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Video-Count: 2
Video-1: youtube.com/watch?v=BzrU-4eQsSc
Video-2: youtube.com/watch?v=_h3CUzblslc

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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: BzrU-4eQsSc):
- 00:00:00: Meeting Start, Roll Call, and Agenda Overview
- 00:01:26: MASC Policy Revision: HA Negotiation Goals Discussion
- 00:03:41: Policy HB: Changing Statutory Language Revision Discussion
- 00:04:46: Policy HF: Negotiating Agents and Mandated Subjects
- 00:06:40: Policy KBA: Parent Relations and Student Conduct
- 00:07:15: Policy KBE: Parent Booster Organizations and Raffles
- 00:11:55: Policy KCB: Community Involvement in Decision-Making Rescission
- 00:12:45: Policy KCD: Public Gifts to the Schools Discussion
- 00:15:48: Review of Policy KCD: Accuracy and Legal Review
- 00:19:05: Policy KDD: News Media Relations, Staff Press Clearance
- 00:21:14: Policy KI: Visitors to Schools Revised Substantive Changes
- 00:24:48: Policy LBC: Relations with Non-Public Schools
- 00:27:58: Table GBE Policy: Technology Usage Overlap Issue
- 00:31:55: Technology Policy: Stephen Review, Redundancy Discussion
- 00:32:51: Policy KBG: School Advisory Councils and Open Meetings
- 00:36:24: Agenda Review and Policy Meeting Minutes Discussion
- 00:37:35: Motion to Approve Minutes and Edits Discussed
- 00:42:48: Meeting Adjourned and Next Steps Defined

Part 2 (Video ID: _h3CUzblslc):
- 00:00:04: Meeting Called to Order; Pledge of Allegiance
- 00:01:06: Commendations and Introduction of Public Comment
- 00:01:45: Public Comment: Granddaughter's Town Meeting Discussion
- 00:04:02: Superintendent Update: Remembering Scott Lavoy, Teacher Appreciation
- 00:11:07: Student Representative Update: Senior Projects, AP Tests
- 00:13:51: Superintendent Update: District Improvement Plan Feedback
- 00:39:17: Consent Agenda Approval and Communication Forums Discussion
- 00:50:10: Discussing Warrant Articles and Capital Needs for Town
- 01:05:20: Difficulties Deciding on Town Floor Motion for Articles
- 01:10:45: MOU Recreation and Parks Department - Grass Maintenance
- 01:23:31: Fair Share Budget Grant and Funding Update Discussion
- 01:28:16: Subcommittee Updates: Facilities, Communications and Policies
- 01:37:01: Closing Business and Motion to Enter Executive Session


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--------- Okay, so that should be working now. Can you hear me, Kate? I see you have your hand up, Jen. Can you say something again? >> Hi. Can you hear me? >> I can hear you now. Yeah. >> Okay. All very good. >> You were talking before. I wasn't

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hearing that. Sorry. >> Okay. Sorry. >> No worries. The YouTube live stream was very, very slow, but I did get it to start. So, >> okay. So, it is live streamed now. >> Now, okay. >> So, I'll call us to order at 11:03.

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And this meeting is being livereamed and recorded. All right. So, John is going to join us, but he is coming from another meeting. So, if it's okay with you, Jen, I was hoping we could jump ahead

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and do the section of the agenda that's the MASC policy revisions because they're not quite as substantive of discussions. >> Okay. >> Head back to the other stuff when he is here. >> Okay.

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Um so the first one on there we could start with um the revisions to policy HA the negotiations goals. >> Oh sorry I had ECF. Okay. >> Yeah. So that one we had tabled at a previous meeting and wanted to talk to

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John about it but we can wait for him and do that. >> Okay. >> All right. except HA. Um, so this one is, you know, pretty minor changes. It's changing young people to students

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um and you know some adding or its representatives um relative to school committee. >> Okay. Um, do you want to uh maybe go through them and then maybe do one consent item, agenda item to vote them

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all at the end, or do you want to do them one at a time? >> Um, I think we can do it either way. I think a number a lot of the policies can be consent, but there's a couple that probably should be >> Yeah, I had a I I had a a couple of comments on some of them, but this so

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the negotiations uh goal, I'm fine with that being a consent. >> Okay. So, do we want to just do a motion to move it forward to the full school committee on a consent agenda? >> No, I meant for us to do a consent like do you want to do like we can just do

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them one at a time. That's fine. Like I was thinking there's a number of revisions that are pretty simple that even you and I could do in one bulk, but we can >> I see what you're saying. Okay. >> We can do them one at a time. That's fine. I'll make a motion to approve um I'm sorry. I will make a motion to revise policy HA as submitted or as as

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you have submitted to this um agenda um for consented agenda item for the school committee. >> All right, I will second that. >> Any discussion? >> No. >> All right, we can go to a roll call

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vote. Jen >> in favor. >> Kate in favor. Motion carries two to zero. All right. So, the next one is um policy HB negotiations legal status. >> Yeah.

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>> Um so this is a more significant revision to the by changing the statutory language that is cited in the policy. I actually think it's a revision that makes a lot of sense. Um but

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>> yeah, I don't think that means that the law has changed. I think it's just we're not putting it in our policy, >> right? Right. >> About the employees the right to organize and form a union and all that. So, >> exactly that we're focusing on our responsibilities in that process or our role in that

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process. >> Okay. >> Um Okay. So, I will make a motion to update to revise policy HB as as submitted uh to the school committee for consent agenda approval. >> I will second that.

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We ready to vote? Yep. >> All right. Jen >> in favor. >> Eight in favor. Motion carries two to zero. Okay. So, the next one is HF school committee negotiating agents.

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Um, and I think the only sort of what I would think of substantive change in here is adding all mandated subjects of bargaining within the scope of what will be negotiated. um and that the otherision revisions are really sort of pronouns and

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>> I I but I think that's always been the case. I mean because we we um only bargain on I mean we are only required to negotiate on mandated subjects of bargaining. Right.

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>> So there are some subjects of bargaining that are not mandated that we don't have to negotiate. Right. >> So I think that's really just what that is saying. >> Yes. I don't see this as really changing our practice so much as you know codifying in the policy what >> yeah I mean the only thing it's not a

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huge deal here but we typically do not >> delegate our bargaining to a negotiator we have had an attorney with us who helps us but we typically the bargaining subcommittee has been >> you know you probably have that experience in you this is in some cases

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there are other boards in town that do completely delegate They're negotiating to another person. >> Yes. >> We don't we that has not been the practice of the committee. >> It's not been the practice. I like that the policy still leaves that option >> Yeah.

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>> open to the committee, but >> Okay. So, I will make a motion to revise policy HF, school negotiate, school committee negotiating agents to submit to the school committee for consent agenda. >> All right. I will second that.

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Are we ready to vote? >> Yes. >> All right. Jen >> in favor. >> Eight in favor. Motion carries. Two to zero. >> Okay. So then next we have KBA school

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parent relations goals. Um and again I see this as a very minor language change. Um changing the word correction to student conduct. >> Yeah. So, I will um make a motion to uh

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submit the revision of policy KBA, school parent relations goals, to the school committee for consent agenda. >> I will second that. Are we ready to vote? >> Yeah. >> Jen, >> in favor? >> Kate in favor. Motion carries two to zero.

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Okay. So, then it's um KBE, relations with parent/ booster organizations. Um, and here the sort of initial section of the policy is being removed and then some language is being added about raffles

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and games of chance. I think that this revision makes sense. Um, the language that is suggested to be deleted at the beginning is not really about parent organizations. It's more about

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parent school relationships. >> Yeah. The only one I didn't understand is item number two, which says, I'm not sure he has this, a vote open to all parents, guardians of students enrolled will designate the organization to be recognized if more than one organization

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with the same purpose makes the request. >> I think it it's almost as though, you know, if someone tried to set up a second PTO at one of the schools, that's how I read that.

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Um, yeah, it just seems to me that um that's wouldn't be our role to do that. I don't know. I just like if there's more than one PTO, there's more than one PTO. I I don't see why we we would be in a position to dictate that. >> I think that this is more dictating

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which PTO we would recognize. >> But why wouldn't we recognize more than one? Like, in other words, that's not I I don't like In other words, if a group of parents come together and want to I don't know. Um, like is that up to us to determine how

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they like they have to have a vote? I don't know. I mean I I see it more as you know they can form and do whatever they're going to do but you know to the extent the district is working with and interacting with PTO's you know we're going to work

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with the one >> well which one >> parents at the well this I think is like you know a second PTO forms at the Brown School and so Brown school parents vote as to which PTO >> is the official PTO that would be recognized by the school committee and

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we work with that PTO. It doesn't stop the other PTO from existing or >> it just seems like I mean just play that out for a second. I mean ser you never know you say someone comes along and says you know we want to form a different PTO and then they >> bring a group of parents in and those parents vote

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>> for that like I don't like who you know like who's overseeing >> I don't know I >> like like who's overseeing the vote like and it wouldn't be the responsibility of the school department or the principal. Um, it just seems to me that I don't know that it seems to me would be like

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basically we'll recognize one you people figure out what that's going to be. However you figure that out, it just seems we're kind of dictating >> how that be, but whatever. I I'm fine with it. I just I'm not going to be here, but you know, I could envision all

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sorts of things happening. Um I will just also mention that it looks like the number four which is about the raffles >> um is well it may not be new but it's new to this policy for us

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>> and I think that it will it should necessitate maybe a communication from the superintendent or the assistant superintendent to some of these booster organizations because I do think some of you know I think they do do some raffles And I'm

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not sure that this is necessarily not through any fault of their own that they are necessarily aware of, you know, that there are outstanding regulations for that. >> So it might be just be worth um the superintendent maybe make sending

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out a communication. >> Yeah, I think that that's, you know, worth doing. We added some raffle language to one of our other policies as well. I don't remember which one it was, but >> you know, obviously this is something that MASC was focusing on, so I think it's a good idea. Just >> okay.

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>> Make sure people know. >> So, I'll make a motion to approve policy KB, the revision to policy KBE to submit to school committee for approval and consent agenda. >> I will second. All right, we're ready to vote. >> Yeah. >> All right, Jen. Uh,

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>> in favor, >> Kate in favor. Motion carries two to zero. Okay, the next one is policy KCB, community involvement in decision-making. >> Oh, wait. Were we doing public gifts? >> Oh, did I miss one?

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>> Hang on. Public gifts to school. Wait, where are we? Wait, which one you want? >> So, it's on the agenda, but it was not in the materials I sent you because it's one um >> Oh, we're rescending. >> It's a recision. Yeah. So, it's KCB, community involvement in decisionmaking.

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Um and MASC recommends rescending the policy because it's covered elsewhere. >> Okay. >> In district laws. >> KB. I will um make a motion to

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um submit to the school committee uh request to resend policy KCB. >> I will. >> Yeah. Right. >> Yeah. I think that that's the way we've been doing it. I will second that. Ready to vote? Yes, >> Jen >> in favor.

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>> Kate in favor. Motion carries two to zero. >> Okay, so that gets us to public gifts to the schools KC D. Um, and here the changes are more substantive than some of the other ones

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we've been talking about. Um, it removes the authority from the superintendent to accept gifts. They all have to be accepted by the school committee. >> Yeah. >> Um and then some revisions around cash gifts and how they will be held

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>> by the district if we were to receive any of those. >> So, um yeah, what goes into a donation fund. So, I'm do we um I just want to make sure that um Mike Pifferling has seen this.

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That's a good question. I send them all to John and that he's been getting, you know, the appropriate input where he thinks needed. So, >> okay. >> I don't know if he talked to Mike about this one or not. >> Okay. So, we'll just we I mean, if he assume if he jumps on, we can >> start next. So, we can just ask him

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that. But the process is such that if we send it to him, you're sending it to him, he um if he had an issue, he would get back to us. Sound like he has. So, Um, okay. I I do think that um in

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practice I'm not sure that this is always going on. So, I think, you know, just probably want to you I won't be able You might want to just make sure because we get donations all the time. >> Yeah. >> Um, so we just have to make sure maybe it's a standing item on your agenda once

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a month. >> I think there are some, you know, ideas that John and I have discussed a little bit around some different ways that we could make sure Mhm. >> you know that action is being taken on, you know, everything including some of the, you know, donations that are not

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necessarily as large and, you know, therefore not >> well and the PTO's are usually pretty um, you know, at a pretty good clip. They're making donations. I think >> that's sort of exactly what I'm thinking about is >> and boosters. >> Yes. So maybe we just annually >> No, I mean you have to you have to this

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this because I went through a training at MASC last year or the year before >> and there was a business manager from I don't know Worcester or something like that and he was like adamant and everyone in the room was like yeah we don't necessarily do that and he was like every single

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donation needs to be voted. >> Yes. So anyway, no problem. Um, so I will vote to um submit the revisions for policy KCD to the school committee for consent agenda to approve.

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>> Right. So that's a motion to revise. I will second that. >> Um, go to a vote. Jen >> in favor. >> Eight in favor. Motion carries two to zero. Okay. So then

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>> this one I do want either we can hold till John gets back or not. Um I am questioning this. Um which I have anyway. Yeah. So when you look at the um first sentence it says the school committee is a public servant and its meetings and records will be a matter of

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public information except as such meetings and records pertain to individual personnel and other legally confidential matters. individual personnel actually are not confident. Like in other words, they are public record. That was the Wakefield case. >> So except for personal information like

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address and phone number, >> there is no confidentiality on um personnel records. >> So >> and that was a that was a legal case a number of years ago. So I don't know that this actually is

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um accurate. >> So I think I read the policy as records meaning the school committee's records. So personnel records are the district's records, not the school committee's records. But that also wouldn't be I

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mean if we had I mean I don't >> but if we my understanding would be that if a personnel matter was being brought to the school committee in such a way as to create a record that would most likely be happening in executive session.

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>> Yeah. But I don't think it I still don't think I still think it's subject to public record. So that's why um it may be open meeting may be one thing but public records are another. So, I just think it might be worth making sure running this by our

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attorney just to make sure. >> I think that makes sense >> because I mean a lot of school districts don't like this. I get it and certainly the employees don't like it. I understand that too. But >> it is the law. It was a very big case in Wakefield.

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>> Mhm. >> And there was an issue with a with an employee, some sort of I don't know, disciplinary issue, whatever. and the public the records were requested and they were held back saying it was confidential personnel information and um they were forced to release it.

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>> Okay. the detail. >> I don't know. I don't know whether it was >> the school committee versus district I think is an important detail there. But I think you're absolutely right that getting council's input on this revision makes sense

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because you know MSC also whatever you know they're going to they may also not like that law but um so that's was my only question about that particular sentence. The rest of it you know is fine. Okay. So, um

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um I don't know that we necessarily there's there's a section in there about the length of time that such records remain on the district website or in accordance with the municipal record retention manual. I do not know that we're necessarily adhering to that. I don't have any >> knowledge of whether we are or not. So,

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that might be something that Sean would need to look into. >> Um but yeah, let's have that reviewed and then we can so we can um >> postpone that. Yeah, we'll hold off on that one. Table it and then perhaps at our next meeting. Okay.

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So then KDD news media relations news releases the next one. >> Um again I see these as very minor changes. It's really adding successes, changing problems to challenges and school systems. >> Question I had on this because I looked

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a little more closely at it before. But if you look at number three um item number three it say so it's the sentence at the top says in order that the school system publicity is given wide coverage and is coordinated into a common effort and purpose the following procedures will be followed. Number

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three it says news releases that are of concern to only one school or to an organization of one school are the responsibility of the principal of that particular school. All statements made to the press by other staff members of the particular school must be cleared with the principal. I'm not I mean do we

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have the right to do like I'm not sure we can tell people they have to clear something before they speak to the press but maybe we can just kind of send a bell >> yeah I mean I think if they are speaking

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to the press in their capacity as a staff member about a district matter then we have a little more >> but maybe we should say that I don't know. It just seemed to me I mean I'm happy to move it forward but it just

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sort of jumped out at me that um I'm not sure we have the ability to do that. >> I mean my preference would be to move it forward since it's not a revised section of the policy and sort of put it on a list of

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>> things to look at going forward. >> Okay. So, I will um make a motion to move policy KD forward with the revisions to the school committee for their consent agenda. >> I will second that.

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>> Right. Going to a vote. Jen >> in favor. >> Eight in favor. Motion carries two to zero. >> And again, if the you know, if the union has an issue or not even the union, if the any member had an issue, they could they could come forward for sure. Okay.

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So next we have KI visitors to the schools. >> Um and this is a very substantive it's basically complete revision of the policy. Um, I think really taking it from being

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a policy that addresses how parents and other guests would visit classrooms and observe what goes on in the classrooms into sort of a more not operational but >> yeah,

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>> we're sort of just generally addressing visitors to the buildings. >> Yeah. The only thing that concerned me um was about something about like basically parents

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can't come visit just for any reason which I don't let me just give me one second here. K I So our existing KI policy starts out at the top. School committee encourages parents and guests to visit classrooms to observe and learn the instructional programs taking place in our schools.

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Such visits can prove most beneficial in promotion of greater school home cooperation and community understanding of how we carry the school systems mission and goals. >> Um that I think that got deleted. >> Yes. >> And I don't think it should be deleted.

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Like are we not saying that? Are we not encouraging parents to visit classrooms? So again, I mean, this is it was an MASC policy and that's the MASC recommended revision. It does not have to be our revision. Um,

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I'm trying to look and see where it might work to add it. >> Well, it could be an opening paragraph, >> which it is in the existing one. I It's not a helmet. just you know it is sort of a little more welcoming as

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of opening statement but >> yeah so why don't we >> make that the opening statement >> right >> um okay so we're going to add existing opening paragraph

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>> yeah well let's run by John but um to the revision. >> Okay. Do so um so I I'm happy to make a motion to do that to send it forward as a consent agenda

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item if you want to make that change. >> Yeah. >> But we should run it by John, too. >> Um so I agree. I think that it's such a significant revision that it should probably be a standalone agenda item. >> Okay. >> At the school committee.

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>> Okay. >> Um All right. So, I'll make a motion to um uh move forward with the revision of policy KI with the amendment of adding the existing intro introductory paragraph to the school committee for

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full deliberation and consideration. I will second that. All right, we can go to a vote. Jen >> in favor. >> Eight in favor. Motion carries two to

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zero. Okay, so next we have policy LBC, relations with non-public schools. Um, the only thing that I was unsure of with this and I we probably need John I

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mean I'll go ahead to move it forward to have John clarify is I believe if I'm not mistaken like the way this reads is it reads that we're supposed to approve private schools where our students from Marblehead go which is not the case. I I

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believe this is based on out of district placements. So, I went actually and looked at statutes that it's about because I it's what it is is it's related to the state's mandatory attendance rules. And so, a private any

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private school that serves grades 6 through 12 located in Marblehead has to be approved by the Marblehead School Committee. It's basically we're saying this is a legitimate >> okay >> school to count as a student attending

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school. >> So that is unclear. >> It is very unclear in the policy that that's what it's about >> unless you take the statutes that are cited at the bottom and go look. I probably should. Okay. All right. So that basically would means that and I

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don't know if we've done this or we do do it but this would be um you said six through 12, right? Yeah, it's not any prek. Um, and it so it would probably just be tower school and I don't know if that would include charter school, but there are public

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schools, so I don't >> So I think it's really just tower. It's really just tower. I think >> Yeah. Okay. >> Um Okay. So, do you think that um this should be a full deliberation? It could be since it's a pretty

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substantive change and it sort of presents an opportunity to explain >> what it is. Yeah, >> it's really arcane. >> Um, okay. So, I will make a motion to um move forward policy the the re revision

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of policy LBC relations with public schools to the school committee for a full deliberation and consideration. I >> I will second that. All right, we can go to a vote. Jen >> in favor,

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>> eight in favor. Motion carries two to zero. >> Um, okay. Um, >> so John, I texted John >> and he said his meeting ended, but he's dealing with another issue and is trying to get on to the meeting. So, if we want

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to do, >> we have a couple like minutes to discuss. So, if we want to do that and then >> Oh, you know what? I just realized Oh, okay. I'm sorry. I was looking at the question answer was Lee was

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>> that I couldn't hear, but she can hear. Okay. >> Okay. >> She couldn't hear. Let's see. Thank you, Lee, for doing that. Um, so how the uh second reading, first reading, first reading, do you want to go through those or do we need do we need John for those?

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>> Yeah. So, we can go back up. Um let's do GBE, the personnel use of technology. Um, so that one we had done a first reading at our last subcommittee meeting and

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John had shared the policy with Steve and Quiet to sort of get his thoughts on it and he not didn't have concerns about the policy but noted that it sort of over overlapped with other policies that we had. Um, and in looking at those and

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looking at the draft of GBE and talking to John, we thought it might actually make sense to just table this new policy um, and put in the time with Stephen to go through all the policies on this

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subject and make sure that there's consistency and, >> you know, >> so I'm okay with that. U, I really, um, well, I appreciate you speaking to John offline. it really is more appropriate to have had him do this in public >> at a public meeting. Um uh that being

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said, this whole thing of these policies um around tech and all of that have been kicked around since Ken Lord was here and have not actually ever been approved. Okay. >> So again, I'm not going to be here, but

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you know, good luck with that because it's just, you know, it's just never happened. >> Okay. Um, so >> okay. >> You know, it's not a problem until it's a problem. >> Right. Right. So, >> so would that include also like KDC and KDCB

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as well? Because that those are even though those are K policies, it not G policies. Um, those are digital resources and district. >> So, my notes in preparation for today were, you know, to talk about whether we wanted to just sort of table all of this. Okay. Um

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particularly, you know, it's just we have some policies that are, you know, sort of like early 2010s and, you know, technology has changed a lot since then and it looks like some of them have update been updated and others have not. >> Yeah.

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>> Um and we have a staff appropriate use policy. Oh, we have t I mean it's >> which like MASC doesn't seem to have. So I think that's part of the confusion with GBE is

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>> it may actually be a policy that's trying to fill a void that we don't have because we have that staff appropriate use policy. So >> yeah, >> I think just a more comprehensive review is going to it's going to take time but I think it's worthwhile.

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Um, yeah. Is there any under also under I? So, there's al So, so there's there's some there's a G. There's a couple of the K's and then the I's is are like there's JND which is access to digital resources. Um, JDB technology

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and instruction which is acceptable use of digital resources. >> Um, JNDD which is policy on social media. So which I thought we No, I guess we haven't updated. So I you

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know I mean maybe we need to be very specific in giving a due date on that. >> Mhm. >> Like next month if possible because otherwise it just slips. It's been slipping for 10 11 years.

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>> Yeah. Okay. Um, what if we I'm not sure that it's possible to actually do the review by, you know, by next month, but perhaps the goal is that next month there's a, you know, a plan for what the re review looks like. So, it's these are the policies that need to

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be reviewed and who needs to be part of that. And >> I mean, I I think if I mean, I think we could start by saying we'd like to have it back by next month. I don't I mean I just think it's gonna take ste it's gonna take Stephen to sit down and kind of go through >> right >> um you know it may take him an hour a couple hours or something to go through

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and and kind of redline where he sees you know redundancy or or not. So I think I think it's fair to ask for it for next month and if then he can't do it that's a different story but >> okay >> I think it's fair otherwise like it just again it's not a

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priority. Yep. Um okay. So that's all of uh that's uh the only other one is the school advisory councils. >> Yes. KBG. So this is a new policy um that MASC is recommending setting forth the district's

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responsibilities for CPACS and ELLL advisory councils. Do we have an ELELLL advisory council? >> I don't believe that we do. And there's a trigger. There's a certain number of

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ELLL students you need to have in your district to sort of trigger the requirement that that you create an ELLL. The only thing that I would um ask about this um and it might it might need

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um um legal review is that my understanding is that CPACs I don't know about the the English learn learner parent group but the CPAC are subject to open meeting law >> and I'm not sure if you know I'm

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thinking maybe we ought to put that in this policy that okay >> you know that it is the these parent advisory councils are subject to open meeting law and need to adhere to the open meeting law which means keeping minutes you know posting the meeting I

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mean I think CPAC does it I don't know what if they keep minutes or not but um I believe they post their meeting >> they do I have historically I've you know found them in that way them >> but you know Robert's rules and and all

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that sort of stuff so I I just don't know whether we want to put something in there that says is maybe we could put it in as a um it would be in the top if it's for both both or all sets of groups that um packs

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>> uh it actually could be at the so the opening sentence says mass general law requires the formation support of specific parent advisory councils. These packs can provide valuable feedback. School committ committee should engage with their packs to engage stakeholder feedback by both designating leaison to their packs. As with other groups and inviting packs to present updates on

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their activities to the committee on a regular basis, packs must be granted access to district resources to assist them in their operations and activities are available including but not limited to spaces for meetings and the ability to communicate with parents in the most accessible accessible manner. They will not be charged for using district facilities. We could add, you know,

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packs are expected to adhere to open meeting law. Yeah, >> I thought we had that. >> I think that makes sense. >> EG add X Ricted to

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adhere to open meet or Halifax are subject to open meeting law. >> Yeah. >> Period. Okay. So, I will make a Oh, wait. Where are we? So this is a second reading. >> This was a first reading. >> This is a first reading. So we're going

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to add that addendum >> and then we will consider it for we will consider it for a second reading and then do you think or the policy subcommittee and then move it? >> We can or we could put it you know we only have one more policy subcommittee meeting on the calendar for this year.

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So we could put it for both the second and third on the school committee agenda so that it >> Okay. So, I'll make a motion to approve policy KBG with that addendum amended sentence >> to the school committee for a second

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reading. >> And third reading. >> Yeah, I will second that motion. >> All right, we can go to a vote. Jen in >> favor. >> Eight in favor. Motion carries two to zero.

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>> All right. See? So, um, we've got policy GB, policy ECAF, and policy FF. >> Yep. Those are the >> That's those ones John wanted to talk about. >> Yes. >> Okay. Um, and then we have our minutes. Let me

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check with him and see. Do you want to do um at the end of the agenda we have two meeting minute items. We can do those while I wait to hear back from them. >> Did you Did do you have do we did I send them? Do we have them? I don't know. I >> So you sent minutes from um

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minutes but didn't sort of like figure out how that was going to happen. So, >> all right. So, I'll make a motion to approve the minutes from 122. I did pull up my document, not what I sent you, but I pulled up my document that didn't have an adjournment time. Did I include

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because the adjournment was like I believe was 1213 >> here. Let me see. I just want to get my notes. >> Um, the draft minutes you shared says the meeting was adjourned at 12:13. >> Okay. All right. All right. So, I'll make a first I'll make a motion to

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approve the minutes for the policy subcommittee minutes for 12226. >> Um, I will second that. But I have two minor edits. >> Oh, all right. Let me give me a second here.

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Just pull it up real quick. Where are my draft minutes? Okay, just give me one second here. >> Yeah, no problem. 122. Okay. February 20th, I believe. Okay.

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Um, so at the very top where it says chair, my there's an extra e in my name. I just Wait. Oh, I'm sorry. Under I was looking at the other ones. No. >> All right. So, let me delete that. >> Sorry. >> No.

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>> And then um down on it's at the bottom of the first page. Section G A policy GBE. It's there should be two E. It's policy GB. The same one we were just talking about. >> The personal use of technology.

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>> Yeah. Wow. Okay. All right. So, I'm gonna save this as a PDF. >> Perfect. >> And it's not going to be draft, right? It's going to be the final one. >> Final.

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>> So, let me save. Oops. Under minutes. There's so many TM files. Okay. So, I've made those changes. I will forward that to you for your um you

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know for your um records and also to submit to I guess Lisa. >> Okay. Yeah, I can take that. >> So hang on. Save save save. So I will make a motion to approve the minutes of uh the policy subcommittee meeting as of

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12226 as we just discussed with the changes. >> Yeah, I will second that. Okay, we can vote. Jen >> in favor. Eight in favor. Motion carries two to zero. And then on the 124 minutes,

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was there any draft created from the part of the meeting that was recorded? Give me one second here. I emailed 12 something. It was 124. I don't Um, so the first 20 minutes,

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did he give me that? The first 20 minutes were there. I don't have a draft of that. I can get it or we can just if you want to just go from our notes. Um I've got call to order 901. No, it was 9 901. I've got policy

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IKF. Um no, that's all I have. >> Yeah, I didn't take great notes that meeting. So, >> you know what? Let me go back and pull up the agenda and then see what I can figure out from my notes off of the

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agenda. >> Okay. >> And then I will create draft ones. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Hang on. 124 20 Oh, 25 g to draft. Okay. I'm not sure if I'll have the

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adjournment time. know that's the problem. But I'll go back. Uh maybe I do. Hang on. 12. What was it? 122. >> 12:4. >> 124. Oh, we had a school committee meeting. Oh >> yeah, we had a meeting. >> That's the adjournment I have.

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>> Oh my god. >> Um No, I don't have it in my notes. Let me go see. I might be able to figure out like from an email or something like that, like type it. Okay. >> All right. Okay. So, John says that whatever he's

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dealing with is more complicated than he thought and that would be best to so I can take those items and put them on the agenda for our May >> Okay. >> meeting. Um, since the next couple weeks are so busy, I don't know that it makes sense to try to squeeze in another

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>> Okay. Well, that I mean, yeah, I guess I don't know. We have town meeting, but that's in the evening. Um, when are we scheduled for policy? It would be, what do we do? The 3. >> I think we've been doing the 4th. So, it's the 28th.

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>> 3 4. Um, okay. So, the 28th would be policy subcommittee >> at 11:00 >> 11 a.m. Zoom. Okay. Okie do. Okay. So, I will do the items

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we've tabled today and then just kind of keep we'll see what the next chunk of MASC revisions is in terms of substance. And >> where are we in that? I should probably go back and check, but are we >> So, we've made it like through the we're pretty far along. We've made it through

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the K's. >> Yeah. So, it just be an L. I mean, you had an L. >> There was an L. Yeah. >> Well, that's is that a new one? >> Hang on. Let me pull up my >> No, that's a revision. It only goes to L. >> Yes. >> Were you doing it by letter? Yeah,

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K. So, it's J. There's a lot for J. Um, >> okay. So we haven't done Jay. Okay. >> Yeah. So I think it'll be Jay. And actually last year a number of the I policies were taken care of. So I've

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been trying to figure out if there's anything that wasn't done last year on I. So we may be able to actually finish all of these. >> Okay. >> Through the next meeting. So great. >> All right. Um okay. So I will um make a

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motion to adjurnn at 11:47. I will second. Um, Jen >> in favor. >> Eight in favor. We are adjourned at 11:47. Thank you. Thank you.

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All right. >> I'm going to need to >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. All right. I'm calling the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. on Thursday, April 30th, 2026.

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This meeting is being recorded. We'll start with the pledge of allegiance. 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

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justice for all. >> Do we have any commendations? Can I just make sure given that next week is teacher appreciation week. I'd like to commend our teachers for their hard work and dedication to the students of Marblehead. Um obviously without

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their uh professionalism, our students will get what they need and I just felt that you helped us say thank you um for all of our hard work. All right, we will move on to public comment. I

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don't think I noticed. >> Okay. Are you the only one there, Barry? >> Huh? >> Are you the only one? >> I think so. >> Okay. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> I'm sorry. >> Can you raise me, please?

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>> Yes. Yes, please. I think I can't see it though because I could so >> All right. Um, Mary, I'm sorry. Go ahead. >> No, that's fine. I just want to commend

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all the teachers like John just said, but um today my granddaughter came home and they had the mark uh town meeting and they and talking about the override. I think it was a great idea and we had

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some scary conversations at our house. I was called senior citizen old multiple times. But you know we did we had a discussion and um you know I told her how I felt and she told me well you know

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the senior citizens like you and old people and I said yeah but we have to think of the future and that's all the kids and without money going to our teachers our kids are not going to have a great education. And that's the way I felt.

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Also too, I told her that when her dad and her uncle, the same kind of the same thing happened and a lot of teachers left way back when. And I said, I pulled the kids out of public school and they went to private school. And so she goes, "Well, I definitely want the override

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now because I don't want to leave." So thank you. And thank you because you were there. I don't know. Were you? >> I was mar on professional development today. We started this three years ago. >> Yes. because she came home and said the superintendent was there and um the current was here and Mr. Altridge. So I

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want to thank all the teachers out there. Kudos to all of you. Thank you for all who I know of. >> All right. Thank you. Eric, did you have something from W? >> No, I I you know meeting the eviction.

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>> Okay. All right, we will move on then to uh the superintendent update. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um so, good evening. Um I I didn't bring this by, but I thought I'd mind. Um I asked we take a moment of silence um to remember

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Scott Lavoy who passed away recently. Um Scott was a long-term fixture withinhead public schools as the high school most recently at best. His passing has created another void for our community and I ask that we send positive thoughts to his wife and family. Thank you.

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As I already mentioned, next week is teacher appreciation week. So, please take the time to thank our teachers for all the hard work and ensuring that our students are educated in safe nursing environments. Um today uh yesterday I'm sorry the uh New England Lee of middle schools also called NELMS um came to

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vets to meet with staff, students, administrators and parents uh to discuss all the great things happening for our seventh and eighth graders. Uh Nelms uh visits, tours and then learns about the school and determines whether we will meet their criteria for the spotlight school award. Um this is fairly

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prestigious. It's not it's not exactly the same level as NAS, but it's kind like the middle school semi version of it. So they go around and they meet they meet um different middle schools and they they have a a rubric that they follow and they met with teachers and parents. I went over and they even met the uh principal. They saw the the kids.

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They went on the learning environment. They had a lot of really positive things to say about the school. They were like it's very wellkept. Uh everyone seemed very excited. The students were, you know, thrilled. Um it was just all positive. So I thought that was great. So I was excited to be able to be a part of that. Um and we should find out uh

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next week. I think it was fairly quick turnar around whether or not we kind of made the list and we're going to be get recognized with the spotlight awards. So that would be really cool. So stay tuned for that and I'll uh share that with the with the committee um when we find out. Uh as Mary had just mentioned they had the Mtown meeting today at the the

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middle school was really cool. They they talked about the override also talked about the trash being you know last year they did a couple warrants and they just they just you know do for and against. I have to say Jack Atkins is there. So thank thanks to him for moderating. It's really cool. Studies get to see that. He

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starts off by explaining what the town meeting is, what the rules are. Um you know how things go. They motion second. It was all it was really cool. And then they um you know they went through and they they argued for or against. So it was really neat. I think some of you know kids you know they were very

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passionate. They uh they had a lot of really solid things to say and uh two teachers Noah Pasiko and Bill Schaw. um they uh they share like kind of their slides of what they've been um doing with their kids in the classroom. It's

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like really it was really um involved and intricate and it was uh really cool to see how well informed the students were and I feel like hey we should do this for all all the talents people it was really neat. Um, so the kids, you know, they got up in front of the

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microphone and they they talked and they said, you know, white, you know, vote for the override or vote against and here's why. And they did a hand vote and they got to the answer. They voted and allowed for the um, you know, the overrides to go through and then they voted on the tiers, which I know this is going to be, you know, a thing at town

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meetings through like how those the voting for the tiers work. Uh, so we explain the whole thing and how it will um, explain how how it will go. And so the kids motor up tier one, then they go up to tier two and it passed and they went to tier three and they took a boat

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twice and they couldn't tell. So they had to do an account. So they the kids that sit there and it was really cool. So unfortunately tier three did not pass, but it was by it was by a very small march, but it was really cool to see and uh I just I just thought it's uh the kids were really well informed. So thank you for everybody involved in

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that. It was neat. Uh, walk, bike, and ride is next Wednesday, May 6th, and we're hoping for some beautiful spring weather so that our students can enjoy this great day. I would be remiss if I didn't express my thoughts about ensuring that we do so safely on the way to school. I know, uh, you know, the roads and whatnot in Marblehead are, you know what they are, and so we just need

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to be very careful. We have extra riders out there. Um, so have fun and enjoy that. Um, I want to express, uh, thanks to the tree warden, Jonathan Forbert, and the volunteers for planting my beautiful trees along the drive at Village School. This is great collaboration. Very much appreciated. Um

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I know this was this was a lavender and you had some um initial uh part for making that happen. So I was one of them saying he bought it. But um it's really neat. They uh he got in touch with me and he sent me like the um

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the pictures of where the tree got. I went by yesterday and check them all out. It's really neat. Um I think you know it'll be beautiful on the ground. So, you know, as a trees, I'm looking out and blocking cameras and stuff, but for right now, that look really cool and I think it's a nice addition. So, I

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appreciate um that happen. I mean, there happen. So, did you want to have >> No, no, it was great. I think the purpose also was to try to develop a canopy, >> you know, for heat purposes um because we had a lot of um asphalt, you know,

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there. So, that was part of it. And then the next project I believe is at the high school park um is the plan to do uh planting there. Um and all of this is my understanding is this is all private donations. It's not any town money

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because there isn't any town money for trees or very or much. Um and this is also a this is also a whatever they call it a heat island. Get it very hot there. So the purpose is to try to build a canopy to shade to keep

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the heat down from large portions of life. So big thanks to John. Yeah, he contacted me just because he knows me and whatever. Um and so it was um it was great and big thanks to >> So I just Yeah, I wanted to say thank you for that cuz it it like kind of happened like this and we had a

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conversation. I was like, "Oh, what's the plan?" And Alexander, they were thinking of >> No, no. And nobody though. I was like And I was I was like, "Wow, this is awesome." And then uh yeah, so obviously as the crease fill in, we'll see you'll see how how well the the plan works out >> and it takes a while. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But that and they put

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the bags on so they don't that's great. Um so thank you again for that. Um clearly there are many conversations taking place regarding the town meeting and I just want to express my thanks to the members of the seboard, the finance board, town administrator for the ongoing communication and collaboration. I think that we have had some great conversations in several

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forums by which information has been shared. And I just want to express my thanks to this committee for their work that's transpired as we head into next week. So just thought we thought it would be good to just thank everybody. I um you know this is this is a big town meeting obviously and I think you know all the conversations are happening we had don't know where to talk about after

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but um public forums went well people are very appreciative of of us being shared. So it's important to screencast discussion. So that's all I have tonight. Sorry. >> Thank you. Anyone have a problem on the

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committee if we go back? What do you have for us? >> Thank you. Sorry I'm late. I went to the Brown School there. >> Yeah, yeah, I got apologies. Um, anyway, hello. Uh, it's been a long time since I've given an update, but lots to update on, which is

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great. Uh, it's now the fourth quarter, so congrats to every student for finishing the third quarter, and good luck now going into the fourth home stretch, right? Um, the beginning of the fourth quarter also means it's time for senior project. Over 150 members of my class, the class 2026, are going out into our community uh to take part in

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their internships and passion projects. I myself working with uh one of my best friends um to fundra for the track team. We're raising money through this uh cool like community track meet we're putting on with track team alums and parents as well as middle school and village school

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students. So, we think it's pretty cool. Um, and we're going to use the money for track stuff, jerseys, and getting waste at the outdoor track, which is pretty cool. Um, but it's been really neat to see people taking their passions inside and outside the classrooms into the community and into town, making a

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difference. Um, it's been pretty meaningful, so it's cool. Um, AP tests begin on May 4th and run through May 15th. Good luck everyone taking any AP courses. And I can confidently say from the classes I've taken as well as those of my peers, uh, the teachers here at MHS and Marble Public Schools do have

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prepared us wonderfully. Uh, the tests are hard, but I know you're all in a great spot to do well. Good luck. Um, Mama Mia is tomorrow and this weekend. Uh, I myself am also going with one of my friends. Um, it's going to be exciting, I think. I've heard good things. Um, from two of my friends who

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are on the crew and then one who's acting in it. So, I'm excited for that as well. Uh, athletics, baseball 7-4, softball is 9 and5, boys lacrosse is 7-2, boys tennis 6-2, and just seated number one in the division 3

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Massachusetts power rankings. Congrats. Uh, the girls tennis is 5-3. Girls lacrosse is 4-5. Boys track is 4- one. Girls track is 2 and three. And the sailing team, couldn't find their record, but I was talking to my friend earlier today and they beat St. John's Prep yesterday at Holden. So, congrats

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to everyone there. Also, our final round of concerts is coming up. The spring concert for band is Monday, May 18th, which I'll be performing in. And the orchestra and coral concerts are just afterwards. So, good luck to every student, all their upcoming spring obligations. Um, good luck to seniors who are on, you know, final stretch. And

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good luck to everyone else. U Thank you. >> Thanks. I think I should really thank you. I'll speak for myself school committee running team fun. be very ugly.

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>> The next meeting we have >> I've done I've done that twice still behind me and being a drone. Um all right, we'll go back to the the superintendent for the district improvement plan update. >> Yeah. So, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh so, just an update to the committee. I sh you know, sharing this with you by,

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you know, dropping Dropbox. Um so where where I am in the process I I just kind of re kind of reflect on what we had done and what where where we are what we're looking for at this point. So thanks well um we had originally done you know draft uh draft um district improvement plan shared with the admin

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team the direct admin team we went through those that they gave feedback I made changed based upon that feedback I sent it out to staff um and they same thing feedback feedback they changed up sent it out to parents guardians um and

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did the same things um so it's it's been an iter iterative process And I think it's uh it's helpful because from where we started to where we are now, I think it's it's become a little more robust. Um some of the some of the feedback that I've gotten has been great because you know it's things that you know either

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you think of but you may not think of it in the way that a parent or you know teacher lens or so it's it's been really helpful to kind of go through and um kind of just add add in things. Now clearly you know every single piece of

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feedback doesn't go into the because some it's like oh this is great b you know you got to look at this and it's maybe not some of the specifics that it did but just it's a lot of times people take the opportunity to provide feedback on channel which is awesome. So I just want to share that. So at this point

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I'll share kind of some of the updates that were put in from the from the parents. Um I highlighted those. I'll share that in a second. But what I'm looking for at this point is for um I figured I'd do this update tonight and then ask you to provide me any other feedback that you may have so then we

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can I can go back on a finalized draft document so you guys can look back on voting on it. Um I've got two things I was going to ask you is what's the easiest what's the best way for you to provide feedback. I can either just have you email me or I can send up kind of like I did for the parents where I, you

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know, I send it up the dip and I send a survey to have a question and people answer like, you know, on each um objective or goal and then it matter. So I'm happy to do that. I just want to be present in that in that piece. So, um,

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you guys let me know what you think is best for on the end. Uh, I think I think that chat remates mostly talk. >> John, do you want us to give you like the one way to do it or you don't want to have a different >> No, I think we should just have this way. I just wanted to have that as part

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of discussion tonight. Um, >> yeah, that's fine. Is it okay now? >> Yeah, what do we what's the committee thing? >> Well, is there any interest in doing it in an open meeting like together? Um >> because otherwise you're getting >> Yeah.

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>> oneon one. I don't know. >> Well, so what I So it depends on how we do it, right? So like how I did it with the parents was I did it kind of as a survey. So everyone answered the answer or you know adding their feedback in and then all the data changed me. So under you know goal number one I got

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everybody's feedback and goal number two everybody's feedback and that's that was helpful because then I could just collect everything and sift through it and then make a one of changes. Um so that would be helpful. um or if you know you don't want to do a survey form, you know, so we'll get some let's do it that way and email, but

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then the email's kind of like one blah blah blah. So, um I mean that's how I'm going to pass but >> we ultimately have to vote this correct. >> Correct. So, like what what I'm hoping to do is get the get the feedback from everybody, put it all together, bring it

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back, you guys again have I'm open to feedback. I think it may be helpful if the initial thing that is happening is giving sort of more specific feedback in the form of almost like edits. But if that was happening, whether it's by email or survey, I don't

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really care all that much. Um, and then we have the opportunity to have a discussion with John about, you know, it might give John an opportunity to synthesize some of the feedback and respond to it and then we can discuss. I mean the other opportunity because we

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like when we do the evaluation get a sort of a smaller process. The evaluation's done in open together so the community we can be transparent and the community can hear what we think about this and and it would be kind of one and done. I would imagine that we would I'm not saying we necessarily vote

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it in that but our that we would collectively agree and what our um what our recommendation or whatever what our comments are and then go implement those and then back to the table. Yeah, it sounds like I I I was kind of

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on the both, right? And you know, so we we do eventually have to talk about it as a committee. we vote on it that say night or not we can discuss but I think there might be some efficiency around just giving us all an opportunity first

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to just mail John some inputs just so I think it would be because it's it's a pretty long document and I'm just thinking about it both and because they both have >> when are you looking to have this approved >> um I it needs be it needs to be approved prior to the start of that school we'll do it

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>> I'm going to suggest that you try to do this before the election since you're you know you're going have a new person on the board who's not necessarily gone through this process. So my suggestion is I can do it for motion, but this was done by May 31st or whatever. I think we have a meeting

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on June whatever that date obviously the first week in June. So it could be that the goal is meeting >> I would concur. I think it's important feedback is important. Well, we will

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have a different committee, you know, in some way, shape or form. Um, the same issue we used to fall into with the evaluations change that back that you'd have a new committee to do an evaluation like by June 30th that was to do that and it's like how

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>> Yeah, it's always that's always tricky business for sure. I I mean I would I would prefer to get it done by by just so we can one stick a fork in it, two and work on a year and a half now. like not just that but just to have it so it's out there and it's voted on it's

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published and that way you know our principles they're going to start they're going to be coming in doing their school improvement plan start the next meeting and what I've had them do is kind of do their school improvement plans and pulling some of the stuff you know the overall stuff from the dip so you it'll start dovtailing but then next year for sure like it's going to match

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together even better so there's always that overlap and like I've talked about that before so again it would be helpful to get the feedback and then bring it back and have a conversation. But again, whatever you guys decide, just let me know and we'll I'll do whatever you feel is best. >> Is that motion on the table, J? I'll

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second it. So, >> so, >> um, I don't know if we just do >> I'm not sure we get a motion, but I was going to try put or I don't mind if we do, but maybe we could put in some other dates, too. Right. So, if we want to So, we want to have approval of the school committee at the June 4th meeting.

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>> Yeah. >> Right. So, that's what New York said. Do we want to also have our discussion on that same date or have it the week before then give John a week? >> Yeah. >> So, we need your feedback. >> So, that's what I'm trying to back up to, right? So,

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>> well, it be two months before the meeting before >> we meet on the >> I think the 7th and the 21st. >> Yeah. >> So, if I had your feedback on the 21st cent that would give me enough time to put it together for the for the conversation and vote. >> Yeah. I wouldn't do that. I wouldn't we

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could do it before that. I think we should have the conversation on the 21st. We might vote it and we don't vote it. Then we would you can get to the work. >> Yeah. >> No, I thought you was talking about us getting everything to you by the 21st. You compile it and present it to us on

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the 4th. Oh, we may not be. >> Yeah. Discuss it on the 21st. We get the feedback to you a couple weeks before that or whatever that is. And then we get a voted on the 21st and if not the 4th. >> Well, today's the 30th. >> 30th. So what if we had all promised to

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you by >> May 8th? >> That's reasonable. I think so. >> Yeah, that's reasonable because it'll be passed >> and then you'll have a couple to >> All right. So So um feedback to John by May 8th

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discussion will discuss it on May 21st. I guess we could vote if we felt we were at that point, but no later than June 4th. We >> I like having the the 21st because we may give you some edits. >> You need some time, I think, to incorporate. We can >> we can discuss on the 4th.

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>> So that's the timeline. That's probably to brothers and me around how you want to provide feedback. >> I would prefer an email. I have my sculpt right now. >> Okay. >> That's how I'm fine with that, too. I my only question would be did you ask specific questions in the survey

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>> or was it basically like >> it was basically just uh there's a survey you know here's the district improvement plan draft here's you know I'm just giving you feedback on each survey was just basically goal number one feedback goal number two what's on

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your feedback and and people provided decent feedback and they and they did a nice job of kind of dvetailing it with you know like this what I thought about number one the subjective was blah blah blah and you need to have this which I did and you know so I think from from you if you just say you know goal number

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one here's my feedback goal number two here's my feedback I can put it in where it needs to go and that's why we do all it's it's time consuming it's not only so all the parents and all the staff that's why that's why he must so he must find his

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best update on that >> so I just I just want to let I'll just highlight like kind of what what I got from the parents that you had seen this before. You had seen this um before I sent you to the parents. So I would go through the whole thing but um under goal one there was some question there

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was some conversation about how we should put stuff in there around artificial intelligence and then digital literacy. So I added that to the under objective A um address the use of artificial intelligence as a learning tool then conjunction with classroom curriculum assessments and ensure that digital literacy is an integral part of

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the curriculum. Uh there was also some conversations well multiple conversations about Chromebooks and the technology and the use in the classrooms and >> which goal one second box down. Um so I added in a review of the use of technology i.e. Chromebooks in the classroom and show there's a balance

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between screen time and hands-on experience learning the feedback was wrong. A lot of feedback I can see teachers are just putting on Chromebooks and not doing you know space to you know hands-on window dialogue kind of stuff. So that was a way to address that there. And then going through to

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go number two uh second objective C talked about savaging avenues by accelerate educators as well as ensuring developing educators are supported appropriately to increase their success in the classroom. So there's some conversation about, you

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know, newer teachers. We talk about we talked about the mentoring program and stuff like that on how we kind of enhance that a little bit more. And it was something similar um a little bit further on about administrators like how are we providing administrators, new administrators um you know proper resources and support so they can be

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effective in the school. So that's under um that came under the next goal. So that was in number two. Number three, um projected pay. I added in ensure that appropriate professional development is in place to assist new teachers with training missions. Marbleheads that kind of previous goal and then the

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administrators was further down that page. Provide new administrators with mentorship, guidance in the lives of the district mission promotes appropriate modeling for success and determining avenues by which staff can provide feedback to administrators, enhance collaboration, communication, alignment, and culture building efforts. That came

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to staff and accountants. They really wanted to be able to have that. how do I tell our administrators and give my give our administrators feedback so that was important um >> yes so that's you know that that's all

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happening um and then under goal number four student support um objective D uh there was some conversations about online safety cyber bullying um social media partnership um so under objective I added that in

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establish avenues to address online safety cybering the use of social media partnership with parents and caregivers. There was several comments about that how we use schools helping to keep my my children safe around um social media and that has to be a partial way. So that's

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why it's kind of factor that way. Um and then two boxes down from there there was some conversations about you know what's you kind of clarify restorative justice what we really call restoative practice and what does that mean and how

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so we added in establish maintain restorative practices at all grade level where staff and students understand expectations and natural consequences for behavior I think previously I just said resto practice and it wasn't defined um where I'm on I'm sorry object

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Ive D last box down >> it says establish or maintain restorative practice because I've already >> and then the next was create and maintain consistent procedures to address student consistent restoative practice protocols across the school. So that's come up in several different form

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in our joint safety committee with the union. It's come up in um couple uh PTO you know parent meetings I've had. um it's come up in our um uh anti-discrimination committee like how are we tracking behaviors, how we're doing this and and then in our all the

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admin meetings and our admin meetings. It's it's that's a big ticket item um in terms of how we like what are behaviors, how are we addressing them, how are we tracking them, how are we making sure that there's natural con consequences in place and how are we being consistent

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about that across the district. So that's been a big portion. It's probably going to be one of the bigger administrative goals next year as well as an eval evaluation goal. Um cuz we've done a lot of work that needs to get better. Um and we get that from both that we get that feedback from the staff and the band. So you can tell when you

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get when you get new things from both sides, it's it's something that we have to address, right? So I thought that was really helpful feedback. And then what's a whole lot more? So under uh goal five lead governance under objective C um they talking about um the

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very first box improve and streamline districtwide systems services and operations the use of enhanced tools and technology that will provide additional time and resources to meet current and future student needs. Um it was more like we just needed like avenues to understand um how the district systems

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and services work for like thinking for so I don't that I think I still need a little bit of massaging, but I want to put it in there. So, some of those thing, you know, I think we can probably word that a little bit better, but it needs a little more clarity, but that was one of the feedbacks. And then other than that, I was actually surprised

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there wasn't a whole lot on the financial asset management piece. Um, but what was it? I mean, I >> Yeah, right. >> Oh, yeah. I mean, from the pan from the parents and guardians. So, um, yeah. So, that that's where we are now. So, I I look forward to, you know, to getting

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your feedback in addition to this. I think it's important um to have this holistic approach and then what we'll do is um the other thing I would say is you know prior to this plan we had kind of student plan for success um that you know I know one we're going to talk a little bit more about that cuz you know

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that was a lot of effort into that and you know for for several years and how we're kind of wrapping it up and kind of how's that dvtailing into this we'll talk a little bit more when we start talking with the principles on sips and stuff because I want to truly acknowledge the work that leading up to

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to this much vastly much vastly different. So um >> and this is um it says 26 to 29. So it's 26 27 through 20 29 right the school year

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certain things is really a thing and you know you find yourself not a lot of stuff the threeear bite I follow my experiences big thesis on task and so what we'll do as an admin team once this is all voted is we'll just we'll make sure that we revisit these in an ongoing

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way and like I said this school improvement plans will be more closely why we want this approved so I think it's you know again it's it's not it's even when it's approved and whenever meetings again they change it some place

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of all meeting or whatever some place may not meet in three years time frame and that's okay. >> That's all I have for now. >> John, I just want I know we're not getting into the details tonight on this, right? But I I want to bring up a couple just because I think it may

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affect how we we process it as as individuals. Um, the first one is, let me sound like a broken record. I brought this up before, but if you look at goal one, objective A, right? And you look at the right hand column, which is assessment, and evidence.

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>> Yep. >> It talks about a curriculum, committee, meeting, date, agendas, and meetings, and a roster of committee members. >> Mhm. >> A meeting to me is not an is not proof of something being done, right? It's a

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hat. And hopefully what happens at that that meeting or meetings produces evidence an assessment of that particular strategy or objective. But it's it's it's throughout this document where you'll see meeting as evidence. And I'm

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I don't see that it's I don't see a meeting as an appropriate assessment or evidence, right? >> But I guess the reason I'm bringing it up is just cuz I don't know if I'm smart enough to also then say, well, it shouldn't be replaced by this. So that's why I'm >> just it could be the title that box

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needs to title because the way I look at and you may be right in that that's that's why um I look at you know in order to be able to address those things that are in left on the left hand side you need to have time resources to do that. So that's that's where that so maybe assessment evidence isn't the

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right item. So one of the things just so you know pal that I have in my comments which I don't deliver to to John is there's no deliver >> and there's no data >> like what what it talks about data but not specifically >> and what are deliverables so I think

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that's a you know a fair certainly a fair um comment and you know I feel the same way so I >> right and the reason to bring it up is just maybe other people helpers are looking at that they may have not thought of that maybe they can focus on and improvise. and that's probably

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feedback maybe let us know as far most >> I mean I have a couple of ideas that I that I'd like to see but I think that I think the purpose of this is you know if we say okay well we need another box that says deliverable that's up to the

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superintendent to say this is what I'm going to deliver >> and and perhaps even a timeline or not perhaps a timeline um and and then you know I suppose as committee members we can if there is a feel that need to push back that's fine but I think that

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between John and his staff to tell us this is how this is going to be delivered and this is how we'll measure it data wise >> okay the only other comment is I guess I'm just looking for you know your experience both of you around these kind

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of plans right because there's six goals 22 objectives 59 improvement strategy boxes and 100 maybe 150 individual strategies. So I know we're talking about three years multiple schools but I just was kind of

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a gut check. Does this is this kind of a reasonably sized strategies and objectives for us or is it >> a bit much based on what you see. >> It seems yes and no. So when you look at it everything you just said is like not this this is a lot. Is this is this

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involved? What I can tell you is that in my experience, this is uh four work, I guess. And what I what I've what I've seen is that um do you do you hit every single every single box in this thing?

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No. But you strive for it, right? So you might say okay um as you're going through it and you're and you're and you're addressing some of the the feedback or areas of growth you know and they become a bigger area but like as you as you're doing PD or you know

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curricular committee like things might grow and then you get some sometimes other areas kind of fall away a little bit so then you have to repprioritize so what happens is that's that's the reason why for three year three for your plan cuz you might say like halfway through the plan I I know for a fact I'm not

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going to get to each it's pan so I know that I'm going to have to re revisit that for the following year and be having this conversation. So what I've done in the past and again we think this time instead of video is I've done like updates here you know like portal or whatever say here I am with it's been

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approved now so maybe in October whenever we say here's here's what we've done so far we've met as an admin team we've addressed these areas we'll work on these we've done a survey whatever it is and not every update is going to be every sing every you know 20 boxes but

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the the bigger items where we can say this is what we worked on um and Then as we go through you'll know that that's part of the evaluation process of like are we are we hitting the targets or not? If the answer is no then maybe we overshot right. I look at it very similarly to to to evaluation goals.

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Right? So if you have an evaluation with your teacher or with you know principal and they say I'm planning on doing this in this period of time. This is what I'm shoot for and you get like put away putting away halfway through the year and then like you realize you shot it. It's okay. have a conversation, you tell

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us that's it's kind of happens in a lot of so we're not going to hit at the end of 3 years. This won't be all on your state. Absolutely not. But I always think that, you know, you want to shoot for, you know, you want to have higher aspirations than not. Um, and then just really be clear like we're not going to

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meet this or we're going to meet this very partially and that's okay. You know, we just see and how it how it shifts and adjusts. So, um, so that's why I say yes. So it seems very nebulous and it's it is it's a lot of work but it's also I think meaningful and needed to be able to address all the different

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areas right those six goals are I didn't think those are giving so like it's it's areas that you know they're they think we need to work on the district >> yeah I guess what you yeah we'll move on but I guess what you just discussed it

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would I agree with the approach but I would then prefer like goals stretch goals, right? Because you want to make sure that you're not spending too much effort on a stretch goal and not doing goals that have to be met. But we'll see

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how we'll see how people respond back. >> But I I don't the principle behind what you said I agree with. >> And I do think a lot not some of these things I don't take are you're already doing a lot of this is what you do dayto-day. So,

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>> um, so like continually review special education model services schedule needs. But I mean, we are doing that. I know we're doing that. This I think sort of puts it in a box and then we'll talk about, you know, how we're going to measure it and hopefully that's what deliverables are. You know, a lot of

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this is your ongoing work. >> Well, and you're right, but you get Yeah, I look at it this way. Yes, you're right. And it also helps keep us on task, right? So, it's almost like it's it's it's improvement like it's not all necessarily new strategies. gives a strategy need to have in place so that we can continue to build on it. Um, so

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yes, all of that is true and and and you know and again when we talk about it and you know if you guys envision it differently that I mean that's what we're here for. So I mean we'll we'll we'll work through it and um at the end of the day I think I'll confident document that makes sense to this committee but also to across the

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district. >> All right. Thank you. >> All right. We'll move on to the consent action and agenda items. So I am looking for a motion to approve the following the identified schedules of bills totaling $735,16542

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and also the meeting minutes from April 9th 2026. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All right. Motion has been made by Kate, seconded by Henry. There any discussion?

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All right. All those in favor? Right. The motion passes 5 to zero. Okay. The um now we'll move on to uh our discussion items. Uh section four. Uh the first one Melissa, you had asked us to discuss around communication forms

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with the public. >> Yeah. Henry and I in the um communications um subcommittee, I guess it was two weeks ago at this point, had started to talk a little bit about this and wanted to put it on for the community to talk about. Um we had a couple of public Q&A forums this week

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that um I I was not at uh but I think went quite well. And the intention was just talking about kind of the next step of that over the next month and making a plan of what that looks like for how we can continue to get out in the public and have those conversations and make sure we're answering people's questions

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um they have all the information that they need to make an educated vote um on June 9th. I don't know if you have anything you want to add. >> Yeah, I mean so I participated in two sort of open office hour style conversations over the past few days.

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John was there. Dan and Alexa were there. Molly was there. Um, and I thought that the format worked pretty well. I I think you did a more formal >> Yeah, >> it was and with Yeah.

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>> And um I just think I wanted to get a sense of who's interested in doing that. And if you know I think of course if you know we do have to be careful if Melissa and I were at the same open office hours we do have to post that we have to produce minutes and I just want to make

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sure that was not um you know being careful about the legal responsibility that also extends to our legal responsibility to provide information but not advocate for a side

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if we're saying you know come meet with the school committee member. That's different from saying with a request to a private citizen. Uh so, uh I just wanted to be sure we're laying the ground rules. Everybody's on the

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same page with them and um I'm happy to keep scheduling my own events and I can send out notes to anybody who's interested or everybody to just gauge interest based, you know, at the moment. I know this is sort of jumping the gun a little bit ahead of T

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town meeting, but I I just thought it was worthwhile to have a discussion. >> Are you thinking that of school specific events or something that you would sort of continue to coordinate with the select board?

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>> I think that I think there's value in continuing to coordinate with the select board. Although I think both would work. My experience, we had our forms of dump dump. So, so my experience there was um there was a lot there were a lot more

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questions about the town side than the school side. Um people certainly were happy to talk to me about the schools, but I I think they came there with questions regarding, you know, really two things. One of

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which we can't really help with too much the town and their budget and and what they're asking for. The other one is just clarity about the mechanics of ballot which again you know we still hasn't been a heard to town meeting but

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I think people want to wanted to understand this a little bit more before they vote up and that's something we can help because I think we can how the tiers work and what we're asking for in each tier for the school.

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So, I would it the ones that I'm going to schedule going forward are probably going to continue to be less formal open office hours style, you know, meetings with the town. Uh, one advantage that I found

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there was that I mean, we had four or five different conversations going on at once because some of them John D. So, you know, we were able to sort of serve a greater group a lot more quickly and and the turnout wasn't huge, but I I you

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know, five people show up at bealf of them. I think I mean I don't know other people have opinions but it might be helpful to just have you or have your subcommittee sort of serve as the point people coordinating with

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>> you know the select board and then >> you know whoever is available >> to attend an event on behalf of the school committee and wants to do it you know can kind of jump in. >> Yeah I I I'm happy to >> that's a good idea. I think that's >> just have to make sure we don't Yes. Right.

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>> We don't have three people, right? And we don't have two members in the same sub community. >> And if we do, we just post it. >> No, you have to post it. You just can't deliberate on anything that we will potentially be voting. >> So, >> yeah.

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>> If you and I attended, we would not talk about anything to do with facilities. >> Okay. >> Or anything that we would potentially be. >> Yeah. I was finding it was kind of a wishy-washy answer for me whether or not to post the meeting or not. Um,

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and I was going to play it safe by posting meeting. I think if we have the time to do it, >> we may as well. >> Then you still have to do minutes. >> Yeah. I I think the minutes, you know, would be a little easier to do because there's no not going to be any motions

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or votes. Uh there would be really no no call for that. Um so I'm happy to sort of >> But did you post the ones that you already have? >> I didn't. It was just me. >> Oh, okay.

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>> Uh so I was I was the only school. Um, so I I'll I'm happy to share some dates, build a calendar, and and you know, basically Dan and I just put dates and ask people if they

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>> It's easier than trying to sort of >> a good idea. >> Get everybody to find a date that works and just hopefully people can make it. I I >> I thought it was great. recognizing not only did did I have some great conversations with

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folks, but it helped me understand the areas where they're maybe lacking some understanding that we can help clarify and that helps me develop communications. >> Yeah, I like the idea and you continue

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to be a coordinating point. Um, and I'm willing to help if I'm available. You know, I don't because you're coordinating and managing doesn't mean you have to, you know, have to do it all right and be in every single one. So, I rob them. >> Well, I'll share the dates and times. I

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mean, I think we're trying to get a mix of daytime and time of people who >> can't make it until after work or people who the best time is when the kids are at school. Uh >> and and the other thing would be and I think we have this under in our

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subcommittee reports a little bit but um I'd like to make sure that if it's appropriate that there's a report back to us but something may come up that right either the people who are there may not be able to speak to or it might be something that is an idea or suggestion that you I just want to make

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sure there's a thought I'm assuming that you'll do that anyway but you know kind of just making sure that we all gain maybe some wisdom and learning from from these meetings even if we're not there. >> I think that's a great point because if again we are or you know I I was

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attending these as a representative of the school. So um it does make sense for the the school committee to be at least in film. I mean, can I just check out? Sure. I went to I went to Dunkin Donuts once we expect to

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buy some. I had done discussion big long had some of the conversation with little but it was it was a full gown discussion. Um there was five people running there. Um but it was much different because when I went to both afternoon Dunkin Donuts and morning

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Dunkin Donuts, what I saw was people came in, they're like, "Oh yeah, superintendent. I don't want to give the schools but you know and they said you know they tell me like they think they said they thought it was going well and that and then they sat down so I was talking anyway so it was really cool I talked to probably half of the people in

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two days around space that they felt about school and they asked the questions like can you just walk through the tears again and what does that mean and if we don't get to tears what does that mean so the thing I liked about it was that the face to face and it was really good to have us even though it

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wasn't a ton of people I think it was about a dozen people first day and maybe you're wrong. Okay. But um but like like Henry said like people are talking to Henry over there, they talk to me over here, they're talking there and I had one go, oh I you know I'm fine with the schools and everything. I just need to talk to somebody about the town's over

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here and and so it's good. We we did that we did that back and forth and um it was um I felt I felt it was um he was bus and it I spoke to was very thankful they forum and we should do more of these.

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Um, yeah, it was it was all everything that I saw was powerful. We did get some good feedback today, I think, on some things um that even with Vax from getting Kate, but um I I I think it was great. I think it was great thought process. So, I appreciate him doing it. Um I think it just kind of st like you

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said, whoever can kind of get there. I think they're just looking for someone to talk to. They they don't care if it was me or doesn't know anybody. doesn't have to stroke when what I do is you know they had done the scope news so you know I was able to refer to that things

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and you know stuff or like you know so it was um I was >> um to your point about being there as a school committee representative I think Al shared information about a training

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session tomorrow at noon that I think for all of us would really important to make sure we participate in just to make sure we all understand going into the next month. >> Yes.

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>> Okay. Um, so the next thing I know you had asked for this to be put on around our warrant articles and I believe you may have asked specifically about article 25, but I think we should discuss all four of these um just to

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see if they're needed. Um, and then if not, do we indefinitely postpone them? Yeah, I mean I think that was I think this is just some house cleaning before town meeting to to be sure that that you know but we don't have we're not well I guess we have to decide if we're having

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a capital less task the and I believe John that the recommendation of the administration is to that we're not have not to have a capital from the talent side clear that so we

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probably why I said wasn't really >> Yeah, I mean I think it does make just pull it does make sense to I did wanted to to go over the the capital needs that were that were brought to us by by Mike and

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John. I believe that this this has been shared a few times but You need to share. You're just going to work from it. >> Yeah, I may as well. >> I don't know. Thank you.

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Hopefully Okay. Pretty small, but uh >> thank you. >> Yeah. All right. So, these are sort of prioritized and you know that's the organization of this list. So, I believe what they prioritized were

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health and safety. Um so you have bus camera systems, the Glover playground, um the clock and bell system at vets and the village school fencing were sort of the 1A items and we do have quotes and estimates or estimates here. Um the

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fieldhouse I believe that we were going to ask for 1A and 1B items initially. >> Does Mike at all? We're going to have to update. We're likely have to update the saving because

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some talk about a little bit something's been addressed. >> Yeah. >> Already. So, >> Mike, do you have any do you want to chime in here? >> No, this is this is the recommendation that the administration made to the school committee as um Henry has up on the screen there and we provided this to

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the town. Um you know, understanding the financial situation of the town for the FY27. Uh I don't believe that any of this material will be nor on the town side capital request will be brought forward at this time. Um there are existing

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lease obligations that will be brought forward as part of town meeting warrant but nothing new from my understanding will be brought forward. >> So just to be clear because the articles aren't actually written out here. So 25 and 26 were

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select board articles. >> No, they're school committee articles. So >> during the tri Oh, I'm sorry. >> Um and then 27 and 28 were also school department versus school building. Okay. Got it.

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>> I mean we have the ability to go forward off doesn't we're not dependent on >> Yeah. I just when we were discussing this in the facility subcommittee, we determined that this was a decision to

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be made by the right. >> Uh my recommendation would be follow the script and Jen I don't know the exact language that we could do. Are we indefinitely postponing these is or is that an action that would take place at town week? Uh

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no, we are need to make a recommendation to town meeting on what we're asking them to. >> Okay. >> So we are either asking them to definitely postpone or we are asking them to fund this. >> Yeah,

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>> I'm happy to reshare this with anyone. It it is going to change. I mean, but this was these are the big ones. Copy. Let me know. Um, I guess for purposes of discussion,

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I will make a motion to recommend that we indefinitely postpone article 25 coming. >> I'll second. >> All right. Motion's been made by Henry, seconded by Melissa. Any further

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discussion? All in favor? Motion passes. Fine to zero. Um, just to keep things clean, I will make a motion to recommend to

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indefinitely postpone the article 26 school building technology needs. I'll >> second. All right. Motion made by Henry, seconded by Melissa. >> And I don't know if anybody has any discussion on that. If if if

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John or Mike if you want to talk about >> So part of this was uh the technology is is uh we in tier tier three tier three the second year anyway with the technology back. So we we

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follow us and we've done it as fast as any further discussion. Uh all in favor the motion passes five to zero. All right. I'll make a U motion to recommend to indefinitely postpone

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article 27 school department capital needs. Oh, wait. That is it. >> Yep. >> Oh, school right school department capital needs. Thank you. >> Second book by Henry, seconded by

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Melissa. Any further discussion? All those in favor? The motion benefit is 5 to zero. >> And finally, I'll make a motion to recommend to indefinitely postpone article 28, school department supplemental appropriation.

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>> Second. >> That motion's been made by Henry, seconded by Melissa. Any further discussion? >> We will be in session at town meeting. Um and so my preference would be to not take any action on this article right

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now and wait to see you know get through the budget article at town meeting we make a decision on this. We do have to have a leave recommendation down meeting so we can do it at night and you have to stand up and say someone

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has to tell because usually it's printed yep in the room. So, um I don't know what I don't um maybe it'll say pending I I'll withdraw my motion and

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>> um yeah um >> well discussing this motion I mean yeah we can vote for You can build on >> I mean what what is the concern

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right console 29 is the um what would what would happen because article 29 is for the over you know the town law general

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government service right so echo like are you 28 comes before 29 you can't you can't know for sure whether they're going to be taken out of order I don't know for sure that anything is going to happen but my personal preference is I would like

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to leave options open for the committee on the fire meeting >> I I don't have an objection to leave options open I mean this is this is was really meant to be sort of house cleaning before don't have

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>> if I can say yeah I think that these are housekeeping that these were put together in January before um large scale override discussions were had and whether it was going to be an individual for the school committee or and an individual for a town or a joint. So,

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uh, I think it was put together with the unknown. I think we have a better clearer understanding of where we are moving with an override. A much very much clearer understanding. Um, so I agree with Henry that this was really housekeeping to the extent that if there

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was not an override presented on the with the school and towns together that we'd have an opportunity to have one for ourselves if we needed to. >> Understood. But it's our article. So we do need to make a record. We >> I guess what

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>> because you got to have an amount. You got >> we're asking you need to vote on this. >> Yeah. >> So you have to have a you got to tell them what you're asking. >> Mhm. >> If I could add even further, I think our budget is right-sized budget and we

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don't need an override for fiscal 27. So, I'm not sure that there would be any reason not to indefinitely postpone this one. >> So, I agree with you, Mike, assuming that the budget that is being put before town meeting is the one gets approved

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when article 23 is put up for a vote. So, that's but you know, if other people don't agree, then we can vote it and see where we land. I'm I guess I'm sure how you would you could necessarily do that at the floor

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down you have time necessary at delivery. I don't know if the moderator gives you time to take a vote. I have no idea. I don't know how it would play out either, but you know, this is an very has been a very challenging budget cycle

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and process for the town. and you know the school department is participating in an override quest but I just my preference would be to leave

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an option open for ourselves if we need it. But what I mean I I just don't see I just don't see like how that would work with how we would have time you know time to

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deliberate at town meeting. You're not necessarily going to be given time to do that and then come up with enough because you come up with a number >> because you're not going to definitely postpone and then this is to Mike's point. This is for FY27. So I don't know how you

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>> I'm trying Yeah, I'm trying to understand >> your concern is that when we present our budget, there's the possibility that there will be changes to that budget that won't make us that won't be comfortable.

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and you want to have an option after that vote to ask for additional funds to recover some of that budget. >> I don't think that's the way to do that. I mean, if you're concerned that someone's going to put a hold on the I

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assume that's what you're thinking. Some of a hold is the only way you act. Someone puts a hold on school budget and then amends it to presumably lower her budget obviously that. So if that were to happen and that were to pass, I don't know that the remedy to that

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would be a supplemental appropriation. I think we would school we I don't know. We would have to you know we would probably try to deliberate and amend that on the floor depending on how you know we'd have to be in the prevailing party. I mean I >> like I said I you know I think it can

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play out a lot of different ways and my preference my thought process was just we can wait and at town meeting we can can definitely you know ask can definitely postpone this article but again it's a committee it's majority decision. I

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mean, we >> okay >> purposely we, you know, we were arguably ahead of the game in terms of our budget being our level funded budget being um prepared um early and then we put this um in time for the war article. I mean

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for the warrant before the warrant closed um and we have since this committee has um uh decided to you know go with the board in the townwide government services override. So I don't

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I mean that's a decision we made and we committed to that. So the logical step is to indefinitely postpone our own quest. But yeah, so so Kate, I understand where you're coming from, but what would the It turns

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into a motion, I believe, too, right? It's meeting if we go ahead with this. We didn't postpone it. I believe that was motion. >> No. And then we have to make and so I just do are we prepared tonight to discuss what that amount would be. >> It's not a motion. We would have to

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provide the amount >> but I think on the town floor it becomes a motion at that point with >> no it is a other words article 28 will be a motion to appro approve school department supplemental appropriation in the amount because if we don't make a recommendation then the article is asking for supplemental appropriation.

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So if we aren't indefinitely postponing it then or recommending indefinite sorry we aren't doing that recommending indefinite postponement then we would have yes we would be asked to supply a number >> um to town

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>> yeah I guess I >> I guess we prepared to discuss that now but I don't I mean I don't think it's something that we >> could you guys vote tonight oh sorry >> open I'm not intending to open a can form I think we have a very reasonable

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budget, you know, number. We've been had a very productive and, you know, effective budgetary process this year. You know, I have no reason to think that article 23 is not going to be voted the way that it has been presented.

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Um, and we are participating in, you know, a townwide override that where we are not requesting money for FY27. And so you know my concern is just making sure that we have the ability to respond if

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something we are not expecting. So then if that were if the if that were the case and the committee again I don't know how you do this on the at town meeting voted to come forward with a number

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>> um we'd have to be prepared to go to a ballot just I mean for >> you would have to be you know it in my mind it is a option to deal with a worst case scenario you have to look to develop that's all

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>> Could you could you put a number together tonight or a motion together tonight that says something about if the town if the school department's budget in article 23 comes in less than 47,620285 then article 29 would be put forward for the difference

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>> that would be amending the article so the article's already been submitted >> as written so you'd have to amend it I have no >> I thought you I thought you could put a number on an article at >> yeah but you're putting Uh you're putting a um like a caveat on it that if

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>> that's for the but that's for the committee. >> Yeah, but >> we got we got >> we don't have that on our article. >> Do we want to make that do we want to even put that out as an idea that we may or not? >> Well, regard >> I mean I'm not in support of this. I'm

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in support of the definition. The number would just be whatever. >> It would be whatever this committee decides, >> right? But but based on the concern that you're describing, it would be whatever amount it was used.

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>> Yeah. I'm sort of not comfortable with this either way because I think in some ways it's >> I mean we've made it >> but we've got a >> you know part of our sleeve that we're going to play after after our budget.

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>> So I certainly don't want it to be seen in that way. So, you know, >> if if that's the concern, then we should indefinitely postpone it because it is not intended to be >> yes, >> a card up anyone's sleeve. It's I just was thinking of a,

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>> you know, we took the time to put a placeholder on the warrant. Let's, you know, make sure that it's available. >> Yeah, I used it and suspended approach and it >> in in this envir that's sort of why I say

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both ways. >> Yeah, I agree. Schools, but I'm not sure people would perceive it in a way that they didn't think was kind of the card up the sleeve or, you know, everybody else on the is the town side is going up to do

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something like this this too. So, they probably should then also, right? Found the library and I bought X amount of dollars and somehow I get less than that thing. I should probably have a supplemental article around >> they don't have separate >> but yeah just maybe not the best example

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but you know any town entity that so I see both sides >> don't have that >> okay thank you >> I'm going ask you >> well I this is helped you I it was Henry

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made a motion And then it was withdrawn. So I don't know if we have to vote on the withdrawal first or or or is there nothing on the table, Rick? >> Um I think I second it. I I guess you can withdraw.

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I don't know. I think >> um I think the withdrawal has to be second and started with that. >> The withdrawal is not you have a motion. So, a motion on the table

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made by Henry, seconded by Melissa, >> I believe is to indefinitely postpone article 28. >> Yes. Motion to recommend to indefinitely postpone article. >> Okay. Any further discussion?

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All those in favor? Against? All right. The motion passes 4 to one. Okay. Um there was a uh you know we have an annual uh memorandum of understanding with the

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recreation and parks department. Um I put the suggested annual contract in our shared drive. We don't typically vote on it. We we'll pass a motion on it, but I didn't want to just make the committee aware of that.

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We both >> black students have a chair sign >> and we must now the problem we can >> yeah probably the committee >> we have time that's why I said if we need to borrow we can have time

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>> um I just if someone before motion want us to be made the uh the dates and notice the dates want >> we updated She put a new one in. >> Oh, she put a new one in updated. Okay, thank you. >> It's exactly the same except and I appreciate what happened was it went

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back and forth was Jaw sign. So like this is the updated one. It was the page number two just just so folks know when it changed was page number two the first full paragraph. It says default 30th 2036 31st 206 and

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the last so that got updated everything else is the same. >> Yeah. I think some >> I mean I don't know if this is the time to revise this but you know walking through the schools the there's some issues with the way the

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grants are maintained. I mean, if you go in, you know, look at the grass at at any of our schools outside. You know, I was just in Brown school and someone was talking about how bare the grass is, you know, like there's

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um it does say, you know, and the spring cleanup doesn't, you know, there's still a lot of leaves piled up from I don't know whether that's from fall or that's built up over the winter, but there's a lot of things on here that, you know,

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are shown as, you know, that that parks and wreck will do the fall and spring cleanups. Um, doesn't say, you know, they'll cut grass, apply fertilizer, overseed, air rate. Um, well, that's actually not applicable for the grass

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areas, but there's a lot of areas where there could be some grass. >> So, so I would say I would say yeah. So just just by way of explanation before I get too far down the rabbit hole is um right now like the spring clean up stuff I just had a conversation again like

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spring clean up in spring that it's um the the focus the focus initially is on mining fields make sure all the fields ready to go for now now I'll work on that clean up those so that's in process right now um so it can't all happen at the same time which kind of you see it

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you'll see it kind of um grow and what's what's happen since I've been here is anytime I you know, when the grass stops really wrong with it, they was like, "Hey, the grass is long here." And so, they try to keep up on it. Um, but this, you know, especially when you have a field day going up and it's outside, you

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know, everyone's kind of has the same, you know, uh, wants and needs at the same time. So, it's really difficult to do all this all at once. So, they try to rotate it. I met with um with uh Rexen Parker with Centu and I and they and I share these concerns. like we need to

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make sure that when we call you and say, "Hey, this grass is a bit long. Those leaves haven't picked up the dress." Because if I'm calling the rock my attention, it means it's been noticed by staff, parents, community. So, it is not ideal by any means. Um, but I think the

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message is they they take care of our stuff and we don't charge them for our facilities usage. That's that's the give and um and I see less. though we get into a different conversation about that. Um

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the most I can do is just try to continue and let them know what we're going to have about self and then we can come speak on a conversation about the house. um kind of having kind of conversations. This is just uh last year we had met with them and I met with them. They came

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back and they just thought they had a couple things in there to facilities and then just replicated and share um as they were last year. The thing we had last year was they were allowed to use that area when it was raining the summer. So versus coming in to go to

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school or whatever. So um that's for us that school was amazing. uh people's thoughts and stuff about CD. >> Um Mike, did you have any comment on that? Please don't leave.

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>> Yeah, I'm here. Do I have any comments? >> Well, just in terms of Well, I know you have some comments. I mean, there's still leaves from the fall that weren't, you know, that weren't picked up. But, um, you know, we just, we're going to give the update in a few minutes, but we just did walk through of all the buildings, um, all of our facility,

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well, all of our school buildings, and you know, Mike took copious notes. So I, you know, Mike, do you feel like you're sort of I don't know if empowered is a word, but you know, be able to manage this maybe a little bit

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more closely this coming year or someone on your team will or what do you what are your thoughts? >> Yeah, I think they did a really nice job cleaning up the leaves last year. I think this is, you know, leaves from the neighborhood that get blown around in the in, you know, after the cleanup is done and again in the spring, stuff that

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gets plowed around. Uh, and and I absolutely agree with the superintendent that, you know, there are priorities. I know Little League's already up and going. Those are their priorities. These kids need to get on the fields uh for their games and whatnot. Um, and I know that the Recken Park is very um eager to

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assist us with clean up of the high school, especially before graduation. to make sure everything's planted and everything's done and cleaned up. Um, so yeah, I mean, and I agree that there's there's so much to do in the spring and they're only one crew and they can't do anything when snow's on the ground to help us start get a jump start on this.

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So, you know, I I think that we can manage this, you know, through communication better. Absolutely. I I don't have an issue with that or I don't I don't foresee that being an issue. Uh, it just it's, you know, I it's it seems like the winter went on longer than it normally does. It just hasn't even warmed up yet. I mean, I'm still shocked

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that it's it's still so cold and we're in the end of April. But >> the only question I had um and just maybe bringing this up to Mike is one of the things that came up was the um continued issues around the irrigation at the Bel um at the Brown School.

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>> Yeah. And the agreement references uh um irrigation for the field but I don't see anything for irrigation at in a non- field like I think the only one we probably have is brand school and

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that has continued to be an issue. So somebody somehow we need to manage. >> Yes. >> I think when we get and we finally get a a facilities director back on board that's going to be one of the priorities. I think you know Mike's doing a great job trying to manage some of those things and and it is it ends up

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being like well that's we thought it was you or it's not us and then we learn. So it's it's kind of those things we involved in a few things where I'm like why haven't you done that? That's not us. That's you. >> Well is it or is it not? So the it's my understand is the fields I asked the

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question. So I need to ask that question again. Um >> I'm going to suggest that we just add on this exhibit A to go item six manage irrigation all school district athletic fields and and properties. So wherever we have an irrigation system at least

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put it in there. they you know it may be negotiated but >> yeah and I think in in that maybe >> because that has we're told that that has been the case in the past that they have been responsible for it to manage it >> I think that we've experienced >> take on cost right like if we have to

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order something like we take on the cost you know but it it isn't working and it needs to be so somebody needs to basically own it though Mike >> yeah I think we could tight you know you know maybe work over this next 6 months for the next agreement to tighten up the

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language around it around who's responsible for mulch and the cost of mulch and the spreading of mulch and who's responsible for irrigation if a head breaks um who's responsible for replacing it calling the company to replace it because I don't from what I understand neither the schools nor the town actually replace heads on

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irrigation they bring in a third party company but who pays for the parts and who pays for the labor you know I think it's it's something that we really need to clean up and tighten up a little bit because it is a little bit ambiguous. >> Well, now's the time to do it because this is a one-year memorandum of

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understanding. So, >> yeah, I just didn't know if it's something that we were up against the deadline. If we're not up against the deadline, we can certainly, you know, look at it more closely now, but if there's a deadline, I think it's something that we can, you know, work out over the next year. That's I just I I don't have the agrim in front of me.

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>> Is this a six-month agreement? >> No, it's a one-year agreement. >> So, it's April 30. It's August 31st. >> Well, it's whatever that is. Uh that's the that's the seasons like this done, >> you know, >> the most important stuff done. So I guess what did it go to August?

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>> Mike, I think there was language in here that said if like changes were to be made, it had to be done by April 16th. >> So we had to we had to meet the agreements. That's what that's what happened. So or else it stays as right.

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So we initially met the beginning and we both um could start making some >> So wait a minute actually your point. So it's April 30th to August 31st. So what happens in on September 1st? >> Oh no this is for the use of everything. So this is for a full year.

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>> Um >> I mean I can certainly I mean we don't have to >> well the previous agreement doesn't roll over. The previous agreement ends today. >> Right. Bro, but here's so here's the thing is I mean he's not happy with with

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I mean I can walk on live again um to get some of those things in there. I think again it was it was more of a timing thing for me and I want to make sure we had so we're not moving like they have had some change which I think

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is going to be a positive thing from the conversations I've had. So, um, you know, concerns that have been brought up today, certain concerns that irrigation at Brown, we can Mike and I can revisit that in a different different way. Um, and then, you know, the leaf stuff.

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That's just a matter of saying I've already had a conversation. I mean, they're there going to be so acknowledge that. >> Well, I'm going to make a motion that we approve the memo of understanding with the addition of the Brown School irrigation system.

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What was that? >> That was exhibit says Marwood school district properties or just manage irrigation on Marwood school district properties. >> All right. The motion's been made by

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Jen, seconded by Henry. Is there any further discussion? All right. All those in favor? All right. The motion passes five to zero. >> What I'll do is I'll I'll get that change in there.

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Fine. What needs to help? >> Yeah. And I'd love to readress this in 9 months or whatever as we're sort of coming up on this time again next year to see how it went and if we need to add it. So

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>> yeah. And I think, you know, we're in a we're in a tough spot facilities department. So, you know, some of that's not helpful either, but what we'll get there kind of things. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. It would be interesting to see

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what what this new facility director would recommend as well. >> Yeah. It's just again right now on the term. >> So John just let you know that the term was also changed and that the agreement had to be mutually signed uh as of

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today. >> So just change that date >> please. So not in violation of that. >> All right. Uh and then I believe our superintendent wanted to just give us a brief update on a fair share supplemental

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>> budget grant. >> Um yeah. Um yes, >> here's a passion. It's a quick visual that we we put together. So um so this is this is also great um collaboration. So special thanks to Senator Kiteman, Representative Armeni um for the

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advocacy and securing the fair share supplemental budget funding for our schools. Um uh I don't want to take the credit because we did most of the conversation and we really talked about um how we can get some extra money. So the reason you know some of those capital things need to be adjusted. If

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you look at the very first one where it says bus cameras $40,700 um we were able to get on the supplemental funding to cover that. We're able to get $15,720 uh to help support our community arts high school and $10,000 for our program.

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So some of these some of these items um were were wants and needs but some of them were were saving concerns. So bus cameras were something and that's the number one thing that we have on our list um you know why didn't we go through through you know one two three and we didn't know how much money they

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did say total and tell us what you need to say let us know what you need and you know should be involved with student facing stuff. So, um, the coloring arts and music program in and the music stuff is one of those things where it's typically like you're going to need new stands or a tumor or whatever, you know,

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it's hard to budget for those things, but you don't they're going to bring you and they're expensive and so a lot of times it's like we have a lot of money school year that stuff. So, this is really cool that we're able to get these funings. We don't have to necessarily worry about that because we also got money at the end of the school year. So,

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this is great. Um, so I just want to turn over I want to turn over to Julie, but she actually had the conversation with Jenny and >> yeah, just feel so grateful for the collaboration with Representative Armeni um who was a huge advocate for our school and um just over the years we

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built a relationship where she noticed that you know we're we see her and we're a phone call away and um she reached out and I mean we're so thrilled to be able to share um you know our needs that are above and beyond what we're able to do for our students at this time. Um it's

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it's about safety. It's about enhancing um areas that we've wanted to for a while. Um and just truly grateful and um when she delivered the good news um she said that Senator Kite was her partner in this. So we're very grateful for that. Um we've let them both know that

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we were sharing our gratitude for their um support and they appreciated that as well. Um and then this is coming through the fair share supplemental budget where through the taxes through the state collected they had um gone through the house through the senate and approved that with a specific focus on

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transportation and education >> and then this thank you Julia and the second part is um there may still be like this supplemental supplemental there may be some other monies as well. We we've actually if there's more money as we're looking at some of the um enhancements to the level of playground

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which is also in the capital the boulders stuff like that been talked about for you know a couple years now. Um so keep our fingers crossed on that and hopefully that will also come our way. We don't know yet. Um I think we're just waiting on you know how that be. So I may also know we'll share that. >> I think we should consider sending a

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letter from the school committee really interesting. We need motion or we just >> I could Yeah, if we make that makes sense. I can do that. Great. >> You just share I don't think I saw with you all in a sense and we just put Yeah, we can share that. I was sent in a letter.

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>> Yeah. >> Public thank you to both um Senator Brighton and Representative >> and just um just while we're talking about Senator President today she there's some conversations happening you know you got um you know

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some tech um application stuff. So we, you know, I don't know if I'm following that, but we had we've been, as I mentioned, to the committee before. I advocated against um the way of doing a lottery and so did um some of the other smaller districts when we were, you

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know, they were voted it down. Um but it's kind of come back around in the conversation that they ch want to share those conversations. I just want representative army.

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So I made that hopefully things. >> Thank you both for your work on >> All right. Are there any >> sorry write the letter? >> Okay. Thank you. Um are there any subcommittee

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and lays on updates? >> Sure, I'll start. Um we uh the comm subcommittee we sent out our April newsletter which was there were some delays with our newsletter because of we were waiting for the news to be finalized essentially around the budget.

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And so we did send that out. It's been really well received. Um I'm and I'm proud we could get out of um the I will share that over April break sort of on the roof sub we did replace I believe

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four sections of the roof including the roof that's over our head right now um so that project is rolling along um and and we're meeting next week as a as a subcommittee on the roof uh on facilities we finished our

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walkthroughs of all the schools and uh I I really loved it. I thought there was I learned so much. I think there were a lot of things that we identified that have already been taken care of and you know things that have been on the list

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for some time that you know walking through and I really want to thank James and Gilberto for their for their work. I mean that they have so much to do. It's amazing what they got done and and there were a lot of things that Mike was able

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to identify that they've already they've already done most of the work on them. So, we learned a lot. I think it know Jen, I don't know if you have anything to add, but I will say that I think our schools are in really good shape. Um they, you know, they there's certainly

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been challenges, but I think we have a really good crew in place. >> Yeah. So I think um we had yeah it was a lot of time we put in hours and hours going through all the buildings which I think is was very important. Um and my takeaway was I was um pleasantly

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surprised that our buildings are all in very very good shape. Now they're all new. I mean this was you know we had some old buildings before. Um the high school probably the high school is our oldest building um at this point. Uh which is amazing to me. Um and there are

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definitely some issues in the high school that need to be dealt with but nothing that is you know oh yeah but major um you know with the roof is being repaired or replaced as we as we speak um and there are some um sort of routine

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repairs and m not maintenance repairs that need to be done in this building but I don't think anything was going to rise to the level of of I don't think a captain need um what I will say is I also want to say a huge thanks to to

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James and to Gabelto. They are an amazing team. They were with us. I mean they took their time. They they're busy guys and they spent hours with us going through every building. I also want to thank all the custodians. I don't I won't go through every name. I'm going to send some emails out. The we met in

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each building. Four out of the five buildings the principles were with us. Unfortunately, Principal Carlson did not attend uh when we went through the high school, but the other principles spent hours with us and the head custodians in those buildings. Those custodians know those buildings inside and out. They

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were um they had it, you know, prioritized in terms of some, you know, some of the things that needed to be addressed. And they care about these buildings and it's, you know, again, the high school is a bit of a work in progress, but the other four buildings

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are in amazing shape. clean, sanitary, hygienic. Um, and just, you know, sort of minor minor stuff. Um, again, the high school, I think there's going to be some focus on that, but we've seen it, you know, even I think already. Um, and a big shout out

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to Mike, too, because Mike really, you know, he's busy guy and he spent a lot of time with us over the last couple weeks, but I think I don't want to speak for you, Mike, but I think you, you know, you got some some takeaways as well. And um I'm just very very proud of

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our de for sure and um and our students who um for the most part seem to have respect for our building. I think you know few things we could work on in terms of students but you know I think you know without without a doubt you know students have um and faculty and

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staff have treated our buildings you know respectful. And I think and by you know I was kind I was um you know it's always strange and saying oh we're going to walk through building a bit like I I'm glad for it because it's sometimes you know I I liken it to like if you have a

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smudge on your wall at home and you walk by it every day and that often it goes away you don't see anything that nice to have other eyeballs he's like oh I think he's always um but Mike yes super duper busy right now to time out of his day to do that.

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So I I appreciate we've already had conversations about a lot of what we bumped up against the high school. I mean over the break we had custodians from the other schools come and did and try to do here. I mean you have to remember like between and Scott we had some we've had some um situations that

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have really kind of been detrimental to our our team and the fact that you and James and a lot of folks have stepped up um in in the absence of some some folks um kind of people leave. So, we're kind of short-handed things to begin with. And I'm proud of the fact that it wasn't

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all of that. You're still in pretty good shape while you know, and you're always going to have things that be addressed. And just I just want to make mention of the fact that a lot of what Mike and I have already talked about even before you guys started the walk through is how do we really get on top of the

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preventive maintenance of things like unit vents and belts and fans and all that stuff because a lot of we have more buildings. So when I hear like this isn't working that's not like that from lean and stuff that we need to get on schedule. So those are things investing

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will continue and I think you will see really less of those aspects on the fits already you know um and I will just say this and then I'll stop talking um what I've noticed and it's not just pure marble head I got on board

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at um you know the cloud and stuff the newer HVAC systems are awesome in a lot of ways but the newer HVAC systems also come with a lot of issues like among the buildings of the cloud and the consortium They've been working for a year trying to say is it operate is it a systems

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issue or is it equipment issue that's like each other and literally crews upon crews. So like not you know that but there all those issues that even if they're brand new like it's not cold air it's not like why and sometimes diagnosis even diagnosing it isn't as

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simple as people think you should five years old why I'm excited to share that because I've walked into that a lot already stuff and more the more complex they get more issues that it's just like but yeah how lots of good stuff happen

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>> I think I'm glad you brought brought up that you've been working on improving things because you can tell when we went through James and Gild Gilda were like we fixed this, we fixed this, we fixed it. They're they're definitely doing a

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ton of work and it shows and I think the impact on the students is huge. >> All right. >> I think if I could just add >> Yep. >> James James and Gilberto walked with us and they are doing a tremendous amount of work, but there is there's a team behind them also. um all of our

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custodians and there are three other maintenance guys who are doing so much work. I think a lot of this was identifying stuff that had not been addressed over the last couple years and they have done amazing >> addressing you might be still there. No,

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>> I would also be remiss if not that she worked with Suzanne is just even though she's mainly transportation stuff. I mean, her her and Todd work very closely together, she's picked up a lot of slack and making sure scheduling and stuff is done and and and she's still the go-to person for calling like, "Oh, hey, this

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mom's on at 2:00 in the morning." She gets the phone call. Um, so it would be missing not mentioning her part. It's been very helpful. All right. Um, any other updates? Um, >> I can just do a really quick beta policy

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subcommittee meeting this morning meeting with the number of news provisions and whatnot that'll be to the committee probably. So, >> sounds good. >> All right. Uh, we'll move on to closing

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business. Any correspondence? All right. Um looking for a motion and vote to meet in executive session for the following two reasons. Purpose three to discuss strategy with respect to and in preparation for collective bargaining with the model head education

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association uh occupational therapists, physical therapists, board certified behavior analysts and occupational therapist assistants, physical therapists assistants, certified nurse assistants because an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bar position

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of the school committee and the chair so declares without intent to return to open session. Also for executive session pursuant to chapter 38 section 21 A3 purpose 3 to discuss strategy with respect to potential litigation. Jay Buffy is an open meeting man effect on the

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litigating position of the school committee and the chair. So declares without intent to return to open session. >> So move second. >> All right. Motion has been made by Kate, seconded by Henry. All in favor

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>> for roll call. I'm sorry. Executive session again. >> Henry >> in favor. >> Melissa >> in favor. >> Kate >> in favor. >> Al in favor. The motion passes five to zero. So we will enter into executive session pursuing to purpose three to discuss strategy with respect to and in

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preparation for collective bargaining with the marble head education association. Occupational therapist, physical therapist, board certified behavior analysts, occupational therapist assistants, physical therapist assistants, certified nurse assistants because an open meeting may have a

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detrimental effect on the bargaining position. School greeting chair so declares without intent to return to open session. Also, pursuant to chapter 38 section 213 purpose 3 to discuss strategy with respect to potential litigation, J. Bucky has an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the

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litigating position of the school committee and the chair. So declares without intent to return to open session. All right.