All right. Good evening, everyone. >> You know what time it is? Technical difficulty time, but I think we're uh I think we're good and we're going to call the meeting to order. The Malden School Committee today is Monday, November
10th, 2025. Now, our next meeting will take place on Monday, December 8th here in the chamber. Originally, it was December 1st, but please update your calendars to reflect that it will be December 8th. Now, before anyone thinks
there's a conspiracy on us moving the date, it was because of November's meeting being tonight and the next meeting being so close that we wanted to make sure there was uh sufficient space in between our meetings. So again, the
next meeting will be Monday, December 8th at 6:00 p.m. here in the chamber. So tonight, we'll first pledge allegiance to our flag as we always do. Then we're going to have a moment of silence for our veterans, especially where tomorrow
is Veterans Day. And there also will be an additional moment of silence led by our student representative uh who will talk about unfortunately what transpired this week at uh Malden High School. Uh from there we'll take
attendance to ensure that we have a quorum sufficient to allow us to come together and then we'll get into the agenda for tonight. Now the agenda consists of the following. Uh first up, we'll take a look at the minutes from our last meeting in October.
Uh we'll then see if there were any questions regarding the warrants from October. Then we're going to turn it over to you, the public. Uh for those wishing to address us, we ask that you state your name and address for the record.
And the time limit on public comment per speaker is three minutes. Uh we're going to hope for 15 minutes tonight and then we'll adjust if necessary. Uh from there we're going to hear from our school superintendent. There are two
specific items underneath the report. One is around nature's classroom and then the other one is about the goals of our school superintendent. After that we'll go to subcommittee reports and discussions. There were three items there. First up, Miss Horty
will uh talk about how things are going with the short collaborative. Then we'll go to Miss Spataphora on budget and then finally Miss Rose Zyberg on policy and procedure. Uh from there, motions of resolution. So we have three items there. One is we
received a $500 donation to the coral arts program. Uh the second item will be a request of Miss Spataphora for a audit of special education services. And then after that, we're going to go to Miss Rose Zyberg uh to talk about a draft
policy regarding IH AIA in parentheses middle school pathway exploration. Now, from there, everyone, we'll do what we typically do. We'll hear from all the members as to what's going on in their respective wards. Then after that, we're
going to entertain a motion to go into executive session. Depending the outcome of that motion, we would go into that session for the approval of the October 6th minutes. Uh then we're going to discuss strategy
with respect to collector bargaining as it pertains to SEIU local 888 which are commonly known as the cafeteria workers. And then from there, we're going to also discuss strategy in preparation for
contract negotiations with our non-UN personnel, specifically our superintendent of schools. Then we will come back out here and we may act on what occurred in executive session or we may not depending on how
it goes. Uh but either way, we'll move adjournment and then again we'll come back here on Monday, December 8th. So are there any questions of the uh members? If not, let's pledge allegiance to our flag. >> I pledge allegiance 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. At this point, we ask everyone to please remain standing for a moment of silence
in honor of all those who have fought for our country and continue to do so throughout the world today. Thank you. And I think appropriate at this moment, we would like to extend an invitation to the committee and all of
you as we'll be hosting a ceremony tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. at Forestdale Cemetery. Now, I asked all of you uh to please remain standing as I would like to now go to our student representative for an
additional moment of silence. One second. We may have good news depending on how you look at it. You may only hear from me tonight. So, we're trying to fix these microphones. Okay. All right, everyone. So,
while we try to fix these microphones, let's see if we can take care of some of the items on the agenda. Uh, October 6th, regular session minutes. Uh, so motion by Mr. Bernard seconded by Miss Rose Zyberg. Any
questions on those? Everybody good? >> Okay. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Anybody opposed? All right. The eyes have it. That carries unanimously. Now, these warrants, any questions about those?
You've had a chance to review them. What do we typically do here? Motion to place on file. Motion by Mr. Bernard, seconded by Miss Hy. Um, so no further questions. All those in favor say I.
>> Anybody opposed? The eyes have it. Those are placed on file. All right, everybody. The follyies continue. So, the rules are when there is a member
coming to us remotely, we're supposed to take all our votes via roll call according to state guidelines. So, Mr. Gray um who represents W 6 is with us on
line tonight. So I think we need to go back uh because you never know. We need to do it the right way. So um we have the motion. We have the motion by for the minutes. You have the second. Let's call the role on those please.
>> Oh, we didn't do that either. So, let's do that, too. Yeah, >> please. >> Yeah, just just be loud. >> Mayor Christian >> here. >> Mr. Drum >> here. >> Mr. McCarthy >> here. >> Map >> here. >> Misslin here. Missy
>> here. Mr. >> Mr. Gray. >> I think you're on mute, Mr. Gray. >> He's here. We have a quorum sufficient to allow us come together legally. Let's do those minutes. You had the motion. You had the second. Let's call the role.
>> Mr. >> Yes. So, those carry unanimously. Next up with a warrants. You have the motion in the second. Let's call it. >> Mr. >> Mr. McCarthy. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Mr.
>> Yeah, he I think he did. >> Yep. >> Yes. All right. Those carry unanimously. All right, everyone. Now, let's go to public comment. This is your chance, although the way things are going tonight, you may not
want to uh to address the school committee. So, please just come to the podium and um state your name and address for the record and we'll give you uh three minutes. So, public comment is now open.
Anybody wishing to step up? No, just go uh voice ac capella. Okay. But let me just turn on. Tell me when you're ready. >> All right. I'm going to start at three, two one. >> Good evening.
I just want to say that words have power. Whether you are a key crusader, young elected to office. Thank you. Anybody else wishing to address the school committee can do so
now, please? Uh, good evening. Let me uh just count you down. Three, two, one. Here we go. >> Good to see you. I am here tonight
about school children. Third grade my child I am consider
Um, my child is cutting and pasting words. Also, kids are going after done. problems and video games. And my child was just telling me
yesterday. So I my home is free and I am just concerned about the amount. >> Thank you. Okay. Anybody else wishing to address the school committee? Please.
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maybe not working. >> Good evening. >> Yeah, could use this one too. There we go. Good evening. Um, so the first uh the first item for
my report tonight I'm delighted to share is that we have um out ofstate overnight field trips that are being proposed for school committee approval through nature's classroom. And I believe for the first
time we have all five schools, all five of our K8 schools participating. And we have representatives from all five schools here tonight to answer questions. But I'm going to invite um assistant superintendent Basin just to
come up briefly, say a couple of words, and also invite a couple of our students who are here in the audience as well. Good evening. >> Welcome. >> Okay. This year All the teachers were very nice.
They were very We also got to sit with new peers and teachers. This was a fun and good experience. Last of all, and most importantly, overcoming fears. First, staying away from home had me really nervous. I was anxious about who I would
be rooming with, but Miss Precourt told me she had me. So, that made me feel a little better. Once I got to camp and saw the people I was dorming with, I felt more comfortable. As the days went on, that nervousness slowly washed away as I did more activities with friends
and my new teacher. The fear completely went away. Secondly, I was scared to stay away from my phone because I'm always on my phone with my phone. Then by the second day, I felt like I didn't need my phone because we were doing so many fun activities all day. I honestly
needed a break from tech and my phone and it sent a wave of relief over my mind being away from people and the bullying went away. In conclusion, camp was super fun and nothing like I thought it would be. I think it would be very kind and meaningful if these this year's
sixth graders and future sixth graders could go to nature's classroom and have just a good just as good if not even better experience than I did. >> Well said. Well said. >> Before you leave the uh microphone, what
was your favorite activity? My favorite activity, it was probably when we went to the woods and this outdoors um playground and there was a zip line that me and the other people in my field
group, we would um swing across and it was like the floor is lava and if you touch the ground, you would lose. >> Maybe I maybe I shouldn't have asked you that. I could never handle the zipline. Good for you. All right, welcome. And what's your name?
>> Jennifer Axelon. >> Good to see you again. >> Good evening, school committee. The sixth grade trip to Nature's Classroom was one of the best experiences we had. Not just because it was fun, but because we learned so much in ways we could never learn in the classroom. We think
the future sixth graders should have the same opportunity. And here's why. First, nature's classroom makes learning fun and exciting. Instead of reading about nature in textbooks, we saw it up close and studied plants, animals, and habitats in real life. And we learned
how to how everything in nature is connected. For an example, we made fires from scratch, explored the forest, and even learned survival skills. These lessons helped us understand natures in ways that stick with us more than worksheets ever could. And because of that trip, I learned to go outside more
instead of letting my phone consume my life. Second, nature's classroom taught us teamwork and independence. We had to work together to uncomplete challenges, clean up after oursel, and learned about compost and trash. It showed us to be respectful, responsible, and supportive
of one another through skills that were just as important as academics. We also had fun with night singing, hiking, and talking with friends. Many of us became close friends with people we barely talked to before this trip and gained appreciation for people we didn't know
very well. Finally, the trip helped us connect with nature in a full in a world full of screens, noise, drama, and bullying. Spending a few days outdoors reminded us how beautiful nature can be and how we shouldn't be stuck on our devices. It taught us to take care of our environment and to think about our
actions and how it affects it. It also taught us to take care of ourselves and face hard challenges. At first, many of us were scared and nervous to go on this trip, but by the end, we all felt upset that we had to leave and wish we could stay longer. In conclusion, Nature's Classroom wasn't just a field trip. It
was a valuable experience that combined education, teamwork, and personal growth. It made us better sixth grade students and better people to the environment. We strongly believe that every future sixth grader class deserved the same chance to grow and learn the
same way D did. Thank you for considering our request. Sincerely, Jennifer. >> Well done. Well done. Are you um are you of the city famous Exoh family? >> Oh yeah.
>> Say hi to everyone for us. Okay. And uh same for you. What was your favorite? Was it It was probably the tire swings. There's this obstacle I had to do on like we had to
get across the tires and like I fell a bunch of times and also like like he said the zipline because it was really funny the way he kept falling off >> and like he took and every single time
he fell off we had to restart. So, like everybody was getting mad at him and it was really funny. So, yeah. >> All right. Got it. All right. Well, I don't even know if we need the assistant superintendent after that. Um, how do you want to proceed? Do you want to >> just a just a brief uh overview of the
>> And before we do, let just let me see any of the members have questions or Okay, take take it away, assistant. >> Thank you. Um, and I just want to shout out our students. So, I think very good I'll be very brief. Uh you have in front
of you a a memo that describes um the logistics uh that we've looked into to provide this opportunity for uh schools at all five of our K through8 buildings. We're really excited about this year. It speaks to, you know, securing chaperones, making sure they're screened, making sure that, you know,
health and medical um considerations are taken care of and that students who need financial assistance are able to receive it. Um so that uh we are hopeful uh for your approval for this overnight and for some schools out of state trip. Um but happy to answer any questions that you have. >> Very good. What say you?
Let's go to uh Miss Mlin and then after her will be Miss Hoody. >> Hi. Good evening. Thank you Mr. Chair. I I just had a question if you can clarify the dates. Um because Salemwood says four days, three nights
and um BB and Lynden um those appear to be two nights. So are they varying overnight dates because everything seems to be priced the same or similarly?
>> Yes. I I believe each school depending on I think one of our teachers might be able to speak to this who's some of our more experienced chaperons. Each school um depending on the destination and the dates I think that the the camps do vary in length.
>> Great. >> Hi. >> Um I'm Mrs. McCarthy formerly Miss Precourt that they my students spoke about. Um Salemwood stays within the state and goes to Charlton Mass. >> Okay. >> Some of the other schools are going out of state. So, that's going to raise the
cost. Um, as well as I mean for us and I will let you guys say as well, we have projected the cro the cost for a little lower because we're going to be doing fundraising and we are going to cut some of the cost from our funds off the top. Um, but yes, we're going for four and but others are going for smaller. You
can choose how long you're going, but they're going out of state. We're staying in state. That's part of it. >> Hi, I'm Kelly Swanson from the Ferryway. Um, we are going out of state. we go to we go up to New Hampshire and we're going with um Forestdale the same dates that just so happened last year that our
trips aligned and we thought it was fabulous to have two different schools from Malden be there at the same time so we chose to do that again. Um the cost varies on the location as well as the time that you're there and I believe that the BB and the Lynden because this is their first time going they wanted to
start slow and just do the two nights. In the past, we've done four nights, five days in the past, but since we've come back from COVID, we started slow again. So, again, depending on the location, depending on the time of year, depending on how many students you have, the cost does vary slightly. And again,
depending on the school, um what your school does for fundraising as well. So, we are pretty heavy loaded on our fundraising as well. So, we've you know, so that's where the the varying costs come. >> Talk about the time of year part, too. >> It is. A time of year is a big difference. So, um, you know, if we had
gone two weeks prior to when we're going, like mid May, it's like $150 more a kid. >> Yeah. >> So, you know, you you kind of stay out of that. I'd say that prime time is like April to the midmay. So, if you go later or earlier, it does cut down on the cost a little bit.
>> Thanks. Thanks for the clarification. >> Okay. Thank you, uh, Miss Mlin. Over to Miss Horty. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just had a couple questions about the student. I know these are obviously like rough idea because I know that they're that we
don't know yet but um so 15 students have agreed to go at Lynen right now. Is that in flux? Will that change? Does anyone know? Is anyone from Lyndon? >> I just didn't know if there was a
deadline and like only 15 children were going now or if you have 15 signed up and you're hoping to get more. as >> Okay. >> Okay. >> And I know it's your first time back at this in in a long time. So, I imagine
there's a little bit more hesitancy for people being less familiar with it. >> Um, it's new to our students. Uh, they're hearing from other students in the district >> and I think they're being persuaded by their their their friends in other schools. >> Good. Good. And sort of same question
about BB and Fairway. It says pending. I imagine that means that the the reason that I ask is because I know there are some like very firm deadlines about when you know every student who needs to go needs we need to know by December 1st or you can't go like when is that moment?
>> I think it's December 15th. >> Okay. >> And I imagine it might be different other places, but I I just wanted to know how much this might change between now and then. Um, but there's plenty of time for it to change is what we're saying. >> Plenty of time. So, we have our Thank
you. our deadline of saying that you want to go by before Christmas break, the the first the last Friday before Christmas break, but that's a rolling like if parents finally if we work our magic and parents say yes, you can go, right? Or they do the fundraising or something happens that we can make it
go. Um, >> yeah. And it also dep we're not going until June. So yes, we have until like I think I basically they need to tell me by April vacation. Okay. But we did have a child last year that changed last minute, you know, like a couple weeks before. So >> So there is flexibility within that
>> hard deadlines, so to speak. >> I because I just I imagine someone being interested. I know because I've been to some of the events that they have at Forestale. are very exciting and all the students are involved in the do a lot of fundraising and I imagine there are some students that get really into the
fundraising before they even decide they're going sometimes >> and just to speak to your last question we've been going for 26 years off and on but when we came back after co my first year I had 39 students and then I had 50 and last year I had 72 so I think it becomes with as people start to get more
it comes back in in where Lynon is I said it's their first year it's those numbers will continue to rise >> excellent Excellent. Thank you so much and thank you for taking the kids all of you. >> Thank you, Miss Horty. Seeing no other lights,
motion by Mr. Drum, seconded by Mr. Bernard. >> Just question. Yeah. >> Are we taking standby? Yep. >> I got it. Sorry, I'm on technical difficulties over here. So, just catching up with everybody. Are we
taking these all up together or something like >> I was thinking together unless someone objects. >> Any objections? You good, Jen? >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Miss Pavora. >> Yes. >> Miss Mlin.
>> Yes. >> Miss Hordy. >> Yes. >> Mr. Gray. >> Yeah, you said yes. >> Mr. Bernard. Yes, >> Mr. Rosyberg. >> Yes. >> Mayor Christensen. >> Yes. >> All right. That carries unanimously. >> Maybe we adjourn the meeting right now.
>> Say thank you to the >> All right. Um let's go now to the superintendent goals. want to thank all of our educators and our students and their parents. Thank you.
Thank you very much. All right, I'm turning to uh the next item and oh well, we have slides. >> I'm working over here. I'm working. Are we able to Okay. Don't quite fit on the screen, but
that's we're going to make it work. Well, good evening again, members of the committee, Mr. Chair, uh, Miss Vice Chair, members of the public. Um the uh this is the meeting at which I'm presenting our the
goals for for myself as a part of the evaluation cycle with the committee. And as always, I just want to remind everyone that we have three core values that guide our work together. To include and collaborate,
meaning that we want to involve uh people and decisions that impact them. That we embrace growth. We're constantly looking at uh each other as human beings who have the potential to to do more than we can do today. And that's
especially important for our students, but also for our educators and for our school communities. And then lastly, that everything we do, we want to make sure that in every way possible, we're doing right by all kids and um and not only some.
We are going if you go one more. One more. And one more. Great. So this is just the evaluation cycle that the uh Massachusetts uh Department of Elementary and Secondary Education lays out for
superintendent evaluation um to ensure systems and alignment coherence, empower principles and other district administrators and lead with a commitment to equity. And specifically tonight we're going to be talking about goal setting. um our goals for um your
goals, my goals for this year and um to get your feedback on those goals. If we can go one more, there are four standards on the superintendent rubric. Instructional leadership, management and operations, family and community
engagement, and professional growth. And uh as you'll see the goals as we walk through there uh each of them is aligned with these with these standards with one or more of these standards. Next the um the state requires me to present
to you uh at minimum four goals. one goal for student learning, another goal for my professional practice, and then two, at least two goals for district improvement. Um, the four goals at a glance I just
want to share with you tonight. First is the development of a five-year strategic plan. Second is to implement our district strategy for improvement, which we've done a lot of talking about already, but we'll um we'll speak to again tonight.
The third goal is a special education program review, which I'll speak about more in a moment. And then finally, the second year of the new superintendent induction program, which I'm participating in through DESIE and the Massachusetts Associate of
School Superintendent. So, the first goal I want to uh dive into in more detail is the development of a five-year strategic plan. Specifically, by June of next year, we will establish a strategic plan that
will guide our work as a district through the 2030 2031 school year. It's amazing to think about 2031. It's long feels like it's a long way away, but it's almost tomorrow. Um and that that plan will include uh input from key
stakeholder groups and that this will encompass high priority goals, metrics to monitor implementation and progress and key strategies and actions that will be taken to accomplish these goals. If you could go to the next slide, please.
You'll remember last June I brought brought to you uh the findings that were the result of all of the entry work that we did last year. all of the listening sessions, the surveys, the uh all of the work that we did um in terms of town
hall meetings, um meetings, focus groups with students and a very very careful review of our student data to come up with those entry findings. And you'll see at the bottom of the screen a list
of many collect areas for collective action that we identified through that work as well as areas that were that came up again and again as needing attention for our longer term planning. So high expectations for all fair access
opportunity meeting diverse needs nurturing a strong workforce those were all uh areas of collective uh collective action. And then there were other areas as far as high school and post-secary success, digital literacy, expanding
access to the performing arts, um meeting the needs of our advanced learners and preschool and early learning. Those were all examples of um areas that were more longer term that were uh that were also very important to
stakeholders over the course of of last year. So the idea is over the course of this year that first of all in January I'll be presenting to you uh an outline of a strategic plan and I want just want to make clear that this is not coming
out of thin air that it's really informed by all of the work that we did together to identify the needs of the district last year but there will be opportunities both for stakeholders to be of input into the into the the the plan as we move forward and a lot of
work with our principles and other staff to really put um details in terms of the strategies we're pursuing and the action steps we'll be taking to accomplish them. We'll be looking at data and very importantly um especially uh in in the
the year that we're in, we'll be looking at how to do these things in a financially sustainable way to make sure that we can actually do them. So that's the strategic plan. The next is to implement our district
strategy for improvement, which is our student learning goal. And that's to specifically implement our strategy for improvement in literacy, math, and science involving school-based cycles of observation, calibration, data analysis,
and action planning using our professional development structures and lesson study. and also the implementation of more formative teacher coaching. Making sure that our teachers are not being asked to work in silos and isolation, but they're really getting
the feedback that they need to become better at what they do. And that the people doing that coaching would include the principal, our assistant principles, our teacher leaders and coaches. And that this work is different from the evaluation work that has typically been
done on a more traditional basis, which is still required by state law. that this is more more more useful to them in many ways. So on the next slide just again um you'll remember many months ago we looked at our 2024
accountability data. Uh I shared with you a a look for tool that all of our administrators collaborated in developing to help us have a common definition of what effectiveruct instruction is. We developed a district priority using data from looking at what
was happening in classrooms and looking at our mid-year data last year. And all of that fed into the superintendent's uh entry findings that informed also our work and our for the school improvement plans that you all approved last June.
So implementing this and I want to say that it's really we a part of this in the goals that I presented to you in more detail is to identify specific metrics that will inform our work over time and monitor whether it's working.
And we also want to looking ahead to next year make sure that we have adequate coaching for literacy and math and science. And that mid-year data that we're collecting over the course of this year will inform how we make those
adjustments. Okay. Next is special education program review. As you can see, um, we have several groups that the that the state, um, pays special attention to our English learners, students whose first
language is not English, students with disabilities, low-income students, students with high needs. Um and you'll see that our students with disabilities for last year um comprised 18 almost 19%
of our students relative to 20% of the state. Um and we we are doing a lot to through our district um priorities to impact the learning of students with disabilities
and our English learners as well. However, um last week I had a meeting with all of the KA principles and our um preschool early learning center principal. And what came from that is just the fact
that our student population in our special education programs has shifted significantly from what it was a few years ago. And this is especially visible at the early ages. And that change of enrollment, that change of the
profile of the students that we have is something that we really need to be thoughtful in making sure that our programs are meeting their needs. Another uh issue is that um the state identifies several different criteria for all districts to meet the needs of
their students with disabilities. And um there are several areas in which we want to do better and we need to do better. And I believe that this this population in particular with as many
um structures and programs that are designed to help these students, we want to make sure that these programs are in fact delivering on what they're supposed to accomplish for them. So on the next slide,
you'll see um this on this this little path, if you will, at the top that represents all of the areas that our Department of Elementary and Secondary Education looks at for our the achievement, the performance of our students, our compliance with special
education laws, and other considerations. Generally speaking, from the reports that we've received from the state for compliance, we have a lot of things that are in very very good shape. Not perfect, but they're in very good shape.
But on performance for our both in literacy and math, and those are the two areas that they look at at the state um and well as well as our graduation rate and the other metrics that the state pays attention to, we have a lot of work to do. And so that in addition to the
entry findings that also surfaced these needs, the data that we received from DESIE just last month, um these are all things that we're going to be looking at together. And again, engaging stakeholders, talking with our parents and caregivers, talking with our special
education parent advisory council and our administrators and our educators to really make sure that we are doing the right by all of them. And two things with this that any adjustments that we can make for next year that we can do so
in a timely way and in a way that also meets our budget. And then also that the longer term uh adjustments, the longer term shifts that we need to consider as a part of our special education program can be included in our strategic plan
over the next several years. So that's number three. And then last, as I mentioned earlier, uh I've been uh participating uh last year in the new superintendent induction program. I'm I'm a member of a cohort of
uh superintendent who began their um their tenure last year. Now they're in their second year. We are in our second year. Um and there are certain assignments and benchmarks that I'm responsible for meeting as a part of that program working with. You can go to
the next slide. Sorry. better for uh working with our um a veteran superintendent as a coach and then also going through specific content designed to help all of us become better leaders. Incidentally, a lot of the content for
this second year uh relates to the development of a strategic plan. And so um the the the idea here is that I would engage in that process along with all the other year two superintendent and that um I would get solid marks in all
the work that I turn in um to the um to the program. And I think with that I would really love to get feedback from the committee. >> Very good. Thank you. Questions from the team? Any questions? We're going to
start with Miss Horty. >> Thank you, Mayor Christensen. Um Dr. Zipple, you were discussing the student learning goal um on page 12. >> Yes. >> And you had mentioned that we were going to be collecting midyear data for ELA,
math, and science. Can you talk a little bit more about that, please? So we, you know, we have uh for the K8s pretty established um well that we have established assessment
systems for literacy and for math. We are um and specifically I Ready as well as for math. >> And can I ask a question about that? Are they done at data points in the beginning of the year, mid year, end of the year? >> Yes.
Sorry, go ahead. >> It's okay. However, um something that we are very curious about is whether those assessments are the best assessments um in that they are not um always
aligned with the curriculum we're actually teaching. And so those assessments, they're typically adaptive assessments that may, you know, give you a sense of where they are in terms of their grade level. um but they may not be aligned with what was actually taught during that quarter for example or
during that um as a part of the first part of that year. There are other assessments that are already embedded within the curriculum that we're actually using that might give us in some cases better data to understand whether students are responding to our
instruction in the ways we want. And for science that would also be um more um more likely to be the case because we don't have a for science that we use. >> And then for high school um quite
frankly has not been um a very valid measure. Um, some students because they don't perceive that it's related to their grades in a course, they may not take it as seriously as they would otherwise.
Um, it can provide useful data, but only in as much as the students try and to demonstrate what they know. Um, we're making an attempt to try to persuade them that it's useful for that purpose this year, but also looking both um with
English language arts and math. um at other assessments that might be more useful for that purpose. >> Okay. >> Um will you be able to provide us with information if you pick a new tool or um
or exploring new tools to use. I know that and I Ready are the sort of the the popular ones, the IT ones, like all the districts are using them sort of thing. But I agree with you that I don't necessarily know that they're always the right thing. Um, so I'd be interested to
see what other things you come across that might seem to hit the mark better. Um, I know students are also involved with the with Delta math, but I don't think that tests in the same way. So, um, and I'm actually really interested to see how we can get some benchmarks
for science because it's not taught in this as in the same way with the same functionality. So, um I I hope you'll share that with us. Thank you. >> Thank you. Anyone else? This better.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um just most of the the end dates on your goals and um it says no later than June 30th. And I was just wondering if they could be backed up a couple weeks because usually we would do your review um of your goals in mid June. So I don't know if there's
any rumor. Would we be meeting in July? >> Sue, >> that's a good question, Miss Baphora. Um, so the the the I mean I'll certainly look through and be willing to make those adjustments. I think some of them
that are June 30th in particular relate to the summit of evaluations for our staff that are due by the end of the of the school year being June 30th. How I mean it's by that date that all of them should be done.
>> Um but as far as others where where it references June >> that should be read to mean the June school committee meeting. >> Perfect. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Thank you Miss Bataphor. Anyone else?
Okay hearing none. All right. Right. The vice chair just told me we need to uh take action here. So, is there a motion to Miss Mlin to accept? Seconded by Mr.
McCarthy. Any final questions, everyone hearing? None. >> Mr. Jimmy, >> yes. >> Mr. McCarthy, >> yes. >> Miss Bataphora, >> yes. >> Miss Mlin, >> yes. >> Miss Hordy, >> yes. >> Mr. Gray,
>> come on. Just once, Mr. Gray. >> Do it. >> He's speaking. >> Yeah. So, the lighting up means Yes, >> Miss Roseberg. >> Mayor Christensen. >> Yes. All right, that carries unanimously. Thank you, Superintendent.
Now, over to Miss Horty to talk about how things are going with the Shore Collaborative. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh just a quick update about uh the short collaborative. Uh I serve on the the board there as the representative for the Malden public
schools. Um they at this point have their highest number of students enrolled there 210 this past school year which they're very excited for. Uh they also have a new partnership with the four kids only afterchool program which is a nice opportunity for their students
there. um they had limited after school opportunities period whether it be a program or even different extracurriculars that they've begun adding. So that's a nice addition to that as well. Um other than that their their staff has been they have a group
of staff that have become um certified interpreters and other things like that happening. So we are we are glad that they are doing well and are continue to have a a positive relationship with our school district as well. Thank you. And >> Miss Horty, just to clarify the 210,
that's >> from all the communities. Yeah. >> That they were >> How many participating communities? Dozen or half dozen? >> Yes. I would say about 12ish. >> Yeah. Okay. Any questions of Miss Horty? Thank you, Miss Horty. Hearing none,
let's go to Miss Spaphor. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, so just a quick update. Um just because the budget subcommittee normally doesn't meet this early in the year, but because of um some discussions at the city level, um we thought it would be good to pull us
all together to talk about um what a Proposition 2 and a half discussion looks like for the city as well as um a a look at our year-to- date um financials, what we're what we have spent ourselves for Q1. Um and just a
quick review on warrants just because they've kind of a little bit newer um to being on the agenda. So um we were joined by Mr. Ro uh Mr. Hogan >> y >> who came and um talked a bit about just
the implications of um and impact of what uh Prop 2 and a half on the city side would do for us. Um, again, that conversation always turns to chapter 70 funding and how that is really the
biggest impactor to funding for um the schools as well as um to the city and and residents. Um right now we are on track with our Q1 financials. Um so I
have asked that going forward we meet um quarterly. We'll come back together in January to look at uh Q2 and just look at you know any trends if we see that we our spending is higher maybe on curriculum or um or maybe there's some
savings. Um in years past we have seen I don't want to call it savings but because we haven't filled all of our um staffing and this year is the first year that we've been fully staffed so we're not necessarily seeing those saves on the salary side. Um, so good, um,
because we have teachers in front of our classrooms. Bad in the sense of any money we've had. >> Yeah. >> Um, exactly. So, >> um, so that's about it. We'll come back together in January and just keep plugging away and, um, and keep calling
our our state legislators to get us more money. >> Questions of the chair. And for those that are here or might be watching, we would encourage you all to visit city of malden.orgride. That is sort of a repository of where
all the information is regarding uh where we are and where we're going. Uh now, Miss Rose Zyberg, draft policy. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Well, actually going to do the
subcommittee report and then we'll do that later. Right. >> Sure. >> Yeah. Um so we met um in October and part of what we talked about was creating this policy you just referred to which will be IH AIA the middle school pathway exploration. We've talked
about this before here but just to reiterate it's a policy that required by state regulations to have in place to ensure all middle school students are informed of and gain exposure to career technical education programs. Uh we were fortunate that we already had much in place. Thank you to the um central
office for working on that. That was voted out um unanimously to come to full counsel which will be the motion that um I'll make later on. Um we also did discuss um there was a request made for dedicating the Ferryway cafeteria which was um you did it right. You found some some background information on that. It
actually had already been cleared to be dedicated to um Paula Abear. Um so I've relayed that to the school. Um the auction now we're looking at potentially um wanting to name a field after them but then that would end up switching out of our purview and turns to the city purview. So that will be on them. So we
cleared that. The majority of the meeting um really was on competent competency determination. Um assistant superintendent Bassine did a wonderful presentation for us. Um as we all know we have to come up with new regs to assess competency um with the changes
made with MCCAST. um turning it over to Dr. Sipple to go over he's got different slides and things to go over that were presented um and will help us um people to get the idea of what we're working with um and the different approaches that can be done for this. Um we have to
have something in place by the end of the calendar year. >> Okay, very good. Any questions of Miss Rose Eyeberg? If not, do you want to add anything? >> Sure. Yeah, it's the same slides you were on.
>> While she's doing that, are we voting this? >> No. >> No. >> Okay. >> This is justformational tonight. >> Okay. Um but we uh >> you got it. Hey. All right.
>> Um so thank you u member road cyber. Um the uh the essential we just wanted to um just share some of this update because we do anticipate um hopefully approving a policy um in
December. Um the competency determination is um the reason we're doing this is because uh of question two from last year and the state board of education made a new policy last spring
that requires districts to consider mastery and not just course passage as a part of their competency determination for graduation. And um the way that can be done if you can go to the next two slides in
that mastery could be demonstrated via a final assessment for a course. It could be done via a capstone or portfolio project or an equivalent measure. And just going to very briefly just share with you that in addition to
meeting with the uh subcommittee last month, if you go to the next slide, we did we have been meeting with stakeholders um we have our uh caregivers um by through a survey um that um
overwhelmingly I would say um preferred a final assessment for a course as opposed to a portfolio project as a way to for students to demonstrate great mastery. Our educators, we've also been surveying um the majority for English language arts actually preferred a
portfolio or a capstone project. Um for math, the majority favored a final exam. And then for science and history, there was an even split. um for 2027 going forward, we do need to have a uh a measure of mastery for US history in
addition to science, ELA, and math. For the next slide, we also talked with our district advisory groups. Our school councils had their orientation in October, early October. Um these
questions that we asked them were about what approach we should take in making this change because um we don't necessarily have to do everything at once. We could phase in these changes so that our juniors, like
our student representative or our seniors, like our alternate um uh representative um are not having the goalpost shift on them in the middle of their junior and senior year. um and the
changes the more significant changes would take place for classes in the future for example our current eth graders which you'll see in a moment. So the school council strongly preferred stability and u in messaging and phasing things in. Our English learner parent
advisory committee uh also preferred a phase in approach. Uh we still have consultation um continuing and we're looking forward to um connecting with CPAC our student advisory committee as well as our district PTO and other groups.
All right. So the discussion of the phase in approach I just mentioned um our proposal one proposal is to utilize course passing the current policy as the CD the competency determination for current high school students but then
shift to uh an assessment for that mastery demonstration for current eighth grade students and then uh other classes following. And that would allow students to know what the comety determination requirements are before they begin to take a course and not shift the
requirements for the mid-stream. And would also allow us to test out different assignments and uh assessments rather and develop these pilot them and make sure they're accessible to students with disabilities and our multilingual learners as well. And so the last piece
I'll just share with you kind of where we are right now is a a proposed timeline that this December we would have a policy hopefully approved by the school committee and submitted to DESIE and we begin communicating to students
and families what the new policy is. By next May assessments for each course would be developed with educator input and presented um by me to you. Um, and again communicating to students and families the new policy prior to
enrollment in courses for next year. And then for June 27th, the assessments developed and piloted for each course for uh the class of 29. And that that course would be passing for all students. Sophomores, the class of 29
would take the pilot exams, but they would not be held to that standard for the purpose of of graduation. And then between uh 27 school year and the 202728 school year, we would be scoring those assessments, reviewing them, making
adjustments to them. Um so that the sophomore class of of 2029, those families would know what their what what to expect before they before they start school that year. But then the uh assessments to actually determine course
passing would be for the class of 2030. And again that would be for for juniors and sen seniors in the class the 2728 school year. Juniors and seniors would still have the current policy of course passing for those three for those those
courses including US history but uh the assessment requirement would begin for the sophomores um for the class of 2030. I know it's a lot, but I just wanted to share just we're trying to respond to the concerns of educators, of stakeholders, and also making sure that
what we're doing is fair um to our students. And so with that, I think that's the update. Mr. Ros, >> anything else you want to add, Mr. Ros? If not, why don't we take up this draft policy you have down in motions or resolutions?
>> Sure. If there's uh no objections, we'll take that out of order. Chair has none. Do you want to make the motion? >> Sure. Have a motion to adopt the policy IH AIA uh middle school pathway exploration policy. >> Second. >> Seconded by Mr. McCarthy.
Any final questions, everyone? What was the vote of the committee? That was unanimous. >> Okay. Do you have a question? Miss >> Hy. >> Stand by. Go right ahead. I had a question about the uh competency determination.
Is have we not are we skipping that? >> Yes, we're taking that up in December. >> So So no questions until December. >> Well, there's no vote tonight. >> Okay. All right. >> If you want to ask a question, go ahead. >> No, that's okay. Okay. I guess I'll wait.
>> Uh please, Miss Spaphor. >> Thank you. Um, Miss Rosyberg, do we have to suspend docket rules because this hasn't come before us and you're asking us to vote on it tonight? >> This had been pres Thank you. Um, we could. This had actually been presented
um to us to look at and then got sent to me last month. So, that could potentially be the one month. But if we want to be extra careful, we can ask to suspend docket >> the policy. Well, it's I'll leave it up
to you. >> I think we're I think we're okay, but it's up to you both. >> It's always good to be safe. So, um what she's asking about is be um you have to post there's a certain way to post things and so I thought that we um
as you can tell I have a cold. I'm a little fuzzy. So, we want to be super safe. I would make a motion to um to suspend the rule and let us vote on this tonight. >> Second. >> Seconded by Mr. Mr. Bernard. Madame clerk, you have all that. So,
this is just to suspend the docker rules to get this properly before us. Let's call the role. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Miss McCarthy. >> Yes. >> Miss Baphora? >> Yes. >> Miss Mlin? >> Yes. >> Miss Hardy?
>> Yes. >> Mr. Gray? >> Mr. Bernard? >> Mr. Rosberg? >> Yes. >> Mayor Christensen? Yes. So that carries. So now the docker rules are suspended. You have the motion and the second for the policy itself. Let's call the role.
>> Mr. Drum, >> yes. >> Miss McCarthy, >> yes. >> Miss Baphora, >> yes. >> Miss Mlin, >> yes. >> Miss Orie, >> yes. >> Mr. Gray. >> Mr. Bernard? >> Yes. >> Miss Rosyberg? >> Yes. >> Mayor Christensen? >> Yes. That carries unanimously. Okay,
good work. Now, let's take a look at this donation over to Miss Bataphor. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, as I I'm going to actually read the um
the card that this came with, but this is a $500 donation to the Malden High School Coral Arts Society. Um, and if you have not ever heard their voices, you need to
pay attention. Um, especially this year during the holidays because they are absolutely amazing and they deserve every penny that this um, that's coming to them. And this is coming from Kate, Jim, and St. John's Parish and overall the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston.
So, uh, very generous donation, very grateful to accept this on behalf of the, um, Malden High School Coral Arts Society. >> Motion made. >> Motion to accept. >> Motion made by Miss Bataphor, seconded by Mr. McCarthy. Any questions, everyone?
>> Let's call the role. >> Mr. Drum, >> yes. >> Mr. McCarthy, >> yes. >> Miss Bataphora? >> Yes. >> Miss Mlin? >> Yes. >> Miss Hordy? >> Yes. >> Mr. Gray. >> Mr. Bernard? >> Yes. Mr. Rosyberg, Mayor Christensen. >> Yes, that carries unanimously. All
right, everyone. Let's stay with Miss Betaphor for the audit of special education services. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, so for I don't know approximately two weeks, I've been popping into some classrooms throughout
the the district. Um, right now we just wrapped up and I've been touring with the superintendent and our assistant superintendent of um, student services, Pam McDonald, as well as our um,
team chairs um, and looking at our in intensive learning programs. Um, I'm heading into the early learning center next week. But really what um has driven me to dive deeper into special education
services is some concern from educators as well as concern from parents. Um and there's a few bullet points I want to touch upon. Um one being just the the services that are
on students IEPs. So you have your service grid and that's what we legally have to um provide services to that student. So ensuring that um what is on that grid is being followed. Um there is
also some concerns surrounding um classroom or sizes, the amount of students um receiving special education services, how many um educators are supposed to be in that classroom. Um,
I will say a personal concern just because I am a special ed parent was the amount of educators servicing students on IEPs that are working on waiverss um that don't necessarily have a background in special education. Um, so with all of
that combined, we did have a so Desi does audit us. I do want to say that um every three years there's a three-year cycle in which DESIE comes in and and audits us. The last one was done in May of 2024
and that was an integrated monitoring review. Um they review for different standards and the last standards that were addressed were lure and professional development um
parent student community engagement uh oversight time and learning um what they haven't taken a look at and what I am really focusing on or hoping that this committee focuses on is um IEP development the programming
um and lure in professional development. Um so with that being said, I'd like to make a motion. I have a more formal motion on how that would read. That the Malden Public School District
conduct a comprehensive audit of its special education services. And the purpose of this audit would be to evaluate the delivery, consistency, and effectiveness of services provided to students with disabilities as outlined in their IEPs. The audit should include
a review of service grids, staffing levels, compliance with state and federal regulations, and collaboration practices between educators, service providers, and families. Findings and recommendations of this audit should be presented to the school committee no later than the April
6th, 2026 meeting. That date I chose um to put forth because I think a lot of this should be done so we can be prepared for hiring next year. So whatever findings come out um we can make sure that we are um
implementing those. Is that Joe Gray? >> That's that's my grandchild. >> Okay. >> Probably calling for her nightly um good night. Um so that date would be so we could implement any hiring that we
um may come across findings um that we are lacking. >> Motion made second by Miss Mlin. Uh and uh no cost of this audit. This would be an internal audit right now, but I would
advise the district that if as we dig, if we're finding larger issues that we would potentially bring in a consultant um to rectify those, especially because we do have a desi audit that will be
happening 2627. So I think this is a good precursor to that to dig deep and correct anything before Desi gets their eyes on us. So I say >> okay and uh just a question I don't know if you can answer maybe the superintendent when Desi does come in is
it um just random on what standards they choose? >> So the next um scheduled should be what's known as a group A universal standards and that would
address student identification. So identifying students that require services, the IEP development, the programming and also equal opportunity. Um the last time that was done was in 2021. So every three years they bounce
between this group A and group B um standards. >> Okay. All right. There you have it everyone. Any questions of the sponsor? >> Uh let me take up Miss Hoy first soup and then I'll come back to you.
>> Thank you. Question. Who's going to do the audit? So, uh, back in 2021, >> former school committee member Michelle Lang had requested an audit and it was done by our special education office
>> in which they reached out to caregivers to confirm that the services that were on the IEP were in fact being delivered. >> Okay. >> Um, so the expectation would be >> those that are in the position um would be conducting the audit.
>> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you, Miss Hordie. Superintendent. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just uh two things. I I wanted to just say first of all that I as I was developing my goals and we talked about a special education review, I did not know that um this
motion was coming forward, but I really see that they complement each other very well. And so I think that the spirit of the goal that you all approved for me tonight as far as a special education review um is very consistent with the audit as well. And I think the audit
could help inform both what program adjustments we want to make for next year, but also the longer term strategic planning for special education. And I think we may need to look at outside support um depending on because we want to make sure that our energies
are going first and foremost to delivering the services and then but then also making sure that um that we that everything is going as it's as it's supposed to be. >> Thank you, Superintendent. So the motion's been made. It's been seconded.
Any other questions? Let's do it. Mr. Drum. >> Yes. >> Mr. McCarthy, >> yes. >> Miss Fatora, >> yes. >> Miss Mlin, >> yes. >> Miss Hordie, >> yes. >> Mr. Gray, >> Mr. Bernard, >> yes. >> M. Rosyberg, yes. >> Mayor Christensen,
>> yes. That carries unanimously. All right, everyone. We're now down to personal privilege. Left to right. Let's do it. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh this Thursday, uh they're having a candy bar bingo at the Ferryway. Uh
starts at 5:30. First card is free. Second, uh no, first card, yeah, first card is a dollar. Second card after that is $2. Uh it's a good fundraiser for the u the PTO. On Monday the 17th, uh the Fairway PTO is hosting the district-wide
PTO at the Fairway School at 6 PM. Um, Thursday, November 20th, parent teacher conference goes from 6:00 to 7:30. Uh, you need to make an appointment with your child's teacher
ahead of time. So, don't delay. Uh, and on December 1st through the 5th, they will be doing their holiday shopping that they usually do for students that want to get something for parents, siblings, family members, or whatever. And because
it's happening, there's no school the 26th, 27th, the 28th because it's Thanksgiving. So, happy Thanksgiving. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. >> Thank you, Mr. Dramova to Mr. Bernard. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um should be brief. Uh
on Tuesday, November 18th, uh for the Salem Wood, there's parent teacher conferences from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Entrance through the K to4 office. Come and meet with your teachers to see how your child is doing. Uh and again, from
the 26th to the 28th, there is no school because of Thanksgiving. So enjoy whatever meal you share with your families. It's one of my favorite holidays simply for that. Um, and I'll just go and put a shout out that if anyone needs it, there's a turkey dinner
that generally happens at the high school. And if you want to go and help volunteer for that, reach out to bread of life. Right. Yes. Right. >> Um, and then finally, well, on December 7th, there's a craft fair at the Salem Wood gym. That's on December 7th. uh if
you need to go and if you want to go and sign up to uh offer a table uh reach out to the Salem FTO for more information. And uh finally, I just because tomorrow is Veterans Day and I'm unfortunately unable to go and attend the the thing. I
just want to go and and p put a personal remembrance out to all my family members that have gone and served. Um, I've got uh my my cousin Matt, my uh my niece Jordan, uh my nephew, uh they've all
gone and they've all gone and served and uh it's a good day to go and honor them and just uh make sure that we go and and thank them for putting forth their their bodies, you know, in service of the country. >> Thank you, Mr. Bernard. Miss Rose
Eyeberg. Thank you, Mr. Chair. At the Lynen, we have on November 14th, um the student craft fair applications are due. That's if students want to participate in that um the one that is on the 7th that the craft fair that's going to be at the
Salem school, which is actually a combination of ELC, Lynden, and Salemwood. So, if students want to have a booth um have a table there, the applications due November 14th, November 15th, 7th grade Nature's Classroom permission slips and deposits are due. November 21st is the spirit we are order
deadlines. Um I checked them out. There's some really cute new designs um to check out for that. The craft fair, as we just said, on December 7th. Um December 8th through December 12th will be a holiday shop. Volunteers are needed for that and signups will be coming soon. Oops.
And um December 15th through December 19th is a candy cane grams and that's a model UN fundraiser. They keep doing great things so that they can keep um competing. Um December 16th, winter holiday laser show will be given to all
grades. Um December 17th there's a PTO paint night and that's a seventh grade fundraiser. Um that one I asked a little bit more about that one is going to be 6 to8 at Lynon School. It's actually the art teacher who's there. Um $20 per person and there be um snacks and
refreshments available to purchase. and um be looking forward to again they'll be doing in January um date to be decided the stuffy sleepover that they've done before where kids bring their stuffed animals and leave them overnight um and find out what they do while they're left alone. Um again just
adding to Mr. Bernard I want to thank um all the veterans um I've been a lot in my family as well and to anybody who has served um my great appreciation for that and um happy Thanksgiving to everybody. >> Thank you. Over to Miss Mlin. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, from Mr. Rock
at the LC. Um, he says, "The LC PTO kicked things off beautifully with the fall festival full of laughter, games, and community spirit. A heartfelt thank you to all of the families and volunteers who helped make this special evening possible. Um, and he's looking
forward to many more events throughout the year and hope everyone can join in the fun. Um, as my colleagues have said, no school tomorrow for Veterans Day. Uh, Thanksgiving break November 26th through the 28th and December 4th and 5th or
Makeup Picture Day. Um, another happening at the ELC on November 13th and 14th. Malden Reeds uh will bring an interactive storytelling of the story of Ruby Bridges to the ELC classrooms. Um volunteers will guide students through a
three-part retelling helping children reflect on courage, fairness, and kindness. And then I have from our high school uh report cards will be going out on Wednesday. Um conferences uh are held
Thursday, November 13th, and the play production presentation of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is coming up on November 21st and 22nd. Malden versus Medford, that's the Thanksgiving Day uh football game. It's going to be over at
the Horell Stadium in Medford at 10:00 a.m. So, um go Malden. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. And Miss Horty. Thank you, Mr. Chair from Forestdale and Mr. Wai. The November PTO meeting will be this Wednesday, November 12th at 6 PM
on Google Meet. Please check the PTO Facebook page for the meeting links. Friday, November 21st from 5:30 to 7:30 is the annual fall festival. Come and support the amazing sixth and seventh graders as they raise money for trips and events throughout the year with some
fun and memorable games and events for families. I strongly encourage you to go. A lot of the students make their own games and it's very very fun to play. The Forest Hill School is currently running a food drive to benefit the bread of life. Anyone who would like to bring in items to be donated can do so
between now and November 21st. The office is able to accept monetary donations as well. And Friday, December 5th from 5:30 to 7:30 will be the annual gingerbread event and craft fair. Come have fun decorating gingerbread with the
family and visit the craft fair which is open to the public so you can purchase some holiday goods. As many of my colleagues have said, uh, happy Veterans Day tomorrow to all who have served. They deserve a day at the bare minimum.
Um, and happy Thanksgiving to all. >> Great. Thank you, Miss Horty. Miss Pedaphor, >> thank you. Actually, Miss Hordy, what was the gingerbread date? I didn't Okay, thank you. Um, out of BB. So,
November 12th, 2:30 to 3:30 in the BB small gym. We will um or BB will be hosting the R Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day where students will be escort well they must be escorted to this event by caregiver or guardian. There'll be activities, art projects, and learning
about who Ruby Bridges was and how her bravery and courage changed the course of education for people of color. Um, this is a huge thanks to Malden Reeds, Malden Safe Streets, and our own Malden High School students, uh, to Malden High
School love for kids. >> Kids, thank you. >> Um, report cards go home on November 12th. On November 13th, the Malden uh Police Department will host a safety presentation to our students. November
18th is caregiver night. And November Oh, I jumped around. November 11th, grade 8 visits uh Malden High School. Very exciting. And from November 3rd until November 30th, BB is hosting a canned food drive. So, please send along
non-p perishable foods that can be dropped off in the main lobby. Uh and again, no school, four days this month. Um and a thank you to my own daughter who is serving her country. Um she is not a veteran because she is
actively serving but still deserves all the praise. >> No doubt. >> Thank you, >> Mr. McCarthy. >> Uh thank you, Mr. Chair. When it comes to Malden Athletics, uh the Golden Tornado Club Athletic Hall of Fame will be held on November 22nd,
uh at the Mald Moose Hall and tickets are available at the uh MHS Athletic Office. I don't know what the price is, but Mr. Conifer probably knows or Mr. Fraka does. >> How much are they, Frank? Do you know? >> $50.
>> $50. >> Okay. Very good. Thank you. Okay, everyone. Uh, now let's see if we want to go into executive session. Motion. I shouldn't have put it that way. Uh, motion by Miss Bataphora, seconded by
Mr. Bernard. Let's, uh, call the role. >> Mr. Drum, >> yes. >> Mr. McCarthy, >> yes. >> Miss Fataphora, >> yes. >> Miss Mlin, >> yes. >> Miss Horty, >> yes. >> Mr. Gray. >> Mr. Bernard, >> yes.
>> Mr. Zyberg, Mayor Christensen. >> Yes. Right. That carries unanimously. We're now in executive session. I think so. >> All right, everybody. We're back. All right, everybody. We're back. will
now entertain any motions from the committee. Miss Betaphor. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to make a motion to accept the MOA for SEIU Local 888 cafeteria workers effective July 1st for 3 years and authorized to the chair
to sign. >> Seconded by Mr. Drum. Any questions? Any last minute questions? Clerk will call the role. Mr. Drum. >> Yes. >> Mr. McCarthy, >> yes. >> Miss Batifura,
>> yes. >> Miss Mlin, >> yes. >> Miss Hordy, >> yes. >> Mr. Bernard, >> yes. >> Mr. Rosyberg, >> Mayor Christensen, >> yes. That carries unanimously. Any other motions? Miss Bapor. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to make a motion to accept the contract amendment
with the superintendent of schools and authorize the chair to sign the contract attached here on two. Seconded by Miss Hy. Any last minute questions everyone? >> Let's do this. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. McCarthy. >> Yes. >> Miss Bapora?
>> Yes. >> Miss Mlin? >> Yes. >> Miss Hardy? >> Yes. >> Mr. Bernard? >> Yes. >> Mr. Rosyberg? Yes. >> Mayor Christensen? >> Yes. That carries unanimously. Now the allimp important question on who wants to make a motion to adjourn. Uh
>> motion by Mr. Drum. >> Second by Mr. McCarthy >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Miss McCarthy >> Miss Fataphora. >> Yes. >> Miss Mlin. >> Yes. >> Miss Hordy. >> Yes. >> Mr. Bernard.
>> Mr. Rosber. >> Mayor Chris Christensen. >> Did you see the uh evil eye he got from everyone? Yes. >> School committee is hereby adjourned.