e e all right it's a good process uh good evening everybody Welcome to the swampa school committee regular session meeting for Thursday September 26 2024 um it is six o'clock we're at swans
high school and I would ask everyone we are now call to order if you could please rise for the pledge pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation
under God indivisible with liberty and justice um okay uh hold on one second just have to okay um we're just gonna take one thing out of order um it is uh curriculum night curriculum night up here and and um there's a lot of moving
pieces but I wanted to take uh under actions and votes um number B donation um Class of 1989 equipment trailer for SW High School band uh Mr duette you wanted to
talk about that yeah thank yours uh so I was a graduate of the class of '89 I grew up in nun I was one of the first classes from theant to come to swamp Scott went to the old Junior High and then the high school we had a really spectacular class um and we've been having very vibrant reunions and so we
celebrated our 35th this summer and at the 30th we we did a fundraiser and we raised about 1,300 for uh National Suicide awareness um and then about $700 to put towards the auditorium upgrade which is still in progress yes it's been
five years so this year at the 35th um we challenged everyone a little bit more and we kind of said hey why don't we help the band um ra raise enough money to get a trailer for the marching band and also get a lect turn for the auditorium I was talking with with with Miss Macky about what we could do so um
our reunion was on was the beginning of August and in a month we raised $9,300 to add to the 1700 so tonight the class of 89 is presenting $1,000 to the school system and AES I want to say thank you to the class um and Mr roie is psyched
once you guys say yes then we're going shopping so we're going to get a trailer so exciting so that is fantastic um let me I'll officially read this uh donations grants and Gifts uh the date is the 18th of September 2024 um Mr duette is uh submitting the
form um and Mr duette to remind everyone uh medor Arts uh instructor up here at the high school and the name of the donor organization is the H High School Class of 1989 um the it is uh all individual
donors we talked about that sorry the funding source Foundation corporate Etc um Fidelity charitable is one of the donors on behalf of one of the class members for $1,000 I'm going to just read this desri description briefly the Class of 1989
held its 35th year reunion this summer at haor by the sea in Swampscott we announced a fundraising challenge to help support swamp High School in one month we collected $9,300 which includes a matching Grant Challenge from an
anonymous donor we are adding 1,700 from our 30th reunion fundraising to bring the total to $1,000 um this money was raised um to purchase a trailer for The Swamp High School marching band and a lecturn for swamp High School
auditorium uh amazing fantastic can someone please make a motion to accept or comment on this amazing gift I'll make a motion to accept someone second please second I have a question absolutely um are you the head of the
35th reunion uh is there somebody in particular that we should be thanking or the committee was myself uh Hillary foutz um Mike dearo jaro andulo Jenny Edwards Sue Heffernan I didn't have my
list I hope I'm not forgetting anybody but that was the committee that um planned the reunion and then we were the ones that to bring the challenge to the class um so I would just ask that if we could just get everybody's names just so we can make sure everybody's thanked properly absolutely absolutely that's
actually in the little thing here too thank you very much all right we have a uh a motion in a second um all those in favor of accepting this $1,000 Grant raise your hand there is no one opposed uh it is carried Mr duette on behalf of
the school committee please extend our gracious thanks and gratitude to your entire class of 1989 we'll do thank you guys well next year's class trying to talk that all right wow that is a great way to start this meeting that's awesome
yeah okay for the love of learning fantastic I need to this sorry so um last at our last school committee meeting we honored uh teachers that were receiving professional status and because of a curriculum night of the
uh Elementary School we weren't able to honor one more person and tonight we have Mrs Rebecca buckin here with us at the convocation uh we recognize our professional status teachers along with um a very very high honor in this
District where the swans Scott Education Association um their members vote for and nominate and elect a an educator of the year and um years and years ago it was an award that to somebody that was
retiring and it has changed over the years um and it's really nice to see members voting for really deserved people I'm going to read to you sue comparado obviously has curriculum night but Sue wrote and read this at the convocation and I would love for the
school committee to hear what was said this year's educator of the year has been a teacher with swans public schools for over 20 years during this time they have demonstrated a strong commitment to educating each and every student they come into contact with constantly stressing to anyone listening
the importance of educating the whole child because I know how much this person values a good quote I thought I would share one that reminds me of them I found it fitting to choose words from a favorite educator of theirs Dr Brad Johnson anybody that knows Becca has know knows that we've heard from Brad
Johnson few things have a greater impact on students success than a teacher who believes in them this educator lives by those words every day day every person who comes into contact with this educator leaves feeling heard and valued I've had many students in common with
this teacher but a particular story that sticks out to me is one student who when this teacher's name came up said oh my God I love her please tell her I said hello I miss her she was the best and she really cared about me a few years ago a former student teach student of
the teacher reached out expressing their thanks for continued support but stating they had reached their breaking point and couldn't go on it was only because of the relationship and trust this teacher had built and maintained with this student that the student is still here today to this day this teacher
remains in contact as a trusted adult who continues to offer support last spring I was able to visit the Educator's classroom so my students could deliver lessons to their students when we returned and debriefed about the lesson one of the comments that stood out to me was about the atmosphere of
friendship and love that was evident in this teachers's classroom a fellow educator says I've been lucky to work with this educator for my entire teaching career we've worked together since TW 2010 they were always welcoming to me and always ready to answer questions when I was just starting out
we have had our classrooms across from each other since 2013 they have been the best neighbor I could have asked for this educator is a team player always sharing both resources and experience they have great ideas and finds ways to make their
lessons both engaging and Hands-On they are always present helping those that need them all while balancing their own family life and the many other roles they fill this teacher has touched so many lives over their teaching career the students that have had her as a teacher will always remember her this
educator and I spend endless hours communicating with one another sometimes it's work rated and sometimes it's not one time we were chatting about our upcoming desperately needed weekend and I asked what they had planned their plans for the weekend during the spring
when we are most exhausted was to spend time going to their students dance recital not something school related but something that would make a difference to their student I have no doubt seeing their teacher there absolutely made the students years and made them feel
believed in students come and go into our lives as Educators but something that makes this person Stand Out is their ability to support and nurture every child they encounter and make them feel like they are still their student long after their time in their classroom
is done every single year that a student is here is an opportunity to change life students remember the kindness and connection even way back as an 8-year-old in second grade it is truly an honor and a privilege to be able to recognize Becca Buckland as swamp
Scott's educator of the Year and thank her for always believing and supporting every student and teacher that she comes across come on down Becca [Applause]
so well deserved would you like to say soe thank you so much for your speech it was so humbling I I stand next to great Educators amazing Educators that teach me so much every day so I feel really blessed and humbled and it
is an incredible honor so thank you thank you so much already I we did get pictures yep got all the pictures thank you yes we've got our photo ops at the convocation great well served yes
indeed uh the next item oh sorry uh Becca and it it first of all it it's an amazing honor um it it just shows that your your love your dedication for what is I consider the absolute hardest job
there is and um thank you very much I'm I'm I'm so happy congratulations thank you than if I can just add to that I think it's pretty impressive that not only do you have this uh recognition as a classroom teacher but also as a school
leader you're an amazing leader for the teachers and it's really an honor to work with you thank you great thank you so much thank [Applause] you and we have another person to honor
here tonight um who is also in the midst of curriculum night uh we have Miss Jennifer Fitzgerald and I wanted Jennifer to come before you because she has been selected for the US Department of State for prestigious English language specialist project um and I'm
going to have Jennifer talk about it a little bit but I'm going to read a letter that was um a a press release that was sent our way on September 9th the US Department of State announced the selection of Jennifer Fitzgerald of Marblehead Massachusetts for a three-month English language specialist
project focusing on approaches to teaching reading for English language Learners in Russia Fitzgerald is part of a select group as her project is one of over 250 that the English language specialist program supports each year a career educator with over 30 years of
experience teaching English to speakers of other languages Jennifer Fitzgerald brings expertise in the areas of second language acquisition reading and reading disabilities and professional development for teachers an administrator her course designed exclusively for Russian teachers of
English will cover current and emerging Trends in teaching literacy skills best practices for teaching reading to students with learning disabilities effective classroom strategies and new educational resources such as generative Ai and other emerging tools and I I
think it was 10 years that you've been yes so I'm going to give you this microphone or if you want to stand at the mic and speak what are you most comfortable with okay perfect yes so it was a long time I've applied for this position I've been
um keeping my resume up to date and making sure my application materials are were all in order for years and then this summer I got I got the a call an email saying that I'd been selected as a finalist for this course that Pam just
um ex described and um and then I they say selected me as the teacher of of this group of Russian educators of English and uh I started the virtual so it's a virtual position and I started uh
two weeks ago um with my classes and it's a small group of 15 Educators and it's just been amazing and being part of a program during our orientation we uh had the honor of um Lyn Tracy being
there the Ambassador the US ambassador to Russia and she spoke about the program and how it's really an act of Citizen diplomacy that being able to um talk to people from from other countries
at any time in history um has always been uh a way to maintain relationships and I thought what a powerful um experience it would be for me and uh and it really has been so far it's been
very rewarding a professional and personally and uh I just um have always had a passion for English and English teaching and so being able to share that with other teachers who also love English is just been it's very very
rewarding um and being able to talk about um you know how do we teach how do we teach new new readers in a language um that's new to them it's just been it's been a really exciting opportunity and also to be part of this this program
that's that's run by the um Department of State is is very exciting for me professionally so I it's really unbelievable I ask some questions yeah of course are you uh do you speak Russian I don't I I've stud I studied a
bit but I but I'm not by any means fluent is this uh in teaching um language English is a second language is this like is this a niche bre you or was this something that was chosen by the government for you to was it Russia
specifically you applied for or no it was yes it was so so it's almost like an applicant pool and so then they match your credentials with the project that they have um what I my understanding is that in in countries where they have
these programs schools and um universities and different organizations will apply to have a specialist come to them and they have to create you know sort of their what they want for for for the course
and then they're selected to have a specialist and then they look through the pool to find a match so um so you know many specialists go they go all over it's not just um one country that they work in they might be chosen for
another position in another another place so um yeah was it's so it's so impressive what's your what's your time commitment for this is it just uh it's a 90 minute class every Sunday afternoon wow so it's
not a you know it's and I have 12 they they um the course is for 12 sessions so it's um you think this will lead to other opportunities with with um State Department like a success in one I mean it's so it's so impressive
it's like unbelievable so cool I know it it really it really is like so out there and I think it's I think it's amazing and and it if you could you said it's a it's a three Monon yes I'd love to hear the end I'd love to hear have you come
back and tell us you know your thoughts how it went um you know the challenges and and yeah just what what you think and what your students thought that it just be amazing knowledge I go back to the day we signed your contract and I met you um for the first time and I knew
you just like Becca you know you're a real District leader you're a quiet leader Jennifer is very heavily involved in the core work she's a leader in our core meetings and so it didn't surprise me but I wanted you to be recognized for it so congratulations thank you so
much and what do you and what do you teach here currently English language Learners I multilingual Learners yeah that's been that's been pretty much it for me since the late 80s found as we know that that's growing
here so yeah yeah I'm I'm very excited thank you so much thank you you have a great curriculum what a good new story wow that that's that is really lot of good lot of great things happening is did that go to the local press yeah uh I'd
have to follow up with Mr cohut I was just G to ask the same a cool story story it is great story it's really cool too it's like Department of State not when I first saw that all I could think of was when we got the blue ribbon award and that was through the DeVos
Administration and thinking you know yeah what I thought and uh interesting to see that it's Department of State yeah that is that is I agree if we could release that impress um all right uh committee comments um Noel let's start with you um
I would first like to say a huge thank you to the class of 89 that um that trailer is going to be absolutely tremendously helpful for us and as a member of the band I do know how hard Mr Robby works to coordinate everything and get everything on to the field like in good condition and that trailer he's
very excited about so I would just like to say thank you um for that and also as you guys know it's curriculum night tonight so all the teachers are getting ready and we also have our club fair tomorrow so all the freshmen get to go in and all the clubs are there advertising like what they do and um it's very fun for them to like sign up
and just see what the high school has to offer that's thank you that's s she kind of stole the show I much to say but um the football team plays Melrose tomorrow at home right great game last
week so gu hopefully another win um yeah I don't have much else today that's all right all right great thank you yep uh John I just wanted to compliment the football team we my wife and I both watch that game we watched it on on the yeah on the um YouTube channel but uh
what a great game and so congratulations on that and is the band G to be wearing Halloween costumes this year we will yes October 25th that's a treat if you guys want to want to see that the whole band dress is up in Halloween costumes their routine on the football field at half
great so that's it you guys ever play for other than the football team yes we have been asked to play for the soccer team so I think we'll be there senior night and then last year we also played for the field hockey team and we did a couple baseball games you guys doing that UMass thing again yes we go to
UMass Pand fantastic Amy I don't have anything okay Suzanne I have nothing as well all right um actually I don't um have anything either okay reports and discussions I have just I didn't even write a formal
report because there's a couple of things going on um one is that I just started a discussion with Mr cohut that apparently we are swamp high school and swamps Senior Center they were told our world renowned in terms of having the
senior center here at the high school and we have some Australian researchers I don't know if Noel's involved or I am invol okay so I should have mentioned it because I don't have anything under but so they've been here a couple of times I have some great pictures but I
am going to ask Mr cohut to present after they're finished with their work but tell us about it yeah so we me and a select group of other students got to participate in um a case study about um swamp Scott and our inclusion of the high school in the senior center because I guess we're one of the only schools or
the only School in the nation with an attached Senior Center and obviously I have a lot of experience with the senior center being um you know doing a lot of the community service that RC does etc but um yeah we got to participate in a case study we took a um guided like walk
around the school and then we were asked to give our opinions on certain spaces um and how we feel about them and also their potential to be um included spaces with seniors and high schoolers to kind of build on that in the future as you know that relationship that we have with
the senior center has only sort of been evolved in the past couple of years um and so I thought it was really cool it was really fun to be a part of that that study and I'm excited to see you know what comes of it and the potential for um changing the future so yeah they were here again earlier this week right yeah
so when this happened during xblock um Tuesday Tuesday or yeah it was Xbox Tuesday um and I think it's like a re occurring thing I don't know what they have planned next but yeah yeah it's I it's fantastic and I happen to have a
window in my high school office now so I saw the crew walking around the building but um I just thought when Mr cohut said one of the only in the nation the only yeah I guess the only which is crazy toar so um I just thought that was really great news and I know um Mr
Pastor you spoke the other topic I have is obviously encast the results before you go on can I just recommend that we um arrange for that presentation to be given at a select board meeting because I think it's important as it relates to town funding especially that you know
there's discussion about potentially a separate all ages building I I I think that reinforcing why that was here and and the impact that it has um is really important we'll try to make that happen good idea um so anyway there was a
wonderful article in the item this morning I know Mr Pastor spoke to them about our mcast results um and along the same vein of great news tonight um swam Scott High School is uh one of 57
Schools Massachusetts that is receiving a school of recognition designation for 2024 um the that honor is um bestowed on people that have are closing the achieve achievement Gap and high Achievers and you can see from the article in today's
paper that um we are doing we're not in all all the news has been about how um school districts are have not recovered from the pandemic and yet we're holding steady in a lot of areas and the percentages were in the newspaper but I
have asked um Miss Miss Dr bacon and Mrs Raymond are going to do a presentation on October 24th a deep dive into the data but I did think it was important that you know that um our high school was designated as a school of recog that's fantastic and that's the only
thing I have last meeting was I was on and on and on and on and tonight okay yeah a little shorter um I I just want to um if I could thank Dr bacon for spending a few minutes with me on the phone yesterday uh just explaining the real the basics of um the
results uh Dr bacon was giddy as we talking about yes she she was giddy she she's fantastic with the data and um I I did have the sense even beforehand I just felt like we were in good shape from conversations with the
administrators and it was nice to see it black and white great well thank you all right um for me so um Community Life Center feasibility task force um
we as a collective need a volunteer to participate in this um opportunity um I'll read it just really briefly and then we can discuss it or when you guys can get back to me we can
talk about it um swampit select board School of all ages swampit recreation department and the senior center are excited to announce the launch of a feasibility study task force to determine Community needs and desires for a multigenerational community life
center to ensure a well-rounded and inclusive process to ensure residential input we are seeking dedicated volunteers from the community to join this task force um Miss Strauss from the small Skool Recreation Commission uh is
leading this charge um I don't know if anyone has a um interest to do this or join the task force um you guys can think of that we could certainly Vol Karen I I would say you I I would not be
the one to be volunteered since I'm against the idea I but that's also a really good person to volunteer no like do you know what I'm saying like I mean I I kind of agree with you too um I I will will also say that it it I I would
we we collectively have a lot to do over the next several months um yeah but this I would imagine is a long term right um I I don't think we should we can right um I I just know I cannot commit to that kind of time so um
I'll ask all of you to consider that can we send a a volunteer who is uh that's a very good question um like a designate a designate no I mean like I would I would do it but I I don't think that M I'll take I'll take it on okay for trial
period to see if I can do it okay all right thank you the personalities and with the issues okay that was very nice thank you very much thank you I think that's a very this big hole in my schedule right
now little little little time and I have a feeling it won't be nearly it nearly is encompassing unless it passes let's hope not okay leaving that alone for right now um just a brief update um um I have
received email correspondents from both Mary Ellen Pletcher the chair of the select board and Eric Cartman the chair of the finance committee um about scheduling a tri Tri chair meeting um I've uh requested and they have also
agreed that would be myself U superintendent um Miss Stella um the Town Administrator and Amy Saro so we're trying to put all those trying to get some dates together and as soon as I have a date I will let everybody know
about that and uh Amy I'll make sure that you know as well because I may ask you to join me on that if you are able just so we have just two two different sets of I didn't I didn't hear what you said Town Administrator and then Amy Sara oh okay Eric Harman as well and
Eric yeah Eric will be there as well I'm sorry yeah um both Mary Allen Eric and myself we emailed back and forth and Mary Allen was going to check um their the town schedule and then I will run it by your schedule and we'll see what we
can do uh whether it's in person Zoom however we can as quick as possible have this meeting to just discuss budget I don't know if this is the right time to discuss it anytime it's the right time sure okay um especially because she's
not here but seeing as Karen is the head of the budget subcommittee and for the most part I think especially because uh the chair of the finance committee is there and
when in my experience it was all about and probably yours as well it's really all about the budget I wonder if it should be Karen who is going with um uh with Cheryl sure just something to think
about also I have no issue it takes things off your plate late um you know and I'm definitely going to go okay um I'm definitely going to go um but I can speak to Karen when she um when she returns from um other endeavors yeah
okay I just I think having somebody who is like dedicated with that subcommittee of of um the budget and and you know in those conversations particularly often with Cheryl that that's that she's there okay
V fantastic um so it's under subcommittees I'm going to actually move up um the new superintendent update from subcommittee um so just uh so everybody knows uh we discussed last week about our last time we met um about a schedule for a formal
um interview with the board uh for Mr Gman we're going to have that um two weeks from tonight on I almost said December 10th on October 10th um I will ask all of you including myself to uh
put some thought some questions together um just as everybody know I did speak with with Karen and she was okay with having this part of it without her and um Karen will be back on the
24th for uh a vote um I will again Ask the community if you have any question questions that you would like us to ask could be amongst ourselves it could be to um the interviewee uh please forward that to any one of us and we are sharing
any any comments that anyone sends us um and we will put all those questions together and have a a Q&A an interview style and then we will have a discussion amongst ourselves as everything needs to be done publicly and um um that's kind
of where we stand with that piece so my only question is is this superseding our school committee meeting because we often have so much to do going on in the fall um I think we're just going to add it too right I mean the timing is is a
little late but it's okay we're going to be okay that this is the focus of the October 10th meeting okay no I was thinking like that we would have it on like a Tuesday or a like some other night so that it doesn't interfere with our business meeting I I think we can get it in okay if
that's the one Focus we're fine and if the vote is just occurring on the 24th we can load the 24th a little bit more okay you can kind of disseminate whatever's on there if that changes I'll let you know but we're in the development stages of the 10th agenda okay and that's why I pushed the 24th of
the mcast presentation instead of the 10th knowing that that was going to be long okay yeah do we have um a Google Drive set up already for I mean I know I know I've seen some emails that the superintendent received
from from residents that that say really nice things I mean are those comments already being collected in the drive somewhere um I will if you could tomorrow could you ask Nancy to set up a specific Google Drive page for us yes we we've only received two as well right that's it yeah but remember we we had
talked last week about setting up a Google doc so that we could put questions in there like that we get from other people or that we have just to start do that okay thank you Susan I appreciate that
okay all right um now we just go back to subcommittee uh any bargaining updates none okay um anything from the school building committee on that amazing new school it's I don't I can R cutting was
a success the ribbon cutting was awesome on the 15th it was really really fun it was really great that um that all the all the elementary school parents that have sort of seen the building weren't necessarily at that there was so many community members there and so many um
families with really young kids so it was sort of Ni it was sort of nice to to see that there was a lot of a lot of residents in the community that were really excited to see the building and and really impressed by it so that was so I have to say I overheard a conversation at home Foods the other day uh where one woman chased another woman
down in the parking lot to ask whether or not she had been to it to talk about how fabulous it was and how proud they should be and I piped up obviously and nice that they absolutely should be proud as taxpayers um my question is I
know I was standing pretty close to the front and you guys were facing the audience any sense of how many people were there because it felt like a lot a lot well it was kind of I think I I think there's probably like 200 or so in that area but but people were coming in for tours like we were figuring 300 to
350 by the end of the day that was like one of the larger community events I've been to a long time yeah well it was also I I saw people I haven't seen in a long time at things or saw people I didn't know a lot of retired Educators that's kind of fun to speak to your point about
the children I I do need to shout out Ashley vort the PTO um I believe she's the president she was in so much communication with me asking what she could do how she could get the word out there and you know in the end the word was the kids have seen it the parents
have seen it this is really a community of and so I think she sent that message out I she had the program that you know this isn't for the kids to run through the building they see it every day and so I really felt supported by um the swans elementary school PTO and they just
wanted to make sure it was successful a successful event for us and I think that really helped so the partnership with their PTO was fantastic and I appreciate all of them it's great news just to your point I was standing in line at Whole Foods later on Sunday and um
to I'm assuming husband and wife uh who i' I've known for years who are as you said residents for a very long time their kids are long since gone had gone to the event and were just literally glowing about the school you know as
comparatively to where their kids went to school and I did the same thing I I hopped in and said well thank you very much and blah blah blah so it I thought it was an amazing a lot of people like wait why didn't we do this sooner we're also like oh my God our kids like our kids missed out on this right I got a
lovely note from pH Sagen was there I was talking to her for a while she was very very happy to very very nice note she let me know that uh you know she was sure to see uh prices hike and I said oh because they're not
already that's funny so the only other the only other school building related thing is um the mural that's in the library was done by um a group a whx group the summer a summer sort of mural group and the kids haven't seen the
mural yet that was put up it was put up after their program ended and they're going to have a dedication ceremony probably November 12th okay and um I think that it would be nice I mean I'll I'll give you guys the real the real details when I have them but I think um
it it would be nice to have yeah if Nancy could put that on our schedules really great that' be great because I just think that you know they'll be able to see it you know for the first time it'll be nice to see their reactions and and hopefully we have like a plaque or something I have a great picture of it
in case you're interested well um one of the when we were in the early stages of this we talked about having posters made to be on the first floor on the wall so kids could really see the detail of it I'd love to do something like that but also plaque but I and there's there's
perfect spaces on on that first floor to have like wall posters so kids could really pick out things in it but that can all take time so um but yeah I'd love to be there that would be fun yeah I just think that's I think I think they did a great job that's great well thank
you um any policy update yes so okay we we have the cell phone policy which it it does have a vote requested which um just to give a quick update just give
a Qui quick update from the last meeting um we discussed there was committee feedback uh during that meeting um that feedback was taken in suzan and I actually talked uh about the feedback and went through the document uh one
more time um made some um made those changes um I can put it up in a second and just quickly walk through it's not that much um but just to give you a quick synopsis so uh I socialized the the updated document that Suzanne and I
had gone through with with Dennis and Jason um did not get any feedback from Dennis yes what does that mean you socialized it I sent it to them okay I'm sorry so uh Mr cohut said he had a a lengthy comment I don't know if it
didn't show or he used a different document so he was talking about today okay I didn't see anything back from him okay so if um well if if we want to postpone the vote so we can take in Dennis's feedback
which again I didn't see an email either but um he said he went into the document and made uh he actually grabbed me in the hall today but I know he couldn't be here we had talked about him being here but obviously he's doing curriculum night it's completely up to the committee so why I review it I guess I
it seems like we should at least at least no no it seems like at least until you and um have the opportunity I I don't if if he's got additional comments it's unfortunate I yeah I was pretty diligent about
checking uh to see but um you know this I guess all of us not just Dennis but myself Nancy I'm not going to speak for Suzanne but this document has been like a little hobgoblin in in the Google
folder but uh if that's the reason then that's the reason but uh yeah that's fine we'll we'll find out what Dennis's comments were were and and we can discuss those offline and Suzanne right Dennis um suzan can I ask you a question you you were mentioning maybe a meeting
or two ago that there there are some policies that we we shall we should look at either have they that they need refreshing and all that should should we have a calendar of that you think or how should we kind of attack those I think we should start having I mean I think
policy should should be on the agenda you know and do I mean five or six years ago remember when it was like every every time there was 10 or yeah that was that was a big update like in it was 2017 and then um I know because I I have
I have a document that shows what we updated there and the new things we have to update so so there is like a giant spreadsheet of every single policy and sort of when it's been adopt when it was adopted and What needs to change on it and we did we did last year or the year before I think we did start doing the
ones that were um simple that just we're like we're changing him and her today like you know that that sort of that nothing substantive changed so we voted on a lot of those but there's there's more I mean I feel like every time the M masc sends out a letter there's like
another policy that's gotten updated well certainly after that um open meeting law uh public comment right yeah um I don't know if that's so much a policy for well there's a public there's we have a public comment policy right
that's the why I said last um Nancy updated the public comment sheet to take off the addresses and add just emails but actually I think emails are great but I think we wanted I think the more important thing is what's your what's your um affiliation affiliation with the
district so we'll we'll have that up so because our policy needs to say you know those that are affiliated with the district a parent a guardian teacher resident taxpayer right like yeah right I think that that's important
right should should we add just a a line item for policy going forward for so I think maybe a you tell me what you think but instead of having just a line item constantly there maybe you know we can go through the ones and start going
through the ones that need updating and when we have sure a batch that need updating we can let you know put it on then whatever whatever you guys are com rather than just you know well just just yeah I mean just hold it and then when you guys have your meeting tell you like
to do a through b or something great okay great I didn't want to forget that I think it's like yeah we we need to some of them we really need to have policy subcommittee meetings and and invite um uh people who have stake okay
specific stakeholders all right great great thank you I didn't want to forget about that um is there anyone out in the world that would like to comment can you uh you see any attendees I mean for public comment
for public comment I can't see if that says one or 11 I'm sorry can't see it it's one person okay um and they're not putting their hand up okay um so we public comment going once going twice are you here for public here for
public comment this the school committee come join us that's here yeah that would be here that's okay that's Sor right I love
it so Dennis's comment I don't find it anywhere Mr Jan I I can't find it it he I I I don't know what this has been such maybe he's referring to the comments he did for the last no this morning he said I I just wrote a big long comment on
poliy but it's nowhere to be found and then I just downloaded it actually did you send them a link did you send them a link to the document when you emailed them I sent him the actual document oh and said it was in in the particular folder that that it was in so I don't see
anything I I don't okay or we just put off the vote just because I think his comments I'll speak to him before I leave tonight be important okay um actions and votes um I'm going to read by the way uh the first note is superintendent fiscal 25 um salary
increase salary increase sorry and we do need a vote um I'm just going to read this you guys we just indulge one sec um okay um just so we everyone knows
why we're doing this in in open form um for uh this is from um copelan and paage our legal representation um for employment contracts the Attorney General wants um School committees to ratify their previous executive session
votes for employment contracts amendments um that take place in executive session so um therefore the vote uh I move that the school committee vote to ratify uh our
previous executive session vote to increase salary um of the superintendent's contract by 3% for fiscal year 25 I'll make the motion someone second please second second okay all in favor
I there is no opposed it passes unanimously okay thank you you're are welcome um um just a housekeeping absolutely um when the when there's only one thing on a consent agenda it should probably just go under actions and votes
or vice versa like things like the superintendence um or like a donation or or policies because we've already discussed them before then it becomes a part of the consent agenda okay um could make a note of that just for Simplicity
sake okay that's completely fine with me thank you um okay so we already did the donation uh of that um so the consent agenda the consent agenda is designed to expedite the handling of routine
miscellaneous business of the district the school committee May adopt the entire consent agenda with one motion at the request of any Committee Member or members any item or items may be removed from the consent agenda and place on the regular agenda for discussion um as Amy
was alluding there was only one item on there tonight regular session minutes of September 12 2024 can someone please make a motion to accept the minutes I'll make a motion second all those in favor there is no opposed it passes
unanimously um suggest one before we adjourn just one quick comment you know again I know it's a little bit of a quick meeting tonight I do anticipate that the next couple meetings will be lengthy um and superintendent and I talked about this and this was done purposefully just to kind of balance
everything out um if there is anything um that anyone would like to see on a for future agenda please just drop me a little note um the superintendent and I meet um uh weekly or bi-weekly about to talk about the agenda and uh anything certainly can be added um whatever
really whatever anyone wants I will certainly add that to the agenda so with that um Can someone make a motion to adjourn I'll make a motion one second second all in favor and that passes we are out