everyone. Um, I guess I'll just start right in. Um, in accordance with open meeting law regulation 940 CMR 29.10, please be advised that school committee
members um, same name. Oh, supposed to name who's here. Oh, okay. Great. Okay. Mary Bran here, right? Are we
Oh, we don't have to. It's our first time. Sorry. It's a new script. Yeah. Oh. Um, so Mary Browning, Briettz, Alexis Fishbone, Mark Hogan, um, Natasha
is not here tonight are attending this meeting not remotely. In addition, because there are committee members, there are no committee members remotely. Correct. Um,
we will not be um taking um votes via roll call. Um okay. Well, I think the part any school committee member not clearly audible to fellow members or any member of the public. Oh, okay. Yeah. Okay. Lastly, if any
school committee members are not clearly audible to fellow members or to any members of the public, please notify the chair immediately and we will do our best to remedy the problem and we'll inform the public whether the meeting will continue. Okay.
All right. So, it's been a long time since we've had an actual meeting. Um, do I just need to do call to order just Oh, yep. Let's just call to order. We don't vote. State the
meeting start time. Okay. Meeting start time is 7:06. All right. Do we have any urgent business? Do we have any public comments? We haven't had don't have anything. No, we do not.
Anybody here? Okay. Superintendent report. Excellent. I'm so excited to be here. Look at that. We got people in the audience. Look how happy they are.
I will just start by saying we have really are entire team custodians, technology, administrators, teachers, everybody has worked really hard under so get the buildings
cleaned and ready for students. Food service has been back. they will be providing breakfast a simple breakfast to staff on Monday. Um so just everybody really and you know it's a small district everybody wears multiple hats.
Everybody in the for this summer um with us we have Wayne with us um tonight and we have online we have Newman and Kenny. So excited that so many people have taken time to attend our meeting. In terms of summer, there's been some
just continued work on curriculum, um, professional development. You were one of the lucky people who participated in the book club or the book generation. You got a lot out of that. I, in fact, we all um, as leadership people read the
book. Great book. Um, some of you probably read it really well. Some about 30 plus people participated in book study group and we'll run another one in fall group because we have that many interesting people and really interesting book just about growing up
and technology and how that impacts growing up in terms of free time just skills that you acquire. if you think back 30 years ago or 40 years growing up whatever versus today
and how phones and things like that impact that. So great choice of books. I think that was I should I think it was I think that was Kate Maria Green her recommendation she read the book book
study and she'll be reading the next one but as a team we read it and really enjoyed it and sort of processed through some of that. Yes, question. um just a a suggestion because there were so many like just quick oneliners that I was thinking wouldn't it be great if we
could because most people won't have the opportunity to read it but just the the more poignant points just like you know put in the the superintendent's notes like you know once every other week or something like that the sign came out of the anxious generation just for people
to think about so much great information for especially young parents and So great suggest uh updates we have been working hard with I already talked about facilities and technology I
mean interesting we have grants midsummer grants so at the beginning of July we had no because everything was kind of on hold and we really know
right away temporarily by the end of July was almost already in the state is but it's taken a couple weeks for us to actually trickle down to the federal level to the state level the department of education so that we have access
um but I'm happy to say that it has worked out that'll pay for almost with a few and we'll be updating that for you um Green Elementary school building. If you've driven by, which I'm
sure you have because you live in town, it's hard not to drive by. Um, you can actually now really see the building. Super exciting. We talk about it. We look at floor plans and it has some level of understanding, but to actually see section A, B, C, and see the steel
up. Um, really exciting. It sort of starts to take shape in terms of why does it cost? It's a It is a large structure. Um it be really exciting. Uh you know as the months go on it just takes great shape and it goes really
fast to be honest. Uh we had a lot of meetings about that. Um and it's you know it's not always going to be smooth. We have Aaron uh principal inquest here has put out memos most recently today
with a video about um drop off and take off meadow which that's changed a little parking hasn't changed like our staff is still parking the parking lot they haven't lost any spaces park is still open like like it was um they still come
up they go down Tiger Drive as opposed to coming up to the bus circle that's reserved for buses and vans. Uh the interimm playground, which has been a hot topic of conversation. Um if you drive by, you can actually see it. And the the parts of playground
actual equipment, if you will, and has been installed and they had to put a very small wall around it to level it out, but it needs all playground standard. So they have a playground uh as temporary as may be. That's great.
and just really excited to see that progress coming along. It's coming along. I just as a question and how many people are going to be able to help Karen and Jake the first few days. So we actually have Yeah, great
question. So in addition to all of our typical staff, we have two police details um for the first two days with students next week and then for the following week we have two TS in the morning to
just help guide traffic on 117 because quite frankly I mean a building project makes it a little more challenging. High schools are not built I mean no elementary schools they were not built for those oneoff site I think major high school parking wise we're not built for
graduation right so you're parking all over elementary schools on that first couple days when parents want to drive their kids drop them off they have bags for five we'll need we need a little bit of support on that one especially with 117 so we met with um Chief Troyano a
couple times we walked the site um so he definitely has a couple details for us for that first week. And then Karen and Kate also have staff that will be assigned different areas. So should work well. Video really good job.
Truth be told, there will be bumps in just you know that it's the kids that can't you know the little ones can't do it themselves. Takes a little longer than we anticipate. So but we have a plan. We've worked it out. I think is the best
option for where they're at. It's great. Absolutely. Yeah. Up lots and lots of upcoming events. If uh if you're able to attend any meet and greets at all three buildings actually was yesterday
I think it was yesterday um grade four and that was fun. A lot of kids hear a lot of noise. So, if you like that, we do um you can hear them in the hallway. You can hear their parents. I'm not sure who's more excited. Kids are the parents. The parents
the high school has athletics beginning and meeting. Actually, they had a meeting last night and Green Meadow has meet and greets on the 26th, the 27th. So, it's just exciting. So, I'm happy to say we are off to the end of summer
ending and getting ready for a really positive opening. Um, anybody have questions? Segue. We did the walkthrough of the of the elementary school. So I thought this was pretty cool actually. But OSHA came totally unexpected and they said
everything was just as it should be which is pretty amazing. You know they they don't often say that. So and they didn't know that they were coming. They just kind of show that's what they do is they show up and they were very very pleased with all the safety precautions and that are being taken
instructional. That was it. Yeah, pretty cool. Um, for going back to school with Green Meadow, I had heard some parents had asked about a social if a social story
could be made for their kids to explain to the kids about the difference with the drop off. Is that something that could happen? And they at the time the parents talked to me, they hadn't heard back. I was thinking it could be difficult with the teachers who would do that being on summer break during the time that it would need to be done. Um,
but I didn't know if that was a thing that was happening or could happen. Did you say no? Uh, make a social story for the kids that are going to struggle with the change to drop off procedures. I will check with school. And then I also heard um from some
teachers that are concerned because their um kids the teacher hasn't been hired yet for for their kid. Is that how are things working out with the positions that aren't filled? teacher teacher
like the teacher at the high school and um kindergarten Spanish and Spanish commercial actually Monday this week and we do have a couple special education spots still open. Okay. Um I've heard concerns about kids
not knowing who they have for special education. Um, but do they find out this early like for the high school? They don't find out beforehand. I wouldn't think they would. They won't know until school actually start
but our director of student services. Hi there. Sorry. Everybody. Hi. Good. So, we are still hopeful that we are going to be able to hire some teachers for the high school. Um we did
have someone who we thought was going to be with us who um told us just a couple days ago that they wouldn't be. So right now I've been a part of meetings where we're trying to um look at the staff
that we have figure out liaison figure out coverage. So it's not that we have the information and don't want to share it out. We're just actively still trying to figure out who has what and where. so that everyone has the least impact to
the start of the year, so that everyone starts out positive. Um, and when we have that information, um, we will definitely let you know. There's still some things in the works. So, we don't want to put out necessarily even what we talked about today because maybe something will change tomorrow. So, we
understand the parents are kind of eager to know the information. Um, I've talked to a couple and let them know that we're working hard on trying to figure out placements. Um, it's just unfortunately a work in progress right now.
Thank you. Um, and then Ryan, for the bleachers, I know an email went out about um not having uh temporary bleachers this year. Yep. Um, could messaging about that go out to the public? Like I know there's people
in town. I think the me I think the email only went to high school parents but Mary didn't get it. Um which would be good for school committee to get any like big email like that. But um also like I know select board members who don't have kids who go to the football
game like for them people like that who to get um that information ahead of time. But then also um could you send out an email about it linking that to the um vote for the new bleachers like
saying that you know that the town chose not to fund new bleachers as a result we don't have bleachers there may be an opportunity in the future to vote to get bleachers again um or I can use Mike's message as well we kind of worked on that along with
together so we all felt that yeah that's part of tomorrow's but like maybe like on Facebook on something so that the people who don't aren't um don't have kids in the school who would go to football games and stuff like community members
we can put our we can link our message on Facebook as well and can can it be connected to the fact that the town didn't choose to support it for the vote? It could be. I'm not sure we want to
I've only got one regard issue and I did explain to that person that because they asked about the override and I simply explained that the override was for an operation. No, last year the override for the
bleachers, the spring over. No, but I'm talking about linking it to the fall override. I know. I don't know that it's worth. We can talk about that and trying to be gracious with people and not say you didn't vote as a matter of think kind of
goes without saying but we could put something up. Well, I think maybe what is trying to say is in relation to this email about the fact that there are no you work it in that way.
Okay. Yeah, unfortunately they're separate like within this because we're not getting we're not getting temporary bleachers and it's because one we don't have the money but also because
the vote got voted down right I can do a delicate balance I even just saying that you know due to budget constraints or you know lack of or lack of funding because funding wasn't approved but right like in a delicate way but It's not our
It's not an operational decision. It's a budget decision. Y I can. And then for the budget stuff coming from the t the state, um how much of that is related to that millionaire tax? because Jamie Eldridge posted on
Facebook that the state brought in two billion extra dollars that were unexpected for the billionaire's pass and that going to transportation and education. And so I'm wondering if there's two billion extra dollars there.
I can look into that. Yeah, and I can look into that tomorrow. I haven't heard from any of my colleagues or seen anything that school districts will receive more money in any
I would like to understand more about where that gap is if you know our representatives are saying there's 2 million extra dollars for schools and we're not seeing it who is seeing it where how what's let's what's let's what's let's what's let's what's let's what's let's what's let's what's let's what's let's what's let's what's let's what's let's what's let's what's let's what's let's what's let's what's let's what's let's what's let's what's let's what's what's missing link there
how can we see Yeah, it needs to be a squeaky wheel. We be a squeaky wheel. I mean, a very small percentage of that would be very helpful. Yes, agreed. Take a very large percentage like 1.9.
We could get every new bangle technology that that exist every school. No, I didn't have anything. Okay. I don't have price increase.
Look at smile. So happy. I remember that. We had that conversation forecast was coming down the road. Good summer. Yeah. So, thank you, Alexis. you hopefully
made this a lot smoother. Um, actually it was two years ago, okay, that talk about increasing price and I said at the time two things um that mandated and I'll reference that
again that you have to keep up. Second thing was I didn't increase it the max amount towards trying to push the impact instead of back next year. That was three years
ago. We all know what prices have done in just the last seven months. So imagine three years. So I kind of preface that so that you might have a heart attack.
Show you the slides. So again, I showed you this last time that I'm a touchy feed person. I can't stand. You might not be forgetting. Oh, okay. Sorry.
Anyway. Okay. So, um, you know, the health and food kids act and in general, I'm paraphrasing, you have to have your prices so that the reimbursements are not carrying
the paid people. And you say, well, how do you do that? There's there's a a tool that is on the website of uh school lunch program that helps you figure that out. I won't bore you with
that. But they use what's called the weighted average price must be greater than and equal to the calculated weighted average price in accordance with DA guidelines. I'm going to show you what the updated guidance are.
So this is the letter from Desessie and it's kind of small. If you look at the box in the bottom u an annual review of paid meal prices must be conducted and reported in compliance with the equity and meal
pricing provision of the healthy hunger hunger free kids act of 2010 for school year 2526. The weighted average price of paid meals must be equal to or greater than $4.15.
Next slide. So, you know, we have to stay current with the pricing guidelines in order to avoid possible disruption of reimbursement. Now you may say it doesn't matter. All the meals are free. But again, you got
to follow the guidelines because one of the things that I'm concerned about is the reason we have free meals is because of the commonwealth. You remember the feds backed off right after COVID hit.
A concern I have in the back of my mind that Washington cuts funding even if it's in another area. say they cut $500 million out of the Massachusetts budget, the Commonwealth's going to have to make that up. And I'm concerned that possibly
school lunch could be where they go to make that up. And you have to have your prices such that you can move forward cuz I can see where all of a sudden guess come down and say I want to see that your prices are in line because you
know this com you can't lose this revenue and that was one of the things also too that they pushed people that if you were C eligible that they mandated that you apply for C because the state it's a higher reimbursement from the
feds. if you're seeing. So that's also why I'm concerned and why we need to do this far as I'm concerned that happens. And as you guys know, the food service program is self-sufficient.
There's no operating budget money. There's nothing. So if there is a breakout reimbursements or poor students could be in rich and I don't want to say as I said expenses are continue to rise next time we just know in the last seven
months uh prices have just gone crazy and you know I'm from the Midwest you know where you know we used to be told bread basket of the world you know in the Midwest but now you know a lot of our foods and vegetables are important
Amazing. So, you know, as P goes up and tariff goes in place, um, you know, we're at risk. So, to calculate the weighted average price, uh, it's in the security portal on the website. And next slide,
com. So, here it is for this year. The USDA requirement is $4.15. We when I calculate for us right now, we're at $39. So we're we're a bit behind. I'm sorry. Is that an average?
Yes, it's a weighted average. It's a weighted average. Okay. Weighted by number of students or for number of students or how many are actually meals are sold that um school. It is a form that's weighted. It's not
each meal per per school. It's not equal. That's why it's weighted. and they take the numbers of meals per school uh times or and they take into consideration the number of students that participate and in the formula that's how we come out with the the
weighted average. Uh next slide. So on the left are our current meal prices. Uh lunch at the green metal, the fowler, the high school, and the adult. And in
order to meet that $4.15 weighted average price, these are the prices that we would have to go up to. Now, keep in mind, we haven't done this in three years. And so, you know, second lunch that that end
right now. That's right. So, yeah, to be to be clear, thank you, Mary. So, for right now, the meals are free. It doesn't really apply to our students unless they want a second lunch, then they would pay these prices. But as long as they're, you know, satisfied with the
initial lunch that they get, it wouldn't cost them anything. But if we lose the free the the free lunch because of the commonwealth has the budget cut whatever we have to go back to this and you know I don't want
to have a problem from desian that we're not buying to that or weighted average price not where it should are these the same prices for the breakfast too like is that no the the the breakfast these are
lunches And this and the reason we're raing breakfast alone because there not that many and the way it's weighted it's weighted so light it's lunch that drives the trend. Okay. So the the breakfast prices will stay the same or is that still going to go up a little bit?
Now the breakfast prices will stay the same. Okay. Um, um, does green the difference in cost between a green meadow and how Fower High School are closer together and Green Meadow is cheaper. Um, are the portion sizes closer together for Fowler
High School and Green Meadows are smaller and that's why their prices are I don't think it's No, it's not due. It's due to the number and the volume of way things are weighted. the portions um are determined by the USDA and I do
believe that Green Meadow that the government it's not us you know I forget how many ounces I have to ask Sue uh is is makes up a elementary lunch and I believe the middle school and the high school is like the elementary I want to
say is like 6 ounces to the high school and the middle school is like 8 ounces of total of what they get don't but there is a difference, but that doesn't affect that's not what drives this number. I was just wondering like the difference between each school and how you came
basically how you came up with those numbers. Well, first the numbers were said originally, you know, as you can see the current ones and we raised that based off of those. So the difference is when I got here the the thought was that, you
know, the elementary students shouldn't pay as much as the older students. Yeah. So that's number one, the differential. And so I just have never changed that differential since I've been here. And the adult bills uh go from 450 to
550. Uh next slide question. Oh, sorry. Actually, you got to it. I was going to ask about the allocart stuff. Um because I don't I looked at this, but I didn't remember seeing this. I was going to ask if the all cart stuff was going to go
up. That's where my kids get. Well, I sent an email that seemed to make my kid not feeling. Well, see, that's the thing is in a meal. Has anybody ever eaten lunch? say here, you know, again, I explain I say there's
a basic meal uh and and Brian and I serve were were servers in the in the cafeteria, you know, one day and you know, I've been there several times to check. There's a basic meal. Let's say it's some hot meal. I don't know, say
it's chicken pond or something. Then there's always a salad bar. Then there is the deli. Then there is this section that has um hamburgers. I'm saying hamburgers because they may be vegetarian for all I
know, but there's something that looks like a hamburger. Um and then there are some cart things. So my thing is is that you know when I was in high school we had French fries and slopp and
hamburgers and it tasted good but you can't do that stuff anymore. Um, so there's there's there's always something for them to eat and you can walk in at the end of all the services and there's food still there.
That is on purpose. They they would rather have that little 10% left over than not have it and have some student go hungry. So all of that is included
in your quote free meal. Now you have the munchies and you want chips, you want rice krispie treats. Now that's going to cost you. Um and this is
came this this is just recommended increases that came from the food service director to me. Um I think these are the most popular items. Um and again since I've been here I I don't know that we raised the dollar part items. Um
that's 5 years going on my sixth year. So uh that's what uh I recommend in terms of the following price and next slide is just kind of
reiteration. This is based on most current guidance des uh guidance came out this week. Updated guidance will likely create a need that you may have a conversation again next year because prices are just
I know I go to grocery store you got kid Brian I need your bra I can't buy and that's that's a response I get I'm kidding um but anyway as you know I need your
permission uh which is why I'm here to uh raise food prices and the timing is obvious that I wanted to have this in place before we start next week and are there any questions?
So, um the kids that would normally train with their meals, I know everybody's getting out, would they get um they have to pay school price for that second meal? Yes. You don't get pre
those kids could still end up hungry in the still next. Um, is it true that there's still um I feel like we were told by principles maybe, but my kid is totally different, so I'm not sure if I made it up that there's free fruits and vegetables that
are always available to the kid. So if they're hungry and they don't have the money for extra meals, there is fruit and vegetables that they can take at any time. Yes and no. Okay. And that may be the share table. Okay. So again, in order a reimburseable meal,
you heard me use this term where I say there are certain that I use Johnny that you know I don't eat oranges. Well, we're going to ask Johnny to take that orange anyway, but I can't. So, we have a um
we have a share table. So, anything that has a fruit covering or something that's packaged, you can put on the share table and leave. And so, if I am hungry and I
want an orange, I can go. And so we have found that that has been successful that if I don't want my milk, if I don't want this, there's usually someone that would be more than happy to take it. I think that's what they're referring to. Okay.
Yeah. That's something we started about I think I you guys when we started it was a couple three years ago because we had this problem most two things. One one student didn't get enough to eat. The other student is well I don't like you know X. Why are you making me tape?
And so this was we thought was a good marriage that if it's packaged or whatever and you put on the share table, I'm sorry, you know, I I get to have an extra whatever. Um, and is it do the offices like either
admin or nurses pantry system like granola bars and stuff that your kids can get? I drop stuff off. Yeah. Periodically. Yes. So like in theory there should be food available for an extra facility.
Well, I can't speak for the nurses. So yeah, but I have heard that the nurses do they have they have food and kids do go there. Um especially if there are snakes that are not liked in the cafeteria or
or there are times when they have run out of food completely in the cafeteria and there's eat and the kids have not food or still hungry they will go to the nurse and the nurse will provide them with food in addition to what
that is what my and I go on I preface this is this is what my children Yeah. I preface this in that sex. I just want to make sure no kids are actually hungry
in the afternoon. Nobody question I'm Keith wants to say something. Say something. Go ahead, Keith. Well, u that's a really great question, U Hillary, and I'm happy to address that. We do have some, uh, safeguards in place for for just that. Um, very
similar to what was just mentioned, our nurse does have a supply of snacks, and that ranges from, you know, dayto-day depending on, you know, certain things. Sometimes it's just crackers, other times it's some fresh fruit. Um Mary has um through her magic that she has has
been able to get us some really great great things. Um time to time um I do purchase stuff from Amazon to have in our office that when the nurse does run low we we backfill it a little bit. Um as well as if students come to office the office we always have something to
offer as well. Um and I would say that I would echo that for Green Meadow as well. Um high school's a little bit different. kids a little bit more independent. But um I do know that's pretty similar to Green Meadow as well. Thank you so much. Sure. Of course. I haven't had it all handled like over
the last like 10 years or so, but I just wanted to make sure. Yeah. No, it's a great question. I'm glad you asked it. Thank you. Um do we have are these once we approve these? Well, this is going to go out
like to the public, right? Is there any chance of Desi requiring a change in here or can you be confident that this will last through the year? That's by that crystal ball. Yeah. Okay. What that policy adapted
that policy to say? Yeah. Yeah. But what I have seen in my career, it's usually annually I have not seen. Um but again my theory is that there's some kind of
funding cut for Washington even say in some other area the Commonwealth has to make up. I'm afraid that they don't look at schools. Yeah. Hopefully that's not the case, but I'm sure people
I know everybody's been really clear that school lunches are free and breakfast is great. So, which is wonderful and I know this is going to go out to families. Can we strongly state that this truly only impacts
students that are going for a second? that first month remains completely free to students because I I fear that they're gonna no matter how they see the price and no matter how much we communicate with them and the principles
communicate and Brian communicates and everyone communicates say everyone that lunch and breakfast is free then they're going to see this and they are going to go into panic mode and go oh my god you're raising this on me a week before
school starts I don't have the budget to put this in and have my kid eat from the school. So, I just want to make sure that we strongly word whatever goes out as a reminder to family that this will only impact if
your child I haven't heard of anybody going for a third lunch and you never know meal breakfast sandwich. um that this is only if your child only goes for a second lunch or buys additional items
all which I know a lot of kids do buy they buy a lot they buy a lot of chips that's why those are there a lot of chips a lot of cookies and a lot of rice krispie treats so yeah yeah is there a benefit to asking people to
still fill out the free school lunch application at this stage or is it not matter No, don't. Isn't it still valuable? I'm sorry. Um, we use because we're C. We do not do
that. That's another we do use. Would this be a good time to ask for it when sending out this info? We don't use it for food service. We only use it for other fees. just like as a way to get the form out
to people like be a time for we can't process it for food service. We got to keep it in the food service database. Okay. Yeah. It's called a supplemental income anymore. But doesn't that go out? It goes that goes out when it doesn't because we can't use it for food
service. It doesn't go out. It goes out to anyone um who registers for an activity. Really? Yeah. Because in order so if if we have a policy if
you have policies out if you're if you normally would require a free and reduced your activity period we cannot use the free and reduced form on food service to determine that's
outside of food service. So we have to use separate form is called the supplemental low income form. So that's when they have to provide um truthful and it's a little more strict. So if we go back if we ever if we don't
go back to everybody paying for meals then we have to go back to everybody pulling out as long as we're not. Yeah. I've never seen the supplemental home form with these legis I
Yeah. For some reason, I thought that Medicaid money that that we get, I thought that that had to do with all of that money that you're respect. Now that that's something that does um waiting years and having it go up
this much should start every single year just because a 25 cent increase is a lot better than all of a sudden you know it's 20 at all 25 just I'm just thinking it's yeah it's just more
to go a little bit come back to us and say you know let's just do this 25 cents right across the board next year yeah absolutely we'll do this again next yes
so much all Okay. Um, so any anything else? Um, do I have to actually say the actual price increases or reflective minutes?
Um, I'll make a motion um for the school lunch price increases as um reflected in the presentation. Second. All in favor? goals.
Um, since we just met more changes and more changes like two minutes. Yep. Okay.
Oh, you got like merged with Natasha's Yeah. Okay. Did you get ours is ours merged with Natasha's? I'm going to have to do that. Okay. So, and then I'll update them. Yeah. I skip 3D.
Okay. Right. So, um, so the thought process is I I'll there was some there was some miscommunication about um making changes to which document and so um some of it
got a little blown away. Um but I'm going to fix it. Okay. Okay. And then I'll I'll let you know when that's done. And um and then you could um yeah send it send it back um when we made a major changes and like
with enough like enough I don't know what it's when you depending on what time we end tonight. Oh then I can get it. Okay. Yeah. Either today or tomorrow. So I can get
to Yeah. Yeah, that would be great. So that there's enough time for for all of us to to right for the next meeting. I'm hopeful that we can there aren't huge changes um
for us that we possibly open the next. That is that is my plan. the goal, right? Okay. Great.
All right. School handbooks. So I didn't print out and give to you the chamber changes for today. Um Green Meadow had to make some to their arrival and dismissal. So I just printed the
news section out for you of the current. She included like the bullets going out the newsletters and u in the video. There's a link to the video in here. Are these gonna are these these parts in
red? They are in red. They'll be in red. I pulled that directly out of the handle. I was a little iffy with the sentence on the back in red where it says, "Due to the construction, we do not have space for after school play in our buses and transition across the system until 3:00. Does that mean after 3:00 they can play
at the school or does that mean possibly because the buses would have been pulled away by 3:00? It's too much congestion to be hanging out there like they have in the past on the playground. Now the playground is in the bus.
Uh one of the things I feel like that I read um Hillary I think they put out saying that that they go to Yeah. Yes, I didn't know if like this sentence was like maybe it said as our
buses and fans are still in the process of dismissal until right or something. I just I was iffy on what that sentence meant. Not the concept like I start. Yeah. The wording I thought was a little odd. But if everybody else
makes sense, what did you say? I was I wasn't sure that like to change it or I didn't know if changing the word and to as would make it more. Due to the construction, we do not have space for apps play as our buses and
vans are still in the process of dismissing until 3:00. So that sets the message after that one word, right? Sound better. Yeah. So what is your change? I'm sorry.
Change the and to ads after after school. After after after school play. Okay. The other chain was adding that sentence. That's that little blur. See?
Oh, this. Oh, okay. Right. Right. This this section down here is added to Is this allowing families to opt out of
like reading a book that includes something that they object to based on the religious belief? Yes. Is this happening? It seems like it would be an enormous hardship for teachers. It has I mean it had happened some
places but here not yet. Okay. Absolutely. Somebody could opt out. Yeah. Then we would just provide all the goal is not Okay. Should we should we do this? Um
and both separate time or any more maybe the change the change of arrival change of all three and then the athletics athletics I have to do that just do those two
that Yeah. For this this never mind. No, I mean Oh, voting separately. That was voting. Yeah. Okay. So, um I'll make a motion to um
approve the changes to the Green Meadow Handbook. um the arrival disposal routines um with the added change of the ant turn to ads.
Second. Any discussion? All in favor? Then um make a motion to um Um
I make a motion to accept the amended um opt out paragraphs in each of the handbook screen handbook B school handbook and the high school handbook. Second
discussion. All in favor. So we have these two directly from the handbook. Then we have this around which was which would be for the parents to sign them up
on so that coaches know as principal they know the student knows if they have permission so they have to complete this form for each season the coaches know that they'll be told that
meetings so that if and when they have to do that and not every sport actually has to do it but when they do there's it's in alignment with our transportation policy and it's in and I like it because it's very clear that parents would know
number one they're giving permission uh and it matches up with our policy so there's no gray area they accidentally get and if they don't sign that's fine they don't have to get penalized that
so previously when I read these policy changes like two weeks ago. Um there was this extra sentence in the handbooks that said no ch like student would be penalized for not attending an off-site practice. And I don't see them anymore. That was important to me because I don't
want us to be pressuring a child to go in a car with student driver and then feeling liability like emotionally for pressuring them if there's an accident or financial liability if there's an accident because a child didn't want to be banned from a game because they
weren't comfortable going to the car with a teenager. Yeah, that's fine. I don't have that in front of me. I don't have that line. Yeah, they were in there like a couple weeks ago, but now they're not. Yeah, I remember reading that.
Yeah, I don't know why they were taken out. Um, it's probably maybe if our folder from two weeks ago when they were going to vote. I mean, I can just add that back in. You probably
back in. So, my question is the waiver, is it for a specific student that's going to be driving specific um child season or could it be different ones? Because I might be a parent who says, I don't mind if my kid drives with this
responsible student, but I don't want them driving this one. Is that a cop launch that any cop launch? It would be way too difficult for them to go to track. Like Mary can drive the borrow but not right and Hillary drive.
Yeah, that would be impossible. But to your point, it could if you're not like if I'm the parent, I'm not comfortable. I'm just going to say no. That's okay. Yeah. And if you're comfortable with that sentence, I can just if you're going to
approve it, you can make a indicating edit of that sentence and I'll make sure Yeah, I remember that. Yeah, because I don't exact talking about page nine really it highlights students identific The app is
free to reduce not connected together. I really like how we really made that center actually just got a student that recommended. Yeah, just half alive and well.
motion of that. Um, okay. Okay, I move to accept um the clinches handbook and the student athlete handbook um with adding back in the sentence that was previously there clarifying terming that um no child
would penalize for not attending an off-site practice if um school the school is not providing transportation. discussion. All in favor this
procedure, right? I just want a motion for coach and students. Yes. Um, we're on to the chair's report. have a whole lot. I know we still need to talk about our goals. Um and
um so I I wrote myself a note uh to go over what we talked about in our previous workshop. Um and then um maybe we can talk about it at a later later date. We have a workshop. So it's not like
last year it was January. You're right. Um workshop in September. It's getting tight in September. September 23rd 24th and then it's the following week. It's the
Wednesday night. It is only first and second. What about the 18th? It's the Thursday of school. Why can't Yeah, let's um make sure that we are so who
I can I looked at the calendar. I just haven't done the doodle. I thought I'd make it. Yeah, that's fine. I'm just I mean you know we're obviously we majority of us will be there but I think there are some people that can
make everybody. Yeah. Like the 23rd is an entire fourth day camp like it's a tri board meeting with a school committee. It's 23rd, right? Well, I could have made it, but no, not the 23rd. Oh, the 23rd is
correct. They're the one that realizes the whole thing. Um, okay. So, um, maybe you can put together a doodle for workshop. Um,
is there anybody that would not be able to do like before our second September meeting? I just So, I have a question for you. Isn't there also a back to school night on the
25th? So if we are going to have presents then we can't do workshop before that. Okay the first September meeting September that's green meadow
events. Okay. Maybe next sure we can have back play. Um, and then oh Brian, I wanted to ask you about are
how's it working with your goals and then district school and that like all of that they all even mine in between they still Okay.
All right. And then And so can we once your goals are just right? Um, I think I'm done. So, Sherry, nothing.
No, all good. Okay. All right. Um, I am all good, but I thought we should um acknowledge the special town meeting is scheduled for October 27th. Okay. 7.
Yeah. On Facebook. Yeah. And then um you guys have been to the last conference in the fall. Um is it like I actually I couldn't find a schedule online at all for what actually happens on each day? They don't have it yet.
Is there a pattern typically like for a forensic conference like Wednesday is workshops, Thursdays? No, it's pretty much um all the different venues, you know, all the different I think it it depends on what's
happening, right? Who's going to go speaking? At least the last I went to, they had lots of things going on in multiple rooms, you know, throughout the day. He was Mr. Sher's electric buses.
His electric buses really well. I have is that the same type of conference is the Friday. My my day is the Friday. Okay. Yeah. Same place. Yeah. Um do you know what when the early bird
ends? bird ends September 5th 5:25 and then it goes up to 650. What are the dates again? November 12th of Yes. Yeah. just for a day.
I want to go to probably do we want to do we want to figure out um that before the Yeah. talk tomorrow and I believe the hotel itself is full.
Okay. There are alternatives. There are alter um Alexis. So I had a question. We have all these events coming up. So high school back
to school night. Um meadow painter fest. We had talked about having a presence at these events. Uh, and I wasn't sure. I wanted to one make sure we were going to have a presence because to
more outreach. Um, and so I sort of wanted to know who could do what and what we might be thinking about all of these events. Yeah. Did we have those in our You put them in the outreach event
spreadsheet. Yeah. I was meeting on September 9th at the high school. So ours is the 25th of September. That one. That one.
I'm gonna be here for no matter what. I'm not sure. There's typically like 6 to 7 and then our meeting a little bit early. Yeah. I think comes to the 25th one early.
I can do the best. Okay. Yeah. that when I get married I'm not sure if I could do that would not go over Do you want me for the thousand one2 or
should I just go as parent that night? Go parent. Yeah. At the high school one on the 9th. Keith will be able to tell us, but I think Valor they separate fourth and fifth at one particular time and six, seven, and
eight at another time. I think it's I think it's separated timewise if I'm remembering correctly if they do the same way. Yeah, you want me to jump in? Thank you. Um, so yeah, you are correct.
There's um a brief kind of what we do is we haven't mapped it out yet, but it's four or five typically first um and then there's like a halfhour specialist session in the be in the middle and then the next um part portion is our middle
school. Um Meg Sullivan is prior to the middle school event doing her presentation for nature's classroom. So I would invite the school committee to be present for that if if available. um so you can get a firsthand view of kind of what that looks like for um
caregivers and um I will get that schedule out to you guys very concretely in the next week or two but there is there is a gap there yes there okay I think at 7:30 that would be
anybody that's on 25 that goes from 6 to 7:30 that would be What do we have? What's happening for
the Let me look at the agenda. Yeah. Can you tell me again the date for the high school? Sure. The high school um high school was 9th September 6 to8. I'm sure it's just the beginning
probably 6:30. So, what are you going to show me? Um, there's been I have been to so many so many nights. I don't mean I don't think I
just pulled up my agenda from last year. Sorry, I hadn't had it pulled up. I wasn't anticipating that question. So we kick we kick off at 6:05 typically with Sherry Murphy doing a title one presentation in the Fowler library. Then grades four and 5 are 6:35 to 7:00 in
the classrooms and then they go 7:00 to 7:25 specialists in the in the lobby. Um then for our middle school from 5:30 to 5:55 is our nature's classroom presentation. From 6:00 to 6:30 they are in the host uh the low lobby. Then from
6:35 to 7:25 they are um in the classrooms for their presentations. So we should be done by 7:25ish. Does that help? So do we need request like a table from you guys for this since the specialists
are going to have tables out in the lobby. Should we request a table? You just did. You just did. We'll have We'll have one for you. fast that I've ever had. No way. By having a school committee
meeting here in the library that night, you'll be fine. Yes, we'll be all done in the library by 6:30. Um, so, so Kylie, Mrs. Swinson will be available for parents to come in, but she should be totally wrapped up again by like 7:15, 7:20. Would that work for
you folks? back. Yeah, that sounds good. At 7:30 that night. Great. Thank you. Since Keith already approved my request for a table,
can you ask um Karen at Green Meadow and Yeah. We have anything? Oh, I mean today this week has been crazy with bus passes. Okay. So, it's still
okay. So, we have nothing to approve. Nothing. We'll be back to normal next week. I still don't know how to do that. It was a collaborative effort. We have half our student population taking buses. Wow. It has grown.
Wow. That we can't sustain that. We have to add a bus or two. We can't afford it. Plus, there's no buses. No. So, they're all in the pool. Oh, I have 75 and 76 students on two followups.
How is that? Three students. Can they fit? Hopefully. I just like three eighth graders. I mean, two I mean three to 94th graders.
Yeah, you can put in a seat. But three eighth graders, one of those is a Boys and Girls Club bus. Yeah, it's the bus. So, yeah. So it goes real quick. The other is an actual and we're not doing the double buses.
We are bus second just the second. Yep. Are the high school buses closed or they're still No, they're they're always open and those are the buses. Okay. What about still okay? It's getting there, but
they're little. So what? Yeah. Make a motion to still move. I thought that in my head like 20 minutes ago and I didn't say it out loud thinking the moment it comes out of my
mouth the meeting's going to run another hour 8:20 [Laughter] I know I didn't Sorry, in the