I don't know what I did with this >> He She can't find what he has to do. >> He's going back to her. >> Yeah. Or Mr. Morren or Mr. uh Knight. >> All right. >> Done. >> All rise for the pledge, please. >> Yes, sir.
I pledge algiance 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. >> Oh, he's here right. >> Is he coming remote?
>> Guys, >> right. Committee and uh Mr. Hogan will be participating at tonight's meeting remotely. >> Public appearance. >> Roll call. >> Mr. Lame >> here. >> Mr. Bah >> here.
>> Mr. Richardson >> here. >> Here. >> Mr. Hogan. >> Mr. Sheen. >> Here. >> Mr. Gia >> here. >> Mr. Mor >> here. Uh, Mr. Ga. Anyone signed up for public apparent? >> There's no one, Mr. Chair.
>> Thank you. Stew committee communications report of the student representative Anna Deano. >> Oh, actually yes. I just want to interrupt. I apologize. I'd just like to
take a moment before uh Anna speaks to introduce her to the committee. I'd like to introduce our student representative for the school year 2025 2026, Anna Dabona. Anna is a student senior in our
health assisting and pre- N nursing program from the town of Drakit. Anna is a member of our national honor society, National Technical Honor Society and has excelled in her program as an honorroll
student. She is currently participating in our cooperative education program since her junior year uh at Seven Hills Pediatric Center in Grten. So, if we can welcome Anna to our uh committee. So,
welcome Anna. >> Anna, welcome everybody. Thank you. >> Good evening. >> May I begin? >> Yes. >> Okay. Skills USA is kicking off its year with a week of activities and events. This year, all Greater LOL students as well as all instructors who opt in for professional membership will receive
access to Skills USA's Pathful, a digital platform for career exploration and workforce readiness. Skills USA Pathful connects classroom learning with real world experiences and our Skills USA advisers and officers are looking forward to using this resource throughout the year. National Technical
Honor Society and National Honors Society is getting ready for new member induction which will take place on November 13th with approximately 80 new members joining the honor society ranks this year. Members have also been participating in a variety of other activities this past month, including
hosting a water station for the Bay State Marathon and preparing to participate in the Greater LOL parent organizations craft fair in November. The freshman and sophomore planning committees are off and running. Their annual outing to Screamfest at Canoby Lake Park took place on Friday, October
17th, and was a huge success with 190 students in attendance. In addition, they're also conducting a butter braid fundraiser to defer the cost of future activities. And there's still time to order. The junior class planning committee has selected Once Upon a Dream
for their prom theme. The junior prom will take place on Friday, December 5th at Lindses, and the planning committee hopes that this theme will allow juniors to step into a world where dreams come true and every heartbeat feels like magic. The senior planning committee hosted its
first event, a spooky senior sunset on October 16th. Over 50 seniors gathered on the cafeteria lawn to enjoy the sunset dinner and a spooky movie. Seniors are also well underway in planning their first fundraiser, a blanket sale that will be advertised as
a holiday gift. Art Club has been experimenting with different art forms with projects that include creating fall themed zen tangles, silhouette art transformations, and tape art. Their most recent project involved taking the iconic screaming
figure from Edward Munch's 1893, The Scream, and transporting it to different humorous locations. Modern is growing with over 20 new members. So far this year, students have be have been working on developing public speaking techniques through
officer elections and are preparing for their first competition in November. In addition, the model United Nations members along with other students from throughout the school will be attending the district attorney's empowering citizens conference at the end of this month at Kerry Hall in Lexington.
Our NABT bio club has been gathering natural materials like fall leaves for an upcoming nature art project. In addition, new members have received essential laboratory training, learning to operate microscopes and gaining foundational chemistry knowledge on
molary and preparing solutions. These newly acquired skills will be applied in the upcoming weeks during the fall art session and a fun fall themed club meet. The environmental recycling club recently participated in a LOL 5K for parks and has begun planting
tomatoes for our school garden. They're also working on growing vegetables for the international plant the moon challenge. This challenge asks students and professionals to test what nutrients, fertilizers, or other modifications to their regalith
are needed to grow nutrient nutrientrich sustainable food sources for future astronauts. In athletics, the girls and boys soccer team are having their usual strong campaigns. Both are in the mix for the MIAA and state vocational tournaments.
And the boys team has the inside track to the CAC league title as we head into the second half of the season. Varsity football is 3 to2 out of the gate with recent non-league wins over Fitchburg High School and Brooklyn High School. The team will open up league play on
October 17th when they host league rival Greater Lawrence. Girls volleyball looks primed to make yet another run into the MIAA state tournament. Recent wins over Lawrence High School, L Catholic and Shasheen have helped bolster their position in the tournament rankings. The
boys and girls cross country teams are out of the gate fast and both have inside track for the CAC League and state vocational meet championships this fall. This season, the CAC League meet will take place here at Greater LOL on October 25th with a 10 a.m. race start.
The Griffin golfers improved on their previous season's high marks this fall. This year saw the program set a new record for team wins with 11 had their first individual state vocational overall tournament winner and sophomore Thomas McKieran
and qualified for the MIAA tournament for the second season in a row. The cheering competition dance teams are both geared up for the competition season which will kick off this October. Unified basketball has had a great season this fall with nearly 20 athletes competing and are looking forward to the
annual fall jamboree coming up in November. That is all. >> Thank you. >> A lot going on here at great old tech. >> It sure is. >> Always. >> Thank you so much. >> I love it. >> Thank you. >> Okay.
>> Approval of the minutes. >> Uh approval of the minutes. Uh motion to approve the minutes from the >> move this chairman. >> Second >> Mr. Lame. >> Yes. >> Mr. B. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Richardson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hogan. >> Yes. >> Mr. She. >> Yes. >> Mr. Gian. >> Yes. >> Mr. Warren. >> Yes. Reper treasurer move to wave the reading.
>> So moved. >> Second. >> Mr. Lame. Yes, >> Mr. Bahu. >> Yes, >> Richardson. >> Yes, >> Mr. Narco. >> Yes, >> Mr. Hogan. >> Mr. Hogan. >> Yes, >> Mr. Sheen. >> Yes, >> Mr. Gian. >> Yes,
>> Mr. Morin. >> Yes. Move to approve the expenditures of 4,683,916.3. Moved. >> Second. that I don't know. Yes, >> Mr. Bahu.
>> Yes, >> Mr. Richardson. >> Yes, >> Mr. No. >> Yes, >> Mr. Hogan. >> Yes, >> Mr. Sheen. >> Yes, >> Mr. Ger. >> Yes, >> Mr. Warren. >> Yes. >> Are we going to pass over this report of general counsel?
>> Yeah. No, we're not there yet. >> Report of general counsel. Yeah. No. >> Okay. I send the meeting over to the superintendent director. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So, the first
item on my agenda is that I would like to welcome five of our student leaders who participated in our high- five uh training this uh this summer. So, I'd like to ask them to come up along with
their high-five facilitator, our dean of students, Mr. Ron Verselone. Uh, they're here tonight to share their experiences that they had and the impact that the uh program training had on them this summer. So, I'd like to invite them up
as uh as they see fit. I was going to introduce them, but they really wanted to introduce themselves. So, we're going to start with our first student. Welcome. [Music] >> Hello, my name is Gabrielle Divo and I
am a sophomore in Greater Lola Technical High School and I am in the electrical shop. I'm a student ambassador for Greater LOL and I play girls basketball in the winter and track and field in the fall. I mean in the spring.
Something that I've learned um from this experience at Edge of Leadership program, I've learned how to open up to my peers, trust them, be trustworthy myself because we were only in Vermont for 3 days, which seems short, but when
you when I was there, it felt like a whole week. >> I grew close to everyone because of the challenges that we had to overcome as a team. And I'm an independent worker. I like to work independently on projects. I like
to do a lot of things alone. So, having to put everyone's mind together for every challenge that we had to do, having to work as a team with people that I didn't really know or wasn't as close to at the time was challenging for me
um and sometimes frustrating. But this was also a learning process that shows how everyone thinks differently and how that's perfectly okay. Overall, I learned how to be more open-minded from this experience. Something that I learned from myself out
of this was how to I was more on the shy side when I started. And when I was in a group of other kids my age, um where there were naturalb born leaders in the group that took initiative, I found myself being more
quiet and into the corner. And I by the end of the trip I was more out talking to people, communicating with my now made friends more. And I started putting myself out there first and volunteering
to speak first in certain activities. And also learning how to include other people when I realized there was someone who was hesitant to speak because I was there. And I realized like when there was someone who helped me get out of my comfort zone, I felt more
willing to share, more willing to learn and grow from what we were being given. I never thought that um I needed to learn some of the skills that I did end up learning, but they actually do and
will come in handy like such as tying knots, putting on a harness, blaying people, and much more. And something that something that I think I think that they should keep the edge of leadership
high-fi program going because I did myself learn a lot of things from this experience. I I made a lot of friends that I still have to this day. And I just think if other kids got the
chance to do that, get people like me, if I get the chance to return, help out the kids who are coming to experience this as well, I think that it would be beneficial for them because I learned how to listen to people actively. I
learned how to be patient because having to sit in the hot sun for three days in a row with a bunch of challenges at hand, having to overcome them with bugs and just other obstacles was hard. But
it did teach me a lot in myself that I did overcome that and so did everyone else there cuz we were all scared at first. But once we learn like we have each other, we'll like we'll get through this and we're learning very important things that we should know,
especially growing up because public speaking is hard and just learning how to explain how you think is hard because not everyone thinks the same way. So that taught me how to
understand those small things. So, I think other kids getting the chance to learn like that, that could be very helpful for them. >> I think you're doing a great job with your public speaking here tonight. >> Thank you. So, >> you're actually on camera. >> Thank you.
>> Wonderful job. And in front of all of these school committee members who you don't know. So, congratulations on what you've learned at Project Adventure. >> Well, you obviously came out of your shell. You came up first. >> Yeah, that was So, that's great. >> Thank you for sharing your experience with us. Thank you for listening.
>> Yeah. >> And trust me, as long as I'm on the committee and I have a vote, we'll keep doing the leadership program. >> Wasn't it so much fun? >> It was fun. It was fun. >> It's awesome. >> Well, thank you. Who are you going to introduce next to share their experience?
>> Your payback. >> I'm going to introduce Xavier. Unfortunately, I have to leave early to go to a different event, but it was a pleasure to speak here and thank you guys for listening >> and thank you. Thank you. Have >> fun. Great. >> Xavier >> Xadrien.
>> Xadrien. >> Yes, my name is Xadrien and Fonte Diaz. I am a part of the varsity football team, the indoor track and the outdoor track team. Um, and obviously I go to this school. But
yeah, in my experience, honestly, when I heard that we were going to go to, you know, I got invited to this leadership thing and we're going to Vermont, I couldn't really believe it cuz I just wouldn't think that I would even like to even go on this experience. I don't
think I would have liked, you know, doing the things that we did. But when we really got there and we were really experiencing it and they told us how to do it and we really did it and I saw all my peers doing it and all my friends
like it really like made me learn how to get introduced to new things and how to enjoy it while I'm doing it. And I think this trip really
pushes people out of like their boundaries without, you know, trying to push them too much and try to make them realize things that they could really like without them like things that they would
never they would have never experienced without the trip if that makes sense. Um at this trip they gave us many activities where um it could really show who had the skills to be a leader but also make us
learn how to manage those skills. Make us have these new skills like how to be a leader in a group, how to be a leader to yourself, how to be a leader with your peers, your friends, a teammate. It made me learn a lot as a person, not
only as like a student, but um uh sorry, kind of spacing out, but some experiences that this that they gave us was like for example, blaying
what she mentioned. It's you put a lot of trust of into people that you might have just met at that trip. And it makes you like open up to people that you just met. And there was a lot of people at
that trip that I didn't know before that, you know, experience, but now I say hi to them almost every single day in the hallways. It just made me like want to meet new people and want to make
new friends and want to like open up to new people. Um, besides the blaying, there is also a lot of teamwork where not only you have to be a leader with yourself, you have
to be a leader in a big group. And it could be challenging with everyone else trying to be a leader as well as you trying to be a leader. But the challenges that they give us make us um like
try to work on it as much as we can and really make the teamwork, you know, shine through it. But yeah, I think this, you know, experience, this this thing should keep on going. I feel like it's a great thing
for students not just for you know not even just for students I feel like adults I feel like many parents many teachers the can learn a lot from this trip not even just students you know there's a lot of
valuable life skills that could be learned through all these experiences that they give us and these challenges the activities and it's just a valuable thing that people could have in That's pretty much it. >> Thank you. Thank you for sharing your
experience. >> And I hope you're able to use some of those skills and transform them in other settings. >> Yes, of course. I kind of forgot to mention that part. Like I use these skills every single day. Like obviously
I had a understanding of what these things are like how to be a leader obviously before I came into the experience. But it really showed me how to be a better person with other people and myself. >> It's great. >> Yeah. And I think everyone should have
that kind of experience. >> Well, thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> We appreciate it. But >> thank you for having me. So, >> you're welcome. >> Pleasure. >> Who's next? >> So, my name's >> my name is Nemiah Neves. I'm a junior in
auto tech and I also wrestle for the Griffin's varsity wrestling team. And my experience at High Five was something I didn't expect to have. I thought I was going to go there and at first I was
actually really hesitant to go because I wasn't used to going to places like this for school that were away from home. But it was an environment that you felt very comfortable in right away. Immediately you felt like all the staff members
welcomed you with open arms. They were very freeing with what you're able to do. Um whether it's like how you express yourself or what you choose to do with your free time. They were always open to listen to you to whatever you had to say. And immediately
I knew that it was an environment that I felt like I was trusted and that I could trust them. And with that, it was it was just so much more comforting than
I thought it'd be. And immediately they started off with, you know, teaching us or not even teaching us, they actually brought out a game was the first thing they did. And they just said, "Try put together this box." And it was kind of this this little icebreaker that
immediately makes you think, um, how am I supposed to step up in this situation? And that's that's one thing that where right off the bat they they kind of just they throw you in, but at times you
always know that they're there to guide you and to help you with whatever problem you have. And so you learn that when you have to lead in this sort of environment that you have to be able to hear each other out. You have to have a lot of patience for the people around
you. You have to be opening to listen to what they have to say and just be aware of everything that's going on. And it was something that immediately makes you feel comforted physically and
emotionally. Like how more of the active activities that we did where you have to either climb something or go across a pond. you immediately know that with the way they teach you and the way they help set up
the equipment that you know that you could trust all of them and the people around you that you came with. And I never knew anyone before this. I got there and I I remember telling my mom because I'm usually kept to myself a lot of the time unless people approach me
that I didn't think I was going to know like half their names by the end of the trip. But I knew all the staff. I knew every single person that went and it's something where you you really know you could just be
yourself there and you know that you're always welcomed whether even if I saw them outside of this trip. I know that um everyone there as in my friends and the staff that was there are people that I could always go up to if I ever needed
anything. And um you're never forced to do anything that they that they tell you, but they kind of put you in this environment where it's like, you know, this could be a one a one time thing where you're able
to do it. And that's something that helps kind of push you to to basically get yourself out there and to be able to step up and to um uh just help support people whether it's blaying, which is something that was
really scary for a lot of people to know that someone that I didn't know what their name was four hours ago is now telling me that they're going to hold me up 20 feet in the air. So that was something that >> really was I think the biggest first
challenge that a lot of people went through. Um >> and it's those were only the physical experiences that made you trust people. But there was another time where they had they had
us basically spread out and sit together with some of the staff members. And at this point, this is our last day here and we're about to leave in I think maybe an hour. And they all sit down and they basically have a talk with us. And you hear people
open up about, you know, some of the things they enjoy in life, some of their experiences, whether they're good or bad, um, uh, whether they're like exciting or frightening to them. And it's it's something where you know that it was
almost like therapeutic to be in that kind of space and to share just life experiences even outside of the camp and to the point where the staff even opened up and you know that you could be close to any single one of these people that you never knew two days ago. And it was
something that you would have never you would have never been able to to think that the same person that you that you saw was someone that you'd want to look forward to and wish that you could spend two more weeks with here at this camp. >> Even though it was only two days, it was
it really was it really did feel like it was too short by the end of it. I wish I could have stayed three times as long as I did >> despite all the challenges. >> Yeah. despite all the challenges and everyone there everyone there will know that I think the first day I got there I
actually got eaten alive by mosquitoes but because of how much I loved it there um I never had a second thought about it I immediately threw every single challenge whether it was >> physically emotionally mentally
demanding they're not crazy but they're just that little step outside of what you're used to that really makes you question am I up for this, but you know that whether or not you are that every single person there is there to help you and support you and make you feel
welcomed no matter what through the whole trip. >> That's great. >> That's all I have to say. >> Thank you very much. >> Great job. >> Thank you. >> Great work. >> Thank you. >> I want to go. >> Nice. >> I know. Makes you want to go, right, Mr.?
>> Yeah, I want to go. >> I want to go. >> Well, maybe Mr. Barcelon will take us next year. Hi. >> Thanks. >> So, hi. Um, my name is Annaise Thimalis and I'm a junior in the medical shop.
Um, I'm from Draket and I'm a dancer on the varsity dance team um and a skills USA officer as well as a part of NHS and Nths. Um, so most most like everybody else, initially when I was going to edge leadership on the bus, I remember
talking to uh my friend who was coming with me about how like scared I was because I've never even been camping before. Like I was so scared. I didn't know what to expect. Um, I've always been more on like the shy side. So I'm like, I don't know anybody here. Like am
I just I don't know. I didn't I had no idea. Like I had no thought in my mind of what to expect. Um, but after I came back, it was like one of the best parts of my summer and honestly of my life. Like I will remember all of the memories
I made, all of the friends I met, all the skills that I learned for like forever honestly. Um and I honest I really do see the difference in myself upon coming back in how I interact with people and how I interact with myself.
Um it edge of leadership definitely helped me discover a new side of myself. Um because I've never been much of an adventurous person I'd say like I've always been scared of heights. Um all that kind of stuff. Um, but I kind of like discovered a new part of myself
when I found myself volunteering to go first on a walk in the woods in the complete darkness. Like the woods, like the the trees and the dark and the the rocks everywhere. Like I'm like, I'm going to fall like like I would never
like even like right before education, like the week before edge leadership, I would never like expect myself to be like, "Oh yeah, that's that's fine. Like I can do that." Um, so I definitely discovered a new side of myself that I probably would have never known about if I hadn't been given the chance to kind
of open up. Um, other than that, I also learned the importance of thorough communication through many challenges we did. Um, I learned the importance of interacting with others um, with empathy and having empathy towards people. Especially when you're a leader, empathy
is important. Um, I definitely learned problem solving and troubleshooting when we were trying to make um a zipline into the uh across the pond. I fell straight into the pond and I I can't swim. So, I had to have one of my friends come in
and save me to get me out. I had a life jacket on, but I still can't swim. So, I had to get someone to get me out of that. Um, and I also importantly I really learned how to speak up for myself and for others and how to advocate and how to like go first in
things and how to be like, "Yeah, I can do that." Like that kind of stuff. Um, the most like the biggest lesson that I took away from this is that like a leader isn't just somebody who creates followers. A leader is somebody who
creates more leaders. And leadership isn't about like isn't always necessarily about doing things for people. Um, but it's about empowering them to do it for themselves. Um, so like I said, I noticed the difference in myself daily, especially
as a Skills USA officer in like a leadership role. I think that this definitely helped me um change my mindset and take a new approach on leading other people instead of just bossing people around. Um all of the connections and friends
that I made, they mean so much to me and um this experience has really changed my leadership approach and I think I speak for everyone who went on the trip when I say that um the edge of leadership experience was one of the best experiences like of our life.
>> That's incredible. >> Awesome. >> Appreciate that. Thank you for sharing. Sure that's not easy. >> Mr. my remarks to be very very brief because I think you'd rather hear it from students than from me. I just wanted to
say to the committee, thank you again for sponsoring this activity for students. We really appreciate that you remove any barrier to a student being able to participate and attend and we we greatly appreciate that. We did
have a fifth speaker Batteo um but um he was didn't realize I guess that his mother had made appointment for him this afternoon. So he was not able to. However, he felt so strongly that he um from his home he videotaped a 10-minute um presentation for you all that I think Miss Davis is going to
share with you in the meeting notes >> in my uh weekly highlights. I'll send the highlights for you all to view. >> Warning, pour yourself a glass of milk and have cookies. Um it's thoroughly entertaining, but it is 10 minutes long. So, but thank you again to the committee. We appreciate all that you do to make that possible for students. I
don't think any of them in May. If I had said to them, "Oh, in October you're going to present to the school committee and talk about this experience that you're going to have in the summer." I'm not sure any of them would have thought that I that I was being serious. And yet it's really heartening to see somebody
like Gabrielle, like Xadrien, like Nehemiah, and like um Anelise come up and share their experience with you um to try to give you some sense of what it was that they they participated in for three days. So thank you again the
committee. Appreciate that. Thank you >> facilitator. >> Mr. Verselone, you've been doing this for about four or five years now. Uh so I think this yes this will be our sixth actually because we had a year just before COVID that we were able to >> do the students sign up or do you sort of >> so they get they kind of get nominated.
So um that is um teachers uh a number of teachers know and staff members know about the program and so we asked them to think about students that they feel might have like a spark of leadership um that might
benefit from having the opportunity to do this. I would agree that I think lots of students and lots of adults would benefit from it. Um, and we're trying to find ways that we can take that experience that and and that three-day experience and try to encapsulate it here for kids who don't get to go to
Vermont. Um, and so we've done that in little bits and pieces and we'll continue to do that. Um, but um, yeah. So, so they're nominated and then we meet with them in the spring. Um, some kids can't make it because their
families have plans for the summer or whatnot. Um, but we've been fortunate that you have all been generous enough that if kids are able to go and they want to go that you've made sure that they could go. So again, we thank you for that. >> And how many students do you take annually? >> So it's grown a little bit. So this year
we took 20 24 students. Um, four of them were going for the second time. So if they go for a second year, um, they actually become facilitators for the first year kids who are coming up. So, they take on a different role of
leadership in Vermont, which is also very cool to see. >> Um, and then, um, we actually this year extended and and made sure that other administrators had the opportunity to attend as well. So, don't joke if you say you'd like to go because you may
find yourself on the list. Mr. Bahoo, we >> I was about to ask you because I remember having the teachers go. I remember. >> So, this year, um, Miss Santiago and Mr. Bochamp, two of the deans in the main office went uh the week that uh Nehemiah and and Elise were right. Um so they
went on the second week and had were absolutely stunned by what the students were were doing and accomplished. Nehemiah could tell you that um Mr. Bochamp was absolutely blown away with Nehemiah up there. He said, "I now know I have a go-to guy in auto tech. He's
just amazing." So that somebody else got to see that side of Nehemiah as well as I think maybe even Nehemiah getting to see that side of himself was really um was awesome. >> That's awesome. >> And it's working wonders. So thank you for doing this every year and uh we
appreciate all the benefits that are coming from this undertaking. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> I say all joking aside, I'm a very busy man in the summertime. these kids' experiences. I'd be willing to take time out of my summer to go to that. It's
>> Oh, maybe we have a lottery for >> you. I'll I'll take it. >> One lottery at a time. >> Like here and there experiences. I'd like to experience all that. >> I nominate Steve Noco to go. >> I'm in. Do I have a second? All right. >> Not Bike. >> All right.
>> Thank you again. >> Thank you, Mr. Verselone. >> Mr. Verselone. Thank you. >> Great job, guys. Great job. Thank you. So the next Thank you. Congratulations. >> Thank you everyone. >> It's all done. >> The next item on my agenda is the cooperative education report. Uh the
report uh that was in your packet indicates uh that 146 senior students are currently participating in in a cooperative education program. However, I'm always happy to report with the most upto-date number that currently we have
163 senior students out out of 532 students participating in cooperative education, which is 30% of the class of 2026 are now out on co-op and a copy of the re the full report is in your packet, but that's a brief summary.
Again, always grateful uh to Stacy Bazansen and Brian Jones for the work that they do to uh to allow our students to connect with our cooperative employees and go out on co-op. >> Seems we're ahead of last year. We were at what 48% at the end of the year.
>> Something like that. >> We're at 48%. >> So, it seems like we're ahead of last year. So, great job. >> The goal is 50%. Yeah, we can. It's always >> It's a tough goal. >> Good. It is tough. Uh, the next item on my agenda, I'm looking for the committee's approval to
accept a donation of a portable sound booth with an estimated value of $6,000 from the curriculum associates in North Berwick, Mass. The booth can be delivered for free and is on casters and
it can be relocated as needed. uh but we would plan to set this up in our library media center and it would add to uh the current curriculum and a lot of the podcasting and things that are going on
in our programs for students. So we're asking you to accept a donation. >> Motion will accept the donation in the sound booth. >> Mr. Lame? >> Yes. >> Mr. Bow? >> Yes. >> Mr. Richardson? >> Yes. >> Mr. No. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hogan.
Mr. Hogan. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sheen. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kier. >> Yes. >> Mr. Moore. >> Yes. >> Okay. And the final item on my agenda is like to I'd like to invite uh Lisa Morinez, the director of enrollment,
technology, and information to join us in reviewing uh the proposed admissions policy for the 2020 uh 627 school year. Uh Lisa, good evening everyone.
>> Good evening. Hi. >> Just wanted to um review some of the um the changes, the many changes that um that we have outlined in our policy. So, not sure if you want me to go over each piece. I know you've um you've been able
to uh review this beforehand. There are two pieces that uh have been added uh since you received your packet. So, I'm happy to review those as well. >> Yeah, if I may. Can if you could just talk a little bit about the um uh
president uh the resident community seat allocation plan. >> Sure. >> That would be on page 14. >> We added to page 14. Yes, we added it to page 14 and uh so that would be the section resident community seat
allocation and uh for the for the school year 2025 the upcoming admissions um cycle students entering fall 2026 uh GLTHs will implement a resident community seat allocation procedure
governing the uh distribution of available seats. Acceptance uh offers will be made through in the electronic random number generated lottery system and um this would ensure compliance with the state regulations as well as u
maintain equitable access for each uh district community. >> I appreciate that. I know the whole board does because we discussed it this morning and thought it' be a good move to make. So I appreciate that. >> Thank you. >> Would it be weighted? How would this um
happen? like Lel has so many students here and Tingsboro and Drakit and Dunable. >> Sure. It would be based off actually right here. It would be based off the enrollment the the total enrollment for 8th grade each year uh from each ascending community
>> which would be uh outlined in the October one sims report. >> Right. >> Okay. So we have an October one report and there's how many students did we accept? So um that would also be dependent um from year to year depending on the uh 10th grade enrollment as well.
>> So their number is based on the current amount of eighth grade students currently enrolled in each district and our number is based on the the number that we set each school year as far as capacity goes. >> Right.
So it affects um you know whole school capacity as well as ninth grade capacity. >> Eighth grade capacity. >> Yes. Incoming nth grade. >> Okay. >> For each for each grade. >> And we accept so many students per year. >> We do. It's on an average um you know
from you know 585 595 depending on um the 10th grade um and and natural attrition. And >> so it's based on that fluctuation. So it's that would be determined each each year on over total enrollment. So,
for example, this year it's 595 students, but that's usually the average of of that 585 to 59. >> And some students choose to deny. They choose to go to another district and then we just go to the next student on the lottery would work. >> That's how it would work. And within um
that that district if it's uh within that um >> what what they what did they call it here? But within that that um sending community. Um but once uh once for the for the first lottery for the initial lottery. >> Okay. So if we had 800 applicants would
everybody would have a number from 1 to 800. >> Yes. >> And we would accept essentially 585 or 595 and then >> and >> the rest of them would fall into a >> placement. Yes. Into a wait list. >> Okay.
Any any other questions about that? >> So do you want to go through each section? I mean, we've had several conversations about this. So, I think to summarize it, Lisa, >> sure. I would just uh talk about um on page 17 as well, just the retention strategies. That was the other piece
that was um the change and that was just uh changing some of the wording um that we had put in your packet and being a a bit more descriptive of the of the >> including the DF, which is the district curriculum accommodation plan. We we not
only use a multi-tiered system of support, but we also use the district curriculum accommodation accommodation plan to to ensure retention. So, we wanted to make sure we included all strategies.
>> And then um so those were the two two pieces that were a little bit different than than what you received, but I am more than happy to review anything from any of the pages if um if you have any questions. So I think to me I think to summarize it
all we are proposing an admissions policy that includes weighted criteria and those weighted criteria were were provided to us by DESIE uh and there's no really room in uh revising those
weighted criteria but we're choosing to use the weighted criteria in our proposal and as we said earlier we we are choosing to use the attendance which is 27 unexcused absences
the uh discipline which is no 37H no 37H and a half and it's student awareness >> yes it would be the >> student interest I'm sorry >> right and then uh it would be student interest and we also would be using the
awareness uh piece for the initial application >> so it's fair to say that this is going fluctuate every year year to year. But >> so so the policy is should be discussed and updated and submitted on a yearly basis yet.
>> Yes. >> Yes. >> Do we think it's going to change much? No. >> No. >> Not right now. It's it'll be the first year that we're implementing a lottery. So >> I'm sure it's not going to change much. I'm sure that Desi is is going to want to see it through a couple of years and
then collect some data and make a decision to continue with the lottery or >> yeah the current criteria should stay a couple of years right if they want to >> I'm just guesstimating I can't predict what
Desi will do but right now we we are the regulations changed and we're asked to move to a a lottery system either that be a blind lottery or a weighted lottery. And we are pro proposing tonight in our admissions policy a
weighted lottery. >> Any other questions? >> Any questions? So, so in the in your packet in the admissions policy that you have in front of you, you have all the all our former criteria is removed and
with the new criteria of the weighted lottery added. >> Mr. Chair, >> for feedback or >> No, Mr. Chair, nobody has any problems. I mean, we've beaten this horse dead. We've had subcommittee meetings. We've talked about this multiple meetings. I'd
like to make a motion to have a roll call. Roll call. Anybody have any problems with just making the vote now? I mean, we've talked about this at nauseium. Desi sticking this down our throat. So, lottery just like to make call for a vote. If anybody has wants to talk about
it, I'll I'll pull the motion back off. >> I'll second it. No one else has got any questions. >> I didn't quite hear it. >> Just going to make a motion to take the take the vote now. take the call. >> Okay. >> Unless anybody has any more >> unless anybody has any questions they really want to expound because we've
beaten this thing senseless. >> Good job. >> So the vote is to be motion. >> Yes. >> Mr. Bah. >> Yes. >> Mr. Richardson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Narco. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Hogan. Reluctantly. Yes. >> Mr. Sheen. >> No. >> Mr. Gian. >> No. >> Mr. Mo. >> Yes. >> Thank you. kill vocational education. >> Thank you.
>> Thanks, Lisa. Appreciate it. Thank you for >> Thank you for all your hard work. Uh, >> report of the business manager. >> Old business, new business. Oh.
Uh report of subcommittees motion to approve the minutes of the September 18th policy subcommittee. >> Second. So moved. >> Second. >> Mr. Lame. >> Yes. >> Mr. Boo. >> Yes. >> Mr. Richardson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Norco. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Hogan. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sheen. >> Yes. >> Mr. Ger. >> Yes. >> Mr. Mo. >> Yes. >> Motion to adjurnn. Motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> Thanks everyone. Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Bahu. >> Yep. >> Mr. Richardson. >> Yes.
>> Mr. No. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hogan. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sheen. >> Yes. >> Mr. Gian. >> Yes. >> Mr. Morren. >> Yes.