have to do that. Sheila Von here. >> Hello. Jesse Keith here. >> And I am here. This meeting is being recorded. Anyone intending to make an audio or video recording of the meeting should notify the chair at this time. Okay. Seeing none, we are going to start
with finishing up our reorganization that we briefly begin at our last meeting. Do we have any? And if anyone has any questions as we go down the list, feel free to stop and ask. Do we have any nominations for a vice chairperson? >> Oh, absolutely.
>> Hello. I would like to nominate Jesse Keith, please, for vice chair. >> Is there a second? >> A second. >> Okay. All in favor? >> I. >> Great. Good job, Jesse. >> Congratulations. >> Congratulations, >> Jesse. Okay. And secretary, do we have a nomination for secretary?
>> I will nominate Sheila for secretary. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Okay. All in favor? >> Sure. >> I don't think we need to vote for the rest of them, but I didn't know about those. So, better safe than sorry. Okay. Unit 31. Um, I will remain on Union 31
as chair. And then there are two other voting seats for Kingston representation on union 31. So, is there interest questions? Who would like to >> I mean, I can go on. I can go on it with packing that.
>> You want to stay on Union 31. >> It's up to you guys. Whatever you feel like you need me to do. >> That's fine. >> Because you actually have to do silver, too. So, I'm not sure if you'll be on that as well. >> And Jesse will jump in for the third seat. And then we also need an alternate. >> I'll be right. >> Jenna is getting out of it tonight.
>> Yeah. >> Okay. >> You want to just text her and say we nominated her for everything? >> Um, admin review. We have Jesse. Jesse, would you like to continue with that? >> Uh, I will continue with that. >> Awesome. Thank you. And then we need an alternate. Sheila, we had you last year.
Do you want to stay in that role? >> Sure. >> Okay. >> Whatever you need, >> Sheila. I can't spell. Okay. Bylaw. Um, Peter, are you interested? Or we can put Jen in there. >> Uh, I nominate Jen. >> Okay. It does not meet very often, so it will not be overwhelming.
>> I suck at that for Jen. >> Yeah. Okay. Negotiations. Jesse and I are in the process of negotiating contracts with both the KTA and KESPA. So I think in the interest of continuing that the two of us seeing in that role makes the most sense for the committee.
Okay. Uh Pilgrim Area Collaborative >> me. Yes. I would like to stay on it. >> You going to continue? Thank you. >> I am probably stay on. >> Okay. >> I also love that. >> Oh, I apologize. Can we jump back to negotiations and just nominate an
alternate in case Jesse or I are not able to attend so those meetings can still move forward? I know >> I can be the I can be the alternate. >> Are you able to attend with the time? I just want to check because they're typically 3:30. >> Are they online or in person? >> In person.
>> Yeah, those are tough times. >> What about you? >> Anyone else could do it, >> Peter? How does it >> How often? >> Probably never, but >> probably never. Sounds good. I'll do it. All right, perfect. Um, skip to policy subcommittee.
Um, >> I'll do it. >> Okay. And then an alternate for that. How about we put Jen? >> Yeah, >> because she was that last year. So, we'll keep her in that role. >> Um, safety subcommittee, which is health and safety. So, we need two people for
that. Last year, we had Sheila and Jen. So, Sounds like other than alternate, too. >> That does not need an alternate. So, how about Yeah, Peter and Jen. Is that >> because I think that's >> a good one. It's manageable for newer
members. >> Uh, sick leave bank. Also another easy one. Last year we had Sheila and Jesse. >> Any volunteers? >> I mean, I can still do it. It's up to you guys. >> Okay. Sheila, >> it's an easy one. It's a >> You're quick.
>> Yeah. >> Okay. Okay, we need a second person. >> I'll do. >> Okay, thank you very much, >> Peter. >> And then emergency representative. Um, I think makes sense to keep as the chair. >> Yes. >> Okay.
>> Probably the vice chair as alternative. >> I think that's a great suggestion. So, we will put that as Jesse. And then technology. Peter, you said you wanted to >> Yep. >> pick that up. >> Awesome. And then there actually is a second spot that we didn't fill last year. I don't that committee never met
but >> out of curiosity do we know why they didn't meet >> there was there was no there was no need there was no request >> okay >> um would either of you be interested in joining on health and safety >> oh yeah I can do that
>> Joe okay whatever >> do we have Jen on anything that's not as an alternate right now >> she's she's on policy and safety >> bylaw >> and bylaw and safety. >> Okay. >> Yep. And she's the alternate on policy.
>> Oh, there she is. We'll fill her in. Hi, Jen. >> Oh, you're now chair. >> Okay. And in our our final spot, single signature warrants. Um, I would like to do that as the chair if that's there. No objections. Okay. >> If you need an alternate because we just did an alternate for
um we just alternate for selectment in case you were away. >> But I don't know. Up to you guys. Are you doing them online or? >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> So I don't Yeah, that should be >> If you do them online, you can probably just do it yourself. Yeah. If you want, I'll do it too because I have a signature that I keep on PDF.
>> Um, we can leave it for now and then if something comes up, we can jump back to it just because. >> Perfect. >> I don't foresee any issues with that. >> Okay, Jen, would you like to know where we have plugged you in? >> All the spots. No, I'm just kidding.
Okay. If the and if you have any objections to these, please let us know and we can certainly come back to them. Uh we were hoping that you would be the bylaw representative, which is not something that meets very often. >> It's a it's a very low commitment if
that would be all right with you. And then >> we were hoping you would be the alternate for the policy subcommittee. >> Sure. >> Okay. And be a member of the health and safety subcommittee. That's his name. >> Okay.
And that >> is where we landed. >> Okay. >> Is there anything that you would want it to be on? >> Okay. >> Yeah. Was there anything you would want it to be on? >> No, these were
>> Okay. Okay. So everybody is happy with the subcommittees that they have landed on. Excellent. Thank you very much. Okay. Uh next up, do we have any visitors this evening? >> Seeing none. Okay. Um would someone like to make a motion to adjourn to executive
session? We will we will return to open session. So that needs to get a little um >> agenda. >> The language is on the agenda. I'd like to adjourn to conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with
non-UN personnel KES assistant principal KIS assistant administrative assistant and three to discuss strategy with respect to collective marketing because the chair so declares KTA espa and seven to comply with or act under the authority of any general law to approve
executive minutes April 66 April 16th April 16th April 28th May 26 2026 No. And return to open session. >> Not return. It says not return, but I'm going to say return. >> We are returning.
>> I think that was just a small typo. Okay. Is there a >> second? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I Okay. If you guys wouldn't mind stepping out or we are all of you pertaining to the conversation.
>> I think you Yeah. and continuing to implement our safety drills throughout the year. Uh, family community engagement will continue. We continue to evolve and elaborate on our opportunities we
provide whether it's curriculum night, multicultural night, math and literacy night, art show. Um, we continue to have tons of events for families to come and engage with. Um, something new I want to uh start next year is career day. I want students to be able to identify with
various careers early on at a young age and um see what there is to offer for them in the world. We have a lot of uh very unique um very important careers in the community that I kind of want to take advantage of to educate the
students on. Um and then continuing we did our first seal night which was a huge success. Um but we want to continue to evolve that and uh continue to implement that and and grow that as being a huge priority for us as a
school. Um our outdoor classroom is is continues to be a big part of community engagement. Um we've had some parent volunteers really step up and help us establish the space and create projects with students. Um, I would like to open it up to the community in the summer for them to come and pick vegetables and
fruits since there's no students there. Um, so ultimately I would like to kind of create like a little farmers market in the summer that families can come and use it as like a community space as well. And lastly, our third goal would be equity, equity, access, and inclusion.
Previously, this was just equity and inclusion, but access to me is very important. Um we continue to look at not just access to high quality instructional materials but really accessing the space where students are learning um the school the classroom um
entry points into the day into the curriculum. Um so we want to continue to provide opportunities and strong entry points not just into the building but into the opportunities we provide. Um we started this this year within the last couple events a sensory friendly window
for all evening community events. um for neurody divergent students and their families to attend where it's low stimulation, more conducive um and we actually had our first participants during the art show. So that was great to see. >> Well, that's great. >> So we look to continue to elaborate that um as well as continue with our MTSS
process, our professional development um and supporting teachers in Paris and more training to continue to drive tier one instruction and student achievement. What is >> multi-tered system support? So that's like our initial phase. If we get um
students students can be referred there for academic, social, behavioral concerns. We meet as a collaborative team. It's a kind of a diverse group of teachers and staff. Um and we outline the interventions, the data, the student profile, and we come up with interventions to try for six to eight
weeks to see if we can fill those gaps and um remediate any of the any of the concerns. At times too, we'll get requests for testing. We like to go to MTSS as well just to make sure we have the full picture of what the parent um or caregivers concerned about. But yeah, it's like our initial phase in
addressing um concerns. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Can I just um with the with the garden? I mean, you could ask the agricultural um commission here in Kingston or the garden club to kind of help out with that during the summer too
if we >> That's good. >> had that because they they're around like year long and maybe cuz >> Yeah, it' be nice for someone to assist with the watering and just Yeah. Yeah. I do like to weed so I'll be doing the weeding but >> um >> That's awesome. >> Yeah. >> Can you come to my house? I got plenty of it.
>> Not going to share that. Yeah, >> that's awesome. Great job. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right, Dr. Rubble. >> The art show was awesome. By the way, the art show was amazing. >> Thank you, Peter. >> All right, so for KES, we sent out the
survey in um I don't know if it was January or February to kind of see what areas we needed to improve on or continue to work on. Um some of those things that popped up was communication discipline in regards to inschool lunch and buses safety and overall facilities.
So um similar goals to kes are safe safety and operations, community outreach and equity and inclusion. Um so a lot of similar things but continuing to work on using that raptor system. I think last school committee meeting or one before that we talked about making sure whether we know the person at the
door or not that we're asking them who they who they are and why they're there and making sure um that happens before anyone walks in the building. Um also working with uh KPD doing Alice trainings which we have have had to reschedule. So that one's coming up uh Wednesday.
um improving arrival and dismissal. And this isn't this is not necessarily for the parents end of it, but it's for the internal part of it in the school and what that looks like and feels like. So, it's making sure it's a little bit more organized u because sometimes the volume can be really loud and I worry about
safety if there's an emergency. Um but continuing the use of, you know, pickup patrol. Um and then cameras. We've noticed a lot of uh holes with cameras, not be able to see the complete hallway or needing additional cameras. So that we've been working on with it. Uh the second goal
is community outreach. So communication came up. So we've uh been communicating in a monthly newsletter where you can see that teachers contribute um to the newsletter which is awesome. Teachers are expected to communicate at least once a month so that they stay connected with families and families know what is
going on in the classroom. um looking to do some more nights like we've have done at KES, but love to do math and literacy nights. We're looking at what that will look like for KISS next year. Um having more families come in um and be part of the process at school for equity
inclusion. A big big push we're having right now is we um fix the schedule so that we have uh accurate time on learning, wind blocks, and the ability to co-e. So each grade level will have co-teers for um reading but also special education. Uh that's kind of a really
big process that's going to be a little challenging at first, but it will kind of shake out as as the years go on based on IEPs. Um and that will help us improve tier one instruction so that there's equity inclusion for all students in all classrooms and continue with professional
development. Next year, we're really looking at um providing uh staff with really good through staff meetings, title uh tier one instruction, data analysis, progress monitoring, um and kind of anything that kind of pops up along the way. But co-eing will be a huge part of next year. Um and like Mr.
G said, MTS meetings, we're going to continue to work on those and make sure they're super efficient um and that have data at those as well. And our PBS system is another one that we're revamping um to make it a little more succinct but also have the expectations really high so that kids rise to that
because they totally can. So um so that's our school ser our school improvement plan if you have any questions. That sounds really good. Thank you. Thank you. >> Okay. And now we have our end of year data
presentations. >> Can you control that slide? >> It's actually Okay, there you go. >> So, you want me to go? you want to go or >> I I'd be happy to um remind uh the school committee that in the spring we
talked about our strategic initiatives and we had a joint school committee meeting where we talked about the steps that we've taken to meet um each of these goals. And tonight, as we promised in our our joint meeting, we're going to provide you with the end ofear data that
we did not have in April. Next slide. >> All right. So, we are going to Thank you for having me tonight. Uh, this is the first time I've actually had a chance to give you a full year picture, which is a great thing. I know we met about two
months ago to talk about midyear data. We were in between winter and spring, but we just concluded our spring benchmarks on Friday. So, this is pretty much fresh results. You're going to see fall, winter, spring, and then I broke it up into a three-year data trend just
you can see where we we've gone the last three years. So, you're going to look at first, we're going to look at two data points in ELA. The first one is early literacy with Dibbles. So, when we assess our students in Dibbles, we assess grades K through three. We are
assessing for phonmic awareness, phonics, fluency, and decoding. really the early stages of reading fluency. Really what we want our students all of our students really by grade three when it's state testing to be un to be able to read fluently so they're not
struggling for that comprehension piece. So if you look at Kingston I have pretty much I'm going to be um sharing the same results with Halifax and Denn and I did this midyear. If you look at Kingston in their foundational assessment, they started the year at 66, jumped to 71,
and they ended the year at 79. I have to say it, it's a nice improvement. You look at all the towns, it was a nice improvement. I think K1 and two were in the 80. They were in the 80s. There is a point where third grade was a little low, and there's a reason for that. They
are getting trained right now over the summer on what's called classroom og which is a foundational piece of how to teach phonics even up in third grade for those students who are struggling. So there is a goal and action plan. I've been working with Dr. Whipple, Dr. Clifford on that. So I really think next
year if we can get those students in grade three that are just missing out on that fluency, I think we can be well into the 80s next year. But I think this is really good progress for our students. Just to clarify, we are at for third grade it was 72%. Where
>> kindergarten first and second is 83%. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> So, uh Dr. Whipple and I made that plan to train some of our third grade teachers proof of to provide those interventions >> and you can have some credit for the K to2. >> Thanks. >> Good. It's in my evaluation.
>> Next slide. Oh, I I just want to point out that in on this measure, these all three districts exceeded the goal. And so next year, we'll be we'll be looking for them to set an even higher goal for this particular measure. >> That's right. >> That's great. >> Keep going up.
>> Our goal is actually his goal is actually >> 80%. We set it at 80. >> Listen, you have 1% to go. >> Well, they were No, they were at 8. >> No, we're 83. we over. >> It's on the nominee.
>> Uh this slide right here is once again the foundational piece where we were in the end of 24, end of 25 and the end of 26. So we are making progress. I think it's effective teaching. I think it's consistent teaching and like I said, if we can add that third grade uh
professional development um of training and that foundational piece because sometimes our teachers in third grade, you get right on to comprehension, you get right on to writing, vocabulary, all of that. But there are students that are still struggling and they need that extra dose of the foundational piece to
in order to be fluent, in order to do all those other higher level reading skills. So, I think we have a plan and like I said, I'm hoping this end of 27 will be in the 80s. I think we can do that. >> It will. >> It will. >> Yes. >> So, next slide. Now, we're moving on to
more of a comprehension vocabulary piece. So, our students in grades one through six, they take a STAR assessment which assesses their reading comprehension, their vocabulary, and some of their grammar. So if you look over the last um this year, excuse me,
54 we started middle 57 we did reach 60. So in the end we we went up six points which is good. Next slide. >> I do want to shout out first grade uh ended at 82%. >> Yes. >> And then this three-year trend uh 24 53
25 55 and we ended 26 at 60. So we uh we are heading in the right direction. to say the least. >> Low for reading. >> Is it low? >> Yeah, >> I would say looking at last year's MCCAST reading score for Kingston.
Kingston was 46 last year. So, we're hoping that we are somewhere near that with our MCCAST score. >> I think also we haven't had a reading consistent reading program across grade levels. So, >> we'll do that this year and that will be a complete game changer. Is that true?
Yeah. >> Yeah. >> And I'll talk about that Dr. Quiff at the time. Dr. Quiff is next about our new curriculum like quality instructional material. I mean, do we want to be at 70%? Yes, we do want to be at 70%. >> So, but you also see the comparison
where we are compared to the other >> districts. So, um we are heading in the right direction. If you can see, uh this year we have this is math. This year we have a new uh we've implemented a new
math program called HMH into math. I have to say Kingston teachers um with Mr. Galooi and Dr. Whipple holding our teachers accountable have really stuck to a consistent plan to give our students that access and equity throughout kindergarten all the way up
through sixth grade. So I I really feel we're in a good place where we're using a high quality instructional material and I feel that we're in a good place. I also want to mention thank you because it makes my job easier for promoting Mr. Galooi to his position and obviously
promoting Dr. Whipple. I really think it was important for this these two schools to have these two people who have a great relationship and really blend the high expectations to the campus. I understand it's a campus but it still is two different schools and I really think
moving forward the three of us working together are going to do some amazing things. So, it's really that holding our teachers accountable and I think Jake has done a great job with that. Obviously, Carrie over at KES, she's going to continue that at KIS. And when we working together, I think the most
important thing for us is fidelity with our high quality instructional materials so we can give our students that access and equity to be successful. And then a three-year math trend. We're heading in the right direction. Like I said, we're not where we want to be
totally, but I think, like I said, we're heading in the right direction, >> which is a good thing. >> And that's it. >> Thank you. >> Thank you guys. >> Everything moving in the right direction. Yeah. Ones who've gone above and beyond that.
>> I do. I will say I really appreciate the comment about kind of having that cohesive experience as well through the K through six because that is something we've kind of had some bumps with in the past but seeing that really be more of a smooth transition and I mean yes it's two buildings but it's also you know
Kingston Elementary. So I think that's going to be really helpful for family like families and students you know moving forward. I do want to point out too, we we started co-eing like five years ago at KES and for the first time since starting co-eing, we had our first co-taught first grade classroom and the
year with no students needing intensive support. >> That's awesome. Nobody in a >> Nobody in red on dibbles. Yeah. So, most are in green or blue and I think there were three in yellow. >> But yeah, so that's credit to co-eing but also the teachers capacity and relationships as well. So,
>> Right. >> Yeah. Well, we look forward to hearing more good things about you. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Thank you guys. Thanks for your support. >> All right, let's see. Uh I don't believe that we have any unfinished business regionalization study update. They are
still gathering data from various people within the district. We have not met as a full group in quite a while. So there are no other updates at this time. Uh let's see. We just heard our updates from both buildings. And then um
Stephanie, are there any financial updates that you'd like to share or >> All right, that's great. Dr. Clifford. All right, I want to also thank um Brian and Carrie and Jake for that presentation. Um I do have uh one important thing to review. Um the
curriculum council, the K through5 curriculum council did select a program and they selected McGraill Wonders. So we'll be using Wonders as our ELA program K through five along with OG plus which is OG classroom is what uh Brian was speaking about. So uh those
two programs will be the programs we'll be utilizing. They are uh partially funded by Prism as I've talked about a lot this year. Um so that's what's happening K through five. Um we will be ordering materials and doing all of those things as the Prism funds need to
be spent by June 30th. We already have um we're working on getting professional development even going in the next few weeks for teachers and we're also working on what we call an activity timeline which will be for next year all the professional development when it is
who's doing it where it's held and all of that and I will share that with you like I did for HMH. It's a similar template that we're using. So all of that is happening now and I'm really excited about that. Um, I think the teachers are excited about this and it really was a choice um by the curriculum
council by the teachers. So, that's really important and I think we'll we'll start running um in September, but we've been doing a lot of work in June and July to get ready for this implementation. And also as a piece to that, the middle
school also ad is going with a program called EL education. They're they're both all high quality instructional materials and the preschool also selected a curriculum called um open up which is um also part of the prism uh
grant. So, lots of things going on, lots of things happening and um I'll share more with you about the activity timeline, the professional development, but it's really been a collective effort and I just want to huge shout out to everybody who was part of this really year-long endeavor to examine curriculum
and select one that we felt was really in the best interest of our students. And um I want to thank the teachers. >> Yep, that is great. And I know this has come up in the past, but you know, the Prism grant has proved to be so so, you know, beneficial. So, thank you very
much for your work in securing that for our district. That's really awesome. All right. Uh, Dr. approve. >> So, I um just wanted to mention that both Clinton and Halifax have uh approved the Silver Lake budget and this
weekend we have our town meeting and so we'll be awaiting the vote from the town with regards to Silver Lake but also our Kingston town meeting. Thank you to Clinton and Halifax for supporting the Silver Lake budgets as well as their school budgets. And um I just wanted to
give you that update. That's the only update we have. >> All right. I think between everybody we've covered quite a bit. >> Yes, we have. >> All right. Excellent. And then uh we'll go through our subcommittees. Admin review. We u met with Dr. Pru today and gave her her annual review. Pilgrim area
collaborative. Sheila. >> Yep. So we met on the 7th this week as well. Um their graduation is actually Friday. Um and I'm going to be attending. Um so I'll be going to their graduation. Um we did the budget. was approved for
11 million,000 which is so% decrease. Um so um they got funds and then we did a bunch of policy updates which is super fun and um we did the student handbook
evaluation treasure and we have our last meeting this week. sometimes and I will send this over to my girl so she can make >> it was a great time. You can see it in
the meeting minutes. >> No. Okay. So anyway, yeah. So we did the treasures report and we actually did the um we did the FY27 budget. We passed it and I will send it over so that we can have it for the meeting minutes because they have asked to show proof that we go
to the meetings in the meeting minutes for any type of auditing that we're doing now. >> Okay. Thank you and have fun at the graduation. Um, Union 31, I don't believe there are any updates from our last meeting, but while we're on the topic, I would just like to say next
year for the Union 31 meetings, all school committee members are able to attend, not just the representatives. And I would highly highly recommend that all of Kingston attend if able to. It's not a requirement, but it is to everybody's benefit. There's a lot of really helpful information uh that we
receive, especially in November when there are um some data presentations from the director of special education, technology, and um facilities. So, >> thank you. >> Please, we can we'll revisit that in the fall, but I'm just going to put that on everybody's radar right now. Uh
negotiations. We are still in the process of negotiations with KTA and KESPA. Budget advisory. I believe we have been advised of all things budget related right now. >> Um yes, town meeting 9:00 a.m. KISS
facility oversight. Uh we do not have any facility updates. Policy, >> no updates for policy at this time. >> Okay. And technology, no technology updates. uh other matters unforeseen at the time
of posting. I don't believe that anything has come up that we were not expecting and otherwise just dates to remember. Uh June 4th early release K to 6 12:30 dismissal. There was no school on Friday, June 19th for the Junth
holiday. Please keep in mind that that is a long weekend at the end there. And the last day of school is Tuesday, June 23rd. And our final closeout meeting will be remote on July 1st. Otherwise, uh, would anybody like to make a motion to adjurnn?
>> I will make a motion to adjurnn. >> There's a second. >> Second. >> Okay. Well, roll call. Jennifer Crouchin. >> Yes. >> Sheila Von. >> Yes. >> Jesse Keith. >> Yes. >> And I am a yes. Thank you very much, everybody. Please come to town meeting on Saturday 9:00 am.