Good evening everybody. The finance and law subcommittee will come to order. 215 Harrison Street Taton Mass. Um first order of business is our attendance. Mrs. Shabs >> present. >> Dr. Dlo >> present
>> and uh Mr. Vieira is present. First order of business, cafeteria bids opening. Uh superintendent Cabraw. >> Thank you, Mr. Vieira. So, it's that time of year again uh where we are opening bids for cafeteria. I am joined by the fabulous Annie Zebri who's been
uh carefully tracking and monitoring uh when the bids have arrived. So, all the bids that we received, we received on time. So, no bids were excluded because they were turned in after the fact. Thank you, Annie. So, we have three bids that will be opening. We're going to start with cafeteria supplies for groceries. That'll be followed by
cafeteria supplies for paper and then the final bid opening will be food service equipment maintenance and repairs. So, we're going to start with cafeteria supplies, groceries. And the first bid, Ann, is from is it thirst? thirst and foods
>> and just sit back and get comfortable as we go through the bid. Make sure all the contents are there. No, I'll take it. We'll do one at a time. So, bond check has been included. your Corey is included, certifications
are included, and non-olusion is included. So on the periphery, it appears to be a good bid, but obviously we'll refer this to administration to perform our due diligence. Uh the items were itemized, so we don't
have a total as they provided us with an itemized listing of all the food. So we're going to have to go back and forth and cross reference the three bids. Okay. So that is that is Thursday. They appear to have all their items in order. Okay. Next bid should be Cisco Boston.
>> Yep. So, we have the bond. Very nice package. certification and non-corusion. So this and again this appears to be a good bid but this will be thoroughly reviewed by administration.
So Cisco appears to be a good bid. Dang, I can't talk. So, so far just to summarize it real quickly, Thirstston Food, Cisco Boston, and then Gordon Foods. Okay. Thank you, Superintendent. >> Thank you, Anna. administration perform my due diligence.
>> So moved. >> Okay. So then I will make the uh >> Go ahead. Mrs. Shabs. Absolutely. >> So we're going to move these to administration so they can review them and um pick the best bid. >> Okay. The the chair will second the
motion. So motion >> second in the motion. Chair. >> Motion has been made and seconded. All those in favor? do a roll call. >> Uh on a roll call vote, >> Dr. Dlo, >> yes. >> Mrs. Shabs, >> yes. >> The chair vote yes. The motion passes
three nothing. >> Okay. Thank you. So the next bid that we are opening and there are five biders. We have Uniac, Mansfield Paper, Conland Products, Cisco Boston, and WBM Mason. These are the paper bids.
in garden. Yep. >> So, first one is is this UNIPAC? >> Yes. >> UNIAC. U N I P A K. sample sample. So, certificate of liability insurance Good.
And they only bid on some items. They didn't bid on all the items. Look like they're just bidding on the gloves is what it appears. non collusion inquiry and the tax affidavit is in order. Okay.
So this is just partial bid. >> Next is Mansville paper. Thank you. >> Appreciate everyone's patience. >> Doing a great job, superintendent. >> It's been a while. So check is in order.
So they they bid on every item certification. collusion is in order is in order. So this appears to be a good bid and again they bid on all items. Thank you. Thank you.
>> This is Conland. >> So check is in order for Conland. They too bid on every product. Tax forms are in order. Non- collusion is included and they have the quarry. So it appears
to be a good bid. Next is Cisco. A well old machine. Check is in order. Cory taxes closure. So this appears to be a good Next is WB Mason and then
>> and then one more after that. So they're bidding on all the products. So taxes non-olusion Cy and they included a bit bond. So it appears to be a good bid. Then the last one is Gordon.
>> Gordon, you're welcome. Tax form nonclusion bid balance. That's what I wanted to make sure was in here. This appears to be a good bid.
>> Okay. Uh so again on on the periphery appears that all the bids are in order. Uh again I think the appropriate motion would be to refer these to administration. Motion to refer the bids for cafeteria supplies paper to administration. >> Second on discussion.
>> Okay. Motion made and seconded. On discussion, Dr. Dala. >> Thank you. Thank you, Chairman Vieira. I I didn't hear any monetary uh amounts attached to these bids. Uh are we not adding that tonight? >> They were all itemized. Dr. Dlo, so they provided a per a per unit cost. They
didn't provide a total cost because they didn't bid because the biders us they you can bid on only partial items or you can bid on all the items. So we go through the bids and we can award based on the lowest costs. >> Okay. I just thought for the benefit of the biders if they're watching at home
or in the audience uh they would want to know but if that's okay then I'm fine with it. Thank you. >> They they didn't include an overall cost in any of the bids. >> That wasn't required. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Any other any other comments, questions, discussions? Hearing none,
uh, on a roll call vote. Dr. Dlo, >> yes. >> Mrs. Shaves, >> yes. >> Chair votes yes. The motion passes three nothing. >> Thank you, Mr. Vieira. So, the last bid is for equipment and maintenance repairs. There are three biders. Uh, the
first bidder is Jenko. We also have a bid from Joe Warren and Suns from Norwood, Massachusetts. and Marshall Food Equipment Service from Cranton Wood Island. This one is Jen and they are located in
southeastern Massachusetts. So, bid bond is in order. Cory is in order. Certification is in order. Their non-polution is in order. and they bid on an an hourly rate of $127.50.
Their overtime labor charge will be $19125. Uh the number of people on site will be six. material markup will be 20% and the minimal minimum hourly charge
127 $127.50. So for this bid, Dr. Delo, we did include them to provide the itemized costs. Next is Joe Warren and Suns. the references. This is This is the deposit is in order.
Quy is in order, certification is in order, and collusion. And for this bid, uh the labor hour was a rate of $155 per
hour. The overtime labor charge $232.50. Uh the number of persons sent to site will vary per job. the material markup fair market price. Other fees include a $20 truck charge
plus a $193.75 travel charge and minimum hourly charge will be 15 minutes on site. So that is that is the second bid and the bid appears to be an order. You can go ahead and
And the third and final bid is from Marshall Food Equipment Service located in Cranston, Rhode Island. Bid bond is in order. Cory is in order. Taxes collusion.
Uh so Marshall Equipment uh they provided a bid labor hour $128 per hour. Overtime labor charge $192 before 7 a.m. after 400 pm weekdays and holidays.
Number of persons on site one tech unless the job requires additional. The mockup will be the factory list price except wholear list. cost plus 30%.
And then minimum hourly charge will be $128. And then other fees, a trip service call will be $92. A return trip charge to install parts $55.
A $15 shipping charge on all regular ground shipping and parts order and next day air freight. So those are the additional charges. So it appears without going into doing further due diligence, it does appear on the periphery that Jan Jeno may be the
lowest bidder. But again, we'll we'll go do our due diligence and confirm that >> and make the recommendations. >> Okay. A motion to refer this to administration to review the bids for food service, equipment, maintenance, and repairs.
>> Second. >> Okay. Motion uh been made and seconded. Uh discussion, questions, comments hearing none. Um on a roll call vote, Dr. Dlo, >> yes. >> Mrs. Shabs, >> yes. >> Chair vote yes. The motion passes.
>> Thank you, Annie. Thank you, Superintendent. >> Next item on the agenda, special education services and expenses. See attached memo. Superintendent Cabal. >> Just providing you with an update. Uh as we shared at one of our previous meetings, uh we are over budget on the
student education side of the house when it comes to special education and student related services. Uh year to date, we've spent $68,184. So we at $18,000 uh over budget, but but I would still make the recommendation that the legal
fees get paid out of our using part of our surplus as we discussed during our spend out meeting. >> Thank you, Superintendent. I make a motion that we pay this bill for contracted legal services. So, it's paid
to date. Um, and the cost listed here would be for is it the whole thing? Is it >> January and February? >> January and February. So, $7,388.40 for January and $7,81510 for February.
>> Second on discussion. >> Okay. Okay. Motion was made and seconded. On discussion, Dr. Dlo. >> Thank you so much, Chairman. Uh, any reason we don't have the March and April bills yet, Superintendent? >> No, we haven't received them yet.
>> When do we expect them? Again, I I just didn't want to come into a situation where we're hit with costs that we're unaware of. I mean, now that we're over budget, I'm very concerned how much overbudget we're going to continue to to progress until the fiscal year end. So, I I have no idea why they're delaying
the March and April bill since we're always already at the end of May. >> Yeah, we'll reach out to the attorney Brunt and her firm regarding statements and it looks like we're averaging if you the last two months we're probably around $7,500 a month. So, for the next four months, I don't see our legal
services coming in at 73, but if you use that as an average, you're probably looking at another $30,000 potentially if we come if we continue to come in at $7,500 a month. Okay, thank you. >> Okay, Mr. Shabs, any questions?
>> No, thank you. >> Okay, motion was made and second on a roll call vote. Uh, Dr. Dlo, >> yes. >> Mrs. Shave, >> yes. >> Chair vote yes. The motion passes three to nothing. Okay. Um, last item on the
agenda. Bills payable in the amount of $53,689. >> A motion to accept this amount. Um on discussion >> second on discussion also. >> Okay. Motion was made and seconded. On discussion, Mrs. Shabs.
>> Thank you. Um, Superintendent Cabraw, page six, number 2052, clean and safe for maintenance of the grounds. Where was that and what was it for? >> Yeah, that is a asphalt patch mix that we used to repair our potholes. So, that
would be potholes located throughout the district and we're still in the process of collecting quotes and fees to to permanently repair potholes and damaged curbs from this winter storm. >> Excellent. Thank you. The next question I have is page seven and eight. It
starts on page seven, number 31204, DJanna um truck and utility equipment for $44,93185. >> So the good news is this will be paid for by the city blizzard funds. >> Okay, that's >> So this was to uh repair a salt spreader
to repair snow plows uh I believe to repair snow plows on our trucks. That's all I have for backup. >> Okay. >> But again, that is not hitting the appropriation. >> Okay. Excellent. The next one I have is
on page 10, um, number 27270 BI Studios for 6700. >> This is part of one of your favorite items, uh, Mrs. Shavs. It's part of the website we built. >> Oh, this is my favorite thing.
>> So, Mrs. uh, So, Miss um oh, I'm having a brain freeze here. Miss Johnson has been working judiciously to try to get that website up and running for launch on July 1st. >> Excellent. So, this is part of it. And the last question I have is on page 12,
number 31172 um HM Lopes um repairs for $17,59161. >> So, again, some more good news. Uh that is being paid for by the city the city's blizzard funds and that was to repair a
catch basin and a grate that was damaged by a front end loader at the Martin Middle School and also to repair a drain that was damaged at the Bennett Elementary School by a front end loader removing the snow. >> Okay. Thank you. Those are all my questions. Thank you, chair.
>> Thank you, Mrs. Shav. Dr. Dlo. >> Thank you, Chairman Vieira. Uh just two items. First one is on page 20 uh voucher number 27347 the amount of $10,000 security benefit life
>> that is an annuity benefit uh for a tax sheltered annuity that's in my contract Dr. De Mo that the school committee agreed to when they extended my contract last round. >> Thank you. And the last item is on page
21. It's uh it's under a PO2602151 uh in the amount of 14,898.71. I know that's to our law firm, but uh there's four different items. Do you know what those four items are because one is
>> Yep. Those are those are those are I apologize for interrupting. Uh those are legal those are monthly legal charges for services rendered in March and in April. And I held off putting this on the warrant until we had our closeout
meeting to ensure that uh legal legal fees would be paid with that because the accounts are overdrawn. >> So would would this put us over the 50,000 superintendent on this 14,89871? Yeah, to date we because of all the
contracts we negotiated uh legal counsel with Stonem is at 83,000 year a date. >> Gotcha. Great. Okay, that's all I have. Thank you. >> Okay. Um seeing that there are no other questions, a motion has been made and
seconded. On a roll call vote, Dr. Dalo, >> yes. >> Mrs. Shabs, >> yes. >> Chair votes yes. The motion passes three nothing. Motion to adjurnn. >> Seconded. >> Okay. Motion made and seconded. Dr. Dlo. >> Yes.
>> Mrs. Shabs. >> Yes. >> Chair vote just meeting is adjourned. Thank you everybody. >> Thank you. Okay. All right. Good evening everyone and welcome. I call the meeting to order. If you could please join us in the pledge of allegiance.
>> I 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 for all.
Oh, say can you see by the dawn early light what so proudly we held at the twilight
last gleaming who brought stripes and bright stars through the peril us fight or the ramparts
we watch were so gallently streaming and the rockets red. The bombs bursting
in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star spangled
then wave or the land of the free and the home of the brave.
>> Mrs. Fagan, if you could lead us in the invocation. >> Yes. Lord, as we begin this session, let us acknowledge your goodness and mercy and ask your blessings on all our deliberations. We thank you for this opportunity to be of service to our community and to the young people
entrusted to our care. And if you could please remain standing, we're going to have a moment of silence for Memorial Day. At this time, we ask everyone to pause for a moment of silence in honor of Memorial Day. We remember and give thanks for the brave men and women of
our armed forces who gave their lives and service to our country. Their sacrifice protects the freedoms we enjoy, including the opportunity to educate, learn, serve, and lead in our community. God bless America. Please join us in a moment of silence in their
memory. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mrs. Fagan. All right. All right. Roll call, please. >> Yes. >> Mr. Powski, >> present. >> Dr. Dlo, >> present. >> Miss Santos, >> present.
>> Um, Mr. Laura, >> present. >> Mr. M. Mullen, >> present. >> Mr. Vieira, >> present. >> Mrs. Fagens, present. Madame Chair, present. and >> present present and Mayor Okonnell
>> present. Okay, thank you. >> Um so Dr. Dlo is joining us via Zoom. Uh so votes that have to be taken will be taken on uh a roll call. However uh I am going to use the term without objection.
So, when there's a motion and a second, if there doesn't have to be a roll call, I'm going to say without objection, whatever the motion was. Okay. >> And if anybody has a question at that time or an objection or wants a roll call, just let me know and we'll we'll do the roll call. >> Let me just make the >> Oh, yes.
>> Pursuant to the Massachusetts open meeting law, this meeting is being recorded and live streamed via YouTube. The recording will be made available to the public on YouTube via a link on the district website as soon as practable. I also ask if anyone else is present and is recording this meeting, please notify
the chair now. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. All right. All right. Thank you. Uh next we have approval of the minutes of May 6th. >> Motion to approve the minutes of May 6, 2026. >> Second. >> Uh there's a motion and a second to approve the minutes. Without objection,
the minutes are approved by the committee. Uh next we have student advisory committee report with Isaiah Wendell. Thank you. As Mayor Okonnell said, my name is Isaiah Wendle and I am part of the Taton High School student advisory committee. This week at Taton High School, we are continuing to move
through a very busy and important time in the school year. Today, we held session two of the 10th grade MCCast following session one yesterday. We wish all students testing the best of luck as they complete their exams. Tomorrow night at 7 p.m., the chorus concert will
take place in the Taton High School auditorium. We wish all students performing tomorrow the best of luck. This upcoming Friday, term four progress reports will close. In addition, Friday will also mark the senior's last day of classes.
Next week, May 26th and 7th will be seniors final exam days with D, E, and FB block finals taking place on the 26th and ABC block finals taking place on the 27th. May 28th will serve as a makeup finals day for students unable to attend
either testing day as well as senior scholarship night in the auditorium at 6 p.m. which is always a great opportunity to celebrate accomplishments of our seniors. Then on Friday the 29th, seniors who signed up will participate in the senior walk by
visiting their elementary schools wearing their caps and gowns. This marks the second year Taunt High School has held this event. So, these next two weeks will definitely be a busy and emotional time in our high school filled with a lot of bit bittersweet moments as
the class of 2026 prepares to close this chapter. On a personal note, this will be my final student advisory report. As you all know, I am a senior this year and it has been truly a privilege to serve the students of Taton High School while
working aside all of you. I have been giving these reports for five years now, beginning as an eighth grader and continuing all the way through my senior year. Being part of the Ton High School advisory committee um since 8th grade has given me a perspective that I truly do not take for
granted. I've had the opportunity to bring student concerns, ideas, and feedback directly to the table. Sometimes that meant sharing what was going well. Other times that meant asking difficult questions or challenging decisions. But that is what
this role is meant to be. Over the years, I have had there have been many changes throughout our schools. Some that students supported and others that were more difficult to adjust to. But through it all, one thing has always remained clear to me. Student voice matters. When students feel like they
are part of the conversation instead of just affected by decisions, it truly makes a difference. I hope that continues moving forward, not just in meetings like this, but in everyday decisions. I hope sorry more than anything else this role
has meant a lot to me personally. It is something that I have grown up with and helped shape who I am as a leader and a person. Sitting here has always and being trusted with the opportunity to speak on behalf of my fellow students is something that I have always tried to do with my whole heart and never take never took that responsibility for granted. I
have been a student with Taunt public schools for my entire education from kindergarten all the way to 12th grade. Um so 13 years in these schools classrooms and people have become a second home to me. I am incredibly thankful for every moment I have shared with this district, every opportunity I
have been given and every person who I've met along the way. Um I also want to take a moment to thank all the staff, educators, administrators and school committee members uh who have helped me throughout the years. Every conversation, every piece of guidance, and even just a simple
smile or moment of encouragement has meant more than you probably realize, and I am truly grateful. And to those students, both current and future, do not wait for the opportunity to speak up. Sometimes you really have to push the door open. Your voice matters more than you think it does. It has been truly an honor to serve in this role and
represent the students of Taton High School. And who knows, maybe this will not be my last time sitting at this table in just a different seat next time. Um, lastly, I want to congratulate my fellow classmates of the class of 2026. You did it. We made it. As you
continue through your journey, whether that be college, careers, trades, or anything in between, remember, once a Tiger, always a Tiger. With that, that concludes my final student advisory report. And as always, thank you for your continued support.
We'll see you. We'll see you soon. All right. Great job, Isaiah. You have been an amazing student representative and have really been an extraordinary
role model role model for your peers and for those students who are coming up behind you and I hope we do see you in another seat somewhere in this city someday. >> All right. Uh is there any public input this? >> There is no public.
>> No public input. We will move on to e superintendent report. I hope I can speak as eloquently as Isaiah just did. Uh so this evening, uh I'm going to kind of not follow script on my super report and just provide you
with a quick summary. So first, I'm very pleased to announce that Katie Duda has been appointed as our next preschool coordinator effective July 1st, 2026. This is an important role as we continue expanding access to early childhood education, including the launch of free
full day prek next school year. Katie brings a tremendous amount of experience to this position. She has served the Taton public schools as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, assistant principal, and principal. Most recently, her leadership at the Mokee Elementary School helped guide the school community
through major changes, including the move into a new building, the challenges of COVID and hybrid learning, and continued work around student attendance, school culture, and academic improvement. Under her leadership, Mo has made progress, including moving out of the bottom 10% of schools in Massachusetts and returning student
attendance to prepandemic levels. Katie understands Taton. She understands our families, and she brings the right combination of experience, care, and leadership to help strengthen our preschool and our prek program. So, we're very excited to have Principal Duda in this new role. Uh, second, I'd
like to invite uh someone in the audience to the podium. Uh with us this evening is Kevin Avitabé. Uh Kevin Avitabé has been appointed principal of the alternative learning for Taton public schools. Kevin comes to us with strong experience in alternative
education, student services, counseling, special education, and the district level system supports. Most recently, he serves as the director of student services in Middbor, where he oversaw alternative high school programming along with counseling, special education, health services, and social
work initiatives. I think you wear more hats than Stephanie Hoy. Earlier in his career, Kevin served as a school counselor and later the principal director of alternative programs in Plymouth. In that role, he helped move a traditional credit recovery program toward a more student- centered, career
focused, emotionally supportive, and project-based learning model, which I'm very excited to see uh come to fruition in time at the Tarton Alternative High School under your leadership. So, as we as we continue strengthening alternative pathways for students in Ton, Kevin's
background and leadership will be a strong fit. His experience aligns well with our goal of making sure every student has access to the support, structure, and opportunity they need to be successful. So, please w join me in welcoming Kevin to the team. >> Thank you, superintendent.
Uh, I just want to say a quick thank you to the hiring committee, uh, as well as principal Rodriguez and principal, um, Delaney, uh, as they've already reached out to me a couple times to help the transition. Um, so I'm meeting with them on Monday. I've met with them again this week on Friday uh to make sure that
there's a a quick transition uh and making sure that we're able to meet the needs of all the kids. So, uh, like Superintendent Caball said, um, alternative ed is my passion. I've kind of dabbled in a lot of different things in in education, public ed, principal, assistant principal at a middle school.
Um, but alternative ed and creative solutions to to academic problems that don't fit all students, uh, is really where I find the most passion. So, I'm really excited. Uh, I'm connected to Taton. I have family members in this community. I've grown grown up around it and in it. Um, and so I feel really
comfortable coming here and I'm really excited to be able to, you know, hopefully solve a lot of problems for a lot of our students and and really focus on what's important uh for Taton and and our students. So, I thank you very much. Nice to see you again.
>> Great success. Lastly, I am very excited to share that we have been recognized with an exciting opportunity for the district. The Tom Public Schools has been selected by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as one of only 11 Massachusetts district invited to
participate in the 2026 Harvard Public Education Leadership Project Summer Institute, also known as PELP. This is a significant honor. PELP is a joint initiative between the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Harvard Business School and is typically includes large urban districts from
across the country. The program values approximately $39,000 for an eight member district leadership team and Desi has agreed to fully fund the cost for the Tom Public Schools. Our only responsibility and I do hope that the committee will authorize these payments.
The only responsibility to the district would be to cover transportation, lodging, and any related travels for the eightperson team from the le from the district attending this oneweek workshop. The focus of the institute is strategic leadership, organized coherence, and improving student
outcomes. Our district team will focus on a problem of practice connected to improving achievement for multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and overlapping student subgroups, which aligns directly with our district strategic plan. This is another strong opportunity for the Pont Public Schools
to invest in leadership development, strengthen systems, and continue doing the long-term work needed to improve outcomes for all our students. And with that, that concludes my report. >> Thank you, Superintendent. >> Mayor, >> Mr. Laura, >> motion to approve the program for the
educators that are going to Chicago. >> Harvard. >> Harvard, but they're going to say they're going to wait a minute. Oh, I'm sorry. I read it wrong. I'm sorry. Do I have a motion to approve that program? >> The the related expenditures. >> The expenditures. Correct.
>> Second. >> Okay. >> On discussion, mayor. >> There is a motion and a second. On discussion, Dr. Dlo. >> Thank you, mayor. Uh, have you identified the eight staff members from public schools? Superintendent. >> Uh, we are close to finalizing the team. We just there are a couple of staff members that still need to look at their
summer schedules and make arrangements with their families uh because we will be staying overnight. And the last question is I know that Desi is picking up the 39,000. Do you have a budget on the lodging and transportation for the eight staff members? Uh
>> once I solidified the team, I will be happy to bring that forward to the committee. So you have a rough idea how much the cost will be. And Mr. Barata has identified the title 2A grant which allows for professional costs to be covered through the grant so it doesn't impact the appropriation. >> Okay. because my concern is of course
you want us to approve a budget item with no budget but I'm okay with it. Thank you so much. >> Okay. So there's a motion and a second to approve uh without objection. The request will be approved is approved by the committee. Okay. No objection.
Next we will go to F which is uh Skills USA and DECA program updates. Superintendent Cabar. So, my favorite part of being a superintendent is getting to hear from our amazing staff and from our amazing students. So, at this point, I would like Sarah Gibson to go to the podium.
>> Good evening. >> Good evening. Um I think a year ago last summer um superintendent assistant superintendent Brada asked us to present and so we're very excited to share a little bit about where we've come from and where we are
now and what's next for Ton High Skills USA. Okay. So, if you don't know, Skills USA is one of the it's a career and technical student organization, the same umbrella that DECA falls under as well. And it's the number one workforce development for students. And there's
over >> 444,000 members >> across the country, where we've come from. So, 12 years ago when I started Skills USA, we were in 2014, um, we had no red jackets. And,
um, Donna, Mrs. child as she remembers. Um I kind of solicited a bunch of career and tech programs to participate for our inaugural year and we had we had success. We took nine students to our first district level competition and we
started out as a bronze level chapter and now um our first nationals trip was 2017 and in 2018 we had our first state officer candidate. Um we didn't have a first state officer until two years ago and he's standing to my left. Um so I'm
going to let um Logan take over and then Sophia who um both will be attending nationals in Atlanta. So >> yeah. Uh thank you Miss Gibson. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Logan Reello and I'm a senior in the culinary arts program here at Tom Public Schools. Uh and to talk a little bit
about where we are now. Uh this past year at our state conference we had 21 state competitors across nine different skill-based contests. Uh and we've also received a increase in membership award which is getting significantly harder to do every year as our membership grows.
But we are a total participation chapter. That means every student that's enrolled in a vocational program or a chapter 74 program at Taunt High School is a member of Skills USA. Uh Skills USA offers that as a bundle to pay. makes a lot cheaper for our
membership. Uh cut cuts costs a little bit but also provides opportunities like skills USA pathful which is a professional development course that's offered to all vocational students within Tom public schools. Uh so as our vocational programs grow as you all know uh our membership goes up at Skills USA
as well. The past two years we have become a gold level chapter which puts us in the top 8% of chapters in the nation which is over 14,000 as well as being models of excellence nominees. So the past two years we've been nominated to be a part of the top eight chapters
in the nation which is the goal for next year is to be be received as a models of excellence chapter and as Miss Gibson mentioned the past two years we had our first state officer and now national officer and our results. So this year we had a silver medal at the state conference for
our career pathway showcase human services which is a group of contests that picks a career cluster and students will present different opportunities within that career cluster outside of human services for example it's early childhood education but also counseling
um any like community outreach programs they present everything that has to do with that career cluster other awards we got was a total participation award which I touched upon earlier a membership increase gold level chapter and an adviser of the year nominee which is Miss newly led Miss Sarah Heel behind
me uh was nominated to be one of the three advisor of the year nominees. And coming with uh us to nationals this year is also behind me Sophia Nickerson who has been elected as a national voting delegate who will be voting on the new national officer team for next
year as well as providing input for the national organization of things she would like to see coming up in the next year for programming. And with that, I'm going to pass it over to her. >> And then next, we'll talk about chapter highlights. So the top 12 finished by
all national competitors and then a national officer and then seven at nationals and then two gold chapter and models of excellence nominees and then two adviser of the year nominees and then increasing district and state level
contest and con contestants uh 20 or more and then national contest of five or five or more different areas. And then we have a new skills you say scholarship and then a chapter activity such as Tiger Tots experiencing CT
shops. And then now what's next? The national conference is June uh 1st to 5th. It's in Atlanta, Georgia. And then who will be going is the national voting delegate. It's through application and then selection process which is Sophia
Nickerson. and then uh logo and bellow 2 which is a preciding officer over closing cere ceremony and that's all we have for you. Thank you all so much. >> I sorry I just want to add that Logan Rllo is presiding over a closing ceremony in
front of 20,000 people at June 5th at 5:00 PM. And if that date rings a bell, it's because he's missing his high school graduation. So um we will be there to support him. Um and he is also unable to attend
scholarship night. So he is also the recipient of the Skills USA scholarship which we presented at our mini a little awards night because he won't be there to attend. Um but I'd like to recognize both Logan and Sophia for all their hard work. Um and this is Logan's culminating
um conference for all his hard work and travel all year long. Um, so congratulations. You earned it. experience. Best of luck. Continuing right along, I'd like to welcome uh no stranger to the school
committee, Jesse McFale, who who oversees uh DECA. >> I'd also like to introduce my co-advisor, Molly Sullivan, who will be joining me at the podium here. And I'm afraid these are going to slide off. Thank you. Thank you. Um, thank you all
for having us tonight. Um, it's always a great time to showcase our students. Um, I wanted to uh give uh my accolades of recognition to Sarah Gibson. I've seen her build this program for skills since 2012 and she's done an amazing job building it. We have many of the same students that cross over a little bit
and I think that at that type of um convergence uh adds value to the Taton High School community and the kids and it's not just Skills and DECA, it's all the other clubs. They intertwine and these kids when you hear them tonight, you're going to know that they are basically cross-pollinated into so many
different areas. I think that they should receive an award on time management because I don't know how they do it at this young age. They do an amazing job. But uh another round of applause for Sarah Gibson and Bailey Melo and her team. So before we get started, I I just wanted to say um special thank you uh to
Mrs. Fagan. It was a surprise to me that you acknowledged my my mom in our obituary. Um I didn't know really you guys did that and I really appreciate all the school committee and their acknowledgement toward that and my family from them to you. Thank you. Um as we move forward uh tonight we're going to be hearing from a lot of the DECA students. They're going to explain
some of our success from this year. You saw what they had asked they they had planned to do in the fall and they're going to talk about how they did it and met their goals um and maybe didn't meet their goals but they're going to discuss exactly what they did. Um, in addition, we'll be recognizing some of our DECA students that we're not able to get to
on the recognition night. And I appreciate you guys giving us a little bit of time to be able to do that. Um, and I'm going to pass it over to Mrs. Sullivan. >> Hi. Um, I'd like to thank you for inviting us to share all of our successes and the goals that we have coming up with all of you. Um, none of
this would be possible without your um, support. So, thank you for inviting us and always being supportive. Um, we're proud of this team who's been working tirelessly all year to build our DECA program. They're going to tell you all about it when they get up here. Um, they're very excited to share all these points with you and what's to come in
the future. And I'd like to now introduce our 2025 2026 DECA president, Shelby German, to kick us off. >> Okay. Hello everyone. Thank you so much for having us. I know you probably remember us presenting back in the fall about all of our goals that we have for the upcoming year and I'm really excited
to share with you all the achievements that we've been able to reach this year with the help of our entire officer team. So yeah. Okay, first a competition recap. This year at districts we had 162 competitors. At states we had 45 state competitors and at our international
career development conference we had 11 competitors which is really awesome numbers to see. Um, and I want to point out that we had people going to ICDC for all the sorts of different things. We had people presenting for our SB, which is schoolbased enterprise, where we were presenting our gold certified um, school
store and our school restaurant, which was really awesome. We had people competing in role plays and we had students who were attending different leadership conferences there and were able to bring back all the knowledge that they learned there back to the school, which I think was really awesome. And then next, a activities recap. We got to attend two leadership
conferences. first fall state at the DCU center where we got to learn different leadership skills from workshops taught by business professionals or fellow students and then we attended Deca Day on the Hill which is at the state house where we got to see a little bit of what they do in the state house. We got a
tour and we just got to meet and network with a lot of different people while we were there which was really cool. And then we had our induction ceremony which we were very lucky to have a bunch of alumni from Taton High School and Taton High School DECA who are now entrepreneurs and have their own
businesses. So at our induction ceremony this year, we had our own entrepreneurs come back and share with us about their experiences of starting up their own businesses. And I think that got to inspire a lot of kids in the audience about giving them the courage to start their own business. Um and then we held
two mock competitions. We had a mock districts competition to help prepare kids for DECA districts before going. And then we also had a mock quiz bowl competition which helped us select our kids who would go compete in our actual quiz bowl at states. Um and then lastly, our biggest event of the year I think is
mouse for MDA. Um we host it on the trackum field every year at Taton High and we do it to raise money for the musculardrophe association. And then I'm going to try to go really fastly through this, but we have a list of some of our DECA seniors that I want to highlight this year. Um, next year I
am going to be going to Worcester Polytechnic Institute for Aerospace Engineering. Um, a couple of our officers, Melissa Torino is going to Western New England for mechan mechanical engineering. Dyl Maderas is going to Amherst for mechanical engineering. Leila Eugene is going to Bridgewwater State University for
accounting. Brin Blau is going to Williams College. Lyanna Moira is going to BCC for psychology. Julia Louie D. Roza is going to UMass Boston for biology. Madison Angers is going to UMass Amherst for political science. And Holly Burton is going to Meredith College for economics and political
science. A couple other people that we didn't include here, but I do want to shout out our very own Maline Cabraw who's going to the University of Texas next year for hydrogeeology. Is it right? Yes. And then we also have Jeffrey Madar who's going to UMass Boston next year for finance. And you
might notice as I'm listing out all these names that while this is a business club, not everyone who does it is interested in pursuing business further. But I think it just goes to show that what no matter what you want to pursue, the skills that you learn in DECA are truly transferable into any career that you want to pursue. So yeah,
and now I would like to pass it over to our very special VP, Amelia Levit, while she keeps talking about some of our highlights and achievements from this year. So all right, thank you school committee for having us and thank you Shelby. So I
know we focused a lot on our competition earlier, but I wanted to highlight some of our non-competitive events in this photo. So, I know you see our state event and our trophies, but we also have um our fundraisers such as our summer school street fundra fundraiser that
happened earlier this year and our miles for um MDA fundraiser. And in that bottom left photo, we have um a photo with our North Atlantic region vice president. So, she represents all of the North Atlantic region as well as two state officers from Massachusetts. So,
we were able to get these um student representatives from all over the state and all over the region to come to our event. And we also in the corner have um a very dark photo of the women's history month event that a lot of our members were able to attend and interact with
the community and meet other um entrepreneurs um in the community. As for what we've accomplished so far, we were ranked number one in Massachusetts for raising the most money for the musculardrophe association and
then top 10 internationally for raising money for the the MDA association. Um, we also secured over five business sponsorships and we streamlined our registration process which made it more efficient than ever to recruit members to our team and we recruited over 250
members through these events. And we were also, as Shelby mentioned ear earlier, gold reertified for our school-based enterprises in both retail and food. So that's the Tiger Den and the Tiger Shack where we will we were able to rep represent those student
organization, those student um entrepreneurial efforts on an international stage. And then I would like to hand this over to our vice president of career development, Melissa Trino. Thank you, Amelia. Um, earlier this year, we got the pleasure to come here
and explain a little bit to you about what DECA is and what what each team does in DECA. And as I said earlier, my name is Melissa Torino. I'm the vice president of career development. And I'm responsible for overseeing the te the team within DECA that helps our students
study and better prepare for our competition season. Um, and this year we were I was I'm really grateful for the team that I had and for all the accomplishments that we had and we were able to host as Shelby said earlier both mock districts and mock quiz. So the mock districts is an event in which we
create an environment that is very similar to our district competition. So then unexperienced members can have this first feeling of how uh the district competition looks like and they can feel better prepared uh and more confident to compete at the district level. And the
mock quiz bowl is another chance for all of the students that unfortunately didn't pass on to the state level to have this other opportunity to now compete at the state level is the quizbo competition. We host a mock quiz bowl in which uh we evaluate the students that are uh looking to move on to the state
level through the quizbow competition and we give them an opportunity to compete against each other um and prepare for the for the state part that is the quiz part of our competition. Um, beyond that, we also had over 20 study sessions throughout the year. And I
would like to highlight that this number reflects how we were very consistent every week. Uh, our study sessions uh were happen on a weekly basis. Sometimes even more than once a week. Most weeks it was twice, sometimes even three times a week. We had study sessions for all of
our students to attend in which uh we had focus time for them uh to prepare for competition. But not only just focus on competition. Our students had time with our officers and experienced people that were able to give them guidance so they could learn and feel confident. So
when they had to step up on the stage, when they had to step up for uh competition time, they felt prepared and they felt supported uh by our older um members and by our more experienced members. Um, and something that I'm really proud of for accomplishing this
year is our one-on-one study program because we know that even though a lot of students uh benefit from the study sessions, uh we also have many members that are very shy and don't thrive in those um group environments and would rather have this one-on-one
conversation. So luckily we got to implement this uh program this year and students just had to fill out a quick form and say uh what their name was, what the area, the category that they competed in was and what kind of help they were looking for. And uh my team connected them to an experienced member
that um had already gone through similar problems or has already experienced in the area. And this experienced member was uh a able to support this other member. And this was a program that helped us uh see a lot of improvement within our club. We saw not only uh
competitors thrive in the state level this year. We had um many more uh state competitors passed on to the international level than we had last year. Um, but not only that, we also saw a lot of engagement within the club of students knowing other students more and
students knowing faces and knowing names. And we know that we are a really big club at Ton High. I believe that Skills USA is the only other club that is bigger than is the only club that is bigger than DECA. Um, so it it can get really easy um to not know your members and not know everyone's names and
everyone's faces. So having this 101 study program uh helped a lot of our members get to know each other. uh in the a personal level. So up next I would like to pass it on to uh Gio Giovanni Magnet who is our vice president of
hospitality. Uh good afternoon. I'd like to thank you all for having us. Like Melissa said my name is Giovanni Magnan. I'm the vice president of hospitality at TA and DECA and our main you know no focus as a team is making sure that DECA is a you know comfortable and welcoming environment for all students and members that may
join and one of our biggest goals going into the year was making sure that all students even if they may not succeed as much in competition they feel engaged even when they're not going to Boston going to the Cape to compete and I think we achieved this goal extremely well one of the biggest things that we were able
to achieve this year was having uh numerous and multiple non-competitive events and meetings where students were able to engage with DECA while also, you know, being able to decompress and interact with their friends while still being in a DECA environment like our ice cream social and our seasonal activities like our
Halloween party and our Christmas party. And we were also able to participate in many community events as our tailgate event where we were able to support our high school's football team in a event before one of our games this fall. We were able to achieve multiple business
sponsorships where we were they were many restaurants came and donated food of supplies to us where we were able to have just a great time with families and students in the community. And we also participated in cards for a cause where this winter during the Valentine's
season we created Valentine's Day cards and donated them to the local nursing home as just a surprise for them during that holiday season. And we also made great strides um in uniting all of the middle schools in the uh in Ton as we
able to implement middle school DECA in Parker and Freiedman. >> Thank you. >> And I'd like to pass it back to our president Shelby Jeremy. >> Unfortunately, our VP of finance was not able to be here today. So I'm going to be talking on his behalf on all of the strides he made towards bringing us to
being number one and top 10 internationally for raising money for muscular drophy association. So some of the biggest fundraisers that we held this year was the summer street yard sale where we got to sell different furniture from the summer street school and raised money for muscular distrophe.
We had a boograms fundraiser where we made boograms and we let people write little notes to each other and then we delivered them out to classrooms. We had a home plate fundraiser and biggest of all we had mouse for MDA. this year, which as we already said is an event that we have on the track and field every year where different clubs can
come and kind of bring attention to their club. And through all of these fundraisers, we were able to raise over or through Miles for MDA alone, I believe we raised over 2,000 just in that day for school district association, which was such a big accomplishment for us. And I'm just really proud of all the work that our
team, our VP of finance, still in Maduros, and just all of our officers put in for us to be able to raise so much money for us through district free. And I would like to note that for being in top 10 internationally for raising money in high schools for muscular district association, we were
awarded or like acknowledged at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, which was a super cool experience for our students. So yeah, and next I'm going to pass it to Von Patel who is our VP of marketing. >> Thank you so much, Shelby. I'm sorry.
feel like I'm so tall for this. My name is Von Chutal and I'm the vice president of marketing here at Ton H Higha. I know we spoke before in the fall about like our plans in the beginning of the year and now as the 2025 2026 school year has concluded, we have a lot of achievements this year and most of them have not been
listed on this slide as marketing is the main core of our whole DECA team. So marketing works all three teams making sure that we succeed all together as a team. So our main focus is to um promote chapter events, recruit new members, enhance communication with our community. Our
main uh primary focus is to communicate to parents and students alongside our full DECA community and talent community. So our achievements was increased interaction with the ths DEC and screen by 20%. Now 20% might not
seem a lot but for for numbers we were able to reach at least 150 thousand 100,000 views for most of our Instagram posts which helped us reach out with many Massachusetts and national DECA chapters to help us with inspiring us
with new DECA events that we can hold at our chapter and having them come to our event such as our Miles for MDA event where chapter's Plymouth South P um DECA and Nort and Deco were able to join us and come and support our milestone MDA
fundraiser and we also maintained a lively social media presence throughout the school year. So maintaining a lively social media presence helps connect our our parents and students and most most importantly our community to DECA and this would be um shown through Instagram
posts video fun videos and informative posts and kind of fundraisers that we be doing just to help the community know what we're we're doing as DECA other than like our business our kind of business focus rather we have more other
things that we do and And now I'll be passing it back to our president Shelby German or our vice president Amelia Love it. So sorry. Thank you so much Bon. And as the school year like wraps up, we have looked at
our strengths and weaknesses for this past year and we've assessed where we might have fallen short of our goals and we've reestablished what we want to do for the next school year. And we plan on meeting over the summer um just like we did last year to make sure we really
refine these goals and refine our team. But this is what we have right now. So for our membership goal, we hope to see a 10% growth from this year. And for career development, we hope to have at least 10 finalists at states. And for hospitality, we hope to have middle school DECA in all three schools and
expand our involvement within those middle school chapters. For finance, we hope to become number one internationally for raising money for the muscular drophy association, which we had achieved in the past um last time we were in Atlanta. And for marketing, we hope to see an increase in social
media engagement by another 25%. And before I hand this back to our president, Shelby German, I just want to highlight all of the hard work she's done this year in really running our chapter and making sure that we are the best that we can be. The structure that you see now and the things that we've
accomplished wouldn't have been possible without her leadership. And in the past four years that I've worked alongside her, I've really seen her grow as a leader and as a person. And so I'm really proud of all that she's done. Thank you.
Hello again. I just want to give a really big thank you to the school committee for giving us so much support. All the success that you guys saw in the presentation today wouldn't have been possible without your help. So we appreciate it so much. I want to thank our adviserss for making it all possible. And I also want to give a big thanks to our officer team this year.
Our officers have been working so tirelessly all year, meeting every single week, doing FaceTime calls outside of school to work on stuff, and I just I appreciate it so much. Everything that we did this year wouldn't have been possible without our officers, and I'm just very grateful for everyone here. So, yeah. Okay. Thank
you. >> Thank you, Shelby and team. Uh, phenomenal report. Thank you. Just grab that, please. Okay. So, without further ado, uh we are going to introduce to you our award recipients. Uh we have two awards that we're going to be giving that DECA has recognized these students
for. Um the first one is for the DECA emerging leader award. This award is given to graduating seniors who have maintained a 3.2 cumulative GPA, completed at least one business class and participated in a variet variety of activities that helped them become community oriented, professionally responsible and experienced leaders. Um,
in addition, you will all receive a certificate from Taton Public Schools on their from school committee. So, that will be in the folder as well. So, thank you. Um, at this time, when you hear your name, please come on up. Madison Andrews, we're going to say all the names of the people that received them. U, some of
the kids could not be here today, but it's a quick list. Yep, please. Here you go. Read them. >> Braden Bleno, Antonio Brando, Holly Brennan, Marilyn Cabraw, Calvin Dway, Leila Eugene,
Daniel Fest, >> Leia, Logan Gallinger, >> Shelby German, Julia Luri, De Roza, Jeff Madard. Thank you. It is tough. Yeah.
>> Sorry. There you go. >> Dylan Maderos, >> Lyanna Mora, Moyen, Oduni, Andrew Pepin, and Melissa Torino. Those students who aren't here will
receive them at our banquet next Tuesday, >> which you're all invited to on October 26. September, October 26, my birthday. on May 26th. All right. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> Hello.
>> I'm sorry that was fast. In addition, we'd like to recognize the following students for earning an industry recognized credential. The certificate demonstrates career ready skills and help members gain a competitive edge when choosing to enter the workforce directly or continue their education in marketing and business.
This award comes from DECA's partner, the American Marketing Association, and is awarded to students who scored a 70% or higher on the marketing cluster exam at the state level or the international level. Please come up to be recognized. Dylan Maderos, Alicia Joannis,
Denzel Chuku, Julia Luri D. Roza, Shelby German, Sonetta Blanchard, Briana Mandier, and Brooklyn Vieira. Good job. Congratulations. Wonderful job. Thank you for your continued support as
always. We appreciate you and your patience tonight. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you everyone. I just want to say those were excellent presentations by all of our students. Um so impressive and we're so proud that we
have such extraordinary leaders among our students. So thank you all. All right, we will move on to administrative business staffing report. No business there. >> Justformational file. >> Um, don't even have to do that. It's already on file. So, no action necessary
on that. Taton public school staffing update. No action necessary either, >> unless anyone has any questions or comments. Okay, seeing none, >> the only comment is this is this is the last report until August. >> Okay, great.
Um, school choice participation vote. Superintendent Cabrell. >> Yeah, this is a annual vote that the school board must take that we that we file with the state to continue to serve as a school board as a school choice district. So, the appropriate act would
be for someone to make a motion to uh to file the T public schools as a Tom Public Schools to remain as a school choice district. >> So, moved. >> Second. >> Second. >> So, there's a motion and a second. I'm sorry. Could you just repeat the motion, superintendent? >> For the Taton public schools to remain a school choice district.
>> For the Taton public schools to remain a school choice district. I'm thinking we'll do that one on a roll call vote. Uh if you don't mind, Mrs. Fagan. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Powski. On a roll call vote to remain up. Did you hear what the motion
was? Okay. >> Yes. Miss Santos, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fagan votes yes. Mr. Laura, >> yes. >> Mrs. Mullen, >> yes. >> Mr. Vero, >> yes. >> Madame Chair,
>> okay, motion passes. Thank you. >> I have not voted. >> Sorry, Dr. Doo. >> Excuse me. I did I was I did not vote. >> Could I vote, please? >> I apologize, Miss Dr. Dlo. >> Yes. >> Okay. All right. Apologize. >> Thank you. Motion passes. And next we
have Reed's collaborative board of directors appointment. >> So again, this is another annual vote that has to be taken every year for me to continue serving as a board member on Reed's collaborative. >> Okay. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Motion and second to appoint uh
Superintendent Cabraw as a member of Reed's collaborative board. Um on a roll call, please. I think since it's an appointment with Dr. Dlo so I don't forget him. Dr. Dlo. >> Yes. Mr. Powski, >> yes. >> Miss Santos, votes yes.
>> Miss Fagan, >> I'm sorry I said that for you. >> Mrs. Fagan votes yes. Mr. Laura, >> yes. >> Mrs. Mullen, >> yes. >> Mr. Vieiraa, >> yes. >> Madame Chair, >> yes. >> Thank you. >> Okay, motion passes. Then we have a
field trip request. Mr. Bara provided us with a cover memo requesting approval for this field trip uh by for Skills USA kids. Uh this is the flight to Atlanta for national for I
believe international. >> So is that for approval this evening? >> Final approval. >> Okay. >> Motion to approve as presented. >> Second >> motion and second to approve the field trip as presented. If there be no objection,
um the field trip is approved by the members. Okay, seeing no objection, field trip is approved. Okay. Um, hang on. I've got my All right. So, let's see. Now, we have um vote on union and non-UN pay increases
for FY26, 20, FY27, and FY 28. And there are enclosures in the packet. All right. So, um, if you guys could just state that you need to recuse yourselves, please. >> Okay. Are there just certain ones that
you need to recuse yourself for? >> Yes. The first one that's being presented is the TEA. I have to recuse myself for that. >> I'll be back. >> Okay. Hang on. Okay. Here. I've got it. Okay. So um the first one we have
um there is a so I'm sorry there's a recommended motion for the ton educators association. >> Yes. So based on the legal guidance that we received from legal counsel >> uh would be to read the motion and then
to report out on the unit that we are voting on one at a time. >> Okay. Um Mrs. Figginson, you're the chair of that subcommittee. Would you like to read the motion? >> Is there room for questions? >> Oh, sure. As soon as there's a motion made in a second, then we can have
discussion. Yeah. Thank you. >> Uh I would recommend a motion for fiscal year 2026, a 3% increase effective day one of the schoolwork year, a 1% increase effective on the 91st day, and
movement on step where applicable. For fiscal year 2027, a 3% increase in movement on step where applicable. And for fiscal year 2028, a 3% increase and movement on step where applicable.
>> Okay. All right. So, there's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second on that. >> All right. So, there's a motion and a second on discussion, Miss Santos. >> Yes. Thank you. Um, and so just questions, concerns on both this one and the next one. and I can make it again if we need to do it on the second motion as
well too. But um so I just first preface this with saying that I have absolutely no issue whether the vote is public or whether happened in executive session. My vote would never change either way. Um I'm my concern is my understanding at this point that this has never happened before is where we had these votes
already some last year. Um these contracts have been ratified already. Uh, so I'm curious as to the intent and timing of needing to rene to vote on things that we've already negotiated. Um, so as far as these right here, these
union bargaining agreements, I read through um the the letter that uh Superintendent Cabraw had provided us through email um about a case study um about Lexington School Committee. Uh, and I just made a couple of notes and I
think this is referenced here because the Lexington School Committee had an open meeting violation um about a superintendent's contract which this obviously is not about, but they talked to their council um and at that time the council said this and this
is on page four of the document that you provided us. If you feel it would be a more transparent process to vote in public at this point, you're certainly free to do that as a community, but do it with the understanding that you are in fact formalizing or ceremonially ceremonially approving a contract that
has already been approved by the committee. So I guess my question is why we are voting on this again. >> Okay. >> Since these contracts have been ratified. >> Okay. And I will I will pass that over to Superintendent Brawl. believe it was at the um um uh um what's the word I'm
looking for recommendation of uh the um the school committee's attorney u but I think u superintendent bal could probably explain it >> correct attorney brunt uh she advised the the committee uh vote in public on
each of the collective bargaining units and the guy and I won't discuss the non-union because we're not there yet But for the union groups that we vote that the committee voted on in executive session, that should also be voted on in public in open session on a roll call
vote was the recommendation. >> Does that answer your question? >> That doesn't answer my question because again, some of these have been ratified already. And on page six, it says a contract does not become effective until until it is publicly ratified. So because we did not have those votes at
the time in which we ended contract negotiations, does that mean the ratified was nullified? Does that nullify the ratification? There was no public vote after >> we were advised of is more of a formality that we do it this way. >> So it's just ceremon
>> ceremonious like it says on page four. >> Can we put it as simple as dotting our eyes and crossing our tees >> and preventing preventing anyone in the future claiming that we had an open meeting viol violation? Yeah. So >> you know, excellent questions, Mr. >> I believe the subcommittee came up with
a favorable recommendation relative to this contract. >> So therefore, it's it's a ceremonial vote to make sure their legalities are within bounds. >> No, I understand that. I just And this will refer more to the next one. Um I
just I think the timing is interesting based on the next one that we're going to vote on. So I just wanted to say that. >> Okay. The time the timing has to do with the fact that I don't want to discuss the other piece we're going to you are going to be voting on tonight, but when this was
brought to the attorney's attention during executive session, her guidance was that we follow the same procedure with our collective bargaining agreements, and that's what this committee is doing. >> Yes. So, I think the timing is due to the fact that we had an executive
session where we won't discuss what was discussed, but that it just so happened that the attorney um gave us the that recommendation at that time, which nobody was aware of. So, Dr. Dlo, >> thank you, mayor. Uh as my colleague
pointed out, uh the has the retro pay been paid to the TEA members starting with the 91st day? All the collective bargaining units that you will be voting on tonight have received their
>> No, just let's superend just the TA. Let's work one at a time. Has the >> All the All the units have received their pay. >> Okay. So, there is no way in heaven we need to ratify anything. The pay exchange has already happened. We do not need to do it ceremonial. If the
exchange of payment has been made, there is nothing that needs to be done in public session. I'm sorry it's not accurate. >> It's has it has nothing to do with pay. Has more to do with procedure and viol I I'm speaking so I allow me to finish my thought please. It has nothing to do
with the pay at this point Dr. Dlo based on the guidance of legal counsel to avoid a open meeting law violation that the vote be done in public. It has nothing to do with the finances. It has more to do with the procedure and having the vote in open session. That was the
guidance of our attorney. Okay, >> Madam Mayor, if I may. >> Yes, Dr. Yeah, that's all good and dandy, superintendent, but once an exchange of money has been made, uh, it's it's solidified. There's nothing we can do to change it. I I So, if there
was a vote today that nullified this increase, let's say there were five members that voted no. What would happen today if that was the vote? Just just throwing it out there. I know it's not going to happen, but that's the problem we're facing. No, if if that were to
happen and the committee wanted to take that action, then all the paychecks would be adjusted retroactively moving forward and the balloon checks would be impacted. It's it's happened before when when staff exhaust their time and they owe us money. We just adjust their paychecks based on the remaining balance of the school year if that's the if
that's the if that's the vote that this committee wanted to take, which I agree with you. I don't think they would. >> Yeah. And mayor, that's what that's what we're faced with. I mean, that could happen. So again, you know, these contracts have been ratified by the members. An exchange of payment has been made based on that ratification and an
agreement signed by the school committee and the members that we're open to a whole can of worms here. Honestly, >> all right. So, uh, just to kind of bring this full circle, uh, this has been a
recommendation by the school committee's attorney. Uh if any school committee members wish to not not agree with that recommendation uh and do not, you know, wish to vote or wish to change a vote, they can do that.
Uh but the recommendation is from the attorney. It's a vote. Uh there's been a motion and a second. We're going to take that vote and the members may do what they wish. So if we could uh start with the roll call, Mrs. Fagan.
Didn't we just do this one? >> We haven't done the roll yet. There was a motion in a second um on this first motion that you that you made and now we're doing the roll call on that. All right. So, it's just the roll call. >> Mr. Powski. >> Yes.
>> Um I'm sorry, >> Miss Santos. >> Miss Santos. >> Uh I vote yes only because I do want want to detriment any of the union members that fought for these contracts. >> Mrs. votes yes. Mr. Laura, >> yes. >> Mr. Smallen, >> yes.
>> Uh, Mr. Vieira, >> yes. >> Dr. Dlo, >> yes. >> Okay, motion passes. Thank you. On to the next one, which is Taton Administrators Association. And uh, Dr. Dlo, you are the chair of
that subcommittee. I don't know if you would like to read that motion or would you would like to have someone else do that? >> I shall. Thank you, mayor. uh move that the T school committee approve the negotiated wage and salary increase step movement cost of living adjustments
related wage schedule adjustments and other terms and conditions of the agreements for fiscal year 2026 a 3% increase effective day one of the school/work year a 1% increase effective
on the 91st day and movement on step where applicable for fiscal year 2027 a 3% increase in movement on step where applicable and for fiscal year 28 a 3% increase in movement on step where applicable >> okay there's the motion
>> move recommendation >> is that a second >> yes >> okay motion and a second any discussion Miss Santos >> um thank you um so I'm going to just echo my earlier comments for the previous one because I think they're
still um valid um one of the main things that was the difference on the example that was given to us from Colby for from our attorney was um not quite the same as what we're discussing right here. Their uh open meeting law violation was
because it it it stated in the executive session that they were just negotiating non-union contracts and they went in there to vote for the superintendent's contract, which is not what we did during that time. I read through this very intently this morning, this afternoon. Um and so that is one of the glaring things that I saw that was just
different. So to me it was really difficult for me to see how there was an open meeting violation when this is not necessarily connected in that same way. However towards the end there is that what I had pointed out is that it doesn't become effective until it is p publicly ratified. Obviously we haven't
ratified this contract. No money has been paid out. So that obviously is one thing that that we have to take into account. Um but also because of their violation and this is on page seven. It said despite the violation however we do not believe nullification is appropriate here at the time of the meeting our
office had only just re recently issued a determination interpreting the meeting law. Uh therefore they didn't believe the committee had made been aware of the determination at the time of the violation. Seeing as that we were not aware that there was a violation I think this kind of bears uh resemblance on
this. Um, I'm going to bring up again I think the intent and timing is questionable at this point because this I and and this is just going to come to a very simple question. Was there an open meeting law violation filed for that meeting on April 15th?
>> Did someone file superintendent are you aware? >> No one has filed an open meeting law violation but it doesn't mean that they cannot file an open meeting. So by doing what we're doing today, we eliminating the potential of someone filing an open meeting law violation. That's why the that's why legal counsel Kobe Brunt is
advising us advising you, the school board, to go through this process. That's what was discussed in the executive session that you unfortunately unable to attend. >> I wasn't and I I received an update as as far as what happened. Um it it still didn't make sense to me at that >> and the memo that you the memo that
you're referencing is is in relationship to nonun employees. That's why that memo was shared with you all because of the non-union piece. >> And this is why I'm requ this is why I'm talking about it right now because we're talking about nonunion. >> We're talking about non-union right now.
>> No, we're talking about these are these are collective bargaining groups. >> No, we're on the non-union non-aligned personnel. >> We're on >> I apologize. I will bring all that back up when we get to that. >> Yeah, we have several more to go. Okay.
So, the motion was made and seconded. On a roll call, please. Mrs. Fagan, >> Mr. Powski, >> yes. >> Miss Santos, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fagan votes yes. Mr. Laura, >> yes. >> Mrs. Mullen, >> yes. >> Mr. Vieira, >> yes.
>> Dr. Dlo, >> yes. >> Uh, Chairman Shav, >> yes. >> Okay, motion passes. The next one is Tessa. Uh, Mrs. Shave is the chair of that subcommittee and so
>> okay for fiscal this is for Taton education secretaries and administrator assistants better known as Tessa for fiscal year 2026 a 3% increase and secretary lunch recess alignment adjustment for the fiscal year 2027 a
threeyear percent increase in movement on step where applicable and for fiscal year 2028 a 3% % increase in movement on step where applicable. >> Okay. Thank you. Just a question. Super. >> I'm sorry. Just one moment, please. Is
this top piece the the the first part of the motion for every single one? >> Okay. All right. I'm sorry, Mr. Sh. Yes, if you could. Um, uh, Dr. Dlo, did you that was my point, Mayor. I think that we need to move the motion. Yes.
So, we'll move the motion that the Taton School Committee approve the negotiated wage salary increases, step movement, cost of living adjustments, related wage schedule adjustments, and other terms and conditions of the agreement for fiscal year 2026, 2027, and 2028 for the
following collective bargaining units, which I'm representing, TESSA, as presented in subject to appropriation with all fiscal year 2026 increases and adjustments retroactive to July 1st, 2025 or for the first applicable workday
of the fiscal year 2026 as applicable. And again, this is for Tesser, the Tartan educational secretary and administrative assistance. For fiscal year 2026, a 3% increase and secretary lunch recess alignment adjustment. For
fiscal year 2027, a 3% increase in movement on step where applicable. And for fiscal year 2028, a 3% increase in movement on step where applicable. >> Second on that. >> So motion and a second. No further if there's no further discussion on a roll
call vote, please. Mrs. Fagan. >> Yeah. Mr. Powski. >> Yes. >> Miss Santos? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Fagan votes? Yes. Mr. Laura? >> Yes. >> Mr. Smallen? >> Yes. >> Mr. Vieira? >> Yes. >> Uh, chairman. Mrs. Shabs? >> Yes. >> Oh, and I'm sorry, Dr. Dillo. >> Yes.
>> Okay. Motion passes. The next one is local 1144 cafeteria workers. Mr. Vieiraa is the chair of that. >> Thank you, madame mayor. Uh, local 1144 cafeteria workers move the motion. Tom Public School Committee approved the
negotiated wages and salary increases, step movement, cost of living adjustment, related wage schedule adjustment, and other terms and conditions of the agreement fiscal year 2026, 2027, and 2028 for the following collective bargaining units as presented
in subject to appropriation with all fiscal year 2026 increases and adjustments retroactive to July 1, 2025 or the first applicable workday of FISC. Fiscal year 2026 as applicable. Fiscal
year 2026, a 75 cent wage adjustment and a 3% increase for fiscal year 2027. 3% increase for fiscal year 2028, a 3% increase. >> Second on that.
>> Okay, there's a motion and a second. If there is no further discussion, could we please have a roll call vote? Mrs. Fagen. >> Mr. Powski. >> Yes. >> Mrs. S. Mr. Santos, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fagan, votes yes. Mr. Laura, >> yes. >> Mrs. Mullen, >> yes. >> Mr. Viera, >> yes.
>> Uh, Chairman Shabs, >> yes. >> And I'm sorry, Dr. Dlo. >> Yes. >> Okay, motion passes. On to the next one is local 1144 custodial workers and Mr. Palowski is the chair.
Move that the Taton School Committee approve the negotiated wage and salary increases, step movement, cost of living adjustments, related wage schedule adjustments, and other terms and conditions of the agreements for fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028 for the
following collective bargaining units as presented in subject to appropriation with all fiscal year 2026 increases and adjustments retroactive to July 1st, 2025 or the first applicable workday of
fiscal year 2026 as applicable for fiscal year 2026. A 75 cent wage adjustment and a 3% increase. For fiscal year 2027, a 3% increase and for
fiscal year 2028, a 3% increase. >> Second on that motion. >> Uh motion and a second. If there's no further discussion, could we please have a roll call? Mrs. Fagen. >> Sure. Mr. Powski, >> yes. >> Mh. Santos, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fagan votes yes. Mr. Laura,
>> yes. >> Mr. Mullen, >> yes. >> Mr. Vieiraa, >> yes. >> Dr. Dlo, >> yes. >> Chair Chairwoman Sh. >> Yes. >> Okay. The next one is the Mass Nurses Association and Mr. Laura is the chair.
Move that the TAR and school committee approve the negotiated wage and salary increases, staff movement, cost of living adjustments, related wage schedule adjustments, and other terms and conditions of the agreements for physical years 2026, 2027, and 2028 for
the following collective bargaining units as presented and subject to appropriation with all physical year 2026 increases and adjustment retroactive to July 1st, 2025 or the first applicable work day for
physical year 2026 is applicable for therefore the motion for physical year 2026 a 3% increase effective day one of the school year work year a 1% increase effective on the 91st day and movement
on step where applicable for physical year 2027 a 3% increase in movement movement on step where applicable and for the fiscal year 2028 a 3% increase and movement and step with applicable
>> and a second please >> second >> so there's a motion and a second on a roll call please Mrs. Fagan >> Mr. Palowski >> yes >> Miss Santos >> yes >> Mrs. Fagen votes yes Dr. Dlo >> yes >> Mr. Vieira >> yes >> Mrs. Mullen
>> yes >> Mr. Laura. >> Yes. >> And chairman, Mr. Sh. >> Yes. >> Okay. Motion passes. The next one is Taton Therapy Assistance Association. And Ms. Santos is the chair. >> School committee move that the the Taton
School Committee approved the negotiated wage and salary increases, step movement, cost of living adjustments, related wage selements, and other terms and conditions of the agreements for fiscal years 26, 27, 28. For the following collective bargaining units. For this one, it is the Tauntton Therapy
Assistance Association as presented is subject to appropriation with all fiscal year 2026 increases and adjustments retroactive to July 1st, 2025 or the first applicable work date of fiscal year 2026 as applicable. Uh for the TTAa
for fiscal year 2026, a 3% cost of living adjustment for fiscal year 2027, a 3% cost of living adjustment. And for fiscal 2028, a 3% cost of living adjustment. Second. >> There is a motion and a second with no further discussion. Roll call, please.
Mrs. Fagan. >> Sure. >> Mr. Powski, >> yes. >> Miss Santos, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fagan votes yes. Dr. Dlo, >> yes. >> Mr. Vieira, >> yes. >> Mr. Mullen, >> yes. >> Mr. Laura, >> yes. >> Chairman,
>> yes. >> Thank you. >> Okay. All right. And then there is one last paragraph there. that I am not clear on. Oh, >> I fear I must recuse myself. >> Oh, okay.
All right. Um, and Mrs. Fagan, I believe. Do you also need to recuse yourself? >> Yes. Yes. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay. So, we have um one more and I will throw it out there. I don't know if anybody's going to make a motion or what
we're going to do here. anything >> motion to present as we're looking at the bottom paragraph. Correct. >> Yes. So, >> Superintendent, >> right? But we're still here. We have
>> Superintendent Cabal, are you able uh to give a brief explanation on this vote? >> Right over here, see at the bottom right here? >> No. So further you also so further you're authorizing me or my designate to
finalize and execute which is the business office implement all optical collective bargaining agreements memoranda agreement salary schedules wage schedules step movement retrop payments of fiscal 26 were applicable and related compensation adjustments consistent with the term presented to the school committee subject to
appropriation. >> Thank you. >> So is that just in general or is that related to >> I would make that as part of a motion. for all of these. >> Okay. So, that's a motion to cover everything they just did. >> Yes.
>> No. >> Yeah. To authorize me to do all that. >> So, you we gave you the power to to So, should be a member. >> Okay. >> One second. We have to switch.
>> Okay. >> Madame Mayor, >> Dr. Since this since FY26 started July 1st of 2025, I asked a question earlier. Have these folks been paid retro? Superintendent answered yes. Why are we
voting on this again? >> I part of the record. >> It's part of the record and I would uh think the same conversation applies to this that we had at the beginning of this process. >> Yeah, >> this makes absolutely no sense. Okay. So,
>> Mr. Laura made the motion. >> I think the motion >> So, I made the motion. >> Okay. >> Read that into the record. >> Second. >> All right. >> Second it, right? >> So, there's a motion and a second. If there's no further discussion,
so so >> I'm going to be dreaming about this tonight. >> So, the motion is roll. making motions in my sleep. >> Um, and so we just need a roll call. >> Nathan, you know what you're voting on? >> Do you know what you're voting on? >> Yeah, it's Yeah, the last pass.
>> Yeah, I know. I know. It's just the last >> the authorization piece. >> Yes. >> Mr. Powski, >> yes. >> Miss Santos, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fagan votes. Yes. Dr. Dlo, >> yes. >> Mr. Vieira, >> yes. >> Mrs. Mullen, >> yes. >> Mr. Laura,
>> yes. >> Oh, she's not here. So, I guess we're all set. Motion passes. >> You got everybody? I just >> She's not here. She's in. >> Okay. All right. Got it. Okay. So, we are all done with this memo. >> All right. Start again.
>> All right. >> And now I shall recuse myself. >> So, what do we have next? Um >> vote on uh number six. >> Recusing myself also. vote on non-union pay this way. The
nonun. >> Okay. Okay. So, how are we going to tackle this one, guys? >> Do you want me to read it? >> Well, I'll read it as the motion.
Can you do like >> list as read >> or list as >> presented >> presented on this document so you don't have to read every single thing on the list. I mean we often do that at city council meetings but it's totally up to you guys. I think it's important to
mention where this where there's 16 subgroups and there's a lot of different employees and job descriptions in here. I think it's important to read. >> Okay. Um >> that that's my opinion. I don't know. >> No problem. Mr. Vieira, would you like
to read that? >> If that's your pleasure, Madame Mayor. Absolutely. So, I'm going to read just this page. >> It's Yeah, the whole entire thing. Correct. Superintendent. >> Okay. All right. Um move that the Taton School Committee approve a 3% annual raise and/or salary
increase for fiscal year 26 27 and 28 for all non-union non-aligned school department personnel by position title and/or employee group as presented retroactive to July 1 2025 fiscal year 2026 and effective July 1 of each
applicable fiscal year thereafter. This approval includes, but is not limited to the following positions, titles, and employment groups. Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operation, Director of Special Education, Director of Student
Services and Transportation, uh Title 9 Coordinator, Director of Human Resources, Director of Humanities, Director of STEM, Director of Technologies, uh PreK to 12, Director of School Counseling and Therapeutic Support, Director of Facilities and Operations,
Director of Food Services, nurse manager, out of district placement coordinator, orordinator, coordinator of grants, internship coordinator, communications coordinator, coordinator of testing and research, crossing guides, academic tutors, CVTE tutors,
permanent tutors, everyday substitutes, truency offices, network operations coordinator, network specialists, technologies, integration specialists, technology level one computer technicians, substitute custodian, substitute cafeteria workers, substitute
clerks, athletic trainers, student support and peer mediation coordinators, human resource specialists, human resource managers, store clerk, storekeeper, operational support, community facilitators, administrative
assistants, administrative secretaries, secretary, secretary to the superintendent of schools and extended day personnel including director, assistant director, site coordinator, storekeeper, group leader, secretary, assistant group leader, custodian,
seasonal employees and junior aids. Further, the school committee uh authorizes a superintendent or design to implement the approved increase including any retroactive payments owed for fiscal year 26 subject to the appropriation and consistent with the
supporting salary schedule on file with the school department. >> Thank you, Mr. Vieira. >> My pleasure. >> Okay, so there's the motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> All right. motion and second on discussion. Uh, chair shouts,
>> thank you. Um, I just want to say that I'm opposed to um this 3% um raise. I'm not opposed to the actual 3% which is the cost of living. What I'm opposed to is giving it blanketed across all these
non-union people. Um, I agree with Miss Mullen about reading the the positions because there are 17 subgroups here with over 50 different positions and they range from administrators who work all year to hourly part-time employees to
various substitute positions throughout the district. And so there's different roles, there's different responsibilities, there's different expectations that they have. I would have liked to have been able to see some adjustments for some of our lower paying um individuals that are closer to
minimum wage. And so taking a vote where we're putting them all together doesn't give um consideration to and discussion to each of the individual groups and I feel like we owe them to have really voted on each individual subgroup to
make sure that we're giving them the best thing that we can. And I think doing the 3% again I agree 3% is a cost of living but I would have liked in some of the subgroups to have been able to give them a little bit more based on what they were getting for individual
pay. So I will be voting no on this and again it's not because of the 3% it's just because I don't think that we're giving due diligence to each of our subgroups that are there. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Any further discussion Mr. Laura? So with that statement being made by the
chairperson, um what is the next move? If we if we voted in tonight and we don't have any discussion on that, uh why wasn't this discussed before? >> This was discussed in executive session.
>> Right. But I'm just saying that, you know, as far as the breakdown by categories, >> we asked for it and it there there was discussion, but there was a blanket 3% across the board and it was voted. Um, and I'm in agreement with
Chairwoman Chavs on this. >> So, you know, the committee can vote yes or no on this. Um, and depending on the outcome of the vote, uh, we'll, um, lay out our ne your next steps for you. Miss Santos, >> thank you. Um, I'm not going to repeat
all of the the the questions and concerns that I had before because I've already stated them. I am still kind of curious as to who requested this open meeting violation. Again, I'm equally concerned that you're you're forcing a vote in in public, something that we've already voted and now we're opening. It
seems like we're trying to open up for discussion again when we already had these discussions. I have no problem with you saying why you voted no. That's fine. But to Mr. Laura's point, why wasn't discussed before? It was discussed before and as a group we voted and Mrs. Chairperson Shave came out and
she recorded the vote for the public. It was 4 to2. Okay. Um so I've made my concerns known. So I just wanted to put that on the record. >> Miss Chops, >> I just want to make it clear that my no vote is not saying anything that went on
during executive session. I'm just clarifying why today I'm voting no. Sure. Superintendent. >> So again, prior to the night that the committee voted in exe >> Excuse me, ma madam mayor. Excuse me. Uh
the superintendent has no bearing on school committee actions. I'm sorry. Uh it's not allowed. I'm sorry. Just like we excluded two members. I don't think this the superintendent should be weighing in his opinion on a school committee vote that's already been voted like Miss Santos said. Once again,
>> as a chair, I will allow the superintendent to make >> I think it helps to go I think it helps to go to Mr. Laura's part point. You may remember prior to the night you took the vote, the committee requested uh an abundant amount of information for me to prepare for that night for that
executive session. Job descriptions, history of increases, a backup of the history of increases, and also to provide you with the group by group by group. so that you could take the action group by group by group. And I think to
Mrs. Shavez's point, for some reason, a blanket adjustment was made versus going group by group by group. I think that's where the discussion wasn't had, Mr. Law, that that you raised. So, you asked me to prepare a lot of material. The material is prepared. Not a lot of time
was spent on the material to to allow the committee to perform their due diligence by going group by group. Miss Santos, >> I'm sorry that felt like a judgment on what we we negotiated and I don't think that's your place to to judge what we
did in that session. Thank you. >> I I would disagree. I think it's clarification. I think it's important when you look at this group of employees and some of them are our lowest wage earners that we would have liked to take
more of the time. and we're just stating publicly that that's what we would like to do. We're not looking to change a vote. Everyone has their their vote that they're coming to the table with. We're not looking for that. We're just looking so people understand where we're at. >> Mr. Vieira,
>> thank you, Madam May. I I just want to state too, there was um all the information that was presented to us, at no point did anybody mention that there should be a um an adjustment talk about Exactly. We can't talk about content, but it's
>> you can say you know what you need to say, but you need to be careful about I just think that we spent an appropriate amount of time and we took a vote and the vote was taken based on the information we had and I do believe everybody had an appropriate amount of time and an abundant amount of information um to to process in front of
them. So, thank you and I apologize for getting off track. >> Oh, no. That's okay. That's okay. All right. If there's no further comment, um I think I will just do the roll call. Okay. And I will start with you, Miss Santos.
>> Um, maintaining my yes vote. >> Dr. Dlo. >> Yes, >> Mr. Vieira. >> The the same as that. Yes, >> Miss Mullen. >> I am maintaining my no vote in what we discussed earlier that I would like to
see this looked at by subgroups. >> Okay, Mr. Laura. >> Yes. Miss Shav, >> I'm maintaining my no vote. >> Okay, it is 4 to two. The motion passes.
>> All right. Okay. Uh Okay, moving on to committee subcommittee reports. We have curriculum and instruction Miss Santos from May 7th. >> Thank you. Uh the curriculum and instruction subcommittee met on Thursday, May 7th, 2026. On attendance
was Miss Jacqueline Francisco who is the coordinator for visual arts. Uh Mrs. Donna Shaw, Mrs. Carrie Mullen, Mr. Chris Barata, and Superintendent John Cabraw. The meeting was called to order at 5. Uh bear with me because we discussed a lot during this meeting. Um
the first item on the agenda was uh Mrs. Francisco was providing us with an update on the art of curriculum instruction which was implemented last academic calendar and this year they are in the monitor phase which will be followed by a reflection phase and this will make much more sense in a in a
minute with the next agenda item. Uh before launching the curriculum as France Francisco stated that the educators took part in two days of PD where they took part on how to use the curriculum and currently they also partake in collaboration lesson planning during department meetings and or PD days. The curriculum is focused on
culturally responsive HQMI and that is high quality instructional materials and is built on rigorous and engaging projects, foundational skills building and diverse creative expression. Uh she provided us with a packet which anybody can view. It's part of the packet that
is online. Um but she did talk about some of the things that they do. Um one of the things that she highlighted was this curriculum has proacts integrated into the curriculum. So these are PDS that teachers can pick and choose when they take them and whenever
which ones they want to take so on and so forth. Um they did talk about how they celebrate a success. One thing is that they have a weekly arts wrap-up blog which showcases teachers tasks but they also have podcasts for students K through 12. Well I don't know if the K
through do podcast I'm not sure. I can't remember that one but um but how to that focus on how to assess art and creativity. Um, but they also talk about how to use visual arts language to assess and defend their artistic choices. Um, they talked about, you
know, the standard-based planning that comes I previously there was no art standards that were relatively based on national uh the state standards. So, we now focused on national standards as well. Um, they have uh they she gave us
an example of a blog post from uh Mr. Sean Brady with his sixth grade students as well and it it talked about how they focus on identity, skill and intellect um in those blog posts. Um one other things she talked about was uh they do learning walks. These are unannounced
and unannounced learning walks. Uh these are observations to track what is going on in the classroom. There are based on quart and they there are once those are completed there's quarterly reports based on these walks. Um finalizing all of it. The goals for next year is to better align curriculum teaching
strategies across all grade levels so students have similar experiences. Uh the next part of the agenda was a review of the Taton public schools curriculum review process which Mr. Barata uh kindly went through with us. Um again this packet was pretty large.
Um it is on view. It's online for anybody who wants to look at it. Uh just a couple of things um to note. Something this is something that every district is required to have. Um it is on the curriculum page as well but there are plans to make it more visible for the
public. So there is basically a six-year revision cycle. Uh it's implement, monitor, reflect, study, plan and present. Uh the central tenant of this work is to identify and implement HQMI which is our again highquality instructional materials that are aligned
with mass curriculum frameworks. Uh the tools that are used are curate which is curriculum ratings by mass teachers platform and ed reports that is a a national independent clearing house. Um basically who does this work? There's a curriculum uh review committees and
there's community advisory committees which students parents business leaders teachers all of these people can um apply to take part. Um and once they they go through the process, once they complete the formal presentation to the school committee for approval of said
curriculum, um the the next thing that was part of that agenda item, um Superintendent Cabraw offered us a taunt and teacher survey report which was a grant supported by John Hopkins uh school of education and the purpose of it was to
take an objective look at which is essentially an online portal website that teachers share their lesson planans plans and you can take choose whatever you like. Um, based on the survey, most teachers didn't use it very often and
Mrs. Sha talked about her own experience with it as well too. Results were comprehensive, but overall it showed it was not consistently used by educators. It deteriorated over the years because of lack of participation and there was really no oversight and no real consistency across all schools. The
survey itself is actually really interesting. if anybody's really uh interested in that kind of thing. They talked about like how much planning time each teacher does and that depends on the grade level and in the subject area and so on and so forth. And there's quite a striking difference between them but I'm not going to call out the
teachers on that. Um but one of the things that was also interesting is that teachers and I can I can relate. I get my curriculum and ideas from a variety of sources. So they the most often used is actual Google. Uh that was the most
cited one. After that was teachers pays teachers and then Pinterest which I thought was actually really interesting because I did not know Pinterest gave you lesson plan ideas. So um so yeah so that was that part of it. Um and the last part was I had requested the
curriculum budget. Um and so I just want to to to for you know to to finalize formalize this so the public knows as far as the costs goes. I will say that for the most part a lot of the uh content area curriculums are open source
so there's actually no cost. This is true for science open sed is open source so there's no cost. Uh social studies um for most part all of them are open source so there's no cost the same for world languages the same for CTE um the same for performing arts and the
same for wellness and PE. So there's no cost to that because it's all open resources which is great. Uh but there are some that have significant cost costs. The one that has the most significant cost is illustrative mathematics which cost $1.5 million.
Um that was paid mostly through SR3 funds I will say. So that was funds from COVID. Um but this is ending in fiscal year 29. So they will have to discuss whether they will re renew it or not. And that's a that's a high ticket item. Um the other one that has a cost is the
visual arts. That one's under $100,000, but that came straight out of the school budget. That one's up for revision in FYS um 31. That's the one that I just gave a report on. And then the last one is the Wonders curriculum. So, I believe in the finance and law committee can
validate this, but I think there was already a pre-purchase of the Wonders curriculum for three years for FY26, and that was $700,000. I think that was just recently voted on. Um it it is lesser um but there was uh a need for more support
for writing. So this new addition addresses that study sync is a cost of and this is for ELA is a cost of about $500,000 um as well too. And that one ends in FY30. Um and I think that concludes my report.
We um adjourned Hold on >> 618. We 618 and that concludes my report. Okay. Uh, thank you. Is there a >> motion to accept the report? >> Second. >> Second. >> Motion and second to accept the report. Without objection, the report is
accepted. Number two, rules committee is also Miss >> Santos. Okay. So, uh, the rules subcommittee met on, uh, May 12th, 2026. in attendance were uh myself, Mrs. Shavez, and Mr. Laura, as well as Superintendent Cabraw,
uh Mr. Barata, and Mrs. Hoy. Um for this, and as I've been telling you, we've been reviewing the policy manual. For this section, we focused on section E, which is support services, and X section F, which is facilities. I believe there actually these were actually not that long, so there wasn't
really that much discussion. Some things that Mrs. Sh brought up was that um as far as student support services there was missing anything about SRO's uh and whether there was an MG uh mass journal law for that and if there was any other support services that were missing from that but other than that some things
were just language changes uh missing ones. Uh so the one thing that is is is the most relevant here is part of what we began the meeting with is talking about um getting representation of the MASC which is for everybody is the
Massachusetts Association of School Committees. Way too many acronyms tonight. Um and so basically what um there is a cost to this. So uh I just want to be clear with that. But there we are hoping to obtain an associate from
the MASC to help us through this process of revising these policies. Just as a note for other people, this hasn't been done for nine years. Um, nine years ago, there was this same cost attached to it. So, this is a common practice. This is not us just reinventing the wheel here.
Um, and one thing that was noted is really to make sure that we're in compliance. A lot of these policies have mass general laws attached to them. a lot of them do and and MASC they they they have more of the knowledge of it and they have the the updates and all of
those other things. So this is really about making sure that we're staying compliant with Mass General laws. So the subcommittee um the three of us voted uh to recommend the retention of MSA MASC supervisor and our review of the policy
manual. There is a cost. All of you have should have gotten this manual um in your packet that was at the end of the packet. Um but it's the a proposal for a policy manual development. So this is essentially they're laying out what they'll do for us, what the cost is.
Okay. Um so there is a professional fee and it is $10,500. Uh they break it up for services rendered to complete and customized policy service. Upon receipt of signed contract, they will be paid $3,500 July 1st. Well, 2025. That was that's must be
wrong because that was last year, right? Um and then upon completion, but no later than July 1st, 2027, which is another 3500. Um so, and it also notes if the payment schedule doesn't accommodate the com committee's budget schedule, payment dates can be adjusted
accordingly. So I am making a recommendation as chair of the subcommittee for this the rest of the school committee to adopt this budget item so that we can have the assist assistance of the MASC while we revise these policies.
>> All right. Um and the meeting was adjourned at 5:45 please. Oh no I can I conclude it now or we have to vote. So I don't know. >> Well motion to approve. >> Okay. >> Subcommittee's recommendation. >> Second. So, there's a motion to second to on discussion. M uh Mullen has her
hand up, so I'll call on her and then Dr. Dlo. >> I apologize if I missed it. >> Um, two questions. How often do we have to update this? >> This is not an update. >> So, this is this is where fully implemented like >> we are already halfway through all of
the policy manuals. So, we're up to F. It goes to letter L. So, we have about six more policies that we have to review. So, cost. This cost is for them to to review what we've also
>> as far as what I knew. Um the last group that did it was nine years ago and I asked superintendent of this and they they did the same exact thing. >> Okay. And do we know where it comes out of in the budget? >> That's a superintendent question. >> Okay. >> That would come that would come out of the school committee. the school
committee line item. >> Same line item we used for the um Chromebook u not Chromebooks, the iPads. >> Okay. >> Okay. Dr. Dlo. >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh for the last four terms now going my five terms, I know that we've been a member of the MASC and
we pay annual dues. Uh could you remind us superintendent how much we pay to become a dues paying member of the MASC? >> I'd have to research that. I don't know that number off the top of my head. Could you say it's more than 5,000 less than 10 in that range?
>> I don't want to publicly put a false or inaccurate number out without doing my due diligence. I >> I can I can confirm it's more than five and less than 10. So I'm asking as a member I thought that was included in our subscription to update our policy manuals, the online version, all that stuff. So I I just want to make sure
that we're paying 10,500 for a service we're already paying for that they're not providing us. That's my That's my problem. That's my question. >> I believe part >> I believe part of Sorry. I apologize. It's a little awkward, so I apologize. I believe part of that fee that I'll email
the committee on is to host our manual on their website is also is part of the fee that we pay annually. >> And and with that, mayor, if I may, with all the investments in a website that we've approved earlier today that Mr. SH's actually questioned on the warrant.
Uh wouldn't that be, you know, better for us to have it on our website for our folks to see and not the MASC because I don't, you know, other school districts may not need to know what TA public schools district is. So before we take a vote, I would recommend and I I apologize, Miss Santos. You've done a
lot of work on this that we better understand what our dues are, how much they are, and what they're what the dues are paid for. You know, what what what is what are we paying the dues for? because I think it's quite a few thousand dollars. That's my recommendation. >> Okay. Thank you, Chair Shuffs.
>> I just wanted to clear up too for the for the school committee that any of the changes that the subcommittee has recommended, none of those changes will happen until we bring them to you. So, you know, we're going through them um looking at ones that are missing that we
don't have. Some of the wording doesn't align with our types of um administrators. you know, some of the things we've found that could possibly be missing, but we will be bringing it to you prior to making any changes. So, if we go with MASC, they will do the
alignment. They will look at all of the questions that we have, all of our suggestions, and then realign it. But we still will not do any changes until it it it gets approved. And we'll have a discussion on how we're going to bring it to you because what did you say? It
goes up to L. So, there's a lot of sections. >> Yeah. We're not going to ask you all to read it. >> No. So, we may come section by section for a while and just say, "Hey, this section and these are the types of changes, but but we're not experts at this." So, I think having MASC with
their eyes looking at it and making sure that the the suggestions that we have are correct. And Miss Santos is right, there is a lot of legal um uh addendance to it. um and they reference a lot of
legal um laws that we have to make sure we have on ours. This is to keep us from being protected. >> So, >> okay, >> if I may, one more right at the apple. Mayor. >> Yes, please. Dr. Dilla,
>> thank you. Uh so, there is no sense of urgency of committing to $10,500 because it still has to come to the school committee to approve. So again, I I would recommend uh because it's quite a bit of money that the superintendent find out what our dues are, what they're what what the what the inclusions of our
dues, what are we paying for uh to to be maybe better understand and once we get that back, then take a formal vote to spend $10,500 that we still have to approve anyways on the policy updates on the uh school committee policy updates. Thank you, Mayor. >> You're welcome.
>> Dr. Mr. Laura motion >> just just for clarification in the subcommittee meeting it was presented to the subcommittee past practice this has always been done we've always sought the legal expertise of the MS uh the MSC to
guide us to insert any mass general laws additions and addendums to the booklet to make sure that we are in full compliance with our policies and procedures and that is why I supported it. Past practice been done before and
it's just a continuation to guarantee us our that within within the legal bounds of our duties. >> Okay. All right. So there there is a motion, Miss Mullen, did you make the motion? >> I did not. >> I'm sorry. Who?
>> I believe I made the motion to accept the report >> and >> and with the recommendation. >> Um, can I ask >> the report? to approve the report. >> Yeah. >> And >> well and the recommendations >> and the recommendation because there was
a recommendation set forth. >> Okay. >> Can I just ask a question? Um to Dr. Dlo's point, is there a sense of urgency on this? Is this >> I would ask the chair of that. >> Uh I wouldn't say a sense of urgency, but I mean we are we're doing pretty
well as far as time goes and we're probably going to finish this by June. >> Oh wow. Okay. So, not a sense of urgency, but I mean, especially they're going to have to go through everything that we went through over the past five or six months. How long that
will take, I'm not really sure. Um, obviously, we would want to try to implement this sooner versus later. We had talked about maybe just doing some of this over the summer as well, too. Is it something that needs to be done right away? No. But again, I think to air on
the side of caution, it would be really kind of dangerous for us to include policies without having somebody who has the expertise to looking at it because then we could possibly face litigation, so on and so forth if these policies are not up to date. I understand the cost. I
understand it. Mr. Laura brought up concerns about the cost as well, and I I I share your concerns, Dr. Dilllo. I don't mind postponing the vote if you want to wait for that. I actually have no I I don't care if we wait because I think that's a fair point that you're
making because I don't know what we pay for dues um and what's included in that. So I think that's an important question but I mean I I do think council is really really important one way or another. >> Okay. So at this point the coun uh the council the school committee can either go forward or the motion can be
withdrawn and there could be a motion to just accept the >> I will >> other recommendations in the report and further that. Mr. Vieiraa did you have something? >> Uh yeah I I would just say accept the report and not adopt the recommendation
at this time. I want to change my >> okay >> my motion to accept the report taken out the voting for the recommendation of the fee >> and would that be brought again like >> and then brought up again after we get the details
>> okay so so the motion is withdrawn the new motion is to accept the report and >> uh I mean I guess let's suggest some language in the motion so it's very clear so um to accept the refer to the
superintendent for clarification of the fees >> and then come back to us for verbal. >> Okay. Doc, so there's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> All right. Motion to second. Dr. Dlo. >> Discussion. Thank you, mayor. And and
when they send us an exhibit D, uh they're they're asking for $3,500 upon signature of the contract. And they state July 1, 2025, 3500 upon completion. July 1, 2027 3500. I I believe we're in 2026. So, uh you
know, at least present us with a a document that aligns with the dates uh according to our contract. >> Yes. >> If if the >> noted >> if you please. Thank you. >> Okay. Um Okay. And then and I'm sure this will be corrected. This is a draft, but it also refers to a different school
committee as well, but Oh, >> so uh uh Okay. So, there's a motion. There's a second. Um without objection uh the motion passes as stated by Mr. Laura. >> Thank you.
>> Okay. Excellent. Okay. So let's move on. We are just about through here. Uh committee of the whole miss Mrs. Shots. >> Thank you Madame Mayor. The Taton School Committee met on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 to present the school committee
recognitions. The meeting began at 6:05 p.m. with Dr. Dlo, Mrs. Fagan, Mr. Laura, Mrs. Mullen, and myself in attendance along with Superintendent Cabraw and members of his leadership team. The theme of the evening quickly emerged as pioneers capturing the spirit
of dedication, compassion, and service that was evident throughout the recognitions. students and staff from Lety Preschool, Chamberlain, Gallagghan and Mohei elementary schools, Freiedman and Parker Middle Schools, Taton Public Virtual Academy, Taton Alternative High
School, and Taton High School were recognized for their leadership, hard work, and willingness to go above and beyond. These pioneers exemplified the values that make a meaningful diff difference across our schools. The superintendent also recognized two outstanding administrators, Principal EA
Rodriguez and Principal Bert Delaney. Miss Rodriguez has been a true pioneer in building the virtual academy from the ground up without a blueprint and with minimum guidance. She embraced the challenge of designing a school to serve our most vulnerable learners, ensuring that they have access to highquality
education delivered with a personal and supportive approach. Miss Rodriguez and her staff have accomplished this and much more. Principal Delaney, the first principal of the Taton Alternative High School, has also been a pioneer in establishing programming that provides
students with a meaningful alternatives to the traditional high school setting. With the over the past 13 years, Principal Delaney and his staff have supported more than 900 students and earning their high school diplomas. He has been deeply committed to building students up and preparing them to become
successful contributing members of our community. Together, the students and staff recognized this evening reflected the very best of our school community, and the shared commitment to supporting one another and making a lasting difference across our schools. The meeting concluded at 7:06.
Thank you. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. So, it sounds like that was just an update. No recommendations to adopt. Okay. >> Just motion to accept the report of >> Oh, okay. >> Second. >> Motion and second to accept the report. Without objection, the report is accepted. Next is curriculum and
instruction. Ms. Santos. >> Um, so we are going to reschedu that meeting. Um, I had realized um in the in the morning that Lilia uh Jillian Luchetti, who is the early uh college coordinator, wasn't able to attend, so we're going to reschedule when she is
able to. >> Okay. Thank you. And finance and law, Mr. Vieira will be doing that one. >> Yes. Thank you, Madam May. Finance and law subcommittee met today, Wednesday, May 20th, 5:45 p.m. Subcommittee is myself, Dr. Dlo, Mrs. Shabs,
Superintendent Cabral was also in attendance and the amazing Ann Zerbe. First item on the agenda was cafeteria bid openings. Um it's broken down into three categories. The first category is
groceries. We receive three bids. Um all bids uh upon open appear to be good bids. Uh motion was made to refer the bids, three bids to administration. That passed three nothing. Second was
paper supplies. There were six bids that were opened. All six bids uh upon opening appeared to be good. Those were also referred to uh administration for further evaluation. That vote passed 3 nothing. The last item for the cafeteria
bid openings was the maintenance and service of equipment and repairs. We received three bids. All three bids also appeared um to be good bids and they were also referred to administration. The second item on on the agenda was a
special education expenses and services. Superintendent Cabraw did note to date we are over budget by 18,000. Uh Dr. all had questions about bills, why we don't have bills yet for 81 March. Uh superintendent is going to look into
that. The bills that were received for services rendered for January 2026 was $7,388.40. February 2026, $7,81510. Uh total year-to- date spent $68,1184.
Uh motion was made to uh accept the report that passed three nothing. Final item on the agenda was bills payable in the amount of $53,689. Questions were asked and were answered by the superintendent and
motion was made and seconded to pay the bills uh in the amount stated that passed 3 nothing. We adjourn at 6:17. That concludes my report. >> Uh thank you, Mr. Vieira. >> Motion to accept the report and
recommendations adopted to refer to the appropriate uh >> second >> person. All right. Uh motion and second to accept the report and make the appropriate >> referrals. Referrals to the >> uh without objection.
Those things are done. Mayor, Mayor, may I recommend a roll call since it's finances, since we're spending 53,000, please? >> Sure. Can roll. Okay. Um, that motion and second on a roll call, please. Mrs. Fagan, >> Mr. Powski, >> yes. >> Miss Santos, >> yes.
>> Mrs. Fagan, votes yes. >> Mr. Laura, >> yes. >> Mrs. Mullen, >> yes. >> Mr. Vieira, >> yes. >> And chairman, I'm sorry, Miss President. Greg, I'm sorry. Dr. Dlo, >> yes. >> And, uh, chairman, chairwoman Donna Shots. Yes.
>> Okay. Motion passes. Next is new business. Taton Public Schools summer school 2026 update. >> No, just an annual update on programming for this summer. What we're planning to do. >> All right. Included in everyone's packet. And then we have um unfinished business action item update. I'm not
sure if there's any business at this time. >> No action at this time. Um we have press time. We do have press here. Are there any no comments from the press? All right. Without objection, we are adjourned. Okay. >> All right. Thank you everyone.