Good evening. Um, all right. Well, I'm going to call the meeting to order. Um, nope. Well, as many of us as Okay. Um, any urgent business?
Um, any public comment? No public comment. So, we're on to the student representative report. Harper. Hi. Okay. Do you want me to start? Yeah. Yes, please. Okay.
So, first for highlights, we have Maynard won the stuff a cruiser food drive competition and the cross country team beat Naragansit and our top runners on the team are doing very well. Along with the soccer boys team, they are also doing
very well. And the new HOSA club met the requirement to be an official club. This is a DECA type of club but for health professions. And then we have a few concerns. The custodians are continuing to fix the student sinks. At least one works in
every student bathroom, but the goal is for every sink to be working in every bathroom, which we haven't achieved yet. And then for upcoming, we have homecoming, which is tomorrow, along with a morning tailgate and a pep rally where we'll be dancing the student council. And then on Saturday, there's a
football game and the theme is camouflage. And then senior privilege starts after progress reports which come out also on Friday. On October 4th, there is Maynardfest and the Green Committee has their first cleanup on October 5th. And then tomorrow also is
the Choose MHS presentation where students visit Fowler to encourage eighth graders to come to Maynard High School. And that's it. Awesome. Do you have any questions? No. Thank you so much, Harper. Thank you so much.
Nice job, Harper. Um, I have just Do you know what HOSA stands for? I actually don't. I know a lot of my friends are in it, but I don't know what it stands for. I need to probably know that.
And then what time is the morning tailgate? It starts at 6:15 in the morning. That's early. Yeah. Not me. I'm not up that early. Oh yeah, I showered at that point.
Um and and what time do you know what time the football game is on Saturday? Yes, it's at 4 o'clock. Um just to note that Natasha is just joining us, so we do have to press
Natasha. Yes. Oh, good. Welcome. Um I know you're just joining. Um I don't know if you had a chance to look at the um student report before joining. Um and if you had any
questions. Um no, I do not have any questions. Um nope. Thank you very much, Harper. All set. You can stay if you want. All right. Well, see you later. Actually, can I
Yes. Sorry. Sorry. So, last last meeting, um, there was a comment about having some difficulty meeting with the athletic department about concerns that the girls were having. Has there been any progress on that? Personally, I know that the girls teams
have definitely had a lot of issues and I have not heard that there has been any progress in making him more accessible. Okay. But that could just be my perspective and maybe that that is not the full picture. Fair enough.
Thank you. Yeah. So I know that he went to this the sack meeting for in school the student advisory council to talk to them and they didn't seem to have anything that they wanted to talk about. He went to the practices
to meet the captains and check in with them and they weren't really sure what that was about. So even reached out several different ways to that group. So I don't know if there's still somebody concerned. It didn't seem like it was
there. If Harper, if you know of any concern or anybody, I know that Mr. Ra is more than happy to meet with anybody. Yeah. So, if you can just sort of pass that along to I know he reached out to captain, so maybe it wasn't a captain. Maybe it was some somebody else.
I've just kind of heard sort of people on I'm on the field hockey team. I've just sort of heard some girls talking about how they feel like he is not very accessible. But I think maybe if he does a better job kind of like I feel like
yes he is willing to make meetings but maybe that's not fully known to everyone like it doesn't seem like he is. Yeah. So would it be worth him reaching out to the field hockey team? I think if he reaches out I think that
would be beneficial. I honestly do. I'll have him reach out specifically to the field hockey team because when I say like all teams, I think he's not maybe Yeah, I will have him reach out to So, just so you're expecting it so you're not like why is the athletic director here?
That's why I'm Yeah. Can I ask Can I ask a question and follow up to that? Um is there um um does he regularly meet with the boys teams for anything? I'm just wondering where that
I do think he's more involved in football. Okay. Yeah. So that's might be where he's you I think the perception is that he's more handson with the football and so Okay. No, that just gives for me a better understanding of that that context a bit where it's might
be that and Brian I don't know if that's helpful for him to you know have in the back of his mind as he you know speaks with them as far as what that perception is. Yeah. Thanks, Harper. Thank you, Harper.
Of course. Um and yeah, we're I think we're we're all set. Thank you, Harper. Bye. Um we are without objection. Um I
would like to suggest that we that let me move the solar discussion. Um after so now um that is that all right? Yeah. Great. Thank you. No objection.
So, she lo she she's already on, but I asked Beth, our consultant regarding all things solar to come and address any questions that you might have because she can do it much much better than I can. I would just have to take questions then to meet with her and then come back
to you. So, this just takes the middleman out. So, and Beth has been working both in schools and the town for many years and knows as much as she needs to know. So, I don't know if you have specific questions that you had for her. I did not ask her to put together
any sort of presentation. Okay. Hi, Beth. Hello, everybody. Nice to see you all again. I hope you're all enjoying the lovely solar array at the high school. It's
it's generating a lot of kilowatt hours, which is wonderful. It's great. Um, well, it looks like Natasha has Andy some questions, so we can start with Natasha. Yeah, I just wanted to clarify it. So, this is, Brian, from what I understand, there's no like presentation, so we can
just kind of just ask away. Is that what Okay, great. Um, Beth, thank you so much for um for for joining us. I know this wasn't originally planned, but uh there's a couple of solar questions that I have. Um, one of them which I know
just from uh going and Mary and I as well, we went to the town budget subcommittee meeting the other night and so there seems to be this um still outstanding issue with uh the credits and how that is being resolved. And so
um I know that no one knows the information as as much as you do. um from a school committee level I I think what um I'm seeing is we're seeing charges about that are going to select like we're being you know making
payments to them and so it almost feels at this point that we're ex the project is spending more than we are actually gaining um which but I know that that's you know that's just at this point because there seems to be some things that need to be ironed out whether it's Eversource or or whatnot and I'm hoping
to get um what I would like to see is um you know us to be able to have some measurable data as a comparative for um right now I would say the only thing I would look at normally is our invoices right what would what do we pay historically how do they match up but I
don't think those are even a good applesto apples references because of some of these things that ever source is working out so I wanted to get your take on how we can best um understand and monitor the gain um or the you know
fewer I guess expense in in um um to the utilities um considering how much we are being we're paying now to select directly for the for the project. Sure. That's one question. Sorry. No, no, it's it's it not only is it a a
fair question, but it's absolutely a a great question. And so let let's maybe let me just give you a two second background of what actually happened at the high school with respect to the data now that I threw out there that it's generating a lot of kilowatt hours. You
well that's what that's what I was like oh so you might know something now by this point. So I was hoping you had like it was all figured out already but let me yeah whatever you're able to share helps helps us like be able to explain it to the public who are asking. Absolutely. So, as you can imagine, when
you have a solar array and it goes behind a building meter, it literally spins the meter backwards. It takes electrons from the sun, pushes it into the building, and spins the building meter backwards. What Eversource did when they set up the meter. So, there's a meter at the building
that measures the usage of the building, and then there's a meter at the canopy solar array and a meter at the rooftop solar array. Eversource when they turned those two solar meters on, they treated them as if you were drawing energy, not
offsetting energy. So they the sort of the confluence of all of that data getting pushed together, they were giving you these crazy credits as if you were sending them stuff that you weren't really sending them. And so you're
getting these credits on bills and then all of a sudden, well, it wasn't all of a sudden, you folks legitimately asked for a summary of what's the economic benefit we're getting from the array. I can tell you sitting here now, there is a benefit. I've got some numbers and if
you guys will allow me um at a future meeting because you have a huge agenda, I would like for us to do a presentation. I want to make sure that Wayne and I are fully on the same track. Um, but basically what happened was I looked at the data from the invoices that Wayne shared with me and I realized
that the data was crazy. It made no sense. And my biggest fear, which has transpired to some extent, is that it would continue to accumulate crazy data and you guys would be so far in the hole when they figured it out and they would have figured it out that we had them go
back and look at all of the data from the day the solar went on. And it took a long time. I give them a lot of credit. They worked very hard, but they literally had to go back and cancel everything all the way back to last summer, the end of last summer, early
fall, and and um recalculate everything based on actual data they had from the meters. They did. And I confirmed the data for the solar with select energy because they have their own metering. We
confirmed that whatever source said they was generated was in fact generated. Okay. So really um we won't be able to look at last year as a first year historical measure. No, you will. You
will. You do. You will. We have the data cleaned up and it's just I want to go through it with Wayne so that we can we can be in sync and then you with your permission at a future meeting, we can, you know, we'll we'll get you the information in advance so you can formulate your
questions and then we can go through it. But in short, what we're planning for Green Meadow is the same sort of technical construct of what we did at the high school. So, we've got we'll have two different assets, one on the roof and a carport in the way back of
the building. Those are going to back feed the building meter and spin it backwards. So, you're going to be at Green Meadow, like at the high school, you will be buying electricity from the sun through select. Select is your solar
provider. So, you're paying them because they're generating electricity for you. So you're buying some of your electricity from the sun through select and the rest of it you're buying from the grid. That's what you're buying. So the real metric of where are we saving
is where is it more expensive? What we're getting from the sun or what we're paying to the grid. And I can tell you you're what you're paying for the solar generation is significantly lower than what you otherwise would pay to
I I imagine. Yeah. Eversource is is certain they've talked about increasing their rates again. So well and part right and part of the reason Natasha is because um you know when you buy from the sun it's immediately delivered. There's no delivery charges. Right. When you buy from the grid you're
buying the supply and having it delivered, right? So it is twice as expensive as the solar. So the more solar you get that's offsetting what you're buying from the grid, the lower your overall costs are going to be. And I I think that's where
we all kind of understood where we we would be. Um but then this you know data piece kind of muddied the waters and so it was really hard for us to get I mean for me anyway to get excited about like all the work that was culminating and then not being able to kind of
appreciate what that uh was coming out with. And I think that the timing of it, I would certainly um look to you know Maro and um Brian to um you know pencil you in for a future presentation um if possible that can go over that that data
a little bit more. Um, and I think what I would find helpful because we um are hearing now that they're going to be, you know, looking as like Fowler, Green Meadow, like is there anything that we can learn from, you know, this one project that might, you know, would we
want to change anything? Um, that would also be feedback that we'd want to kind of think about as well. I know Fowler isn't yet a project that's underway, but there's conversations because, um, there's roof needs there and, you know, what might, you know, happen. So, it's gonna I think at some point maybe
escalate pretty pretty fast and it'd be good to kind of feel comfortable with the numbers um ahead of time so that we can kind of go off and running. And then I um and then my other question would be um you mentioned about the car the
you're have a car um green meadow is going to have one a charging station. Oh, a car port. A car port. Okay. Sorry. Is there going to be and this might be maybe I don't know if it's the Green Meadow or or you as could share this. Is there going to be any charging stations um at all that
we might be able to draw revenue from as well? Like the town has a charging station for um and they draw revenue from people who hook up to it. I don't know if that's an opportunity that we might consider or if that is already in the works um that we might have a
revenue source that we could also gain from as well. Well, I I'll defer to Brian if Brian has specific details. I anticipate that the infrastructure is being built to be able to install car uh car charging.
Yeah, I thought that's what I remember when we talked about like with they were doing something at the last minute so that we could kind of connect the the projects and and whatnot, but I wasn't sure if there had been more conversations about that. And and I will say say to you also just
one one thing about the high school. Um, while the construction was going on, Justin DeMarco made a a a very smart decision to have Select Energy run a spare set of conduits from the building to the canopy in the event that
Yeah, I think that's was kind of like added in the last Yeah, I remember that was uh seemed like a very integral piece that was added um just thinking ahead which was great. Low it was a lowcost option and it made sense to do it then while the trench was open. Okay, wonderful. Um I don't have any
other solar questions as far as unless you can maybe give an estimate of timeline of what your So it sounds like you're kind of coming to um like you have a good place where the data is now. So it's not something that's really kind of in the in the still ongoing. It's
really just finding fine-tuning the numbers and making sure that you and Wayne are aligned. So like we would be able to get something maybe in the next month or so I'm guessing. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I have I have data through August 15th. So I want to get more current data from Wayne, go through it
with Wayne, make sure he is your financial guru is comfortable with everything and then once it is we'll present that that data to you um so that you can get a sense. I can tell you that I'm not going to give you any numbers but that's okay. Yeah, that's right. But it's significant. It is significant
and so that's why I want to go through with Wayne and make sure that he's comfortable with Well, that'll make me feel better because when I see those select charges and I don't know what we're actually gaining, I'm like what is going on? Um but and and then the other part too is I guess from a long-term monitoring perspective um setting us up where we
can easily assess that data on an a periodic basis for Wayne if it's a certain report you know that needs to be generated or how we could easily be able to pull that information at any given point of you know like year-to date you know this and and to get that nexus of this is how much credits we have for the
year. So that would be helpful to also understand. Yeah. And one of the things that I did for the superintendent and for for Wayne to make sure that you folks could track this without my intervention um which is always important. This is your project, right? I set up a spreadsheet that will
allow you folks to key in certain data and and show where that those data sources are coming from so that you can immediately calculate the benefits you're getting on a you know quarterly basis on whatever. But I will be a good school project for a class,
Brian, that maybe uh they can kind of track that and report back to us. All right. Thank you, Beth. Mara, I'm all set. Thank you. Thanks. Um, is there This is vote required.
Mara, Maro, if I can, this might be one other PE. Even though I I told Brian I wasn't going to do a presentation, I have just a couple of data points that I think might be interesting and useful to you folks just to get a sense of the size of the solar array at the high
school and the anticipated size of the solar array combined rooftop and the carport in the way back. um that at Green Meadow the the the array on the roof is going to be a about 7 and 12%
bigger or there's going to be greater capacity. It's a function of not necessarily available real estate as much as it's combination of that and more efficient modules. Um the carport is about 13% more capacity
and the overall generation the kilowatt hours the electricity that it's generating is about 8% more than the high school. Wow. And and I anticipate the rate to select to be in the same general vicinity once
we get through the you know any property tax obligations. So, I think it's going to be around the same rate, which is substantially lower than what you're paying EverSource for electricity. Okay. And Oh, sorry, Mara. I did have one other question, but it's more
procedure. When you when you have a moment, um I'll I'll wait. Hold on. You can go ahead. Okay. Um Beth, so um I know with uh there was a a bidding process when we utilized select originally because we
had other vendors that we had anticipated um going into. So I just is this is that same process going to open up because this will be new negotiations for different contracts or is there something that's already been because the Green Meadow project? I'm just curious to understand that a bit where
um you know are we having a bidding process where we put out you know an RP about the you know information. So you're correct. We did put out an RFP originally and we had a vendor and we negotiated a um a contract. We then
paused and reimagined the whole project and focused exclusively on the high school for two reasons. one because of all the activity going on around Green Meadow and the issue with the roof at Fowler, but more importantly because there were some obstacles with Eversource that would have delayed that
project by well over a year beyond that which it already took to get constructed. And so we focused on the high school. In doing so, the the vendors that had submitted competitive proposals dropped out because it was the
the project was just too small for them. So we we ultimately participated in the power options solar and storage program. Power options is a notfor-profit organization. Okay. That operates under the authority of the
um clean energy um folks of the state um and have they actually went out to bid they selected select energy as their vendor to do all municipal work. Oh, okay. So, that's even that's even better
because that's what I was wondering is that I don't remember the the RFP really touching on like potential like scope of future, you know, buildings. Um, and and so, but that sounds like it actually takes that um lift off of municipalities, which is a lot better.
Um, so that's good to know. So, it really is more of a a statewide initiative that is kind of driving the the vendoring for municipalities. Does that sound about right? versus sort of they they're they are a private not for-p profofit. They're not a state agency but they operate under the opices
of one. Um and we chose select energy through the power options program to work with us on the green meadow project because it was so important to integrate them into the process as the building construction project was moving forward to ensure that all the infrastructure
that was necessary that was um anticipated in the building project actually got done which helped keep your costs for the solar down. Okay. Thank you very much. You do you have any questions?
I don't think so. Mayor, just um one, Beth, this is no reflection on you whatsoever because you're, as everybody keeps saying, you're the bulldog that we're so grateful for. But knowing that at the end of the day, we're going to end up
having to pay Eversource for whatever transpires and we've had to hire you to be the bulldog to do all this research. Can we ask Eversource to subtract your consulting fee because
it's month after month from on from that cost? I I think we you know they're a regulated utility. I think we can certainly make that request. I'm sure, you know, Wayne smiled when he saw me say to them, um, that, you know, there
are some considerations that the Department of Public Utilities has made with respect to billing errors and backcharging. Um, I asked them to look into it. They may come back and say, "There's nothing we can do about it." That will be then a business decision as
to whether we want to file something with the Department of Public Utilities asking for some relief. Um we keep making very clear to them that you know expenditures from a prior fiscal year cannot be paid in a future fiscal year without town meeting approval. And quite
frankly you know I look I give them a lot of credit for figuring out how to resolve the problem. But it was clearly their mistake on the front end and it lasted a very long time. It lasted probably nine months. Yeah. A long time until we figured out that there was
something very very wrong. and and demand charges were wrong and and a host of other things. But I I feel confident they got the problem fixed. Now we're just dealing with the reality of what the ultimate expense was. But net net it isn't that far out of
line with what you paid for all overall electricity last year and it should be lower. So we've there's still some question of that which I'm working through with with Wayne or will be Can you ref that? Yes. So, I'm a little bit confused about
the town meeting piece. Like, I assume this isn't sorted out. This won't be sorted out in time for town meeting on October. So, does that mean we don't vote on it until town meeting in May and then pay in June? I I don't know. I defer that to the superintendent to the town administrator
how to deal with and I know Wayne is trying to work through that with the town article. Yeah, it won't be a town meeting, Hillary. that there's there's no um prior year invoice that's on the warrant for upcoming town meeting if that's what you're asking.
Yeah, there's the warrants already been paid. So, if they need monies, it'll have to wait till next town meeting um if it's going to be owed to them um to get town approval to pay for and then I guess a funding source. Will you be able to help us explain that
at town meeting? because I'm still confused and so I feel like trying to explain it to people at town meeting is going to be confusing. I I think once it goes to town meeting I I suspect that to the extent it ends up on an article there'll be a full explanation of it. Yeah. Finance committee did a really good job
with it. Um I know that the DPW had some before. for me. So, and it'll probably be in all of the data that comes out with what will actually be owned in the end, but wasn't this also partly a town issue as well
for other solar arrays within the town? So, the Yeah, they're still dealing with their array issue. Greg said the article or articles that are going to go in front of town meeting, it's really not just the schools. It's going
to be for the town in general. And I'm only I'm only thinking this way because we've asked the town for a lot over the last couple of years and uh I can hear now well the schools keep coming back for more money and more
money but it's not necessarily just a school issue. It's a it's a town issue. There are other solar panels in the town that are paid for. Um Eversource issue. Yeah. but it's related to the function of
different, you know, buildings that the town owns. Uh, and I think that's the distinction. That's why I'm curious if when this actually goes before, uh, at town meeting, is it a separate does it become a separate article for the
schools separate from the town or is it this is what happened in the town? It happened at the schools. It happened here. It happened here. this is what the town owes. I don't know right there. Yeah, there's a lot of time between that. I mean, I don't even know if we have a dollar amount yet of what
it's going to be. So, um I would maybe hold off on that kind of worry because there's other things that are going to be I know that are going to be going to town meeting that we probably want to talk about as well um separately from solar. And and I would just point out the
reconciliation that Eversource just did. They went back and they negated everything from day one of when the solar went online and then properly build it out and deducted payments that were made by the town. So, it's not that you're getting charged more than you should have. It's you didn't there were
payments that you weren't build for during those periods that they're now looking to recover. Yeah. Yeah. And ultimately, we we we had the utilities. So I I mean it's we use it like you know we have to pay it you know whether it's whatever funding source it
might be. I guess it depends on how much also. Um but that might be part of the explanation I think we would have to tell the town. I mean we use the utility. It's not that we didn't use it. We used it. They just build us incorrectly during the year when it was when we're able to reconcile it. And so
now we just have the only reason why we're going back is because of the year closed and we just need town approval to to pay it because the year closed already. That's really the only like homeworky kind of procedural thing. If it wasn't the town year, we probably could use like a reserve fund or something to pay it depending on what
the amount is and not have to go to a town meeting at all. It's only because it crosses fiscal years. So Ryan, do you think like as as this comes up over the course of the year and you talk to Greg about it, could we try to like maybe encourage it to be together so it's not like the school
asking for money? It's more like the town asking for money. Even if they're like two separate articles next to each other, then it's like kind of treated that way. Y as as I'm sure he'll defer what they have to do, but it'll be the same issue like Yeah, like the most that we could present it.
Yeah, absolutely. I don't have any additional questions, uh, Beth, so I really appreciate you coming, um, and explaining this all to us. So, thank you so much.
You're very welcome. Everybody is all set with respect to the warrant articles on the those are different. Yeah, the ones that we have coming up. Yeah, we were able to get um yeah, the select board removed Fowler from the the language of the articles since there's not a project
that's really underway yet for those. And so I believe and this Brian might be talking about but as it was explained is they're just proceeding with what the green meadow which since that project is already underway and there's a committee that's already advising on it. So it's just incorporating the solar. I
think in the future though we will have Fowler um separately that comes up whatever that looks like um when the roof gets addressed and incorporated maybe those both components together um because that roof is
reaching its end of life as well. Yeah. And I and candidly I I think you know one of the things that we're trying to do with Green Meadow and quite frankly other town buildings and I suspect that's why um Greg had included Fowler in the mix is to get all of the
necessary approvals which doesn't mean you move forward. It just means you have the ability to move forward because of the changing climate on the federal level. the in in addition to all the things that the one big whatever bill
did your world as as education professionals, right? It decimated the solar industry. And so to the extent we can expedite approvals and those kinds of things in advance, we can work toward a successful
project without having to wait 6 months or so for other authorizations to move forward. So is there um along that same line because when I asked it didn't seem like there was negotiations that were underway at all for the Green Meadow
project yet. So for with select no there is there is definitely I mean they have been actively involved in the project. We're working on on contract docu we will be working on contract documents. There is nothing that you guys have not there's nothing that's
been formalized. We're working on terms and and all the new the technical nuances. There's but I fully expect and and I know Greg had suggested when when the contract form documents are in a form to be reviewed they will follow the
same process as I understand as the high school did. Well, that's the part that I want to make sure we reserve a place for because what happened at the high school was they they they kind of we had that step that we like we had to come up to the school committee and again I think
everyone here is in support of solar. So, it's not about that. Um I think that there we just have history where you know for me as one one member knows that there was a point where we didn't agree on the scope of a project for Green Meadow in the in the field. And so I
personally would like to see like more like planning. What is it we're planning for Fowler in some type of like schemes or whatever that might be before we're just kind of doing a cart blanch approval that we're just um repurposing
um certain areas of um school property um without having an understanding of what it is we're repurposing and like trees coming down like that kind of detail that we had. um we were able to get first with the high school um because if there if we don't agree with
it, I want to make sure that the school committee, you know, is able to provide feedback before the you know, they enter into the agreement and also that we are able to um with our approval that we are um requesting that like the superintendent be party to the or a
superintendent's um representative be party to those negotiations. So that is where I feel like we want to make sure that those areas are emphasized and I think that came across clear. Um but it did feel like they were a little bit like a leap frog of a step a bit when we were incorporating Fowler and we just really didn't have a quite understanding
of what that plan was. And I I asked and I was told that there was no negotiations yet. So no negotiations on Fowler. Let me let me clear that up. There is no discussion, no negotiations currently, no thought process. We're in negotiations and
working through details on Green Meadow. Green Meadow. Yes. Just Green Meadow. There's been no technical work done. There's nothing on Fowler. No one would look at Fowler with the age of its roof and contemplate at this point putting in Oh, exactly. Exactly. like it's a larger
and that's the that's the issue too is that we need to think about how much you know um you know I've heard conversations that the town might be expecting us to change the roof at the by the like a annual town meeting which is a you know millions of dollars that we'd be going to bond for another school
project. So the school committee I think you know is is reserve needs to be talking about this and have awareness of that. Um just you heard some hesitation about people there is the idea of school fatigue in the request that we're asking. So a lot of that just want to
make sure that our our body is aware of what we would be asked to sponsor because it will come down to the school committee um based on what Greg said that would be asked to sponsor the article. Yes. And just to be crystal clear nothing on Fowler is on the table. We're not right. We need to figure out what's
going on first. Right. I suspect Greg put it into the Warren article just to give you the opportunity in the future without having to go back to town meeting to negotiate something. But well, I think uh he can uh town meeting
he can go to it's just a matter of the school committee, it's two different steps. So the town meeting, he can put an article, but then the school school committee still does their approval to allow the repurposing. That doesn't have to wait till town meeting. It can come out of sequence, which is what happened with the high school. the article that
was approved for the high school I think went and got approved at town meeting and then they forgot and they had to come back to the school committee. It was that same thing in 2023 after the town meeting. So I think the sequencing is is fine. They don't have to wait but just make sure that we reserve the place for us to discuss it in depth. So thank
you Beth. You're welcome. You have my questions still? I have a lot now but I'll we'll block them. Well, I don't want to talk about the roof until we get to like later on because that's the other part that I think is like a not really Beth but kind of important for this.
I'm just like totally thrown off because I didn't know there was any discussion about solar foot. I didn't know there was I there isn't I don't this whole convers like the last 10 minutes of your conversation has totally thrown me off in a whole lot of ways but um that's probably not for right now.
Well, there was article language that had Fowler that are coming to special town meeting and that is what first came about was Fowler was referenced in two articles about solar um about repurposing and so it was just through
the finance committee doing their recommendations. Um and so I just reported back to Maro and Ryan was like, "Hey, you know, they're talking about this. Do you know anything?" Because normally when there's anything school related or school property, we would get a heads up on, you know, in case we have
an opinion on it. And so since, but as Beth clarified and Greg also clarified, there's no project underway. So there's no time-sensitive piece right now that requires an approval for Fowler, it's the Green Meadow one, and the town already has jurisdiction over Green
Meadow because of the building project, which we already gave part of the the building. So, we didn't have to do anything approval for for that, but we would have to do approval for Fowler once that comes about. Okay, great. Thank you.
Thank you. All right. Bye. Have a great night. Thank you. Thank you. Sorry, there's a lot of questions that happened, a lot of information the past week that's kind of also back and forth that's changed.
Thank you for explaining that, Natasha. Uh, superintendent's report. So, hopefully you had a chance to read it. Some of it's similar to what Harford had to say in terms of stuff and main steep champion this year. We don't
actually have the we don't yet have the exact weight or amount but it was a huge event. Students did well at market the basket the police the volunteers the staff Mary was there driving back and forth sanctuary in the basket because
really had a great time. Oh my gosh. That's great. I think it was some updates. We have professional development coming on September 26 and the August 4th. Um here we're excited about all of that. Uh
Fowler HVAC um Tony continues to work on the unit the rooftop units making sure that everything properly. I'm sure today so maybe
yes great well then he's doing a good job and you're happy it's working the way it's supposed to but making sure that PHP specifically the it will which is a few words down along with it that way um
we'll come back to the super detail tool which is just an option that we'll talk about a little bit later. There's been great video thanks to thanks to our police department sergeants um and drone drone footage of
the new building project if you haven't had a chance to see it. Um we did in terms of grants and whatnot. Soon enough you'll hear from in few weeks but regarding the end quarter one and quarter four off that um
but in the meantime we have received the angels support grant so we're moving forward with that. We're still waiting an innovation for your pathways grant and actually two hours ago we did receive the safe and support of schools
grant so he was not online I don't think was working hard really pulling in a lot of plans for us by opportunities uh as you can see we had a couple of committee meetings we had our safe and supportive schools meetings and the
buildings are implementing parts of the plans for their buildings this year and we had our first multilingual committee meeting as well. We had a good turnout in ELPAC. One of
the tools that we are starting to use in the professional development on digital world with an expectation that everybody will be using near future is reach my teach which is a tool will send messages that are translated language but English
translated to the home language reset based on what they could say aspen. So it really cuts down a lot of the need to translate things every time it makes sense. It just automatically
doesn't. So it's a good tool. It's the the quality of it. Good. Yeah. Right. Uh upcoming dates you've been to. Let's see. All all the back to school lights have now happening tonight. Uh
homecoming is the 26th. early release tomorrow follow I had a little bit different then uh I sort of paraphrased it but there's a little more information here athletic director heard girls and boys athletics and whatnot feel free to read that I'll
talk with Mike in the morning about reaching out to field hockey team well if you'd be a good place with that and maybe some more information from any of the teams Um
I'm happy to still working on proposal waiting to hear some numbers on demos to talk about Natasha. Uh yes I had a couple of questions Brian from the superintendent report if I may.
um for the HVAC for Fowler. Um I on this part that we it talked about um getting quotes for
um was it mini splits? Hold on. Oh, Tonyy's getting quotes. There's a replacement and a mini split option. Can you expand on what that is that in a particular room or is that um do you know
it room those is it just it's right above it says yes uh coolers in our computer lab and it those were also shared. Tony's getting it just says Tony's getting quotes for replacement of the mini split. So, is it it's the mini splits that are only in that room? Like there's not like larger
um and only the reason why I asked is because um Capscom came and gave a presentation to um the town budget subcommittee and they indicated that some as roofs are being redone
um they're looking to to see if they're taking like units off of roofs and potentially putting them like on the ground or whatever. And I didn't know if that that's not related to any of those conversations, right? They're not looking to um in in light of you know
what's happening with Fowler. Nothing that's being moved from the roof to the ground with mini splits. Okay. For correct. Um and then the other question that I had
um was the well actually the other thing with the HVAC. So, the stuff that we were able to kind of squeak in the end of the year, is that all set that that second unit? Yeah, I'll confirm with Tony. I don't know.
I know it had to be ordered. Um, and I wasn't sure if it was like like I don't we haven't talked yet about installing, but I just figured that had, you know, if we could get like an update on on that part um as well. And then just overall with Fowler,
uh again just kind of going back to what they talked about at the town budget meeting that there's there was like some designs and about roof planning and replacement that had been completed for Fowler. Um and I think that there's like
different options that are looking to be explored. Greg indicated that they would be looking I asked him kind of because it was kind of new to hear for us. they would be looking to uh maybe go to town meeting in the spring for a a roof
replacement for Fowler. Um so if we could get whatever current information the designs and anything that that was completed regarding Fowler and what those costs are because they talked about maybe metal roofs or shingled roofs and you know all this other thing.
Um I think it would be helpful for us to understand like with those dollars associated with it and then you know how that would be what is the timeline that is really is that is that what I don't know if what if you were if that timeline was anything that you had any
familiarity with because it was surprising to hear. I talked to him today about that that wasn't on his agenda to put us on the springtime meeting. Last we talked, we put things on hold till we got the energy manager, which we now have hired, who will start to look at some grants
and other possibilities to support doing a new roof. We know we need a new roof, right? In the very near future, very near doesn't necessarily mean in the next six months. Um well, I think it was more just to secure the funding. So like obviously the construction wouldn't happen right away,
but um we would have to go to town meeting. Um and then he indicated that the school he would be expecting the school to be presenting the article um you know because it's a school. So I just want to make sure that the expectations of um the funding that if
we're going to be going because I know in our workshops we've talked about like you know the Alexis you brought it up earlier about going to the town and asking for stuff um school fatigue and that that is something that I brought up as well that you know we were not looking to be going to. So if if there's
a time sensit sensitivity to that, it would be great to know. Um but it seemed like that was his thought process with the information that was underway already with fin capital planning. It's on a capital planning thing as a
priority for FY27. He actually put it in the top three. So I'm just letting know that did not come from the school. No, no, no. I I I just was surprised. I think that's where I was a bit surprised that they had gone through this whole analysis with these designs and Ben
indicated that they had some you know designs or something done about uh the different types and costing. Um so I just want to make sure that we are you know understandably or brought along um with that timeline and because it sounds like we'll need to be you know
incorporating solar um you know into that and then obviously whenever school closing whatever that might be. Um but that seemed to be a bit surprising. So, I just wanted to kind of elevate that to you on what information is being shared
in other committees um to what's not what I'm not hearing, you know. Yeah. Um kind of all the, you know, back to our no surprises um motto. And then the other question which I was reading um the bleachers
for alumni and I was reading and it looked like there was um a belief or potential that we don't have to meet any type of plumbing code if we're buying a smaller like one
one thing. Can we get information from the plumbing uh inspector that puts that in writing because I think we have the opposite in writing from the prior project that there was no minimum because the occupancy of the area it's not just the bleachers
you have the field that's occupied you have players from both teams so I just want to make sure that we are understanding what is required and if there is if he certainly is like no we do not have to you know meet those requirements for bathroom and you know ADA and water. I would really like to
get an email that that indicates what that minimum require because that does feel a little counter to what we were told before. Um but um for you and Wayne um he did say that the bleacher project as a whole was not in the capital um was
not a capital project. We noticed that Mary and I noticed that it was not listed as a capital project still. So, can you um it need I just want to make sure it's in clear gov. Um the last information we have the construction and also the tear down because it's still a
project that needs to be funded at some point. Um it's just unfunded right now. I'm not sure where they're pulling that information. It's on our list, but it's low. Yeah, but they need to they just need to have it because they're monitoring all of those projects for and they said that
they didn't think that it was they didn't have it. So, I I thought they did. Um, it was in clear gov before, but um, it was not listed as a project still that needs to be done. Anything else?
Nope. Thank you. Um, okay. The innovation career pathways grant and the hate crimes prevention grant, are those still in the same status where like we can expect them? Yes, they exist and the money exists.
Okay. Like, but there there's nothing that would happen that would make us not get them, right? Like the what? Jesse doesn't get the money. Oh, that they already have the money. It wasn't dispersed. I'm not sure they have it or not yet. Okay. Um, and then for the safe and
supportive schools meeting those changed, can you make sure and let us know so we can make sure I try to have somebody at those if those dates change? Yeah. Um, and then the ELPAC coordinator, isn't that who it has been? It says it's a new coordinator, but that's Well, we post it every year, so they
have to apply. Okay. Um, I wish I had missed something. No. Wasn't Charles though the coordinator in or he was chair of the committee or something. The No teacher who's the chair of the committee.
Okay. Charles did some something when he was part of that to bring it all together. Oh, got me. He took it. He was absolutely Okay. Yeah. You looked at me like I like he had nothing. I was like I thought he did some had some active role in it.
Okay. But he just wasn't the coordin totally like unrelated to my last question, but I have um a picture of Charles on my bulletin board at home and I look at him sometimes and remind myself to try to be a kinder person. He really like a wonderful present. I agree.
Um and then my last one was um I don't know just keep his memory. It's good. It's good. It's a good way to remember him, his legacy. Yeah. um for the piece about the athletic director and the students concerned. I
was going back and thinking about when um Joel Holmes came to talk to us about the concerns that the girls soccer team had as far as um unequitable timing of games where the girls games were right after school when parents are
still at work where the football games were at night when parents could attend and um differences in the field maintenance. Has there been any changes based on those concerns last year in terms of like scheduling more of the girls games at night under the lights parents can attend um to try to be more
equitable with the boys games that are at night when parents can attend? Okay. Thank you. I feel like sometimes like we our concerns get forgotten like concerns we we pay attention to them for a short period of time and they got so try to
remember to like keep going back to them. They're all I have a quick question. I'm just going to piggybacking off of the U grant applications and whether the money is funded. So, of course, that's our we
have our contingency plans just in case federal government truly does to come to a halt uh on Tuesday. Uh, and so I'm wondering if there's if there are grants that we're expecting, whether they get
funneled from through the state or directly from us that were supposed to actually be in place beginning October 1st in terms of funding that you might not be able to draw down off of at that particular point or if the money is
being funneled from the feds to the state like a fun time. Yes. whatever it has to be that that money could either not arrive when it's supposed to or not arrive permanently based upon the only two.
It's a good question and I and I don't know that I know that I can follow up on that. I think my understanding is the grants that we've received that money. Okay. The two that we're waiting on I think the money is there. It hasn't been released, but those are grants.
They're not like title ones for their additional competitor grants. So, so everything so everything that we get from the feds via the state or directly from the feds, we have received those funds directly. We have we
I don't know about IDA. I think last we heard I usually can't draw them until after the new fiscal year, which is October one. So that's why I'm curious. Yep. Okay. I think I remember Heather saying the
IDEIDA hadn't been there were still something with that because that's not that's an entitlement, but it hadn't we hadn't gotten it yet or something. It still has to be appropriated. I know exactly. That's that's what I was that's the one I was worrying about
because that's the one I heard some discussion that Yeah. Okay. Right. So, move on to nature's classroom because you already voted for that.
I thought we voted in two years. Okay. Yeah, because we voted about we voted on it before like because they were already kind of going. Yeah. I just got hit up for the first payment. I think the other kids are in sixth grade now.
Do we need a vote on the April one though or are we going to get a presentation from Meg at a later time? Still on the top. Same. We don't have an April one this year. That was just because of CO. That was just a catchup year for that one. Okay. So, it's just going to be
back to the fall. Did you just say title one, title three, title six? I see some title four. I thought we had those. That's what we allocated last at our last meeting,
but they were drawn. You can but they actually arrived. Title one. I believe I saw an email. I believe I saw an email that from Desessie today that uh they were approved. Oh, wait. Yeah, I think we looked at
their website as allocated and that's where I took the numbers from because I think there was a change. Um, three and four were just received today is what lang said. Yeah, thank you. Thanks.
Great. We'll move on to the superval tool and explanation. So hopefully you had a chance to look at the presentation, the link that has a video with it. If not, that's okay. You don't have to vote on it. It's really for you if you
want to use it or not. It's not free. So there's there's a cost. Um but it aligns with the mass state superintendent rubric and superintendent's own goals. So it's basically a platform which incorporates all that information,
tabulates them. So I think it potentially makes things easier for school boards and school committees to evaluate superintendent if you want to use it. Um they were willing to wave the cost of the platform the first year. So
the only fee is the onboarding fee. U so the fee for onboarding is $500. The platform itself is closer to I think 2300. 2500 um in the future if you wanted to
include with it. Um and it's really up to you if you think it would be beneficial to you, helpful to you. It's a complicated rubric. There are a lot of standards. There are a lot of indicators. Um and we certainly do the best we can with ways to share evidence
and information and goals that are getting met. Um, so it's not a lack of effort from myself or anybody around the table, but that's it's it's a platform to help make that a more efficient and meaningful process if you weren't
inclined to try it. What was the cost again for after the year one? I'm sorry. $2,500. 2500. Yep. So personally I think if out of everybody it would help
another one that has been compilation. So to me it's worth $500 for that one piece. See if that could be I can't even imagine the amount of work that you have to do for everything that we um put together.
So, well, also I think it might it sounds like and I maybe need to go back and um check again, but it sounds like it would align like the the like the the evidence like because I know Brian you collect all that evidence, but it's like so much
sometimes that then we're aligning the different pieces on what are meeting the standards and does it does it do that better like you know for the different like this is this like does it do that like apples to apples a little bit more? Was that your understanding of of how the tool worked?
That is my understand. So it might might be easier even for school committee members to kind of look at like you know to do that evaluation piece before we even do the comp compiling. Um right. So I didn't click around in it yet. Um
you did Mary other people I read this over I did look at the video and it was Do you like it? Yeah, I do like it. It's worth trying. $500. Yeah. I just don't want it to become like a plea of gap that we don't use it in our
Did it 500 or 25? 500. 500 for the first year for this year, right? 500 for year one and 25 in subsequent years. I feel like personally 500 is definitely as long like assuming that you look at like that Brian looked at it and like that I think 500 is definitely worth it
for us to try. But I would want to just make sure that we like have a real discussion before paying 25. Yeah. Have to review once we're done and figure out whether or not it's worth doing. Well, even before that, I would like to
understand the m the like how to even get it on board because that is where clear go failed. It was even just getting it off like trans you know the data and getting it online and getting the data. what is the lift to that part you know in access and setting up and
the data and uploading whatever that might be because if that is who's you know that's cumbersome um you know to do that I don't want to assume it's like oh you just pay and it comes with a tool I don't know but there's always usually a setup regarding
any type of system you know process and I don't know who would who would be doing that and would we be doing that yeah Yeah. And seriously, Heather and I are going to do that with them. That's what we're paying for this year.
Yeah. So, if if that if there's no I think if for 500 if there's no that's the commitment that they're going to get it up and running with you guys that there's no like lift on our part to do all this other stuff except for just doing like updates for current
information, then I think I would be in favor of 500 and then let's re-evaluate after year one. But I don't know like um like would that and I would also want to think about um because it sounds like it would be a school committee like uh
expense. So I kind of go back to maybe at some point increasing the budget line for the school committee because we haven't really done that in a while and I feel like every time we send people like to um you know we just we always bust it with just the fees. So um maybe
we can have that discussion at some point as well. Yeah, I assume like there's there's money for this, but um I know for the school budget line like we use that a lot by going to the conference like are we basically I wasn't a negative that the conference
line that's conference line this would not be a conference line but like within the school like that like we don't I mean and the $500 um what would be the dates like when would this auto renew and can when we sign up for it can you let us know what
the date is we have to decide by so we can make sure and not like automatically sign up for next year because it seems like if we don't love it, it's a kind of big cost for next year. Like the $500 seems kind of like a no-brainer now, but I don't want us to like all of a sudden be on the hook for
automatically. Yeah. Well, maybe just the contract is only a one year. It does not autorenew. I just want to make sure we don't Yeah. have like a membership where we just can't we forget to cancel our membership and then we that's what I do all the time
ends up being like a gym membership that would be the other piece talking about the renewal is it like July we don't want it to be before it's the whole thing before June 30th oh yeah what is their contract their their contract
and I don't want to have to decide beginning of June because I don't think we'll go till July if you want it or that well technically um you know we should know by in June by end of June before the end of June
you should know because we're doing the evaluation uh with the schedule that we have right now we're doing the we're doing the um final evaluation for Brian the first June
usually platforms like this, they need a 45 or 60 day notice that you are not you will not be going to a set the next consecutive year and usually they need they need that in writing by that by that date. So if they're a 45 60day
company, which a lot of them are, like we may not know until the mid June, right? Right. Yeah. But they um with municipalities though, a lot of times they can't do that like because the budgets changed, you know. So like we if we have in our contract that it's only one year that
there is no auto like there's no renewal unless we affirmatively, you know, agreed to another year. Okay. Brian, that would be whatever contract they put forward. So, I'd be curious to see what's in that.
So, take a vote. Sorry. What are your thoughts? It's not an agenda item to vote on, I don't think. Right. Or Oh, it is to vote. No, it's just I think if it works, that would be great. I, however, would also like to
say that uh you'd like to see what the contract of what they're what they're putting forth and what they require just to make sure we'll be able to get there or if there's wiggle room for
moving it outside of the fiscal year sort of like this one is would be picked up October one whatever uh that if it can change if their 12 month period can change outside of that so it's like I
don't know September 1 through August 31st, which gives us the time to be able to decide. That'd be great. So, you don't think it'd be able to sell if they say there's a 60-day window on there?
That's why I'm curious what's what's in the contract, what they put forth, because this is just an invoice, right? This is not this is not an actual contract that will be signed. Um, so that's why I'd be kind of curious because you're saying we'll know by the
end of June, but we won't know by May 1st, but we might not know by May 1. Right. move forward within um to the superintendent goals
made some minimal changes based on conversations with hope saw them specifically in See? Yes. Yeah. Same. We have a question. Yep. Um, so I was
confused by the one that says, um, uh, let me see. Oh, I did a screenshot to ask the question. and I give them to me chat. Um, so I'm going to wing it, but uh
dates were confusing to me. Um, there was one that said like in May, um, never mind. Any other people have questions for us? Yeah, question.
You're fine. Natasha, do you have anything? No, the only thing is uh Alexis, I'll be circling to you just so we can establish the personnel like the cadence for personnel subcommittee meetings. Um, so if there's anything during the day just to I don't know if you can do days at
all like for Zoom. Um, do Yeah, I can do it via Zoom even from Okay, we can connect offline, but that would be the only thing. So once we get this, then we can kind of kick that off with Brian and have the timeline and all that stuff. Okay, so my question is about the line
that's not on Mary's print out. So I don't know if um Oh, maybe this is an old one. This is the old one. What? Um, so on the line it says advise action steps in each building based on real-time data collected in ECP style
ECP surveys to address immediate needs. And that's May 2026. I felt like that was going to be that would have been like an October one. So we're doing it now. Yeah. Based on last year's data. Okay. And then we'll also run the
surveys again, use that data to put some plans together for the following year. Okay. So maybe I was I was I think I was confused because it's actually on the list before you send out the survey like you have admin you have do that in
May and then you have administer the survey in March but like after it. And so I was like, why are we okay? Maybe can we move that to the end just so it doesn't confuse me again in the future? But like not before we vote. Just like
Sure. Cuz I'll get confused next time I look at it too. Yeah. Just send me what you want me to move. Okay. Um, and then I I think I wanted to add that the I think one of the things that will help with the safe and support
of schools goal is actually the next goal in terms of um creating the policies to handle the critical incidents will help in terms of students feeling safer. Like I think a lot of the complaints I hear is about how the schools handle you know racist incidents
and you know harassment incidents and things like that. And so I actually think that like it's kind of a bit of overlap, but by doing three that will help with goal two as well. Yeah,
I wouldn't disagree. It probably all that makes. Yeah, I think that that when I hear from black students about not feeling comfortable, a lot of times that's tied into the lack of response that they see or the lack of what they feel is appropriate response as a teenager to those incidences. So I
think that will really help. Good. I did have Maro I did have one question um only because the benchmark I was looking at the benchmark targets um for things and looking at the um
the budget um goal six for um the um codify the sustainable business process the the draft process for F1 FY25. I know we're kind of getting to
the end of the this um this year where we're reporting out for the FY25 process. So, I just wanted to see if you could kind of share with the school committee what that process was or or is
that has come to agreement on um because I think it's at the end of the month you have to send it over right to the end of the year report to DESIE. Yeah, I'm not sure what is the question that draft. Yeah. So there's yeah there's a
benchmark of the a draft process for attributing town expenses um for FY25 and said and then it says more of a sustainable process for FY26 like a memorandum of agreement um which I know
we couldn't do the memorandum agreement so what is the draft process that we used in closing FY25 to attribute the town expenses, the ones
that were um above and beyond what we've always used. So, how is that a draft process for what was because I think the last time the school committee was updated there was there was expenses that were not allowable
under Desi's agreement or Desi's guidelines. No, that's not true. That's not true. That's not true. No, there were ones that the school committee had to approve. Yeah, town council was one. Yes, there were expenses that were
considered discretionary and required school committee approval. So, the things that relate to town council, I think I I had shared this already with you and Brian, we had gone over it. um changing for FI26 and we've met with
Greg and Kevin from the town of Queen and I have met with them. So that's for the future and then we send it to Desi to get it signed off and then that's what we'll be using for this year. We use what we've been using except for they moved and Wayne can add in where
they moved the So maybe tomorrow. Are you both around tomorrow? Because I can connect with you guys tomorrow offline a little bit. um just so I can understand where we left off in our last conversation of what was expected because this impacts our net school spending and I just want to make
sure that what we're attributing is what we agreed that we would be addressing um or not addressing. And there also is a separate formula if you don't want to go um itemize it. The state has a formula if you wanted to do an average
um if that's the better approach. But I just uh don't believe that the status quo, which we agreed was not correct, should be carried over in FY25 because we all agreed it was wrong. Well, Desi said that that is the case
that unless the commissioner approves a change and both the select board and the school committee approved the change that we had to stay with what was the status quo. Do you have an email that says that? Excuse me.
That was Do you have an email that says that? Because we have never approved an agreement with the school committee. That's that's that's the fundamental issue. There is no agreement between the school committee and the select board on some of these charges. So, they've been
unilaterally taking upon themselves to go above what was um discret or non-discretionary. So, the data processing, all of that, absolutely. that's what they're entitled to do. Anything above that, they are not entitled to do unless they have school committee approval or if there's an
agreement in place. There is neither. So, I just want to make sure that we are just following the guidance and I if it's if it's a maybe there's a miscommunication, I just want to make sure we're we're we're looking at it in the same way, but that we are not carrying over expenses that we are not
that are not valid um that we have not approved and that the guidance says on Desi's website. Again, I look at school council or a town council. It's very it's explicitly out that as an example that should not be attributed to school and that was within the expenses that
the town was trying to attribute to us. So, we can talk about it, but I want to make sure I understand the process before that's being sent to the state because I do not agree if that if there is status quo that's carrying over because that's not where we left off the last time this was presented to the
school committee. We can follow up tomorrow. Yeah, we can we can follow up. I don't know that we we'll do it tomorrow. I think Monday is more real. That's tech whatever whatever day if you guys want to propose a day on Monday would work for me. So um just so I can kind of see
what it is that you're looking at and kind of get caught up to anything that came about after um these last discussions. But um yeah, that's fine. Yeah, I think it was last I heard Greg was pushing back because he wanted to audit a audit all the departments and personally I don't
care what other departments do. I'm caring about what's attributed to the school. So, um if we know it's wrong then we do something about it. We, you know, you do better. All right, Maro. Thank you. So, um so regarding that benchmark, which is what this ties into, the expectation was that
there would be a draft process to meet that benchmark. So, it sounds like if it's status quo, then that's that's um there's no process for FY25. That's a changing those expenses. That's how I was understanding it. That's what I wanted to get clarity on.
Y um I just had the the one question about that. Um, did you rework up this this part down below? If you go to um
page I think eight. So I'm on page four. Um so that's where it says like share the survey survey data blows
focus there's added I And I see the one that's highlighted online. Yeah, I didn't change that, but I didn't think that. All right, I'm good.
All right. Um, I'm going to make a motion to um approve the superintendent goals or year 2025 2026 second.
Any discussion? Natasha. Uh, yes. Yes. Mary, yes. Alexis, yes. Mar, yes. Thank you. Uh chair's report. Um
don't have a whole lot. Um, I am going to be um participating in the fall anxious generation book club. I'm super excited and I started reading today and
drop off. It's not light reading. No, but the I got into the just into the introduction. Oh my gosh. That's like my household right there.
It's just like, oh, this is awful. I know. So, yikes. Um, so I'm excited about that. Um, and that's that's all I have.
Hillary, you want to go next? Um, I don't really have anything except um I have some concerns about all the whole conversation about the roof, the valor, and everything. both in terms of how that was brought up and the current statuses and what people's takeaway would be based on watching the reporting. So I don't know
if like the next in the future if we could have like information like that presented by Ryan as like you know beginning middle and end or and if there's something we need to know about with solar roof if that a thing
that could be on the next agenda or if that was um that just gave me anxiety. Thank you. And my subcommittees are both going to be next week. Oh great Mary.
Um yes about the anxious generation. Just shout out to Beard Education Foundation because we um paid for the grant for the first reading group's books and then the other night we just approved with the second reading
approved. So um yeah just activities there. Um and also um so the whole capital planning committee um which is where all this conversation came up. Um um it was great presentation and the
following was just one of the items but it was a really succinct kind of just plan just to put things on perspective as to the priority and that kind of thing. So, um I think we all got that too. Like that was forwarded to us. But it like yeah, hearing talk about it.
It kind of takes maybe some things were taken a little out of context the other night. Um but anyway, so that's just, you know, everybody should really take a look. There's a lot of work was done with capital planning committee and it's just a really good sequence of, you know, one of the comments that was I
think I made it the other night was, okay, what are we going to do with this? you know, it's like something else to go on the shelf or uh because I always, you know, refer to Bob um Kathy who's been around as long as I have and he did similar things to this year after year and we just haven't done anything, you
know, and then it becomes more um escalating. So anyway, so that was one of the things that we're talking about at the board meeting. I think that is the great. So this was just the first step. So, and as Brian said, the the the priority that they put
on the follow was something different than um the you know, the priorities that that um um that Brian had. So, give and take there. Um just um question about a workshop for us superintendent schools. Can we put together a workshop
for Yes, absolutely. I was thinking um before the next the next meeting in October. Oh, I can fix like they tough. Do you have a do you have another suggestion?
I mean, that one's particularly tough. No, no, no. You have to next week. That Thursday, I have a friend flying in from Seattle. So, she's coming to my office, so I don't know when she comes in. Um, so I was
gonna probably make it in time first, but I doubt six. Why don't we go between the two meetings at the 16th of Yeah. Can we do a doodle? Yeah. Yeah.
All right. No, I'm on one of the committees with Hillary. We're meeting up Tuesday. Great. Natasha, uh yeah, just so just to kind of like the we had the town budget subcommittee
and um also just to add as an update for that when they were doing the priorities um for that um it was the DPW garage um the Fowler roof. This is for FY27
priorities. This is where um uh to fund for funding um that they were talking as they were getting into budget planning for next year um was the Fowler roof, the DPW garage and a merry oh the this um the
golf course right was the other um the third one um and feedback from Fincom because we were talking about timing. this has came up like okay what is the town Greg's timing and uh Fincom's feedback was that he felt that Fowler
roof was um should be prioritized because their feedback is always about like not maintaining not maintaining you know and um basically the DPW garage and the um Sterling like those buildings are
really kind of dilapidated where you know the Fowler school is relatively newish you know, speaking in its in its sense. So, it sounds like we're there's potentially a push from FINCOM to p, you know, to adhere to that as a sooner
rather than later funding um model to get that funded. So, uh that was just the the extent, but I think a lot of it's going to come down to whatever we get presented um from that. And then the other areas they were talking like they were, you
know, um I guess John Brents um is the school liaison from the CP uh capital planning and I think also CPC. So um the capital planning has a meeting next week. So I will be attending that because I'm the liazison for the school
committee. So I'll hear a little bit more on that. And then Brian, if you and Wayne, if there's anything related to capital planning, if you could just CC me on on what that is as you're communicating with the capital planning committee, just so I can kind of stay in the loop because I'll be going to their
meetings and it'd be just great that we're all on the same page. So, whatever like uh projects, that kind of stuff um that are on there. I think they were looking for some other information. So, um more for the school. I don't know if there was anything outstanding that they
had requested. No. Okay. Um and then Mary, I wanted to ask um I know this is generally when we would, you know, kind of go visit our seniors, our friends, but um kind of now part of what we had talked about in our workshop was like,
hey, we just want to go and listen, um and not have any like school things. And so I just don't know like what the school committee um you know would want to talk about you know or not um in that kind of conversation that there
potentially may be a school thing in the spring um you know that kind of aspect. So I just want to make sure that we're not like miscommunicating and saying no there's no school thing and then we you know like we just want to make sure we're aligned on what we may or may not be doing. I guess I think Brian that's
going to kind of like you whatever you can share with us about like the priorities and with Greg on if he's envisioning that or feedback that he's getting um elsewhere because all I don't know Mary did you understand like between the the priorities and what Greg
said that it looked like it would be annual town meeting that I mean if you look at the priorities it says zero to fiveyear decision but that is 25 years old so we've got potentially another five five years that we can do it. And I'm I'm going by what Brian
mentioned with our new energy person, Rebecca. You know, actually, it's premature, I think, for us. I I know it's premature for us to to start talking about a new roof in Springtown meeting because we don't even have Rebecca going through
the buildings to figure out, you know, her her thoughts on everything. Supposedly, she might have access to grants, federal, state. So um yeah, so that would be that would be great. Um the concerns that were raised about were
um I guess structural, you know, like which we had some already some mold mitigation, but um that was what FINCOM and Capcom had mentioned some concerns. I don't know if it's based on the report they got because I, you know, I hadn't seen whatever it was that they had done,
the schematics that they had. So maybe we'll learn more from that report when we get it. That's all. Um, yeah. I don't know. Mary, did you want to reach out to Amy to see if we could schedule something? I talked to Mar about that the other day so we're on the same page. So, I think
for us just to go, you know, um, yeah, just listen. That would be good. So, I do that. Okay. Great. Um, I did just want to um bring up that there's an October 15th safe and
support of schools task force meeting. Um, did somebody I signed up? Oh, you know what? I went to the safety committee meeting and they talked about it a little I know Brian reported out on that a little bit, but um tomorrow is
the half day and I believe was it there going to be some conversation um I don't know if with the kids about safety on half days because I know that that was what um Detective McCann also talked about was how do we so I don't know if
Brian if you had any was there any type of um education or pep pep rally but what do they call those um kids get together just to talk about safety and half days or anything. Did that ever pan out? I will find out. I don't know.
Okay. But I guess there was an uptick also Mara. They're talking about like helmets, not kids not wearing helmets and bikes and stuff. So that was brought up. Um so just yeah, a lot of lot of kids not with helmets and also scooters.
All right. I know. I thought that it's it's and for parents it's so difficult to like police that. Well, that's what I that's what I said. I was like the kids leave the house they held a hammer.
Yeah, I I say I wasn't yesterday when I went to the city yesterday. It doesn't matter how many bicycles there were, how many kids there are. Actually, it must have been today because it was rain must have been yesterday and um it was pretty it was very impressive. Yeah, but I saw
a kid drive riding their bike to school with their helmet around their elbow. Yeah, that's a great help. I hope so. There you go. That's all I got. Okay, thank you. Um, so if if anybody else can go in um
to our community outreach events and um put in their names, especially on the safe and supportive schools task force task force. Um are you signed up for the October one or is no one set up for October? Nobody. Oh, okay.
Okay. So, Alexis, there is only Alexis has signed up and that's November and March. Okay. Um and then um I I'm gonna reach out to Miss Dr. about Zach meetings.
Oh yeah, I can I can go to some of those um in the morning once I get that from her. I'll put that in here and then let you all know. Can I ask a question for for that stuff? Uh like for Green Meadow when we're communicating with them, it's the school
council and the PTO. I'm there for Green Meadow and not Fowler. Not school council. No, we're not. We don't do that. We do the PTO and the other the other spreadsheet says this.
No, no, there's one with all of our assignments. Oh, says yes. Yeah. Yeah. I know what you're saying. You're right. Um that's that's just this here, right?
Yeah. Okay. Yeah, we haven't actually done Does Fowler have a school council? Well, I don't ever remember saying anything. That's absolutely to be quite honest. I'm sure. Didn't we used to have school committee members on
No, we we have gone like I was I was at one point yeah I was I was on both met two different times and then I started on uh the high school and then
got all three to get to school with me too. Okay. All right. So, let's move on to the consent agenda. Minutes. Um, without objection, I ask
that we approve the minutes from April 16th and 30th, May 8th and 22nd, June 5th and 18th with grammatical edits. No objections. So the warrants are
accepted or the minutes are accepted. And then um for the warrants without objection, I ask that we accept warrants numbers 26 um 015, 016, and 017.
Objections to warrants are accepted. Um, I make a motion to adjurnn. Second. Okay. All right. Hillary, yes. Mary, yes. Alexis, yes. Natasha, yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Right. Bye. Have a good night. Good night.