Welcome everybody to the Holio School Committee meeting. Calling this meeting to order at 6 o'clock. Roll call please. Miss Feliciano Garcia >> here. >> Um Dr. Vericum
>> present. >> Mr. Sheen >> present. Miss Lefave, Miss Lefave is on Zoom just to so you guys acknowledge. I am trying to promote her but >> not sure. Um, Miss Lebron Martinez >> here, >> Miss Rosley, Miss Tenley Williams.
>> Okay. >> Mr. Isaza >> here, >> Mr. Michaelelsson >> here, >> and Miss Le >> here. Rise for the pledge of allegiance. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic
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Moving on to student showcase tonight, we have Lawrence Elementary School testing. Okay. All right. Hi everyone. How are you? >> Good. My name is Felicia Bag. I have the great privilege of being a second grade
teacher at Lawrence Elementary School. So, unfortunately, we won't be singing for you guys today, but what I do want to showcase is how hard my students have been working in their ELA blocks. So, we really challenged them to do a research project. Um, this last quarter we did a
unit on animal habitats. So, I hope we get to teach you guys a little something new about an animal that you didn't know before. So, we're going to start with Autumn and Giana. So, you guys are going to come up and you're going to sit at these two chairs.
You guys ready? Don't be nervous. I I told them that you guys don't scare too much. >> All right. Are you ready? >> Parents or anyone who wants pictures, feel free just to come up. Like that's a bad angle for photos. So walk in front
of us. Do whatever you need to. >> Sea sea sea turtles. Sea turtles are amazing animals that live in the ocean. They have hard shells that protect them. Sea
turtles swim far to find food, which include seaweed and jellyfish. They hold their breath for a long time, which is so cool. Female sea turtles come to the beach to lay eggs. After they lay eggs
in the sand, they return to the sea. When baby sea turtles hatch, they find their way to the sea by themselves. Sadly, sea turtles are in danger because of pollution and fishing nets. We need
to help keep our oceans clean so we can stay so so they can stay safe. Parrots are colorful and smart birds that live in warm tropical places like rainforest. They have bright feathers
and many colors like blue, green, and red. Parrots are known for their ability to talk and mimic sounds which makes them fun pets. Parrots live in groups called flocks and are very social animals. Parrots can
live for a long time up to 50 years. Sadly, many are in danger because their habitats are disappearing. We should help protect them and their home. Thank you, Autumn and Giana. All right,
Leani and Gio, come on over. I would also like to highlight that these children did all this research by themselves, which was a huge push for us this year, and they did amazing at it. Foxes are clever and curious animals
that are found all around the world. They have fluffy tails and beautiful gray or orange fur. Foxes are great hunters and they love birds, rabbits, and fruit. They are known for being
sneaky and make lots of sounds. Foxes like to live in dens where they keep their kids which are babies. Foxes are so cool and
play an important roles in nature. Polar bears are really cool animals that live in the Arctic, which is cold and icy. Polar bears mostly eat seals and are great swimmers. They have thick white fur that keeps them warm and they
can weigh as much as a car. Female polar bears have one to three cubs and are great moms until the babies are too sadly. Polar bears are in danger due to the climate change and ice melting. We need to help protect them. I hope you
learned something new about the awesome polar bears. And that concludes Lawrence's student showcase. Anyone have any questions? >> Miss Lra Martinez, I just want to say
thank you because at least we're proving that our children's able to read at the age that they're supposed to. So that's good to know and thank you for the showcase. >> Yeah, I would just like to brag about these four. They all tested above grade level for reading. Wow.
Miss Densley Williams. >> Thank Thank you very much for coming. I'm just going to piggy back off Miss Martinez. Um we learned about the sea turtles. Um we learned about parrots, um foxes, and polar bears. Thank you guys
so much. Um because a lot of times a lot of these animals are extinct and when people are fishing, they don't even worry about the nets and they're killing them. and we need to pay more attention to our animals. So, thank you guys so
much for coming. >> I have one quick question for the researchers who came up and whoever who wants to answer you can. What was your favorite part about this research project?
um that you can learn about different animal habitats >> and how they spend their life. >> Thank you, >> Miss Lub. >> Yes. Thank you so much for for coming
and educating us on these animals who are in danger and their climates are in danger. But I was curious what you learned that surprised you that you didn't know. Is there anyone can answer? Was there something? >> I learned that parrots can live up to 50
years. >> Yeah. I didn't know that either. I That was pretty pretty amazing. Um, I was like really shocked about like um how um mother sea turtles like um when they lay eggs and like leave their babies there and then when they had to like they have
to go back to the like sea by the houseelves. >> Yeah, that's fascinating. >> That was really sad. >> That is really She left the babies behind. >> Miss Dennis Williams. Um, I have a friend and she has a U parrot.
Sometimes they're not nice and a lot. I think it's what you teach them cuz I've one said, "Hello, ugly." Not to me, thank God. But, but sometimes they're mean. And I think the people that own them really need to teach them to say
nice words. Okay. So, thank you guys. And parrots, the green, yellow, and red colors, they're very, very pretty. I might even get me one. >> Mr. Soda. >> Yeah. I just want to echo what my colleague said and and say thank you to
all the parents that showed up. Thank you, Miss Bag and all the staff at Lawrence. You guys are doing amazing work. And congratulations to the students. It looks like, you know, this project was super engaging and fun and you learned a lot. And I'm very
impressed how you're able to get up here in front of strangers with cameras and, you know, just perform the way you did. It it shows a lot about your character and you guys are going to go far in life. Um, I went to Lawrence School, so it especially warms my heart that we're
showcasing Lawrence School and um, you know, thank you. You guys did amazing tonight. Thank you. Just thank you. Oh, so next we have recognition of Massachusetts Association of School
Superintendent award winners, Mr. Sodto Yeah, every year um I have the honor of uh you know presenting one award to one student in each of our high schools and
at Holio High and Dean. Uh last week I uh visited Holio High School and and recognized Samantha Rodriguez. She's no stranger to this room. Um, >> and I already knew Samantha was amazing, but if you read the write up that was in
there, she she has a a GPA of 4.45. Um, you know, I I didn't know it went up above 4.0 until I did, but like when I was in school, >> I didn't know it went up above 4.0.
>> When you were >> Yeah, when I was in school. So, um, you know, she's a student athlete. Um, and you guys have seen her as a student rep on the school committee and you know, everybody, you know, when you think
about Holio High School and and what you want to see in a student and the qualities that you want students to display, she just possesses all of those. um she wants to be an architect. And what struck me about what she's interested in is she wants to be an
architect because she wants um to design homes for people in her community that are affordable. And it just goes to show not just how smart she is, but um how empathetic she is and caring and and and wanting to give back to her community. So happy that uh this award was
presented to Samantha. Thank you. No, but I feel really really grateful to have gotten this award and I'm so glad my my counselor recommended me for it. Um cuz I've been sitting in that chair, you know, last year. Unfortunately, I couldn't do it this year because of scheduling conflicts, but you know, it
feels good to be back at least for some sort of recognition. Oh my god. And the other student I was able to recognize is one of our dean students. Um, he is currently not here, but Oh,
he's online. >> Mr. Garcia, welcome. I didn't see you online. Um, again, Dean's my alma mater, so I was I was super proud to be able to come to Dean. Um, this student, Dan
Garcia, has a 4.27 GPA, and he's the only student in Holio to earn a perfect score on 10th grade MCCAST. He got a 600, >> which is a perfect score on the MCCAST
math. um he's in programming and web design. And one of the things that's really cool about uh Mr. Garcia is that he joined our IT team um and has been interning on like a co-op with us. So uh
we just released a video showcasing him. Um he he talked about how you know he never had seen the back end of what work goes into providing devices to all the students and he's just helped out the team tremendously and getting through a
lot of the work and making sure that you know our broken uh devices are fixed and ready to be deployed back out to our schools. Um so we just wanted to publicly recognize Mr. Garcia for the
amazing student he is um and the amazing asset that he is currently to the IT team. >> Congratulations. >> Any words, Mr. Garcia? >> Yeah, I'd like to say thank you. Sorry if my mic is a little bad. I'm outside.
But um yeah, like I said in the interview, it's like really cool seeing the back end. Even now, like the school committees I didn't know much about, but I feel like I'm getting more integrated into it. And again, it's just it's cool
being given this opportunity. >> He's a he's a senior, right? He's a gradu. >> Yeah. Okay. Congratulations on >> Yes. >> on your endeavors. Thank you, >> Miss Densley Williams.
>> We are very proud of you. Both my sons graduated from this school and they are awesome young men. Um, they're old now, but they are they're good fellas and I'm so proud of them because they got an excellent education at Dean and if
people ever say anything about bad about Dean, they're going to have to deal with me. Okay. So, thank you, sweetheart. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Thank you. Thank you so much. And we have a certificate for you, so we'll make sure to get it to you at some point. But
thank you so much for being here and for everything you do. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you, >> Miss Feliciano. Do we have any anything for public comment? Oh no.
>> All right. Moving on to communication and reports. Student reports. I believe we have Teret online. >> Hello. >> Hello. Ready for your report?
>> Yes, I am. Uh, last week 11 students received the distinction of seal of biteracy at a celebration at city hall. Our seniors were given gold stools to adorn their graduation ropes to acknowledge this achievement. Seven students were received uh perfect
attendance awards at the district attendance celebrated on May uh 19th. On Friday, May 22nd, many students from Dean Techch competed against schools uh or students from 20 other Massachusetts school at Mass Environ at Hop Hopkins
State Park where Dean Tech Jr. Zia Lewis took home first place in the spoken word competition and Tanisha Martinez came in third place for the spoken word competition. We are very grateful for their teacher Lulu Kur who has worked closely to build her students confidence
and to expose their talents. Our senior prom will be taking place this Thursday night uh at the law cabin in Holio. Our senior class awards will be given on Friday, May 29th at which time the validatoran saludiatoran will be announced. Graduation will take place uh
Thursday, June 4th at 5:30 in the g the dean gymnasium. And that's all. Thank you so much. Any questions? Thank you so much. >> Do we have
Okay. Yes. So unfortunately our student had a scheduling conflict from Holioai but submitted this report. Um there were three students from Holio High School who were celebrated as part of the
annual junior achievement 18 under 18. They were Finn Maldonado, Addison Rodriguez, and Kylie Dorman. As the school year is coming to a close, there have been many events on the north campus. On May 12th, we had a capstone
competition and it was a great success. Shout out to the top three winners. Finn Maldonado, who focused her original work for a murder mystery dinner theater. Samantha Rodriguez for her set design in
Mamma Mia and Lincoln Gettys, is it Gettys? Uh, and his work with Model UN. On May 14th, we held our spring concert and art showcase. On May 18th, we celebrated the senior students who earned the seal of
biiteracy. On May 21st, we had the senior prom and it was a great night. This was the first of our senior events of the class of 26. This week, seniors take their final exams and next week there are a variety of celebrations for
them ending with graduation on Friday night. On May 22nd, we held our first studentled family summit. Student ambassadors did all the work with the support of their reach mentors. >> Thank you. Any questions?
All right. Thank you so much for that report. Next, we have superintendence report. Mr. Su, >> I have uh two items uh in the superintendent report. One of them is we just had NIASK uh conduct their their uh
field visit. Um it was a very comprehensive process. Um I think that it was scheduled to happen last year and uh there was so much going on in the year that um we had gotten an extension. Um but I want to commend all of I have
Rosie here, I have Lori here. Um and and and I know a lot of their team a lot of members of their team worked really hard for this site visit. Um it involved you know interviewing teachers, interviewing staff members, leadership. Uh I myself
participated in in an interview. Um and you know we were pleased with the result. Uh if you look at the executive summary that I created um from the full report, the full report is really long. um you know it the there's a table in
there that indicates you know whether or not we met standards and we met in all but one of the standards and it related to curriculum across all of the courses. I do have uh Miss McKenna here and Miss Karachelo here. Um just I I don't know
if you guys want to share anything or if we just want to open it up to questions. I'm joining virtually. Glory has the actual report. Um, the reason we're both here is that we are considered one school but two sites. So, NEAS sent
teams to both campuses and ran the entire process through both campuses. the final report separated issues, commendations, recommendations for both Hoyok High School and Dean so
we can both move forward with our next steps individually with the campuses. >> The only thing I would add is Nesk is is very comprehensive as um Superintendent Sto said, there's several steps that have to happen. It's about a it's actually a 10-year process that there's
like intervals of time that they work through it. Um it essentially starts with a self-reflection the campus doing a self-relection on their own work and then sharing that work with the visiting committee. They come and do a a like an initial visit and then this year was the year that they came and they were in our
schools for a considerable amount of time. They were there for three days kicked off with a check-in with many people from our team. Then they go and see everything in the school and basically what they say is the report that you submitted accurate to what we are seeing. Um and um it was really
great to see um that the report that we got very much aligned with what we are seeing ourselves. Um they were able to see a marked difference in the work that has been done in the last three years. Um and I know that the dean team and the
north team worked really hard not for that visit but to make those things happen so that that that was able to be seen in that visit was really nice to be seen. Um, I think the biggest piece is um that stands out um I'm going to answer the question before it's asked.
There's a there's a reason there is one standard that's not in there that wasn't met and that is with um curriculum and I think um some of the pieces that lean into that is right now we're working on a history curriculum without having somebody at the district level who oversees that. Now that there's somebody
there, I can guarantee that that will that is something that's addressed. there is a curriculum that was made from an outside partner. Um it just didn't have like the um it wasn't as robust as the scope and sequence for many of the other courses. And then the other piece is that there's a lot of elective
courses on our campus um that again have all the pieces but they're not in this aligned format with a scope and sequence and pacing guide. And that's actually one of the steps that we're going to take next year um in order to address and take all of those things and make sure they're in that format. Um but it is very clear that um what we are seeing
is what they are seeing. What we identified as our next steps were ones that they felt were the right next steps and the next steps actually came from um us and they felt affirmed in saying yes we think that's the next step. So that's really great to have a partner come in
and be able to say what do you think you need to do? Great. That's what we think you need to do and so kind of keep moving that work forward. And just as a play-by-play announcer, being the chair of the school committee, I just wanted to highlight that NEAS
stands for New England Association of Schools and Colleges, which is the accrediting body that came to evaluate our schools. Miss Lul, >> thank you. Um so I um I first want to acknowledge that it was really nice to
read the reports that came to both of you know in terms of the analysis that was done and it was gratifying to to read through the success. Um and you know picking up on that one that was the standard was not met there I had two questions there like what exactly
does completing that do like what what would it do for the school to actually have that curriculum map and then second what is the timeline to complete you know that compliance with it and do they come back and re-review you like what does that look like? So to answer the
second question first there is um based on the next steps that they give there is a timeline that is followed. So there'll be a yearly followup on that work. Um there's another in-depth visit I believe in three years but it's like every 10 years is the big visit and then it goes through a cycle of that. Um I
think the other piece is um pulling everything together so that there is a pacing guide and a scope and sequence there. It makes for a transparency in the work. It makes for people to be able to see that things are aligned, how students are assessed. Um, as well as, um, if teachers are being supported by
either a coach from within the school or from outside the school, they're able to use that document to support teachers in where they're at with their work, whether it's like thinking about how they are being assessed, whether it's about alignment to the standards. So, I think it's very much about transparency. I think it's all about like if I'm
coming in um and looking at this work, I'm able to see for each course that is offered in your school that there is a scope and sequence and an appropriate pacing guide and that the tasks that students are engaged in are aligned to the grade level standard. >> So is that so would you like is that
something that you would fix next year that you would create a timeline for someone to do that or is that is that something that you wait three to five years to do like what? So the two parts. So for history, knowing that there's going to be a new person leading that, I know that that will be some work that
will be done um through that person um within the school level for the elective courses. That is something that I've built into our plan for next year. >> Okay. >> So that will be complete by next year. >> And then will you come back here to share like what that was or what you did or that
>> um if people want so the the next step with the curriculum. Are you talking about next steps all in general? >> Just like just to address that one thing. I just like just what what that looks like like how do we you we get the feedback. How do we like how do we >> that actual one thing is one thing that's actually very easy to address. >> Oh,
>> there are a lot of other next steps that are honestly just a part of like the natural work that you would do. And if I think about the visits that we've had to the school from some outside partners because of our relationship with bar, we actually have a springoint visit that we have each every other year. We have our
school quality review that's done every year. Um, as part of our ongoing SIP process, we do some reflection quarterly that we kind of look at our school goals for the year and um, on a quarterly basis, we say what were our action steps in order to meet those goals? Did we meet them? Did they not? Based on that,
what do we do? So, I just think that it's an ongoing process of like here's our end of the year goal. Here's how it fits into where we want to be in three years and here's where we are. So a lot of those next steps from NEASK are very much in alignment from the work that we
did along with our springpoint work, our SQR work and our school improvement plan based on the the um priorities for the the district. >> Um Madam Chair, I just I had one more question. I don't know if you wanted to ask it now or just it's it's just a a short one.
>> Go ahead. Okay. So um to that piece of feedback, what I found was interesting was about inclusive practices. So certainly talking about and measuring inclusive practices that are happening um through the walkthrough tool and things of that nature that we that we see and we hear a lot about certainly in
on this body. But I was curious about how or what type of work you all have been doing around inclusive practices as a metrics of strategies that are actually going to move the behavior like is have there been any thought already about that or is that something that you're going to
take away because we know we can validate that it's being done but we can't validate necessarily what it seems like that was what it was saying the report that we can't really validate that this behavior or this practice moves the needle. >> Yes sir. What I would say is um where I
think we are right now on my campus, I'll just speak for the north campus is we have been doing quite a bit of work and I feel that there's a critical mass of people within our on our campus who are able to do the work of inclusive practices which is good practice for all. Um you need to have that foundation
before you're able to then kind of think about how am I going to meet the individual needs for each student. Um and actually before that we did quite a bit of work on building a school culture where >> we use our Night values to ground that if we are respectful we work together we strive to do and be our best. So that was really building about the school culture. >> The next step was thinking about what
those inclusive practices are to make sure that when students are in the classroom we're meeting the needs of all students and thinking about what's best practice in a classroom for all students. The next level of that work is truly thinking about being able to now that we've built this school culture of
knowing my students and who they are as human beings and building those relational pieces. The next piece of our work that the teaching and learning team and a lot of different teacher leaders our our campus have been planning for for next year is really determining how do we now take that really intentional work that we did around um building our
school culture and inclusive practice and turnkeying it to make sure that now we're landing that for how we know our students as academic learners. And so we do have a um this is the time of year that you're ending the year and planning next year. And so we have quite a bit of
um planning done for that and how we're going to kick off the year. We already have some ideas about what our beginning of the year PD is going to be. Um how we're going to name like what is our what, why, and or how. Um and I think it's next week or the week after. Um there's a district leader retreat that
will like share what the priorities of the district are. I'm pretty sure that we're we're knowing that we're going to keep with the two, but give some time to teams to work on that. So, we're we are definitely moving like into that space of being able to meet the needs of and know the individual needs of each
student, but unless that foundational work hadn't been laid, I think it would have been a miss. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. And and just to Miss Lubald's point, we get to see the school improvement plans as they go, so you'll be able to see the progress. >> Oh, thank you.
>> Yeah, >> Miss Tinsley Williams. Thank you so much. First of all, you love the students. You are very excited. You're making me excited. And because you know what you're doing, I trust you.
It's going to be okay. Keep up the good work. >> I appreciate that. >> Thank you, Mr. Sheen. >> Yes. So, one of the comments for Hoyokai North was reexamine the school's grading policies and ensure they are equitable
across all content areas for all students. Can you go into that and what that comment >> Yeah. >> means and where it's coming from? >> So, absolutely. So, that actually is a comment that came from us as something that we want to do and actually the district is in the process of having a grading committee to think about how we
grade. Um, it actually came first from the student summit that we had where students felt that they didn't really know how they were graded, that they weren't given enough feedback or opportunities to redo an assignment. And so, that started to become part of what we do. um in partnership with our with
the bar foundation what we did this year um is we offered two PLC's one of them being um based on the concepts um in grading for equity to think about are we truly grading students on what they are capable of doing as aligned to the standards um without fluffing up their
grades for um you know connected to whether it's their habits of work and learning are truly aligned to the standards and so that's something that we um did some diving into this year um each semester there was a professional learning community um that examined some of those
um practices around grading for equity and um next year we're going to pilot that in some spaces based on the people who were in the professional learning communities along with the work that's being done at the district level for the the the grading learning community. I
don't know what it's called at the the district level, but I know there is one and that was shared with me. So, it actually came from us knowing that there is work that we want to do based on student voice and what they feel that they they would like more of. >> Mr. Sheen, >> just to follow up on that, so does that
mean we're actually going to make progress towards a standardbased report card and standardsbased grading system? >> I don't know if I'm right for that. I've been um so that's >> jump on the bot, get ready. I mean, that's >> that is a whole big lift. I would love to be there. Um
>> start lifting. And I will say as and I think it goes right along with competent determination and all of those things. I I think I learned something really early on in in my career as a principal when I was first principal. I'm like we've got 20 things to do and we're going to do all 20 things and they're going to be
great. And then you get to the end of the year and if you have 20 things that are priority, nothing is done well. And so I think we've been working in the past three years with a real narrow focus. And I think that is in our future that we can definitely do some piloting in places.
But that that is something that would take that is that is a really big lift. And part of the work for next year is truly like thinking about how are we building the academic culture on our campus. Um and that is a step in the direction towards thinking about how
we're grading towards standards. Um but there's there's definitely some work in the middle, but I think that is definitely a place to go. Let's get that work in the the K to8s then at least and that along. >> Mr. Sto.
>> Yeah. Just, you know, just to piggy back off of what Lori was saying is uh Jackie is actually leading a grading work group um consisting of teachers and different folks across the district. I think they have one more meeting um when Jackie
gets back and then she's going to be taking that information to see where we where we uh you know what the recommendations are and how we move forward with a you know a consistent um and equitable grading. >> Mr. Sasa,
>> as a former college administrator, I know how rigorous and challenging these reviews are and I know that they are rarely ever perfect and I know of instances where colleges actually get consultants to prepare themselves for this. So, congratulations.
>> Thank you, >> Miss Lubal. just focusing on what you were saying about equity, but also I just I didn't wanted to to go beyond what we were talk um without saying the enrollment at Dean, you know, was a a highlight, right, in the in the report,
at least what I've read. Um, and so I'm just wondering like the enrollment strategies of both schools like is there something new that we can learn from each other or like what's happening at Hoyok with the decline in enrollment? Like is there any synergy there that
might impact? >> I mean the enrollment at Dean was intentional. So when when I first got here there was about 153 students at Dean. Um and you know we worked with the
previous dean administration and the previous superintendent and established you know a reimagined dean and we established a an admissions policy which led you know it completely changed the
culture of dean and um you know it prior to that like I would say that you know you've heard this terminology ology before, but it like Dean was a place where you know if you didn't get into Holioai or you were you were kind of
placed there and and you know that that kind of breaks my heart when to think that it was at that point and there were even conversations about you know combining the schools and and or um so I I'm happy to you know since then we've
we've worked real real hard to reimagine that and have been taking in 100 students students in grades nine every year. So, um we've since upped that to about 130 students in grade nine, but um
through the application process, we've had, you know, almost 100 kids or over a 100 kids on the >> um on the uh on the wait list. So there's I don't think there's necessarily a strategy there other than
you know CTE is becoming increasingly more popular. Um as as Dean was reimagined you know more kids wanted to go there but I don't think that that's you know the reality is is we only have so many students who are high school
age. So as we increase Dean enrollment that means that Holio High School's enrollment is going to be going down. M >> you know that that's you know overall our enrollment is is down about 186 students from the previous year about 17,000 across the entire state. There
was uh two I want to say 282 communities across the entire state that saw a decline in enrollment. But I don't think any of those schools are CTE programs. They're they're becoming increasingly popular and um more more kids and families are choosing that path.
>> Mr. Michaelelsson. >> So, I want to say I was really, really, really, really impressed with your display of knowledge and professionalism and ownership towards that report, right? The the long-term actions that you described, like that gave me a great
feeling about where we're headed with with those things. Um, I did have a couple acute questions. There were some safety concerns that were in the report and I didn't know if those specifically had made it to uh the level of uh the superintendent or what what was being
done to remedy those. >> Yeah. So I think within I know that Dean and North did have some in in the last set. Anything that comes um as a safety concern is something that's addressed right away. So in like the the one that we had three years ago um where we did
the self-reflection, they looked at some of it. there was some um next steps that they gave us. Those were addressed right away. Anything that comes up, there wasn't as many safety ones in this one as there were the last one. Um and so that that speaks to addressing them as
soon as they come to our attention. >> Thank you, Mr. Sheen. >> Yeah. So, specifically at Dean, where are these wifi dead zones and what's being done to remedy that? I don't know. Go ahead, Rosie.
>> So, um, any dead zones have been readressed with wiring that had been a little bit older. Since then, we we have no dead zones really. We're we're kind of lucky. The exception would be the
middle middle concrete um section that houses our guidance department. you can get limited cell phone service. Um, a lot of, as Lori was saying, the initial report when they came for their long visit had a litany of safety
concerns. Those were immediately direct addressed. We send all safety concern directly down to Anthony and the facilities department. So part of the report was we were able to document that all of those concerns
had been fixed and anything new is recent to this year and as we said those go to top priority always >> Mr. So just to understand this report,
so are some of the things in this report items that were already corrected from the last or are the things in the report relevant to only items that were found on this visit? >> Yes, it's the latter. >> So I mean the report says there's Wi-Fi
dead zones at Dean. I mean so is are we saying that there are not and that there's camera dead zones at Dean? So, the CA the camera dead zones have been addressed since that report that
was already addressed with the district, just waiting to have it completely fixed. There was one hallway once STEM moved out. We realized we didn't have camera footage of it and that was recently this year. Um, the ticket was
put in and the cameras are already, I guess, ready to arrive because they've come to the building to get a quote and take measurements. As for the dead zone, that was strictly some cell phone service doesn't work in the middle
middle of our building. That's the only actual tough zone. >> Mr. regime. >> And then the other issue that they raised at Dean was a gate issue. It says for the lower CTE shops. Is that being addressed?
>> So correct. Except it's an issue between the fire department and us. We cannot lock that gate because of the fire code. So, the fire
department is saying we can't shut it or lock it during the day. We It's just named in the report that it is unlocked during the day. >> So, the gate exists, but it's just not being closed.
>> So, the gates to the upper and lower lock lowers are unlocked by the first custodian and locked again in the evening. When we have students in the building, they must remain unlocked due to fire code.
>> So there is a gate in the back of the school that references it's just left unlocked. >> Correct. During the school day, it's locked and unlocked by the custodial crew. Miss Google. >> Um, this is more of a comment about
this, but to our board, um, I just I found it interesting that some of the statistics of skits at Mr. Asaza's point about these types of reviews and um, and how to evaluate them. Um the panorama report
was mentioned many times about belonging and somehow used in this report as belonging and the data being you know exceptional and proving a point and then we had other meetings where that data was you know maybe not sufficient and so
I just I share that with my colleagues here at the table because it gets really hard to discern when is it appropriate when is it not appropriate it's just you know here it is again in another report and it on the same subject. So, um, I just wanted to make that comment.
>> Thank you. Any other questions? Mr. Sheen. >> Yeah. So, for Hoyokai North, I know few years, many years ago, we did upgrades to the HVAC um system at Hokkai North, but it's one of the items that they're calling out updating the HVAC
for an improved school experience. What What concerns did they see out of that? >> I I don't think that's honestly a concern. I think there's sometimes if there's if there is a change over from like cold from hot to cold like the warm
hot air to the cold air like it it it takes a couple of days right and I think without having that that immediately happen there there there might be some isolated rooms that have um some issues but I will say custodial staff
facilities are on it immediately >> Mr. regime. >> So then at Dean it references the school is not participating in schools USA because of lack of funding. What is the funding needed to participate?
No, it's called Skills USA. It is an optional activity for vocational schools. In the past, we had one leader, one teacher who was willing to run a Skills USA and in the past few
years, we have not had enough staff be able to be trained to continue with this. However, it is on our next steps and we are tapping into our staff again um as staff changes and seeing if they
are willing to try it. remembering in this report, the team that comes to see the school talks to teachers and students. Um, and we don't have we're not privy to everything they say. So, it's that's why we have to do a little
research. It really had nothing to do with funding. >> Mr. Shane, >> so we have the funds to join and participate. So if if we had staffing that wanted to
dedicate time to be part of Skills USA then yes we have not had that in quite a few years. Thank you. Any other question about the NEAS report? All right, moving on. Mr. Sodto proposed
calendar. >> Thank you Rosie. Thank you, Lori. >> Thank you both for your help and expertise. >> So, um, included is the updated, uh, calendar for next year. If you recall, I believe we came here in January or or or
February, which is typically our timeline to release the calendar for the next year. We want families and staff to know um you know what the what the calendar looks like for the upcoming year so that they can make their plans accordingly.
Um but because we were in the middle of uh a negotiation that involved potentially adjusting the school day and the the length of the year um we we knew we were going to have to come back. So,
this is just the updated calendar for next year. And, uh, I I linked in a memo in there that just highlights it. Our first day of school is going to be for grades 1 through 12, it's going to be Monday, August 24th. Um, and then preK
and K is going to start Wednesday the 26th. Um, the last day of school we plan on being June 10th. That's if there's no uh snow days, but um if there's five snow days, it would be June 17th. Um this does reflect the reduction in the
number of school days for teachers. Um so it was about 188 days and we went down to 185. So that impacted um you know the number of professional development days that we had in the year. Um we are eliminating the
three-hour early release on Wednesdays. So kids are going to be getting out um Monday through Friday at the same time and we still have the two tiers that we normally have. Um each of the schools is that you know there were no changes to the actual tiers themselves other than
the slight 15minute reduction in school day. >> Mr. Sheen. >> Yeah. So reviewing the memo that we received with this um one of the lines in the memo is school will be in session for students on January 4th and 5th. In recent years students have not returned
until after three kings holiday on January 6th but due to the fewer number of teacher work days we are not able to have an extended winter break for students. Can you please explain to me the connection between the reduction in teacher work days and the days of the
holiday break? I just don't see how there's a connection between those two. >> So, the connection is that we used to have professional development days during those days. So, um instead we're we're actually going to
have So, hold on. Which one are you looking at? I'm sorry. I'm looking at the memo that we were given with it and it says >> SY 2627 calendar and there it's the >> one two three fourth bullet down and I just I don't understand how those two
statements are connected that because there's fewer work days you have to have a long you have to have a shorter break. I just I just don't want a connection being made that shortening the calendar like >> I mean there's no connection to the I mean there was a choice the district
said to have school but it's not because we reduced teacher work days from 188 to 185 and I just I need to understand what that connection is. >> You're right. I don't see the connection there either. Okay. >> Yeah. Mr. Sheen. >> So then looking, this is a question I
had back the last time we reviewed this in the for September and I brought this up that we marked September 1st as election day local. It's not a local election. It's a statewide election. And I'm just wonder I mean some years we have
elections off, some years we don't. So, what is the purpose for closing schools on November 3rd other than PD? Are there issues with having schools open and having full voting going on in the schools or is that not an issue and it
doesn't matter whether or not schools are open and conducting voting? Yeah, we try to we try to close when there's, you know, uh larger elections, not just the the local ones. Um we have
been open for if it was just like a year where there were smaller local elections, we have been, but typically we try to not have school when there is big elections throughout the year. Um, but it's not, you know, like there were there were times where we we stayed open
if if it was just a local election. >> But just to be clear, the first is not a local election. Okay? So, it shouldn't be marked as a lo it's a it's a statewide election. Like, it is not strictly a local election. So, that's just the I mean, we shouldn't mark it as a local election because Okay.
>> Any other questions about the calendar? All right. Thank you, Mr. Sodto. On to new business. The school committee has officially received um the resignation letter for
47 school committee member Miss Wilson. >> Move to receive. >> Second. >> Motion made by Mr. Sheen, seconded by >> Miss Loro Martinez. I mean like I I heard many people at the same time. So
discussion. >> Miss Lubal, >> is there a a process that we would be following to address the vacancy? >> Yes, we would be following our policy for appointing a school committee member
in the middle of a term. And we have our joint meeting with the city council scheduled for June 17th. And we invite members of the community if they are interested and neighbors in
W 7 and they're excited about school committee to come in and put their their name in there and come and let us know why we should pick them. miserable. >> Just on that point, so if someone is interested, they would go to the meeting
on June 17th and they would um give what like a two-minut speech about why they want to be >> there will be a press release with instructions of what um >> okay >> interested parties may need to do. But in the past it has also it has been a
cover letter, a CV or resume and their presence there for our interview where each one of the school committee members has a question we ask and then we deliberate during that meeting. Okay.
I believe it was 6 p.m. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. All right, Miss Lero Martinez. >> Um, I know this was uh set up and I am not here, but I'm going to try my best to to try to do a Zoom if that's
possible. I'm the chair of that um joint committee, but I'm just letting you all know that I will try my best to be on I'll be traveling and I'll make it to the other end. So, thank you. Any further discussion?
See none. Roll call vote. Miss Feliciano. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Garcia. >> Yes. >> Dr. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Williams. >> C.
>> Yes. >> Thank you everybody. Moving on to the superintendent Miss Kusheen contract. >> Move to approve effective July 1st.
>> Motion made by Mr. Sheen, seconded by Mr. Isasa. Discussion. Seeing none, roll call vote, please. >> Mr. Mson, >> yes. >> Mau, >> yes. >> Mayor Garcia, >> yes. >> Dr. Ver Cologne,
>> yes. >> Mr. Sheen, >> yes. Yes, Martinez. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Next with the vacancy of the chair of the policy and governance subcommittee.
Miss Lefib has graciously accepted >> I don't even remember but okay >> being the interimm chair for the policy and governance subcommittee. And then of course once we have a full team then we
can reassess and see how everything goes. So thank you Miss Lefiv. >> Thank you. >> So moving on to Holio Teachers Association contract. May
I have a motion? >> Yes, I make a motion. >> Teachers contract. >> Motion made by Miss Nancy Williams. Do we have a second? Seconded by Mr. Isasa. Any discussion? Seeing none. Roll call. Vote please.
Miciano. >> Mr. Michaelelsson. >> Yes. >> Mr. V. >> Abstain. Um, Mayor Garcia. >> Yes. >> Dr. Rick. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sheen. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Martinez. >> Yes. Miss >> Denz. Mr.
>> Yes. >> Thank you. Next we have um that the school committee refer the wellness policy of 2026 to the policy and governance subcommittee. So >> moved second moved by Mr. Sheen,
seconded by Miss Tensley Williams. Discussion >> Miss Lubald. I just had a question in in reading this and the nutritional um asks that are in this report and I I don't know the answer to this and I I
recognize that I didn't get to you early enough because you might have already answered answers to this but are we checking the nutritional content of the food? And the reason I say that is because I had gotten a number of um and by number I mean like more than
three but not like more than 10. Um but but just like of of talking about the food so like just getting graham crackers for breakfast or just having you know sweet carb load before the MCCAST test or you know those types of things that are coming to lunches. And then I read thi this material which you
know certainly talks about nutrition and protein and those types of things. And so I don't know how do we review that or how do we get a pulse on what the kids are actually eating. >> The point of order this will be coming to us and we'll be discussing it. Correct. That's what why we're referring it. >> Yes.
>> Okay. So once it comes I will make sure it's on the agenda and by all means we'll address everything on there. >> Thank you. >> You'll get your response. Thank you. >> Thank you so much.
>> All right. See no further discussion. Roll call vote. Miss Feliciano. U Mr. Michaelelsson. >> Yes. Move. >> Yes. >> Garcia. >> Yes. >> Dr. Rone. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sheen. >> Yes.
>> Martinez. >> Yes. >> Denzy Williams. >> Yes. Next up, that the school committee refer the proposed updates to policies AC, J K A, J I CFB, >> Mr. Sheen.
>> Oh, we're referring them back. >> Yes. Okay. >> Sorry. >> Motion made by Mr. Sheen and seconded by Mr. Isasa. Any discussion? Same man roll vote please.
>> Sorry Mr. Michaelelsson. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Garcia. >> Yes. >> Dr. Cologne. >> Yes. >> Um Michigan. >> M faith. >> Yes. >> Mr. Lebron Martinez. >> Yes. >> Miss Dy Williams. >> C. >> Mr. Zaza.
>> Yes. >> Next. that the this is about the employee handbook that the school committee refer the proposed update to child bonding leave and sick use in the employee handbook to the policy and governance subcommittee >> so moved >> so moved by Mr. Michaelelsson. Do we
have second? Seconded by Miss Tensy Williams. Discussion. Seeing none. Roll call vote please. Miss Feliciano. >> Yes. >> Move. >> Yes. >> May Garcia. >> Yes. >> Dr. Cologne. >> Yes. >> Fave.
>> Yes. >> Mr. B Martinez. >> Yes. >> Williams. >> C. >> Next. outofstate travel that the school committee vote to approve and authorize out of state travel for the people listed on the agenda to
attend Massachusetts urban special education director's conference invol Massachusetts from July 29th to the 30th 2026. >> So moved >> moved by Mr. Michaelelsson. Do we have a second? >> Seconded by Mr. Isaza. Discussion Mr.
Sheen. Yes. So, I just don't understand from looking at these just some of the inconsistency on items to be reimbursed. First of all, that it's an overnight trip, but no one is asking for hotels and that there's no registration costs
and that some people are asking for food and some aren't. And looking at the agenda, the meal thing seems some meals are provided, some aren't. Can you >> Yeah. I mean, so
I don't I don't know about in terms of like the inconsistency in the meal. Some people choose to bring their own meals, but you know, we have a financial analyst that, you know, reviews the
estimated meal cost for each. Um, and up until like this is really just permission for them to do the travel. When they come back, they actually have to provide, you know, receipts on what they actually did. And then we got to follow the the current travel
reimbursement policy. But for purposes of, you know, getting approval for the out ofstate uh travel itself, this is just an estimate. You know, we do, you know, we, like I said, we get receipts when they come back. um they submit them, we review them um and then you
know cap them according to the policy and then I don't know why some you know if if this is in Falmouth you know I know that's a long drive um I know that if people were actually staying over you know they would be submitting for
reimbursement so it's probably that some aren't staying overnight >> Mr. S. So, no one is then according to this because no one has hotels and the mileage is only I don't even think it's round trip. So,
I just I mean I understand what you're saying. They'll submit reimbursements afterwards and I get that there's fluctuating cost in things because reimbursement costs especially for food or like there's some slight variation like tolls and things like you can only estimate but like hotel costs like I'm
also concerned about the liability for our staff whether or not they're driving back and forth are they sleeping in a tent like I just this is just I mean I would it's I'm just concerned that are these just being signed and not actually reviewed
by supervisors like what what level of like actual review goes into these because I mean that was glaring and usually I mean I don't necessarily notice that but it's glaring that no one's getting a hotel. >> Yeah. I I mean
I don't I don't really have an answer for you Devon. Like if they wanted to drive and drive back like we're not going to tell them no you have to stay in a hotel. Um, and if they did stay in a hotel, we would try to encourage, you know, we would try to confirm the rate and all that. In terms of the mileage
itself though, it where there would be inconsistencies, we reimburse the shorter of the two distances either from central office to that to wherever the conference is or where you live. So, some people might live closer to the
conference >> and they get reimbured for the mileage from their house to the conference. if it's if it's shorter than 57 SuffK Street to the conference. >> So, I don't have the details. I see on one of them there was a calculation there on mileage right above it. I don't
have the exact details, but um those will all be tred up when they submit their travel reimbursement. We'd be looking at, you know, the Google the, you know, the the the Google Drive information and verifying that. we'd be getting the toll
information from the employee. They would have to provide that if they wanted reimbursement. >> Miss Lubalt, >> just and forgive me because I don't have my laptop in front of me because I didn't get make it home on time to get my other one, but um is is sometimes there's a policy
definition about what constitutes an overnight stay that may not necessarily quote unquote be overnight. So like if your workday extends beyond 10 hours, then it's categorized as an overnight stay in in other places that I've worked. So I didn't know if that was
something that, you know, is that part of a policy somewhere? I just I I would look it up myself, but I don't have my laptop. >> Yeah. I don't I don't think it is. >> I mean, I' I'd obviously flag something if it was like, you know, within an hour
or something like that. Yeah. >> Um to Devon, to Mr. Sheen's point, like you know, we don't want people driving three hours >> um if it's not necessarily safe to do so. I don't know if you know, I can I can follow up on why hotels weren't
booked. I don't know if some of them are just going for one day and coming back, but I I can certainly follow up with that. >> Do we have a second? Seconded by Miss Tensley Williams. Roll call vote please. Miss Feliciano.
>> Mr. Michaelelsson. >> Yes. >> Move. >> Yes. >> Mayor Garcia. >> Yes. >> Dr. Ver Cologne. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sheen. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fave. >> Yes. >> Mr. Brown Martinez.
>> I'm gonna say no. >> Um, Miss Tensey Williams. Mr. >> Right. So that's been tabled. Next we have budget transfer and reports that the school committee accept the donations received and included in the
in this agenda's donation report. >> Second >> moved by Mr. Isasa seconded by Mr. Sheen. Discussion seeing none. Roll call vote please. Miss Feliciano >> Micha Martinez.
>> Yes. >> Missy Williams and Mr. Zaza. >> Right. Moving on to warrant approval report that the school committee vote to accept the report of warrants above listed for warrants 0426E
and 05226 AC. >> So moved >> moved by Mi Mr. Michaelelsson. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Seconded by Missold. Discussion. >> See none. Roll call vote please. >> Mr. Michaelelsson. >> Yes.
>> Mr. B. Yes. >> Garcia. >> Yes. >> Dr. Cologne. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Mave. >> Yes. >> Martinez. >> Yes. >> Missy Williams. >> Williams. And Mr. Isaza.
>> Next up, we have the approval of meeting minutes. Mr. Sheen. like to make a motion the school committee vote to accept and approve the meeting minutes of the 4:14 2026 school committee meeting 427 2026 school committee meeting and 4626 finance and operations meeting minutes
>> second >> seconded by Mr. Michaelelsson discussion see none roll call vote please >> Michaelelsson >> yes >> m >> yes mayor Garcia >> yes >> Dr. R cologne >> yes >> yes >> Mr. F
>> yes >> Mr. Ron Martinez. >> Yes. >> Miss Tenzy Williams. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Next up, updates on subcommittees. Policy and governance subcommittee. Not yet.
>> Oh, I'm sorry. Um >> Oh, Miss Miss Lefer, go ahead. Um, so obviously four more things got added, right? And there's more coming. So it'll probably be 10 by the time we're done
with this meeting along with some other stuff that was pending. So the other members, which is Mr. Michaelelsson, do not look at me that way, but you're on it. And Miss Tensley Williams, um, we're going to have to possibly be meeting at least weekly,
even if it's by Zoom. So we'll get through all this important stuff. Okay? So that way whoever comes in new, it's not and you decide to make like maybe Mr. Michaelelsson the chair, just throwing it out there. Um
doesn't become overwhelming. We don't need another resignation. >> That's it. >> Thank you, Miss Leave. Finance and Operations Subcommittee. and we have a recommendation. >> So, um just a reminder, June 8th is our
public hearing. It's here at 5:00. Uh members of the public can access the budget through the superintendent's office to review that. Uh the meeting posting went out in um in the Hoyok Sun as prescribed by the law to uh notify people of the public
hearing. Um, and all of you received the uh budget memo and the PowerPoint presentation and all members were invited to the um finance and operations subcommittee meeting uh to view that as well a couple weeks ago uh to be
prepared for the ETH. Then the other item, the transfer that we're going to be voting on was actually voted down by the um subcommittee. So the motion to recommend had failed. um by the subcommittee and this group needs
to either affirm that or or not. But that's the recommendation to >> So do we have a motion? >> I'll make a motion that school committee approve the budget transfer attached from teacher salaries to various projects as listed. >> Second. >> Seconded by Miss Tensley Williams.
Discussion seeing none. Roll call, please. Oh, Mr. Michaelelsson. Sorry. >> So, just want to clarify the way this reads is approve the budget transfer attached from teacher salaries to
various projects as listed. >> Okay. Just wanted to make sure that that was read appropriately. Okay. >> Right. >> Roll your mic in. >> No. >> Yes. The vote
>> abstain. Mayor Garcia. >> Yes. >> Dr. Cologne. >> No. >> Off. >> Um. >> Uh, Mr. Sheen.
>> No. >> Mr. Fave. >> No. >> Mr. Ron Martinez. >> No. >> Miss. Pency Williams. >> No. >> And Mr. Right. The nose have it for that one. Moving on. Join city council and school
committee. Any updates? Minez. Um, as you heard earlier, we're there's going to be a joint committee on June 17th at 6 o'clock for the position that will be posted for the vacancy of uh W
seven. >> Correct. >> That's for the full committee. >> Full committee >> for both the city council and the full >> school committee. But do you have any for your >> There's nothing I'm sorry. No, there will be no um there's nothing or
available. >> Thank you. Leadership accountability and measurement subcommittee, Miss Lefave. >> Yeah. So, I guess that which we're going to show it again. The modified superintendent eval. I know I put it for
the 22nd. There were some concerns as to like what is it that um how do we fill this out? Whatever, what have you. And um so we're extending it till the end of this week, but we're bringing it back up
once the deadline comes. Then obviously I'll be going to the other members because we need to kind of wrap this up by, you know, evaluating all the responses and kind of um creating the summary so that
way we can present it um to Mr. sodto as well as bring it back uh to the full committee before June 30th or our last before our last meeting or by our last meeting. So that's it. So don't forget if you
haven't seen it in your email, make sure that you check it again and if you forgot it, let Miss Lefave know so that way she can send it to you again because we all need to complete it >> by the end of this week. >> Thank you so much, Miss Lefave. Thank you.
>> Moving on to ongoing business update on parent advisory committees. This was meant to be an FYI. Yes. >> Moving on. Modify superintendent evaluation. There it is. Mave. >> Madam Chair.
>> Yes, Mayor Garcia. >> Excuse me. I don't mean to get out of order here, but if there's no objections, can I please change my vote >> on the last Sorry, I got a little bit of a slur on my speech here. On the last vote we just took.
>> Yes. >> Go ahead. >> No objections. >> All right. Any objections? I don't see any objections. Miss Mayor Garcia, you're good. >> No. >> Yep.
>> Miss Feliciano, did you get that? Thank you so much. >> It's a f. >> Okay. So, on the modified, so I don't know if all of you have seen um the modified evaluation system or evaluation. So what you're going to do
in the first top three um you have to fill out whether it's did not meet some progress significant progress met exceeded. So each one has to have a response. Then when you get further then when you go to the following you're going to have the professional practice
goal which is what um superintendent sodto had presented what the professional practice goal was for the 2526 school year. the student learning goal and then provided three district
improvement goals based on what you read from the quarterly one and quarterly 2 report that I did send after. Sorry to me I was like oh if I have it on my email I'm sure everybody else has it but you know some delete some don't. Um,
>> so with that partial information that you have and if you see that they're already meeting, obviously I'm not going to assume that your quarterly 3 is going to tell me that now you're not meeting yet. So there is progress showing. So you're kind of taking the information from that. If you're going to de dig
deeper, then you're going to have to go through every single agenda and try to get the information that way. But basically we take the information based on the quarterly 1, quarterly 2, quarterly 3, but the quarterly 3 is not
going to be out on time for and obviously um superintendent stood his last day would be June 30th. So we have to get this beforehand. But if you have any questions by all means. So again, when you're getting to those sections, you're also going to
check off. And whatever you check off there should be matching what you have on the top. So like professional practice goal, if you're saying some progress, well then in that one down on the second page, you would check off some progress. Then the expectation is
also just add some comments as to why you evaluated him either high or low. um what are some highlights, strengths, weaknesses, however you want to look at it. Um we want to make sure that we provide him with a thorough a thorough evaluation
um and some feedback plus also thanking him for having taken the position and it wasn't given to somebody else um at that time. Thank God. Um but that's about it. Any questions?
>> Mr. for Michaelelsson. >> Thanks for breaking that down. I'm not sure exactly how I messed that up, but I'm sure that I did. Um, so while we're talking about it, does that mean that explicitly and only the Q2, Q3, Q1 updates are resources that are available
to be put on there or is it anything that's been shared at any point in time? you can utilize any other tool like maybe he brought some stuff up um during any of the other meetings but he provides the quarterly one and the quarterly two specifically based on the
goals that he had picked. So when you're looking at that report that's what that report is. So he he compiles everything from all the other um assessment data collection that they've done to then make his response
on those reports. I know you're going to go much deeper in depth, Miss Lubold. >> I just want to clarify just in terms of how I how I looked at this. So yes, and it's also the business of what we've heard and learned throughout being here,
right? like it's not just the nope submission. Okay, >> correct >> you would put the comments. >> Yes. >> Yeah, >> Mr. Sto. >> Yeah. Uh, thank you. And, um, I will be getting the Q3 update. I'm hoping to wrap that up this week. We just had our
retreat last week. So, um, we have everything we need to complete that. It's not going to be there's not going to be any changes really to the goals piece of it because no no new data has come up since the middle of year data that was in Q2. Um I will say that you
know um Mr. Michaelelsson called me to better understand that update and I think it was really helpful for him to be able to actually click on the big benchmarks document where we actually
have the Q2 update and whether whether or not it was met. like there's a column in there that you can go to for each one of these goals and you can see what the you know a much clearer picture of of
why the rating is either met or not met. Um so I I just I thought that I found that I don't know Mr. Michaelelsson if you agree. But I think after our conversation he he you know he was it was easier for him to kind of follow
that Q1 update the benchmarks and then the task being asked. Mr. Lub, >> I think that's the fundamental issue though that that you're scoping out that he had a special meeting and I know that I've written, you know, volumes of emails with questions about the data and
where the data connects and I think that that is a a a gap and it's it's certainly an opportunity um for us to tie together how these metrics sync, you know, in a in a uniform way that we can all access that there doesn't have to be
this special work that has to be on. I I just want to just put that out there because I I I found that that was a difficult part of the process. >> Thank you, >> Mave. So, if I'm not mistaken on your
quarterly reports, you we have the links in there. Um they're they're like uh blue links and that brings you into more of the report if you want to expand it because the heat map is in there. There's other things that you can get that information from. I just
specifically did not click on it, save it, send it separate. I But for the So everybody knows the whatever is linked on the whatever is blue on here, you just click it, bing, and it pops right up. >> Mr. Soda.
>> Yeah. I mean, we have a way of tracking our benchmarks and where we're at, right? That could change next year. I think reflecting on this process, I probably would have been a little bit more intentional about the instructions provided. So, you know, I could have
easily created uh, you know, here's where you want to look if you want an update cuz it was our meeting wasn't this like complex meeting. I was like, just look at this column and that gives you everything you need. It was as
simple as that. So, um, it wasn't a a complex meeting in any way. So, but reflecting on that, I think that, you know, in the future, we pro we probably could have done Mildrid and I could have done a better job saying here's the tool
and here's a one-page instruction on to help guide you through this because the benchmark, you know, there's a a ton of benchmarks. Not all of them are listed on here because we didn't select them. Um, and you know that I think that would
have gone a long way with your experience as the you know as the evaluator >> and also we're going to have new people all the time. So if that's the practice then it's easier for everybody to be on the same page. Miss Lubal.
>> Yeah. And I think that that was the feedback that I was trying to deliver to you a couple of meetings ago, which was not, you know, pointing out any flaws in in what you were saying, but for me to go
back and understand how does this connect to the progress and that is, you know, and that's something that I also had a conversation with the chief of strategy as well, you know, of of how, you know, we are not experts in the build, but we are judging your
performance. And so having clear information, again, getting back to the standards and things that I brought up on this body before, is so important for for us to give our best, for you to get our best in understanding what we're trying to do. And that is the spirit of the conversation that I that that I was
looking for. >> Thank you. Anything else on the superintendent evaluation, Miss Lefave? All right. move up. >> Can I just um >> borrow from the mayor for a minute and
just go back to the item A and just I I didn't realize we could speak about the FYI and I just wanted to to thank the folks who came back. We had talked about this in March about the update um about what was happening with our parent groups and and um whether they were
having more parent involvement and what the what the challenge was. And so I appreciate the report that was put together and I'm looking forward to helping and assisting with our ad hoc committee which we have a meeting on June 3rd. Um and so I'm looking forward to doing that and talking about engagement more deeply.
>> Thank you. Next up, update of policies. Miss Lef Mr. She >> make a motion the school committee um
>> we don't have to vote on making I'm making a motion that we take uh policy KHB advertising on school district property as a first reading >> separate >> okay >> do we have a second >> second >> seconded by Mr. Michaelelsson discussion
on KHP. >> Mr. Sheen, >> not in that one. Others. >> Oh, okay. >> That one. >> It was this one. >> All right. Any discussion? See none. Roll call vote, please. >> Mr. Michaelelsson,
>> yes. >> Mr. B, >> yes. Mayor Garcia, >> yes. >> Dr. Rone, >> yes. >> Mr. Sheen, >> yes. >> Mr. Fave. >> Yes. >> Martinez. >> Yes. >> Missy Williams. >> C.
>> And >> so may I have a motion for LBC for a first read? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Motion made by Mr. Michaelelsson, seconded by Miss T Williams. Discussion. >> Saying none. Roll call vote, please.
>> Michaelelsson. >> Yes. Mr. Leo, >> yes. >> Mayor Garcia, >> yes. >> Dr. Ver Cologne, >> yes. >> Mr. Sheen, >> yes. >> Fave, >> yes. >> Miss Leon Martinez, >> yes. >> Miss Tensey Williams, >> yes. >> Mr. Saza,
>> yes. >> That we vote to receive first read policy FA. >> Moved by Mr. Sheen. >> Second. >> Seconded by Mr. Michaelelsson. Discussion. Same man. Roll call. Vote please. >> Mr. Michaelelsson.
>> Yes. >> Mau. >> Yes. >> Miss Mayor Garcia. >> Yes. >> Dr. Rone. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fab. >> Yes. >> Mr. Bar Martinez. >> Yes. >> Seni Williams. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes.
>> Moving on to first read for policy. F. Motion made by Mr. Isasa, >> seconded by Miss Dley Williams. Discussion, Mr. Sheen. >> So, I'm wondering why the rationale was to remove the 2/3 vote from naming a
facility from that and why we would open this up to almost a payforplay situation where people can give money and have things named after them. Oh, wait a minute. Wait. Moment. That's where I got to go to.
Oh, trust me. I found them. I'm going to read you exactly the discussion that they had. Which one was that one? F. Right. >> F. F. Take a moment though.
You're making me work. But those media units are immaculate. >> I thought you were my ride or die. You left me to die. Uh >> oh. Ouch. >> Um, ABCD. >> All right. Fine. Okay. It wasn't that one.
Now I'm just going to read you what was there. Um, 114. F FF >> FF. >> You have any other questions on any of them? Just so I know where I'm going. >> Well, then next >> FFA.
>> Okay. FF. >> This is what was spoken about. Add first paragraph from the MASC. When you create new room, remove reduce disappointment and in the last sentence motion is to
add the first and second paragraph from the MASC to the policy. Remove the third paragraph from the HPS website and have a twothird vote. So they had discussed to remove all that.
>> Mr. I don't ask me what happened. >> I don't see any of that. So, if what I heard from you was that the two/3s vote is remaining and >> nope. Remove remove the third paragraph from HPS website and having a twoth3 vote.
>> So, I guess I'm what I'm curious about is the why. Why are we removing the two/3s vote? And why did we include the information that philanthropic contributions in support of the school district are encouraged by the school committee? The school committee may acknowledge generous donors by
designating appropriate spaces within school district facilities consistent with the level of financial commitment. That's what I'm want to know what the rationale was for removing the vote and adding in that the encouragement of
philanthropic contributions. Do you two have good memory, >> Mr. Michaelelsson? >> February 14th. >> I think this uh adjustment predates my term on the school committee. >> I thought you had a question or something that you weren't to say.
Besides that, >> oh, I I saw you raise your hand. >> Go ahead. It also seems to me that given that we don't actually know how we arrived at this that we should probably send it back to committee.
>> Of course you would. Of course, >> just while we have our chair here. >> So, hold on a minute. >> I'll I'll make him I'll move to table the policy and it can always come back to us. >> Motion and refer back to policy.
>> Motion made by Mr. and seconded by Mr. Isasa. Discussion seeing none. Roll call vote. Miss Feliciano. >> Mr. Michaelelsson. >> Yes. >> Misso. >> Yes. >> Mayor Garcia. >> Yes. >> Dr. Cologne. >> Yes. >> Sheen. >> Yes.
>> Mr. F. >> No. >> Yes. >> William. Let's see. Mr. >> Yes. All right. So, next we have as a first read policy FFA memorials move.
>> Moved by Mr. Sheen. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Seconded by Mley Williams. Discussion. Mr. Michaelelsson. >> I'm just curious why we need like a separate memorial policy versus a naming of facilities policies. Um, I guess the
facilities could definitely stand alone, but a name like a memorial policy doesn't really make sense to me. >> Mr. F because it's currently literally though, Mr. Sheen, >> that was what they said.
>> I think so. This is put there because it does help school staff that when there is an inquiry, if there's a member of the school community that they want to recognize, when they need to have permanency, that it gives the school staff some guidance of that process. Uh, and it assists some principles. I think
that if someone were to come out and say that we want this, I I that's the only like thing that I can think of because some schools in the past have just done stuff and it's been why did that person get something and not another? So it was to develop a process
because it's not a facility like a memorial could be you could plant a tree with a plaque and that's not a facility. >> You could which has been done. I mean a bench you could like there's different things like that that you can it's not
necessarily a a library. It's a chair >> or seats in the auditorium you could >> Thank you Mr. Sheen. He saw beyond. >> I can see why we have this. >> Any further discussion?
>> See none. Roll call vote, please. >> Mr. Michaelelsson, >> yes. >> Miss, >> yes. Mayor Garcia, >> he's gone. >> We can roll call this. >> Amen.
Should we finish this one that we already started? >> I'll finish just so I can have it on record. Okay. Um, Mayor Garcia. >> Um, Dr. Ralone. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sheen. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fave. >> Yes.
>> Minez. >> Yes. >> C. Next we have removal of policies that the school committee vote to receive recommendation for removal of policy FAE. >> So moved.
>> Moved by Miss Tensley Williams. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Seconded by Mr. Sheen. Discussion. Mr. Michaelelsson. >> We're voting to receive recommendation for I don't understand that. to remove
it. So it would be that yes, we're okay with removing this policy from our policies. >> It was the recommendation of the policies of committee that we removed this. So we're approving their recommendation. Got it. >> Any further discussion?
Seeing none, all those in favor? >> I I Any opposed? Extensions. So moved. Making a motion not open to the public because an open meeting. Move to executive session. Not open to the public because an open meeting may have
a detrimental effect on the litigating position and bargaining position of the public body for the purpose of collective bargaining of all units and litigation updates. Do I have a second? Seconded by Mr. Michaelelsson. And we still have to roll
call vote for this. >> Roll call vote for executive session. >> Mr. Michaelelsson, >> yes. >> Miss Levo, >> yes. >> Uh, Dr. Ralone, >> yes. >> Mr. Sheen, >> yes. >> Yes. >> Martinez, >> yes. Williams,
>> yes.