All right. So, good evening. We will call the school committee meeting for Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 to order. Um, we'll begin with roll call. Peter Schwala Davis Madora Champagne Lisa Sheldon. Uh, as the first order of
business at our main meeting, we begin with a restructuring and reorganization of the school committee. So, I will begin by submitting a nomination for a school committee chair. I will go ahead and nominate Lisa again. Um, I think she's done a great job. I'm
excited to see um, you know, what comes of her second year. It's been a lot of effort um, navigation for some of the challenges that we face. So, I'm happy to look for a second. I
second. Any discussion? No. Okay. All in favor? I Okay, I will turn it over to Lisa. Thank you. Thank you all very much. We'll move to the next order of
business, which would be to nominate the vice chairman. Does anyone have any interest in the vice chairman position? Chair person. Chair person. Chairperson. I wouldn't mind trying to take on that role. Um I don't know if anybody else um
has any preference or wants to do it again. Um this is the third year of my term. Um potentially the last um year pending obviously um election of next year. would you mind trying to take on a little bit more responsibility
challenges um any you know important conversations that might need to involve um two school communities? I'd be happy to continue serving. I mean I think we discussed at this meeting last year that leadership roles in general should probably rotate more
frequently. Yes. Um, so I think that I' I'd certainly be happy to stay on. Realistically speaking, understanding that the primary role of the vice chair is to serve as the chair at meetings in the event the chair is absent. Um, I certainly do that. So it's but it's I
think it would be beneficial if as we discussed last year, leadership had a more rotational schedule similar to what the select board undertakes where it changes year-over-year because more individuals would be able to participate. But that's a more holistic comment. I do
like that what you said about rotating software. I don't know if they have a formal policy or a written policy. I think it's just their standard practice where each year it rotates to a different individual, the chair, the vice chair, secretary position. It has been my experience since I've been in
Norphick with the individual who's in their last year of service, I believe, serving as the chair. So this year, Anita is the chair. Last year, Jim was the chair, but I don't know that it has to be quite so formulaic either since certain individuals might not want to be
the chair or the vice chair or the secretary. So, social calendar organizer. So, it's just a thought. No. Yeah, I agree in terms like I think that was kind of some of my point last year. Um, and I don't know what like
obviously we won't have a written or a formal policy, but um, there's five of us, so it's hard to rotate every year assuming like one person doesn't run for reelection. Um, but maybe like on a two-year schedule. I just think because we and I have
served on this committee for a number of years where people did an excellent amazing job leading as a chair in consecutive terms. So it's not to say that that isn't something that can be done or something that will be done. Um
it's more just to bring all of us um into the conversation around the leadership of the community. Yeah. And I think a call back to the discussion we had last year. So from my standpoint, I'd be happy to serve as the chair again. I
don't know vice chair. Sorry, but vice chair again. um probably not quite as interested in serving as a cheer, but I think uh some rotation in leadership could be beneficial. So would
we want to start rotating now and kind of I don't know if we need a formal policy but maybe have a discussion at some point to say this is a tradition or this is typically what
we do I think it's more just having an open conversation so decisions are made out of habit and so like with which with respect to the vice chair role I I don't even know that it's necessarily applicable. It's just a comment as I don't think we have a motion pending. So
I believe it's your motion to make as the chair to nominate a vice chair. Am I incorrect in that anger? I think unless somebody else I think to solicit a nomination for vice chair. Um but we don't have a motion currently on the table. So I'd be looking for nomination
for vice chair. I will nominate Lauren for vice chair. I'll second that. Any further discussion on that? Great. All those in favor? I I
This isn't saying that in the future if I like run for reelection and successful that I want to take on the chair. It's No, but I'm saying no back policy. No, but if we're talking about like some sort not not a formal policy but kind of
like a discussional policy like would the vice chair kind of like I think it's good for like you said as we rotate maybe somebody different either filling in the chair every two or so many years and the vice chair in terms of just like
getting the experience cuz maybe they could take on the chair role in the future. Again, not saying that that's something I've seen. No, Lisa has so much work on her plate with that. That's not something I'm ready to take on at all. Or and I don't think there's an expect I mean I'm counting backwards and
I can count two or three different vice chairs who never served as chair. I mean it was Paul and Jen and I mean it's it's not it doesn't set you up. No, no, I know that. I'm saying like in
again the next year we rotate that position more frequently than the chair cuz the chair takes a lot of experience or not not necessarily experience but it takes more work. So there's less people probably who want to take on the chair
role then um but yeah you get all those great emails from people saying you're doing a wonderful job much appreciated. All right, we will now be looking to nominate a secretary, KP representative, and legislative liaison. So, those are
actually three different roles, but looking at the past several years, one person has always taken on with those three responsibilities. um which makes sense because altogether it's a lot of work but the secretary itself is basically for anyone
interested just recording executive sessions where um and Adrian may not be in attendance or recording the minutes if uh even isn't able to make it. The legislative liaison is our leazison to MSC and just keeping the committee informed about legislative issues that
are going on from them. And then the King Phillip representatives represents the Norfolk school committee on the King Phillip school committee and they report back to Northfor and um they are a voting member on King Phillip. So and that is bi-weekly.
Bonus bi it's Monday nights typically every other Monday night. Every other Monday night. Yes. Um it I served as this position last year. It was really interesting being on another school committee at the same time, seeing how both operate. Um, you learn a lot from
being on two. Like, is anyone interested in taking on a KP really wants to hold? Um, well, I actually would be interested just given my oldest is will be moving up to KP and as a KP alum, I would be really interested to see what is
actually happening now versus what I assume happened cuz it's 100 years ago. Um, so I would be willing to do that unless something feels strongly. I think it sounds forgottable for a good
reason. I know. That's it. Me, too. I try. Big deal. Like that someone with a child in that school system should have first tips. So, first tips on two more. It's great. You learn a lot being on it. So, that's why I said it was Lisa cuz I didn't think anybody else would
volunteer. I'm still looking for nom. I will nominate Grace for JP um representative secretary legisl second. All those in favor I
congrats grace. It's a good time. It's a good time. This has been a learning experience. I'm sure that will be you'll get to see the ins and outs of some people from other towns. That'll be fun. Thank you. Yes. So the next motion is to nominate our recording secretary. Adrian
has done a phenomenal job for the past several years. I'd love to see you continue if you would like to. Sure. I for I hope she's willing. Thank you. So next we have to build the remaining
subcommittees which will be interesting this year. So we have budget and we have policy. Um then we have we need a teachers negotiating team and a pair of professionals negotiating team. And then we also need to talk about the building
committee and the status of that and whether it's going to be a subcommittee. I did want to point out for budget and policy that Governor Healey extended the hybrid and remote meeting allowance to 2027. So because we have all these subcommittees that are going to take up
people's times and everyone is very busy, just throwing it out there that if it did lighten the load on some people that we could do but like you can't do negotiations virtually, but um you could do budget and policy potentially virtually either you know on a lunch
hour or another time at night. So you don't have to leave home if that helps at all. Just throwing that out there. And we have not yet received the request from the NTA to open negotiations on the successor contract. Their contract does
expire in June of next year. Typically, we've received that uh around November or December. Um but we have received notification and the Department of Labor has appointed MBA as the negotiating body for the PAR professionals. We also haven't received a request yet to begin
bargaining. Um the time commitment for those in the past is pretty intense. Um when we did the teacher negotiations we began in January and there's meetings from from January to June. Um typically every other week for about 2 hours in the evening um the Paris uh this would
be the first contract. So we aren't modifying we're actually creating all the language and all the uh terms. So I do expect this to be a significant commitment. Um so we just wanted to make sure people understood that before you sign up for other subcommittee's budget. Um we know it's going to probably be a
tricky budget year. So the time commitment for that could be significant as well. Um policy we have been able to our policies are currently uh all compliant with the the regulations but the um that tends to be slightly uh less
of a commitment than others. So just wanted to make sure everybody knew it was on the table before we find out. When is the um approximate is it during that same January through June time frame? I don't know. Um I would expect that they will request to open
bargaining earlier. Um in some places uh the request is sent to coalition bargain or to bargain both agencies together. I I we haven't received a request for the committee to respond to at this time. Um I I would guess that it would be earlier in the school year. Um but I'm not
positive. They may decide to they want to try to to partner collectively with the teachers. I just we haven't we haven't received any indication of what their they what they timeline they would prefer would look like. And how many school committee members um support
that? So the well the negotiations it would be two school committee members because for both groups both the paris and the school committee they are negotiating with the school committee. Um yes the partnering agreement is between school committee and the agents. You want to talk about your responsibility? Well, you're the primary
representative that is at the negotiating table. Um, historically, I mean, I've with co I maybe three rounds. Yeah. Um, historically, it would involve two
school committee members. Um, Ingred obviously I think in the last round of negotiations we incorporated Justin. Yeah. actually a representative from the town who attends some of the meetings. Um and then obviously outside
council should have should have said Andy first. Um but you know I mean I and I think it's it is a time commitment. It's very important. Um I think it's an extraordinarily important role for school committee members to
um hold. Uh I have had the privilege of doing it on a few occasions. um my personal perspective um I this will most likely be my last term on the school committee because at the end of June I will no longer have children in the
school system. So um you know it might be time to move on. So um whether or not personally I would be available to be on the teachers negotiating team this year starting in January um that time commitment might be too much for me. I'd be happy to, you know, support whomever
is going to be part of that process. And if we are negotiating separately with care professionals earlier in the year, I I might be able to participate in that. So that you know, we're in a deficit because no one else on the school committee has participated in this previously.
I have a question about the professional. If they choose to bargain collectively with the teachers and we nominate um people to be on those committees with the negotiations for them, would that just get cancelceled in the two that are on the teachers? Well, what I'd suggest for this meeting is to
fill the budget policy with a lens to what else you might be volunteering for. Okay. Um I don't think we need to to establish the negotiation committees tonight because we haven't received that bargaining. I just don't want somebody to sign up for budget that may have to serve on a negotiating committee if
that's going to have your time availability. So, we wanted you to be aware of these two requests will be coming. Okay. Um and what the time commitment involved in each of so that people can think about what committees are manageable. Yeah. And how flexible they are with like nights and stuff. Usually the way the negotiation
committees work, we uh we have an initial meeting that we agree on upon a time and at that meeting we assess grounds and we typically schedule out the next three meetings. Um so it the the dates and times change. Okay. Um we can't necessarily pick one consistent
night because the uh representative that's supporting the MTA is often negotiating multiple cont uh contracts. So they're not always available on the same night. Um but we do as a courtesy try to book out at least the next two sometimes three meetings so that we can all plan our schedules accordingly.
Okay. And I mean just for the sake of information I I think the last round of negotiations we had I was serving on the budget subcommittee at that point and it was it was a different budget climate. Well not that different.
Um but it was tough until had much equipment until recently. But um it it was you know for me personally manageable. Um definitely I miss a couple softball games but it is what a month. Yep. Yeah.
I mean it was it's it's a time commitment. I think it's really valuable important work. So I would encourage everyone to give it some consideration. It's a great learning experience and I think it can inform your understanding
of the role of the school committee and the role of the amazing teachers that we have as you move forward. So, and I think too hopefully that flexibility with, you know, someone signs up for budget or someone signs up for policy
and then they join a committee. Um we we could we could go virtual um just to alleviate that time constraint. But if I understand correctly, if they decide to argue collectively, it would go down to just two people. Well, it would be up to the committee. They request you have to
decide whether you want to follow your bargain. Okay. So, we would have to work that out. Okay. But you would you can only have two members of the school committee on because you can't have a form, right? you have two members you elect to argue on your case on behalf of the committee whatever the final
agreement is that is reached come back to the full committee for a vote application so um if if we move forward coalition bargaining it would only be two people um my impression was that they that we would likely be bargaining separately but I I I just don't we
haven't received a formal uh request yet with that information I'm happy to serve on a negotiating committee and can also do one of the subcommittees. Um, but I'm happy to hear if anyone has specific
interests they want to fill. Um, I'd love to stay on budget. I'm sure nobody wants to get that from you. But, um, I mean, I don't know. It's not going to be a good year. I've just been on it the past few years, so I feel like we went over a lot of information the past two years and more
detailed than is kind of presented at the the full meeting. So, I'm hoping that knowledge of the past few years could be helpful in kind of determining where we go this year. Sure. Um I'd be happy to be on budget as well if we wanted to move things around. um having
done it in other strained years perhaps that would be helpful but you know yeah your knowledge from years ago and that's what we were kind of looking at this year just trying to compare historical well it'll be interesting I mean be working with a different structure within the town as
well so be interested to see grace on KP I did not serve on you think you're good my cup runth over so that is a lot of this is Fine. Yes. Would you like to do policy? Yeah, I
think I can get as far policy and then we can figure out negotiating better when we cross that bridge. Yeah. But you said generally expect 6 months two times a month. Um it
depends. It's been very different. LA our last round of negotiations began in January and finished in June. So about 6 months and it was about two meetings a month for two hours. Um a little bit I think we had a couple of extra meetings towards the end. I think I'm not sure the exact number but we had a couple of
shorter meetings at the end. Um there's been other years it took four meetings and we were done. So really it just depends on the number of issues that we are negotiating on. Okay. So yeah an open mind on that. Can we figure out what it looks like and talk about that?
So we have Lauren and Madora on budget, Peter and myself on policy and then what is the status of the building committee active is still are you still meeting? Is it the building committee right now? So as of right now the building
committee is not meeting. We talked about putting together a community working group um to explore options. However, that's on hold because we did apply for MSBA funding. if we receive it as being funding, a requirement is to appoint a building committee. So, I
don't think it makes sense to establish a working group and then have to appoint a committee if we receive funding. So, I think that's on hold and I think we should hear from MSBA probably in July. Um, if they do not move forward, then I think the to think about a working group
to continue the work that's been started and um and go from there. If we are if we are approved then we would need to give up a building to oversee. So because the existing building committee hasn't disbanded, I think you
could use that as a study. That's right. Assuming Yeah. We're just not meeting. Yeah. There's not exist. There's no money. There's no projects. Yeah. There's nothing to talk about, no choice. Yeah. So we might have committ. Okay.
So until we get into Okay. And if we I would say if we are invited into MSBA, it would be for an expanded feasibility because we would have to go back to the feasibility and can't pick up where we left off because MBA would require additional feasibility work to be done.
So the time measure probably won't be as much as um if we were in the building. So we'll leave that on hold. All right. Moving on to public comment speak tonight.
type correspondence. We have none. Um, school committee chair report. Just welcoming the original gang back together. And then we'll move on to the gift fund. We are lucky again to receive some amazing gifts this month.
$800 from the Norol PTO for a course site for Freeman. $3,000 from the Norfol PTO for Camp Burgess. $1,039.20 20 cents from the Northfor PTO for um box session two which my kids are doing
again. It's the four school gym program and kids love it. And then the friends of CPAC uh $1,000 for the unified school field day at both HOD and B. So I would
be looking for a motion to approve the gifts as listed. So moved second. All those in favor. Thank you to the PTO and the CAP. Thank you to the PTO for I had the pleasure of going to camp purchase and let me tell
you it was great. So wonderful time to get that scholarship money coming in. Awesome. Yeah, I think I need your password. Sorry. You can't race. Was it just the one night? It was one night. They did
because we changed venues the one night. I didn't have Yeah. No, I slept on great. It was nice. All right. So um we wanted to start the
the uh meeting tonight with sharing some student performance. So um this is the FK uh advance band at the Micah competition and Micah is the Massachusetts Instrumental and Coral Conductors Association. Um their goal is
to encourage and support high performance standard by high school, middle school, and elementary school music organizations. and the Michael Concert Festival encourages the improvement of an ensemble's musical standards by providing musical adjudication by highly qualified adjudicators. Attendance at the festival
also affords organizations an opportunity to hear performances by other groups and to experience the presentation of a wide variety of musical literature. Um, participating groups are evaluated on the merit of their performance and awards are presented based on a medal system.
Groups achieving a score in the highest rating bracket receive a gold medal. Groups in the second bracket receive silver medal. Groups in the third bracket receive a bronze and groups in the fourth bracket receive a medal of merit. Groups in the final bracket receive a festival a certificate of
festival participation. Um Freeman Kennedy and the Freeman uh Centennial Advanced Bands has participated in total of 16 micro concert festivals and the bands have uh annually uh received awards in 2003 4 and 8 they won the
silver medal. In 2009, 10, 11 and since they have been winning the golds. Um so this is a uh snapshot of part of the uh advanced band performance at my Heat. Heat.
Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. So, we just wanted to share that I think um we're very proud of our FK band students. They do a fantastic job and uh
Mr. Forer our bands. I don't know if you want to share anything but we just wanted to share that with the community once again. Thank you guys. Um we've been extremely lucky here for a number of years to have on the school committee Dr. Allowy and
and the administration and my peers who uh give their time to let the kids come down for lessons and sectionals and stuff like that. We were really fortunate to have everything we have. So thank you. Thank you. And our offices are
located all the time which is really fun. If I could quickly just say that percussion session of the section sounded particularly amazing. Yeah, look at his arms. Good muscles.
Thank you. Um, next on the agenda, I just have an update on Bay State Shelter. Um, so as everybody is aware, the Bayate shelter will be closing uh at the end of July, July 31st. Um we have currently 27 students enrolled in the
shelter. That's about half of what we had when I reported um at the March meeting. It's been declining ever since then. We have had no students enrolled in the last month at all. Um uh we've only had about five students total since
March. Um and we have had quite a few students activating as you can see. So we have 27 students remaining. Um we will be working with the shelter collaboratively on close out and supporting families as they transition. Uh it is my understanding that most families will have left by then and then
any remaining um families that are still there in July will be relocated to the newly opening um shelter in emergency shelter in Mo. So that's the information that we have. Um I know it was on the news last night. Some families have
haven't heard that. Um and we're just continuing to work on shelter. Okay. Sure. Um so a majority of these students probably have the option to stay within our district. I know it's extremely rare. Is there like a cut off time that that they
have to make that decision by that we would know? So it's it's a little more nuanced than that. So families that have left the shelter that are in permanent housing or apartments only have um the right to return to the school of origin which would be Norfolk to the end of the
year in which they become permanently housed. So most families that have left the district that are in permanent and are in apartments throughout the state of Massachusetts they have McKini Vento rights to return to Norfol only through the end of the school year because that's the year they become permanently housed. I thought it was until there was
like a specific transition like no until the end of the school year where they become house. However, um if there are families that are remaining in the shelter that are relocated to another area, although they're still in the shelter system, they potentially could have um a right to return. Uh that said,
it's often not in the best interest of the child when you're talking about a commute that's over an hour um both ways. And so we work with families around that. Most families, I think it's unlikely that we would have many families returning. Is there like a specific date that they have to make that known by? just in terms of they
would have to be enrolled next year. No, not there isn't uh they would have to be enrolled somewhere. So, um if they weren't enrolled in September, they would we would have to follow up because we have an application to make sure students are enrolled. Okay. Um so, if we don't receive a records request, we would have to reach out and clarify
enrollment. Um but, as I said, most of the students that have exited have exited to apartments. Okay. Um at this point. Okay. I know it's um not closed yet, but we're working there. But I just wanted to say thank you to you, the administrative team.
Thank you so much to all our teachers. This was a tremendous undertaking. Everyone came together. Everyone worked really really hard. Um and it's recognized. So, thank you teachers at staff. Yes, it was a big it was a big
transition and and as as you said, our teachers did an excellent job. Um we have a a social worker that supported um transitions. Uh I think we learned a lot. Um and you know uh I think as we worked towards close
out we there's certainly takeaways and things that we learned and for many students that came here um they they received a great education while they were here and we worked hard to make sure that we were meeting the needs of our current students and um allowing everybody to access the education they needed. So um it was a chomping year but
I think we are uh ending on a good note. I'll second on that. Thank you. Um next board appointment. So annually the committee is required to appoint somebody to serve on the BICO board. Um it can be a superintendent or
a school committee member. Um the BICO uh collaborative we are part of uh there's about 17 member districts. Um through the collaborative they provide specialized programming generally housed in in public schools. We have a few sites that are private um and provides
programming at a discounted rate to member districts uh for students that you may not be able to provide appropriate programming within districts. Um currently there the board is all superintendent. They meet at 9:00 on
Thursdays usually the the first or second Thursday of the month. Um, I'm happy to serve on the board. I've been on the board since 2012. Um, I I was the chair of the board for a few years. Um, so happy to continue to serve if you would like me to if if a member is
interested in serving on the cycle board. Be careful to consider that. So, put that out to you. I would be looking for a motion to nominate Dr. Ali uh to appoint Dr. as a board representative. So moved. Second.
Any further discussion? All those in favor? I uh the next item in the packet, um we are going to postpone till the due meeting. There's an error in the document. Um but we are looking at trying to adjust our food service salary
schedules. Um so I'm going to have to uh get this corrected and bring it back to the June meeting. Apologize for that. Um, next in your packet, we have uh Marian uh Goodman has been serving as our business consultant. As you know, uh
we do not have a full-time business manager. We have a consultant one day a week and then we have a business office specialist that does the the day-to-day operations um uh as kind of business in invoicing and accounts payable. Um Miss
for two years. Um she also jumped in and helped KP this year. So, she's doing some work to uh to support them and close out and and fill a gap that they have. Um I think she's very uh diligent. She has um I think she's done a great job. Uh I would recommend that we
reappoint her. Uh the salary pool that the school committee approved for people that are not on a salary matrix was 3.25. I I think we should um put the same pull in place for Miriam for her success contract. Um so my recommendation would be that we appoint
Miriam uh with the 3.2 5 cola and you can see the agreement on the back. Looking for a motion to approve Miriam and get the term stated. I'm sorry. I move to appoint Miriam Goodman um for a successor contract as
the school's business consultant. I hope that any further discussion all those in favor. I uh next in your packet is the school nurse. Uh per the mass general laws, the school committee is required to appoint
certain positions. That would be the um director of special education, the superintendent, the school business manager, which you just appointed, um school physician and school nurses. Uh our two school nurses, named Julia Lavoy, the full-time nurse at Freeman Cathy and Kathy Ste has been a part-time
nurse at the Freeman at the Hon Bay. Um Ann Hurley retired and has come back and was supporting the transition and on boarding of the new nurse. Um but she will be really retiring with this one. Um so I recommend that we hire Kathy
Beck full-time. Um she's done a great job for us. The nurses, as we talked about earlier when we talked about budget, their salaries were not competitive with the market. Um, and so we are recommending a market adjustment. The budget studies did look at this. This is uh built into the budget
proposal for next year um to make their uh salaries more competitive with our regional counterparts in men and living. Um so we are recommending for those nurses who have um similar backgrounds and experiences a salary of 72,500 for next year. Uh, additionally adding
funding 1,500 annually for professional development and 200 for the purchase of um, scrubs and um, uh, office attire or sort of thing. Um, so that said, the rest of the contract remains the same.
Those are the the key uh, terms that I'm recommending changing. So I'm looking for a motion to appoint um Julia Lavoy full time to the Freeman Kennedy with the contract and terms as spelled out and then another motion to appoint Kathy Stack as the volunteers with the term
and provisions outlined in the contract attached. Move to appoint Mrs. Julia Lavoy as the full-time nurse at the Freedom Kennedy School pursuant to the terms identified in the contract. Second. Any further
discussion? All those in favor? and move to appoint Kathy Stack as the full-time nurse at the age of day school pursuant to the terms in the contract. I'll second further discussion. Thank you to Ann. Yes. Thank you. This is early.
All those in favor? I um next is the school physician. So you're getting all your appointments done at one meeting. Um we have worked with Dr. D'Angelo for a number of years. The nurses really like him. He's very responsive when they have questions or need support. Um, and they uh would like
to continue working with him. Uh, they reach out and he is willing to do that for another year. Um, the stipend has not changed. He has increased that for a couple of years now. Um, it's a $2,000 stipen. So, I am recommending that we continue to work with Dr. Henry D'Angelo
as the school physician. Um and motion for that. I will move to um reappoint Dr. Henry D'Angelo as a school physician. Second. Any further discussion? I was just
curious where is Dr. D'Angelo located? Walle does the doctor doesn't come on site, right? So tell he he does a lot of tella health. Um if we have a child that doesn't have a a physician and they need support with uh physicals, things like that, he would support that. Um consult
with us on healthcare plans. If a child's entering the district and needs a healthcare plan, he would review that and support our nurses. Um anything like that. So generally tellah health, but he has done some on-site um training or he or they've come to his office for for meetings at times, too. Yeah. Yeah. And
he's local. Okay. Yeah, that's good. All those in favor? I All right, the last thing I have is just a draft calendar um for next year. Typically, we meet a little bit later in August so that we can give an opening
school report. Um this is just a draft calendar if the committee wants to keep meetings on Tuesday nights and it also reflects the main meeting is usually a week later following the elections and town meeting. Um no meeting in July. So this is just basically the meeting
schedule that we've had this year imposed on next year's calendar. uh for discussion. If that still works, we can keep it. If it doesn't and you want to consider a different end of the week or anything like that, we can have that discussion as well. I put
so that Yeah, we'll have to we'll have to do that in November. Tuesday still work for every Should we just pick the November date now? weekend when nobody has. Can I say
not the 18th? I'll say not the 14th. Friday. How about the 4th? The 12th or the 13th or the 10th? Yeah. Anything that you want to keep it that way? Um, do you want
to spend my birthday with you on the job? We don't have to do that because of gray. So we still have our creat. But but we would have four. Yeah,
you have four or Okay. 17th that's better. Can I make an observation? November 11th is a holiday. That's why we're changing it. fourth is okay for each fourth and then when we
look at calendars let's do fourth but all are good except the fourth um is a PD day though that's okay perfect that and that's all I have for you today on topic of the calendar so um
KP does a retreat before the beginning of the school year they I didn't know that I said half day optional get lunch. Okay. Okay, fine. That um they they look at their strategic plan. They kind of set some they align with each other. They
set some school committee goals that they're interested in achieving for the year. It it's actually a really fun morning or afternoon. Um was wondering if people had interest in doing that um someday this summer. I think it would be
good for us to I don't know that I could commit to doing it during a workday. Um, but if we wanted to do like a late afternoon evening thing, I think accommodate that. We could do that, too. That sounds It doesn't have to be a full half day, it could just be. We could just have snacks, too. The budget's
tight or something. Okay. I will send out some. We can talk and look at availability. So, we have a little Google you like. The only thing I will say and just flag that last week in August, I guess not the last week in
August, but the la the last week in August before school starts. Um, I will be away. So, I just want to make sure that there isn't other complex. That's our vacation. I will be here. We will be here. I'll be I'll be back on the 4th of
August and so then that date should be fine. I just want to be here tonight. I have three vacation. Wait. I think we're visiting family again. So vacation although we strike that don't
yet. Yes. Okay. So moving to committee reports and I in committee reports I noticed that we did not discuss leaison. So we can do that quickly. Um, does policy subcommittee have anything on the board? Yeah, there's
no we just have a new policy sub. Um, our former budget subcommittee pass the town meeting. So, building committee we talked about um King Phillip. It was a very very short meeting last time we met. So, I
really have no report from them. We can't. knows. Um it'll be June 9th. And then does anyone have any leazison on updates? Um I did I did have a couple
updates for Lions that they just wanted to share on you know any available place including school committee of their upcoming events. the annual Field of Flags event for Memorial Day and that supports the Fiser House of
Boston and veteran families undergoing medical treatment in Boston. Um that's going on now with the ceremony on Town Hill next se on on Saturday at 10:00. And
um if you go to the North Norfolk Lions, they have all the information on Field of Flags and the ceremony and and also how how to benefit Fiser House. And then the community day event, which is the kind of early summer
kickoff at the on the Homes Bus complex, and that's planned for Saturday, June 14th from 9 to I mean 11 to 4:00. And that information is also on the Norfolk Lions website. Awesome. So Jack said, if
you could just elevate those at the next meeting, be appreciated. That night, right, Kennedy, anything on the page? I think so. I didn't know that was annual now. Donna, is it annual now? Yes. Um, fireworks are proto's favorite event
to run and she is retiring this year. She's going out with a bang. Sorry. It's been a long day. You're welcome. Any other lesbian lee, most of their events are done for the year. um have some updates
apparently over the summer to happen next year. Okay. Uh for me, PTO had a great teacher appreciation week and the teacher appreciation lunchon will be this week. Casino Royale um exceeded its funding goals and they'll be funding a sensory
walk for HOD. Sixth grade had a successful dance and very successful and they're looking forward to field days and promotion ceremony and there have been a number of grade specific curriculum enhancements as well as an assembly of HOD that was funded by
the PTO. They did want to flag out their ongoing concern about um the increasing strain on the library, which I know we all know and feel and we've heard from other public comment as well. Um but they wanted to bring that to our
attention that they're also doing this and they do provide um volunteer coverage but the amount being placed on them they feel is unmanageable. So, how do we facilitate that? Or um are there like emails that are sent out to
like solicit volunteers or do you have to be kind of like certified to be a volunteer at the library or anything? No, it it's they really um provide training and support with you shopping books and helping kids check books out. Um have some volunteers that do that
work. Um so I guess I have to maybe I haven't read through the PTO. Um, I haven't seen any like specific emails from them requesting that. So, I don't know if there's like a way to Yeah, if I can follow up on that. I'd love to see more support on that too. I know it's
problem on their side. So, yeah. And then did anyone does anyone want to meet a new school partner this year and switch it up? Do you want to keep your same school partner? Any particular thoughts? So, I have not been able to
give my all to um CPAC just because of all the other juggling I'm doing in my life. So, some and I and I know I want to make sure they get the attention that they need. So, I'm happy to have somebody else who has maybe a little more bandwidth take that long. Um, but I
know they were requesting like the monthly call before every meeting and I just wasn't able to get that done before the weeks. Um, okay. Yeah, that was one of the the heavier ones. So, that makes sense. Um, does anyone else have any
thoughts of I'm happy with money? Nobody anyone wants to take it? I'm happy with mine. I'd also Well, I was going to say I'd be happy to move to the PTO. I don't know if that is odd since I won't be a member of the PTO anymore next year.
This is all becoming very real. Um, so yeah, I'd be happy to switch to the PTO if that gives somebody cuz you're PTO this year, right? Right. So I want to stay on CP. Yeah. And I could do PTO if that's okay. Then I'll stay with
I could switch deal. Yeah. I mean, either way, wreck is is very adept at their own publicity and um so then maybe I'll take Reckless Wreck and the King Philip Music Association, so I feel like there's some crossover there for you. What did I just
sign up for? PTO group music and rap. Correct. Is that right? Yep. Sign me up for library hours. I'm Okay, perfect. Um, we need to vote on the April 8th minutes. I had a chance to
review those. Does anyone have any comments on them? Looking to for a motion to approve the April 8th meeting? So moved. Second. Further discussion? All those in favor?
I. And our next school committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 10th. Good for everyone. Okay. All right. Looking for a motion to adjurnn. So moved. Second. Further discussion?
Seeing none. All those in favor? I