Not. You seem great. Yeah, you're right. I'm not mirroring, just so you know. But I'm not mirroring, so I'm gonna hopefully >> All right. Welcome to the Thursday, August 14th, 2025 U meeting of the school committee and um we're going to call the meeting to order and we'll
start with pledge of allegiance. I >> pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
>> Wonderful. >> So, we have public comment, but I'm not seeing anybody here for public comment. Do we have anybody online for public comment? All right. So, we're going to start with recognitions. I'd like to start by recognizing and we're g you're will see
in a few moments that um Mr. Pomeville is here from the high school. We'd like to congratulate him. on his position as interimm principal for this um school year and to also welcome Jess Bey as our
new director of student services and you'll hear from both of them um this evening. So, welcome to all of you. Is there any other recognitions that anybody else has? Um, we went to the Elmwood scavenger hunt earlier this week and my boys had a ton of fun running
around and finding all the different things and even explored a classroom where someone was setting up and she was very gracious and said they can come in. Um, so thank you Mrs. Newton because they were talking about that the rest of the day. Um, but it was really nice. I
really like the introduction to the new building. >> Wonderful. Exciting. All right, going through reports. I hear we have Mr. Everly all set and ready for
construction update on Zoom. >> Oh, >> that's Mr. Masters. >> Oh, >> we can't hear you, Chris. >> Nor do we want to. >> We still can't hear Chris.
But I don't know, there >> if that's gonna help or not. >> Uh Susan just told me we'll get the Zoom going. >> Okay, got it. Okay, great. Thanks, Chris. >> All right, can we hear Mr. Everly? >> One second.
>> Okay, we can hold for just a moment. You want to do my superintendent report just so we know? >> Sure. >> Sure. >> Can we swap to the superintendent report? >> Sounds good. >> All right. Let's just uh
up on the screen here. >> See if we can get the slides. >> Can we switch the main screen to the slides? >> Sorry. >> No, you're good. We'll try and do it. >> It's, you know, we're working out the case. >> Awesome. >> All right. Okay. Here we go. >> I'm gonna have to rag on it for this
picture. >> Well, we'll change it over there. Sorry. Well, good evening everyone. Uh, it's nice to see you. Uh, this is the superintendence report for August 14th. I'd like to start tonight with some highlights. Uh, first, congratulations to longtime Hopton and Coach Dick Bliss, who was named to the Massachusetts
Basketball Coaches Association's Hall of Fame. Coach Bliss spent decades working in our athletic programs, leading the boys basketball team in the 80s, then transitioning to the girls program in the 90s, where he won the division four state championship in 1998. He was the athletic director for a period of time
and coached our golf team for more than 40 years, winning two state titles before retiring in 2019. Coach's impact on generations of student athletes in Hopington is hard to overstate. So, congratulations to him. Certainly welld deserved. Next, a big shout out to our future health professional students at
HHS. otherwise known as HOSA, who traveled to Nashville last month for the International Leadership Conference. This is the fifth year in a row our students have qualified since starting the club in 2020 under the leader Yeah, it's impressive. Under the leadership of adviser and anatomy teacher Marjgerie Biler. Uh at the conference, our
students attended dozens of healthcare workshops, seminars, and hands-on trainings and network with over 14,000 students and health professionals. Uh next, congratulations as well to Isa, a rising eighth grader who earned second place in the Massachusetts Center for the Books Statewide Writing Initiative.
She was recognized for her letter to author Sabria Kelker about the book American as Paneer Pi. At the end of the school year, Isher was honored at the state house where she read her letter aloud, which is a wonderful achievement. And finally, a fun alumni note, Dan Miselle, class of 2005, recently worked
behind home plate as an MLB umpire at the Red Sox Dodgers game at Fenway Park. So, it's always exciting to see Hillers on such a big stage. So, congratulations to them. Uh, next, some general updates and upcoming events at each building. Uh, we have a busy and exciting few weeks ahead as we prepare for the start of the year.
>> For our youngest future hillers, Mr. Bo and her team will be hosting the kindergarten for a get to know marathon and bus experience August 19th through the 21st. Time slots are based on class assignments. Also on the 21st is new to grade 1 bus experience, and all of these
events are for registered students only. at Elmwood. Like Jamie mentioned earlier, it was great to see our second and third graders and their families exploring the building at open house. Uh meeting Mr. Bronninger and his team earlier this week. Uh based on my observations, the scavenger hunt was a hit. Uh and certainly will help our
students feel more ready and excited for the first day. Also, student placement letters were sent out yesterday to families at Elmwood. Moving to Hopkins, Mr. Carter and his team hosted a parent informational night over Google Meet last night. It was very well done and an informative presentation. Uh student
placement letters also will be sent out. Uh I think they were yesterday actually. Uh and uh we also are going to be talking about it shortly, but we are still on track to be open for all staff on Tuesday the 19th. Uh you see the little picture in the corner that is Miss Rotherick, Mr. Lebr, Mr. Carter,
and I am behind the action shot taking that photo. We tooured the building earlier this week. So it's great. >> Uh in the middle school, uh new to Hopington orientation for grades seven and eight is on August 20th. That is also the day that schedules will be available in Power School for students.
And the grade 6 orientation is on the 21st from 9 to 11:00. At the high school, fall athletics kickoff with football and cheer triyouts starting tomorrow. And all other fall sports begin on Monday the 18th, which is also the date that student schedule is available in Power School. We have our
9th grade orientation on August 20th, and our international and transfer student orientation on the 21st. Next is just a quick look at our first days of school for for our students by grade level. Uh Wednesday the 27th, we welcome back the majority of students. We have our first graders, Elmwood,
Hopkins Middle School, and High School. On Thursday the 28th, we welcome our kindergarteners to Marathon. And then the following week, we start pre-K. Our afternoon preK begins Wednesday, September 3rd. And our morning prek begins Thursday, September 4th. and we stagger those starts so our youngest
students can get the special attention that they need to make those first days smooth and welcoming. From the district level, before students arrive, we'll be welcoming 25 new educators across the district, including three long-term subs and one full year sub for our new educator orientation on
August 19th to the 21st. Mr. abroad organizes and runs the three days covering topics such as SEAL, culturally responsive practices, safety, and even meeting with the second year Hopington teachers to learn about the first year experience. I know I speak for all the principles and Mr. Lebr when I say we are very excited for this group to be
joining our team. In addition, our uh teacher professional development days start Monday the 25th and Tuesday the 26th before welcoming our students back. Uh as a staff, we'll focus on connection, collaboration, preparing for a strong start of the year. um school committee, you are all invited to attend
the opening remarks on Monday at 8 a.m. in the middle school auditorium bright and early. We'll have some breakfast for you. And finally is the top of the hill spotlight. Uh last week we held our annual summer admin leadership retreat in Worcester uh bringing together district and school leaders for two full
days. Our focus was on relationship building, leadership development, goal setting, and preparing for the year ahead. Uh the retreat in my opinion set a positive tone and reinforced our shared commitment to collaboration. a student- centered approach and continuous improvement. I want to thank the leadership team, many of whom are
here tonight for their efforts, their dedication in early August and for their leadership. I'm excited to get to work with this group. Uh and the pictures on the slide here is the group at the Wox game after our Tuesday night, which was a great uh event for us. And then the other photo is us in groups discussing
our district priorities. And so that is the superintendent report for the 14th. >> Thank you very much. Do we now have Mr. Ely queued up and ready to go. All right. >> And can we um check to make sure Zoom is
working for Chris Masters. >> We want to make sure he has some audio. >> That's good. >> Technology took the summer off. >> Good one. >> Well, the rest of y'all didn't. I got no audio on
>> Hi, Chris. >> Can you hear us? >> Okay, I can hear you now. >> Got you now. Thank you. We could hear you like you're >> blew us out of the room like you're the Wizard of Oz. >> Well, the speakers work >> the great and powerful master. That's
great. >> Okay, Mr. Everly. >> So, um I'll take control of the screen, but joining us again to present is Carly >> Oh, yes. who has been the uh PM on the job um since the beginning and um she'll
share the construction update that we've put together for you if I get the right slide on the screen. There we go. >> Looks good. >> Perfect. Thanks, Chris. Hi, everyone. Good to see you again. Um so, I'm just going to run through briefly an overview of Hopkins so far. Um so for safety uh
we did have one incident that I had mentioned on the last meeting that we attended um of a laborer who fainted after an injury which resulted in emergency medical response but since that incident we have had no further um issues on site. Uh as far as schedule,
the overall project schedule um overall project remains on schedule and most importantly we are on track to get our temporary certificate of occupancy on Monday uh which will allow the teachers to come back on the 19th. Um the team is continuing to work off hours and over
the next few weekends uh prior to school opening to make sure everything's buttoned up for when students return on the 27th. And uh budget overview uh we remain on budget. There's no issues to report there, which is good. Um, for FFN and
security, we have a few updates here. Uh, so multiple town vendors are on site this week and next week to install projectors in the classrooms, wireless access points, and the classroom phones. Um, our security vendor is going to be on site uh the beginning of September to
get the exterior cameras at the new edition online and then they will return later in the fall to complete their installation in the new edition uh for cameras, card readers, other security items. Uh, as far as furniture, so we
did have some, uh, demo furniture delivered to Hopkins, which includes, uh, chair and desk selections, um, which will allow the staff to have a chance to review those. Those are items that are going to be put in the new addition. And we're currently working on a schedule
with Perkins Eastman, the architect, for when we need to lock in those decisions and um, make sure we have all the furniture ready for turnover of the new addition in February. Um, next slide please, Chris. So, this is just um a high level
construction site overview. Uh, the focus has really been on the renovation of the existing school. They have been doing uh some work in the new addition as well, but it's really all hands on deck to get ready for school opening. Um, at the end of our construction
update, we're going to circle back. We have um the return to school traffic plan that we're going to go over in detail with you and we'll pull that up at the end of this presentation. Uh next slide, Chris. Um and if you want to just click through these, the next few slides are just some images of the
work that's been going on over the last month um for the new addition. The brick installation is complete. Um they're nearing completion on the curtain wall installed, getting the gutters in place and the exterior doors. Um the generator and the docking station were installed
and startup with the manufacturer took place on August 9th. Um they've completed a significant amount of site work over the last few weeks including new curbing sidewalks and parking lot islands along the north side of the site
um where the main entry is and um on the south side of the site at the bus loop. Um in the north parking lot they have finished paving and um we're finishing up striping today. That's Chris is showing you that um they have most of the striping um completed at this point
in the south parking lot that has binder course installed and temporary striping. So all those spots were are in place for when teachers return. Um they're also uh they have set all the new mechanical equipment and associated piping and duck rig installations are ongoing on the
roof. Um, and they're working on getting those all operational um, prior to students returning on the 27th. And like I said previously, we are on track for obtaining our temp certificate of occupancy from the building department on Monday, which is great.
Uh, next slide, please, Chris. Oh, next one. Sorry. >> One more. >> Everything at once. Is that good? There we go. >> Change order update. Yeah, thank you.
>> Um, so as far as change orders, we did not have any new change orders in the month of July. We did have a handful of change order requests which um were approved and those will all be rolled up into change order 9 which will be included in the um August um payment
requisition and our August monthly report. Um next slide, please. >> Just one thing to note about change orders. Um, we've talked in the past that change orders are more heavy in um the uh existing construction stages than
they are in just the new construction ska stages. And the summer has shown that. So um one of the things you'll notice in the monthly report that was shared is that there's been an uptick in uh PCOS. That's not concerning. It's to some degree expected as we get into more
of those existing conditions that have a little more variability in terms of um issues that sometimes arise. >> Um and this is just an overview of um Perkins Eastman Bertex and Commodore's um billings to date, contract amount to date. Um there were two the two
amendments that were previously approved earlier this month for the loop road work are not included in this. um they will be included on our next report which will tie up all the July financials. Um next slide
>> and D you're on to me. Um so just to give you a quick Charleswood update, we'll um in the future we'll be giving you slide presentations similar to this. We thought it was appropriate to share it with the building committee next week before we um brought it to to you folks. Um but tree clearing is largely complete
and they're really at the point where they're removing stumps. um the if you're in the area of the site, you can't really tell much from what you can see from the street, but they've actually uh gone pretty deep um into the the permanent site. It's about 18 acres that are being disturbed by the work
that we're doing. Um they're really beginning a lot of the sort of temp drainage so that the site is properly managed for um any storms that might roll through and creating a roadway for safe site access. Um they're working through some of the permitting requirements with the town um
inspectional services and what their schedule really would like them to do is to begin um foundation excavations very shortly um in late August and early September. Uh the one thing you will be noticing in the coming month is the site trailers are going to be delivered and
the temp power is going to be established. Once those site trailers um are delivered, anybody who has any concerns about the project or would like to speak to someone um you can always reach out to um the project website. But if you wanted to actually address
something directly um there will be a a trailer on site for Vertex and we have a staff person who's there during the day who can u meet with you and hear any concerns that you might have. >> Um not much change to the schedule overall. We're still um largely on
schedule on both projects. Um we'll get more updates for on Charleswood as uh the general contractor gets mobilized and they finalize their schedule. We've been through a couple of revisions as they fine-tune it. Um Hopkins remains on schedule. We're well established as
Carly showed you to um be ready to open for teachers in the coming week and to be ready to open for students. And um we've seen a great deal of effort from Commodore and their subcontractors to make sure that they're ready to open on time.
>> That's great. Yes, I definitely saw them last weekend working throughout the weekend. So, >> um so this is our return to school traffic plan that we wanted to share with all of you. Um, and what you'll see here is the traffic flow around the school as well as the construction zone,
um, where that fencing is going to be and the recess area for the coming school year. Um, so the traffic along the loop road is indicated in the green arrows that you'll see there. Um, very similar to what everyone experienced
with the last school year. Um, when parents or parents enter the north parking lot, we have the queueing line around the perimeter just as they did last year, as well as an inner lane for people that are, you know, parked and want to leave. They aren't necessarily
waiting for students or dropping anyone off. Um, just like last year, they um once they're done there, they will take a right out of the parking lot, follow all the way down the loop road. Um, and also just like last year, you'll see
there's a purple line there, um, where it where the traffic passes the construction entrance. This is where we have a small stretch of two-way construction traffic. So, there are there is signage there on both sides. Um, people coming from the opposite
direction, which will mostly be construction traffic, have a stop sign, so they have to make sure that no one's coming. Um and then also for people traveling down the loop road for parents um there is sign just telling them that there may be vehicles coming. So
everyone will be cautious around that area. Um again that's just to facilitate the necessary vehicles getting in and out of the construction site. Um you'll see the orange at the bottom of the screen. This is our um our bus queuing
lane. Um very similar to last year. We do have um permanent sidewalks for a portion of that that have been installed and um um the curbing that separates the loop road from the bus lane is in place for a portion of that. Um we are
extending it to the left with um temporary construction ve or temporary vehicle barriers, those big orange barriers um to further delineate that bus lane while we're working toward final the permanent condition in that location. Um,
does anyone have any questions on this plan at all or on the project in general? >> No. >> So, we've provided this to Matt so that he can distribute it to any new parents who are coming to Hopkins. >> Um, it's going to be the same
configuration uh up to this point. So, any returning parents will still see the same thing. It's it the only thing you're gaining is a longer queue, so there'll be less backing up. um for any parents that are arriving. >> That's great.
>> So, that is what we had to share with you for today. If there's any other questions, we're happy to answer them. Um we want to thank Perkins Eastman and Commodore for working so hard this summer to really um make sure that we could open on time and we still have a little bit of work to do, but everybody
has given it a full effort to make sure that we're ready for the students. >> Wonderful. Thank you. Uh, Mr. Masters, do you have questions? >> My only question was the 30, if I remember the slide right, the 32% of contingency has already been spent.
Is that what that slide showed? >> Bear with me. It's challenging to transfer into Zoom. >> And as you're looking for that, the the 32% is that are we 32% through the project? And I
know you mentioned it where you know the the timeline of when contingency is used is as expected and it there's it ramps up and there are different stretches of where those change orders are put in but 32% >> you're speaking to this.
>> Yes. Yeah. >> Okay. Um you'll see that there's a more complete um there's a more complete version of the PCO log in your meeting packet with the report that we shared. Um, I believe it made it into your meeting packet. If it didn't, it'll be distributed to you soon. Um, in terms of
where we are in the overall project overall, I believe the percentage um Oh, sorry, it's a little uh awkward. We're at about 44% of construction billings at this point, but this is um a few weeks
delayed. It doesn't reflect our current VIP that's coming through now. So, we're a little bit higher. So the PCO percentage is actually ahead of the construction update. If you recall um when we were with you four to six months ago discussing the
loop road um at the time we presented a risk register and what we found is that we are continuing a little ahead of our prediction in terms of where we would be with change orders at this point but um not to the degree that it's it's
concerning in any way. I think it's um it's just representative of the fact that we're a little heavier into change orders while we're dealing with so many existing conditions and so many um unexpected costs in order to make sure that we can fit all the work within the compressed schedule that makes up the
summer. Um there's an extensive amount of work that's been done and so some of that work hasn't quite made it into the billings. So from a um percent complete, I would say we're 50% or slightly ahead in terms of the amount of work that's
been done. So we're still trending under anywhere um where we would have estimated um overall change orders to be and um we're we're no way concerned about where we are from a percentage of contingency used.
>> Okay, great. Thank you. That's all I have. >> Great. Thank you. We appreciate the update. >> Thank you everyone. >> Enjoy your meeting. >> Hey. >> All right. For a school committee chair
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26007S 26008S 26009S 261S and 2611s that have been approved and the warrants are in our folders.
On to liaison reports. Go for it. >> Uh I didn't make it to the uh pizza party. >> CPAC party. >> CPAC party. >> Jamie did that. >> I was there. Yeah. Um the ESY picnic was really fun. It was a super hot day.
>> Um so there was more activity inside. There were kids playing in the gym. Um CPAC folks brought some extra toys and things for kids to play with. There was an ice cream truck. The line never was short. We were watching. Um, we had pizza being served by various staff
members, but also Mr. Bishop and Miss Bey, which was really lovely. Um, and none of the kids knew who they were. They were just screaming for pizza. Um, and there was a magician >> which was a real hit. Um, and yeah, that was amazing. It was really fun.
>> Exciting. Did you go to the um regional try to get >> I got to the So CPAC um organized a regional CPAC get together and invited CPACs from surrounding towns and Leslie Leslie from the Federation for Children with Special Needs attended um which was
really cool. They got a bunch of people. >> Um the Hopkin CPAC board made little you're doing a good job treat yourself treat bags for all the parents who attended >> which was very wellreceived. Um, and it was like really good attendance and closed down Red Heat in Westboro.
>> Nice. >> Excellent. >> That was really cool. >> Very exciting. >> And, uh, CPAC has, uh, on the first day of school, they have a breakfast >> for parents at, uh, the spoon. I >> think it's hoping to get there >> 8.
Okay. >> Those of us who have kids going to school early, we can get there early. >> Sounds good. Chris, do you have any on updates? Nope. None for me. >> Okay. Um and I've heard I've been looped
into some of the communication from the uh green committee um with Susan about the different energy efforts in Hopkin. Um which has been really neat to get up to speed on and it looks like a lot of things are being explored. Um which is just neat to see. But I don't have
anything specific as an update. Just I see them working together and it's a really nice coordination. >> That's excellent. I do know they had attended a um event about school buses, electric school buses that was really exciting.
>> All right, so we'll welcome uh Mrs. Dau has something for us. >> Hello. Hello. >> I am happy to be here. >> Um here >> to have a donation accepted. So
>> Marathon won a contest through 98.5 the sports of their summer view contest and what it is is an ochres touch view display panel. So that's valued at approximately $2,500.
>> Wow. They would install that, set that up, and it what's nice is separate from the contest, that company is someone that we've worked with for technology. So, they're actually familiar with the building. We're familiar with their product, >> but this is probably even an updated
project because I learned with the addition five years and technology is considered old. So, this will be even newer than what we have um >> for that. So, it was pretty neat. They announced our school over over the radio if anybody was up morning to hear it and
they know that we are awaiting approval to accept accept the >> How how did you win the contest? >> So um a staff member entered our name. It was it was >> it was like a drawing. >> Mhm. >> Cool. >> Yes. >> Very cool. >> So it's it was Mr. Norton actually our
wellness. >> Did she get to turn it on first or anything? >> We might plan something special. But what's nice, I think, is how staff when they see an opportunity like that, they'll think, "Oh, this would be great for our school." And um so
>> that's something that we value. >> Is it like in the foyer of the school? >> So we actually um were meeting and talking yesterday, Mr. Bishop and um Dr. Goch. And what would be ideal is if we could move it as needed where it's the
touch screen if somehow we could incorporate it that our students would be able to manipulate and use it. Maybe connect it to some of our um work on, you know, restorative justice, social emotional, you know, anything else that we're doing where they could have a
part. You know, we we work a lot with our school expectations. Take care of yourself, take care of each other, take care of this place. So somehow if we could have it where students were able to see it, do it, use it, probably be the most. >> So if it was a movable thing, we need to
make sure it's not too high, you know, not not Mr. Bishops. >> That's why they didn't know you serving pizza. They just saw me all, right? Um, so that's that's what we would like
and I would anticipate that they would be able to accommodate that with us. Um, but that would is yet to be seen. >> Excellent. >> Great. >> Well, I move to approve the donation from aer valued ad $2500. >> Second.
>> Sounds great. So, we need to do a roll call. Um, Mr. Masters. >> Yes. >> Uh, Jamie. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> And I'm a yes. >> Well, thank you. >> Awesome. >> Thank you. You can. >> Very exciting. And yeah, you can still
because you're here for the elementary handbook, but I think Mr. Bishop >> Yeah, we can invite them up if you want. I can I can certainly um if you want to pull that up. So >> green there. >> Yeah, I I think begrudgingly >> begrudgingly. Okay,
>> we're going in. >> And Mac, can we change the screen? >> Thank you. >> Awesome. All right, as our elementary principles are are setting up, I I'd like to briefly discuss uh an addition to um all of our
handbooks. Uh so I thought I would be the one that would be presenting it on behalf of of the schools. Um there uh you can see up on the screen the new language here. Uh there was a recent Supreme Court ruling back on June 27th affirming that families have the right to request their children be excused
from certain curriculum content based on sincerely held religious beliefs. Uh we have been working closely with one of our attorneys, Paige Tobin at Murphy Lamaria Murphy, uh who's also been collaborating with a group of uh school attorneys in Massachusetts, including those at MASS and MASC. Uh and they've
developed this language that schools across the state will adopt based upon their reading of the case and requirements. Uh we discussed this at our admin retreat. Paige actually came and spoke with us about it. Uh and our staff has been made aware of it as well. So, as I said, the language is up there right here. That'll be in all of the
handbooks. uh and wanted to make sure that you were aware of it. Uh so with that said, I turn it over to the elementary folks for for their presentation. >> Okay. Wonderful. So we have general updates which I'm sure you can imagine every year you've got staff changes. Mr. Bishop is now our
superintendent. Jess Bey our director of student services in addition to um the Elmwood admin team, Jennifer Hines. So we went through updated that information to make sure that was current and up to date. there were some minor um things that you think gosh how did we miss this
period needed to be a comma comma needed to be a period or so many words and punctuation marks but then when sometimes when you go back you're like wow okay >> I think it was changed on us >> oh okay >> that was wow >> um that and then even adding simply am to pm when we talk about our arrival and
dismissal >> didn't really look polished you know it just had the numbers so we went back those were some general changes throughout um the handbook there and then now specific changes. We reviewing it
moved the location where the school resource officer was listed. Previously, it was listed under the school administration section and we thought that conveyed that they were part of school administration and we know we value the school resource offer officer
um and everything they do for us, but it's really school contact information. So we moved that contact information from that page, school administration to the school contact information. >> Okay. Next specific change.
>> Um, yep. So uh in looking at uh pages 14 and 15, uh we noticed that the Elmwood uh arrival and dismissal map was the link was not working, not active. Uh so we corrected that to make sure that that was an active link. Um, and then we also
did the same for Hopkins to update the uh construction plans and make sure that that was reflective of the the work that was happening over there. >> Um, and then on page 27, >> thank you. >> Okay. >> All right. Um, we noticed that we had
the word unexcused where it was actually meant to be excused in terms of uh parents reporting absences for religious um, observances. Um, so that there's a form that is uh linked there and we just wanted to make sure that that was reflective of uh the actual purpose of the form um which would be for parents
to indicate when they would like to um ask for an excused absence for a religious observation. >> All right. One uh addition to the handbook this year is the Hopkins off and away um personal device policy. If
you'll remember last year, I believe HMS and HHS added a similar policy. >> And um with our tween looking more teen by the day, we wanted to um sort of fall in line with the the middle school and high school to get them ready for those
expectations. Um, we already had language about personal devices being in lockers, uh, not in the classroom, but we found that, um, teachers still felt a little uncomfortable enforcing. Um, just so we wanted to beef up that, uh, language in there with this policy so
that they can all feel comfortable and we're all on the same page. Um, interestingly, after writing this, um, you know, state government has a bill. Yes, I was actually just going to mention that that Senator Spoka presented about it to our select board >> and I was excited. We are ahead of the
>> So whether it passes or not, you know, I think this policy is really good for kids um learning that they can do things on their own uh at school, but at the same time reiterate to parents that >> um if they ever need to speak to their kids, we have them, right? We call the
office and come down to the office. We can get any message to them. Um, so, uh, I I know it can bring some anxiety, um, those kids not having that device on them, but really it's important for for kids to to put them away. >> So, we're excited about that.
>> Just just adding a little bit to that, it it's even happening now at Marathon, >> so it's it's the smartwatches, >> the texting, the this, the that. So, and it it's hard to focus on what your learning is supposed to be at that time
when you're text as anybody an adult or or whatnot. So, for little ones, it's we're seeing more of it, too. Not phones yet. Um, so I think that bill that comes forth will just reinforce what we're trying to do. >> Yep. >> Um, and then the last one, uh, we just
added the language that Mr. Bishop spoke to, uh, on page 48. Wonderful. That is all of our updates. >> Thank you. >> Should be no more typos or missing. >> All right. >> Next year, you'll be back that you forgot.
>> Yes, we'll >> see. We hope not. >> Did you Did you assign a proof reader? >> Well, actually there I'm going to say we do have some excellent editors and proof readers. So, yeah, >> that's always grueling job. >> Yes. Yeah. And they enjoy it. That's great. >> Sometimes when you're too close to it,
you miss it. >> Oh, yeah. It just flies over. Yes. >> Yeah. >> Um this is a somewhat unrelated question about the handbooks. Sure. >> Um the Hopkins Google Meet last night. >> I know. >> Okay. I was like I think you know but >> um
>> no one could presentation I >> was a great I was I don't know. >> Why didn't you let us in? >> I didn't realize I took all the spots right. So, just >> just so families can know, I I actually
have my welcome back to school coming out tomorrow. Great >> and I will include the recording and the um slideshow in there. >> Thank you. >> And then also, you know where to find me. So, if there's any questions, >> I got a lot of messages. I think my daughter >> Yes. >> people thought I knew I didn't.
>> You know what? If that's the only thing that goes wrong, that's fine with me because the building project is going to be done on time. That's >> my thing. >> Yeah. But no, it should go tomorrow. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> The technology took the summer off >> apparently. So
>> there you go. >> Great. Well, thank you. I think we wait till all of them are presented to approve. So >> thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Hello, Mr. Lefay. >> Hello. Good evening.
>> It's good to be here. Thanks for having me tonight to uh present changes to the handbook and it's good to see you all. Um I have very minor changes um this year because there are no typos at HMS. >> They're a little more advanced than
their ELA skills, right? So, um just some some very general changes um updates through um to dates to reflect the current school year throughout. Um and you know, every year you find something that doesn't match wording throughout the document. So, there's
some cleaning up there. And then, um you you may know that our sixth graders um go to a program offsite called Nature's Classroom every year. um that company has uh sold the facility to a company called Outdoor Classroom. So, we still
take the same trip. It's just a different different name. Outdoor classroom. >> Um I have a little language that I tweaked um regarding the cell phone um policy. Just looking to add some clarity. Um I'm I'm proud of the decrease in cell phone use that we've
seen over the last um few years. Um I know in in speaking with staff this concept of off in a way seems to be working um for us. There are some things that need to be addressed from time to time of course but um so just a little
little change in wording here um to reflect um cell phones turned off at the start of the day and remaining off through the end of the day. And I just wanted to highlight it's not a new policy. Um and uh it it has certainly led to um positive connections and
interactions between students students and staff when that is when that policy is is followed. So proud of the success there. Um wanted to just add a note to our uh communication um protocol between um parents, families and and staff. I
mean the collaboration with families um at our school is is excellent. Um and teachers are looking for that collaboration with families when there's a concern for their student. Um and of course those are by and large very very positive and I think they're positive
when the outreach leads with a question just looking for some clarification on either something that happened or something that they're hearing um at home. Um, unfortunately, every now and then we might receive uh a message that starts as I wrote here from a place of
blame. And that's that's tough. That's tough for a teacher. I can say like I still remember receiving some of those in 2000 2001 when I started teaching. Um, and the teacher is there to, you know, do do the best they can by your students. So, um, I think leading with a question is always always the best way
to start. So, just some new language there to try to try to capture that spirit. >> Great. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> As a middle school parent, I am thankful for your cell phone policy. >> My daughter's going through a uh she's
away at overnight camp without her phone for two weeks, which is a fabulous experience. >> Yep. My daughter did the same uh same this summer. >> Do they have withdrawal symptoms? Sh. Yeah, I think it was it was a little off ground, but we'll see. >> Yeah, I think it is it does come as a
shock to them for at least the first couple days. >> So, >> glad to know we have that shared experience. >> Good. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Nice to see you both. >> And Mr. Pal.
>> Oh. Oh, Mr. Andra is coming. Sorry. >> You're sneaking in in the middle. >> Yeah. Good evening everyone. Thank you for having me. Um I hope everyone's had a good summer. >> Yeah, you too. >> Excited for everything to get started tomorrow and Monday. So
>> yeah, lots happening tonight. >> Yeah. Um so not too many u big changes for the athletics handbook. Um we'll start with some general changes. Uh changes to the administrative team. Um obviously with Mr. Bish Mr. Bishop stepping into separate superintendent
and Mr. Palmerville stepping into the principal spot. Um changes to the athletic staff. We hired a new assistant athletic director. Um who actually played a big hand in some of these changes coming up too, which is great. Um so kind of adding him in there as well. Um an inclusion of a table of
contents where parents and families can find information easier. um overall formatting change, kind of cleaning up some of the areas of either repetitiveness or um you know code of conduct things being in different spots and trying to get them all clumped
together so that we don't have people looking for something that's not there. Um and then the inclusion of a appendix with some additional resources related to athletics. Um which will be I think the last slide. We'll talk a little bit more about what those resources are.
Specific changes. Um so this is a change from last year which was a change from the year before. Um, with specific to athletics, we have a policy of being in school for we had a policy of being in school for half the day, coming in by
11:15 in for the rest of the school day. Um, we went through some issues with it last year where it was kind of in the middle of some classes at times and so you have kids kind of coming in at 11:10 disrupting class trying to be in so that they can participate. So, this new
policy is every student has to be in by the start of the third block of the school day. Um, that is a lot easier to track on Power School. It's a lot easier to track for our coaches. Um, and it's a little more clear-cut about when students should be in with less
disruptions to the actual class day. Um, and then additionally, students who are not in school on Friday before a weekend competition are not eligible to play in that competition the next day or Sunday. Um and that was already a policy, but that's more spelled out um again with
getting a lot of questions about that kind of throughout the year last year. >> That's that's even if um they they miss they they come in um by the start of third block on that Friday. >> No, they'd be able to participate if they
>> they would if they're in school for the right amount of time on that Friday, then they're good to go. Does everyone I only have elementary kids so does everyone know what time the start of the third block is? >> So at the high school because it's a rotating schedule it's a different time. >> So yeah
>> it is um I think sometimes it's 10:30 sometimes it's a little earlier. >> When you were in school did you know what times third period started? >> I don't know. It was a while ago. It was >> I think the kids will know. I think with this policy and the coaches talking
they'll know. and a schedule with a newsletter about what what day it is, which I I don't understand, but >> they do. So, >> sounds great. >> It's in their best interest. >> Exactly.
>> Um, we added in um we have a section of philosophies for our athletic program. We had freshman, JV, and varsity um in order to maintain consistency. We added in a middle school philosophy part um again to kind of just explain what the
purpose of middle school athletics is for our students. Um additionally we added in an athletics offerings spot. So we list every sport that we have which wasn't in there before which is surprising. Um in addition to our new gymnastics program that is coming up
this winter. Great. We've um added in a more I guess direct conflict resolution um I guess policy that is designed hopefully to have kind
of a chain of command and a specific chain of command when any conflict arises. Um and so this has been told and presented to the coaches before. I think it needed to be presented to the students as well. Um because at times I
think students, families, they'll jump right to either the principal or myself before having had a conversation with the coach who's directly involved with that student athlete. Um so that this new addition is helpful with kind of
reminding people where to start when they have a question. >> Yeah, it it's in the handbook. Um when a student joins a uh sport, do you kind of highlight that part for the parents? >> Yes. >> Okay. Good. >> Yeah.
>> That's explained at our um parent meeting that we have that uh where we go over all this information as well. >> Excellent. >> These are two uh MIA rules that are um that were added to our handbook. again um kind of remaining consistent with
what we have in our handbook from the MIA. Um spelling out exactly what uh these two rules are so that when kids come into the school they know um you know we have exchange students, we have um students who come in as transfer students and some of the um kind of
rules around that are a little bit um unclear and so hopefully this kind of clears that up with some of these students. We u so the code of conduct is in our um it's in our handbook already. We added in the bottom line there any form of
gambling online or in person um just as kind of it's becoming more relevant and I know kids are talking about it more. It's one of those things that I think you know we have to as administrators and as coaches and we have to shut it down when it that conversation comes up.
The sportsmanship and fan behavior we already have in the current student handbook. We wanted to kind of put it in the student handbook as well as that has always been the expectation. Uh making sure that that's kind of hammered home with all of our student athletes as well. >> Transportation. Um again another
addition that we already currently have that we go off of. Um so this is added kind of in accordance with our transportation policy and our al alternative transportation form and then lastly is the appendix um which again you'll have resources for the MIA
handbook the transportation form arbiter live which is where our scheduling is um athletic registration questions about um any questions that you can find um answers to on our website um and other uh links thinks that will be helpful for
anybody looking for information. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Anybody have any questions? >> Chris, questions. >> All right. >> No, I'll set. >> Okay,
>> there's probably a delay, >> I think. Yeah. >> Good evening, everyone. Thank you very much for having me. Hello, >> hope you're having a great summer. >> Yeah. So, um, we don't have a lot of changes that we're proposing for the handbook,
but, uh, it's important to say that the majority of these suggested changes come from feedback that we received from parents and students over the course of last year, mostly to put in writing clarifications and just kind of make sure all the information is there and in writing, very clear so parents and
students can access it. So um a few of the general changes as all the other principles stated just kind of changing dates changing you know start of the semester end of the semester things like that. In addition we also changed the wording as you know um with me myself
coming into this position and also we have a new assistant principal missar alum. So making sure that all that is updated and accurate and then we we saw a couple things. Now I'm starting to think about the typo part of it but um we are we did have other >> hand that to Sarah and just say that's your first job. That's a great call.
Good move. Yeah. No, she'll love that. Um, >> she's probably watching. So, um, in addition to that, you know, we did notice in some places where there were general things like it said senior privileges when it really was referencing privileges. So, we want to make sure that it's as accurate as possible. Um, the two changes that we're
proposing have to do with attendance and tardies. And before we talk about anything with attendance and tardies, it's really really important to preface it by saying we understand that there are a lot of factors and a lot of circumstances that go into attendance and tardies. So it's really really important to make sure we're not
painting with a broad brush. We want to make sure that in those situations we have the wording in there, but also room for working with the different things that we encounter. In addition to that, what's not in the handbook is the conversations that happen with families and students to really understand the
situations. And a lot of these will have to do with when students have excessive tardies and excessive absences and things like that. So, there's a lot of different reasons when a student's t uh absent at the high school level. It might be absent from a class, not as much for the whole day. We don't see that as much as we do from certain
classes. So, the first change that we're um proposing has to do with the specific language. We already had this in here. We talked about school sponsored activities. So if you're going on a field trip or you have something like that, it doesn't count as an absence. We wanted to add wording that alternatively
students may not be able to go on a school related activity if they have excessive absences or tardies. We've never had that in there before, but it is important. We want to incentivize students to be there. We all know the relationship between being in school and academic success. We want to make sure that that's there. And what we
encountered this past year was situations in which maybe a student has 12 absences in English class. They're going on a history field trip where they'll be missing another English class. So we really have to have a conversation about that and we want parents and students to understand that if they hit these certain thresholds,
they might not be able to participate in those field trips and stuff even though they're very beneficial. So the next one is a bigger change I think because when we were looking at the way we handled and communicated consequences we were
kind of prescriptive to the point of just restricted. So it only said if you hit six tardies you will get a detention. That's not really in keeping with our recent practices whether it be restorative practices or looking to alternatives. We know that detentions in
Saturday schools can be beneficial, but they're not going to change behavior for every student. So, we didn't want to pigeon hole ourselves into this singular thing, which if it's not the most effective strategy, let's be creative and explore different options. So, what we did was we expanded this to say that they may receive a consequence, i.e.
restorative practices, highly structured days, detentions, and then if there are subsequent tardies, there may be additional consequences assigned and potential restrictions. One thing you'll see throughout all of these is that idea of potential restrictions to extracurricular activities or field trip
school sponsored events and things like that. So, we think that's really important and we want to make that consistent across the board. We don't have a lot of prescriptive you do this, you get this in the handbook. It's just not the best way to kind of solve these problems and offer support to families. So, we wanted to have a little flexibility in how we deal with those.
Um, those are the only changes. Um, now we just move into additions. So, as you may recall, um, over the last couple years, we've installed a lot of vape detectors throughout the building. So, when it comes to restroom behavior, we had smoking and littering and vandalism, but we did want to include something
about tampering with uh vape detectors. We haven't seen this happen, but we do want to be very clear and call that out specifically because one, they're very expensive and they're very beneficial, but at the same time, we don't want uh students tampering with them. The next addition um is much like the
other ones, just a different section where we talk about eligibility to participate in school activities. We have that attendance part of it built into that as well. So, we want to make that consistent. If we change it in one portion, we want to make sure that it's consistently reported throughout. As Mr. Andradi said, it does definitely impact
athletics and we're just trying to incentivize students to be in school on time and to be in school as many days as possible. >> Can I ask a question about that sentence? >> Absolutely. Uh >> oh. >> Thank you. Um the attendance policies and expectations are the is attendance
modifying policies and expectations or are expectations separate from attendance policies? >> So >> does that make sense? Like I'm just I'm reading it. I'm not sure. Is it >> um dependent on adhering to attendance
policies and expectations which includes tardies or is it adhering to attendance policies and expectations and then what are the like >> it would be so it would be the second one. So it would be that your if you are going to participate in school activities and events it is dependent on
you adhering to the attendance policies and expectations the expectations related to attendance. >> Okay. So attendance was modified. Okay. I wanted to make sure. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Thank you. That's a good question. And it's important like like when we talk about these different things to
make sure that everyone's very very clear with this, so that's a great question. >> I wasn't sure if there was another secret expectations like line. >> No, we're going to try to be as transparent as possible. We haven't we haven't added any secret expectations, but we'll keep you up to speed on that. Um the next one has to do with end of the year obligations. Um as you may be
aware, um when seniors before they graduate, they do need to settle all their accounts. And one thing that we noticed was there wasn't anything any mention of paying parking tickets. A lot of these are obvious class dues, all those different kind of things if they owe any money to the cafeteria, but parking tickets. And if you recall last
year, well, not just last year, we've had parking issues for quite a while. But, uh, last year we did kind of overhaul the ticketing process and that's been actually very successful. That's been very helpful. But one thing we encountered was at the end of the year some families were unaware that they had to pay the parking tickets before they could get their caps and
gowns. So, we want to make sure that we're explicitly saying you need to pay the parking tickets included with all the other things that go into um kind of reconciling your accounts at the end of senior year. Um the next one is just about field trips and again it's just for consistency standpoint talking about attendance and tardies and making sure
that they're meeting that criteria prior to being able to go on field trips. And then the last one um has to do with parking and this is just specifically calling out as we've been ticketing more frequently, more consistently, and that's actually produced some really good outcomes. Um we wanted to say
specifically these are the reasons that you would get a parking ticket. So students can fully understand and families can fully understand why is my son or daughter getting a parking ticket? The reason they are is because they did X, Y, and Z. So fully spelled out. In addition to that, it also has the each ticket is $50. So, it's
important for them to also understand that so they're not surprised because if you remember correctly, previous years it was $10 and it went up last year to $50. So, it's going to stay at $50 now moving forward, but we don't want anyone to be caught off guard by that. >> When they get their parking permit, I assume that they also receive a paper
that says you can't do these things. >> Absolutely. Yeah. It's it's fully spelled out and it's all in there in the application for the juniors or for the senior parking. have any question? That's it. Thank you very much. >> Fine. >> Well, I can comment on that a little bit. Um I think it's a good idea.
>> It Yeah, it it does seem like a heavy fine. Uh you know, and it we have limited parking for the amount of students that we have. So, that's something obviously that we have to talk about. But, uh unfortunately, I think sometimes the conversation that would be happening, uh with students that maybe Mr. Palmanville and I would hear walking
by is that how many tickets could I get before I would reach how much I would have to pay to actually buy a ticket to park >> to buy it. >> So then we said, "Okay, >> I appreciate I appreciate the math skills. Very nicely done, but >> I think we need to Yeah.
>> Yeah. If it's a $10, it's like 50 scary." >> And it and it our parking tickets uh went I know you didn't say the numbers, but they went down this year, which is great. >> We had a reduction in parking, which is wonderful. And we also, you can't really quantify this, but we also had a reduction in complaints about parking, >> which is always nice.
>> Sounds like there could be correlation there. >> Yep. Yep. Yep. So, thank you. >> Sounds good. >> Um, I move to approve the handbooks as presented. >> Second. Great. Uh, Mr. Masters. >> Yes.
>> Mrs. Rona? >> Yes. >> Yes. Miss Stevenson? Yes. And I'm a yes. Awesome. Great. >> Thank you. Nice job, everybody. >> Thank you to all of you for all that hard work,
>> including all those commas. >> All right, Mr. Lebre, >> think you're back up. >> Yep. >> He's trying to figure out. >> Okay. This is an exciting one. Um, Mr. Haye, Craig Haye, who's the subject matter
leader for music K to2, um, reached out to me to inform me of a donation of a violin, um, to our string program, which is awesome. Um, so this is a donation from Kelly Hibbert, uh, town town resident. >> Um, this, I mean, this really does have
a big impact. um not sure exactly how our string program will put it to use, but it could be anything from a student who forgot their instrument that day and will now still be able to participate um in their lesson. Um that's that's huge because you know your instrument goes off for repair and you don't want to
miss that learning. So uh this this is a very generous generous donation um of a violin valued at $1,000. So we're we're very very um >> grateful. >> Thank you. One violin is $1,000. >> Yeah.
>> Oh, yeah. >> Wow. >> Yeah. >> Thank you, Kelly. >> Yeah, it's really it's it's a great donation to our school. >> It's fabulous. And we have so many background. >> Why do your kids move into French horns and things? >> We have We have two trumpets. We have
like two clarinets. >> Oh, they won't choose what you're having. >> No, they're not. No, >> that's my No, they're not. Um, I move to accept the violin valued at $1,000 for HMS music department. >> I second. >> Great. Mr. Masters.
>> Yes. >> Miss Rona. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> And yes. Thank you so much. >> Well, that's music to my ears. >> He was waiting for that one. >> Dad joke. >> I had that. Yep. >> I love violin friend. You wanted to
learn play country. >> I never got it back. >> Oh. >> He owes you $1,000. My daughter's one of those who uh hopes for getting her violin would mean she doesn't have to play. So, Mrs. Be.
>> Yeah. Welcome. >> It's your first time. >> They're all staying. >> Oh, they don't have to stay. Oh, you're the sweetest. That's how >> they're going to cheer. >> Thank you for having me. Um I was going
to start before I talk about the request. just what a great transition this has been and this is I mean this is was a little emotional. Um it's been wonderful here and I'm so happy to be here. Being in a fire district for over 20 years to take the leap is really hard
and they this team has been absolutely amazing and collaborative and supportive and very student centered which is exactly what I where I want to be. So, um, you know, we've I've dove in already and done, you know, I've been over to
ESY. I've met with students. I've met with staff. I've met with principles. Um, obviously the central team, CPAC. Um, >> they haven't pulled any pranks on you. >> Not yet. I'm waiting. They're, you know, now, but we'll see what happens. They're waiting and they're not supposed to be here.
>> Mrs. Gator gets the one. Yeah. >> That's why she dressed like me tonight. >> Exactly. >> Right. She's pulling me in. So, no, it's been really amazing. So, I just wanted to thank everybody and >> you're here. >> I'm looking forward to the year ahead. So,
>> with that, I'm going to put in a request. It's >> much more money. >> Um, no, we I wanted to put forward a request for um a 1.0 PAR at the C level um which is an ABA um more behavioral um
trained PAR professional for a um unexpected need at the middle school. um after looking at the students specific needs and and it was done after the FY26 budget was put forward um and we really looked at what we could do. I I feel
like this is um in the best interest of this student and also most fiscally responsible for the district um and kind of vetted it through Susan as well who's been helping me along the way. So, thank you for that. Um so, >> we found you some money. >> She we found some money. Yeah, we did. We did. And
>> she's really good at that. She is really good and really yes, she's been amazing. So, um that will be pulled through um some grant funding. So, um it will be covered, but I just wanted to put that request in and um hopefully get that approved for the start of the school year.
>> Well, I move to approve the level C. I is okay. I'm not rushing. >> No, the level C for expedi um 1.0 O FTE ABA pair of professionals for the middle school. >> Second.
>> Right. Mr. Masters. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Rona. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> And I'm a Yes. Thank you. >> Thank you everybody. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> I have one question. Have you been having any problem filling par
profofessional roles? >> Not as of yet. >> Okay. Good. Good. >> Yep. Fingers crossed we continue with that. >> And I actually think we're pretty full, so I think >> Excellent. >> Yeah, we're in good shape. >> Yep. >> Great. >> Thank you. >> Well, thank you to all of you. >> Yes. Thank you. Appreciate it.
>> Have a great beginning of school. >> Yes. >> Some of us will see you two Mondays from now. >> We get butterflies the night before. >> Excited. Thank you everybody. Nice job. >> Well done.
All right. So nice. They all stayed for her. >> It's a great group. It really is. We And I mentioned before about our retreat, I thought we got a really nice >> feel a real team member. >> Yep. Yep. It's It's certainly a good >> vibe and a good culture right now. So, it's great. Yeah. >> And she's done wonderful. So,
>> uh and speaking of moving things, uh quickly, I will just touch upon the entry planning process. Um >> I know that's next on the agenda. So, at our last meeting, uh we discussed the need uh for an entry plan. And as a new superintendent, I'll be working closely with my mentor, Jane Trembley, um on how
that process works. And then tonight, I just thought I would share a little bit more about the specifics of the plan uh so that you can understand kind of the timeline and and we can be on the same page with that. So, um just again, the process really is intended for me to help kind of understand the the what's working in the district, um what needs
immediate attention, uh and where we can grow as a district moving forward, uh so we can support our students, not just academically, but also socially and emotionally. Uh so a little bit of the timeline, it's already been starting, but uh now through January, uh I'll be visiting schools, meeting with staff and
students. I'll be holding listening sessions for families and community members, uh both in person and virtually. Uh those will be scheduled shortly. I'll be meeting with town officials and town leaders. I was actually at town hall just yesterday meeting with some folks. Uh and I'll be reviewing with the help of Mr. Labrad a
variety of data sources. Um and then we'll be launching a community survey sometime in October or November to get some feedback for folks who can't make the uh meetings uh in person or virtually. >> Uh and then shifting to kind of the second stage of it uh from January to March, what we'll do is we'll take time
to analyze all the feedback as a team uh in central office. We'll hone in on those key uh themes uh and we'll share what we've learned with you first at the school committee uh then with staff, students, families, and the community. uh that might trickle into uh April, but we're hoping to kind of keep it in that January to March time frame.
>> Uh and then kind of closing out the cycle uh from April through next August, so this time next year, we'll be creating a new strategic plan together >> uh highlighting on our strengths and areas to focus on as we look out three to five years. Uh and so basically throughout the process uh and always
really we're committed to open communication and collaboration and and we're excited to get to work and uh we ensure that um our hope is that we ensure that all students find success uh at every level uh whatever success might look like uh and that everyone ultimately is proud to be a part of our school community. So we're excited to
get going on this work. >> So that's a little bit of that and um very exciting. >> I will say that um there'll be more of a detailed process and plan the full packet that I know you have in your packet. um uh put on our website starting tomorrow for folks to be able to look at through the superintendent page. So,
>> it's very comprehensive. >> Yeah, >> I know several members of the community are looking forward to getting to speak with you. >> Yep. >> Yeah. My schedule's been pretty full the last two. Yeah, it's been great. Yeah. Meeting with a lot of people. It's been wonderful. Yeah. Getting to know some folks. >> That's great. And we all had an opportunity to meet with you as well,
which was great. >> Great. Yeah. Awesome. >> Wonderful. >> Thanks. >> All right. We are moving into our school committee norms and protocols. Um I know both
Chris and Jamie had some comments. So I don't know who wants to start. You want to start Jamie? >> Um sure I can start. So the document that we received varies from what we revised last August. Um and we had spent a lot of time revising the document that
we put together last August. This one has some of the revisions that we made as a committee um but not all of them. And there's some things that reverted back to the previous version um and so I would prefer to see it go back to the one that we worked on last year.
Um would be my preference. >> Yes, I think that is a good idea. Do we have the new one? No. You said you marked up a copy. Do we have
>> um I have a Here, I'll send it to everyone right now. >> That would be helpful. And Chris, you had something that you wanted to add to the >> Yep. Uh just uh some language that would include some financial responsibility um as a
school committee into the documents. I think in that that could go well in that first paragraph there that we have. The first paragraph says school committees are elected public officials selected by the fellow citizens to act in the interest empowered to act as they
see their duty to work for the children of the community. Um I think maybe after that if we were to compose a sentence. >> So I mean I think the I can absolutely see a benefit to adding um more wording around our financial
responsibilities. It does include fulfilling your fiduciary responsibilities. >> Um, >> oh yeah, the last sentence. >> But I can absolutely see a benefit to that because that is, >> you know, onethird of our job >> here. That absolutely makes sense. >> So maybe after that sentence, the last
sentence says, "Democracy demands the individuals use one's best judgment as proceeds to rather since coming to the will of another, whether it's resolving matter policy, fulfilling your fiduciary responsibilities, or providing leadership." a sentence after that. That's
reflects Chris's thought. >> Was there anything you had in mind? Chris, >> are you having trouble? >> Uh, no. There was a strange noise behind >> Oh, >> go ahead.
>> Oh. Oh. Oh, sorry. Uh, no. I mean, I can I can send you something. I again, I'm on vacation this week, so I'm sorry. I must have missed that part of the document. Um I think adding a little something probably makes sense, but um I didn't have anything.
>> You want to just try and compose? >> Yeah. >> Well, and I mean we could we could do that now or everyone >> bring it back for next year >> like refresh to look at the document that >> Why don't we do that? We will look at the document that Jamie's sending us. We will have Chris add something to that
paragraph and then we'll take another look at it. Put it back on the agenda for our next meeting in September. >> September 4th. >> September 4th. Thank you. >> Great. Thank you. >> Remember what day that was. >> Sounds perfect. So we don't have to take votes. All for that.
>> Great. Also, I'm sorry I didn't really pause to see if anybody had questions about the entry planning process. Did anybody have questions about that or comments they wanted to make before we moved on? I'm sorry. I was I'm all for moving along. I'm >> It looked great to me.
>> Doing too much quickly. >> Yeah. Nothing for me. >> Okay. All right. So, we can move on to the items by consensus. >> All right. So, uh I recommend that the school committee approve the items by consensus as listed in your agenda. >> I move to approve items by consensus.
>> Second. >> Great. Mr. Masters. >> Yes. Mrs. Rona, >> yes. Miss >> Stevenson, yes. And myself is the yes. We're good. >> Awesome. >> So, does anybody want to make a motion? >> I move to adjourn.
>> Second. All right, Mr. Masters. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Monica. >> Yes. >> Yes. We are adjourned at 7:44. >> Woohoo. >> Nice work. >> We'll see you all on September 4th and
enjoy the rest of your vacation, Chris. Thanks guys. Bye bye. Bye.