What are the trades that would be meaningful to allow a young kid who's growing up in

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this community on Cape Cod? Um, a important valuable skill or two as they go off to college or not. Um, and as I've begun to have conversations with multiple people in the community, some employees of the district, some

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parents of children in the district, there has been um a very warm reception. So, I just wanted to to make sure to plant the seed appropriately and publicly with you all knowing that it will be continuously watered. There is a timeline um for getting any school and I

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think obviously we would have a lot of work together um to begin to have these conversations and brainstorming around it. Um just to quickly lay out a timeline and then I'll sit down because I'm thinking my three minutes is close to a close. Um, but June

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>> June >> 220 >> 220. All right, I've got plenty of time. I could chat all night. Um, June 30th would be like an early intent deadline. Um, for like a possibility of of saying, you know, we might apply. Then it would

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be October 3rd would be a intent to apply. And then a formal application wouldn't be due until November 14th. Um, that's part A. and then a subsequent part B would be due March 6. So again, I

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just wanted to to share that from the podium again as a very proud member of the Dennis Yarmouth community. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else for public comment? All right, that ends the public comment

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period. The next is um potential executive session. Mr. Tolandino, the Dennis Sharmath Regional School Committee will enter an executive session to discuss strategy with respect

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to collective bargaining. DY DYAA executive session is necessary to protect the bargaining position of the body. I move to go into executive session, discuss strategy respect to collective bargaining dysaa and not to reconvene in open session. >> Second.

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>> Motion is made and seconded. Any discussion? We'll do a roll call vote on this please. Mr. Glenn >> I. >> Mr. Pearson. >> Mr. New. >> Hi. >> Mr. Tolantino. >> I. >> I vote yes. So that will end our public

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meeting. We will go into executive session and we will not return to public session. Thank you all.