##VIDEO ID:ARMYAR_JZPY## and we are being televised by wmctv and recorded live and streamed having said that let's uh call this meeting to order if we can all rise for the Pledge of Allegiance please and thank you iedge aliance to the flag United States United States of America to The Republic it stands one nation God thank you everyone got m m Mr Dan guso is doing uh remote today so we will be doing a um roll call vote for every vote that we do today having said that let's jump in to presentations we have the mber high school student advisory committee so whoever wants to jump up first feel free the light on green lighted light red light red light's not on there you go no the red light's not on click it again there there you go hello like Rudolph snows all right hello everybody I am Patrick havland and the senior student advisory committee member this evening I would like to talk to you all about the prom situation between the Juniors and seniors prom is one of the most anticipated events of high school a memorable night celebrating friendships accomplishments and Milestones this year the question of how prom will be handled has been talked about greatly and the idea of the joint prom between the Juniors and seniors has been mentioned a lot tonight I would like to discuss the arrangements benefits and drawbacks these positives and negatives are those that I have heard from peers that I have talked to from both the Junior and your class one major positive of a joint prom is the opportunity for Unity and inclusivity hosting both Juniors and seniors Fosters a sense of community allowing students from different grades to bond and share an unforgettable experience this can also be cost effective for our grades as a combined prom reduces the financial burden of organizing two separate events additionally Juniors gain early exposure to prompt traditions preparing them for their senior year and giving them a chance to celebrate alongside older friends another Advantage is the larger and more diverse social Dynamic a joint prom often leads to a bigger event with more attendees contri contributing to a lively atmosphere the diversity of perspectives and interactions can make the event feel special and inclusive blending the enthusiasm of Juniors with the sentimental reflections of seniors as they approach graduation however there are are also significant downsides to a joint prom one concern is the potential overshadowing of seniors for whom prom is a Hallmark of their final year in high school sharing the spotlight with Juniors May dilute the significance of their farewell celebration making it feel less personal or unique additionally Juniors may feel out of place as the event might focus more on senior traditions and themes another drawback is the increased logistical challenges of larger group means higher cost for tickets decorations and venue accommodations which could result in higher prices for students it may also be harder to create a cohesive theme or Ambiance that appeals to to both grades in conclusion a joint Junior and senior prom has its merits particularly in fostering unity and reducing costs however it also risks diminishing the senior experience and creating complicated Logistics I believe our class advis and officers should try and talk on this topic more before making a final decision as well as including more representation from students throughout the grades our school must carefully weigh these pros and cons to ensure that prom remains a meaningful and enjoyable celebration for all students thank you thank you Patrick any questions yes cther definitely um Patrick thank you for speaking so so well on um the whole issue I guess my question would be where is where did this come about because um somewhere this must have germinated that there needed to be a discussion around this point and was it something that came from a student standpoint or was it something that came elsewhere um to my knowledge it was a mix of student standpoint and faculty um and class advisors um I think one of the big points was that uh the senior class was worried about uh financially being able to support a good senior prom and also people last year the seniors now formerly Juniors last year were saying that they didn't I heard that there was a lot of people saying that they didn't really like what had happened at Junior Prom as far as like venue and um catering and things like that so I I'm pretty sure that this came up because people were thinking that by combining the two it would give us a larger uh Money Pot to um give to the the next prom thank you I that's helpful to hear that it sounds like it was um from multiple areas um making sure that the students voices were involved and I guess the other thing that would be interesting to hear is um how much of the student body is actually attending prom wanted to know you know the numbers gone down num have gone down yeah um so I I'm not sure the exact numbers but I remember last year a lot of people saying that not a lot of people had gone to the prom the junior prom last year and um so I think that that was another big thing for people is that by having another grade there having more people there would create a a lively atmosphere and that's what people were looking for so yeah numbers were lower last year um than they had been I think that would be interesting to hear um I I'm appreciative that you all are having conversations and I just would encourage you all to continue to have those bless you um those thoughtful conversations cuz you brought up really great points on um both cases so um thank you for the Insight I'll be interested to continue hearing where this where this goes thank you thanks do you know whether or not the the people in having these conversations have checked with other districts and see how they do it because I know there's a lot of districts that have like a junior prom and then like they the seniors do something else like a cruise or a some other kind of a thing yeah I'm not sure about the communication with other districts and getting IDE from them um I do know that the idea came because some of our class advisers at their high schools um they had gone to high schools where there was joint prom so joint yeah interesting okay anyone else a tool I think a tool wants to pipe in grab a microphone you have options a tool grab a grab a microphone yeah sorry sorry yeah so the joint prom ideas uh like the speculation was a little bit last year like maybe this could be a better option after like how Patrick said the junior prom wasn't as uh Lively as it could have been um and I think from Administration and then students it was like brought to our view that maybe it could be a possible option um and even Dr Ali came up to us and said like there are benefits and there are cons and it's up to like the officers to decide um and we yeah we thought it was a better idea to it was more lively um and this year it might be it's going to be a little bit different um and then the idea of like how can we give the seniors like their own event was like definitely brought up I think they're talking about it a lot too especially like maybe even like a pre-prom was an idea having them have like their own thing then and then even like later in the year or in between um that like that season having a specific event for the seniors they do the all nighter as well sorry the all nighter happens for seniors afterwards that's also only a senior thing at least for now yeah right um if we were to merge Junior and senior prom would you look at ticket prices because obviously the more people that you open it up to it means more ticket sales so tickets could be cost Pro right I would that's what I would look into to see if it cuz ticket prices could be rather High because there's only so many people that you can go based upon the amount of people so it could be cost prohibit for a lot of people I think I think it was going to be like around the same or even a little bit less as what we were we're seeing um the turnout for last year's Junior Prom wasn't as high as um that we like saw it could have been so we're trying to like trying to get a rough estimate as like how many total people are attending um maybe 350 400ish for two grades I think was generally the ballpark so that's taking account yeah yeah perfect anyone else well just I would just like to mention I I thought I had heard too that I know that Junior Prom had low attendance but I had also heard that senior prom had low attendance as well that it's not just a junior class trying to join up with the senior class that I think it's kind of a combined effort but I'd be curious to hear more as we we get closer to the date okay nothing else thank so much thank you thank you thank you okay next good evening school committee and everyone watching today I'm here to discuss a topic which was mentioned to me in a student leadership meeting turning on the news anyone can see that the world is going through a tumultuous time socially politically and economically there are huge changes happening however the majority of students in our school won't know anything more than the basics they find on social media current events are a necessity for Learners in school and adding it to some form of learning time would be beneficial for everyone according to a research statist statistic I found from 2022 approximately 51% of genz teens get their news from social media placing it above TV news and traditional news websites I'm sure in this last two years this has increased students no longer have an interest in seeking out current events instead opting for the next Tik Tok Trend the news students do see on social media is often sensationalized or inaccurate including no sorted of opinionated users this leads to a lack of knowledge which will not only hurt kids but also our Collective future by bringing current events into the classroom a wealth of knowledge can be created students can be informed by trustworthy and reliable resources with without the partisanship of many sources this can include local National or international news with with enough information for students to build educated opinions while the topics covered could include mild political disagreement creating a fair stream of factual knowledge could remove a lot of worry as students get older they will be more active in the world this will eventually lead to voting in elections many students know so little about news that they don't know about the topics and issues they might be voting on for example in one of my classes before we worked we talked about the last election's voting guide students that planned on voting didn't know much about the ballot questions or why they might be important according to NBC the lowest demographic of Voters in this most recent election was ages 18 through 29 with 14% the lack of Education of teens about current events has the prospect of hurting our future and we have the ability to change that one option might be to utilize current events through the panther periods which occur about once a week some Panther periods are underused and adding some additional teaching on current events could not only create interest in local and world world affairs but also the extra periods even more another idea is ongoing inclusion in some history classes for additional learning this could include comparing past and present events helping to assist students not only in their classes but also educating them on issues affecting their everyday lives comparisons or even Socratic seminars might be useful to include in current events I believe with the correct amount of care current affairs in the classroom could be useful hopefully this can be brought to a higher consideration helping to benefit everyone's future thank you thank you can you just St your St your name because I don't think you uh Hadley thank you just for people that are watching I know who you are thank you any questions for Hadley um Hadley thank you um I 100% you're correct that you know I I current events should be part of the discussion my hope would be that it actually would be part of the discussion within the current classrooms and curriculum that's going on because I think that's how we late better when we're teaching is trying to bring it to something that's currently going on um I'm I would you know yes I went to school a long time ago but you know my teachers were talking about what was currently going on whether it be local National or International at that time relative to something that's happening in the classroom so I'm hoping that that is something that um can happen and I would say I think by you probably having the discussion not only only with your advisor but also with um principal Dr Riley and um you know having those discussions with people that are heading up hopefully then would also have that push out amongst the teachers to remind everyone that that that's a great way of making those connections thank you thank you anyone else thank you Hadley I I actually have a question sort of for Dr skaza so you know the um bringing Civics back I know a lot of the focus with the state law was on Middle School age but are there ways to because basically a lot of current events particularly in the political realm is they're Civics issues so I'm just curious how that all plays out at the high school level yeah we I've been working with Dr Reyes on um Civics curriculum for the Middle School primarily they are piloting the Democratic knowled project and grade eight um but for the high school grades primarily 9 and 10 they're looking at I Civics as a possibility in the future we may have some more current news um sources embedded in it uh I do feel as though it's just good practice in the history classes in general to be discussing current events so I can certainly speak with Dr Reyes and some of the history teachers at the high school along with Dr Riley Thanks okay thank you okay hello everyone my name is Taylor cronis and I'm the sophomore representative on sa and tonight I'm going to be talking to you about the removal of mcast as a graduation requirement and opinions for my peers as well as a special me message from an MHS Alm this time last year I was urging you all to vote to remove this test as a Massachusetts graduation requirement before it hit the polls this November now I'm standing in front of you again after it's been removed with a 70% vote as a student my academic success has never come easy to me I consider this to be a blessing and a curse because although I have struggled often and always had to work extra hard compared to some of my peers I have now developed the strong work ethic I have today also as a perfectionist maintaining perfect grades and just being successful has been my drive to do well in school many other students had the same opinion I sent out I sent out a survey to the nth 10th and 11th grade students at MHS I specifically chose these grades because we were the three that would have had to pass mcast with the rais score requirement students said that it added a lot of stress stress and students are happy that this stress is gone saying students who may have been performing very well on a subject could do poorly on mcast because of test anxiety and that all students test differently these students mostly mention the idea that it it's not fair for all students for all of a students hard work to boil down to one test but unfortunately it's also a reality that some kids do not care as much about their education this is where the big question of how do we make sure students are still learning without a test comes into play though a lot of students felt relieved about the removal of this graduation requirement others did not see it as such a positive thing many students said that it takes away motivation from students who do not care as much about school and that now there's nothing to push them to be better the students think that this the students that think this also said that these students who who would not feel inclined to push inclined to push themselves will graduate underprepared for the future the differences and similarities between these two groups of students were this almost all the students who agreed that mcast should not be a graduation requirement did not take into account the motivation for students who may be unmotivated in school or to graduate and a lot of the students who disagreed with the removal of the graduation requirement did not take into account that if mcast was kept as a graduation requirement there could have been students with test anxiety and that students who test differently may have performed poorly um but the one similarity that they both agreed on was that if mcast was kept as a graduation requirement there should have been accommodations for students learning English students who arrived in the country and students and students with other needs these needs were being met but a it it was we were in agreement that they could have been being met better so what's next that's the big question for Massachusetts right now now that mcast is gone what will take its place will it be up to districts to decide or will something such as mass core be required in every District across the state Miss Bowen henager and I talked about the idea of something like Mass core becoming a state requirement versus the optional guidelines they are now and in my opinion I think this is a good way to require certain things and that making sure that all students are learning the same things across the Commonwealth lastly I want to wrap up my presentation with a message from Ryan Boyd a little refresher of who Ryan is for those who might not have been here or don't remember my presentation from last year Ryan is an MHS alumni who had a great struggle with mcass Ryan has autism and struggled taking tests in high school and at the time when preparing to take the test he was denied the accommodations given to him on his IEP and after all his hard work Ryan failed his math mcast by two points and did not receive his diploma because of Co scores were waved and he did end up receiving it but if not for Co this wouldn't have happened and I have a message from Ryan that I would like to share with you all getting rid of mcast as a graduation requirement is something that I have wanted to happen since I spoke to the Senate back in 2021 and to hear the news early earlier this year that it had got on the ballot for question two was a huge achievement for all including myself to hear that it has passed and that it's no longer a graduation requirement is a victory to all of the students and teachers who thought of this test as bogus timec consuming into some mentally exhausting it gives many including those with disabilities a chance that we were not able to to be determined by a test but for all the hard work and effort that we put into our work I am proud of this happy ending to be extended to all and for to finally be recognized for the great academic performance they have done to get where they are today this is an amazing full circle moment for Ryan as well as myself and for many others who have cared so much about this topic and I'm excited to see what's to come from this decision I want to thank you all for the hard work you do and encourage you to continue to make decisions that are best for all of the students in maloro public schools thank you and have a good rest of your evening and questions thank you thanks Taylor yeah um Taylor thank you I I know you had the conversation with f and Hender about Mass core and other did you ask in your survey to the students did you ask what they thought a solution would be for a replacement to I mean mcast didn't go away the test is still going they still to take graduation requirement has gone away but did you did you ask what they felt should be a requirement for graduation I didn't specifically state that as part of my question but many students they did propose some different ideas some of these ideas were something along the lines of mass core just having some kind of state guidelines that are like stricter and that have to be required by every District across the state which so that also contributed to me adding that into my presentation right I mean the unknown the big unknown is the state going to come out with something or is it going to be left just to each district so yeah I can guarantee you it will not be left to each district well they better do something soon since it's you know we only have till May it's being worked no the this current year graduation it is part of the graduation requirement it's not until 2025 uh 2026 okay that was not my understanding I thought I thought May 2025 was the no longer so I thought this year's class the senior class still has to pass the mcast okay right this senior class has to pass on cast I I didn't think they do I thought that got thrown out right away I believe it's only for the they're doing the retakes the retakes yeah not so I don't think it's for uh testing in the spring as a graduation require uh requirement I do think it closes passes January I believe but don't quote me on that i' have to look into it to make certain thought but we'll figure that out we will yeah thank you thanks Taylor hi my name is jongo and I'm the sa representative for the class of 2028 tonight I'm going to be presenting on the topic of recycling at M MHS it has been brought to my attention that there aren't recycling bins in all of the classrooms and even when there is the recycling often ends up getting mixed in with the trash I'm proposing that as a district we purchase more recycling bins ensuring that there's one in each classroom or even in the hallways this topic was brought up during a student leadership meeting where some students expressed that they didn't have the option to recycle in some classes after doing some research I realized that recycling is a lot more complex than some might think and most times even when it's properly sorted it just ends up being mixed in with trash anyway I know that this also will come down to students and most will still end up throwing paper products into the trash can when the recycling bin is right next to it and vice versa throwing their wrappers into the recycling bin at the end of the day this definitely would be a long-term project that we need to start within the school with the students I think that the best solution and course of action would be to provide recycling bins in all the classrooms and to continue what we are currently doing I'm not proposing a big change change in any any way just a small one that being purchasing more bins for the school I think that our school has been doing a great job and I think that the small addition to the classroom will be beneficial and that concludes my presentation feel free to ask any questions thank you all for your time and have a wonderful rest of your evening thank you thanks Jase thank you no questions I I have a question so and maybe this is for Mr Wells but um so how how does the how how does it work like does the city pick up the trash and the recycling we don't have a separate we do have dumpsters so our custodians put the recycling bins that are around the district somewhere and the city comes and picks them up like they do at homes them up we do have the high school on thank you thank you um so yeah we we do it's kind of a mix of how we do it we do have some larger dumpsters that um at all the schools because you just the amount of trash is p so you got you got to get it in that way but um we can look into the recycling certainly and see what we have around the schools to make sure that we have the proper receptacles can I follow up on that I I guess um which would be great I mean I thank you for bringing it to my attention I have to say I would have thought that there were recycling bins in every single classroom and like in our cafeterias um I wouldn't have even envisioned that we wouldn't have had that as being an option so I guess I would love to follow up on that more because I think it would be great to make sure that like within the cafeteria especially that we have you know separated out um bins so it makes it really easy because I think you know part of part of it is the ease right having it really available to use it correctly so um I'd love it if um you you can keep an eye on it and kind of let us know later on into the spring you know if you're seeing things kind of change if possible cuz I think it would be great if we could start worrying about that a little bit more towards your current events you know we need we need to worry about it so thank you all right thank you anyone else wraps up their present so thank you to the student advisory committee members for being here and expressing your Insight moving on to the superintendent report the superintendent is not in the meeting today so Miss jod O'Brien if you could read her report thank you so uh for Mary's report um under snow days during the 2023 24 school year our day-to-day school bus routes especially at the elementary Lev were um sorry undependable on many days buses were up to an hour or more late starting or ending their routes as a district we decided not to have any weather related to our delays last year last month Mary notified all staff and families that is always when there is a there is severe weather we will cancel school for the day unlike last year this year there may also be times when the district will have a 2-hour delay on those days buses will begin their routs to 2 hours later than usual we're thankful that our transportation issues have been resolved to a level that we can plan on having daily Dependable transportation for our students safe roots to school during the Massachusetts Association of school committees Massachusetts Association of school committees joint conference conference in November Mary was a member of the maloro team that attended a presentation on safe roots to school safe roots to school provides School Grant staff and student training on walking and bicycle safety and complete safe routes to school walk assessments on December 19th Jordan sales from safe roots to schools will be attending a district leadership meeting as a district we plan to work with safe roots to schools as we identify walking zones for the fall and finally Mary would like to thank Miss Jennifer Smith for all of her efforts in planning another acaro student exchange visit this Exchange program is valuable is valued by the city schools and Community respectfully submitted by U Mary Murphy superintendent of schools any comments okay let's move on to the could I just um add that I think uh obviously we celebrated the aarona folks at the last meeting um it was fantastic to have um the kids as well as all of the administr ators here and all of the planning that um Jen Smith did as well in tandem with the chaperon that were actively involved to it really was incredible and I guess I just wanted to highlight that again one more time that we're so fortunate to have this program um here within our city right so thank you I will second that to to Jen Smith as well as the host families um that's a huge obligation so thank you to the host families because we wouldn't be able to host them if we didn't have host families so it was a great experience and um I thoroughly enjoyed my time with them so moving on to the assistance student services and Equity it's Jody O'Brien again thank you I'd like to uh provide the school committee with an update on some par educator training that will be happening tomorrow on the upcoming early release day on December 11th K to 5 par educators will be participating in professional development topics that they've requested additional training for Chris Henry our director of instructional technology has worked with his team and collaborated with Michael Michael Asser our data systems manager to offer a round robin style training that will be held at hildr in the afternoon after student dismissal participants will rotate through five engaging sessions on the following topics Aspen learning how to log in manage conduct referrals and update staff information there'll be one on staff internet website and app navigation uh which will be improving navigation and utilization of the district platforms there'll be a session on Google versus Microsoft accounts understanding and managing your dual accounts effectively there'll be a session on red cats and whiteboards discover classroom technology to enhance management and communication and Redcats is a classroom uh FM system where there's a speaker and the teacher wears a microphone and it highlights um her voice or his voice over uh any uh background noise uh good now is part of the building project has that as part of all the classrooms and our other three elementary schools have uh portable individual units for the classrooms and finally there'll be an accessibility tools uh session which will explore Chromebook tools to support student needs and this was largely a request because a lot of our parent educators are serve as substitutes when teachers are out so it was important for them to be able to know how to utilize a lot of um in learn more about the topics that are being offered each session will be 25 minutes long with a 5- minute break mid mid session the day will conclude with a group assembly in the cafeteria and below is uh a visual format of what that round robin of the trainings will look like given limited capacity par Educators at at the Early Childhood Center Wickham in maloro high school will have building based assignments that afternoon par Educators at the secondary level have already received trainings on many of the topics that are being offered tomorrow we believe that this may be an effective model of training for par Educators that we can utilize in the future partic particularly starting with the next school year when par Educators report to work 5 days prior to the start of the school year thank you okay thank you questions yes so um at the administrative meeting um last week that I was attended um in the group that I was you know sitting with um I we heard it a few times that teachers were saying like they don't know how to instruct parents how to get on to Aspen so I'm just wondering if some of this technology stuff like they know how to get into Aspen for themselves but they said you know sometimes parents will reach out to them and say how do I get on to Aspen and they have no idea how to tell them what to do so it's good that the parents are being trained in this but I'm just curious if there are opportunities for teachers as well to learn how to do some of this stuff that they may or may not know I uh we did have that come up um at at that meeting and part of it was um part of our conversations with Dr skaza was looking at uh how we can utilize the the new teacher orientation the week before um school starts yeah they get a a basic overview now on attendance input and um I think very general overview on grade input even though it's it's well ahead of any grading season but with the parent portal which I think you're referring to there is no specific training for teachers uh on how to instruct parents on how to navigate the parent portal so I can talk with Chris Henry um and principal house and principal Riley where I think that would most apply at the secondary level and see what we could come up with for training for teachers to make sure not only maybe there's a a tutorial that's easy for you know to publicize and also uh teachers feel comfortable to um give a tutorial maybe over the phone or at a parent teacher conference or yeah even if there was like a YouTube video that they could be instructed to that's what I was thinking if Jill Jill could do one she's magic like that we could I could yeah she loves making those little videos we do have a PDF um yeah with visuals on uh that's translated on how to step byep on how to access the parent portal and we teachers might not know that that exists right so we need to make sure making them aware that that's what they can pass on to but I think a video um in addition to that would be helpful uh particularly since this past year we um in pushing out an online registration um system that's part of Aspen yeah new uh parents new to the district have to navigate that Parent Portal in order to register uh their students so uh we do have support at arpo for those families but um absolutely to provide more support to both teachers and um into the parents on utilizing that thank you Catherine um so on that um manage conduct referrals in Aspen I guess uh similar to what Michelle was saying that was another um thing that did come up and discussion during that administrative meeting is really making sure that there's a thorough understanding of major minor where everything is falling so that things can be put in correctly so while that's great that the paers would need to get this I would say that it really does seem like it needs to be something across the district um for much of the staff to make sure that they're all on the same page about how to handle those conduct referrals that just came up again and again and and making sure that you know kind of everyone's on the same page about that thank you yeah we've done some work with Bethany Pritchard around PBIS um for the administrative Group which includes a variety of teachers particularly the lead teachers because it's during the Leadership Retreat um in minors and Majors as part of that whole PBIS framework so we could contact Bethany and see if she would if she would be willing to do um a session on that and specifically look at coding and I do know that superintendent Murphy did review that with the administrative group at her last leadership or the leadership meeting prior that would be great uh you know whether it's Bethany or know when um we were doing a lot of the mtss work um hard muscot was also leading the charge as well on trying to make sure that it was majors and minors and that everyone was effectively understanding where everything falls um I just think that it it it's sounding like we're going to need to make that more of our regular you know consistent training across the board so that we can make sure we're all you know Paras and um teachers are all marking things down correctly so thank you thank you okay moving on all right moving on to assistant superintendent of teaching and learning Dr SCA thank you Mr Mayor uh the John and Abigail Adams scholarship for mcast performance on behalf of principal Riley and the Maro Public Schools we would like to congratulate the following students on their John and Abigail Adams scholarship the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has created this merit scholarship program to reward Ward the hard work and achievement of Massachusetts students and to encourage those students to continue their education at one of our public institutions of Higher Learning the scholarship entitles the recipient to receive a 4-year John and Abigail Adams scholarship upon acceptance to a participating Massachusetts Public institution of higher education the choice is based on outstanding mcast results can I can I just add something so it's not just mcast they also have to be in the top 25% of class like there's other criteria but it is based on mcast and people should know that mcast is still going to be administered it's just not a requirement for graduation and those scores will still help people get these scholarships that's not going away yeah and I was hoping my um tone might highlight this as a reason to perform well on the m to take it seriously are able to get a great opportunity with a scholarship um provided to you absolutely so for the year 2025 the following students have been selected Marbella Alys Gomez Michael and twe aim Juliana aristal gonalez Alicia aroyo jigay KY Obin Carly Bamford Michael Benway alen Alini Blanco Damen Burke Adrien caros sow Abigail Carrol Catalina cartez Guzman Nicholas Cerrone Arthur dasta Zachary Deo Christopher dearia Anthony Delio Antonio de Leon Luis Enrique dos Santos Megan Douglas Yasmine D Silva Megan Finelli Laticia figuro Gregory fiser giovana flurry Osman Flores Mendoza Gabriel franka Sarah Garner danne Garson Ryan Gould Joseline gaho Patrick avalin Abigail Healey Ella hobin Maggie horn it's hobin sorry Ella hobin Christina Jimenez castio Adelaide Johnson Chase josn Eric nler Ruth lenarz Pierre Kylie Lombardi Amelia mcneel Manuel Menendez Colton mandante Christopher Mo Mariana Molina eava Leah Mahi Andrew name Emily omara Cole PMA Derek padr padros padros excuse me camil Patel Daniel pontes Felipe P PUO Matthew padila Pedro Lucas Ramos Leo re Leo Ren Adriana Rivera Andrew Ruiz Craig Seno Richard SEI dong tan Quan Felipe telis giat young Sophia zumas Andy Zen and cl zenzola I did my best with my phonetic pronunciation and I practice with Miss Vin buerk to the students watching I hope I did you just service congratulations to all of them that's great anyone else questions comments concerns say then all righty we'll move on to the Director of Finance and operations uh so tonight uh we have a transportation update uh our all of our roots are now now uh all approved changes have been done uh all students have been registered properly within the system and we are moving on to some of the fine-tuning stuff that um we should have been doing a while ago but it's nice that we're we're moving on to that now and dealing with issues as they come along uh the transportation bid uh we sent out an addendum uh early this week uh and we have uh we had extended the um the bid opening date to the 19th we're now extending it to January 3rd um to allow firms more time to be able to answer the questions they have uh we also have another set of questions that we're going to complete this week and get out to everybody so we just need to make sure that these firms had enough time to be able to respond to everything that's being sent back to them um and then we also have uh in your packet the most recent year-to dat financial report thank you questions comments yes Miss Katherine um could we have the addendum forwarded so that we can yeah we're going to yeah we'll get make sure you get the entire packet um we're working on cleaning up the bid so it's a clean bid to be handed off to you as well we'll have everything in a nice tidy package um we got the questions out first very quickly to the biders so that they could have all the answers and the additional information that we're providing to them and we're going to incorporate it all into the bid and get that out as a clean bid document to everybody so it's a little bit easier to read okay that would be helpful [Music] um in one place I'm just saying okay on the website gu I on the city on the city Side okay um all right thank you anyone else questions from Mr Wells seeing none let's move on acceptance of minutes minutes of the November 26 2024 school committee meeting motion to approve motion to approve is on the table any questions comments concerns reading regarding the minutes from November 26th seeing that I second it I need a roll call starting with Miss Matthews yes yes yes yes yes yes yes thank you motion carries the minutes from November 26 is approved moving on to public comment all righty public comment going once seeing none public comment going twice seeing none public comment going three times seeing none we close public comment action items and reports moving on to acceptance of donations and gifts we have Hanford supermarkets for K school for $359 4 and Wickham school for $356 4 which are both checks that were donated so thank you both motion to approve motion to approve is on the table and seconded questions comments concerns regarding the donation from Hannafords for both seeing on roll call votes starting with yes yes yes yes yes yes yes donation carries thank you very much OK Conor Studios from cane school for the total of $1,267 was was a check need a motion motion to approve motion to approve is on the table and seconded any questions comments concerns regarding the 1,200 bucks seeing none roll call Miss Matthews yes yes yes yes yes yes yes motion car carries thank you very much and finally alexion Pharmaceuticals for MPS students it's about $800 $1,800 it's about 120 care packages for winter gear and Chopstick for the students motion to approve motion to approve is on the table and seconded any questions comments concerns regarding the care packages seeing none roll call Miss Matthews yes yes yes yes yes yes yes motion carries excellent thank you everyone reports of school committee subcommittees seeing none going once going twice moving forward excellent members Forum um warrant warrant one is that tomorrow is a half day for students professional development day for everyone else Thursday is the high school concert Thursday night at 7:00 I believe concert for yes the high school Winter concert Winter concert and since it's the only meeting of the month I just want to wish everybody a wonderful holiday season and that's lovely yes don't miss us too much in two weeks sign the warrant oh and I did sign the warrant and reviewed it too of thank you tool I was just going to say um winter sports are starting back up too so yeah come out and show up to support our small Ro teams okay sounds great thank you anyone else mayor oh yes Mr C I think it's only appropriate to note the passing of Mr Robert Brandon who was a member of the school committee for 18 years just want to make sure people are aware of that thank you I wasn't thank Youk you thank you thank you for that okay members form anything else everyone's favorite time motion to adjourn approve approve the adjournment approve the adjournment to motion to adjourn is on the table and seconded questions comments concerns regarding adjournment seeing none let's start with Mr Caruso roll call let's get out of here say yes you're first Dan yes thank you yes yes yes yes yes yes okay we adjourned at 8:19 everyone have a happy and healthy holiday and New Year thank you everyone