Finance and Law Subcommittee will come to order. Wednesday, May 21st, 2025. Attendance, Mrs. Shabs, present. Dr. Dlo is absent and Mr. Vieier is present. First item on the agenda, Taton High School transfer of funds request. See
attached. Superintendent Cabraw. Thank you, Mr. Vieira. Uh, so as is our policy, anytime the anytime a school wishes to replenish their student activity account above and beyond the $25,000
limit, they have to submit it in writing. So the high school with the prom coming up, as you may be aware, Mrs. Shavs, I mean, that's a very expensive uh item that exceeds a $25,000 limit. So, the student high school, the Tartan High School uh bookkeeper who
manages the student activity count, Sandy Alman, submitted a memo uh asking to increase the amount in which the high school can replenish their student activity account so that they can pay for the tickets for cover the cost for the prom. So, the appropriate action
would be to approve as presented. Mr. shops this 69,000 is it theirs anyway or it's just coming from another account and being transferred in or it's in the account but they in order to replenish they you can only take out 25,000 okay
so they need they need permission to take more okay so um a motion to accept as presented as presented okay the chair second motion any further discussion all those in favor signify by saying I chair votes I the motion passes
Second item on the agenda, Taunt Public Schools FY25 quarter 3 budget update. See attached. Superintendent Cabar. So, you'll notice it's a two-page document. So, I apologize that I had to go over on two pages. But if you go to the page two uh and look at the bottom line, you'll
notice that our appropriation on the left was 120,590,000. And as of as of the quarter end of quarter three in March, we had expended 80,918,165.79. We have we're sitting on remaining balance with about three
months to go in the school year. We're sitting on remaining balance of 39,671,834,021. So by March, we should have about 70% or more of our budget expended and we are under 70% expended. So as have been our practice where we prepay for tuition and we prepay or pre-
purchase our supplies uh we are going to finish the year based on this projection. We are going to finish the year with a surplus. Uh, so I will be putting together a spending plan to close out the budget to again prepay tuition to the amount of about $2
million, which I would ask for your approval because I do need approval to prepay tuition up to $2 million. And then any line that is in deficit, for example, if you let's look at line 3520.
Oh, student activities, stipens, services, and supplies. Uh, you'll you'll notice that that line is in deficit. So what we would do in that case is we would look at a line that is not in deficit because again everything has to balance out. We would look at a line that's not in deficit such as say
27 say 2710 which is still sitting on over $2 million or you'll look at another line such as 2210 which is sitting with a balance of $1.4 million. So whatever line still has a surplus, we at the end of the year we will balance
the budget by moving funds from lines that have a surplus to lines that are in deficit. But what I would like is again it's been our practice in the past is to get approval from the school committee to balance lines and deficit with surpluses from lines that are in a
surplus and also to authorize the superintendent to prepay out of district tuition for quarter one which is allowed by statute up to $2 million. Any any questions? Um no he explained it. I had those uh highlighted the ones
that were over 100%. So that makes sense about being able to balance them off. So I make a motion that we give um Superintendent Caval permission to adjust these as necessary as well as prepay for quarter 1. Um any of the
allowed items that we normally do, which is what tuition and out of district tuition out of out of district tuition and any other other things that you're allowed to to do. It's just the audition. Okay. Okay. The chair will second. On discussion, just real quick, 3520 um
559%. Is there any um any any anything that happened that was out of the ordinary that put the balance that far or that significantly off that you can think of? All I what I remember was the school improvement
funding uh that we when we used the funds to I believe the funds that we received for the SIP funding was placed on the salary line. So we would take that SIP funding and place it in the student activity line to balance that.
Great. No further questions. Uh we'll take a vote. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. The chair votes I. approved. Okay. Uh, next item, revolving account and grants. Do you want to go over them together or
individually? I'll do revolving first. Okay. Uh, so just providing you with a uh quarter 3 revolving. Uh, you'll notice that it hasn't been updated on school choice to reflect the final uh payments to Heimlick for the softball
athletic field. So, we're still sitting on an incumbrance of 290, but I believe I believe we may have about 65,000 left as far as final payments to Heimlick to close out the project. So, that'll be updated for quarter 4. So, we started the year, we started fiscal 25 with a
$5.2 million balance for revenue for this year and we still have several months. So, we're probably going to bring in about another 60,000. We average about probably been bring in another 60,000 because I believe we still have three more payments for for school choice that we're going to receive. So we'll
probably end the year with revenue of about 1.6 million. The Heimlick project or the project to renovate the softball field was 2.7 million. So starting the year with 5.2 and then subtracting the 2.7 and which makes up most of the
expenses of 3.2 million. We're going to end the year with probably about 3 just over 3.2 2 million in reviving account. So our goal is always to end the year with 3 million plus. So I'm very happy that we were able to stay above 3 million. And I anticipate next year that
if we bring in another $1.6 million in revenue and we don't have any capital projects that we should have a hefty amount in the revolving account to be able to take on another capital project or to be able to do a one-time purchase. The only thing I would advise with the revolving account is that we not use
these funds for salaries because these are one-time funds and something I wouldn't rely on. But if there is a capital project that we um know want to consider moving forward potentially a theater, maybe doing something a playground, this would be the
appropriate the appropriate place to utilize those fundings for fiscal 27. So I I would say fiscal 26 we replenish our account and then we look at a project for fiscal 27. Any questions from the committee? Any questions from others? Okay, hearing
none. A motion would be in order to receive and place on file. Make a motion to receive and place on file. Chair second. All those in favor signify by saying I. Chair votes I. The motion passes. Next are grants. Yeah, just providing you with a quick grant update.
Now, you'll notice for fiscal 24, uh we're still managing just over $7 million in grant funding. for fiscal 25 uh just under $8 million. So total funds and grants that are being managed right now by uh grant coordinator Tim Clark
sits just over 15 million. Uh we have encumbered 260 million in thousand apologize and we have expended 6.6 6.7 million and we have a grant balance of about 8.2 million. I'll be
meeting with Mr. clock shortly uh to review FY25 grants to see which of these grants can be carried over to fiscal 26. Any questions? No. No. I make a motion question from others.
No. I make a motion that we accept this and place it on file. Second. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Chair votes I. Motion passes. Item three, ADA update C attached. Superintendent Cabal. Uh, per Kevin Scanland, we provide him
with a quarterly update on any work that we do to address ADA concerns. So, the stair treads at Taton High School were replaced and we just provided him with evidence that the installation has been complete and that these treads are ADA compliant. And I believe this was a project that the city of Taton
supported. So, I want to thank the city of Taton for their support. Thank you. I make a motion that we accept it and place it on file. I will second the motion. All those in favor? I. Chair votes I. The motion passes. Item number four, Taton Area School of Careers.
So, I want to apologize to Mr. Shaves. Uh, I have not had a chance to create that new tracking document. So, you still have the old memo that was provided by task. U, but we'll try to get it in the packet before the end of the school year so we can have that new form moving forward. Any questions from the committee?
I make a motion we accept it and place it on file. Chair will second the motion. All those in favor? I. Chair votes I. The motion passes. Item five, yonder pouches. Discussion and any discussion, comments, questions from the committee at this
time. Um just to ask um um Superintendent Cabal where we are with um getting some um estimates for them. So, I'm still in the process of securing a quote from with principal Harrison regarding the purchase of the three I believe it was 3,000 yand pouches that
was discussed at the committee the whole last week. Okay. I hope to have that at the next meeting. Okay. Thank you, Superintendent Cabraw. Uh, no action necessary. Okay. Number six on our agenda, bills
payable FY25 in the amount of $1,790,190 and 39. I make a motion we approve it. On discussion, uh, the chair will second the motion. On discussion, Miss Mrs. jobs. Um, on page
10, the do great place to learn. That was a new one that I had seen. 5,900. Yes, that is tutoring services for students. Okay. So, the first line was four hours of tutoring for
$220. The second line was 10 hours of tutoring in the amount of 550. Okay. The next line was 3 hours for 165, 7 and a half hours for 42750, 3 hours for 165, and 7 and a half hours at
$457.50 and so forth onto the next line. So this would be students who um either through their IEPs or because they're hospitalized. Um okay. Or medical issues receive tutoring. Yes. Okay. um the same page down at the bottom,
early childhood associates for 15,500. So that was to provide support to update a comprehensive needs assessment. So that is coming out of the special education department. That is part of that CC that CPPI grant which is the early childhood grant. So this is a grant because I didn't it it started and usually the grant starts with like 21.
So I noticed that started with a 23 so I wasn't sure. So that is a grant. Correct. The CCPI grant. Yes. Okay. Um, and on page 29, the National Center on Education, it was professional development for
$21,545. What kind of um what kind of professional development was that for the history department? So, history and social science teaching and learning professional development at the high school. Um, M, no, that's grades five through seven. That's a it's grades five through seven. the
investigating history grant. Okay. So that's a grant also. Correct. Funded through uh DESIE. So anything starting with the 23 is that also a grant then when you look at the numbers because I know um Brenda had told me when the number started with 21 it was a grant.
So okay. Yeah because the last two that I've asked started with the 23. So maybe those are also a different kind of grant maybe. That's it. Thank you Mr. Chairman. Thank you Mrs. Shabs. I I have a question on page 17, Heimlick
Landscaping and Construction in regards to the softball field, I believe. Just I I just want to clarify, is the work complete and the the amount of money that we have remaining to pay them? Is this the total or did you say there's
still an outstanding balance? So, I uh based on my notes here, we uh we are sitting on a balance of $65,700. And in my conversation with the owner's project manager, he believes that we're still we may end the project uh under budget with about 10,000 in
reserves. Is is it is the work complete? Uh I believe they fulfilled their obligation of the contract. I will I will confirm, but I I want to say the work is complete. Okay. I I I just obviously worry that we're going to pay them and have work outstanding. Well, we
still have a balance of 66 657. So, I will confirm that the project is complete. All right. Line 22. Nier engineering that similarly related to the softball field project. Yes. Ness served as the OPM on the
project. Okay. And then I had and OPM means owners project manager page 19 professional development was did you just ask that question miss shops 11,250 that's Susan Looney that's April
professional development and she's an outside consultant who works with our schools to provide math support. Okay. All right. The the only thing I'd like to add, it is a large warrant, almost $1.8 million. Uh 56% of the warrant is being charged to state or county grants
in the amount of over $1 million and 35% 633,000 is being charged to the general fund. Okay. No, no further questions. Uh we're ready to vote. Make a motion to approve this. What the the motion was already
made, but right there was discussion. Okay. Okay. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Chair votes I. That is it. Motion to adjurnn. Motion to adjurnn. Thank you. Call the meeting to order. Please stand for the pledge of
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's brought stripes and bright stars through the peril us fight. Or the
ramparts we watched were so gallently streaming. And the rockets red glare. The bombs
bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star
spangled then yet wave or the land of the free and the home of the
[Laughter] brave. 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 have uh two people we would like to remember for uh in their passing. The first one is John S. Dart who um was a lifelong resident
of Taton. He was born and educated here. The son of the late Frank and Marie Dwat. He was a retired silver smith for Reed and Barton Silver Company in Taton that Taton and after that went on to work for Morton Hospital and environmental services. He was a member
of the Taton boat club and he enjoyed boating, Cape Cod, Christmas time, the Boston Red Sox, and spending time with his children. He was he had three daughters. Uh two of whom Donna Ross and Carol
Dwart were both employed by the city of Taon school department in the roles of u being both in extended daycare program. He also has grandchildren and greatg grandandchildren and we would like you to remember his family in their thoughts
and in your prayers. The next person is Lorraine Marie Bourke. She died at the age of eight of 98 on April um I'm sorry on May 14th. She passed away peacefully at
Boston Medical Center with her family at her side. Born in East Douglas, Mass. Um she was a devout Catholic, a longtime parishioner of the former St. Jake's now St. Jew the Apostle Parish in Taton and esteemed member of the woman's guild and
a recipient of the Marian medal. Lorraine had a passion for many hobbies among them which were enjoying the Red Sox and playing the card game 200. She took great pleasure in spending time in her yard, planting and enjoying the beautiful flowers throughout the warmer
seasons. She was an enthusiastic dancer and particularly enjoyed ballroom dancing with her late husband. Although she was born in Massachusetts, she was raised in Shidiac Bridge, New Brunswick, Canada, and she cherished their annual
trips home. She is survived by her six children, 14 grandchildren, and 16 greatg grandandchildren. And if the name sounds familiar to you, the Bourc name, four of her grandchildren are
employed by the Taton public schools. Matt Bour, who does the wonderful artwork we see all over the place, you see on the buildings, Blair Bour, our uh winning baseball coach who just won the Hawk Mark League. And if she liked the Red Sox, I'm sure that was happy for
her, a happy day for her. Talia Smith, a teacher over at the She's a Chamberlain, right? And Solange Bour, who's a nurse here at EOL. So, if we could all please keep this family in our thoughts and prayers
and I believe there's a wake tomorrow for her and her funeral will be on Friday and St. Jake's Church which is now St. What is it now? St. Jude the Apostle. So, I'm trying to keep these things straight. So, could we have a moment of silence for these two
individuals? Thank you. And Mrs. Shaws, could you please call the role? Roll call. Mr. Enus, present. I'm here. Mr. Palowski, present. Christine Fagan, present. Miss Santos,
present. Mr. Vieiraa, present. Mr. Laura, present. And Dr. Dlo is absent. Yes. Thank you. Okay. So, there apparently Oh, we have to do the approval of the minutes for May. Motion to approve minutes of
5725 as presented. Second. And there was a correction on them, right, Mrs. Sh? Yes. Yeah. Um just it just when last week it says asked for that Mrs. Shabs asked for a moment two
weeks ago silence for three individuals. There were four. There's four listed on the thing. Oh four on there. Yes. Okay. Yeah. Okay. And I don't know if there was anything else but motion to amend the motion as presented.
All those in favor I opposed. The eyes have it. There's no student advisory. Okay. So, that's we'll move on to that. No public input this evening. No. Okay. So, next we go to human resources department
update. Shannon Turner. So, as Mrs. Turner is making her way to the podium, uh it's uh it's not easy to take over a very successful department, a very popular department, and still make it better. So, Mrs. Turner has been a welcome addition to the Tom public
schools. Uh when we were looking to fill the position, I felt like at the time that there was something missing in the department that we were hoping to find in the new human resource director and that was somebody who had experience at the building level, which Miss Turner has a lot of experience at building
level and we're going to see firsthand how that experience has translated over to the department and taking a department that was already very successful and taking it up to the next level. What I'm also very proud of is the work that Miss Turner has done with her staff to really fill our classrooms. So, having that experience as an
educator, Miss Turner understands at a high level what it means to have highly qualified educators in our classrooms and she's worked very well and I'll steal a little bit of a thunder. I believe we are 99% staffed when it comes to having highly qualified educators in our classrooms. And she'll talk a little
bit about the work. She'll talk a little bit about her entry work and how that work has kind of guided her throughout the year and how that work will lead her into fiscal 26. So, Miss Turner, the floor is yours. Thank you. And I believe this is your first presentation before school committee. Yeah. So, I was here
like a week and a half in as like an introduction, but this is my first presentation to you guys. So, congratulations. Thank you. Good evening. Um, welcome to our annual review for the human resources department. We're proud to share our achievements uh and growth over the past year.
So, it's just a little bit about who we are. We um operate year round, Monday through Friday, 8 to 4:30 um with scheduled flexibility to support staff needs. We serve approximately 1,600 staff members across the 13 schools in the district and we are committed to a
people centered approach um that is valued on transparency, integrity, equity, and respect. This is our HR team. We have Veronica George who is our human resources manager, Luthie Visante, which is our
human resources specialist, and Judy Judy Mones, who is our human resources administrative assistant. Each play a vital role in delivering efficient and compassionate HR services. My team works super hard. Um, and I'm very appreciative of all the work they do
every day. Everything outlined in this presentation tonight is rooted in the strategic objectives for our district. So the last time I was here introducing myself um to each of you, I highlighted a few areas of improvement
and things that I had noticed kind of right away. One of them was communication and meeting with stakeholders. I had the opportunity to meet with some school committee members. I met with building principles and local state hold stakeholders to identify any areas that they felt needed improvement in the
department. I looked at the hiring process. I had frequently heard concerns about lengthy turnaround time in the process from the moment an applicant applied to the time that they were hired which often led to candidates accepting offers elsewhere. So to address this, I stayed in constant contact with hiring
managers. Um, I even have several meetings this week with hiring managers for um, talking about objectives for the upcoming hiring for the next school year. And during key hiring periods, I have implemented timelines to ensure that processes conclude efficiently. Um,
this approach has improved district-wide hiring efficiency, enabled the HR process to hire to process paperwork uh, more quickly, and ultimately allowed us to secure new hires much faster than it had been happening. For discipline and investigations, while this is not the
most enjoyable part of our work, it is necessary of our responsibilities. Um, we follow a very clear and efficient timeline when conducting investigations and addressing disciplinary matters. This ensures that situations are handled fairly, equitably, um, and promptly. And
as a result, staff members can return to their roles more quickly. It reduces time, um, spent on paid administrative leave, and it minimizes disruptions in our school buildings. Joint labor management was one aspect that I take very great pride in, the strong collaborative
relationships that I have built with key stakeholders in including our union leaders, principles, and staff. I value this partnership and I consistently emphasize our shared commitment to doing what's best for our students every day. Crossraining. So early in my start
to this role, one of the first initiatives I implemented through the HR department was crossraining. This has ensured that critical tasks and responsibilities can be seamlessly managed in someone's absence. Um now each member of the HR department has the knowledge and skills to step into the
various roles as needed. um so that processes can continue without disruption. And as Superintendent Cabraw highlighted, my background in education um has really proven to be immensely valuable in my role. Having the firsthand experience in the schools
allows me to truly understand the day-to-day challenges and needs of educator support staff and administrators. I'm able to approach HR decisions whether related to hiring, employee relations or policy development with a clear understanding of how they directly impact the students and the
schools. Um I have built stronger relationships with school-based personnel. I help anticipate p uh potential issues and ensure that practices support the educational mission of the district daily. So, this is like a two-part slide and it just kind of broad scope talks about
everything that the HR office oversees. Um, we oversee the hiring, lensure, audits, health and well-being, benefits, compliance, of course, employee relations. We handle contracts, job fairs, all the ethics and conflict of
interest training, policy acknowledgements for all new hires and making sure that everyone is compliance ongoing. I meet with the city and retirement office, discuss any benefit changes or updates to any of our programs. We oversee all the queries and
fingerprinting, the talent ed, so the management of our online um programs, professional teacher status. We just updated our new hire packet for the 2526 school year. I'll talk a little bit more about the internship program later. Um
we deal with unemployment requests and go to the hearings with the state. We deal with official transcribe requests and lane changes, joint labor management meetings with unions and we oversee all accident reports for the district and then work with the city on work comp claims and
claim reviews which are quarterly um with their department. And then two that you'll have highlighted that have the little coming soons next to them are just ongoing goals. I would really like to improve um our job descriptions and make updates to them and our HR website
needs a little [Music] work. So, just some statistics for this year. We've had 4,85 applications for the 2425 school year. This is an increase of 1,63 from last year. We
hired 483 staff members districtwide. And this does not include our February, April, or our summer hires. So my HR office has been really busy. So from June 2024 to now at the end of the 23 24 school year, we were
84% staffed with teachers and 88% staffed with within the district. We are now 99% staffed with teachers and 95% in the district. We um some of the key changes is that we have more formal processes. We've expanded social media advertising. We have improved
communication with principles and hiring managers and we've streamlined a lot of operations. Thank you. Another item that I looked at when I first started was our exit survey. And so I did make some edits to it. So, um,
Amy is going to be passing that out for me for you guys to look at. What I try to do with this information is identify trends, make decisions surrounding retention strategies um and kind of look at the overall employee
experience and how we can improve. So at the end of this year, I'd really like to even further take this information and see what we can do with it. Um but one of the main polls, we had 80 responses total from the last year. It is optional, but it is sent to every
exiting um staff member. And these are the questions, and we can always talk about any comments or questions or ads that you you'd like to it. Um but we have a 77% satisfaction rate in terms of exiting staff that stated that they would recommend Taton Public Schools as
two friends as a place of employment. And then from that exit survey, these are just some testimonials from staff um based on a positive hiring experience um that emphasize clear communication, a personal attention, smooth onboarding,
and we think that this feedback just validates our commitment to positive people first HR practices. Thanks to Cynthia Johnson, our communications coordinator. She has made um these posts and others that have
really expanded to social media on a more consistent basis. You'll see that they're very specific and they'll be posted at different times of the year depending on the open opportunities that we have. Um and we will continue to do this for the next school year. Um, and
not to get too far ahead, but I am looking to also have this on our taunt education network and to connect to TCAM so that it's constantly posted on there as well. We have expanded our attendance at job fairs. Last year, the HR department
went to two job fairs. Um this year we were at six and one was so far as they went to New Orleans down south to look at some recruitment strategies there and see what we could um bring up here, who we could bring up here from there. So that was a good opportunity. Both
Veronica and uh Luthie went to New Orleans for that. Um and we'll continue to grow this in the next couple of years as well. So some of the successes for this year in HR is according to DESIE we have a 90% employee intention retention rate.
Um obviously we spoke of the 99% hired in the district for teachers. We have successfully hired 483 staff members. We have increased diversity uh 14% from last year. You will see in the next slide um the new recruitment video that
we have for Taton Public Schools. We um received an award, a teacher diversification grant from DESIE for $45,000 this year. It was an increase of $20,000 from last year. So, we were pretty excited to receive that amount.
Um we have implemented some web- based file sharing. We have an HR drive um pretty specific for principles and hiring managers. So, they have um all of the files and paperwork that they need readily available to them. So, they're not waiting for us to send it to them. It's
there. We are continuing the summer internship courtesy of Bristol County Savings Bank that Lou works with to um get interns to work from the high school. I already talked about our exit survey revamping that. And the thing that I'm probably most happy about is
that all positions to date as of last week are already posted for the 2526 school year. Uh we were still hiring or still posting positions in July of last year. So we are really like two months ahead and we are already hiring. New
hire uh packets have already been mailed out or sent out to multiple employees. So we are already beginning. So a goal though uh superintendent Gabbral don't hold me to it. I would love to be fully staffed for next year by July 31st. And then here's the video.
[Music] [Applause] At the heart of this community is Taton Public Schools, a district where every student matters, every educator is valued, and every effort is celebrated. Our schools are places of growth,
learning, and belonging. With a focus on innovation and a commitment to equity, we're shaping education to meet the needs of every learner. Whether you are a teacher, an administrator, a parent, or most especially one of the students, because we all belong. You belong at
TPS. At Taton Public Schools, we believe in the power of education to shape the future. Our district is on an upward path with student achievement scores steadily rising thanks to the dedication of our educators, staff, and community. It's a place where your efforts directly
impact the lives of children, inspiring them to become the best versions of themselves. When you join our team, you're not just starting a job. You're becoming part of a movement. We're committed to fostering a healthy, inclusive, and supportive environment where staff members feel valued,
respected, and empowered to grow. We know that when our educators thrive, our students do, too. Taton's always been one of those really unique places that's a really big city that feels like a small town. We have a tremendous sense of community within our school system.
We all care greatly about each other as collaborators, staff members, students, building to building. It's ironic that such a a big place can feel so small and so comfortable and so much like a family. Taton is where I belong and
Taton is where you belong. and Tottenham, they do a really good job of just continuing just to support people in their personal goals, but also as their professional goals. I think that's a huge bonus to better support students and community members as well as families and other staff. Tigers on 3.
One, two, three. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]
Tiger. I'm born and raised in Taton and I loved my teachers through the Taton schools growing up and I'm excited to be an educator here. Yeah, Taton is where you belong. Taton public schools is where you belong. Danes. [Music] Nice. So, um, Cynthia Johnson, our
communications coordinator, and Veronica George, our human resource manager, and Javier Rosa, photography out of Fall River, um, really helped with a lot with this, um, video and has made it what it is. So, we're going to we show this at job fairs when we go and we'll get it up
on our website um and what other capacities we can get it out. So, we're really proud of it. [Music] So looking ahead of some upcoming goals, we would like to continue our recruitment outreach, expanding our media capacities to do this, which I
talked about the taunt education network, getting some posts on there and with TCAM. Um, partnering with higher education institutions to reach college students that are pursuing the education field. Assistant Superintendent Barata and myself just met with Bridgewwater State University today to talk about
some ways that some recruitment ideas and strategies that we can get um the college students that are there at an earlier time in their pathway so that um we can help them maybe with their MTELs or some trainings or mentorships whatever the case may be but to get them
earlier so that they're connected to Taunt public schools um and then they want to come work here after um enhancing our recognition systems. I would love to do some staff shoutouts where our principles or coordinators, anyone can shout out an important staff member and we send that out weekly and
uh end of the week memo uh appreciation days and weeks. I think we did a really good job as a district with this this year, but we're always looking for ways to expand that. Um and making sure when we're hiring that it's an easy process to come and work at Taton Public Schools. So really looking at talented
in school spring and our application and seeing if there's any areas that we can improve that in the coming year. I already talked about how we need to update some job descriptions. Um I would like to host quarterly HR office hours for employee input. So it would be when they get out of their school day or
their workday, they can come in here and meet with me and talk about anything that they have going on. Um, we already do a lot of the joint labor management meetings and building relationships with um with them, but there's always room for growth. So, I will continue to do that as well. And that is my
presentation for you and thank you very much. I'll take any questions. I just want to thank you for that nice presentation. I My eyes started tearing up. I have allergies. Thought it was the video. I thought you were crying at 30. I thought you had no
worries. I said I'm getting overwhelmed here. But um yeah, thank you for that presentation. That was very very well done and it's nice positive view of the Ton Public Schools. If anybody has any comments where they want to raise their hand or they want me to go Oh, Mr. Reis, how many
anticipated vacancies for the next school year? That's a good question. I don't have that number, but I'll get it for you. Mike, one question. Sorry. Question. Yes, Laura. Thank you. Um, I like that that you'll get ahead of the
game and that hopefully by July 31st we'll have everybody in place and that's a good feeling to know our students will welcome that and u parents as well. Yeah. And it makes the principles feel good when they can kind of have a little bit of relaxation in the summer before
they start a school year, not having to worry about how they're going to fill those classrooms. So to give a sense of ease going into August would be excellent. So, and I can certainly say that advertising is up to date. I love the video because it it's competitive to other schools throughout the state and
the country and that what we do is up to date and modern, you know, and we have another one in the works. So, that as you probably noticed is more like fall and winter dominated. You saw snow on the ground. So, um Javier is already out at games and at in um at spring sports
and activities taking video footage. So there's going to be another one for the next half of the year. So depending on the time of year that we're going to job fairs, our recruitment video will match that time. Yeah. And then just one more thing, our local colleges or universities welcome us. I mean whether
it's UMass at Bridgewater State, Bristol Community, Massachusetts where they see us coming, they know that we're on the ball and we're looking for their cooperation to work with us. Absolutely. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else? Miss
Santos. Um, thank you and congratulations on obviously a very successful year. So, thank you and surviving it. Um, just one question. This was on the year's wind slide. Um, because you had
said that there was a 14% increase in hiring diverse staff district and then there was that grant. Are they like is one because of the other? I think it's a mixture of things. Um, I think that the district in before I started, um, did a
really good job with like implicit bias training and when you make people feel welcome, then they want to stay and so then it attracts others. And so I think that's a large proponent of that. Um, but with the teacher diversity grant, having it for two years, we're
definitely trying to put strategies in place to recruit um, and obviously increase that diversity even more. Yeah. Good. Thank you. You're welcome. chefs, outstanding presentation. Thank you. I really appreciate that you've
streamlined things. Um, so I'd like to sort of be the voice of administration here because many many many summers I was on vacation getting phone calls because things were being delayed and we we did lose teachers because of the
timing and how long it took. So, I mean, you've done a phenomenal job in in a year of being able to um streamline this and really um make things easier for teachers. Many teachers that I have seen that have been new teachers, I've asked
them and they have said how easy it was to apply to Taton and then within weeks they they paperwork was done and they had their job. So, I appreciate you and the staff that you have working so hard because I know it takes a a village to be able to do this. But that makes a a
huge difference but for all of the schools and for the staff because you know um staff members worry about who's going to be teaching next to them and they want to help them and they don't want them coming in the first day of school where they haven't had an opportunity to work with them. And so when we hire people early, and I like
your idea of hopefully July 31st, we won't hold you to it, but I I understand that. I mean, that gives a new person in the district a month to get on their feet, to be able to see their classroom, maybe work with some teachers, to get a good feeling versus running in the first
day of school, and they haven't seen anything. So, I really appreciate you you taking the time to make sure that um it's streamlined. And I believe it's because of your background in education, like you said, you know, where you've held different hats, you understand what it's like both from a teacher
perspective, administrative perspective, and now in leadership, that these kind of things can really hold up our school. So, excellent job. Thank you. Thank you. I try to remind our principles and hiring managers that just as much as the applicants want to work here, we need to make them feel throughout the entire
process that we want them just as much. And so, that's a a key part in all of this. Anyone else? Nope. All set. You want to say anything? So, just to kind of close the
presentation out, uh, one, I want to commend the school committee because several years ago, the HR department was a two two person show. So, thanks to your support, we were able to restructure the human resource department. Now, we have a team of four. So, that's been that's been a huge
support for a district of our size. So again, to take a successful department and to be able to elevate it, take it to the next level, that's just a, you know, that demonstrates a commitment that Miss Turner has when it comes to working the when it comes to human resources. I also want to just kind of highlight that Mr.
Turner works with a sense of urgency. Um, she has a very strong communication skills and she's a quick learner and she asks a lot of questions and that's how people learn. And as a superintendent, I am very proud of the fact that we have 90% retention rate because the best recruiting tool is word of mouth. So if
nine out of 10 staff members have enjoy working in Taton, that means they're going to be talking to other educators to recruit them to come to Taton. So again, I think uh this the HR department's in a good place. I expect that it will improve and continue to get better. And the last piece is I also appreciate the fact that Miss Turner and
her department have gone after competitive grants, whether it's Bristol County Savings Bank or through Desi. So again, that sense of urgency is what I believe is going to help help us to continue to thrive as is a uh character character trait of the leadership team is we operate with a sense of urgency
because 184 days is not a lot of time. Thank you very much. Very true. Very true. Oh, one quick question if you don't mind. These e these exit interview um papers, I mean I know I would put the most positive things out. Is there
anything that people express any dissatisfaction with? Yeah, so it's so that is is online. It's a Google doc, so then I can just put everything into a spreadsheet and then I sort it by school. It is anonymous, so they don't put their name on it. Um, but I am able to like group it out. I mean, they do
discuss not necessarily negatives about um a school, but maybe reasons of why they're leaving. And you know what? There's always people that start teaching and go, "Oh, this isn't for me." Yep. They expected something else. I I met a gentleman like that the other day. He said, "You know,
I went to school to be a teacher and got in there two years." He said, "I really didn't like it." He said, "I don't even like kids." I said, "Oh." I said, "I bet you don't have any." He said, "No, I don't." And you know, I I respect that. You know, it's not it's not for everyone. It's sometimes the age levels
are wrong or whatever, but it's it's not it's not the easiest job in the world either. So, but I appreciate you answering that question. Thank you. I've got a question. It's kind of probably not within your scope to answer. Oh, good. Do we know who our longest serving
teacher was in the Taton school system? Um, yeah, he was from Freriedman, right? Yeah. Yeah. I I I believe I believe I believe it was Richard Bry. Bri, what about Miss Mary Bliss? I don't know. I can do we can do some research, but I
believe Mr. Bry was 50 54 years of service. Isn't that Wow. That's a lifetime, huh? Thank you. Thank you very much. Okay. The next thing. Oh, yeah. So, what do I do? I I lose the
front page. Here we go. So, now we're on to what do you administrative business? Administrative. Okay. Taton Public Schools staffing update. See, closure. Uh, so again, as Mrs. Mrs. Turnoff uh
identified, we we are 99% staffed. We have one position that is pending at the MOK elementary school and we have two vacancies at the high school at the two vacancies are at the high school at the junior ROTC and special educ special education position. Motion to accept and
place on file. Second. All those in favor? I oppose. The eyes have it. Taton public schools district enrollment update. We didn't cover that with staffing, right? No. No. Okay. No. Just uh if you notice at the on the second page, you notice from April 9th to May
15th, we lost three students. Same procedure. All those in favor? Opposed? The eyes have it. PreK and kindergarten registration update. See closure. So I'm I'm happy Mrs. Hoy is in
attendance because the ele the prek uh lottery is working really well. So I just provided you with a quick update so you can see the work that's been done and where we are. So we we have one, two, three, four, five schools. So only one of our elementary schools will not
have a prek program uh next year. Uh we had 243 applications on behalf of 117 individual students and the key components. So the lottery I believe the lottery was held already May 16th at 5:00. So, the lottery was held
successfully May 16th at 5:00 and I believe we still have five slots available. We So, we're in the process right now. It's hard to say if it's five. You mind going to the mic? Sure. No problem. Thank you. I can't put a number to it just yet only
because um so the lottery happened at 5:00 on this past Friday. Parents get an email saying, "Congratulations, you have a spot." and it's at Chamberlain Elementary School. They have 10 days to
respond, 10 calendar days to respond. If they don't respond, they know that means that we just naturally assume that they're not interested. So, it goes to anybody on the wait list or anyone else that was waiting for that particular spot. So, it's going to take a little while for us to settle to determine
exactly how many spots we have left. So, if you ask me that question in a couple weeks, I can give you a better answer. Um however what we are seeing is that I I left here on Friday um before 5 I had a certain amount of emails. I get an
email every time there's a new registration. So on Saturday night I opened up my email and I had hund like over 200 emails and a lot of that was because as parents were accepting the lottery they were actually registering
for preschool. So, it really has been a really smooth transition and it looks like it's going to be super successful for us. Yeah. And I also want to take this opportunity to highlight the work that Mrs. Hoy and Mrs. Moan are doing with the C CPPI grant which uh I believe
there was a presentation yesterday which could amount up to $400,000 for the district to help expand our prek program up to 500,000. Up to 500,000. I stand corrected just like at home. Thank you. Quick question. Quick question, Madam
Chairman. Yes, good question. Uh question. Uh so if the next if the person doesn't respond within 10 days, the next person on the list or is it just a random? No. So when uh parents pre-registered for the process, they
were given three opportunities for choices. So let's say Chamberlain, um Mohei, and Bennett. So they were they get their lottery and let's say Chamberlain is where the lottery um is available is available for them.
They get their first pick and let's say they they found a private preschool or let's say something happened in their world that made them not want that slot and they don't they don't necessarily um need it any longer. Let's say there was another family who wanted Chamberlain
but didn't get it because that family did but they got Bennett because Bennett was their second choice. that family that wanted Chamberlain initially now will get an email and say hi you have a slot available would you like this at Chamberlain so it's a it's all autogenerated and there's a process to
it so like I said in a few weeks all this will settle and we'll have exact numbers to offer you for so so that you have you know you know exactly where things are landing um but there's an al algorithm that we plug in and that does all this for us so it's pretty great and
I have to today. There were a couple of parents that reached out with some uh concerns regarding the pre-registration process, just minor things that the technology department was really able to help them pretty quickly with, but we haven't had any negative feedback at all since the lottery, which I think is
pretty amazing. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you, Mrs. Um, field trip request number four is want to do one at a time. The first one is the Skills USA national
competition. Yeah. Just seeking approval for the students to attend the national competition. Some moved. Second. All those in favor. I opposed. The eyes have it. And the next one is the Taton Abroad Greece 30-day approval C and
closure. So you see Greece trip. Yeah. You'll see Miss Golder uh Mr. Greing and the abroad taton abroad advisors. I provided you with an update uh as is required for the policy. uh prior to 30 days of departure. So, they're writing to let us know that they
are going to be traveling to Greece, scheduled to leave June 21st through June 28th. They already scheduled a pre-eparture meeting for parents and travelers that was held on May 13, 2025 to review logistics, expectations, and required
documentation. And they also provided us with the itinerary. So, you'll see the departure time, June 21st at 8 a.m. via Bloom Bus. They provided us with a flight itinerary from Boston to Atlanta, then from Atlanta to Athens. Uh, and then they also provided us with the
accommodations. They also are going on a little cruise uh June 24th to 27th. Sounds like a great trip. Uh, Athens June 27th to 28th and then their return flight on Delta Athens to Boston. And then they should be arriving at Taton High School via Bloom at approximately
6:30 PM. So all travelers, as is required by our policy, they must follow the Taton High School handbook and code of conduct. Seniors attending the trip have opted into the Taton High School rules. So despite being graduates, they still have to follow the rules while
taught high school rules while on the trip and expectations are non-negotiable and we'll review thoroughly at the pre-eparture meeting. So if there are any questions or concerns, be happy to address them, but they're just following the process and I believe everything out here uh aligns
with our practice in motion. Motion to accept second. All those in favor? I opposed the eyes have it. Oh okay. Yes, he has a commitment with his daughter. Oh,
okay. Thank you. Next one. Uh subcommittee. I'll sign these after. Right. With you. Okay. uh subcommittee reports number first one Mr. Vieiraa long range planning and school properties thank you madam chair the long range plann and school property
subcommittee met on Tuesday April 29th at Taton High School in attendance were myself subcommittee members Dr. Gregory Dlo Gillianus along with superintendent Cabraw and Mrs. Fagen. The first item on the agenda was the board of health inspections reports. The subcommittee
reviewed the most recent quarterly food service inspection reports conducted by the board of health for all school buildings. The only item identified across all reports was a need for tile repair at Benjamin Freriedman. Subcommittee was pleased to learn that all the repairs had been completed
before the meeting took place. So, Goon Public Schools. Second item on the agenda is extended day daycare services. Superintendent Cabraw presented a proposal exploring the issuance of RFP for before and after school extended day
services. Following discussion, a motion was made and seconded to authorize a superintendent to develop an RFP which will be brought back to the subcommittee for review and potential further action. Third item on the agenda was Taton High School driving school request.
Subcommittee discussed the request related to driving school services at Taton High. As with the extended day topic, a motion was made and seconded to authorize a superintendent to develop an RFP for further review and bring back to the committee, which was also approved.
Fourth item on the agenda was Taton High School cafeteria. The subcommittee concluded the meeting with a tour of the cafeteria food service line at Taton High School. Members expressed their appreciation for a high level of cleanliness, efficiency of service, and the variety of food options available to
students. Following the tour, a motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting. That concludes my report. Motion to accept the report. Second. All those in favor? I opposed. The eyes have it. Uh the TEA collective bargaining
committee, I'm the chairman of that. Uh we met on May the 12th, 2025 and negotiations are ongoing. Motion to accept. Second response. All those in favor? I opposed. The eyes have
it. Committee of the whole uh would be Dr. Dlo, but as he's not here, I have the report for you. The Taton School Committee of the whole convened to discuss two major items on May 14th, 2025. First was the bullying prevention and
intervention plan and the Taton High School cell phone proposal was the second. Director of student services Stephanie Hoy represented the district's updated bullying prevention and intervention plan which follows DESIE guidelines and was last revised in
January 2024. The district conducted 62 bullying investigations this school year with 32 substantiate substantiated representing less than 1% of the student population. Mrs. Toy highlighted ongoing
professional development for administr administrators, use of platforms like read for staff training and collaboration with the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center known as MARK. Committee members inquired about
trends, training, and available resources. Following discussion, Miss Santos made a motion to receive and place the report on file, seconded by Mr. Laura. The motion passed unanimously. Next, principal Dr. John
Harrison represented a proposal to enforce the existing cell phone policy at Taton High School using yonder pouches, which restrict phone access during the school day. The proposal cited support from Desi, the Massachusetts Attorney General Study
Act, and positive outcomes in other districts. Survey data re reveals strong support among staff and parents for enforcement measures due to academic and safety concerns. Dr. Harrison clarified this was a change in practice, not
policy. Mr. Cabraw confirmed funding was available in the FY25 and FY26 budgets. Mr. Vieira made a motion to approve the proposed enforcement practice, seconded by Mr. Enus. The motion passed 6 to1.
Mr. Mr. Vieiraa then made a motion to refer the matter to the rule subcommittee for policy alignment seconded by Miss Santos. The motion passed unanimously. Mr. Vieiraa made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Mr. Enos and the meeting was
adjourned. Motion to accept the report. Seconded. All those in favor? I. The eyes have it. Uh let's see next TA collective bargaining. It's Dr. DLO who's going to take that. That meeting was postponed
per the TAA. Well, that was real easy. Mr. [Laughter] Cabraw, you got to love those kind of reports. Cafeteria Collective Bargaining, Mr. Vieira on stage again. Thank you, Madame Chair. On Tuesday, May
20th, yesterday, the cafeteria subcommittee met with U. Luna 144, committee consists of myself, m Mr. Palowski, and Miss Santos. Also in attendance was attorney Justin Gome,
Superintendent Cabraw, uh, HR director Shannon Turner, Mary Heim, Brenda Brennan, the union Stewart. So we at this time have a tenative agreement. The superintendent and I will
share the details once the memorandum of agreement is ready and uh get things underway. So that concludes my report. Motion to accept. Second. All those in favor? I closed the eyes have it. Uh
custodians collective bargaining. Mr. Powski had to leave. Who's going to do that one? You again. Yeah. So the subcommittee, thank you madam chair. Subcommittee is myself, Mr. Palowski and Mr. Laura. And we are grateful and
thankful the superintendent and everybody else involved in their hard work that we have also been able to reach a tenative agreement with uh the custodians as well. So um a memorandum of agreement is forthcoming and we will
schedule to present to the whole committee. That concludes the report. Motion to accept the report. Second. All those in favor? I oppose. The eyes have it. Mr. Laura. On elementary subcommittee for Yeah, that was today,
right? Y this afternoon. Yes. The elementary subcommittee was held this afternoon. Uh members present with myself as chairman, Mr. Palowski, Superintendent Cabral, and Mr. Barata along with principal Kathleen Dakota.
The meeting was called to order at 5:00 pm. Principal Dakota presented her school improvement plan at the Malke Elementary School for 2024 to 2026, highlighting five areas of focus with the overall goals for each area of
improvement including teacher involvement and impact. The first area of focus was for writing proficiency. uh driving writing proficiency in grades two to four through Wonders and targeted
support for diverse learners. All educators will utilize McGra Hills wonder literacy curriculum with fidelity in grades prek through 4 offering clear and consistent ACIT anchor charts used
by students in particular SWDs MLS and duly identified students to produce writing in response to grade level text which demonstrates master of the identified writing standard. with the overall goal to improve for
MCAST writing. Teachers will have the opportunity to do collegial visits to observe best teaching practices. The second area of focus for improvement was on math
proficiency, accelerating growth in math for all learners by utilizing collaborative through illustrative math lesson preparation protocol. Students will actively participate in all activities within the
process of an I am lesson host family engagement night for families to understand are I ready and how they can support their children at home. The third area of focus for improvement was to strengthen tier one seal
instruction through consistent implementation of mindup and PBIS system. Educators will be provided with the necessary professional development and coaching to implement interventions with
fidelity. Provide training and support for educational assistance and lunch recess assistance. Utilize the reset room staff and resources to support tiers two and three students and to continue increased
communication with families. The fourth area of focus for improvement was the to implement transition plunges to continue to strengthening transitions to build a connected emotionally ready school community by
continue to support student social emotional development, strengthen school culture and deepen family engagement. ensuring that all students enter and exit Malavei feeling safe,
connected, and emotionally prepared. A number of events will be hosted to assist in this process to include kindergarten transition night, a playground and popsicle summer
meetups, pizza of and performance family night events to allow the school community the opportunity to connect students and families to each other to be able to socialize and communicate.
The fifth area of focus was to reduce chronic absenteeism. To improve attendance by achieving attendance goals through strategic and consistent schoolwide practices result in reducing absenteeism
by 15.5% and improving daily attendance by 95.9. As stated by principal Dakota in her plan, action items will include administration will work with
individual class and grade level recognition for attendance during lunch times and school assemblies. The administration will work with schoolwide incentives to increase daily attendance.
The administration will work with community facilitators, teachers to increase communication to support with school and families. The administration will also work with nurses and staff to track student attendance and evaluate
the overall patterns and reasons for absences. Finally, Principal Dakota presented her SIP in a very very positive fashion with much enthusiasm, dedication, and commitment commitment to her position, detailing
the plan, utilizing the multitude of resources and techniques to ensure her goals and objectives were fully implemented. This according to her has created a more effective learning environment which offers greater results to the
students. The meeting ended at 5:42 p.m. This concludes my report. This concludes my report. Motion to accept the report. Second. I may I ask a question? What's the number
that is considered chronic absenteeism? students who have 10 or more absences in the school counses, community facilitators to work to find out why constant communication with the families to ensure that it's important to be in school as much as
possible. Um, and then I forgot to mention the total number of students at Mkei is 899 students. I think it has a capacity of up to,00 MLK he correct. Uh if you if we
were to utilize the contractual language of 27 per classroom I think it would be 1100. Uh I believe I didn't have the enrollment report with me but I believe Mrs. Duda said all her classes average around 21 22 per class. Yeah she said under under 25. So it is a large school but we do have low class sizes. So for
example years ago Freriedman had 1,081 students and every class was at 31. So it's a large school with high class sizes. So we have the opposite effect. Large school but we have very low class sizes. Thank finance and law. And I believe once again you're on center stage Mr.
Vieira. Thank you madam chair. Doing a wonderful job here. Thank you. I take a deep breath on this one. The finance and law subcommittee met today on Wednesday, May 21st at approximately 5:45 in attendance with myself, Miss
Shav, Dr. Dal was absent. First item on the agenda was the high school transfer of funds request see attached. Uh superintendent explained to the subcommittee any amount above or exceeding 25,000 had to be brought before the committee. We were presented
a communication from Miss Sandra Altman uh in regards to junior and senior prom for the amount of uh 69,000. The subcommittee voted to authorize the request 2 to one uh two to
two nothing, excuse me. The next item is item two, Taton Public Schools FY25 quarterly 3 budget update. Um, superintendent presented us with uh the quarter three budget items and asked
that the committee allow him to balance the budget and prepay out of district tuition for 25 fiscal year 26. Motion was made and seconded and was passed to grant the request. The next item was the
revolving account. revolving account. Beginning of the year started with an amount of 5.2 million. We had revenue of 1.5 million. Currently have 290,000 encumbered. We have 3.2
million in expensive expenses and uh right now we are projected to have an end balance of 3.2 2 million. Um, on the grants account, started the year with 15
million. We have 260 encumbered. We spent 6.6 million. We have a balance of 8.2. Working to see uh what we can carry over for FY
26. Next item was ADA update. Um, it was installation of visual contrast stair treads. It was received and placed on file. Item five, discussion was on yand pouches. Uh Mrs. Shaves had asked the
superintendent if he was able to procure any um what's the word I'm looking for? Bids as to what the cost is going to be. He's working on it at this time. We'll bring them to the committee at the next meeting. Item six was bills payable in the amount of $1,790,90.39. Uh motion was made and
seconded to approve the amount. Superintendent fielded questions from Mrs. Shaves and myself. He also noted that 56% was grant funded at this time. Uh motion was approved. And that concludes
finance and law for this evening. Motion to accept as presented. Second. All those in favor? I opposed. The eyes have it. Uh that finishes the subcommittee reports and now we're under new business. Uh first thing on this agenda
is early childhood education chapter 74 program approval. C in closure. I apologize. I got to spend a little bit of time on this just to meet a desi requirement that it was discussed with the school committee u and there was a vote to accept the report. So I'm very proud to share with you that we are very
close to having our 10th chapter 70 ch 10th desi approved chapter 70 pro program approved. So we will be applying for an early education and child care program. I just want to highlight some of the work that's being done to ensure
that we get this uh lensure or get this recognition. So with regards to lensure all program staff are now fully vocation licensed in the early childhood education care program. That is a requirement. When it comes to staffing expansion, we are fully compliant with
the required staff to student ratio. A maximum of 10 children per classroom. This ensures a high quality high quality instruction and care for our preschoolers. Both classrooms will have a full-time vocational licensed teacher and a full-time EEC tutor as required
for Desi. Excuse me. We've also done some upgrades to the program as far as some of the infrastructure improvement. So the final touches will ensure a safe and fully operational learning environment. There was an advisory meeting that was held on Wednesday, May
14th and our director of facilities along with Dala Hotung and Michael Reposa uh they conducted the final inspection with Desi on Friday, May 16th at 12 p.m. So we're awaiting the results of that inspection. So, if approved, we'll be able to code a 100 students in
the early childhood program, which will add an additional $5,000 per student. So, we could be seeing our chapter 74 line on the on the DESIE profile side, chapter 70 side, increasing by the amount of $500,000. So, also providing a
service to the community. We're teaching our kids a skill and is also bettering the district. So, I just need a motion to accept the report. Motion to accept. Second, Mr. had a question. Um, I uh appreciate the expansion of uh chapter
74. It's great being a graduate of vocational high school and being able to offer the educational experience. Do we need approval from the vocational high school in the area or do we already have that? Yeah, that that work's already been done. Yeah. So, part of part of the work initially is to have a meeting with
the vocational schools, Bristol Aggie and Bristol Plymouth to let them know and to get their sign off. Great. Thank you for explaining the process. Any other questions? We did that all over the motion. Yep. I I post the ice have it. Uh, next thing
is the city council budget hearing schedule. Uh, see the attachment here enclosure. Yeah, just a just a typo I noticed. So, thank you Mr. Shaws for bringing this to our attention. It's Tuesday, June 17th. So, Tuesday, June
17th. uh originally scheduled for 6 p.m. but will now begin at 5:30 city hall. Motion to accept and file and all school board members are welcome to attend. Second. All those in favor? I oppose. The eyes have it. Unfinished vision of
vision. Business action items update number one, the Freedman roof replacement update. See in closure. Yeah, I just want to keep you informed. I believe this is the third memo that I provided you regarding where we are with this project. So, as with my previous memos, I just want to update you on the
project. Uh, the installation at the Benjamin A Middle School is scheduled to begin this summer. The project will kick off on Friday, June 20, 2025, immediately following the last day of school on Wednesday, June 18th. They expect the project to last about two months and barring any unforeseen
setbacks or bad weather, this is New England, it should be done before the start of the 2526 school year. So with the work to begin uh replacing the slope with work will begin with replacing the sloped ridge sections of the roof followed by the flat area roofs which
will take majority of the time and similar to the Joseph C. Chamberlain elementary school project the sonar panel installation will commence once the roofing portion has been completed. The next paragraph I just share with you some of the work that's been done by Mr. Barata, Mrs. Moahan and Mrs. Buck Dr.
Buckley and Stephanie Hoy to rearrange our summer program programming at Freeman. That'll all be held at Chamberlain. So staff and students will report to Chamberlain. So there'll be minimal disruption to their learning. And then provided you with an update regarding the staging of the materials.
You'll see what's been staged so far and what they're expecting. And I believe that this project based on what's been shared should reduce our electric once these in solar panels are installed after the roof has been installed. This should result in about $150,000 to
$200,000 savings or reduction in electrical costs at the at the elementary school. Mr. Vieira, thank you, Madam Chair. Is there going to be a presentation similarly like there was at Chamberlain? If that is something that the committee would like, that's something I can reach
out to the city for. Okay. Motion to accept report and place it on file. Is there a motion to reach out to the city and also part of the motion? Is that part of your motion, Mr. L? I will do so. Yes. And that's that's amended with that.
Okay. All those in favor? I oppose. The eyes have it. Action item update. See, and closure. The only thing I'll mention, Mrs. Fagan, on 12722. I have not received a response regarding the letter that we that we
sent uh back on May 1st, 2025. I just want to make the board aware. Same procedure. All those in favor? Oppos? The eyes have it. Is there anything else? Because it looks like we're on press time and I
don't see any press here. Motion to adjurnn. Second. Oh, okay. All those in favor? I oppose. The eyes have it.