and let everyone in Okay And I think we have a couple of people joining still Uh good evening This is Natasha Rivera from the school committee It is April 10th Um I will be
joining remotely So I'm going to go ahead and start with the script As chair of this meeting I need to confirm that all members and persons anticipated on the agenda are present and can hear me School committee members when I call your name please respond in the affirmative Maro Hogan yes Mary Branley
yes Um Alexis Fishbone yes And then I believe Hillary she's not there right i'm here She's here Oh she is Oh Yay Okay Hillary yes Okay great Awesome Um staff when I call your name please respond in the affirmative Colleen
Andrad yes Brian Hus Yes Um and do we have staff that are in person Brian that I'm um is here Karen Lingquist Oh okay Wonderful
Chuck Car Janice is here Hello Hello Tony Savo is online Yep I see Tony Wonderful Tony you can hear okay I can Yes Thank you Okay And I know um Wayne White is is out for this week Um and for
student representatives do we have um just Kaylee kaylee can you hear okay Yes Okay All right Wonderful Um on March 28th 2025 Governor Healey signed Bill H62 into law which extends the uh
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committee to order via roll call at 7:07 Uh Mary yes Maro yes Alexis yes Um Hillary yes Oh almost forgot myself
Natasha Okay Um all right Now we will go ahead and move on to the first item on the agenda Um public comments And just wanted to Colleen I don't I didn't see anything
that came in I'm just going to check my inbox Um no emails received No emails received And no one signed up on the the link No nothing there Okay All right
Um and just for anyone who is listening um if you throughout our meeting if you have some public comments that you would like to share with the school committee as the agenda proceeds but before the end of the meeting um please I encourage
you to still email the the school committee at comments for we will read the emails We might not be able to address it we wouldn't be able to address it normally in the meeting but at least we would have the comments for us to consider um relating to whatever topics that were discussed
tonight Okay Um all right moving on Um urgent business Superintendent Hos any urgent business uh no urgent business tonight Okay The only urgent business that I have is I was able to update the
agenda So um for the school committee um uh agenda item 8 has been amended on there Um I did moments ago might want to refresh your your folder There's a couple of
different guides in in the packet So when we get to that um one of those items we'll we'll we'll be discussing um for for the override as well Um and then and then we have an executive session
which we added for for the end So that would be the two updates for for everyone Um okay then I think moving on Um Kaylee I uh student report student representative report and oop she's
muted There we go Hi Um so we only have highlights and upcoming this week Um our highlights are that prom tickets went on sale this week Um the prom is on May 9th at the Choxa Inn in Sterling Um spring sports are
going strong The schedules are linked on the athletics homepage and we hope you will come out to attend a home game Uh the class of 2025 has begun its last quarter of high school Seniors have been doing internship hours at Maynard PD Department of Public Works in Fowler and
Green Meadow And for upcoming we have April 16th CDMAC conference at Oakmont Junior Kaylee Donghue is running for president Uh we are sending a bus of StuCo members to support her April 17th Earth Day
activities featuring speaker Julia Flannry Um April vacation and AP testing starts on March 5th All right Terrific Julia Flannery Is she she's with the water I believe Ah when
is when is that again hold on Um yeah the 17th during school hours Interesting Okay wonderful And um just real quick um good luck for all of all
you're doing Um I wanted to uh Brian I I saved in the folder Um just I know we've gotten a lot of questions about like where are our guard rails on like promoting or not promoting the override Um and I there's some a guide that I
like kind of put together specific to like school stuff So if you just could you know I know Kaylee mentioned her class was doing something Um it would be just great that we're all kind of operating on the same um you know understanding of what's allowable and not and you know during school time and
uh not during school time Um so just want to make sure that um you know we're we're all adhering to what's needed Um but also Kaylee I I would want to just echo April 26 is the the last day for um
residents to vote or register if they want to be able to vote in the town election So um anything that you know can be done I think that actually there's an event I put it on our amended agenda but I think there's actually some
event that's being held uh like the the for the town clerk's office is you know to get people to to sign up So if there's a way that um we can encourage you know any any seniors or anyone who's of age or residents to to register if
they haven't already Um that would be my strong suggestion Um and I I just also before kind of moving on I wanted to see if you had um or anyone had you know we had a public forum the the other evening if anyone
had any uh you any feedback if anyone was able to attend and what that might be for the school committee to hear more about Yeah So um so far we've sent out uh an email to the senior class um
giving them information and um resources to register to vote Um we also have an Instagram page on in um save our schools.mmaynard Everyone should follow Um and we made a few posts and we also
have resources on there for people to register to vote We did none of our class was able to attend on the 26th I don't think it was really we knew about it in time but we did get some feedback actually Someone um reached out to our account and just
sort of asked for like they were like "We think this is really great that you're doing this and like I'd love to hear more about it if there's anything you need help with And they recommended that um maybe sending a letter out um for reasons to support the override and
what it's really the cause is and how it will affect um you know people of Maynard um to kind of gain some support Um so I think that's probably something we're going to be focused on We've we're working on this project like
supporting the override like two or three days a week in class So um we have time and like we really can do whatever you guys need the most help with
Um you know I um I think getting people out to vote is probably the the biggest thing to promote Um one of the other things that is going to be important so aside from the town um meeting um which
by the way um we've been notified that it might be a two-day meeting potentially So it could be May 19th and May 20th There's a lot of articles on there I don't know where the school information would fall but just as a
heads up to just kind of take away for for people Um but also um the special election related to the ballot would um would be um on May 27th So there's two-step action that people would need
to be able to vote for It's town meeting but then also the subsequent ballot election which is um going to is confirmed for it's the day after Memorial Day So um if people are going away or something they can vote in advance So the clerk so just kind of
there's options for that but I just wanted to kind of call that those are some of the really important dates and then later on the school committee will probably um also speak about um you know kind of organizing another um you know a forum that we can you know that will speak more specifically to the school
information and we can know absolutely um share that a little bit more broadly Um if there's anything else that you suggest if people have questions on um certainly would would love to you know you know hear more about that Um just
some takeaways maybe I would say that if folks could listen to the um the recording of the the meeting the other night that might be a good effort to then hear what the public is questioning um you know and what their feeling is Um
I I think the school um is I think we're kind of the the override is probably um you know the time right now the finances of you know just the time of what's happening on the larger scale nationwide um is is is challenging for people and
and so I think it's you know how do we how do we get to a place that we can you know move forward and I don't know if we can solve that but that's the that seemed to be um an overarching theme for people who were um at the forum So those would be my kind of suggestions for you
know listen to the forum um you know to see how community were you know um who are non-school related people were you know questioning um see if we can provide information you know we're we're doing our best but you know it's going to take a village for sure so thank you
um I'm just going to go around to other school committee members um as well good luck at your run um at the election that's really exciting Thank you And I hope the Earth Day activities are awesome I've seen her do
some other things and I I bet that would be fun Great Um um Maro um as I mentioned in the last meeting good luck in your
um your whatever election Thank you Um and then um I think it's fantastic that you guys are are taking an initiative to um try and get the word out about the
book ride That's really helpful Thank you very much Um who did I uh who's next to that alexis Nope I don't have any questions Good luck this week Thank you Um
Mary good luck Kaylee Um and what class when where are you actually doing all of the outreach and that where are you guys getting together is it during one of your classes or establish it's um it's during Mr Pno's FBlock history class Uh the junior classes some
of the junior history classes do civics action projects and this is what we've chosen for ours Um one thought might be to put together some good old signs and go downtown during weekends and anybody is available and um and you know if that's where you
see people um and any help that we can give you please reach out to be able to help Thank you Thank you
Great Um uh and then as always Kayleie you're more than welcome to stay on We will be talking about it later on Um or you know just if you have any particular questions afterwards after you think about please I encourage you or anyone to email us so we can clarify that for for anyone who's asking if people are
reaching out to you with questions and you're not sure you know absolutely pass those along okay so we can you know put something together that's more prominent for folks All right take care Thank you All right Um moving on Superintendent Hos
Great Glad to be here Um so some of this report is a little bit old because it was sort of set for last week's meeting that got juggled around but we have sent out this year's ECP survey to staff students and
parents Um on March 28th that went out Should be rounding out relatively quickly Um that's our lack there That's our survey related to diversity equity inclusion um that we've been doing for a few years now so we should have new data
um shortly Very exciting We have another meeting next week We have a senior who's really interested in taking some lead role in this committee this year as well We'll have information from her to report back as well Um the Mayor Ed Foundation held their
spring celebration and 25th anniversaries a couple weeks ago now but it's still worth mentioning because it was a fabulous turnout Um Senator Eldridge was there and state Hogan was there and founding members of the MEF were there members of most of the school committee if not all were there Um
administrators teachers students Great event Great event And uh we are very thankful to the Mayoret Foundation for all the support they've given to schools over the past 25 years Um if my numbers are right I think they've given just over 300 grand Just under 400 Just under
400 I'm sorry I was talking dollars Sorry I like to talk to and like 330 grand Yeah So just over 300 almost $400,000 to support our teachers and students Phenomenal Um one of the
other things we'll come back to because I'll let Tony talk about our pest management system Um I'll sort of just do high level overview and that we had got information from community members about different options for pest management I know it'll surprise you I'm not an expert in pest management but I
have learned a lot about escars and vitamin D3 and a whole bunch of other ingredients that are involved in um maintaining safe buildings by keeping critters out if you will Um but I'll let Tony talk about that in a couple of
minutes Um we have our ground bait breaking for the Green Meadow Elementary School weather pending next Tuesday at 9:30 in the morning over at the Green Meadow The whole world is welcomed Um hopefully it'll be fun We get to dig a little dirt We have a lot of people who
have been involved in this coming Um so if you can make it by all means It should be a lot of fun Uh radon I'm gonna let Tony talk about that as well Again I'll do a high level overview We have learned a lot about radon in the last seven months and we have a lot of
work planned for right before during and the Monday following April break and then doing a TW uh 48 hour radon test at the end of the week we get back So but I'll let him talk about the specifics of that because that is exciting We've made a lot of progress on that
Um and I don't remember if at the last meeting I mentioned the National Junior Honor Society which was April 1st seems like a long time ago Um but it was a great event too We had I think 29 if somebody wants to remember exactly
how many there are a lot of kids that got adopted Um and that's just really exciting It's the theater program for the National Honor Society at the high school and PTO had their annual I don't they had their luau event this past
weekend here at the Fowler Big success Heard very good things about that And I'm looking at there I would say Madame Chair before you go run through questions I'll turn it over to our facilities director Tony Savar to talk
about both um pests and radon just to give the most updated information to you Great Thank you Brian Um hello everybody Uh I'm happy to um to announce that we've been able to uh update our all
three school IPMs um uh along with uh changing uh bait boxes chemicals uh that we've been using in the bait boxes from escars to a vitamin D uh 3 infusion Uh it's been a touchy top uh topic through throughout
the town uh as far as what the town and the schools have been using for bait Um as of Tuesday all of our boxes have been changed I will be updating the uh school's IPM I'm looking at it now I'm sorry uh if I'm not making eye contact
Um I will be uh tomorrow morning we'll be removing the escars from our active um ingredients that we use from our IPM Uh we will not be using any uh chemicals that are on the uh town warrant for the
vote um moving forward So I think uh that should make a lot of town folk very uh happy and excited Um as far as our radon mitigation systems uh they will be being installed on uh April 21st and 22nd
uh by SWAT Environmental um along with the electrical uh work being performed by Quinn um on the 22nd as well so that these these radon mitigation systems will be up and running um throughout the week of uh
school vacation Uh we are installing what they call a GX Pro Series um mitigation fans We're unsure yet as to which series we will be using whether it's a GX3 a GX4 or a GX5 That will be
determined uh when they break break ground and get under the slab Um if anybody has any questions about any of these topics I'd be happy to answer the best I can Um I'm going to go around and then I'll circle back to any anything that I have for you Tony Thank you so
much for these these updates Thank you Um Mary Oh thank you very much Tony for all the hard workated Thank you Mary Alexis no I don't have any questions Thank you so much Thank you Maro
Thank you Tony and thinking you guys do a great job at transitioning what I perceive is semi quickly on this on the societ Thank you Great Um Hillary yeah similarly I'm really impressed how
quickly that could be switched over and something reliable Um are you confident that what's the newbie it it's uh so it's called uh a cadet all weather um blocks It's a
um vitamin D infusion Um so it's it's not uh it's it's a bait that's will um to sterilize in not sterilize No I think that so I don't think that that really like
um would be the best solution for us I think it the vitamin uh D3 is a what it does is it it basically is calcifies inside the the rodents and over time you
know takes its course and uh it will it's less anyhow it's less lethal to the the rest of the ecosystem that a lot of folks were were very worried about It's it's shouldn't be lethal at all to them So uh rats and and other rodents do not
break down calcium Uh so it's it's toxic to their body Uh other animals do Um so that's kind of that's kind of why we decided to go with the vitamin D infusion
right um what's the like uh did the are the pest control company that just made this choice confident that this will work or is it like expected to be much much less effective than the former method or like what's the prognosis for pass of the
next year excuse me So escars are designed to this what we were using before are designed to kill off the one feeding Uh what what we've gone to now is designed to kill off of multiple feedings So it will take multiple feedings but ultimately have the same
same result on the rodents but not the the other animals in the ecosystem Uh bird bird birds of prey coyotes etc And then what um I know that some of the people on Facebook and talking about this were concerned about trash that was
open and accessible to Ronins Um I haven't seen that myself at all but is that something that's been looked into or addressed if it is an issue so um what what we had uh when this all um kind of made its way out to social media
we we did have some dated dumpsters that had broken lids Uh I' I've since had all of them replaced with uh with newer dumpsters and and lids that are not um damaged So that that has also been addressed as well We've also added an
additional dumpster at the Green Meadow because we've um we have noticed that the there was an uptick uh up tick in uh the uh trash uh volume over that way So we we have um put a second trash dumpster over there to help with
that with that issue Thanks so much Great Um Tony my questions are uh Hillary kind of answered or asked one of them which was about the effectiveness of this new course of action Um so from
a dollars perspective um and from a staff resource perspective uh my questions are one does it cost more to get the same outcome um for so if we you know and does it
require more um you know replacing in the boxes more frequently than um you know because of the the effectiveness is not So I just wanted to understand how what potential
uptick in um that might be required um to offset if any um for this it's a great question Um so Critter Control our uh our pest control um company has
uh has agreed to hold us with the same rate that we had with the escar uh which is actually about $5 a month uh less uh I'm sorry escars are about $5 a month less for the service Okay Uh monthly per
school Uh so so we're being um held under the same contract as if they were using the escars with with this until our contract is up in October Uh this will not prompt them to come out um freently opposed opposed to like the
once a month that we have now It's still going to be a once a month visit Um so as as far as cost come October we'll probably notice uh $15 a month between the three schools of an increase because of the the product itself does cost more
So I guess my my worry um is and I'm really excited that we're we're able to find you know that option um with the construction of Green Meadow and anytime there's major you know construction and any like you disrupt you know ecosystems underneath and um and so that's kind of
you know what what happens um sometimes with you know more rodents Um I guess my concern is because the um effectiveness of immediate like one-time dosage is not the same that we might start seeing more
um more rodents around because we're only on the same cycle of once a month coming and they require multiple dosages in order to you know pass on So that would be my my initial again not
un seeing any of this So I would really like us to monitor um that that particular um aspect of if we're starting to see more on that same cycle you know with that um because you know
we certainly don't want to compromise you know great I'd love to save our you know birds of prey in our you know wildlife but not at the cost of having more rodents um that are in you know student areas or potentially in you know in the field and and whatnot So I want
to make sure that's a balance um approach that we we revisit and monitor So if you could update us if you're you know as you're like you know as the next you know two months kind of play out um and you know they are all about we might
be great to get an update like okay it's been working great or or we're you know or you know yeah we are seeing an uptick and you know we might need to like schedule an additional you know visit like in the middle of the month or something um if that's what it comes to but I just want to hear an update on how
that's going Um and then the other part too is the um I know one of the asks had been about special types of equipment for um the trash So it would like the trash cans that had like certain
um protection that were like rodent proof um whether they're barrels open barrels um at the field or anything like that Has that been I know it sounds like you replaced the dumpsters The dumpsters but open barrels
um potentially like at the field or anything like that Not that I'm saying to go out and spend money but how many do we have i know with softball and a lot of those you know the spring sports happening Um is is there an uptick or a risk there that we might need to think about
um so we I believe we have seven or eight trash cans up around alumni as as a whole Um I have not uh noticed or nothing has been reported for any activity up that way Uh up that way we
we tend to hear more about um bees and other stinging insects uh being an issue that way uh opposed to rodents Um what I will say is um those barrels throughout the the rest of the school year well in
in season with sport they do get emptied regularly Um so we we do monitor those and empty them regularly Um typically uh the night before uh a sporting event or the day after a sporting events Okay All
right Yeah that was just my only other thought with now that it's warm and it's getting nice out and you know people on the track and and whatnot So um I don't know what the cost of the suggested type of barrels or what those other type of maybe barrels might be I'm guessing
they're not cheap as nothing is Um I I haven't uh I haven't seen or um any request on anything specific on that yet Okay Okay So I'm guessing it's coming my way Well no It just like you know feedback that we've heard from the
community about just types I guess um trash cans that are you know rodent repellent I mean I don't know At my own house we use bungee cords We put a cover in them because I mean the raccoons they they're like I don't know they're halfhuman Um and they with all their little fingers and open things up So
sometimes they just eat through like you know plastic or whatever I don't know if there's anything really proof Um but I I just want to just recognize that that was one of the concerns that someone said about open um you know cans that were remaining open And so as long as we're monitoring them uh more frequently
now that we're you know better weather I think that's a good start Um and just kind of keep us updated We'll do So I was at a conference yesterday at the DCU center and I um I was able to um talk to a bunch of different vendors
One of them was a place called Massore in which we we have done um uh some stuff with where Massore basically they have their inmates metal uh doing metal fabrications We have a uh a bench out front that was a class gift that was
done from them It's uh a steel bench Uh they would they would basically do the fabrication So I could look into that and that would be a much much much uh less of a of a of a financial hit to us if we were to go through mass score Okay
Um I don't think anything action right now but it's good to have options in our pocket you know or some you know if things um you know if we're seeing that we're getting an uptick in some way Um and I know it's happening just not even the school just along Maynard and as a whole uh people are noticing more
rodents and and whatnot in their community I did also have radon question just to uh pivot to to that real quick Um so thank you for for all the work that you're doing I feel like you've touched this year on every type of
facility major facility issue water rad like um we've just thrown like you know everything at you Um and uh I really really appreciate how how wonderful you've been able to really get us in in a in a in a great place So just you know
another kudos to you for that Um the pest management um that you were talking about the pest management guide or the plan is that I just wanted to use the Yeah the IPM Yeah I just wanted to clarify what that was for the public as so that we have an IPM I know uh one of
the concerns and I did see that there was um um an email recently that went out to you know the family about that um just moving forward I just want to make sure that I guess that's going to like that's part of that IPM right is confirming on an annual basis that we send out whatever that um correct that
communication is um moving forward just kind of like I know we have to do with the AHA notification it might almost be like great to kind of put them kind of together um at some point you know or at the same day or something like that Just these are both kind of annual parent
notifications that need to go out um that are kind of have a compliance element to them Um but um with the classes so they're going to have some radon um mitigation um that are going to be installed in the
next two weeks at Green Meadow and that's going to be in all of the spaces that are coming back with levels over that four um reading Um and then once those are in place what did they give for guidance on how long um afterwards
that those levels can come we could expect those levels to come down Um did they do they have like a timeline that it takes you know I have no idea personally I just that that's another great question Uh there was not given
any timeline So in a kind of like like uh Brian touched on this earlier So that week there there's a lot more than just the rad um radon mitigation uh entail than like really mitigating it So we are repairing uh unit vents in some of those
It's finally Yes I know Yeah we're um we're having air balancing uh air and water balancing Uh so the idea is with the air balancing in the unit vent repairs is to keep the air uh the air space in there in a positive air air pressure which should keep uh by doing
so that will keep the the the radon under the slab and our mitigation system will will basically do the rest Uh okay It's my understanding we've been working in like uh we've been operating like a negative air pressure which is kind of like taking it up uh and that that's how
it was explained to me very transparent Yeah No no I mean I'm no radon expert I just know that you know it's always one thing that parents want to understand how you know like those pieces um and then they they are you know places that are still being occupied and also for the staff So um so
I guess we'll just keep monitoring that um um along the way and when the installations are are done Um when did the univvent I'm sorry if I missed those When did those parts are they coming in from like um are they antiques i mean I don't know Where did we buy them all but
because those things were like so old I was just like surprised how we even found them our HVAC company um has a vendor that they deal with that were able to um to locate uh parts for
these for these units Um so yeah we got we got really lucky Our older the HVAC companies we've dealt with in the past did luck Yeah Yeah Very very lucky in that sense Oh great So maybe at our our
next meeting we could get an update also on just the Fowler HVAC I know we um that second unit too um and and yeah nothing tonight but just to kind of put it on your radar because I know we have the funding and then maybe we'll have some idea for plans that we can expect
So um but I appreciate everything that you're you're doing Tony Um to touch on that really quickly I should have two quotes by middle of next week on that Oh okay All right So if you have it for our meeting we're meeting actually on Wednesday So if we get it in time great But um you know if not we can get an
update later on in the week even if it's just like through the superintendent report Um you know Brian can circulate that to the school committee and we can just hear more about the timing of that So great Tony Thank you so much Thank you guys Have a great evening You too
All right Okay Um now we have uh Brian the the temporary green meadow um or did you have anything else on your superintendent report brian that was it Oh is it right okay Um so is um
principal Linquist is she going to speak to the temporary playground or is that going to be you probably both more harder than me but just say has been a good a strong advocate to make sure that we have an interimm playground first that is accessible and it's been a
challenge the dates have moved the time has moved except uh equipment has changed um and they have been when I say they collers and NVG and now CTA have all been responsive to our needs so that our students have access to a playground
for as much time as possible given given that we are in the middle of the building project So I know there are some slide or pages uh within the folder which Colleen will show share and principal lingist will walk you through
where we've ultimately landed just not where we started but it's a good land at the end All right Well thank you for having me this evening to talk about the project Closer to very um thank you for hosting me this evening to talk about the project Um so
back in the fall the first time this was mentioned that we might need to lose our playground much sooner in the process than we were anticipating we expressed concerns about that because of the age and developmental stage of our student
population Um and so I will I agree with Superintendent Hos uh both uh Collers and MVT were very responsive to our concerns um about the fact that we just couldn't lose this outdoor play space for our students Um we know that there
will be a time period where we will be without a playground as we are moving into the new building and they are taking down our current school but the idea that we would lose the playground for all of next year and then the year after just didn't seem to work So um
after some back and forth this is the plan that they've come up with Um obviously the current Green Meadow School is highlighted in red and where you see that yellow band that's currently where students come in the morning for arrival It's where the
dismissal process happens and then um the in the bottom right hand corner you'll see um more shading in red and that's our current playground But unfortunately in order to provide some of the utility lines that need but that
are necessary to be laid for the new school building highlighted in the lower green um lower left quadrant and green um that playground area needs to be fenced off and will not be accessible Originally they thought this could
happen as soon as March 1 Then they were talking about April 1st and now it seems like working with the um the contractor for the next phase of construction they've been able to push it off so that that playground area will be closed after school gets out in June and that a
temporary playground will be constructed in our current bus circle for the 2526 school year and then as far into the 26 27 school year as possible before they move us into the new school
building So the the plan will be in that in the area that is highlighted in red that is the current middle of our bus circle And I think Colleen if you go to the next slide So that bus circle currently houses our flag pole our little library
our 911 memorial Um and there is a tree in that area currently However that tree is not slated to be a tree that's saved It's not in the best of health to begin with Um and so the contractor will be
coming in They're going to take down the tree move the flag pole um preserve the monument for us and move the little free library They're going to take that area level it down for us and then they are going to install some playground surface
that will allow grass to to grow up through it but also just make everything more level and accessible for all of our students Um and then they're going to be installing the five pieces of equipment that are highlighted here on the plan which we do have some photos for First I
do want to highlight one of our concerns really is that um in that bus circle area a lot of our kids like to play soccer They like to play four square and other games like that And you know it's all slipped down into the staff parking
lot And so they proposed this fence that'll um still allow the walkways to be clear but save all of our playground balls from lodging themselves underneath staff bars um and keep our students safe There was conversation about putting a
fence um at the top of the bus circle there but in all honesty logistically that doesn't work well for us right now Um we use ropes that works for us the kids know because when the playground is too muddy or um icy we use this area
currently to play and so they're they're familiar with that All right Colleen if you show the next slide So these are two of the proposed um pieces of equipment that will be installed in that bus circle area We were looking to make sure that students still had opportunity to
climb that they were getting full gross motor um play And so this is what was shared with us I mean it's wonderful It actually exceeded our expectations So we're really grateful for that And then Colleen if you show the next slide Um
the dome which is currently on our playground is a fan favorite And so they found something that that was similar that would still fit into this into um the bus circle area And then this is a that round cave is another piece of climbing equipment but also allows
students with all levels of mobility to be able to get in and through and play around and have access to play with your peers So uh and then finally this playhouse which similarly allows um students of all mobility levels to be able to have
access and engage and play with their peers And then this is um sort of a bouncy swing that replaces the one that's accessible for all students on our third playground And that's our proposal at this time There is conversation about
installing a basketball hoop if possible Um we do have one that's portable but we've had a lot of issues with older students coming down to our playground and not getting it down on purpose So it hasn't proven to be a great solution for us at our current playground We're not
anticipating it'll be a great solution on our new playground Um the PTO had inquired about moving our current Gaga ball pit which they purchased for us four years ago Um however a lot of those pieces are currently coming apart Um they're located in my office and we're
not anticipating that we're going to be able to move the Gaga box safely Um but you know we're going to have um facilities inspect it and convert it for us Okay Uh thank you very much I'll just go around um see if anyone has any
questions on what you've uh provided Um Hillary Um thank you I actually have a lot of questions Um the easy one is on the one with the climbing structure What was the thing on the right is that also climbing or is that like It's It's got a lot of
different ways for kids to play There's some musical pieces that go with that Some um some you know like echo kinds of pipes and things that kids could play with So a lot of different options for different kinds of not
um when can you make sure that the communications include that that tree was not going to be saved anyway because it's not healthy so people don't freak out Um and then uh what about the buses that currently are going on there yeah So um
so we anticipated that this might happen on March 1st So our team leaders our school council everybody was involved in developing a plan and then we reached out to Angela Lawless chief of the fire department Um and we collaborated with
Alison terms of um mayor police department I think our current final or our final solution as of right now is that the buses are actually going to go further up Tiger Drive just past the staff parking lot There's a pathway that will be outside of the construction
fencing and so our staff will walk students down there They'll board the buses in that area up to Tiger Drive It's I've been ensured that emergency vehicles could get past if necessary Students would still be safe They wouldn't be crossing Tiger Drive to make
this happen So our buses currently come in by Coke Park and instead of coming into the bus circle they would pull up where they're on Tiger Drive Students would board there They currently our bus students wait in the gym for the buses to arrive They'll board there and then
they can just keep going up Tiger Drive and exit further up So that's our plan for buses Um we would our special education bands come a little bit prior to dismissal So they would still use our bus full unless um Collier is looking
into whether or not they can make improvements to our current accessible ramp that is not that accessible further down the sidewalk If that's the case we would be able to have special education vans pick up there and not come into the bus circle at all But now just in terms
of ensuring everybody's safety and mobility we would have them move into that bus circle and then everybody else would be dropped off prior to the bus circle because one of our issues in the morning it's not it's not really an issue but in the afternoons a lot of our
families stay and play on our playgrounds And so we were really trying to develop a plan that would still allow our community members access to doing that safely without needing to worry about buses Yeah Um how comfortable do you feel with this plan like are you okay with it are you dreading it or No
I've actually I feel I do feel comfortable with this plan I mean if you had asked me in September I was dreading this But you know I just think everybody's really stepped up and made this like the best case scenario Um so I felt good about it Okay Um some parents
have asked about why the temporary playground could go over in that fenced off area or um park Um what's mean past the parking lot like the the side of it like where like in between the school and the baseball field um that doesn't
exist right now because it's it's like cleared for construction and it's inside the construction zone Okay Even like the like outfield of the baseball field I mean if it's within the baseball field preserved so we're not going to put our playground in the middle of the baseball
field And if it's just outside it's too close to the construction area and it's really with it's outside of our line of sight as a school building It doesn't make it easy for students that get out to the playground and need to come in to use the bathroom Like this keeps our role pretty small and our supervision
strong That said the people who had told me said that their talent would allow it and I was like "Oh if you wanted that and the talent allowing it that could be something you can work." I'm not aware of that Okay This really is about safety and proximity to the building Yeah that
makes sense Yeah Thank you Sure Okay Um Maro um I have a question about the cost of you know taking down the old one putting in the new one why some of the I
understand that some of the old fund is maybe gold or can't like would fit but I'm just wondering like who's paying for this is that part of so my understanding is that it is
part of the school building project and that are the rational for not moving any of the existing playground equipment is it becomes a liability when you uninstall it and reinstall it because of the age of the playground equipment it's outside of any
sort of warranty or safety So that the the stuff that we're putting into this new spot can't be used or So my understanding is because of the age of that it could be moved and reused And I believe there's already
work being done to try to repurpose it And no I think it's wonderful I I mean it makes sense right that if we're going to use this for a year and a half that then it should be able to be moved and used separate houses in the town And my understanding is because of the age of it that's still something that could
happen Okay Yeah But it's not planned to be used at the school at the school No But it would be repurposed in a different play area within town which is also wonderful because then we're getting an even bigger bag
Yeah Totally stage though So Alexis no I don't have any questions Okay Mary no I'm good Okay I had just a couple of questions I think um Maro may have I
mean uh was asking one Well um so the the costing just to make sure I understood is part of the project right so this is not additional funding This was assumed already built into the cost of the project um the tree that we're
that we're taking down Um is there a way that we can replace that tree somewhere else um because I I would like to think that if we're taking down we're replacing in some way and I think there's actually that was part of an
override or something not override Oh my god override the brain So that that is already accounted for in in the larger scope of the project plan that all that that a certain number of trees that are being taken out are automatically being replaced and since this tree was already factored into that
count it it would be a tree being replaced just not right there No Okay That's what I that's what I'm meaning And so um maybe part of that communication that goes out if we're you know as we're kind of sharing this more publicly can just emphasize that that
you know part of the larger project that every tree that whatever or is being taken down is going to be replaced at some other you know place on on around school property because I think that's what I wanted to make sure that it's not just a another lost tree is there's
another tree someplace else that will um find life on Maynard Public Schools um space Um so that's that's great There's no significance to that tree is there i thought it was was there some like for planted for a purpose or a family i
don't know I look for Mary because Mary seems to know all the history but do you know if there's like that was like isn't there like a plaque or something there's nothing there like in honor of the flag pole was that there's an area there for a former principal but the little
library is also dedicated to that same principal and has a plaque and that is being moved Um and then the 911 um plaque is in a different part of the bus circle and that will also be reserved Okay And the only reason why I ask is cuz I want to make sure like if there's like a Maynard family that you
know I hate for anyone to think that we took something down that represented like somebody donated or you know planted in honor of somebody and we um just wanted to be considerate of of any type of connection that it may have or significance in that regard My understanding is all of that was vetted
early on in the school project So anything like that already been identified Great Um and then the I think I heard you say this So the these this equipment that we're purchasing is because it's still it'll be relatively
newish in the sense is going to be reused and or re um built in um into the new playground Is that right not into the new playground that's part of Green Meadow It's we're hoping that it can be moved and repurposed at a different play
area within the town of Vayner Okay So in within the town of Mayor So that maybe like Coolage or um Okay So it will be repurposed um if not in Mayor then somewhere else It would be like a donation that we would be doing um once
it comes to that Is that right yes Stay tuned Okay that sounds great Thank you everyone so much for this I'm uh sounds like the best option forward So appreciate it Thank you a lot Like I heard panicked
parents It was so nice to like hear that things were better Oh I don't think anyone was panicking more than me Yeah The idea of indoor recess for you know two years Terrible Great Um so Brian I think next up is information about the student
opportunity act plan Yep So our director of curriculum Karen Janice has worked hard to give you an update This does not require a vote It's just information only that we want to share with you So Colleen will run the slides
and we're on Good evening Um student opportunity act Uh there is a full write up every 3 years and then there are two updates that are given annually
Um if we go to the first slide uh this is a summary statement uh that was approved and it really gets the essence of what the student opportunity act is about Uh it's it is committed to
developing evidence-based programs to address mathematics achievement in the elementary grades reduce chronic absentee rates uh in various subgroups and narrow the MCCAST achievement gap between the general population of students and sub and subgroups
particularly English learners and our Hispanic students Um and that was uh written up in great detail in the original plan that was approved by the school committee last year Um if we go to the next slide uh these are the tools
that we use to gather information uh when we form an S SOA uh every 3 years and to monitor progress You can see there's a pretty wide variety There's an extensive set of heat maps they're called uh that are actually provided by
DESIE Uh these include thousands and thousands of pieces of information Uh we look at our MCCAST data We now have MAP growth assessments that we can look at in the interim Uh we have our ECP surveys We have two years of data there
and we are in the process of uh doing the third uh set of information right now uh the window for those surveys closes tomorrow and the data from those surveys will be compiled within a couple of weeks Um we have uh engaged in focus
groups this year where we look at data and then try to get more information from some student focus groups Uh we get feedback from our uh uh school site councils uh we get uh information from our LPAC and uh so we
get information from community groups and we look at our attendance uh data for the district Uh when we look at all of that data and and see how we're doing in terms of progress uh it's a little
bit difficult at this time of the year because you want to do apples to apples comparisons and a lot of the data we look at is year end data but we can see by the end of last year that our attendance rates were improving and including in the subgroups we were
targeting Uh the information we have so far this year is it continues to improve but again we won't have final data till the end of the year and we're getting to a funky time of year You never know what happens in the spring You know if all of a sudden the trend doesn't keep going
the way you want it to but we're certainly hopeful Um we've uh also it's worth pointing out we've gone from lagging the state in terms of attendance pre- pandemic to being well ahead of the state attendance rates and also groups
at this point Um our Carnegie math adoption has taken place and we are continuing with professional development Our initial math assessments has shown some very interesting information Uh Carnegie was piloted last year uh in the
second half of the year and we saw a big jump in um student sports in the second half of last year and they continue at about that level this year and I think the reason was the staff at both buildings liked the Carnegie pilot so
well they decided to continue it to the end of the year So they we actually had a curriculum in place in the second half of the year that we didn't have in the first half of the year and we did see a nice score bump in the second half of the year So we're hopeful about Carnegie
Um the heat maps generated by the state show that our ELA and math scores in the exceeding and meeting categories have risen significantly in two grades and remain flat in two grades So not consistent across the board but it were
it were was a relative bump We're continuing staff professional development with our ELA program and uh we do want to see continued increase uh pacing there So um that's where we stand now The initial information on
attendance MCCAST and our MAP scores look promising and going in the right direction but I really would want to wait till the end of the year so that we're hearing same data points and that's it
Okay Um thank you so much I feel like I just want to savor each interaction we have with you uh left Um and I was hoping you would talk more So but I
um but um thank you very much I I Yeah No I really appreciate the approach of like you know focusing on um you know how we're looking at the data you know in in doing a lot of these exercises and how we've had to shift that um lens you know with the maps and the MCCAST um as
well Um I I don't have any really main questions for you I know just for general context for the public the Student Opportunity Act was um legislation passed the state level that um was supposed to provide additional
funding um for districts across the state Um they had certain districts benefited more depending on their population or their needs Um it was very much hyped up Maynard in the end Um I
think we got like $30,000 of student opportunity act funding Some districts got an influx of a million dollars Um I think like Ashland you know a different towns that you know did that So it is one of those areas there's a lot of work I mean that
needs to be put forward for those $30,000 you're certainly earning a lot of um a lot of work to justify those $30,000 but um I just wanted to clarify because we we hear about it um for Maynard we haven't really financially
benefited from that influx of money and it is something that we we talked to uh Kate Hogan about when she when she came as well Um because it was just another um the opportunity for Maynard to benefit has not been there Um but all
great things to talk about and focus on Just the if anyone looks up anything about the student opportunity act you can see what's been allocated to different districts and um and Maynard is is not significantly impacted um for good or bad by by it So Chuck thank you
for providing that I'll go around to see if anyone else has any questions or comments Um Mary I'll start over with you Just um thank you very much We missed um the um the tools we talked about the tools gathering data the focus groups
who is part of those focus groups So we uh just have started this uh uh we have a senior project student Anna first name and uh we found some she's been part of our DEI committee on an ongoing basis
and we found some uh areas in the data that we wanted to follow up further with students So he and I conducted a focus group with high school students Um we got some excellent information there about uh how students feel about the
curriculum in particular and also about uh um some school climate information that was uh actionable And uh at our last DEI meeting uh we thought it would be good to actually expand it further
and Hannah has conducted now a focus group with middle school students and a second focus group with high school students for the students who couldn't make the first meeting and uh she's actually reporting on those next week at our next committee meeting
Maybe we keep volunteering her for things So we'll just volunteer her to patients She needs any help Fine Um so that's fantastic You know student and we do have a we do have a faculty
member with her at the meeting so you know but uh she really is conducting and seems to elicit a really good response from the student Um and the community talk about that be
like the outback for example That's it Alexis MCAST scores Um you said that two grades remain flat and two grades have risen Um what which grades
have risen and which grades have remained flat somewhere somewhere in that bigger And I'm curious if it's different you know math versus I think the M was it math was 10th grade
was was going up or I don't know Oh good grade 10 went up Yes And grade eight Pretty sure they're colorcoded on the screen and they're not color coded Reading a lot of
black and white right now Um I can get back to you with with the precise grades Okay So it could potentially be the younger grades having dealt with right larger larger COVID issues that come
into kindergarten and first grade right during the pandemic that are still lagging behind Um I know the only grade that takes MCCAST at the elementary level is third grade And um so
it's how they do I don't know They just took a guess Yeah that's what we mean by waiting for the power I'm wondering if it's those kids that that
I'll get to Yeah I think our our current fourth grade that was our third grade last year we did see an increase for them Um particularly in ELA but you know we know that our current third grade is the last cohort was really impacted by CO they
started kindergarten while we were still doing testing and we were there was still plexiglass up and you know it it didn't feel quite the same Yeah Um but they just took their first MCCAST test this week for ELA and my goodness they
worked so hard They were we were really proud of them And they're already talking about the math and talking about how it you know is it going to be like math testing like they're feeling more confident because they've had experience now with online testing It doesn't feel
so so daunting to them Yeah Which is nice Yeah Yeah I I'm I'm just I'm curious before I'm curious my kids who were in kindergarten when the school shut down So basically is that sort of like the current fifth grade fourth
graders who really uh well above that you know shut down for assessive and then again yeah so yeah we're going to be shaking this for several years Oh yeah Um and then I have one other question the attendance which is
fabulous that it's going up Uh is it more significant in one of the schools versus the other or is it really across the board it's across the board We've seen improvement at all three buildings We've put attendance committees in place at all three buildings with some state grant funding and that's kind of I think
carried on even without the state grant funding So again I I really hopeful to I'm very hopeful to see the final data for this year because I think it will there's every indication the trend will continue this year but you never want to
you never want to say it's done until it's done right you know keep those pieces place what have you guys been doing so not to just let it fall back down Fall back down And it is
nice to see it is nice to see us emerging well above the state uh attendance in in all uh of our subgroups after lagging state prior to the pandemic which was very puzzling So I'm glad I'm not puzzled any
with a win That's the way to go tomorrow Um I had similar questions so answer those Um another question that I had was um a survey that's right now happening
Um you checked see like how many return rate the only thing I've checked on is return rates um because uh uh the way the data is shielded Uh um but as of as
of as of last week uh when the surveys were still relatively open uh the students and staff were at about 90% and we're probably going to pick up some more to push it toward 95% uh the parent surveys at that point we
had a return of about a hundred um but that was that was with uh feedback just a couple days into the parent surveys and I'll be checking with our people at ECP tomorrow to get final numbers because the uh the uh window does close
tomorrow at midnight so I actually will have a count on Monday when I check in with Peter at ACP you do a last push but those parents Uh we put out a uh we put in S'mores uh push and then ECP itself
uh because they generate the links that get sent out They sent out a reminder last week they sent out another reminder yesterday Um and so for today yeah Wednesday last week and Thursday this week
please Yeah it but like I wonder if they could come from neighbor and it just be like a one sentence like please fill this out Here's the link again Save the last thing The the the thing is the links are individualized uh so that people can't
respond more than once So that's why ECP is generating it They interact with our database to pull down the uh parent email addresses and they send out the reminders with the link the is specific to that household
I filled it out and I got Yeah they're they're blanket reminders All right You just put it uh also the the surveys can you can stop uh in the middle of the survey and resume So it's sort of like if you're one of the people who are working on the
survey get back in there and finish it off So it's you know for that purpose as well I get to expand I rarely open things I don't recognize and I happen to be like "What's that?" And I look at "Oh this is actually important to me." Just this is a big one Yeah Uh last year just
as a reminder we we got about 30 we got somewhat over 30% response rate from parents last year which is actually as as high as we've ever seen in the district But then it was subjected to analysis by ECP and they found that the
response rates by subgroup mirrored the uh uh percentage of the subgroups in the general uh in the population So we had a pretty high level of confidence that it wasn't just a segment of the community that was responding that it was actually
across the board proportionate So that was very hard thing as well I was wondering I'd love to see like the the comparison of last year to this year I'm curious too because sometimes you know first year people are all pumped and then it
can drop off and sometimes people are pumped and they tell their friends and it goes up even further So we I'm very curious as well Thank you so much Chuck Um does anyone else have any other questions or on the student opportunity act but I would love
for Hannah to stop us if she did all Um I know that the kids loved her workshop high school and she was great speaking at the education foundation and this particularly for the focus group I think that the kids have what they're experiencing in the school is sort of
different than I think what is captured in um surveys and other things And so to hear what the actual like when I hear like the actual comments that are being made that the kids are concerned about I don't think I think that level of detail is helpful for making the plan
Yeah Just super briefly surveys are good to kind of raise a flag like there's something funny over here but it doesn't tell you exactly what the funny is That's where I think a focus group really becomes useful All right Um thank you Chuck Hopefully
we'll see you Keep seeing you you know Okay Great Right Don't be a stranger I had asked a while ago if we could hear from you sort of anything else Yeah Um just just like
thoughts on how we forward or anything that you wish that you could be suggestions to help us Oh thank you You've done so much Yes Yes
I'm going to Well I I hope I hope your retirement account is still um healthy But it'll all be good It will be It will be Um night good night Good night Um so just
for moving on the the the next item we have is is talking about the override recommendation but I I just would if without objection I just wanted to maybe take things a little bit out of order and look at the important um upcoming dates and um and maybe just confirm
because there is a a date that I think um we talked about doing Um Joe I just want to confirm Is it okay for the school committee just to take the important dates first out of order and then we can circle back yes Okay Thanks
Um so the one that I I we hadn't settled on yet which I know we had talked about was doing um a school um a public forum a Q&A regarding the budget and the override And um I know we talked about potentially trying to get to school
events but um potentially trying to do something either on the weekend or whatever And I wanted to raise that again for the school committee Um you know between now and town meeting what
um folks have appetite for to do a specific outreach um should we have something scheduled i know we had we participated in the public forum um with a larger town event but um you know people as they're kind of raising their
awareness of school stuff right now um I think we're you know we may have an opportunity or need to hold another parent forum or or public forum um specific to to school So what what is the appetite does everyone agree that we
should do another uh we should host a school specific public forum i think we have to I think that a lot of people don't know anything about it So at least one I I I think at least one
too but I just want to make sure we got to commit to like where when and um a date So Brian um Brian I would look to you and maybe Colleen to recommend a couple of dates that might be helpful
um you know in the beginning of May possibly Um if you could nothing that we need to decide on right now Um but then then we can you know poll the school committee on um you know who who can do
what or when It might not be the whole school committee that is able to join each I know we talked about trying to do one on a weekend day um as well So um you know again look to um to to consider
um any option that we might be able to do um a school one And I don't again I'm thinking you know an hour and a half at the most probably um but just for people to um to participate So is that
something that we can talk more about that Brian later but I just wanted to um and does that early May sound about right for folks um because I know we have April break coming up so I I don't imagine we're going to have a lot
happening before then Um but that gives us some time Um and we will have school events also that we can go do a table for you know as well So does that sound timewise or time
frame that early May i know we have April break coming up but not everybody leaves town um during break And I feel like the sooner we start this uh the better shape we might get
because it gives us a little more lead time I feel like we're very compressed partly not be necessarily because of us Uh but the select board and voting all that Uh so
um I'm wondering if we move it up don't start it at the beginning of May because that only gives us a couple of weeks uh to get as much in as possible before town meeting Uh so I'm wondering if we
do start and provide options for people beginning with April break I mean I know tomorrow is going away Uh but there'll be I'm sure there will be a lot of people in town uh during April
break Not the ne I wouldn't do the first weekend because I know we have 26 So the 26th they have the greatest story time with like a special story time and we start work at the library Yeah I wonder if like right after that in the library
would be a good place so all the parents with younger kids that don't know anything about the school budget might see it when they're walking out and be interested because that's a huge like you know people with babies and little kids in our school system are a huge pool of potential voters that don't know
anything about that Yeah So Hillary would you be able to reach out to the library and see if the like the Roosevelt room or something might be available for us to reserve um I know the library closes early though on Saturday So that's um Well the story
time is 10:30 11:30 so I was thinking like 11:30 in the morning or 11:00 a.m or But doesn't it close at noon on Saturday it opened at like 10:00 I'm not sure Can you call the library and and maybe
see if that is an option well I can look on Yeah it's 10 to 5 Okay Can you can you see maybe if like the room is available so we can reserve yeah So the only thing of that is that they're all going to have their kids with them and they're already going to
be sitting there for an hour listening So to have them then sit listen to boring adults I was thinking they wouldn't necessarily listen but they might learn about this What if it was just like a table yeah So we did that
for the for the Green Meadow Elementary School We're outside We actually had a lot of people stop by to me So outside of Mayor but um so that might be a better thing Is that coming in or is they going out to be able just have a twoinut conversation and give them the
virtue or Yeah I like that actually That would be better Okay So not not doing a public forum b then it would be more and also I just will say that it's not just parents like the community might be also
cuz I've heard people who couldn't make the other night cuz they work in the evening who are not like parents necessarily who maybe Saturday might work So I just want to think about like that as well um that I mean parents obviously we would you know but I there are they're not the only voters that we
want to make sure that we're um you know providing information to so um so that's why I I think that a public forum where people can attend and virtually or in person um I do agree I think that if people have their kids it's going to be
really hard to you really kind of like listen um and gather not that kids are not wanted I just think that a whole bunch of them um coming from like two or four Yeah Yeah So um Okay So maybe that
we could still do one at the library but you know later or um you know is that what I'm hearing Would this be an occasion where the quorum would be present yeah So we might need to do like a quorum notice um just
in case If not then then that's fine but just in case we would probably need to do quorum notices for um all the public forums that we do So so maybe we can do a table outside of the library on the 26th and then on May 3rd do an actual
forum Yeah Okay Um is booked on the 3rd from 10 to 1 because I have something there then But maybe like 2 to 4 that day What day is the third is that Saturday I am Oh is is that after prom
um I think we need to check cuz I think I know there's I don't know if that's prom happening like that night or that weekend Um table outside of market basket You have to ask permission We do You have to get permission from there or the paper store
um sometimes allows paper store Okay So but for in school do we do we envision doing a public forum in school property like do we want because this is where I I would you know need to look to you know Brian and Colleen to look at a space and when that
would be Um so do we want to say we would want to have one at the school so maybe like the Fowler or I don't know I don't want it to be like it could just be the library here you know Um so it's a little bit more set up some tables or
chairs Um which we that's where we've done them in the past Mary when we had um it's been in here So it's not like a big huge you don't need a big huge auditorium Um but it would have to be when the Fowler Fowler is available library Does that
sound reasonable for folks not sure Okay So Colleen maybe just as a takeaway look at some dates where the Fowler Library might be available in the evenings either early um early May or or
late April Um and we'll start with that and then we can circle back and plan on what day that might might be Okay great Um that that helps us for there And then
I just wanted to um reiterate uh which I mentioned in the earlier but it's not on the amended agenda and I forgot to add it on here but May uh 19th is annual town meeting but um our town moderator
has um suggested or put everyone on notice that May 20th is a potential day two if everything cannot be completed on May 19th So I don't know where like
articles will fall on which day Um but I just wanted to maybe we need to in our communications um like I added to my signature I need to update my signature So anytime I send an email people are getting all the important dates coming up in my signature um for the school committee
I'm going to just also add May 19th um potential also May 20th to get people on the radar And then um the special election will be May 27th So it's the day after
uh Memorial Day So again people are going away They can you know do that that voting And again this is what they've confirmed the select board Tuesday will be doing official voting on on on these efforts but this is what has
been um decided as dates that they would be voting on Um if there's still appetite to do so and I think at least for the seniors there'll be the special election So okay Any any questions on those dates or anything on those signs
can we plan child care for a town meeting and try to make it like public sooner rather than later and um include like try to share that it could include younger kids if it can
i would look to Brian Um yeah I can't coordinate myself but Brian we have like National Honor Society different than what we normally get What What age is the usually i was thinking toilet train as opposed to five whatever
we start Yeah And again there's I think it's what the National Honor Junior Honor Society or National Honor Society are usually able to um help cover They get hours uh for that as well So we really really
need at this time Yeah Um so if there are you know um maybe that would be something to you know if anyone's looking for volunteer hours that you know for the the rest of the year maybe they could um could have some signups for that Brian and um I don't know if
that who would be giving them their letter I know uh when we did the Green Meadow School uh Principal Linquist had like a letter you know that she provided to everyone before they left on you know their volunteer hours So that'd be great if we could get something
I wrote about wrote great thank yous last year Oh wonderful Okay All right So we have those two things we uh [Music] um and then I think now going back to um
outreach uh I think we've kind of talked about that that public forum We we've met with the seniors I I know that we had feedback from the the public forum that we recently were at on Tuesday that people were curious if why can't we go
talk to I think we have Mary myself and Brian went not that long ago We had a very great conversation with the seniors about overall school They had a lot of questions about an override Um we met with them in the fall Uh I don't I'm not opposed to if hey let's have a like if
they need help filling out paperwork so that we for to seek tax exemptions you know um you know like the school I'm put me where the best place that's needed for that you know and I'm happy to help anyone fill out paperwork you know if it
helps the effort of them um you know getting a a tax exemption in some way for what they might be eligible for and not otherwise be able to to do on their own So I don't know if anyone has any other suggestions on outreach Um Brian
had sent over also a great email of different events um that we might be able to do And I think at Fowler they have um let me go back to what those were We have the art was um
Yeah was it the art night and the it was like the 15th Uh so Marla I don't know Are you able to just take those dates that we had and um put them in the the sheet maybe okay that would be great And so that we
can sign up for who might be able to to do them Um I'm guessing we would you know again want to have a table um there and just be available to answer questions at whatever events that that
um we might be able to do So any other outreach questions thoughts suggestions brian if any of um the leadership team or anyone has anything again please happy to you know try to revisit or if
they want they think that it would be helpful for the school committee to be a member at you know a certain particular event that comes up between now and you know town meeting please just you know keep us updated Um anyone else has any ideas on on how we can you know interact
and get the message out yeah Yeah that was really really great Thank you I think that's what Maro is going to end up taking those and kind of putting them in so we can see which ones we can sign up for like individual school committee members Um okay All right Anything else on the
outreach okay All right Now going back to the FY um 26 budget and school over override
recommendations Um Brian I know that you uh and Maro thank you for updating that that slide deck So we have in there based on the forum that we had the other night we just had those two small tweaks of
adding in the DOE code So if we're if we're using that um that slide deck as what would be looking for um FY26 budget based on the 1.1 it's in there
Um I just wanted to maybe first take a moment to thank everyone from the public and Brian I think you did a great job for the participation over at on Tuesday night Um really great feedback that we we
heard I know it's it's a lot of information Um I think that the current financial landscape of our nation is um worries a lot of people in addition to just Maynard's specific needs And I want
to make sure that um you know the public clearly understands that we are um completely understanding and supportive of that and understand I mean we're all taxpayers as well Um so we're certainly not tonedeaf in in
realizing what's happening in around outside of Maynard's walls but for the school committee I wanted to have a conversation on what we thought individually Um right now we have that
1.1 as the recommendation but um as one school committee member I have um really tried to think about how we can move forward with something that's palatable that
doesn't require um you know a lot of systematic programmatic changes um and would hope that maybe we could maybe think about doing like a multi-year approach for an override
instead of hitting everything in in fiscal year 26 And and so what I mean by that as an example it would be maybe fiscal year um 26 would be maybe like
700,000 and that would be you know requiring us to lean into our reserve funds maybe up to 300,000 you know so it was more than what we had done before um or more than we were anticipating Um
there still might be you know some changes to fees You know maybe the bus fee gets looked at I don't know Um they would still need to be cuts not to the level of 11 but then we would then look um have another somewhat another
article of like FY27 and maybe that has 200,000 and then FY28 has another 200,000 So it it spreads out the the the the ask over a period of time and then you know in that
first year you know and I'm and Brian I just want to make sure confirm with you like the athletic trainer you know maybe that's not something we proceed with in FY26 but we say we'll you know we'll be revisiting it in FY27 Um because I I I think it's needed I just don't want it to be like we're
you know we're just not throwing it is a needed position Um but how do we balance that need with where our residents are um and ensuring that we we we don't
we're not cutting 11 people So I just wanted to kind of open that conversation up first for the school committee Um and because if we do want to change our recommendation we would have to vote on something tonight um what that recommendation would be so
that I can tee it up to the select board u ahead of their meeting uh which will be next Tuesday to finalize the warrant So um Mary I'm going to start with you just over there um what your
thoughts are about from from Tuesday night and just hearing you know do we do you feel that you would want to revisit our recommendation yeah I feel like based on Tuesday night and I'm I'm pleased with the number of
people that were both in person and um Zoom you see really good turnout um and so into it I think a lot of it has to do with the economy and the ups and downs about what's going to
happen My big concern with do I think we should revisit yes My biggest concern is that we don't know what's going to happen with the federal funding that ends up coming to us right now And by
using more of our reserve funds um to help us with this year's next year's budget we've got to really put ourselves in bad place because we're not going to have money that way It's hot it's a hard thing to answer because we don't daily as we've seen yesterday to
today Um but um yeah but I I would be fine with with having a more palatable number that I feel because I I felt like there was definitely support It was just the number that was being provided even though we've already come down and we um
comments that we got from an email was um we need to explain to the public all the things that we've been trying to do to be really efficient with our budgeting um we've got a preschool program now that we've expanded So it's actually
bringing revenue you know things of that nature that um that we really been trying We we've got a wonderful you know group that goes for every brand they possibly can Um so there's a lot of pieces that people aren't aware that we do on a daily basis but that's my only
and and to what your point about I think a some of it is is definitely messaging I think um you know the the theme of Tuesday night was um my larger takeaways there's a couple of questions people questioning about our our you know like auditing or you know budget and and for
everyone's awareness um the school there's certain laws that every year the school's budget or the end of the year um there is an independent audit um that's done um and so we have reports we're certainly you know it's part of a
looker at the at the overall small town there's a it's an outside firm that um accounting firm that um takes a look and it's mandated by um actually mass general law So um so there are third party bodies who look at what we are
providing and submitting for um you know the t end of the year information to make sure that it is in the up and up and nothing jumps out as um shady business I guess Um I I don't know if it gets as granular as people want but there is a level of scrutiny is what I
wanted to merely emphasize um that looks at our finances that are submitted to the town that are submitted that um that are submitted to DESIE And so Brian I think we can talk about you know where we could maybe have a folder that just posts you know what those
reports are that we you know we can get And just for anyone who's um I I think I have a couple of them that we've gotten a couple years ago Finom had asked for some and um certainly I think maybe like last year's I don't know which ones we have yet but we can you know for anyone who wants to read them they're not you
know it's public record um there's nothing in there that are anything to hide but there is a level of scrutiny the other part too that I uh Marian you kind of mentioned as well um and which was a a big theme is revenue is bringing in you know how do we bring in revenue
and what I also just want to remind uh I think everyone like our public and mayor you probably on a professional level can speak to this is that in order to bring in businesses um and residents to a town one of the things they look at is the
health of the school system and how um how continuously supporting the town is with with funding that um I don't recently Andover laid off 40 people I don't want us to be that small town that has to lay off 11 people because you
know are we're continuously underfunded um and we're not as a town not able to come to a more of a strategic plan on how do we you know address or adapt that So um so it's a two-handed thing in order to bring revenue in you You know
people want to do business in a town that's you know growing and vibrant Um and one of the things that has come up like the bust of Boston magazine you know that's free marketing for us that we've didn't have to pay for except the
only thing that we did was just continue to do things well Like there's been progress over the last couple years that has moved Maynard public schools up in that ranking Um you know do I take it with a grain of salt sure But um people residents and businesses look at that um
when they want to move to Maynard like where did the school district fall so that's free marketing and I certainly don't want to be falling back to 100 um or lower because you know we had to increase school class sizes to 25 across the board or you know to that So I just
there's hand in hand I think is what I want to make sure and Mary and I think it's messaging for sure Um but uh Mary just to make sure I understood your takeaway you would be in favor of doing a multi-year approach for or amending our
recommendation to a multi-year approach Okay So I just want to make sure I'm going to go through everyone to see if that's and then we can go back to like what that number would look like Um Alexis what are your um thoughts
that's okay with your approach I'm not sure I mean I was just doing some math on piece of paper Um and so I don't know And certainly it's the comfort of Brian and me um regarding the reserves but I'm
not sure I go as high uh due to some uncertainty um out there in the world at this particular moment in time Uh but again that means the lower we go in that the more potential staff has to be cut So it's it's a
balancing act and it would be maybe like maybe like FY26 it's 300 but then that subsequent year like if we're you know we're getting the 200,000 then it would be less right that we would have to so it wouldn't be like across the board Okay Like from the outset like
from the onset saying you know what instead of 300 maybe we do 250 this year Uh so that something along those lines where it's a little more of a balance just just in case uh the
funding who knows um for IDBA goes away or is reduced or title one is reduced in some way which is distinctly possible since they got rid of everybody who actually looks at all of the data to make those determinations So uh okay So
you would be you'd be comfortable with a multi-year but maybe looking at the reserve reliance on the reserve Um okay I just want to make sure that initial thought process was okay The initial number um for me um but I'd be okay with
with the multi-year And I think if we go that route that people need to understand that with this also comes the fact that yes it's a compromise but we're also going to be cutting staff Uh and I think people need
to understand that just because we're doing the override this way doesn't mean that everybody's going to get saved uh with this So I think they need to be aware especially those who uh felt we
should just cut uh and I think they need to know that this is coming with cuts uh and that we've made that hard choice um to preserve as much as we possibly
can um for the students and the families but that we are going to be making cuts alongside And I think they need to know Okay I agree Um Maro oh wait just before Mara before you jump in Brian I know you
and I had spoken but for clarity sake for everyone else um you you indicated to me that up to 300 would be okay You felt that that was a number that But I wanted to make sure that I want I wasn't
paraphrasing you in any way Higher I mean we have 220 in there Okay Okay And there's Okay All right No I just wanted to just make sure that so where we wouldn't be
going you know astronomically higher than we know what we were thinking of but that might be so like you know to your point Alexis maybe it's like 250 or something um for that re reserve revolving fund Um or what will we rely
on and then it could be that maybe like again like the bus fees you know those haven't gone up in a while Maybe that goes incrementally like one next year and then the year after you know so it doesn't again all hit at once but it's less um reliance on the budget um to
subsidize it You know not that I ever really want to deal with that but these are the conversations we we need to be thinking about and um and breaking it up So Maro um would you be okay with um just
hearing what are your thoughts on or amending the recommendation or um I think we definitely have to amend it I I just from listening to um you know reading some of the the emails and
listening to what said um the other night Um I definitely think that we need to revisit and you know I I'm not I
don't can't quite get wrap my head around how we we do a multi-year approach but you know that's I guess I have that I have that in the packet So if for everyone's you know my favorite so I don't I don't really
need to totally get that Yeah it's it would basically be multiple articles It would be three different articles I don't think it's going to make sense in order I think that the same way like I feel the same way as you And I think if
I was being asked to post something that's like confusing to me and to think down the line I'd be like I'm not I'm not coming to that like it would freak me out too much too Um but I I you know just just for this year I think we need to lower it Um
so you know I I did see that you had put some stuff in to folder and I did take a look and you know I'm not sure which one right now but So um so there would be um I the the way
Oh and Hillary I just want to make sure I get to Hillary So you would be okay with doing a definitely lowering Um I don't approach Okay All right I I think that it's confusing and I think that we need really clear specific messaging
Like it's already bothering me that we're like five weeks away and we don't have a clear message that we're putting pushing out to voters Um I think that the whole multi-year thing is going to confuse people and I think that when they look at this is what we're ask like
if we're asking for an override now or we're going to ask for an override next year and they were just told that more money is going to hit a year from now for Green Meadow and I think it's going to freak people out and I don't think that I think any benefit we would save by decreasing the number I don't think
we actually would benefit by decreasing the number this year if they know that the total number ends up being the same spread out in this unlimited thing I think it will feel like trying to pull wool over people's eyes by convincing them it's less now but still the same total just delayed a little bit Um I do
think though that we should decrease the amount Um but I think that we I feel like there's three competing priorities There's the town's needs the school's needs and people's individual whole budget needs And I think we need to sort of like spread out the pain amongst
those areas And so I think that we should ask the town for more money from the overall allocation We should like decrease the number to like 700,000 We cut like 200,000 ask the town to make to distribute 200,000 amongst their other
budgets and then also have it override for like 700,000 because I think that you know if like the DPW is going to pursue a new building and you know all the every other department is fully funded the school department should be shouldn't be cutting 11 people like that
doesn't I don't think that the harm should be weighted in that way um I think we need to like look at the town holistically and people's budgets holistically and spread out everything and and like take little pieces from everywhere
So just to make sure I'm understanding you would not want to you would want to just do one override only for this FY26 Um so but you would be in favor of lowering it Um I just want to also recognize um we can't do anything about
other departments um you know cutting um so that's really outside of our purview and we've Mary and I in our budget subcommittee meetings have certainly said that we don't think the school you know should but that's just our our thoughts um doesn't mean that that's
actually going to come to fruition um in in any way So we can't make that effort happen that they're cutting staff on happen but I wonder if like we could negotiate to a to negotiate to somewhere in the middle because right now it's the
town's getting the town has what they want and we have this large deficit and there's been like no ground to try to compromise or come to something in the middle Um and I think that we there needs to be a push for that like and and
that the public's aware of too because I don't think that all the conversation should be directed to us and you know our class sizes and everything like that and I think we need to spread out the conversation and
address issue Yeah Um I also just want to recognize what's in within our control like we can certain we have talked about that um a couple times I know you brought that that particular point up in in in
joint meetings um that the the TA made his recommendation to the select board The select board is the only body who can change actually who we're going to vote on the and that's going to happen on Tuesday So that's when the that's
when it goes to the warrant So um what we can do between now and Tuesday is um focus our efforts on changing our recommendation Now between after Tuesday um you know
certainly you know a lot of things but the warrant is going to be created based on what we are putting forward now There's no other time later to um to change anything else the budget recommendation is already is what it is
um for the TA and the select board So they're not going to be changing significantly Actually they were looking to lower the numbers um now in in the fall right because remember that the state doesn't approve their budget until sometimes like July right or June And so
there is potentially an opportunity in the fall to you know amend the budget in some way I just would like to make sure we understand that we can't mandate we can't you know as do I have a certain personal feel that I that the school shouldn't be carrying Yes I do But I
also want to not focus my time on what I can't change or impact you know and I can't change that I can't impact it Um and I don't think that the school committee is going to be really better off trying to say um I think you should
cut this department because that's not what how they act with us You know I mean to be honest the the select board have not been saying we think you should cut you know this this PE you know they actually are just we're the ones telling
this is how many people we're going to have to cut I don't mean us telling them specific people at all I mean more like approaching it like the low like we could go down to 900,000 It might be worth it to the voters if we could get that number earlier Can you help us in that area
like can you you know can we work together to lower that number below 900,000 by looking at you know the town budget as a whole Um um so what happens for now in in voting um when it when it comes to overrides
just from a a clarity perspective So if we were to do um if the budget if the override gets passed for a larger amount let's just say you know what we decide not to change We're just going to go in with one number and it's a million dollars
But then just and then we get you know the the currently pencled in 2.5 but let's just say that that number goes up right the state then we don't have to take all of that you know what's been you know allocated that that million it
could just go to the levy limit it just increases the levy limit and so we might say oh great let's just say they can give us 3.5% from the operating right just says there's in influx of chapter 70 money and that would be it so we don't have to take the override amount
we're just saying what we know now this is what we want to kind of reserve right we want to agree to this so like at FY20 27 and FY28 we can say what we know now this is what we want to like guarantee that we would we'd be asking to get in
those like above the the levy limit Now if the allocation comes in those years fine then it doesn't we don't need to tap into that amount necessarily but we're saying now we're going to what we know now we are going to need these
amounts because we we can't fund we already know we're going to need those amounts So that's where we're say we're just spreading it out It is not I guess voters that they should vote to allow us to do additional override money in the years to come with the hope that maybe
we won't actually do it like to approve something with the hope that we won't actually do it That's what doing this these override that's what I'm saying multi we would be spreading it out um once you get to that year if the budget allocations like revenues come in um are not the same it
just increases the levy limit um I get that I feel like voters they're not going to care that like we're saying that don't like approve this money but we might not actually take it so like I feel like they're going to figure once they're approving it they're approving it like they have to be willing to put up the money well
Right Either way um we need it So whether we ask them this year or next year it's it's more about the effort like having these conversations and you know you know the campaigning that's required to go out and do an override
multiple years is I mean it's it's not insignificant you know and so if we have people voting on it just saying look we we want to ease the burden that we're feeling now and hopefully there's some recovery that people are going to feel by next year like their retirement accounts will have bounced back you know
cuz people are making an emotional decision based on what they know right now And you know that could totally be different landscape you know on the national level by next year now for something next year when they have fear
for next year The fe Okay Yeah I I think it's just a matter I just want to kind of go back to like I I hear what you're saying about that I think is based on feedback that we we've heard and um it was something feedback about the money that amount
being too high and I look at that amount and I think I can't afford my bills currently The idea of increasing it the amount we're asking is crazy to me I panic and feeling if that number were to go down I would panic less Being told some of it you're going to pay now and some
of it you're going to pay next year doesn't make me feel better personally And so I feel like I wouldn't expect community members to feel better better by spreading it out to next year because it still ends up being the same amount eventually
because the need is still there Hillary I mean that's the thing I totally get that but I'm just saying that I don't think that we're we're helping anything by doing a tiered approach That's my that's my point Okay All right Well that's what I wanted to open the conversation for for again just trying
to recognize that um you know how do we come across and being responsive to where we doing without completely losing the opportunity to get an override um and so approach is
responsive to the concerns about the cost Um I I do I do because right now for me personally huh even though it's ultimately the same amount of money Yeah Because a year from now people what
people are going to be feeling right now is people are I think a lot of looking at you know anyone's looking at their 401k have lost a lot So things could potentially change in a year I don't I don't know We don't know what's to to
the the conversation piece on um that Alexis brought up We don't know what's going to happen on the federal level but we do know that we can't go those other years relying on our reserve funds at 300,000 We do know that So that's where
we would be looking to not have that reliance it would be to reduce that uh reliance in those subsequent years because we recognize that's not a healthy and a sustainable approaching on people's faith that the federal government is going to be doing
a better job next year and year two over president a four-year term I don't know anything Hillary I'm just trying to provide be responsive to what people are thinking about right now And so I think controlling right now
um what we can do and what we offer people for FY26 is um and not not saying we don't need these other things Um because that's the the piece that I've heard people worry about like people have said oh you you know you change it then
they're going to think that you don't need these other things and that's not the case We do need the other money That's why we've pulled back as much as we have and I don't want to send the message that we don't need this money at all in these subsequent years There's also certain guaranteed
staffing funding that we need to make sure is there um in those subsequent years that it needs to exist that I want to recognize um as well I totally get that we need it
I feel like 900,000 that passes is better than 1.1 million that fails So um are you saying that you would you're you would want to stick with one but that number you would want 900,000
i don't have a I haven't put a ton of thought into 900,000 versus like you know 999,000 or some other number Like I think that we should take the feedback that we've gotten and decrease the number some I
don't um I'm not certain about how much Um okay So just to move these conversations along I think I'm going to make a motion that we recommend amending our re I we we amend our
recommendation to a multi-year approach and um we can follow up in a subsequent vote on what that would be I need a second I don't I don't understand I don't either I thought we were going to do
numbers as well Well I I think we first need to make sure that we're we the idea of doing a multi-year is is what we're agreeing to first because there's we need to decide that and then if we are in agreement then we can go back and do another motion of what that would be If
we if the consensus or the majority is we should do a multi-year If the majority is not we don't do a multi-year then we go back and revisit just a single year and what that would be So this is where I'm trying to get us to a place of like what are first what is our
approach going to be and then we can talk numbers Did you say you second Mary okay Any any further discussion on the strategy to um amend a recommendation to a
multi-year approach Okay Um roll call Mary Oh I can't hear you Yes Yes Okay Sorry Alexis yes Maro yes Hillary no Okay Natasha is
yes So we will proceed now with doing a multi-year And I think now we need to decide on what that multi-year option would look like Um and so I think we've talked a couple of different numbers
um from I don't know seven I just want to make sure like it sounds like what if we look at 250 as the reserve like for year one then maybe we work backwards from that So is how does everyone feel about
um relying on 250 for the reserve for your FY26 does that sound palatable for quite understand how the numbers work because we were already with the 1.1 we were going to be using a 100,000
in reserves If you go down to say 700 then well we're not going to be we're not going to be also asking for the athletic trainer in um in that FY26
um as well So that's going to be one option that kind of frees up you know from from that ask Yes My question is would it be 250 plus the 100 that we had already decided so it would be a total
of 350 No No This would be this would be totally like revamping that So yeah it would be a 250 on the reserve um for year one and then um and Brian just correct me I think Oh yeah You had um
Sorry you had um some hand up Oh yes Okay Sorry you're like so tiny on my screen I minimized Okay I took a walk down We're all looking at the same sheet which I I spent a fair amount of time today with Colleen and talking with other people to put together options for
this And if you look at it you're all looking at it right so on the far left is the green That would be if the community said I'll fully fund 1.1 everything So it's fully funded We
maintain everything I didn't get the feeling that was likely given the conversation I did get the feeling that people supported education but they're struggling with what everything everybody's talked about tonight If you go all the way to the right of the column that was what was a bus So
they'll override or fail at whatever level of nothing we just all everything we've talked about So then we sort of came back to let's start to play the game that Ash and I talked about and let's plug in some different numbers So what I heard in the last few minutes was
people were com strategically comfortable with using about 200 or $230,000 of our reserves which if you look at that would be the yellow one It's sort of in the middle it would be
asking so if we use $230,000 of our reserves it would require us to ask for a $600,000 override and then you can see above that we would still be reducing several you know one two three four
personnel um which is drastically different than 11 this I would love to reduce nobody but we I've sort of heard you know just people can't afford for 1.1 that's not
likely to pass neither and I my takeaway was neither was a million or 900 or 800 that those were just two bigger numbers given everything else and given the level of uncertainty at the federal level So we worked hard to come up with
well what could we what would we save will we still reduce and do we think I I did do feel like asking for 600 would be manageable for most it's it's like almost in half but it reduces
our uh reductions significantly there's still reductions I mean every option has some this is a lot less painful for students for the district and you can see there's some
other options I sort of some require significantly higher use of revolving that I think I would recommend but I wanted to put it on there so you could see what would happen to get to that number it's 230 where you're comfortable with what's your comfort with a revolver at 230 yeah we can do 230 and maintain
the pair of professional contract so that was kind of the for me I wanted a number that I can maintain the tenatively negot negotiated paraprofessional contract and we have some research So we yes in talking with
Wayne we can do that Uh what about like 230 so I felt like so the high was looking at trying to get the ask as low as possible I was really trying to get it to five but I
could get it to five and make the reserves work comfortably Yeah But I could get to six And I felt like that might be a number that people in town would recognize that we heard them We're still making reductions but we're not making we're not asking for everything
We still can tell you both We know what we want But this is sort of as you said we've negotiated a middle of the road I really like the piece that you're you're so um um careful about taking care of our professional um contracts
too Really appreciate that I think we I think that will help us I feel like that part's not optional Right Right And so but it is because if we go for everything and we don't get it I can't fund it No I get that But I feel like as far as our
discussion that's not optional We we need to do this Okay So I just wanted to this chart was kind of I just wanted to make sure everybody understood the way I understood that's so um thanks thanks Brian
Um so looking at the chart is everyone um how does everyone feel about that and then again if we talk about like multi-year then it would be like in the subsequent year we would be you know doing like 200 whatever This would be
like adding in like the athletic trainer maybe in year year two or three and then um lowering the reliance on the reserve would be what that funding in those subsequent years would be I have a math question for Brian Sorry
Brian I know you weren't a math teacher That is not but I I gave her in front of me So you're working on book 1.1 correct that's in the budget overview that went out to public form the other day Yes However to get to that
1.1 you already anticipated using $150,000 of reserve funds So isn't it 150,000 plus what you have in this spreadsheet to get because you've already gotten us
down to 1.1 using some reserve money So wouldn't it be that 150,000 plus additional reserve money yes Like 380 right i asked Yeah So in the original presentation it actually has 220
coming out of revolving Well I'm looking at the one you did the other night Has like 147 or something like that or one slide Slide eight from the other night Yeah We're dealing with the
1.1 because we had already brought it down Yeah Because it was what like 1.25 something like that Remember remember we're also taking out the athletic trainer in the year one So we would that one personnel for athletics
was on the chart Yeah Okay Yeah Okay So So yeah it might so the 230 might be three So that's where I think the 700 might be So then my question is if it goes as
high as 380 are you comfortable really would be comfortable with I'm not comfortable I mean that's scary It is a little scary I sleep with both I'll be honest I would lose a little sleep with
I don't like it Yeah I think we should do 700 I don't know that 700 So so do I hear like are people comfortable with 700 like I just want to I feel like everyone seems to be kind of gravitating
to that Mary do you have a question yeah 650 Can we split the difference yeah I can do 650 version I don't have it but they're not they're solid They've made I mean they haven't panicked but we're still working hard to make sure we get
something So yeah 650 is in the middle I can do that tomorrow Okay So I just want to make sure I'm just doing a straw poll for that number Mary 650 sounds good
650 Yeah Alexis Yeah Maro No No You said no Maro No I said yes Sorry your yes Your no your yes sounded like no I couldn't tell Yeah Okay Um Hillary
okay so 650 for that first number and then but it just want to make sure what that because what that means for relying on the revolver Um I think what we want to say is no more than three right so we we would I want to make sure we're
getting there Like that's the part that for me Brian is anything over three worries me Maybe I'll work on it in the morning to come up with exact numbers I mean okay Okay But I I hear everybody
loud and clear to keep keep them Okay Okay So um So um can we just go back for a second um the it's $25 for $100,000 right yes So
650 is like um Yeah I have that's $13 a month for the average family Well yeah So when we get um actually I have the the link um from the the the DLS
um website of what that comes out to Hold on for one year Too much So for 650 it calculates $152.13 How much
$152.13 for per for a year per year for that one for the 650 Okay Okay So it would go if you had a house in Mayor that was worth $1.5 million would
run Okay Thank you That's okay The maximum based upon this would be $434 for the year Well don't do that Two $500,000 houses Well that's what the 152 is based off Okay It's based off of uh 543,324
Yeah that's the average Okay So yeah So it's about one one Well for FY25 it's like 152 Um so like they would be putting updates for FY26
whatever that might be Um and then for do we want to again just because the reliance on that revolving that number I think is only what we're saying is we're only barely comfortable for FY26 at that
level So in that subsequent those subsequent years we would be asking for an addition you know that additional amounts so that we would be able to again reduce our reliance on on those
because it's not sustainable Does that seem also agreeable it didn't submit I'm a I'm a person Sorry person Um so in the tiered
approach if we did like 650 this year not add another 250 for the next one So like 900,000 for the second year and then we add 300,000 for the third year it goes up to $1.2 million The total of
it is 2.75 million If we were to have done 1.1 for all three years it's 3.3 So we're actually going out and asking for almost $600,000 less uh from the town of Mayor over the
course of the three years Wait wait hold on I I think I lost you on on that math a bit I get that I just feel like which I know is the problem that Yeah If I'm asked to pay $12 extra a month I have no problem right if I'm
asked to pay $12 extra a month and some amount next year and some amount next year I start getting Yeah I feel like with the way our government is right now I don't even want to like think about next year And I feel like I like I have like a fear reaction and I know other
people have fear reactions to that Um I feel like my my reaction personally is taxpayer and I want to think about that when we get there because maybe next year if we're in a crisis mode we need to make maybe people have maybe quarter of the population has lost their job and
it isn't you know like I or maybe something really good Yeah And that's working out well Yeah Sure I don't want to like But no you're right I don't think that we can lock ourselves in at this moment We say this is what we're doing this
year There's a very good likelihood that we will come back to you either next year or the following year because obviously we have to make cuts We have to make cuts All right So I just want to recognize we've already voted on a multi-year approach So I just want to
like this is where we're going to move forward with like a decision and keep moving Um because then I need to spend time on putting language together on whatever it is that we're voting on Um so lock ourselves into numbers for the
following two years because we don't know what the economy is going to look like We might Yeah But that that that we're not locking ourselves into our our overall allocation like if revenue increases for the town That's it's just
no we could always go So this is just voting for this year If we need next year more money we could say look we now need an additional 100red or whatever because this is just saying the voting for this particular would happen now That would be but it doesn't preclude
you from going if things change which they can always change you could go back and say well like hey we have federal funds now And so now um in addition to this 200,000 we now but we don't have data on that now to to say and what that
would be but we do know we need we can't do three mill or 300,000 in subsequent years you know and so right now we're kind of being flexible but that is part of that multi-year is is is offsetting
that reliance on of that 300 00,000 in those years And so asking for that say this is because that's the risk We don't know in the fall if we're going to have an issue We're going to lose funding and we can't wait until annual
town meeting to do another override That doesn't make sense Like if we need more money in October the fact that we've forced people into accepting an an additional override for the next year doesn't help us in October Well no the I mean they could actually well the state
budget could hopefully provide some relief at some place but it's just building in the the override So I just wanted to understand what that number would be in the subsequent years that we are are doing So we said 650 right okay I think
that's what everyone said that year one 650 or Yes Yeah We're all Yes Okay And so what would we do for the the other do we want to do one year do we want to do it two year to be revisited yeah And I think we we need to be honest with voters explain to
them that we're using the rest of our funds and we're very likely back to it But so do we we need to provide a recommendation to the select board um so I can send them something that they would be able to include in the
warrant because they're voting on Tuesday I don't I mean I know I said I wanted to do the tiered approach and I understand that that the thought process in that but I don't understand how we're going to word it or explain or any
voters especially in special comments in a warrant Okay So let me just if you want to go to the the document that is in our packet for
um hold on let me just get back to it Um number eight where it says prop complete prop 2 school override Yeah Okay Um so um towards
the and hold on So a lot of this is just like authority Um okay [Music] Um oh wait hold on How many go rides it's contingent Sorry I was doing
this really fast earlier today It's contingent Um give me just one moment because I have four different files I was working on earlier to try to get Oh Oh well actually you know what i
found it Sorry I think I maybe saved the Let's see U multi-year Okay I'm gonna save something I'm going to just uh put it in our folder and then um give me just one
moment Colleen I might um All right And I just emailed the revised numbers with the 650 on the override Okay Thank you And I'm actually um about to move um I just uploaded it to my my drive
real quick Um I'm about to move a document over into So in just one moment everyone might be able to do a refresh on what that was So I apologize Today's been a bit crazy
with trying to get information Okay Um right now I'm [Music] moving this over to Okay So if everyone is able to do
um a refresh in in our folder you should be able to see a document in there that says multi-year school override examples Sorry I thought this I thought this was saved
in Sorry I like again trying to get all the information together has been a bit of a crazy day Um so it would be broken out into three different
questions Okay And so you have required language that you would be putting in there You'd have um there's you know information about what is acceptable what is not acceptable to put in there Um and then
there's information about um you know the ballot um as well So I see the way that it's written down So basically at 700 is what you're
saying to people and then for the second for fiscal year 27 we're asking for an extra whatever 200,000 250,000 whatever it is and then which will total for us for the two years whatever that is and
then for the third year we want you to say yes you can have an extra 200,000 if that year basically Yeah So this would be the for the this is what these are the this is the legal you like the language that would be So
it would be very clear questions on them Um and they they could not like Hillary like they might not vote on them you know and maybe we'd only get 700 and we'd still be back next year right um the worst the worst case is that people might vote on it you know i think that's
actually a good thing And if um I wouldn't want us not to ask if we know we're going to need it Um we might need more and like that's also possible as well I just not trying seems I don't know Um when we we know
we're going to need it now seems a little bit I don't know Um I don't know I just didn't for me individually didn't find that approach um because then we're saying we only need this and that's not
true We don't only we need more than 650 over the course of what's coming You know that's only going to address one year And the whole point of this was trying to alleviate having to come
back in multiple years So if we can get positive votes on all of them then we would be achieving it It's just spreading it out Now again that approach may not work for anybody like you know you said people are like look at the total dollars
but it's just a strategy um for that and there's a lot that could happen um between now and you know other years So um but this is at least saying we know we're going to need this you know over
minimally We could need more Um but if we do need less this is just adding to that levy cap so that um if we happen to get more then it just increases the levy cap and then we maybe the the tax rate gets changed No set
differently But as of what we know now we know that we need it Wanted to note the time because we still have the executive session Yeah I think the executive session will be pretty pretty short Um but thank you
So with that and again the numbers are like so the first number would be you know 650 I guess is what we're saying um that we would be penciling in and then we would spread out over two or three years the the difference
um nothing guarantees that it gets approved right it's just you know it might it might not be devil's advocate um it's just going to be too confusing at town meetings so that people actually think that they are
voting for three years instead of one And also at the ballot what is the language going to be it's three years They are voting for three years So they're automatically voting for three years Yeah Yeah It's just that's that's what we that's that multi-year
option is you're voting for three years It just year one is not the larger amount I think we make it more up It's just
gonna we just say 615 this year There's a high likelihood that if the it's the economy is so volatile we don't know what next year is going to bring but there's a likelihood we're going to have to back to you either next year or the following year don't know what the number is We are just trying to just do
with the facts Show me the facts This is this is based on what we're doing now I just would like to also recognize the work that goes into doing an override effort and we as a school committee cannot call a special election All right so in subsequent years there
is no guarantee that the select board is going to actually hold a special election They're only holding it now for sure because we have the senior center that's going out there and they've agreed this year to entertain There is
no guarantee that they will actually schedule another special election in subsequent years So I just want to make sure we factor that into our strategy that right now is the only year that we have gotten a sense of certainty
that we will be having a special election we can't compel them and there's no way to do it So that's the risk that you would be taking by saying you know we could how long have we been talking about trying to get an override even on and this is years in the making and it's taken this
long I do not have faith and confidence that they would actually have um an override question just for the school in in following years If anyone else feels differently I would love to understand how you come to that approach But that's why I would
like to do this multi-year now because at least we're getting an opportunity to have the ask now that we will not be guaranteed to have in future years I don't know if that matters at all to anyone you know going into the like
you're thinking about revisiting next year If you think that there's a lot of confidence that slug board is going to call a special election or open put a ballot question on that I by all means share I think legitimate fear but I think I have a ton of fears come next
year and everywhere And I think right now I don't want to have to cut 11 positions if we can avoid it We want to do everything we can to get this year to work And I think anything that jeopardizes that is not worth it
Nothing People can only vote for FY26 if there's complicated It's like a P like that's not I don't think they're going to break it up in their heads that way They're going to think okay they're asking this this this and we're not doing that It's it's not a lot It's just
saying year one is one So it's one year is going to say it says now we have the option of if you want to vote on something the subsequent years this is what this is what that would be They could vote no but I think the public has a right to vote on it Is it three separate questions
yes So this is similar to what we were do what we talked about originally saying we're going to have one number that's our like drop dead and then we could ask them on question if question one passes then we
ask for an extra $200,000 and if that one doesn't pass then that one doesn't pass No that was that was more of that was the tiered but that was happening all in one year This is the multi-year where it's just basically saying we're but it's the same
concept So they could they it's each vote is independent of each right Right Vote number one they would have to say yes on vote one for this year to get to vote number two Because
if they say no to this year then we're not getting anything in year two or three right we're just screwed But that would be I mean like the only thing we could do is we can't lower it anymore anyway So like we would be we would be we would be lost anyway because
I'm not saying that I'm just understanding the mechanics Yeah Yeah of how this would work with the people in the room Uh so if they vote down question one then no matter what question two or three don't go But they
could say yes for question one and give us $650,000 for the year and then vote down and say "All right maybe we'll do yes for number two but we're not going to question three is a bridge too far
because we plan out that far ahead." Or we say year two is the higher number like we just break it up into two years you know um and we don't have a third year I like that's again for discussion So if the committee wants to
you know break it up into two say 650 and then whatever another next year whatever that comes out to that's also a possibility and they could vote only one year maybe that's better more palatable
instead of three years So you're not looking that far ahead you know as what Hillary's saying or worrying about Do people prefer to do two years or I can't I can't hear too much So I want
to hear the conversation Um I'm just trying to do the math in my head Like so then if we do only do two years to get to 1.1 that's that's the goal is to get to 1.1
I think that's I think that was Yeah that was that was looking at it that way Yep But I don't think we're going to get there I don't think I don't think at the moment if we break it up into two years that people
are going to say "Okay sure I'll give you I'll take it up to that 1.1 next year." Oh do you have a lot of faith things are going to be better next year no I have a lot of faith that things are going to be a lot worse next year However I can't live in that fear
Uh and I wouldn't include that person making a decision based upon that fear Uh so 650 would be one year and then it'll be like 450 um in in year two if we're looking to split up the
1.1 So I have a question So I'm wondering if there's a little confusion We're really talking about two votes this year in May The warrant vote at the town meeting to put it on a special election So the warrant vote is that one
vote for the three tiered thing So the the art Yeah these would be art different articles So you'd have if you two like they'd be two different articles if we say two years It would be one would be you know this year and one would be the other year said split into separate articles on the town meeting
vote right exactly So the town would vote on the different ones or independent votes Um and then the ballot question would also be you know too So they both would have to be included on the warrant Yes But ballot is separate
because the ballots have to go out prior to town meeting So Well they're they're setting that also by Tuesday So that's where we you know we would the recommendation would be this doesn't pass at town meeting but it passes at
the ballot box If it pass we could we could sponsor another article for fall Um if it passes at the ballot box you have 90 days um to then you know get people to vote on it So we have like low
turnout or something then um you know we can't call in a new election So that would be the the best of the worst options If it passes at the ballot that means we need to you know push for more um at at special town meeting We might get another pass at it Um and we could
sponsor our own article for that But if it fails at town meeting um I mean if it passes at town meeting and fails at the ballot we're we we can't call another special election then it's done Period Then we're Right
Right Unless the select board um calls an election and we we've seen how that works Um so that's you know kind of where we are Um Mary special election we would only be voting on the
specific FY26 is here um for no we would both questions would be on there for both um FY26 and this both both whatever is on the ballot whatever's in the articles has to be
matched you know in for the ballot So um Mary just want to I know we're wanting to get everyone's thoughts on so we can kind of come to a place of consensus
Um a bit I'm hearing like 650 Do we feel that two years we want to try two years or do you want to break it out to three years i know you're trying to get to the 1.1 in the end So that remains the
base However [Music] based upon the feedback from the other nine no matter how we try and play this they don't want $1.1 million That's not what they want
seem to be better And I get this concept and I understand it but it does feel a little sneaky at the end that we're still trying to get to the same place when people didn't want that from the beginning because it would
be too hard Uh I almost feel like it's worse as one being sneaky than it could be fun Uh so I feel I don't think there's any sneakiness about it I mean we're talking about it in a public meeting and we the numbers will be
posted and you know no So let me explain the sneakiness of it that yes we're not making we're not asking you to vote on that for this year
However for next year if you say yes on number two we just got here to the 1.1 that we originally wanted that you said was a bridge too far in terms of money that was coming out of their bank
accounts Uh so I feel as though we've got to come up with a way and this is where we need a way Um I think to try and figure
out in subsequent years what can we actually No I'm just trying to figure out like how much of our followers we can use right because I and I know that's a it's tricky because I feel like we could
probably run the same pretty flat So if we're anticipating in the high twos we could probably think we can run in the high twos Yeah In preschool alone we haven't been using that as much Uh we can actually use that
for ages for preschool teachers and preschool and that brings in a roughly $2,000 a year So do we want to say like in that second year like you know um like 350 under that total amount of a million
dollars by the end of this to make people comfortable with what they're doing That we're we're listening We're hearing that that Yeah You know that you really right now makes people scared
People are scared Uh and so we know that and we're taking that into consideration And not only that but we're dropping that 1.1 down So by the end I mean it could put us in a slightly precarious position
um for year three and year four beyond that but we haven't heard enough time planning for next week at the moment So uh I feel like we've got to make that
total like by the end of next year but for that next fiscal year if you vote on this that you're actually saying "Okay you're approving a total of and I'm throwing out a random number that might not work at all like a total of
$850,000 We heard you We know it's not going to be 1.1 We're breaking it up to help people add it up They're going to add it up in their right and say "Okay it's
$850,000 that we're giving the schools in the end That's what we're giving them We use more reserve this year We might not have to use as much next year And we're closer to the 1.1 than we were
before So do you say that that that second year 250 then i think that's what it would come out to or 225 So it's 650 the first year and 225 that second year Yeah I I
mean I think we've got a I think that's the total we can get people to vote for now because that's what they're going to vote for is the total right so the total is if we think that the town is going to pay 850 we do some accommodation that we think they're
able to pay 900 that like I think we need we need to plan figure out what the total amount that we think we can ask for is I mean fear is completely psychological and illogical all at the same time
Uh so if that's the case though I just will say that like then then maybe the first number is then higher because if we're saying 850 then people might just say 850 the first year and that's it you know and then people who want to try to fund more
then might do the second you know the second option um or I just want to make sure like I want to make sure we're we're you know there was a couple of things we're talking about like right now in this moment people are looking at like their retirements like
what they can spend right now right like they're talking about what I can in my mind now like and it's emotional so that's where that lower number would be but people have the chance to vote on if they want that subsequent they don't have to you know it's just putting it
out there because I think we all say we do feel that there's a need for it They're still going to be thinking about how they feel right now thinking about that NIM number for next year We still need to take that out right and they
might they might not vote on next like they might just say the next year's is not and they just vote on one you know right but I think if we go too high on that number we're sort of we we've lost completely Okay So what are we proposing what are we proposing
is it 200 or 250 what are we saying 250 Deal next year All right So is that second number is it 650 and 250 that's what I I think we should do
All right Mary what do you think 650 All right So Hillary 650 250 No No Okay I I don't feel like we can ask for 900 I think it's too much and we'll lose totally
No people don't Then then they don't have to vote for the second one They just vote for the one I don't think that's how they're going to think about in their head And I think if we ask for 900 totally it's going to fail But why it's two different votes They're two different independent votes I understand that but that's not how people I think
are going to think about it And I think it will fail if we ask for 900 total in that Even if it's two votes I think they're going to read that thing add up the two and say the school wants 900 That's too much Okay they can vote now Um but I'm one vote Everybody else can
vote for it And Okay All right Um so I I think people I think people would appreciate that compromise that we're breaking it up into two different votes Um and they could certainly not vote on the second one at all
But um Mary what are you what are you is what are you I can't hear you Alexis just said 225 We're negotiating I'm negotiating over here I said you're the real estate person Like
like people's brains What do people you know if you're looking at a house that's 900,000 or 875 which is completely negligible in the amount of money you pay every single month um psychologically when you're selling a
house I don't think the second number varies that much between 225 Okay So yeah No but I'm thinking 875 versus 900 So are we I I I don't I don't I don't know where we we left off I can't hear
So he's saying 650 and 225 650 I don't know I feel like a um at an auction I'm I'm at an auction here Like all right I'm going to make I'm going to make a motion that we uh recommend
people listen to this like making out of thin air 650 for FY26 and oh darn um two was it 225 for
FY 27 Seven No Is that what you're proposing so I'm seconding Yeah I um whatever whatever Yeah that that kind of or or not And then I can you know we we're back where we are Yeah If you want to second we can
talk more about it For us against us As long as we can message that you can vote for first year at 650 to be done with I think we can explain logically
650 year I don't know that they'll go any further than that right now because of the level of uncertainty in the world I'm not opposed to going back next year for 250 but we have no certainty that that the select board is gonna the select board
may say no but right now I think the select board would support us I don't see that they're against schools I think they're just concerned about the tax bill So right a year out from now I would take that risk and ask for it a
year out So so don't lock ourselves in Don't do the multiplayer right make it simple It's simple for six people right now I think we would probably get more people to vote for that that are nervous
because realistically we came in at 1.1 heard them We reduced we still have some reductions but we still have our system moving forward and we'll cross the bridge if we get there I think it's also a good point that you have numbers to justify the 650 Like 650
is a very well thoughtout number in terms of what cuts are sustainable what reserve fund is doable I feel like once we get it like what's our justification for 225 or 250 next year just that we're nervous that we money No it's that we want to rely less on our revolver That's
that's what it is Is that we recognize that doing 300 is not what we want That's purely um my concern is that we we need a message that that's not a sustainable like what we're going to be doing for
FY26 is not sustainable And just along those lines I think it's important that we say that like this is what this is This is like this is a onetime year fix for FY26 We can't do that for FY27 And that's that's my
worry And I don't know if we're going to get another opportunity to to make that case or ask And I honestly the work that it takes to get the select board to put something on the ballot I'm my confidence is not high So I'd rather just ask People say no Let's it
should be a a town vote Like let them vote on it Take a vote No Yes No And then there we are You know we were No we just get one vote So sneaky or B they don't understand Yeah So we want What's sneaky about it you're
the total number is still lower It's a different way of getting up to the number that But it's lower It's lower It's It's 875 There's too much uncertainty out there to that's you know Hillary and Brian
said to even figure out next year Um so go with the simple 650 that we know we just back it up and then we see what next year brings and we say to people we may have to come back again but you know we don't know what
that's going to look like My fear is we're going to have to come back every year Yeah Yeah And I don't feel that we will be you know to be honest whoever the chair of the school committee is next year Good luck
I will say that So all these people who want to tee it up for next year I expect you to be the ones to say I will run the school committee next next year as well and be the ones who are engaging with the select board every member all the time
to try to get this to where we are because it's not an easy effort and it's not an assumed That's five years to get here Yes it has and so I to be honest I'm spent I people
like you know who put in the effort like hey it's a lot of work I agree it's I would love to be a I have less confidence that it's going to even be able to be done So if that's what someone wants to do and take up as our project for next year please by all
means Um but it's easy to say we will do this when it's not we everybody doing it And I'm sorry just like it's just it's a lot And I think that it's irresponsible for us not to knowing that 650 is not going to be
enough We just made the case that we need like over the course we don't 1.1 and we're saying now oh we're fine with 650 That's not that's not true We know that it's not true Why would we even go into I can't say that with a straight face to anybody saying nope we'll be
fine with 650 that we'll be back to ask There's no guarantee we're going to be able to ask again And for anyone who's saying that like the people don't aren't going to understand what they aren't going to understand a ballot question this much
in this year of course like people aren't you know they the worst they say is no and it's less overall So I don't know I I'm right now I'm just kind of like I'm stuck right there's a motion on the table There's a
second We need to either move forward or we leave it as is then So the motion is 650 and 225 Yes I call
Um any any further discussion no when I call there's no more discussion We're Oh okay Sorry Thank you I I thought you said I coughed Follow the question Okay All right Um roll call Mary
Yes Alexis yes Maro yes Hillary no Okay Natasha is a yes All right So I know like I'll be honest we could change this
on the floor You know there is the possibility It's not the the best option but we just need to put something you know forward if we need So I will work on this information letting the select board know that we are recommending
um we're amending our recommendation um and with and they they may say we don't like that I have no idea But um and could do whatever they want at this point Um and I think we focus energy on how do we
educate the public on what that might be And then we'll have to update presentations and and all that Um and also thank you all I know this is t I'm tired Everyone's tired Uh I'm sorry So
um all right Um then I think the next thing would be um I just want to get um I probably should have said this in the earlier motion [Music] Um I'll just make a motion that the
school committee allows me to um craft language regarding the recommendation to provide to because I don't have anything final right now to provide to the select board
um for the previously voted on recommendation articles Second Okay Any further discussion no Okay Mary yes Alexis yes
Maro yes Hillary yes Natasha yes Okay Thank you very much Um now I think we moving on and I don't even know where we're at now What's on next on the agenda is it um
chair executive session yeah I don't think we have any um the only other Yeah we went over the dates Um I think that's it And then Brian you mentioned about uh the ground uh the ground the
um next on the 15th for Yes Is everyone um able to go or who's if it's the 15th yeah the 15th that morning
Oh pending weather I guess that's the the the X variable right is if if the weather compromises as along with our plans If not it'll be the 16th Okay Um so now let
me get back to the agenda and then we can go into executive session Um are we okay with tableabling um all the other information for does anyone have any comments or
anything they want to say or strongly or are we okay with just moving in to executive session huh i want a table and go to executive session Okay great All right All right Uh my my tab just closed Does
anyone want to read over the um the I had too many windows open and I closed my agenda There's for that Yeah it's right there It's right there It's right here Right there Yeah the executive session that we'll now uh
we're now going to move into executive session under MGL chapter 3A section 21A 3 to discuss strategy for collective bargaining with the um MESA parap
professionals union since an open meeting will have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of public body and the chair so declares The school committee will not return to open session Okay Then roll call
Want me to do that sure And roll call Mary Yes Alexis Yes Yes Natasha Yes Oh well Hillary Yes Okay How can I bite