Hi all, do notice that this meeting has been provided to the retrospect as legal ads on January 8th, 20126. Roll call. Oh, sorry. Let's do the flag first. >> I aliance 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. Now, >> Mr. Cavez >> here. >> Mr. Cook
>> here. >> Mr. Desi >> here. >> Mr. Kendall >> here. >> Mr. Richie >> here. >> Mr. Solder >> here. >> Here. >> All right. Moving into section three, our minutes. Can I get a motion to approve item 3.1? >> Second.
>> All in favor? >> I. >> I. Moving to section four, correspondence. Let me just checking. No four course on it. >> No. >> Moving to section five, public comment. This is our section for comments from members of the public or the board on
items included on tonight's agenda. You have a comment, please state your name and the street to live on with your remarks for a few minutes. >> Will there be an opportunity for after? >> Yes. Farewell. >> All right. Seeing none, we will move
into section six, our superintendent report. >> Okay. Thank you very much. There's a lot of good things happening and it's a pleasure to report on many of the exciting things happening. First and foremost, uh, look around this media center right now. Uh, we had an incredible event last night was our pops
concert. The theme was heartbeats. Um, but the artwork that you're seeing around the media center represents some tremendous collaboration horizontally and vertically between our music and our visual performing arts department. And
um you're seeing some spectacular pieces of artwork and ceramics uh from Miss Arabia and Miss Hart's classes uh as well as elementary art classes. Um, and one of the creative projects that I'd like to highlight is that you will see
on the wall there, students had made uh monsters. Elementary students uh create monsters u directly of their teachers and then the high school students created a magic monster. You can see the kind of the magic monster that the the high school
students made on the shelf there. See the ceramic monsters? kind of seems like they kind of pair up with one another and then the crochet monster on the bottom. Why don't I just grab a few Why don't I Why don't I grab a few show so I
can show you a cleaner example. >> Oh wow. So what we have here is >> tremendous creativity. You're going to see this in the stone manner in a few weeks, right? >> Tomorrow. >> So we have we have a student car that
creates this this monster in elementary art class and submits it. Okay. And then uh Paige Peron in creative arts 2 class gets paired up. I don't know how she did
the pairing, but she creates this monster to match. You kind of see this, right? And then it was a surprise. Well, the student who drew this monster is going to get to keep this monster >> uh as a kind of like a match, right? So,
it really kind of like pairs up kids. It's collaborative. It's fun. >> The elementary students know at this point are not >> they don't know yet. They don't know. >> They'll probably not watch the community. It's going to be a surprise for the elementary kids, >> the high school kids. No, thanks for
doing that. >> So, pretty cool, right? >> So cool. >> And after the meeting, you can kind of go and see more examples. I just I just picked these one that was right there. But I'm really grateful.
All right. Uh next, Miss Gold will talk about the transition to summer wreck and the changes that we've made in that program and how it's going. >> So we currently outsourced our um foreign and care and summer w programs to a company called Bright at school.
Registration opened last week um and to date we have 181 total enrollments for summer camp and about 140 kids on is the max on any given day. and there currently have scheduled interviews with 29 of our 49 staff members that were
employed by us. So, it seems to be going very well. >> And just a reminder on that, >> parents were able to choose like individual days or the >> Yep. Either way. Yes. >> Yes.
>> Okay. Summer enrichment. >> So, summer enrichment uh will be kicking off um just as it does every summer. It's our title one program um and it's to close any gaps of for students who haven't mastered um everything that you
know needs to be mastered in the during the school year and prevent summer slide. So those invitations are going out now that will run from July 6th through July 30th and then additional invitations will be um offered at a low cost for any additional spons.
So those invitations started going out today. District project update. Uh continued to be a very challenging year but a but a filling year. Um we're seeing new space. We're loving new space here in the media center. You'll see that in the
auditorium. The foyer is finally open. Students have full access to the music rooms or auditorium. Uh but this is not without challenge. Uh up until hours before the big night last night uh the the air conditioning units did not work
in the auditorium. uh you know you know we had uh one of our project managers who I think hardware store for a new park. Um so we're we're coming in uh with with improvements but it's very difficult to implement building projects during the school year where we're
actually educating kids at the same time. We're hopeful for certainly a smoother um opening next school year in September because we seem to be not ahead of some of the other building projects. Um we still have concerns with
the two basins at Van Sky School that are not draining according to how they were supposed to. Um but they have been uh the design was uh kept the same but the uh construction company
is retweeting the bas. So it's we're moving along. It's required a lot of time and a lot of energy. We're seeing results, but certainly no it's not easy. >> District budget update. I'll do last. I'm going to jump to our students. Good
to have um Luke, Lily, and Ariana back. They have a lot of items to report on. And uh who's going to go first tonight? >> Um I can go first. >> Um so one of them was senior trip. Obviously, we went last month, so we weren't here. And you could ask anybody
and it was the best week ever. Um we had No issues, no no one getting in trouble. You have a report on Florida, nobody got in trouble, no one got sent home, nothing like that. Um, I mean, it's Florida, so obviously, especially Disney, it rains a lot. It only rains like one one day for us. It was really
just the first day, and it was pretty like off and on. Um, I would say the only like downside was our flight was delayed the first day, but around like 3 hours, which kind of sucked, but we still got plenty of time at the park. Me and my friend still did every ride,
every thing we wanted to do. And actually, I was talking to Miss M, who she's one of the senior uh class advisors. She said that they normally do Hollywood Studios first day just because there's the least to do there. So, in case anything goes wrong with the flight and so even getting there later than we
were supposed to, we still got everything done. And it was just a lot of fun. And there, like I said, there was no complaints, nothing like that. And especially with they were worried about TSA, just with like everything going on with that. We had no issues even with 115 kids. We got through like we walked up waited for maybe 10 minutes
and then the first of us went and we were also the first trip that needed to have like the real IDs. So they were worried about that being an issue. There was no issues with that. Everybody had like a passport or real ID that they needed. So you had no one had to like go answer all the questions and whatever you get asked. So it was a lot of fun.
We also got to see the new Universal Park Epic which had just recently opened. So they hadn't even moved yet. and everything else. So, it was a lot of fun. >> What was the best ride? >> Guardians of the Galaxy. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, it was a lot of fun. Yeah, >> that and that was our last day, too. So,
I was just waiting for them. >> I had never met before. So, it was really cool experience and I had a lot >> and they did when we met with the students uh this week, they did share that with all of us during the board meeting >> while they were away, right? They may
have just been telling you that, but But it was a lot of fun. And then the other thing I wanted to mention was prom. It's in about a month. It's May 15th and this week the tickets went on sale. So $95 a ticket and during lunches, actually tomorrow is technically the last day, but during
lunches this week you can buy them. And then next is really just uh making the tables and then we're basically almost there. So really excited about that. The line in lunch was super long. Everybody's buying their tickets. So really excited for that, too. Good.
Um, I want to talk about obviously we had a great time at Disney and Con's going to be a lot of fun. We're all really excited, but I wanted to talk about um, Newsies today, the play that um, the high school put on. Um, I went for like the three days cuz I did a
bunch of volunteer work there. I don't think I've ever seen like a more packed like um, auditorium. It wasn't like it it was huge. There was so many people there. There's people from all over like town. People from out of town. I know a couple people from out of town. I saw
them. I saw their parents. Like their grandparents. There's a lot of people from out of town. The actors and actresses were amazing. Like um Kale and Jenkins who played two of the main characters along with Isaac Smith. They were fantastic. Um Alex was a big hit.
He was Teddy Roosevelt with his mustache. People ate that up. People thought it was so funny. I agree. And also the stage crew was fantastic. I feel like that's kind of the hardest part about a play is the stage crew tried to move everything around and stuff like that. So, they did a very
very good job. And we did kind of come across an issue um during the play was that the company that printed the papers like the newsletters or whatever they were called um not things um
>> they didn't print enough. So we came we kind of we came to an obstacle but then we quickly solved it through um we made a QR code and people could just scan on their phones and they could just swipe and the whole program was there. It was way easier but no one had to spend a lot
of money. So it was great. Um and um and with all the new construction obviously there's just worry about like is it going to be done in time? Will it be accessible? Obviously, the outside isn't done yet in, but the inside is. And it went fantastic. There was no
issues. People understood what the orange things were for. Like people there was no issues little kids. Nothing. People love the bathrooms. Kids had the opportunity to change. There's a lot of room. It was really great. And another thing I want to talk about is commitments there. We had a lot of
commitments over um spring break. Um, examples of this are like some of the colleges were Boston University, Wisconsin Madison, Westchester Rowan, Fairfield, and uh, Brian plays often in her game for swim. Um, my friend just
um, is D1 for tennis and I stopped like a baby the whole time, but she wasn't the only one. We had a bunch of our um, baseball players do their commitments. So, overall, it's just like a really good vibe. Like, I'm going to Drexel. I picked out my college. Um, it's near the
end of the year. We're all like senior ice is hitting us, but we're all super excited that we have a college and I can't wait to see who else connects. >> Um, students are finally starting to enjoy the instruction after that's half
a year of it, half the school year of it. I've seen so many people go to the media center and have good things to talk about in our English class. We had an introduction to it. We had a scavenger hunt. I got to find where all the books were and see all the facilities. I was just in here yesterday printing out uh my essays for all my
scholarships and it's it's just it's like streamlined. It's very effective. Computers are there. The printer's there. So, it took like 5 seconds between printing staple and getting right back to printing. And then the study halls in here now. My friends, we're in lunch and then all most of my
friends study hall after. They've never been so excited to leave lunch. So, it's a big hit. And then all the other facilities, I've heard only great things. The show is awesome. I will say I opened up the media center about the media, the auditorium before coming in
here. Lot of wind coming out and it's very nice. The band rooms are nice. Everyone thinks they're nice. All the touches are good. Students are enjoying this new facility. Even seniors who only have so much time at making the most of
it, enjoying it. I've been I've sat a lot in that conference room there. It's like my private area, but this construction has paid off in dividends and this is going to be like really good facilities for years to come.
>> It's great. >> Looks here and we work really hard on a lot of hard choices and thank you for sharing that. >> May I just say I encourage your friends to go to pre-promot. It's a lot of fun.
>> I've been announcing that for more years than I can remember. And it's a lot of fun. And it lets all the people of the town see every student, you know, every group that comes through, not just, you know, one at their house. If they go to
that, they can see all of the students. And uh plus they usually video it so they can see it on YouTube later, you know. So, please encourage your friends to go to that. >> Yeah, definitely. >> It's a lot. It's a great thing. A lot of fun. >> Yeah. We normally have like a line
because when you get there, I know you walk in, you write like your name, your date's name, and then like a few things about you guys that they'll like say over them like as you guys are walking and I know there's normally like a line of people waiting to recognize. So, it's normally a pretty big head. I'm sure it'll be the same as you. >> Sure. Thank you.
>> Yeah. All the juniors are really excited because a lot of juniors haven't been to prom. I've heard him talk about prominade and in my opinion I wasn't my friends don't have a choice they're doing the promot like same as my boyfriend he doesn't have a choice the parents parents they love to see it
I remember when I was a little kid um I my old I have an older sister but she's going to college even when she wasn't in high school I would still go and it's so nice to see everyone cuz everyone looks so pretty and it's like it's time we can all be together so people don't really got an option my friends are going to
talk Mr. Car, I do believe there's also there is the possibility or a program that is if there are any kids who are concerned about being able to afford paying for problem there's a way to remove any financial barriers. Yes. >> Okay. Next I have is final preparations
for budget. Okay. Last week, uh, the board approved a 4.5% increase, uh, to the county office and, uh, since that time, we've received news that the health benefits premiums coming in less than was expected. Uh, so 18% instead of
uh, 25% that's initially thought that saves about a running start to save about $300,000 success. that can minimize the amount of reductions in force or absorbing positions uh upon
retirement reducing positions that we may not need in the in the district. Um we had a discussion earlier in work session and uh I think you know educational recommendations will be that we think that we can make this budget work
somewhere between four and four%. Uh however uh there are some recommendations for adding uh some positions back in such as um you know uh support for elementary music that we have had consult for the last two years. Um this is an area that I'm a little bit
concerned about and uh you know our music program has continued to persevere continue to grow but uh it's not on strong foundation with the amount of staffing that we have. So, my recommendation would be for the the the board to consider uh showing up with,
you know, potentially a part-time staff member in music and adding support for ELLL as our gandering program continues to grow. We have less time for um that teacher to teach ELLL. So, we could use
some part-time services there. Uh we uh the recommendation would be not to replace our retiring high school math teacher uh to consider consolidating classes at the elementary level. Um a
large fifth grade class in one particular school that sort of position there. We have that resignation. Uh the board office u employs Mr. secretary and district registar that is moving on to
another opportunity. That position needs to be replaced uh on a part-time basis with no benefits. We can reduce substitute teachers. Uh we were talking with the students earlier today, they had earlier yesterday, they had some ideas and um you guys can chime in on
this, but if we reduce daily subs, I think there'll be minimal impact on on learning. There could be some cost savings there. and uh the amount of the way the IEPs are looking it appears that we can reduce services for um power professionals uh reducing the amount of
power professionals that we have by about five right now. So all of that kind of puts us somewhere in the range of four 4 and a half%. But we don't have uh consensus uh amongst the board and it's not the board's fault uh because these kind of levers have changed and
numbers have changed and even though the state gave us two additional weeks, it's still not that much time. Uh so uh where's she now or an idea for how we continue to develop this process over the next about 3 weeks. Um, so the the
communication structure can continue to occur so we can land on a on a solid place on May 7th. I think that would be a good idea. Um, and at that time, of course, we're going to align the budget to district goals. District goals are not going to be a surprise to you. Um,
so things that we've been talking about for years. Uh, so we're aligned instructionally. We're aligned with the mission and vision that we continue to work towards. Things are going very well, but we have one big problem and that big problem is the biggest problem that you have and that is we have
limited money resources and this is just constantly feels like a game of thriving hall year after year. It's nobody's fault. Uh we're trying to make the best that we can uh work. We've done it, but it's not really it's not easy.
>> Yeah. I think our charge is to provide the best possible educational experience for students while ensuring that we are being fiscally responsible, financially responsible, uh, and good stewards of district dollars and taxpayer dollars.
The added pressure and considerations that are coming to the forefront are the impact on our local taxpayers and how we balance what's best for kids and knowing the constraints that folks are
feeling financially all over our community. And so that's what we're wrestling with and that's what we're going back and forth on and trying to figure out and will continue trying to figure out. We could have an additional special meeting uh between now and May 7th in order to continue kind of talking
through the options and what else exists. I know uh we had talked a little bit with the township about potential shared services and need to do some followup. Might we have any final answers before May 7th? That type of thing. And so we have the option of
adding some additional dialogue time if that feels helpful to the board. Well, I'm open to that. Uh I definitely think we need to reach a consensus
for the deadline. So, you know, anytime, you know, we can get everybody together, I'm I'm all for it. We need to talk it all out. >> It would have to be advertised. >> Get a consensus together.
Uh, you know, I know we're missing a couple board members tonight. You you probably, you know, are concerned with that and that's a concern and we we have to give everyone the opportunity to meet
one time before 7th of May. So whenever you want to do it, Madam President, >> and and listen, I think we need to recognize that the problem we're trying to solve right now, where we are in this budget process, it's not nearly as complex as we were 3 years ago.
>> Yeah. >> You anticipated larger cuts in state aid. We only cut by half a percent. I had this doubted another 3% loss. It came in at a half% instead of a 3% loss. We'll take it, right? We think we want
we want an increase that at that point we'll take it. We were anticipating a 25% decrease in health benefits contributions. That's what we were told. It came in at 18. That's a huge. We could be sitting here a much larger problem to solve. This is a problem.
This is not a large problem. You know, let's get it done. you know, let's figure out what we do to communicate the goal line and enhance the budget that we have to compromise on administrative team and I we're confident we can make it work however
the board feels that you know tax should be set and uh we'll we'll make it work. You heard my recommendations for programs and staffing. Uh we have a strong partnership. We have a great district. We will move on. Uh but let's let's make the decision. Let's not drag
it out on May 7th. Right. >> Yes. And I think we need to recognize none of us are going to walk away from the table being like, "Oh, this is the ideal situation we could have like landed at or the ideal decision because we know we're already kind of operating from a less than ideal place." So,
>> we'll end up in a place what do we feel comfortable with in the decisions we're making but not necessarily happy with those decisions. >> Right. Let me throw this two cents in. It's a little bit off the track, but as you know, I saw Governor Keane, former
Governor Tom Keane earlier. One of his major comments was that while he was governor, that at no time for any major decision was there a total consensus that there
was always compromise. >> Yeah. And I'm certain we're going to we're going to pass it, but I don't feel like we're going to end up in any kind of stalemate situation. It's just making sure we have enough time as a group to actually talk through it so we all feel as confident as we can.
>> I'm not I'm not concerned with the city. >> We trust you'll set up a meeting and we'll do >> another process where committees or oneonone board members oneonone. what we'll meet with groups and we may need a
few different ways to get stuff. But I think we do need to have more communication uh really anything else to add students good. That's all I have. Thanks very much. >> All right. So moving to section seven
presentations. We do not have anything on tonight's agenda. So we'll move straight to section 8, finance and facilities. Can I get a motion to approve items 8.1 through 8.16? >> Sorry, >> any questions?
There were some questions that were to me. Can I answer them? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Um, on the non-resident tuition contract, it lists a high address for the parents. Um, but this is an a child that did live in
Pantage when they moved out of town besides this guy in here as a tuition student. They haven't updated their um information. That's why the address is still the same as it was. They're going to come in tomorrow to sign the contract tuition. So, we get their updated
information from them. Uh, the food management available is not there. Are we generally still happy with the students? And what is the actual cost we're paying? So, we don't pay them. we have a guarantee and yes we are still happy with Blitzens. Um the program does still lose money but they're working
very hard to turn it around. Um so that will not always be the case and we're required we're not required to pay them anything but we do record the loss on on our loss that's been recorded in an enterprise fund and hold that loss until Vincent's command and turn it around. Um
and they're getting a little bit better every year. So we're hoping to improve that soon. Um, athletic segments are on the agenda for approval. Uh, cocurricular statements have been on the table as possible cuts. We're confident we'll be able to pay these segments. So, yes, we're approving the new football
coaches for the 2627 school year and these positions are budgeted and contractual. So, they're already in there. So, the question I had section question is the non resident tuition that we're at 16,000.
>> That's for other LEAs. So when another school district sends their child here, for example, if there's a a homeless student that's homeless from another district and they need to charge them tuition, that's what that is. That's what that >> what's our 7500
>> 7500 for out of district. Yeah, that's that's what what's on there is for other school districts to pay us. >> Okay. >> The same question, >> right? So tuition is 7500. Someone wants to correct
>> and that's how high school >> 7,000 do that. >> Mhm. >> Any additional questions? >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Pope. >> Yes. >> Yes.
>> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Rich. >> Yes. M. >> Yes. M. >> Yes. Moving to section 9, instruction program. There are no items to approve. So we move to section 10 personnel. Can I get a motion to approve items 10.1 through 10.12?
So second any questions here. Ellie Scott is our school psychologist. She's in her second year with us Alberta and she's been married to her husband has a job for her services and
great for my time. She's done for us as a registar and responsibilities. Mr. >> Yes. Mr. >> Yes. >> Yes.
>> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. Moving to section 11, student services and activities. Can I get a motion to approve items 11.1 through 11.9? >> So second.
>> Any questions? point out there that that enrollment was 2124. Is that the >> number that that's what helped us? >> I think so. And I think I fingers crossed down the new governor says the new commissioner says she's recommen
changes the state formula but for next year we have a low number coming off it's a six year average number that's coming off number 19 or something like that
number so that number comes off and this number comes up4 I think we have a big contest too should help us with suspend all these rale when it comes to state aid
It's a It's a good number. 2100 is a sweet spot for this. This goes to 2150 or 2200 saying right now we can make it work 2100. >> Mr. Chavez. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Cook. Yes, >> Kendall. >> Yes, >> yes. Moving to section 12 policy. Can we get a motion to approve item 12.2? >> Second. >> Any questions?
>> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Yes. All right. Moving to section 13, public comment. This is our final public comment section of the evening for members of the public for any item. Uh
does not have to have been on tonight's agenda. Uh if you do have a comment, please state your name, screen, and limit your remarks to three minutes. Thank you. Um my name is Fred Stein. I'm at 217 Vern Avenue and I had two
questions about the facilities. Uh one was on the agenda. you know that Van Skyber uh the new basin uh Dr. Scar when they when they're they're they're revamping the the drainage system on there. Is that are we able to hold the
engineering firm that did the original studies uh any to any sort of accountability because the you know the changes are because it's not draining my understanding. >> Correct. So great question. All right.
My answer is not going to be a no mechanic. It's not I'm going to tell you that layman's firms okay where we are with this engineer designed those basins those basins were designed not to hold water
after 48 hours to 72 hours after they were designed. We were if they were holding water, we were told that the ground conditions there were such that we were have to be required to install these wicks to which
we did. We installed wicks on one of the bases. Still wasn't draining according to what we thought. Okay. We went back to the engineer. We attempted to hold the engineer account as you said and the engineer
indicated that their position was that the contract that it would work did not do it according to the specs that the engineer designed. The contractor to our surprise willingly
agreed to redo it at no cost. and they're redoing those basins now at no cost. Now, after they're completely redone the second time to the design of the engineer, if they still don't train,
I would hope the answer would be yes. Is that that does that answer? >> That does. So, the drainage the the the goal is to get the drainage back to what it was originally designed to do, right? >> Yes. Yes. >> To to stay for 48 hours and then and
then be clear of water. >> Yes. Maximum 72. 72. >> All right. Good. Good. Um, thank you. The other question I had was about lower Rino the lower. Could you give a quick update on the the status? And my concern
is is that and my kids played in the low kino field too and it's always been wet >> and I know my my understanding is the goal is to make it so it's drier so there's less rain out and stuff like that but of course
>> that ground is acting like a sponge and if you bring in dirt or do some other uh construction that will shed water faster that means more water is going to Newton down to Crystal Lake, the the folks
living on the stall and Evergreen are going to be hammered with more um runoff and they're already losing ground uh through erosion on the creek. All that sediment is going into Crystal Lake where it's going to have to be dredged and then right down to Newton Lake.
>> Yeah. >> And um so I wanted to ask for an update. I did see the D letter of interpretation. they're doing the, you know, they're doing they're holding the town uh to the minimum, you know, requirements. Um I imagine if we move
forward, the school district's only going to want them to do the minimum amount of, you know, wetland creation or some kind of mitigation to al, you know, to counteract that, you know, faster runoff uh downstream.
Um what was my what was my uh point? Um, oh, the last point. So, my last point was is the other thing besides hearing an update, the u what I'm thinking the school district should do by law, the
school district only has to notify people within 200 ft of that construction site, which includes a couple of residents in Hadenfield and PSEG and that, but nobody on the Star um Avenue or Evergreen. Those are the
people that are going to be impacted the most and they won't even know this is happening until, you know, they're getting hammered with maybe more storm water runoff. I would think that the district when that if that come if that's that hasn't already moved forward >> that those folks should be notified and
given the opportunity to come and express their views. >> Okay. Yeah. No, I'm happy to speak with you about that. I don't know if I'm not opposed to any of that. Let me give you an update on where things are. Okay. because there's a lot of moving parts to this and this project has been delayed for a few different reasons and a few
different times. Let me go through that with you. Okay. The first reason that it was delayed is because the original design um did not know um that there was a 150 ft protected buffer between the areas
that we wanted to improve the field conditions and what the uh the DP came back to us with. When they came back, there's thread. They said some type of protected owl species lives in the woods there. And
because of this protected wildlife, we have to stay 150 ft from the perimeter, 150 ft closer away from the woods than we initially thought. We accepted that, but we not we're not contesting that. We don't want
to start the wildlife. We don't want to uh contest DP's ruling. We're accepting that. Okay. So now we redesigned the field. Okay. And we turned it a little bit to work within this 150 ft buffer.
At that time the engineer designed this slit drain system. Okay. Uh and explained that this slick drain system was supposed to you know help with water runoff or field
conditions and so forth. But we don't believe that the sleep train system alone is going to help with uh kind of the field conditions and we think our our parents and our kids are going to need additional soil you know
kind of a recontour a recontouring of the field adding additional soil and changing the slope of the field. So, one of the reasons the engineer told us is that the field's holding water is because uh it's completely flat. So,
he's developed a plan uh for the water to run off in the safe way. I'm happy to show it to you. Now, what's happening because this project keeps getting delayed and all these other projects are making
progress and the one thing that all these other projects have in common is they're all coming in above budget. Okay. And we have had a lot of change orders that Fred, the way that things are going, you know, we're not sure what
the budget is going to be at the very end of this. Uh because when you have to spend extra money uh on projects where we've had to spend extra money because of change orders, we have a few change orders on the on the agenda tonight such as the Wix that we uh uh decided to
spend money on. start running out of money for the projects that go last, right? We have a an outdoor classroom down at the art uh you know art room downstairs that hasn't been done yet because we're not sure what the funds
are going to be that are left. So, the longer that lower Rino is delayed, um the more we risk on running out of funds to make those field repairs. Um there may be some other areas uh of the school district where you know we could
consider improving fields I mean in the referendum it specified field improvements uh but if we're able to do scope work here because of cost or DP or concerns about runoff you know maybe we improve you know the soccer field at V
sky which is fairly close by you know so there may be some other things to consider down the road so I mean if you want to contribute to these conversations. I'm I'm happy to, you know, happy to listen. Uh I'm happy to put you at the table with, you know, the other, you know, the professionals we
meet about this every two weeks or we know that you've been a thought partner in this work since I've been here. You know, uh you work with uh you know, partner with us as we plan the referendum. So, is this your area that you kind of live and breathe in every day? If you have ideas to contribute,
you're happy to listen. >> Okay. I'd appreciate that. >> Yeah, of course. Okay, thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> All right. Any additional thoughts, questions, comments
team or our student reps? I thought we got the heartbeat last night. So, it is a fundraiser for the U visual and performing arts department and it's used to help with a lot of the scholarships. So, one of the things they did was they also went back to alumni who had gotten
scholarships and had videos of them playing as well, which was was really nice to see. Um, but we raised um about $5,000 in the admission to the concert and probably about another two before concessions. So, that $7,000 is going to
a really good cause and we appreciate everybody that was there. And it was amazing to see and hear, you know, chorus from elementary through high school singing together with the band playing behind them. And it it was just
an amazing event and um we're happy to see that it's going to continue. It's a yearly thing and something that's wonderful for everybody and it was a pack. >> It was great energy. They went I don't know what energy was at 8:00
a.m. this morning, but It was great energy last night. Uh HDF is having a free event tonight, I think, at Reunion Hall. Okay, I know we're not live or live streaming, but uh you know, Liz or Jos Reunion Hall here. This is the
episode of the event. Thank you for their support. Um student record, you want to talk about what you're seeing on the turf field and the track at the school 3:00. >> Yeah. Um I would I said when we had met earlier this week how there is so many
kids out there now. Um we have boys girls lacrosse who use the actual field and then we have high school tracks as a track. We have like the pool area. Um we have softball and baseball fields that are right there. And then we have like that field across from the cafeteria
where throwing seems to be since I don't think they can throw the jabs on the new turf. so they can throw them on that field along with the whiskers pit over there and then shot. And then the best part is the middle school. There's 135 middle schoolers on the track team. So
to say that that area is packed is an understatement. There's a lot going on, but it's also it's it's also like it's a good thing. And I like seeing all the kids out there like and I'm at track and when there's baseball, softball, girls track, boys and girls lacrosse, like
there's a lot going on out there. But the field's definitely getting used and I have I heard everything. >> The lights are nice at night. >> There's I mean there's stuff going on late into the night and what's what is amazing though are only on that they
don't reflect anywhere else. You know it it's it's awesome to see and and it is like there are so many kids there all the time. I was like, "Wow, you don't realize how many kids there are until they're all those activities are happening all at once, which they're
able to do that because they have that densing, too." >> Well, I know I said this last meeting for those who are here, but we have challenging decision ahead of us and we are not all in the exact same place in that. I actually very much appreciate
that because again I know broken around my last time but research tells us that we start from different points and have to make decisions together make better more thoughtful decisions and so uh I think the way we're working through the budget uh and wrestling with the challenges of that is actually really
productive and good and healthy for us uh even though we're not quite there yet in exactly how we're landing. So thank you all for being All right. Can I get a motion to adjurnn? >> All in favor? I
>> Thank you all. Have a good night. Once again.