##VIDEO ID:MEkysCKCK4s## e e e here miss carasa here Mr Corey here Mr Hayward here miss parlus here sorry Miss Carelli here miss Stevenson here M Randell here Dr Robinson here we have a quum thank you all right um Ed are you able to lead us through the blackit sure I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all all right adequate notice of meeting in accordance with PL 1975 chapter 231 notice of tonight's meeting was mailed to the record in the Ridgewood news on January 9th 2024 notice of this meeting was also mailed to the burrow Clerk and was posted on the bulletin board of the Board of Education Office in the administration building on the same date the Glenrock School District founded on principles of education in partnership with the supportive Community provides an exceptional education to all students to cultivate resilient responsible and engaged Global Citizens all right so welcome back everyone after our um one week vacation hopefully it was uh relaxing renewing um a lot went on um I understand we have our 2025 National Merit um presentation which is a nice way to come back all right so we have Dr Daniel here our supervisor or excuse me our director of student Personnel Services to recognize our 2025 National Merit commended students Dr Daniel thank you for coming out tonight and we look forward to your Pres presentation and recognizing our students good evening everyone the National Merit committed Scholars are high achieving students recognized for their outstanding performance on the psh committed Scholars represent the top 3% of test takers Nationwide this recognition acknowledges their academic Excellence dedication to learning and potential for future success commended Scholars often receive accolades from colleges and universities showcasing their commitment to to academic achievement and their potential as Scholars and leaders in their chosen fields we would like to congratulate and recognize the 2025 National Merit committed Scholars they are mateline bake Tyler Caswell Jonathan dler Evelyn who Alexander Kim Yi Kim Colleen Martin Vian mwani and Ella r [Applause] take pi [Applause] all right that was wonderful congratulations again uh for that wonderful impressive achievement um I'll give them just a couple more moments before we begin so Dr Daniel um those our students certainly can leave if they wish unless they want to stay for the rest of the night there they go okay y thank you for coming out tonight and congratulations again well well done and well deserved yeah yes so we have anything for personnel tonight uh for policy at the next I don't know if it'll be the next meeting or December meeting but we just got a policy update from Strauss Esme so uh we're just starting to go through them uh possibility of having even though it's not a cow having a first reading at at the November regular meeting and then second reading in December so the board members should look um forward to that um for governance uh the Moa which is our understanding um memorandum of agreement or memorandum of understanding with the local police it's mandated that the school districts and the police meet to go over that and then to sign off on that um there was issues with the mo MOA in the past um where several uh Chiefs of police and uh I guess County attorney generals had uh challenged the existing Mo MOA they said there were errors in there which is why the board did not approve an MOA last year which was uh uh supported by the county superintendent uh this year we're working we're going to work under a 2023 Mo MOA we are meeting I believe Wednesday to sign off of that with sign off on that with the chief and then that will be an action item uh for the board to approve at the uh next meeting and then we would submit that to the uh County Superintendent all right so it's really a formality but we do it outlines things for example if the police Ever Needed access to our cameras the mo MOA says that we have to provide that so there's things like that in there it's nothing that people should be alarmed about it's a standard process that we've had for at least at least 20 years and I'm going to turn it over to miss carisella for our qac submission which is our only action item tonight thank you yes tonight we're authorizing our qac district performance review submission as a reminder qac stands for quality single accountability Continuum it's the system used by the New Jersey Department of Education to monitor evaluate and support public school districts across all of the 21 counties the goal is to provide guidance build capacity and ensure that our schools are meeting both state and federal standards while continually working working towards Improvement once every 3 years districts are required to undergo a full qac evaluation I had the honor of serving as the Board of Ed rep that's why I'm speaking about it tonight on our district cusac committee which also included Dr Charleston Mr caneles Mr vanest a district administrative staff member a teacher and others our role basically affirming the Fulfillment and accuracy of the district performance review which is the self- evaluation piece of the qac process so the review will then go to the county for uh verification and review and the County's process from there is mostly remote with likely I believe two site visits our district process though began over the summer reviewing all the criteria and pulling supporting materials our committee then met twice to ensure all areas were covered the review is built around five core areas which based on Research have been identified to be key factors in effective school districts each each core area then has special quality performance indicators assigned to it so the five areas are instruction and program with basically teaching and learning there were 16 indicators including measures around curriculum alignment State assessment results academic progress High School graduation rates and more fiscal management with 15 indicators addressing items such as an annual audit budget planning Grant Management and more uh governance with 14 indicators in including ethics compliance board policies and procedures annual evaluation progress and more uh four operations with 18 indicators such as providing school health services implementing policies related to student conduct ensuring a safe School environment Etc and then five with six indicators and a couple dozen subcategories that addresses professional development evaluation of Staff District mentoring goal setting Etc our district performance riew results resulted in the following scores which I believe were in backup 100% in fiscal management governance operations and personnel and then 40% in instruction and program which is the highest you can score on this review the other 60% is actually entered by the county office and it's compiled from State data on assessment attendance and graduation rates all of which we expect to be high uh Glenn Rock was designated High performing after our last qack um so I expect this see same outcome this year uh overall our entire Administration and support staff including please help me if I'm missing anyone Dr Charleston Lori Jean Colleen and Sharon um should be recognized for all their hard work that they put into preparing a very thorough District review and the attention to detail it required to meet the nearly 70 indicators and we should all be very proud that the review didn't reveal any deficiencies um and just a thanks to my fellow committee members miss carella you are well on your way to to being a superintendent no thank you well done did a nice job um I do want to thank Miss carisella for for sitting on the committee so the board is aware tonight the board will uh approve the submission that's one aspect of the requirements for qac uh the other two are the DPR which Miss Carousel spoke about um we also have a health and safety checklist and the what's the fourth one James Escapes Me Right Now comprehensive maintenance plan yeah a comprehensive maintenance plan so there's four things that will be submitted tomorrow morning the deadline is uh November 15th uh so we'll be good uh submit that and then we will wait until probably February for the state to come out and do their site visits as as Miss carisella mentioned um and I do want to thank her again for being on the committee she was uh did a really nice job and asked really good questions and the committee as a whole I thought was uh very attentive um and involved and again all of them asked good questions and we provided uh all the evidence that was required so thank you all right thank you um do any of the trustees have any questions about the QA process or anything that Miss carosella presented all right all right uh great thank you for representing us thank you um so I at this point um it came out of committee so I would need a motion to approve the resolution G1 that authorizes submission um in time of the deadline all right Miss carisella do I have a second all right miss scarelli all right and uh if we can call roll Miss calves yes Miss carisella yes Mr Corey yes Mr Hayward yes Miss Paramus yes Miss GARP yes Miss Rendell yes Miss Stevenson yes Dr Robinson yes motion carries thank you all right on to instruction and programming sure I just have a couple things to talk about briefly the first is to give you an update on the conmigo pilot you heard me talk about it a couple months ago we built it into our title 2 Grant to use some money to Pilot the cono AI tool for tutoring and lesson planning and all that um our plan was to start that around January which is still our plan early early 2025 anyway hopefully January and um when we went to Pro process the purchase order they told us that since it's only in January through the rest of the year they're giving us a discount on it so we're purchasing more licenses so we're going to have 600 licenses so certainly it'll cover sixth grade which was our original plan and maybe some fifth grade classes and then we're looking at what would be the best for those extra licenses so um we're looking forward to that looking forward to getting moving on that and and uh I'll let you know how that goes as as we go and then um just as as new business to give you a bit of an update and preview um in December we're going to be presenting to you the changes or the updated program of studies for the middle school and high school and so we've been meeting um the way the process that we we go about this for the high school especially is um our supervisors are in conversation with our teachers um they're in conversation with the community as as as they reach out to to folks as we hear from parents and and students about what is what is desired what is interested um and then we're also looking at Staffing we're looking at budgets we're looking at all of those kinds of things and can't make a lot of those decisions right now but to give you kind of a preview some of the things we're definitely looking at are uh the prerequisites to ensure fairness and consistency across Departments of how how one gets into different courses especially some of those Advanced courses where looking at some new course offerings pardon me um and talking about at what level we're going to have that at are those going to be College Prep are they going to be honors are they those those kinds of conversations right now um we've you've heard I think a couple months ago Mr mlli come and talk to you about a new sequence for the social studies courses in 9th 10th and 11th moving world history from 9th grade to 11th grade and moving the US History classes up um so that's something we're working on and and should have in there we're continuing to look at Middle School elective classes um the offerings that we have updated over the last few years and also the um the numbers of students in some of those classes especially some of the real high demand classes and and how do we manage that effectively and as I mentioned we'll give you a detailed presentation of the recommendations at the December board meeting for the program of studies for 2526 all right thank you does anybody have any questions okay I'd like to call up Dr McKay Miss lubriano um talk about uh prek in particular we want to have a discussion tonight about setting the tuition for um prek for next year so I'm going to turn it over to both of them and I do want to thank you both again for coming out tonight hi everybody um so as we continue to plan for our preschool for the opening of September 25 um which will include three PL three classrooms two integrated and one preschool disabled also known as PSD um the integrated will hold no more than 15 students um our goal for next year would be 12 students and that would be a roughly 5050 split so we would like to have half of the students um slotted for special education and then the other half slated for regular education um in our PSD class we could have no more than 12 students um in that class right now we are looking at the hours of being 8:30 to 2:30 um and we are continuing to work um to work out all of the other uh details as far as curricular things and just the actual um day-to-day functioning of the classroom and materials needed for those classrooms um but in January we would like to open up registration um and like I had said we would like to have those spots open for regular education students um for our integrated classrooms so should we have an overflow of general education students that enrollment will be on a first come first serve basis should we have too few general education students that are registered right now we are working with local school districts to see if we would be able to partner with them to take on overflow of their preschool programs that they are unable to um take on within their own programs um so we are continuing those conversations but those are those are things that we are working through right now um the other element of course that we need to speak about is the tuition for general education students um and in surveying looking into other school districts and what other programs are doing our recommendation would be to um to have a tuition that is roughly between $5,000 and $6,000 for the duration of the 10-month school year um the other thing of course that the board should consider is a registration fee um and what is relatively typical uh is around $50 to $100 per student for a registration fee um so those tuition numbers are pretty comparative to what other districts and other programs are um asking um um I would say that it's it's pretty much um it's either comparable or even a little bit less than what others are doing um especially for full day programs there are a number of programs out there that uh run either halfday programs or every other day programs or just overall part-time programs um so those numbers are certainly comparable to those that run full day preschool thank you Dr McKay so what we're looking for for direction in terms of the tuition rate to set for next year we would put this on a future agenda for board approval to set the tuition rate which is what you normally do even for regular R students K to 12 and that way we could advertise and uh um uh properly uh get the right number of students into the program so that's the conversation we're looking here tonight all right thank you all right um just to begin uh what questions do any of the trustees have um at this time and yes Miss Paramus hi I have two questions um what based on what based on your studies what do you think the anticipated enrollment rate would be and do you have before care after care hours what are those set at um so to answer your first question we are still working on um just what would be comparable um the before care and after after care we are in a conversation with the community school to find out you know how feasible that is because we do we are aware of the fact that the before care and after care would be a service that families would most certainly want do you have anticipated enrollment so right now we anticipate being able to fill the the classes like I had said our goal would be 12 um but there's no way to truly predict um this early on um in the the coming months I think that we will have a better idea most certainly on the gened side once we have those conversations with neighboring school districts um and then special education enrollment it could fluctuate um right now the enrollment is relatively low but again we've also seen you know an influx of students that come and we you know a couple years ago we had an influx of students come and we had to start a whole new program um so it might be a little bit too soon to say but I would anticipate being being able to run those programs Dr m in your research with other school districts my understanding is most if not all had waiting lists for students to get in so we would anticipate the same it might take a year to build it up so that's why Dr McKay and Mr Lio mentioned that if for some reason in year one we were not able to fill it up um I I would say we have a very strong relationship with pamis that has a long waiting list that we could take some of those kids to fill it up as we continue to grow our program so to answer the question I would anticipate having it fully um subscribed with regular ed students in year one either through Glenrock or through a partner with another school district always saying and knowing that Glenrock has first priority at all times and the other component to that also is that we will always have to have a reserved number of spots for our special education students okay and then I also understand that the timing is important because um as a mother of young kids most people are looking somewhere around the the January time so it is kind of time sensitive for us to have this approved okay M scell hi thank you for that information two questions the 12 person uh student class is that total or that that's the Gen Ed that would be tuition paying so for preschool disabled there is a maximum according to code so that that is our absolute Max as far as the integrated preschool is interesting is that um it's not there's no there's no hard and fast rules that are outlined in code regarding preschool um but what is um pretty standard is roughly 15 16 students um because the other part of it too is that we certainly want to be reasonable and make sure that the students in those classes are getting what they need and have good experiences and the teachers have a manageable amount of students in front of them and so we feel as though 15 would be the maximum once we really get rolling Our Hope would be 12 in the integrated for next year and half of them if the gened would be six and those would be the tuition paying ones correct um so then my other question just has to do with the community school pre- programs and what they charge is and their hours is this reasonable compared to that and how is that going to impact the community school that you may not be able to answer but more in line with the tuition that Community School is paying their hours versus this so the hours are similar um the tuition is a little bit less um but you know the based off of what we feel would be appropriate I think I think that's where we would like to land um between five and six yeah yes um just since this is going to be I'm not sure if you can answer this or we need to talk about it but um since it's new how are we planning on I guess January is not too far away um so if we're talking about opening up registration how are we going to communicate that to the community that it's available if they're not watching tonight so an official roll out plan has not been detailed yet but I would anticipate using social media platforms we would most certainly hold um either evenings or or opportunities during the day where parents go information sessions um again being that we'll have to open it up in January the classroom and all of the details may not necessarily be ironed out and ready to go because a lot of that will take place in the back end of the school year but we would be able to have information sessions where parents would be able to come and ask questions um you know Victoria and I are always available to meet with parents separately if if that's necessary as well um but we're in the process of ironing out those details as well we've already had Parents ask about enrolling I fig that it's funny with kindergarten separate but when all we do is really post it to social media and send it out in an eblast but at 12 o'clock that night they're they're enrolling they're their kids so I don't anticipate I think we'll have a full fully uh subscrib number of students that don't one last question so speaking about informing parents are there because the space isn't ready to be shown when the parents thinking of signing up so are there pictures that you kind of have what the space will look like or can look like so that I I remember as a pre you know my children being in daycare and pre you go and you look at the space and you want to make sure what it looks like and get a good feel especially if it's your first so we're working on we're working on Renditions for that and as we get closer to to the New Year our expectation is the room will start to come together better and then we'll be able to take pictures um post those with the registration materials right yes Miss par one last question um will there be cameras I I know some preschools have cameras in in the preschool for parents to check in there'll be no cameras okay all right all right thank you very much thank you very much for the presentation so um again that we appreciate your questions but we need a number we need a number so between five and 6,000 so we can move forward and get our start our process in terms of what the tuition should be and that's a board decision so we gave you a recommendation of anything between five and six we're happy with five and we're happy with six anything in between all right I thought that sounded great I remember it's been a while but I know private is probably 12 or so um I did kind of look around at some other districts and um it looked like half days were around four like hokus faon maybe three for 3,000 for half day param I think is more like 8,000 so for yes full day so five to six seems right in l with where we should be in my opinion you I'll say the same um truthfully many of the pre- school programs that I was looking at were significantly more than that so um I think that five to six is a good uh conservative estimate and I mean I'm not married um to either I understand that um the the goal right now with the initial price setting for the start of this program is you know just to make sure that it covers costs so the tuition will cover the costs for corre cor Dr TR we anticipate the tuition essentially covering the cost for the additional teacher we have to hire that's kind of might be a little bit shorter than that but it's it's in the ballpark okay all right thank you um I mean how how how would the board like to proceed with this in terms of making a recommendation 5,000 raise your hand 6,000 raise your hand what are we what are we doing I I like I don't know that there's like a hard and fast way for us to say okay well 5,000 5250 5500 you know um how about I I do a suggestion since the board seems a little reticent how about 5500 it sounds good I I mean we do straw pool yes we can do a STW pull all right um so all those in favor um if we can just raise our hands for 5500 and this will be officially voted on at our next um all right it seems like we're in the ballpark and I'm Sor it seems like we're in the ballpark of a of a number that fits the budget that's important so I can't really hear you I'm sorry it sounds like it'll work okay all right we have enough yes thank you Dr McKay Mr I appreciate you coming out tonight we'll have the $5,500 res uh resolution at the next meeting to establish a tuition rate for prek thank you appreciate your input all right now it's on everyone's favorite uh topic the 2026 27 calendar draft as everyone is aware this is a board calendar not a superintendent calendar what I gave gave to the Board of Education were two two documents one was a document of of holidays um that I put in there so you have an idea of of holidays um the other one is the draft of of a calendar but there are several things missing from that draft so I'll walk through it quickly um you have uh because the 26 27th school year Labor Day is on September 7th so we do bring back or recommend we bring back staff for the two days the Wednesday and Thursday September 2nd and 3rd for PD as contractual everybody would be off that Friday me rephrase that 10mth employees would be off that Friday 12- month employees would be here students would start with a full day on the 8th and then you can see as I walk through that you see the holidays yoner por is the 21st um you have uh working along you'll see all the other days um going through there is no Diwali this year we had checked actually miss scarelli helped me out and it was on a Sunday um so if you go back to November we just came off of that long break the Monday and Wednesday we do have school on this calendar um in December we have uh off on the 23rd there is an option I think for the board to make that into to half day yeah I have to get my color uh copy because that's where I'm messing up hang on black and white is messing me up okay yeah there we go yeah so the 23rd is a half a day November 25th going backwards is a half a day that's before Thanksgiving um you have the 28th through um December 28th through January 1st for winter break we all would come back on January 4th January 18th is MLK February 15th is uh President's Day in March March 8th is a half a PD day that's contractual and then we ran spring break like we always do with the four days um Counting as uh part of spring break with that Friday the 26 being off because that's contractual um nothing off in April in may you have um Memorial Day and then the last two days of the year are half days for um students only that is in the new contract technically based on this you have you would graduate on June 18th so there are right now in front of you 182 student days in the calendar the board we certainly can provide our thoughts but the Board needs to add one full day for staff PD the board also needs to decide what they want to do with snow days the board then can decide what they want to do with that November between um teacher convention and election day you can decide if you want to do a 4-day weekend in February just remember there's a give and take for every day you add you add a day to the end of the year um so for example if you wanted two snow days now you're graduating on June 22nd if you wanted a 4-day weekend in February now you're graduating on June 23rd and you see where I'm going with that um and don't forget you still have to add a PD day in so I'm happy to answer questions Greg is here to answer as well and we can help na help you navigate through that this would be on no decisions are made tonight you would discuss this again if necessary at the next two meetings and this would be approved at reorg as a draft calendar for 2627 so I'll turn it over to you Dr Robinson and way we go um just to start do you have any recommendations for where it would be beneficial um for those that one PD PD day so in this this uh in next year's we did the three PD days at the beginning of the year we did it for a couple reasons one is we felt the staff um needed additional PD but also we didn't want to extend the school year um and we know that how difficult it is for parents to have a random day off during the year child care and stuff um so if the board wanted to do that we could bring staff back on Tuesday September 1st that would take care of the three PD days um there is also an argument um to give a PD day off in October that would build upon what we did on the before school started on September 2nd and 3D uh but again that gets into um it's just hard for for child care when you have a random day off that being said they'll have 18 months to make their plans for for that right because the calendar would be out but I'm okay with September 1 I don't know if Mr vaness has different thoughts on that okay all right um any other questions before we even start our discussion um more comments thank you for putting this together this is never an easy task um just want to reiterate that russan is on the weekend right so that's why we don't have off those two days because they fall on the weekend in SE setember um as we always give two days if they're during the school year um the other point I want to make I think we probably should as a board bu build in well I will no longer be up here but you as a board probably should consider two snow days um and I would recommend I know other districts do it is earmark if we have to give day back maybe earmark it now so we don't have to worry about it come you know March or April you have to worry about it um the other I wanted to ask is there any way we can consider now that we have additional security guards on staff to have school on Election Day when it isn't a presidential election um I know I voted by in person at Bergen Community I don't know what the traffic was but if we do have designated Security in our school buildings maybe that could make them more secure and make parents feel comfortable with having people come in to vote in buildings just just a question so if you don't mind I I'll I'll jump in there um you may remember we had a pretty intense conversation uh maybe two years ago about security during elections and you you may recall that actually I served as a security guard at one of the buildings right so we were fully we had a security person and still people try to get around us and and get to the bathrooms and things like that it does make the teachers very uncomfortable um seeing uh I'm going use the word strangers walking down the hallways getting to bathrooms Etc um so I think our best bet for for elections is to get the elections out of the school buildings yes that's that's our and I know that Dr Robinson and maybe Miss Calvis have been trying to have those conversations um I believe Mr gelli that we could keep the high school open and secure that really well for an election but I think the elementaries are harder yeah and I'll chime in there so um last discussion with um our our Bor cleric was that they were going to look at looking at new sites for the election um mainly for the lower element like the elementary schools um just because of the challenge with regards to moving um the high school um one of the other areas that we would be able to move it would just make it more I guess it would be more intrusive for the school so it wouldn't really help the high school um and so I'm waiting to hear back especially now that the election has passed um you know I'll initiate contact and see where they are in terms of um the the Board of Elections I know both the borl clerk and the Board of Elections were going to evaluate other other sites and there were a couple other sites that um were suggested i' been speaking with um mayor Moro and just to see you know what what what options we have or even if there's a way for us to consolidate um sides obviously it was something that we'd be able to do for this year because it would have disrupted the elections process um however going forward it is something that can be entertained I just want to clarify I apologize when I said the election I meant the primary it was the primary and and so even now was lighter terms of traffic but there were still concerns brought about by staff um yeah thank you m i like Miss scarpelli's um recommendation for the two snow days um I was thinking is there a quick readout of a 10-year run rate of number of snow days that have been taken um for the past 10 years like has it averaged one Z two I mean obviously depends since I've been here we've had take we've had had to take days back from spring break because we used Too Many but the last couple years we've used less um two is standard there's different ways to look at it um some people feel some districts I should say don't have snow days if you need it you just add on a day to the end of the year and some people build in snow days so it's an option the amount that we've actually taken in the last 10 years I don't have that information in front of me I just want to be clear too there is no option for virtu virtual day for a snow day per the state correct okay I just want to make sure everybody understands that because that's not an option and also um just as for the voting I voted at Hamilton on Election Day the line was out literally out the door I think I waited 40 minutes and I was there apparently at a l so I think for safety reasons it you know they have to be the school should be closed that day it just would be great if we could get them out of the school so that way we don't have that week we have school no school school I know we all on the same P I mean I think it it'll be something you know I I'll definitely reach out again um and then beyond that it's going to be it's it's this a whole decision is totally out of our hands actually um the best that we can do is is reach out and have those kinds of communications and then if either um trustees or even members of the public have suggestions for other plac that meet the requirements for polling locations then we're able to do that um you know there's certain um ADA requirements in terms of the amount of steps that it takes to get from you know where you are parking where parking is the elevation the angle you know in case there's wheelchair entry um the amount of people that I can hold whether there's like a vestibule and where the waiting located there's a whole um list of requirements that um that the elections division requires and um we are a small borrow so it's it's kind of like trying to figure out where those places are I mean it's ironic that even it could be a personal residence that is deemed um to meet the requirements it's it's actually it's not as specific as like oh it has to be a government owned building it doesn't it does it could be a private location it could be it could be there's a wide variety of um options in terms of what is allow however um they have to be approved by the borrow clerk mainly the borrow Clerk and then in coordination with the division of the Board of Elections for the county so I guess two superintendents ago we did try to move it out and we had some roadblocks just given the where the location of things and trying to get that location to be the voting area um and then I before I was on the board so going back nine years ago we did used to have be open on school and we closed it because there was unfortunately a bom thre called in to an elementary school and since then we've closed so yeah if we can get them out great but I know it's not in your hands to figure that out so thank you I think we'll you know continue to work together um to see if there there's some additional places that could be looked at like even churches or um place other places of worship and I think that the Arboretum is something that's new um since then so there are options um and it's not necessarily that we have to get all of them out but even a few would be beneficial so um more to follow there and then um we'll see and then even still this would be a draft calendar and then if something were to change um before it was fully enacted we would have that opportunity um barring election talk uh do you yes go for it um okay just looking at the calendar uh two questions I guess probably for Brett and Greg um it number one uh it says 82 days are on this calendar does it does that mean those two days are usable as snow days already or no that's that's the contracted days so we're not touching that okay number two for the PD do you like the idea of having it at the beginning of the year so having three days in a row or would be better off somewhere in the spring somewhere well definitely not after New Year's because we want to be able to use the PD during the school year um we're okay with it being an academic standpoint I guess what's ideal I think it's six1 half dozen the other we could cover all the PD we want because you do have a half day PD in October to build on what we did the first three days but if you wanted to add a PD day I would say no later than in October like a full day if you want to build on the two things we did but we also can do the three um I it's we're fine with that we have enough to cover with our staff to to do that yeah with our conversation with our administrative team there was kind of a a split decision also of of some people would wanted another month or two later to follow up and and be able to kind of come Circle back to the things we're doing in those first two days and others and I think perhaps more with the the younger grades especially more time in the buildings more time to collaborate with you know that common planning time um three days in a row would be really useful um again back to what Dr Charleston was saying before though putting it taking it a day off in the middle of the school year harder on parents right harder on on scheduling in that way so we're we look to you for some guidance on that okay as representation for that so then the last piece um I looked at the last two or three years and actually next year's calendar and it looks like our last day for students is last year is the 23rd this year is the 24th next year is the 23rd on this calendar we're on 18th so if we wanted to be conservative and put the snow days in we just move this to the 23rd put our PD day on September 1st and everything's covered then we can just turn to conversations about giving back days and scheduling all that out so which by the way is in my opinion a better option adding days to the end of the year is never received well ever anywhere um so just to say that again out loud September 1st since it would work and it would be academically beneficial I'm okay with that and if we wanted three snow days then you move it back to the 23rd which is exactly what we've been doing for the LA past three four years and if we want to shorten that a little we look at the calendar three snow days or two snow days okay 2 second 22 no that would that would be the 23rd so that because the 21st and the 22nd would be that and yeah two snow days the 23rd would be graduation right um You have the 18th is uh the last full day okay so add two snow days to that it's the 21st and 22nd so we said the 22nd right the 23rd would be graduation wouldn't it you have the 18th is graduation 18th Friday graduation that's a school day graduation right I believe okay okay one two all right as I'm I'm looking at the last block of days that we have that isn't Memorial day is the end of March so you do have that April 5th April 10th freak storm that could shut things down if we we couldn't really cannibalize the end of spring break if it's so early so having to keep those contingency days I mean in in the last few years we've shut down not for snow but for buildings that weren't imployed all sorts of other things so the idea of having that bit of flexibility is important that we can't reach back too early in the year to pull them out okay oh yes I like the September 1st for the extra for the PD day and I really would say to snow days working in a district that did not account for snow and having them tacked on to end of year is very difficult or coming in on Saturday to make up a snow day was was not received well by a lot of people um but I also would take Sharon's suggestion I'm putting on the calendar that if our two snow days are used these dates will be used so people are aware that this is what will happen if we should use and like Dan said I mean in the spring you can have a bad rainstorm like again I worked in the school district we were close for flooding a few times so you just you don't know what happens and we were Clos for Sandy you know 12 years ago so I just think it's important that we put when if we use them they're going to be used okay so do you have something okay I'm sorry I'm getting all my questions in I only have two more meetings right um so my question really relates to high school and the final schedule does this have any impact do does it matter when we have the graduation versus anything else okay because those will all be half days at the end of the right they'll be two half days two half days at the end of the year okay thank you all right all right so um how does everyone feel about that proposal that that um Mr Hayward put on that we do September 1st for the PD have those three days of PD um no changes to November I know that we just had you know the week off um that this current schedule would have us in school on the second and school on the fourth and then the other days would be off and then we would add um days and then graduate on the 22nd of June I think that's helpful um I think i' I'd like to see the marking periods and not just finals but um you know if we have other bringing backs U finals midterms the possibility of that it' be good to Mark those marking period ends throughout the year just to make sure we're not keeping like one day stranded on the end of it well we're not doing midterms see and just not right now well we're not doing midterms uh and in terms of marking out the marking periods we're we're nowhere near ready to just as a reminder everyone this is two years away not next year so it's schedules aren't even thought about yet yeah but yeah I mean you can generally think about it but there certainly wouldn't be anything as we're moving the week up uper back that might move things and we again as a board if we had to modify the calendar next year before this two-year thing away we can do all that so we got flexibility okay we're not putting ourselves in a corner here you know we'll be able to estimate you know generally speaking where they are you just won't know exactly so I don't know if that help I'm probably talking to iterations down the road so thanks yeah um just I guess you know something good to keep on the horizon but a little early um any other questions oh yes M par is there any if you have the last two days being on a Monday and Tuesday and their half days is there any issue or do you see not a strong attendance with those days is that any issue with it no I I could think generally speaking I think based on you know this being my fourth board year and fourth calendar iteration um towards the end of the school it is kind of always you know like that you know like you're wait things are waiting like things are waiting but it's not necessarily something that um you know like an alarming amount of kids don't show up and those are those end up being half days so I think people are kind of used to saying their goodbyes and things like that but okay I mean does anyone else have anything no sorry it's this calendar that we've been using for a few years now and I think it makes sense I think it makes sense to add snow days as everyone's talked about doesn't even have to be snow days they're just weather days weather coming up um and I I think it's fine to to graduate um as we have been the week of the 20s I don't think we've been out earlier than that since I can remember yeah all right okay I think we have a good summary for this unless there's additional um comments and then I mean again we still have the next you know two meetings or so just to discuss it or come up with any additional questions plus the year and a half they yes two meetings plus a year and a half before this um is enacted uh so this is you know is is this meeting so we'll uh update it with September 1st at the two snow days and that's the only feedback we got and then we'll put that in back up for the next board meeting yes and then you guys can discuss it under the world business yes and then one more time in December and then people will be able to public will be able to provide feedback and the board should vote on that at reor agreed and um I would say the next goal for us would be to determine what our two like snow days suggestions are and go from there all right all right onto business and fiscal management um new business we just have some highlights uh for the board of what will be on our next uh agenda on the 25th uh we will have our ESA and Ida carryover amendments that will be completed and submitted so we'll be asking for your uh approval on the acceptance and submission of those amendments which are just dollars that uh were not spent in the prior fiscal year that are under the terms of the GR able to be uh carried over to the 2425 school year um we'll also hopefully have some sort of a recommendation for the board on the substitute and Par bids that we opened on 1031 uh we are still weeding through uh the data uh and you know trying to see what our best uh pathway is um so that's that uh we also um had our opening for our gym stairs uh bid uh that bid came in um at 100 the low bid was $187,000 which is $75,000 sorry $56,000 lower than the last time we went out in May but still $75,000 over budget um so if we want to move forward with those stairs we will uh require an additional withdrawal from C capital reserve and then we would be able to accept the bids and put us on the docket for summer of 25 so we'll be looking for to the board uh for uh agreement on that obviously it will be our uh recommendation to move forward with that as it is a a safety concern and and and we were able to uh bring down that price uh somewhat uh through the rebid and then uh lastly under fiscal management uh at our next meeting uh Mr Paul Lurch will be here to go over the uh audit in front of you is the acur and the AMR uh that was completed by Lurch Vincy and Bliss um I know all of you are going to go home and read it covered a cover I'll give you the uh the end real quick it is a clean audit no findings um no recommendations so we did very well uh and we're extremely happy about that and that's all I have under fiscal management thank you um I would say you know one of the things that note for me is that the gym stairs honestly we're these are the the prices are the prices unfortunately um and so even though it's $75,000 above budget we didn't accept the initial one and we went back to the drawing board and then now here we are again and it's still above budget um but I I do note that the prices are the prices and we we don't unfortunately get to set them but what other questions yes I have a question with the uh again with the stairs it is a safety issue how long is is the bid good for 60 days 60 days and when from the day that it was open we open yes we have plenty of time we have time okay okay could you just repeat the numbers again with the the stairs I don't the stairs so it came in at $187,000 for the hard cost uh when you put add on to that the soft cost involved it has a total project of 27,000 and it is $75,000 higher than the budget but $56,000 lower lower than our previous bid which was in May the 207 is 75 over yes okay well it's really the hard Quest the soft Quest didn't change at all okay any yes I just want to ech what you said these stairs need to be done and the is what it is I'm glad that you pulled it and went back out to bid and you got a lower number although still over what we originally budgeted but it's a it's an issue and a safety issue so we need to do it yes absolutely I I would add that the next bids are close to $100,000 higher so it's it's a cliff all right any other question regarding any of our fiscal management items all right thank you and on to operations all right so we're gonna quickly run through some information on what we are proposing for um our capital projects for uh the summer of 2025 um in a nutshell we are proposing uh two basic projects one is an update to our Stadium Field uh which will involve a a new turf field uh a replacement of the track and a new Press Box um the second project that we are uh proposing is phase two of our elementary sync and cabinet project where we would uh update these syncs and cabinets in 13 Elementary School rooms so uh the stadium update uh basically has four components you have a new Turf going in um again this is a budget everything is estimated uh we believe we'll use the company that we use used uh to do the lower field which was field Turf which is part of a purchasing Cooperative so it has already been pre-bid for us uh same lining as the existing field um and we would also uh it's also been uh quoted using the cool fill uh that we have had some really good um reports on from that lower field and keeping the overall temperature on the field uh at a very manageable level uh we also have our track that needs need to be redone um here uh we're between two companies uh benon uh field Turf which is a subsidiary of field Turf and there's another company out there uh AT&T Sports who we have not gotten a quote from just yet but we will get it both are Again part of purchasing Cooperative so it's already been pre-bid for us and here would be a complete replacement um and we'll get into why we want to do a replacement as opposed to a resurface a little bit later in the presentation and then we have a press box uh replacement uh this would be done through a company called Southern bleacher again through a co-op so it's already been bid the idea here would be to uh extend uh the size of our current bleacher to four bays and that would allow two bays for coaching and two bays for broadcasting um right now the broadcasting element is actually on the track um which has a couple of uh uh difficulties especially with Ambient sound uh because they have a hot mic right there uh on the on the field of play itself and the other significant um enhancement would be to raise the Inc raise the height of the overall Press Box by almost four feet to get our coaches up a little bit higher uh which provides a better perspective from a coaching perspective in seeing formations and and and playes develop the last component um is the site work that would be the foundation steel work etc which would we would do via a public BS so here are some pictures um so right here you could see is our existing Press Box uh it's offc centered on the field um I'm not sure why but it is uh this new Press Box the four bay would be centered on the 50 yard line um it would uh as you can see we've come up to the existing fence line that is uh on the bleach our Press Box would begin at the fence line that's how we got the 3T almost 4T um increased in height because there's four Bays I think it's something like 336 square feet um separated by doors which we'll see later we need a dual uh egress so that's why we have an ESS on one side and the other um and then up here is where we have our rooftop deck uh side view so you would exit to enter the Press Box you would come off of a landing that would come off of the top of our current bleachers up the stairs and to the door and then another flight of stairs on the back end will bring you up to the roof deck um and you can see the elevations here um again same height only difference is is that the whole Press Box is up higher by almost four feet I think it's 3 feet 8 in there's an aerial view and there you can see the one two 3 four uh room that will be inside of the Press Box um and which will allow in these Center ones for some real broadcast quality uh work to be done uh so this is a comparable Press Box uh and what the drawings don't show that this that we will be that we are proposing is a canopy for the uh the roof deck so it'll look something like this and this would be the back where you'll have your stairs up to the roof deck will be on the back end of the Press Box um Now we move on to the field so this is a rendition of the field and the in the striping that it currently has and in the feel uh the colors that it currently has which we we don't see as being an issue um only difference is is we have the upgraded uh or enhanced uh Panther graphic in the middle if you remember we went with the G are in the shield on the lower field so as a point of differentiation we went with the panther here um and there is the new track that would surround it and not pictured here well actually I guess it is pictured here it would also be a recoding not a resurface complete resurfacing of the um the track here for some of our throwing and jumping events so why do we want to do the the track well we want to do the track because we do have some issues um so you can see here we've got some tears and they're peeling up we have a a rather large dip here and it's really hard to see but right there you can see it's cut out into almost a a rectangle so the the the track needs work um we had gotten two different opinions one was a resurfacing and another one was a complete tear out and rebuild um in conversation with our our our Architects we felt that the best thing and our money is our investment is better maintained um if we were to just rip it up and not have to worry about because there's no guarantee that these uh problems don't resurface with a resurface no pun intended so that's these are the reasons why we're moving towards a restructuring and why we're looking to invest the money on our track all right so let's talk about what does this all cost um so hard costs the track which is a complete resurface it's about $500,000 Turf $73,000 again both of these numbers will be pretty much set in stone because they are competitively big already our Press Box would be 315,000 our site cost remember this is the piece that would be bid at 100 Grand and we've also put in our budget um some Market escalations as we're sitting here in November 11 this work wouldn't take place until July of 25 so we just put in a placeholder just so that you know as commodities prices change we do have some reserve for that that brings your total hor cost of just about $1.7 million your soft cost on all of this is $223,000 and IT project will have a contingency of $200,000 for a total price tag of $282,000 which is pretty much where Dr uh Charleston had teased the project uh previously at so now let's move on to our second project that we we' be doing this summer um and that is phase two of our syncing cabinets so these are two pictures of what was replaced this past summer the idea would be to use the same company um same look same feel uh and just do another 13 classrooms uh throughout the district so what would that cost us well this year on average it cost us $16,000 per classroom we're putting in a cost escalation because we have not gotten out just yet for quotes on this of 5% brings it to just about 177,000 13 classrooms it's a $220,000 budget and before I I fast forward to our analysis of our capital reserve there will be other projects that are being done in the summer of 25 and those are projects that you've already approved so we have the Coleman roof which was supposed to be done last year but we had to push it to uh 25 because it was a much more extensive job and we wanted to bid it so we had recently put that out we would also have the stairs would be another project that would be ongoing during the summer so how do we how are we going to fund all this the idea would be to fund it through the capital reserve so as if today our capital reserve has just about $5 million in it if we move forward with the exterior stairs we would back out 75,000 because all the other costs have already been taken out of the capital reserve brings us to an addition adusted balance of 4.9 million the stadium was 2 milon1 the sinks are 220 it would leave us with a remaining balance of $2.6 million in our capital reserve now this does not include any increases to our capital reserve like uh the application of excess Surplus that we have done year-over-year in June where we've been able to put money away towards both our capital reserve and in this past year we did capital and Main interest Reserve so there there is some opportunity for that number to go up the other thing that this number does not include is that there are projects that we are in the process of closing out in particular uh the field this the lower field uh we will have to close out the lights we'll have to close out some of the pre uh costs as well so there might be savings that will be going back into the capital reserve as well because when we budget and we move money out of the capital reserve into our general fund to do the projects if they come in under we are obligated to return that money to the capital reserve so this is the lowest the number will be it probably will be higher than this if you ask me to bet on how much more I would say about a million dollars all in is probably a good barometer where where we would be um and so what what would what do we need that money for so the projects that we see on the horizon uh first is the Hamilton parking lot which we e earmarked for the summer of 26 at about $800,000 that's a resurfacing of it uh syns en counters phases three and four um for another $420,000 that's a summer of 26 and 27 and as Dr Charleston pointed out to me this morning I think I originally sold this as a three-phase project it's actually going to be a four-phase project just because the costs have been a little bit more than we expected so we'll just extend it over another year and then a project that's uh popped up on my radar is um a situation regarding the RT us rooftop units here up at the middle school and the high school my understanding is is that all of these were replaced at the exact same time with a referendum they've also went through the abuse of covid at the exact same time they're also good for about 12 years that referendum was about 12 years ago so there is a lot of rooftop units that are going to be coming uh up to their end of useful life that we're going to have to start planning their replacement for as opposed to waking up one day and saying oh no so I just really started conversations with our architect of identifying um the number of them uh if we I think we're going to try and figure out if we can do a uh condition test so which ones are better than others which ones we think have a long little bit more life in them and then start uh planning through both our operating budget and capital reserve the replacement of those and that's all I have so that's how we plan on spending some Capital funds this summer all right thank you very much U Mr caneles I know I I do have a question because I know when you're looking at kind of like that projected capital reserve it's not even that oh okay we do all these projects and it goes down to zero it's not like that it it builds as we're as you take it builds it takes builds um so I just wanted to make sure that that was a point of notice for anyone that may be watching um what questions does the board have about any of these projects or um anything yes Miss scarelli get in the me while I can um thank you for this this is very informative um lots of detail I'm excited to see that the upper stadium is going to be replaced along with the track field it the track definitely needs to be redone um I'm assuming that the lights there's no impact to any of the lights we're not changing anything with that um and one question I know we doing a painting project is that going to come out of the operating account going forward the painting project this past year came out of the operating budget and the thought is that it will continue to come out of the the operating budget okay great thank you I did want to uhu mention um there is a benefit as well to our our our students with regards to the Press boxes and the pro the the media program are you talk we met with um coaches and uh teachers of TV media and the supervisor ERS because we also wanted it to be an educational space for our kids so they had a lot of input into um the Press Box and the size uh the coaches in particular did want it higher um with the canopy so they're all very excited about that I think it will benefit our kids not only academically but also athletically uh so I feel for me it's it's important athletically but I really want the academic component and what our teacher is doing with TV media is extraordinary and to give our kids that really good learning environment and be able to live stream games not just football but other sports I think is is a good skill and a good class for them to take all right that's exciting any other questions regarding any of these projects Mr Corey yeah this is a a great deck I'd love to get access to it and kind of mull it over um when we're looking at resurfacing is there any change to the current layout of different events everything maintains the exact footprint it down as and just res okay um has there been any discussion with any any the coaches about like changes that might make sense if we're taking everything down like layout of events like when you're running track and field sometimes things overlap and so everything status quo or keep it as is was what they came back with okay they're happy with everything and this like James said this does include the resurfacing of the other areas out outside of the regular track the p man I think on the outside yeah great and and then just as you mentioned like I think many of what much of what you see here is at the suggestion and request and working in coordination with the coaches um to kind of figure out I guess the best plan correct that is great yeah no they they matter of fact what we originally proposed was 60 ft Press Box it was like uh University of Alabama um but uh uh that was just a miscommunication with the architect but when we brought the staff together with the administrators this is what we needed the for Bays um a little bit of soundproofing will be for the the play by the announcer and also our TV media kids so they can work in silence and then the opposite two sides would be um for the coaches they wanted or they can go up top we could put the visiting coaches down there and home home coaches can go up top or if if you wanted to Dr Robinson we could sell those as luxury boxes if that's would interest you um certainly an option F fundraiser uh but um no it has all their input into it uh I will I will say this um we need we need to move quickly uh not not tonight but we need to move quickly because we have to get in front of the planning board um we know that delayed the summer projects extensively and also I would just someone who who who I've lived this as an ad um if your field is not ready for the start of football season you're going to have a lot of kids out there and coaches and parents angry so it's important for us to get everything lined up so it starts the day after graduation so we can get it done in time I've as an ad we had to play an entire season Way games right because the field just was not getting done um we don't want to have that have that happen so it's really important for us to get we got to get by the planning board first and then away we can go literally that day after graduation a couple days after to get it done questions were asked by the coaches your bleachers are in good shape your bleachers I think were 2012 generally they're 25 to 30 year lifespan um that's your home bleachers the visitor bleachers we're not we're not worried about um but they'll need to be replaced at some point in the future but that's a cheap that's not expensive okay to Dr Charles's point on timeline so what to expect would be at our next meeting on the 25th we would have um two or three resolutions for each of these projects one would be for the transfer of funds out of the capital reserve and then two would be uh for us to uh fill out or or to appoint PSA as our architect to draw and submit the plans for approval in Trenton so that we could hopefully be out on the street with a bid December early January all right thank you very much Miss parus um if I assume the timing for redoing the track is quicker than than for this the Box can the track be used while the box is under construction the conversations that we have had um is that all three projects could actually be completed simultaneously uh the Press Box has its own foundations which are outside of the stadium itself so the Press Box impacts nothing inside um and the track and uh the turf conceivably might even be done by the same company so there we don't see any uh any Pitfall there in in timing of having one but not the other I other than having the stadium complex closed for the summer all right all right seeing no other questions all right we can move on can we get a straw pull on this because this is time sensitive that the board's in support of the stadium renovation all three the track the turf and the Press Box all right can I have a straw hole on all three in favor I think all right we are unanimous all right moving on to our hip resolution all right can I have a motion to affirm the decision made in uh the three hips listed um here 27838 27456 and 2743 all right Miss carisella for the motion second by Mr Hayward and if we're able to get roll Miss Calvis yes Miss carasa yes Mr Cory yes Mr Hayward yes Miss paramis yes Miss garelli yes Miss Stevenson yes M randelle yes Dr Robinson yes motion passes thank you all right for um our other items we have any anything from leaon and then you have something okay um so there's an update related to the signage in the crosswalks so yes those are um on order and should be installed uh before the beginning of winter yes that's really that's great um that is that is great news um I was excited to see that and you know just working with the community working with um the police department and getting that done that's great news all right um for old business I did want to bring up um so everyone has a copy of just a draft of like one or two sentences um for our um board goals for this year and I just wanted to discuss them take feedback and then if if everyone was okay with either The Way It Was Written or had um any suggestions for um improvements then we'd be able to post these and and and even maybe discuss some ad hoc committees um to get this work done um so I guess if you does everyone need a bit more of time to read it or let's give another minute let's just read it just all right so um what are what are your thoughts with regard them I'll just read them out for you know for the benefit of anyone listening so the first goal would be the Glenrock Board of Education aims to achieve njsba um or School Board Association um certification by June 2026 completing half of the required training credits during the 24 25 school year the commitment underscores our dedication to effective governance and continuous Improvement um I already see um something I see njs VA board certification I'll say I I'll figure out a better way to to write that so it's not redundant you think it looks good okay all right I think you think it's fine okay all right everyone thinks it's fine um the second one is the Glenrock Board of Education will complete an njsba policy wellness check during the 2024 to 2025 school year to ensure our policy manual is current additionally we will review policies in the 2 and 5000 series Focus focusing on student achievement and then the third one is during the 24 to 2025 school year the Glen Rock Board of Education will review and refine the chief School administrator evaluation tool to support District goals Foster reflective and evidence-based assessments and streamline the evaluation process for clarity and Effectiveness um of note uh the way that I worded the second one um was kind of twofold we discussed that we wanted to look at the 20 5,000 serious policies um but in addition one of the things um in order for us to become a certified board um is to complete a njsba policy wellness check so if we do the policy wellness check and we're reviewing our policies and we are also then just specifically looking as well to um you know make sure our 2,000 and 5,000 series are in alignment then we're kind of completing you know two things at the same time um what are some com comments questions concerns Praises about the anybody I'm I'm looking at all three of these goals and they all seem actionable these are things that we have discussed and each one independently I think that make these all make sense to to this group here that's going to be working together to achieve that and it's going to give us the opportunity to communicate how we're how we're progressing along and when we get to I love it you marked there June 2026 yeah you have about finite deadline so we know when we're working towards and we know how to communicate these out great um I think that a way forward would be to create ad hoc committees on you know for each of these items and for us to like peace meal it um to start I've already emailed um matly to set a date for just kind of like a a plan for achieving this like you know we could pick out some topics and the board could decide what it is that they you know that they want to learn about and um we could figure out how we wanted to schedule them in through the rest of the year and then in addition to that we would do a board self- evaluation for this year I think we could start with that and then um we would repeat it next year and I'll clarify the intervals to figure out exactly how many of those that we would accomplish um whether it's like school year or like a you know like year-to-year period or whatever it is um and get us on task um yeah so does so is there any request to change any of the wording or are we okay with this wording as is all right all right so seeing that we're okay with the wording um it'll be on the agenda for the next uh meeting to approve and we'll get a resolution and approve it and um at the next meeting then we'll also set um or I'll send out some information about um kind of like the ad hoc committees and who wants to chair each of them and like a Way Forward one comment before we move forward I'm sorry because I feel like I've brought this up before and I know we decided it wasn't really a board goal but I do want to just raise again that I just want to conversation about leader star times or some research so I know it you've brought it up but it's kind of gotten undiscussed and I just want to ask again that we can consider it for a district or board goal that we explore it okay um based on all the evidence we've kind of shared sorry oh that was loud um so I I did have the you know another discussion with the administration about um whether that is something that would be um possible even for now and one well one of a few concerns was about um the recently ratified contract and in terms of um changing the time frames for um reporting for the the grea members um so that is something that is of you know concern um another aspect is that it's like how do I say these things um one one thing that we spoke about even at this last meeting that we had this initial discussion with regards to you know our board goals and the district goals um it came up that many of the people that want that earlier um the the later start time also want an earlier end time so kind of compressing our day and that wouldn't necessarily be feasible um so if we had a later start time we would also have to end the school day later which would then also impact no which part go for it just you can jump in you know you have a concern we have some I guess scenarios from other districts that that's not the case and again it's just exploring so looking at some of these case studies from the other the biggest challenges that were shared with us was busing so when you don't have that as one of your big obstacles there's just room to explore and the start times have been you know taken a few minutes off of different periods and stuff like that can I ask a question do we have any tardy issues do we have any issues with tardiness Dr Char do some more research into that I'm not aware of significant tardy issues but we'll we could research it um as you know our attendance overall is very very high 96 97% okay um so I'm sorry yes so the presentation that was done at school boards that we saw where it started school a little later and it got out a little later um wasn't really about tardies it was about the well-being of the students and their mental health and their physical health so we just wanted to be explored here um and like Miss carisella said the biggest issues that the districts had and they got around it was the busing we don't have that so I'm not sure why we're so reluctant to even Explore it no one's saying it has to be implemented next year no one has to say it actually has to be implemented but we want it to be explored and consider mean when I I'm just I just want to be specific what in terms of exploring what would that look like what is the ask that the district would look to see what it would take to start school a little later it would would be looking at the presentation that was shared from another District that could that possibly work here and what would that mean as far as our class um times our uh day of our schedule how does that impact our district that's it it's not looking to um recreate the wheel or say it has to be done but just explored and and um determined whether or not it's something that this District could intentionally do so we can reshare the the presentation um I I know car M Stevenson was there as well so no I'm just saying it's more about having education before we just say hey this isn't going to work for us I just think it's hearing from other districts similar ours that have had a later start time and again busing was the one issue the two superintendents because I went to an extra one um busing was their big issue we don't have busing you know and it was pretty clear from the data that was shared with us from one District that it really did it was one more piece of the puzzle to help a students well-being and I think we've done so many wonderful things here for our students mental health and their mental well-being that this may just be one more piece of that puzzle that it's worth I think having a conversation about you know and I also know there's talk in the in the state legislature that the state may mandate this a later star time so I think if we could learn from our our counterparts and other districts who have done that this and hear the good and the bad of it and then come to what works best for Glenrock and open it up to the community hear what the community says about it so everybody is informed before we say yes yes or no to it I think exploring would be a good option for us okay so I will get back to you one you know we have these goals and then that I think would be something separate outside of of what you see written here um because they're not necessarily our within our perview um but we will I'll get back to you I'll get back to you based on this um discussion that we just had here okay all right all right so the time is 8:32 and at this time I would like to open up the meeting to public comments um anybody that has any public comments please state your name and address and then you have three minutes um as the three minutes approaches you'll hear in um kind of a little alarm go off just to kind of remind you um to adjourn your comments thank you uh yep and it's green you're good to go good evening my name is Karen Vander and I live at 289 Rock Road I'm one of the preschool and Elementary representatives from CAC and I am also the parent of a current preschool student in the Stars program at Central since he awarded the grant money in January my CPAC counterpart and I have been meeting regularly with Dr McKay and Mrs leono to discuss feedback that CPAC has received from preschool parents and staff members regarding the expansion program we've really appreciated that Dr McKay and Mrs LeBron have been open and responsive to our feedback taking tangible action based on our suggestions we thank the board for their responsiveness as well um one of these suggestions was a permanent play structure and we know this increased the cost of the playground and so we're really thankful that you um approved that increased cost uh with construction projects and new programming we know that there when the project begins there's unanswered questions and unanticipated needs we're committed to continue to advise and Advocate as the details of the program are solidified and we appreciate the board's continued support in the case that additional needs arise as well um we think it's important that perspective special education parents know that although the preschool has been previously housed in elementary schools that this move will actually increase inclusion for our students um that they will um that they have historically been in self-contained classrooms and now they'll be able to be educated alongside of their peers in a least restrictive environment which I think is really exciting I encourage parents of general education students to take advantage of the new preschool opportunity in town not only will the students get to go to school and a newly constructed preschool will Wing built for them they're going to to be taught by the exceptional Glenrock preschool staff I have gotten to know this staff at Central very well over the last two years and I know that they work tirelessly to ensure that the individual needs of the students are met and that all the diverse Learners in their classroom are challenged to meet their full potential I'm excited for the opportunity this program will provide for special education and general education families to come together to provide a more inclusive environment for our preschool students thank you thank you hello Kristen hul Lightner 32 Boulevard I'd like to thank the members of the board Glenrock Administration and staff for your hard work and dedication to our community I applaud your commitment and desire to grow and improve the Glenrock special education preschool programs with limited physical space and monetary funds we know it can be very difficult and you're out of the box thinking as making pos positive changes possible working towards a truly Inclusive Preschool community in a space that is built out specifically for preschoolers is such a wonderful opportunity for all of those who will get to be a part of it I am sad that our youngest will be starting kindergarten next year and won't be eligible had this setting been available when we moved to town we wouldn't have hesitated to put our oldest in who has a physical disability and would have greatly benefited from the program I hope more members of our community will take the opportunity to learn about these wonderful changes and I look forward to hearing more in the coming months thank you good evening everyone my name is Connor brades and I live at 133 East gr Mery place here in Glenrock I'm currently the president of the media club and enrolled in TV broadcast media 3 course here at the high school and I know earlier tonight you guys were talking about it the addition of the new and improved Press Box and I just wanted to come out and say and express how advantageous this would be for our media program especially when live streaming the games right now we lack a dedicated space out in the field to produce sports related content and live streams since 2021 our media program has grown significantly and on November 8th we had over 1500 viewers tuning into our broadcast we have incredible professional level equipment to create top tier content but right now we lack a dedicated space to use it effectively currently we have to set up and take down cameras wires and computers for each game this can take up to four hours in total a press box with space specifically for media would allow us to keep to keep our gear in place streamline our set streamline our setup and focus more on the broadcast itself ultimately improving the quality of our work this space would allow us to commentate without background noise from fans ensuring clear audio and avoiding fan interference with coaches and any other play calling going on up there this space would allow us to elevate our broadcast giving us a field Studio that mirrors our set up in the school's media classroom Not only would the addition of this Press Box make live streams easier for the media team and myself it would also allow for a better viewing experience for fam for family members at home as well as friends thank you thank you for your comments all right all right um barring no additional comments from members of the public um we will close uh our public commentary at 8:38 p.m. all right I'm seeing the end of our agenda if I can have a motion to Dr Robinson uh unfortunately in in in in reviewing the agenda we we we were remiss in something that needs to be added to it to the agenda and that is our comprehensive maintenance plan and schedule M1 Keith is going to be putting them up onto the screen screen for us so we could look at them um these are due with our qac uh submission um these are relatively standard forms that the board has been approving forever if there are any questions we could always uh revisit uh the items but I don't think we will be needing them um Keith is going to put them up on the screen so you can see them uh this was just noticed as we were working our way through the the agenda this evening all right all right right in the a time while we wait I'll just say Connor I've been loving your morning anchoring it's been a great addition Miss Caris I I would be remissed if I didn't share that my understanding is that Connor and I'm not trying to be funny but I think he's been signing autographs in school kids have come up to you right it's awesome well done well done he was like no congratulations and and I will share Connor you did a wonderful job and and advocating for your program but there is a law about double dipping so you'll be to dock to three minutes for the speaking while you're getting paid there so just just so you know it's the board is very very you know on finances are very tough so get the Auditors coming next meeting we don't want any trouble all right okay thank you Conor is excellent he does a nice job they both do it it's it's a wonderful program and I'm glad that you came up and spoke about it because that's that's why we want to build it so thank you all right now we have it up um and I will also say Connor I borrowed some of your dad jokes from the Halloween episode uh and they went over stunningly um so here is uh M1 again this is something the district does every year it's a summary of all of our buildings there square footage uh what the replacement value of those buildings are based upon a St State mandated $143 per square foot it then gives you what we've sort of kind of been spending over the last 10 years what our minimum targets are so in this case we have to spend at least $99,000 on maintaining our B buildings uh we are anticipated in our 25 26 budget of spending a million two uh million three almost the other thing that the schedule M1 does it provides you with the maximum maintenance Reserve that you're able to have uh which is at 4% of your total replacement value so we can't have a reserve greater than a m978 our current Reserve is at $275,000 so this is what we would submit for M1 this is what uh we have spent from fiscal years 1516 through uh 2324 actuals along with budgeted 2425 okay very simple and then this is our comprehensive uh can you help me uh scroll that a little bit our comprehensive uh maintenance plan it takes each building it gives you our actual amount that we spent in 2324 it gives us our budget for 2425 and anticipated 2526 and when you look at these items they the typical things of what you would need to do to to maintain and building the size and age of ours things like HVAC field maintenance uh uh inspect valves uh piping uh ejector pumps and you can see we have our our forecast for each buildings could you just continue to swirl and it goes through the entire District keep going and it just basically adds up to what's on the first page of our report and that is CMP and M1 uh the unabridged version so if uh Dr Robinson if you could uh propose a motion to the board for acceptance of CMP and M1 for the 2425 school year um and I will have that submitted to the state along with qap are there any questions and or anything that you want to revisit or look at or ask questions about or scan scan up no questions okay questions all right I know this is a formality um any I need a motion on the floor to um accept what is the form M1 and cm1 and CMP Miss garelli and then seconded by Miss Calvis and can we please call roll Miss calves yes Miss carasa yes Mr Corey yes Mr yes Miss parlamis yes paramis sorry uh Miss garelli yes Miss Stevenson yes Miss Rendell yes Dr Robinson yes motion passes now you may adjourn thank you all right can I have a motion to adjourn the meeting Mr Hayward and then seconded by I see Mr Stenson all those in favor all right any oppose no we are adjourned