almost like >> I said >> Oh, I don't know. Sorry. >> All right. We're going to start the May May 2026 meeting of the Whittier Tech School Board to order. Call the RO. >> Mr. Early.
>> Yes. >> Miss Sullivan, >> present. >> Mr. Rossi, >> present. here. >> Miss Vasel >> here. >> Miss >> here. >> Mr. Fabio >> here. >> Miss Carolina >> present. >> Miss L.
Mr. B >> here. >> Miss TR >> here. >> Miss Okarta >> here. >> Mr. Sloski >> here. >> And the chair >> here. >> All right. Will you all join me in the pledge of allegiance?
To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> All right. Public comment. Uh written comments could be submitted to the chair
through the superintendent's office and read at the meeting. Written comments must be submitted by noon on the day of the school committee. Do we have any emails? >> We do not. >> We do not. We have anybody signed up for public comment. Anybody here for public comment? No.
I see nobody. All right. Next, the approval of minutes. Do I have a motion for the approval of minutes from the public hearing on the fiscal 27 budget? >> So moved. >> Second.
>> All right. Any discussion, comments? Okay, I see none. All available. >> Mr. Early, >> yes. >> Miss Sullivan, >> yes. >> Mr. Rossi, >> yes. >> Miss Carpenter, yes. >> Miss Basler, >> yes. >> Miss Fen, >> yes. >> Mr. Padlia, yes. >> Miss Kina,
>> yes. >> Miss Mr. Bow, >> yes. >> Miss TR, >> yes. >> Miss O' Conor, >> yes. >> Mr. Savoski, >> yes. >> And the chair? >> Yes. It passes. All right. I need a motion for the
minutes of the annual organization meeting from April 8th, 2026. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Any comments? >> Mr. Early? >> Yes. >> Miss Sullivan? >> Yes.
>> Mr. Rosy? >> Yes. >> Miss Coffer? Yes. >> Miss Basler? >> Yes. >> Miss Fen? >> Yes. >> Mr. Paglia? Yes, >> Miss Kina. >> Yes, >> Mr. B. >> Yes, >> Miss TR. >> Yes, >> Miss Okana. >> Yes, >> Mr. Sloski. >> Yes, >> in the chair. >> Yes.
Pass. >> All right. Again, the minutes of the regular school committee meeting from April 8th, 2026. Do I have a motion? >> Move to approve. >> Any comments, discussion? Roll. >> Mr. Early,
>> yes. >> Miss Sullivan, >> yes. >> Mr. Rossi, >> yes. >> Miss Cer, >> yes. Miss Basley, yes. >> Miss F. >> Yes. >> Mr. Paglia, >> yes. >> Miss Kina, >> yes. >> Mr. Bow, >> yes. >> Miss TR, >> yes. >> Miss Okarna, >> yes. >> Mr. Slavoski, >> yes.
>> And the chair, >> yes. >> Minutes of the executive session from April 8th, 2026. Do I have a motion to approve? So moved. >> Second.
>> Any comments, discussion? >> Mr. Early, >> yes. >> Miss Sullivan, yes. >> Mr. Rossy, yes. >> Miss Carpenter, yes. Miss Basler, yes. Miss Fen, >> yes. >> Mr. Paglia, yes. Miss Kina, yes. >> Mr. Bow, >> yes. >> Miss TR, yes. >> Miss Okana, >> yes.
>> Mr. Slovski, yes. And the chair, >> yes. All right, last but not least for now, let's see the payment of bills, financial report from Kevin Mahoney, the treasure report. Do I have a motion to approve? >> Motion to approve. >> True. >> Second.
>> Second, Mr. Sowski. Any comments, questions, seeing none. >> Mr. Early, >> yes. >> Miss Sullivan, >> yes. >> Mr. Rossi, >> yes. >> Miss Carpenter, >> yes. >> Miss Basley, >> yes. Miss Fen, >> yes. >> Mr. Pagley. Yes.
>> Miss Kina. >> Yes. >> Mr. Bow. >> Yes. >> Miss True. >> Yes. >> M Okana. >> Yes. >> Mr. Slovki. >> Yes. >> And the chair. >> Yes. >> All right. Communications. No student representative report. Moving on.
Introduction of the new student representative, Mr. Lanis. >> Good evening, Mr. Chair, Superintendent Lynch, the rest of the school committee members. Uh I always have the honor to introduce uh the next uh representative to the school committee. So I'm going to
call her up here. Uh she's also a Skills USA uh student. Skyler, would you like to come up? Come on over here so everybody can see. I have a little bio on Skyler. Skyler Seir is a Haveril student studying dentistry who takes great pride in both her education and
community. Skylar has built an impressive record of academic achievement and community involvement. She is a member of the National Technical Honors Society, has earned high honors for the past three years, was named YMCA Teen of the Year in
November of 2025, and earned a silver medal at the 2026 Skills USA State Competition. She also serves as a vice president of the Interact Club and helped organize community service projects s such as the diaper drive.
Amazing kid and she's going to be all yours next year. So congratulations guys. >> Thank you and I look forward to working with you all. Thank you, Mr. Leanas. >> Yep. Thank you very much.
>> Okay. Skills USA medal winners, Miss Mosovich. >> I understand was well represented. It was Good evening, Superintendent Lynch, school committee chair Fitzgerald, and the school committee members. Um, my
name is Jane Muskovich. I am um a health assisting instructor, but I'm also I've been the um Skills USA lead adviser for the past almost 10 10 years. Um, and tonight I'd like to present to you the students that met with great success at
the April 30th to May 2 um, state conference that was in Malboro. Um, tonight we have we had a total 31 medalists um, three bronze, 23 silver, and five gold medalists. I'm going to call them up with the bronze um, first
if they could just come up right here. The kids. So I'm going to call up Ricky Dico. Richard Dico, Courtney Kapuchi, and Adam Buchachka. Just I'm gonna have them come up, say their name, their grade, um what town they're
from, and what shop, but these three students won um bronze medals at the state conference. And it's not it's not easy to meddle. They had tough competition. There's at least um 12 to 15 other students that they compete against from all the schools, the
vocational technical schools in the state of Massachusetts. So, I'll I'll let them speak. >> Hi, my name is Ricky. I'm a senior. I'm from Georgetown. I'm in CAD drafting. I competed in architecture for Skills USA and I'm going to Marramac next year.
>> All right. Very good. >> Hello, my name is Courtney. I'm a freshman from Salsbury and I am in health assisting and I competed in career choice commentary. Hi, I'm Adam Bacha. Uh, my shop is engineering. I'm a senior and I live in
Haveril. I got the bronze medal in employment application process. Okay. So, there's a lot of silver medalists. I'm gonna kind of get them all up behind me. Do you guys all want to come up? They're all shy.
You know, I'm g I'm going to start with the biggest team, which is um the opening closing ceremonies team. Miss Bragg is back there. She's probably um hiding in the corner, but um I don't know if you know Terry Bragg, but she's been at been at this for the past three or four years um coaching this team of
students. Some of them have been steady since the beginning um and some have come and gone, but she this has been a real real labor of love. Um she's very close with this group of kids. She starts working with them in September. They're here almost every day after
school. She um you know there's a there's a big uh verbal presentation associated with this. It's almost like synchronized swimming. Um that's what it seems like to me. They all have to move and speak just a certain way. Um and she just works really really hard with these
kids. I'm going to I'm going to call up the OC team. Good evening to all. My name is Shaylee Sullivan and I'm the president of the Whittier Tech OCC team for 2026. I'm from Haveril. I study CAD drafting and I am a senior.
Hello, my name is Adriana Alvarez. I was the secretary for the opening closing ceremony team and I I studied CAD drafting and I'm not ready to graduate
at all. >> I'm from Hil. >> Hello, my name is Marco Moscardini. I'm the parliamentarian for the opening and closing ceremonies team. I am a junior in dental assisting and I'm from Habil. >> Hello, my name is Katherine. I'm a
junior in electrical. I'm from Habil and I'm the reporter on the OCC team. Hello, my name is Kathleen Nunes. I'm a freshman on the OCC team. I'm the treasurer. I'm from Marramac, Massachusetts. And I'm so glad to be
here with you guys. Hello, I'm Joseph Paresi. I am a junior and I'm the historian on the opening and closing ceremonies team. I am from Haveril and I am studying advanced manufacturing. >> The next team is um Career Pathway
Showcase. There's a a team of three from health and I'm going to have um I'll have the first student come up who kind of led the the pro uh project and just give like a two sentence explanation of what they did. >> Hello. Good afternoon everyone. How are
you? >> Good. My name is Madison Par and we did career pathways showcase health services. So what we did for our project is we took ourselves and our knowledge and we brought it to nursing homes and healthcare facilities and we taught them
how it means and what it's like to give proper oral health care to the elderly because it's very neglected in that field. So that's what we did. And my name is Madison. Yes, I'm from Haveril. I'm in health assisting. I'm a senior and I'm going to go to Marramac for
nursing. Good afternoon. My name is Jesseline Alvarado and I live in Habil, Massachusetts and I'm in dental assisting and I'll be going to University of New England for dental IT. All right. >> Hello, my name is Helen Batista. I'm a senior in health assisting. I'm from
Hilo and I'll be going to UMass Low for business administration. Hi everyone. Um, my name is Natalia Solano. I competed in the dental assistant competition this year for skills. I'm a senior in the dental assistant program as well and I live in
Habil and I will be going to Marmar College next year for nursing. Excellent. The next two young ladies are part of a threeperson student team um chapter display. One student is not here tonight, Katrina Green. I think she's at
>> softball. Hello, I am Melanie Gomez. I'm a senior from Hil and I will be going to Wetworth Institute of Technology and I'm from CAD drafting. Hello, my name is Zayen Gomez. I am from Hil and I'm a junior in the CAT drafting
shop. So, this next um team of three, they they did a community service project. um with the diaper drive and um I'm gonna I'm gonna let Chanel want to explain a little bit. Sophia just explain a little
bit. Okay, go ahead. >> Hello, my name is Sophia Dulis. I worked on the community service project. For this project, we worked with our industry partner St. Vincent Depal to um initiate a diaper drive project at
Woodier Tech. So at Woodier Tech from February to March, we had a donation station set up in the school store and we ended up donating about 1,352 diapers and 80 packages of wipes and we sent them to the diaper bank to be sent
out to families. And I am a senior. I'm from Haveril and I'm in a business and marketing program here. And next year I'm going to UMass Amherst to study marketing. Hi, my name is Chanelo. I am a senior. I'm from Haveril. I am in business and
marketing. And next year I'm going to Marma College to study psychology. >> Hi, my name is Skyler Seir. I'm a junior. I'm in dental assisting. >> I'm from Habil. >> Is Lisa Deo here somewhere? Is there Did you want to come up
>> just just for a second? I just all these students that did these three student projects um they require the students have to like in do you know do the project they have to um plan, organize and manage it and then in order to win the medal they actually have to like do
a verbal presentation that's very rigorous. It's timed um and they all did wonderful. It's it's probably more nerve-wracking for them to get up and just tell you their name and where they're from than it was for them to do a five to seven minute presentation
talking about something that really, you know, um, ignited their interest. >> Thank you. >> My name is Lisa Tomo. I'm also from Haveril. I am a member of St. James Parish. I have some of those.
So, these uh young women, not only did they do a good job with the project they did here at the school. They actually came to the bank and worked at the bank with us. Um it's every other Saturday morning and they helped us with stocking the shelves, taking the diapers off the
shelf when someone comes in and they say, "I need a size four and a size seven and take it off the shelf and help us pack it up and and give it to the uh the clients." So they worked on both ends the presentation that they competed
against, but they rubber hits the road when you're meeting with the people and they did that too. >> Excellent. >> One team that's not here tonight is um the occupational safety and health um portfolio and that was a team of three
students. Two from advanced manufacturing, Saskia Chai and Muhammad Ismile and then a third student from CAD Emily Alakantra. And coming up behind me, this was my team um that I kind of coached um this year. And that's the American Spirit
Award team. We This is our third year doing it. We've um meddled. We got the fathers this year, but I'm going to have them introduce themselves. Um and then one of the students would like to um present something to you to like take a look at. It's actually the evidence of
their project. and you're going to be getting a a request for um a permissions. What is it? When going on a field trip, we'd like to go on a field trip to um the Portsmith Naval Shipyard to present to I believe it is the commander and the STEM team there. So,
they um not quite done yet. >> Good evening. My name is Haley Rocker. I'm the chapter president of the and I did the American Spirit Award. I'm from Habil. >> Oh, yeah. And I'm a senior. >> Hi, my name is Cara Maldonado. I'm a
senior in health assisting. I am the co-president of our skills USA chapter and I am from Hil. >> Good evening. My name is Adrien Angelone. I'm from Raleigh. I'm a senior in the metal fabrication program and I competed in the American Spirit Award project.
>> And last, we have um a gold medalists. There are five students that qualified, one team of four and one single gold medal. Um the single gold medal is with CJ Gilbo. He's a senior in marine technology and he's a student from Georgetown. Um he's probably working.
He's very excited to go there. He's already told me that um he's going to spend a lot of time in Atlanta with Yamaha even after this um trip. Um behind me is the health knowledge bowl team. They're four students. These kids
started working in September. Um health knowledge bowl is a contest. You basically need to know everything. Everything from health assisting, medical assisting, dental assisting, medical terminology, medical math. They
just took the textbook and um every Tuesday, Thursday they were after school. I I don't I think I couldn't I could count on one hand the number of Tuesdays and Thursdays that they were not after school um working together prepping for this um contest. And from
what I understand, you're not allowed to watch the contest. It's it can be really close, but in this case, it was not. They were at least 100 points ahead the next team behind them, which was Shasheen. And I was so happy Good evening. Um, we're so happy to be here with you all. I'm Aisha. I'm a
junior and health assisting and I live in April. Thank you so much. Hello, I'm Karen Gomez. I'm a sophomore and I'm in health assistant and I'm from HR. Nice nice to be here. Good evening. My name is Ashley Buuhan.
I'm a sophomore in health assistant and I live in Hil. Hello all. I'm Elijah Ferrer. I'm a sophomore in health assisting and I live in Hil. So these kids should be they'll be we'll be going to Atlanta with them to compete against the whole country. But I hope
that you made note of what grade three out of the four were. They're sophomores. They just got into the shop. So this bodess well for the future of this particular contest. Thank you very much. >> Um so I just really want to say
congratulations um to this year's Skills USA winners. Um, I was able to attend the competition on Friday and then attend the awards ceremony on Saturday. I couldn't be more proud of how everyone uh competed,
behaved, worked with one another, worked with your chaperones. Um, when you go to a Skills USA competition, you see a lot of red. Um, and there were a lot of kids. Especially when I went to the Best Western, I was a little taken back. I went to lunch there and I was like,
"Holy moly, there's a lot of kids here." Um, but truly just, you know, I'm very competitive. I want to win every single competition. Um, and we really gave everybody a run for their money. That being said, Miss Moscow is being very shy and so is Mr. Moskovich. They are
both retiring this year. Um, and they have been the the breath the winds beneath the wings of all these kids for the the many ten years. Um, I always kid Miss Mosovich, she comes into my office and she turns the corner like, you know,
and uh looks in my office and usually has wants me to give her something or need something and I'm always more than willing because this is such a great competition for our kids. It's life-changing for our kids. You heard them. They are so articulate. They they grow so much through this opportunity.
Um, for many of our kids, it's the first time that they're away. Um, many times their first time in their hotel with their friends. I mean it really and the chap every chaperon that went um you know they don't get paid extra to do that. They do that because they love the kids and they love the competition and
they love to see the growth of our kids. So I'm just eternally grateful for the Moscow uh for all the chaprons for providing this opportunity for our kids for the school committee to support Skills USA. This is not a cheap undertaking and I really just want to
say thank you to everyone. So thank you. Mr. Early, >> Madam Superintendent, make sure you have permission slip signed. >> We're getting there. We're getting there. Yeah, >> it's on the agenda. >> I also want to thank Lisa Deo for coming out today. That's really, you know,
we're so appreciative. We know our kids make a difference in their community and I'm so appreciative that you allow them to do that. Um, and to, you know, I, you know, I know the school committee feels the same way. It's so important for us to give back to the people that give us so much. So, thank you for for allowing
that with our kids. So, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much to all the skills members. I'm a big skills supporter. Miss Moskovich knows my daughter was a skills player. So, uh, moving on, Mr.
That's a tough act to follow, by the way. So, good evening, Mr. Chair once again and Superintendent Lynch, rest of the school committee members. I first want to uh thank and congratulate uh the Whittier Tech Skills competitors advisers for an amazing job and Skills
USA state competition as well. You guys were absolutely amazing. You make us all look good and good luck to the um gold medal winners that are going off to the nationals. Um I did owe everything the super superintendent says about the Muskovitzes. Um, you know, we are truly
going to miss them and I I won't get involved with that yet because uh they're retiring and Paul Paul's our uh vocational coordinator as well. Uh but just specifically speaking to the Skills USA um also uh Jane Muskovich uh was
voted um and she's now a lifetime achievement member uh of the Skills USA which is pretty amazing. So lifetime She was also um in the running uh national advisor of the year uh for skills USA uh and she was nominated
which is also an area which is really hard to do. So once again, Muskoviches, thank you for all you do. Uh, Whittier Tech Advisory Board, a lot of you were there, was held on Wednesday, April 15th. Our culinary arts, hospitality students hosted the
annual dinner. Students showcased their talents uh with exceptional food service and lots of Whitty Techch pride. Our next big event for the Whittier Foundation, if everybody could pencil this in, is the golf tournament. If you are a golfer, and if not, uh, you know,
come in Monday, August 10th this year is the next foundation. We we just had the comedy night. Uh, and now we're going to look forward to August. Not too forward because that means the summer's going. We're not even out yet. We will look forward to another great day at Bradford
Country Club as well. So, that's all set up. Uh MCCAST testing is coming next week. Our MCCAST guru, my associate is here somewhere, >> back here. Um and we have math and we have our reverse half days as well as in June. Uh the bio test is coming and we
don't have reverse half days that day. Uh because that's only for the freshmen. Uh vocational uh we started March 23rd uh the last day will be Friday the 22nd for the CVTE program with the nine kids. That's like the exploratory program from
the other schools if you remember. And from there uh they hopefully will segue into our summer programs uh which we're starting to look at those the CTI summer program uh who anybody can go undermployed and unemployed and that's
18 and over. So that's been a successful uh program that's run by our vocational coordinators as well uh Amanda Crosby and Paul Muskovitz. Also for our current students, we're having uh May 20th a CTE signing day. Uh is that correct, Paul?
Uh so the CTE signing day is um you know, they showcase kids that are going right to work and working for companies and they're signing right as soon as they leave here. Almost like a sports signing day when they say, "Hey, they're going here to play uh at some college or
or some uh other area of the the sports." So that's amazing. We started that was it last year and and uh hopefully this will build in the future uh with the companies that are kids and the successes as as you can see they all disappeared. Maybe it was my talking and
they everybody took off but um the senior activities starts Friday. We have our movie night if you can believe it. The senior activities we are just going to fly Friday night uh we have a those of you that are not familiar senior movie night. We have it out here in the
field like a big screen. It's supposed to rain, so I'm hoping mother nature uh doesn't ruin it for us, but if not, we can do obviously do it inside. Mr. Purcelli has already had plans and uh we're going to be watching Happy Gilmore. It's our seniors only. Whittier
Tech seniors only. Uh Wednesday, May 20th, we have an art show which will be held at 5:30 uh prior uh to the awards night that we have. So, this is all next week. And then uh on the 22nd or the I'm
sorry, Thursday the 21st, we have the MK crash. Then we go into the talent show. Then we have the senior prom, which is the 26th. And then that Thursday, the 28th is our graduation at 7:00. Uh Northern Essex early college ceremony uh
is actually tomorrow night from 5 to 6:30. Uh we have 118 early college students who earn college credits and will be attending uh while attending high school. So that's pretty cool. And that's all I have. Any questions? Yes. >> I just want to ask about May 20th. You
said there's the awards ceremony. Yes. >> And then the CTI signing. Does that happen at the awards ceremony or is that happening? >> That's happening. It's like uh what will happen is if I remember it was during during the day. >> During the day, right? During the day. >> Oh, it's a day. Yeah. So it's during the day. So the companies come, it's almost
like our college showcase as well that we have. >> Okay. >> Um and yes, but good question. >> Okay, just checking. So >> we tried to, you know, we tried to push in a lot of stuff that May 20th art show and awards ceremony. Okay. All right. All right. >> The art show. >> All right.
>> Which is one of our first ones in a long time. The art show >> which is pretty cool too. >> Any other questions? >> Thank you everyone. Thank you. >> Thanks, >> Business Manager, Miss Cosmos.
>> Good evening, Mr. Chairman, Superintendent Lynch, members of the committee. Um, I echo what everyone has said about Skills USA. I've been here 13 years and it never ceases to amaze me what those kids do and the awards that they bring home. And so, um, I'm very,
very, very honored to be able to work in a place that develops the students with such skills that they do at Skills USA. I've also been lucky to work with Jane and Paul for 13 years. We're all going out at the same time. I will miss them terribly,
but I have to tell you, the two of them are so professional in what they do. Um, I deal with them a lot. Paul supervises some of the more expensive trades and he and I talk almost every day. I see Jane all the time across the hall. Just seeing the dedication of those two and
what they do for the kids here, especially for Skills USA, is just amazing. And I just want to congratulate them on their retirement and tell them that it's been wonderful working with you. Okay, so I have a few things for you tonight. Um, most of them you see me do
every year. The first one is the END and transportation revolving transfers. I'm requesting that the school committee vote to increase the FY26 budget by 1,188,512. 950,000 of this increase will come from
the excess and deficiency account and 238,512 will come from the regional transportation account. The 950 from the excess and deficiency will be transferred into the district's stabilization account and it allows the
district to continue to set aside funds that we can use for capital projects and or to address the concerns of the aging facility. After this transfer, we will still have 365,658 remaining in END funds. But at the close
of this fiscal year along with the invest I expect investment earnings to be estimated in excess of 400,000. So we will likely start with END next year at close to 800,000. So it's not like we're depleting it down to nothing. There will
be more earnings. The 238,512 from the regional transportation revolving account represents the remainder of the FY trans FY25 transportation revenues. We carry them over from FY25 and they must be used this year. The transfer will increase
the transportation appropriation in the general fund and will be used to purchase replacement vans and buses and or other transportation needs. Regional transportation funds received this year will be carried over into next year and used in next year's budget. So in order
to accomplish this, I'm requesting that the school committee increase the FY26 general fund operating budget to 32 million846,515. There will be no resulting change to the member municipalities assessments. >> All right. Do I have a motion for the
transfer? >> Motion to transfer uh sorry motion to uh increase the operating budget by 1,188,512 and
um sorry, what was the other part? Um and >> Oh, okay. No, that was it, right? Right. >> Yeah. Okay, that's it. >> Do I have a second? >> Second. I have any questions? Mr. Early, >> I meant to call you today, but I got tied up.
>> This isn't costing no money to the towns or anything. >> No, overall transfer from one account to the other. >> I deliberately do not use all the transportation money I expect because I know we are going to replace vehicles. So that's and the END. No, we're just
moving it from one part to another. There is no assessment increase. increase to >> Mr. and that that money isn't set to be spent. It's set to stay in an account if we need it for some type of
>> the stabilization account is there. It can be used for capital projects. It can also be used for general fund projects, but you have to get the permission of the department of revenue. But it is a pot of money and with this building aging, it's good for us to have put it away
because something happens, it could be very expensive. And we all know with the way budgets are right now, our municipalities don't have the capacity to be able to really help us out a lot in in those cases. So, we're hoping we don't need it, but we're putting it there in case we do.
>> Great. Thank you, Mr. >> Um, just curious on the 400,000 that you're anticipating for earning investment earnings, is that just little in, you know, interest on this on that of $32 million? You can see it in your um in your treasures report. So,
>> but that is the accumulated. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, the stabilization account is a large sum of money and that's in a money market and so that raises a lot of money for us. >> I do have one more question. >> The new business manager, have you been
bringing him up to date on all this? >> I will be. He is busy with his, you know, he just went through his budget process, but he and I are going to work together for at least a month and then I'll be able for him whatever he needs. >> Thank you. >> You have something.
>> Any other comments, questions? >> Seeing none, call >> Mr. Early. >> Yes. >> Miss Sullivan, >> yes. >> Mr. Rossy, >> yes. >> Miss Carpenter, yes. Miss Basley, >> yes. Miss F. >> Yes. >> Mr. Padley, yes. >> Miss Col, >> yes. >> Mr. B, >> yes. MR. >> Yes.
>> Miss Okana, >> yes. >> Mr. Sloski, >> yes. >> And the chair. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> The second thing is unclaimed class funds. Every graduating class at Whittier has a student activity account.
Funds raised by the kids over the four years. We deposit the money there. The funds are typically used mostly for senior year for graduation and prom expenses, but often there are funds left over. In most of the cases, we're able to arrange for the transfer of these
leftover funds into the custody of the class officers after they graduate. However, there have been instances where the funds remain unclaimed for years due to a myriad of reasons. I'm not sure why, and despite multiple efforts by the business office and the senior class advisors.
In the past, these unclaimed funds have always been transferred to a general student activity fund, which presently has a balance of over $10,000, and it gets little if any use. It was suggested by the auditor that it may make more sense instead to transfer future
unclaimed class funds to the Whittier Techch Educational Foundation so that these funds can be available for student hardships and or scholarships. So, I'm respectfully requesting that the school committee approve this recommended change.
>> Okay. So, do I have a motion to change where to transl to approve the recommended change? >> Second. >> Oh, I was going to >> I'll second. >> Okay. Any comments?
>> Just had a question. So, how long is there a um a time frame like 10 after 10 years it goes into the fun? >> It's actually supposed to be But we still have some funds from co years. >> I know you told me. >> And we have been unable to get the
students to take ownership. >> So it makes sense instead of just leaving them there to at least put them to use. One of them is at five years. And if we haven't heard from them by their fiveyear reunion, >> it's unlikely that we're going to hear from them. >> So generally it's two years, right?
>> But in this situation, >> it's because of the situation, we kind of let it go. >> Um but we really need to and and I have to say the controller has been very good working with the senior class advisor to get the president in there and have the bank account set up before they
graduate, but these two classes are just sitting there. >> And we've reached out, we've made phone calls, we just they're not interested, so I'd rather be able to use it for in some capacity for other kids. >> Um couple of questions. So the the way
the motion is right now, it will go back student activities, but we're recommending in the future it go to the education. >> Correct. >> Okay. Uh and then also the current policy is that if I'm a class officer,
um you know, there's like $5,000 left over. I mean, I don't know if this is a realistic thing or whether it's $200, but I mean, the three or four or five class officers actually get to split that money up. >> No, no, no. It's supposed to go into an account for the class, the graduating
class with two officers who have their names on the account. They actually have to bring us proof of it on the >> It goes out of Whittier Tech because the school can't continue to hold the money. It's not our money. >> It's not public money >> and they can hold the money. >> They can hold the money
>> like reunions >> for reunions. Hold the money for reunions. >> Yeah. forions usually once it's out of our control. We don't know what happens to that money. >> Yeah. >> Well, you know, once it leaves us, it's
we're not supposed to be responsible for it. We're supposed to move it on to them. >> Sure. >> Are we I mean, is that a common practice? >> That is the protocol from the state. >> Okay. All right. Um, I guess I'm wondering if if we could entertain a an
amendment to the motion to send it to the education foundation right now. >> Sure. That that's actually what I'm asking you to do. I I think that's what you want. >> Maybe maybe >> Well, that's why I asked you in the first question. I was under the impression we're going to send it to student activities and then in the
future we'll send it to education. >> Well, there's two levels of account that are sitting there right now. Those are the I'd like to move over. >> Okay. So, they will be moved over to the education. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> A couple questions. So, is the bulk of
the $10,000 is that coming from co years? >> Yes. >> So, then do we think that we're going to end up with a big chunk of money again? Like, are we just sitting on a big pot just because of expect to replenish?
>> No. No. No. All the expenses for the graduating class are usually taken care of with six months of graduation. So that money's been sitting there for like five years. >> Yeah. I'm I'm just asking like is it like $10,000? Are we just seeing like a big chunk right now because the co
class? >> I think so. I think I think I can jump in. We didn't have a lot of senior activities during that year. Right. We didn't have the prom. There were a lot of activities that we didn't have that that's what the kids are saving for and that's probably why >> we That's exactly right. That's why we didn't have a prom one year and we had a
prom out on the back field the next year. So they didn't spend the kind of money they normally do, >> right? So I'm I'm just asking like is that why there's that much money? And so going forward, we wouldn't really expect the um the education fund or the scholarship
fund to get additional large funds from. >> It depends what the students raise, but the last several classes have done what they needed to do and have made arrangements. Last year's class has, this year's class has. So whatever balances they have are going with them about it's about usually about months
after they graduate when we make sure that every invoice has been paid >> and we try to use for for the prom for um then sometimes they have a class gift that they give. So the kids generally will will spend most of the money that they've had. Um fundraising is difficult
right now. So a lot of we're in many ways limping our way through um to to the end of the year with with some some classes. So this that is just unusual that co year >> Mr. Um, so my one of my questions is can
that money be used for some of those? Like right now it's pretty tough financial times. So could that money be used for any offsets that the current class might need? >> You know, it's unclear as to whether it can, but my understanding is that this year's class has more than enough money
to pay their graduation fees. >> So I don't think it's going to be an issue. >> And then also, is there a breakdown of how much from each class? Is it like for each class. >> Do do you know what that is right now? >> Um I don't off off the top of my head,
but obviously the classes that are still here, they raise money every year, but they really raise the most money in their senior year, right? >> And those carry >> I mean the money that's coming over class of 20, class >> um let me see if you give me a second.
Class of 2020 has $6,315. And the other one class of 21 has $4,399. So about 10,000. >> Um I think that maybe the motion needs to be amended. I'm not sure it's clear.
It's talking about future unclaimed funds being transferred to the Whittier Education Foundation. It doesn't speak specifically to these earned funds, >> right? >> Yeah. So, I think we we may need to change that. And I'm curious as to um
maybe what the protocol would be. So, currently you said it's two years. It's supposed to be two years >> and then >> and then it's supposed to go to the general student activity fund, right? >> But because of the fact that they were co years and we kept trying to reach the kids, we let it go. Right.
>> So my last conversation with the auditor, I was talking and he said that this has been something that districts had been doing that have a foundation and it made more sense because there is already $10,000 in the general fund and that's from the interest that the accounts raise, but we don't use that.
We haven't needed to use that. So rather than have it sit there unused, the suggestion was to put it somewhere where it could be used. >> Right. So it'll it'll go directly into the >> education foundation. It won't go to this correct fund first. >> Yes. Okay. to be clear. I recommend that
We were just talking about voting tonight on moving that current amount into the educational foundation and then setting up policy for future. >> Did that make sense?
>> Motion you want to make? >> I can Yeah, I can amend that that motion to to say that we will trans to >> transfer current unclaimed class funds to the Wier Tech Educational Foundation.
>> And We can send it to policy committee for future. >> Okay. Um is there any comment on that? >> Clarification. Are we substituting amendment? >> Yes. >> This vote will substitute >> substitute. Right.
>> So any comments or questions on that? So is everybody clear? We're basically just making a motion to take the current unclaimed funds and the subcommittee policy subcommittee will take up future transfers and we'll put something in place. Okay. So, any no other comments or
questions then? Call the >> Mr. Early? >> Yes. >> Miss Sullivan? >> Yes. >> Mr. Ross? >> Yes. >> Miss Cage? Yes. M. Bas? Yes. Miss? >> Yes. >> Mr. Padlia? Yes. Miss Kina? >> Yes. >> Mr. B? >> Yes. >> Miss TR? >> Yes. >> Miss Okana?
>> Yes. >> Mr. Savoski? >> Yes. >> And the chair? >> Yes. >> And make a f a further motion to send that to that decision to policy subcommittee. >> Okay. Future >> future. Do I have a second?
>> Second. >> Any questions or comments on that? >> Okay. >> Mr. Early, >> yes. >> Miss Sullivan, >> yes. >> Mr. Rosson, >> yes. >> Miss Carpenter, >> Miss Basel, yes. Miss Ben, yes.
>> Mr. Pagley, Miss Carolina, yes. >> Mr. Bo, yes. Miss Drew, yes. >> Miss Okana, >> yes. >> Mr. Slovki, >> yes. >> And the chair. Yes. Thank you very much. I will work with Miss Rand to have something for the policy committee when they meet the next
time. And finally, the capital outlay appropriation. I wanted to update you on where we are with that and what I would like to do with the remainder of any funds. The FY26 capital outlay budget. We put in 695,000 and we have expended
it to date as follows. The OPM work was completed last summer. The report was issued. The rao unit was replaced in the gym last summer. Two electrical panels have been placed and we have a requisition in place for four more that are scheduled to be replaced as soon as
school is out at an estimated cost of 40,000. The reason it's takes so long to get these done is we have to do it during school breaks and when it will not interrupt the shops primarily or the students. So it's least disruptive in the summer and that's what we're going
to do for more. We are awaiting quotes for the exterior brick work which is right outside of here. We expect that to be around 97,000. Again, because this work affects the entry area to the most public parts of the building, it needs to be completed during school breaks to ensure the
safety of the staff, students, and visitors. There's presently a balance of 250,544 in the FY26 capital outlay budget. Factoring in the estimated 137,000 we will need for the replacements in the
brick work. I expect there to be a little bit over 100,000 at remaining at the end of year of the year. And so therefore, I am requesting that the school committee grant approval for me to utilize any remaining funds in this account at year end again for purchases
of replacement school buses. Carrot, did we throw out the bid or on the uh the brick work? >> It depends on what the quotes are. >> No. Did you already? >> We did not. No. >> Okay. >> No. >> And how about the I thought I saw something in the paper about the
treatment plan. OPM or No, >> not that. I don't think so. >> No. All right. >> No, not ringing a bell. >> Thanks. >> Okay. Thank you. Could you just repeat
where the rest of the 100,000 is going to go to? What um what you'd be using that for >> the 100,000? >> Yes. >> Whatever is left over, I'd like to be able to apply to purchase of buses. We usually get quotes off of the state bid list for one bus, two buses, three
buses, four buses, and depending upon how much we have for funds at the end of the year, that's how many buses we'll buy. >> Okay. Since this has to do with transportation, >> right? >> Obviously, that would fall under a different formula than what would be considered for capital repairs. So, that would be under the >> No, I don't believe so because capital
is capital. And when I first came here, we used to buy our buses out of the capital outlay fund. >> See, there's a capital outlay fund that's the general fund. And I think you're thinking of the one that we use, which is the special revenue fund for the school building. This one's the one that's the general fund. >> Thank you.
>> You're welcome. Do I have a motion to transfer the remaining funds um to the capital of the capital outlay budget to the uh end of the purchase of replacement
school buses? >> Do I have a second? I have any other questions or comments regarding >> Mr. Early? >> Yes. Sullivan. Yes. >> Mr. Rossy. Yes. Mas. >> Yes. >> Mr. Padley. Yes.
>> Mina. Yes. >> Mr. B. >> Yes. >> M. Tro. >> Yes. >> M. Okconor. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sloski. >> Yes. And the chair. >> Yes. >> Thank you very much. That was a lot, but I appreciate the discussion and the questions.
>> Madam Superintendent. >> Good evening, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. On Thursday, April 9th, I attended the Massachusetts Association of Schools Superintendent Executive Board meeting in Malber. Um, at this meeting, we were um able to hear from the commissioner and his team um and
discuss new possible graduation requirements. Um, I do believe that the board will be voting on those requirements in June. Um, so there's been a lot of discussion about that um moving forward. On Thursday, April 9th, I attended the Newberry Port Chamber uh legislative dinner at Mission Oak Grill
at in Newberry Port along with Cara Cosmus and Chris Leanus. Um it was a great opportunity for us to listen to Mayor Gove, Mayor Rearen, State Representative Casner, Senator Bruce Tar, and our auditor Diana Daglio. On Friday, April 10th, I attended the Haveril Chamber winning opportunities
for women conference at the Renaissance in Hil along with Amanda Crosby, our vocational coordinator. This was our first time attending this event. Um, on Tuesday, April 14th, I attended the Marramac Valley Chamber Executive Board meeting in Lawrence. I am the chair of the education committee. Um,
and we have a lot of things planned over the next uh year or so. On Tuesday, April 14th, I attended the school building committee. This was a relatively quick meeting updating members of where we are in the eligibility stage and an update on the RACK um, and also a timeline for
completing our work. On Wednesday, April 15th, I attended the RACK meeting at Northern Essex Community College. The committee continues to work through what a new regional agreement might look like. Um there has been discussion involving our local legislators and we hope to set up a meeting in the next um
month or so with them. On Wednesday, April 15th, Whittier hosted the annual spring advisory board member. I know many of you were there that night. Um thank you for attending. It was amazing um night to update our advisory board members along with the work the work that we're doing here while also
networking with their boards and enjoy some great Whittier Tech culinary delights. On Saturday, April um 18th, Whittier hosted the MASC Division 8 meeting. I want to thank Erin, Ben, Amanda Baselier, and Kevin Bo for attending this meeting. I think it was
very informative. It was the first time I attended one of those meetings and I thought it was great. On Monday, April 27th, Northern Essex Community College, we had a meeting here at Whittier and we continued to discuss ways that the two institutions can work together. On Monday, April 27th, I attended the
Groveland town meeting. Um, also Marramck and West Newberry Town meetings had were being held that evening. I want to thank Carol Cosmos for attending the Marramac meeting while I was at the Groveland meeting. Um, and I'm happy to report all three towns passed our budget that night. On Wednesday, April 29th, I
attended the Marramac Valley League um superintendent round table. Um there was a um speaker and he spoke from the title of it was from panic process navigating school threats with threat assessment teams. Um it was presented by Dr. James
Barrett who is the director of clinical support for the Cambridge Police Department and assistant professor for psychology and in the department of psych psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. This was a very informative discussion just for us to be prepared um for threats within our schools. On
Thursday, April 30th, I hosted the area superintendent lunchon here at Whittier. This is a great opportunity for superintendents within the Whittier district um to discuss issues um that we're having in within our schools and one also within our communities, what's going on in each of our communities. And
as you heard on Friday, May 1st, I attended the Skills USA competition. Um I went to both the Blackstone Valley site and the Malvar site. Um, and when I tell you the amount of students, it's just it really is so much work chaperoning. But, you know, when I met
with all the teachers at each of the sites, they just love it. They just they were they were happy to be there, and I'm so grateful for that. On Saturday, May 2nd, I attended the Skills USA ceremony. Um, this is a ceremony that starts at 10 and pretty much doesn't end
till 2 o'clock. Am I right, Paul? It's a it's a long ceremony, but really it just gets you so excited about nationals and and what our kids did in the state tournament. So, it really is a really great opportunity. On May 4th, I had a call with MSBA for our monthly check-in. We continue to discuss the future of
Whittier Tech and next steps um for the feasibility. We'll be looking at the feasibility study. The MSBA board is voting for us to move forward with the feasibility, I believe, at the June 24th meeting um this year. On Monday, May 4th, I attended the town meeting in
Raleigh along with Caesar. And then I later met up with Cara Cosmos who was at the Georgetown town meeting. And again, both towns did pass our budget at that meeting. On Tuesday, May 5th, I attended the Newberry Town meeting along with Cara Cosmus. Again, I'm happy to report that Newberry voted in favor of the
district's budget. As of today, Marramac, Georgetown, Newberry, Rally, Grolin, West Newberry, and ISW have all approved our budget. Um upcoming town and city budget meetings are Salsbury. Um I believe that's Monday May 18th, Amesbury May 21st in Hil June the 8th.
We are still waiting to hear about Newbury Port Wednesday. The city council will ask us to be at the Newberry Port meeting. So our next rack meeting is May 20th. It sounds like May 20th is a very busy day at the Wittia. Um and that meeting is at 10 o'clock and that is an
open meeting. But before I finish up, I I want to say that new podium, >> I know many of you were at the advisory board meeting. Um that new podium was built by um Mr. Whittier. >> Um >> not after the Whittier school, but his
actual name is Mr. Whittier, Mr. Mark Whittier. Um he designed that. It is really just a work of art if you really take a hard look at that. Um and then the um advanced manufacturing Bruce Boiselle helped with the the lo in the front. Um they also have like a little
step stool that you pull out for short people like me to stand up and you can actually see everybody. Um but I'm really just so grateful. Um we had been talking about doing this for years and um it really is a beautiful work of art and he was very he was very you know
precise about the wood that he wanted to use on it and um as you can see it's just amazing. So I just really want to thank Mr. for this beautiful podium that we now have for many many years here at Whittier Tech. So, thank you. So, that is that. Now,
um I do have school choice district school choice participation plan for the 26 27 year. Um what we have done over the last several years is um not accept choice students because if we have in district students that have applied to Whittier, we need to accept the
indistance first. Um but when a student moves out of the district after they've already been accepted, we have we have allowed in the past for students to stay as choice students um in that case and I am looking to have that continue moving forward.
>> Okay. So >> So we're looking for a motion for the school choice to not allow school choice this year because we have such a wait list. However, students who move out of the district that still want to to allow them the state to finish out
their high school careers. >> Yes. >> Do I have a motion? >> Motion to approve that. >> Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Okay. Questions from Mr. Early. >> You lost month. How did that go? >> Would you give her a feel?
>> Um I think I I think we >> getting better. >> Well, I don't know if it's getting better. I think people have some feelings about what they think is fair and not fair. And um I think everyone what I appreciate about the meeting is that everybody is still showing up to those meetings and coming and attending
and and participating. I think the May 20th meeting we'll have a better sense about exactly where people are at. Um as you know, our new business manager is the chair of that committee right now. Um but I I think you know we're going to need some help, right? We're gonna I I
do think we're going to need some legis >> on the school choice. Oh, some years ago, and I've been here 20 plus years, I was a big person for the school choice, but we just have too many kids in the district now. Two to
400 kids. And I'm glad that we kept the kids in there that were already here. We didn't just Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Mr. Rossy, >> can you just explain what we're voting?
How >> what we're doing. >> We're just voting to not allow school choice this year as we have too big a weight list of our in district students aren't. However, the students that are here if the out of district, they can
still stay out there. What are your career? >> Okay. back on school choice. We used to get $5,000 a kid >> and it hasn't gone up in 20 30 years >> and we were getting a lot of money and I think we were number one or two in the
state school choice kids at one time. It just doesn't work for us for the district right now. >> Could you define what indist one of our 11 communities? >> So school choice in this case means outside of So a student from Mthuan for
instance which isn't represented here at Woodier Tech District. Sorry about that but that's a great question. >> I should have >> and can I just ask for clarification a student that's already going here? So is that someone who has already started the program? Is there a benchmark they're
accepted and then they move but they haven't started? >> So for students that have been accepted and are enrolled and have started. So it wouldn't be for a ninth grader who at this point hasn't started at Whittier Tech and is moving but for students that you know have at the end of their ninth
grade or the 10th grade 11th grade allowing them to finish out their career here. >> Okay. Thank you. >> So clarification I mean to finish out their entire let's say it's a sophomore finish out their entire two year threeear program. Yes. Okay.
>> Do we have a second? >> Oh we do. Okay. Any other comments, questions? >> Mr. Early? >> Yes. >> Miss Sullivan? >> Yes. >> Mr. Rossi? Yes. Miss Carpenter? Yes. Miss Basil? >> Yes. >> Miss Ben? Yes. Mr. Padria? Yes. Miss
Colina? Yes. Mr. Bo? >> Yes. >> Miss TR? Yes. >> Miss Okconor? >> Yes. >> Mr. Slovki? >> Yes. >> And the chair? >> Yes. >> So, tonight before you I, as you heard, we have a couple of outofstate field trips. We have the Portsouth Naval
Shipyard. Um, Miss Mr. Mosovich and Miss Jensen will be attending. Um, and >> I'm asking for them to be able to go to the Portsouth Naval Shipyard on May 19th. >> Do I have a motion for approval? >> Move to approve.
>> Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Any comments, questions? >> I would like to say I will say my schedule and I will be hanging out with them for the day. >> Oh. Do we have the proper paper? >> We will have the proper paper for sure.
>> I want to make sure it's in the record. >> Any other question? >> Call the >> Mr. Early? >> Yes. >> Miss Sullivan? >> Yes. >> Mr. Rossi? >> Yes. >> Miss Carpenter? Yes. Miss Basil? >> Yes. >> Miss Ben? >> Yes. >> Mr. Padley? >> Yes. >> Miss Colina? >> Yes. >> Mr. B? >> Yes.
>> Miss Tro? >> Yes. >> Miss Okono? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Sosa? >> Yes. >> And the chair? >> Yes. So the next out of state field trip is to Atlanta, Georgia for the um national skills USA competition for the knowledgeable knowledgeable health
knowledgeable and marine tech. There will be five students along with one, two, three, four, four staff. >> Okay. Do I have a motion to approve? >> Second
tax ready this year. >> Any question? >> Two things. What's this going to cost? Is there Is there a budget for it? >> Um, we have an online item for it. It will it will cost us a little bit. >> What would you think? 20,000. >> 10. >> I don't want to guesstimate. >> Yeah.
>> And we make sure we have the right paper. >> We will have the right. >> Any other questions? >> Mr. Early? >> Yes. >> Miss Sullivan? >> Yes. >> Mr. Rossy? >> Yes. >> Miss Carpenter? >> Yes. >> Miss Basler? >> Yes. Miss Spent? Yes. >> Mr. Pasley? Yes,
>> Miss K. >> Yes, >> Mr. B. >> Yes, >> Miss TR. >> Yes, >> Miss Okana. >> Yes, >> Mr. Sloski. >> Yes, >> in the chair. >> Mr. Chair, I just had a question about May 20th again. >> Sorry, like I I wasn't able to I didn't
want to interrupt. Um, okay. So, where is the RAAC meeting going to be held? >> It's at Northern Essics Community College in the student center. >> Okay. Are they always being held there then? Is that >> it seems to be the best place because they have this the space. We don't really have the space to have that many
people uninterrupted. Right. So, >> okay. I'm just wondering and it doesn't say it online though on our um on our website. >> It does say the date and the time, but it doesn't say the location. Just Just thought I mentioned. >> Yeah, that will be posted on Monday. >> Okay. >> Yeah, great. Hasn't been posted.
>> That's it. All set. Thanks. >> Um next is um the end of cycle summitive evaluation. So, before you Tonight I have um updates on my goals and um summary of the four standards for educational leadership. Um
today I received notice that it was 11 years ago today that I was appointed the superintendent um here at Woodier Tech. Yes. So 11 years. It was a long time ago. I have the wrinkles to show for it. But um it really has been the privilege to to work here at Whittier Tech and and work
with the amazing staff and faculty and with a great school committee that's so supportive of our kids. So um before you tonight, if you have any questions about that, feel free to reach out and talk to me. But when I saw 11 years, I went, "Wow, 11 years ago." Um and again, you
know, I wouldn't want any other job. I love I love it here at Whittier Tech. So thank you. Thank you, Madam Superintendent. Old business school committee self evaluation results. Um, do we have any questions or
comments? I have one question unless everybody else has something first. Um, basically I'm seeing a lot of ones, some ones and some fours. Last year I know we had the fours and the ones backwards. A couple people did and turn. I know we had some turnover board members. So,
we're going to be minus some people obviously. So, hence kind of clarify some of the low response. Um, but I'm not sure if that was a thing or not with some of the people that did it, how they were rating it, but last year that was a thing. We had a couple people with it backwards. So, Mr. Early,
>> I'm embarrassed to say I didn't do it. >> At least they give me enough. >> I did do it, but I don't see my name on here. They're probably one of the two that Did you spell the name at the very end? >> I know I didn't. >> Anyways, where does it where does this
where does this go from here? >> You know, we've got the answers uh with the rankings. >> Well, well, I mean, my my thoughts are with the results here is to if we do have some issues, you know, where do we have the issues, why do we have the issues, and how can we resolve the
issues? >> Where do you send it to? >> Huh? Where do you send this to >> policy? I don't know. >> I mean, I think we'd have to talk and kind of figure out what the issues are for us so we can decide what issues we have to what subcommittee might they
might belong to. But again, my question is, you know, last year we had some people that four was rated great >> and one was and vice versa. So, some of these fours could be one. So, do we have an issue? Do we not have an issue? That's the thing that this rule isn't clear on unfortunately unless we talk to
some of the individuals. >> I have I have an issue because I did not fill this out myself. So how are ones and fours defined? Is one like on the question new members receive introductory training and orientation when they join the committee is one >> like they receive yeah very satisfied
and four is very dis like which is one >> three is disagree and four is don't know. Right. That's what I remember from last year. Yeah. But it doesn't say it on there. >> Right. >> Okay. It did say it on the survey. >> I just looked it up. >> So, what do we do with the I'm not
picking on it. What do you do with it? >> I think it's something to look at and we'll probably put on an agenda and discuss some of the if we have some issues, we'll discuss the issues. I don't have any issue with that. >> No, but I mean if if some people do have issues. What I'm saying if we're seeing a large amount of issues or some stuff
people don't know, well, how do we get that information to them to make sure they do because we should be doing that, >> right? I think if someone is, you know, upset or has concerns, you know, please see me or see Ron because we would want to resolve that. We wouldn't want people to to feel that that the committee is
not working in a in a positive way. So even if it's providing some insight, it it's hard because only it looks like seven people responded. So that's half, >> you know. So it's I guess I just again welcome a discussion that if there's
some concerns or some issues to to please reach out to myself or to Ron or to other members, right, so we can work to resolve that because we do want a well functioning team um as we move forward together. Um moving forward with
a building project. So, it's going to be really important that we're all kind of moving in the same direction. >> I think it's really important that don't knows. >> Yes. >> I don't see a lot of disagrees. I see more don't know. >> It's more don't knows and you know, I don't even mind taking it on and saying, well, this is where you find like going
to the MC MC for policy and things like that. I didn't know that until I you know, >> right? >> So, I you know, I don't even mind taking on the Right. Correct. >> And we Lisa and I looked at charting the course for new members and they're all far away.
>> Yes. >> I did the charting the course at the MC which is now going to be in Dan. >> Yes. So I would definitely recommend and I don't know if we've received the information for the MSE um MASS. >> Yeah. Unfortunately Dan was the closest
to that was two weeks ago which I I went to. I confess after going to that I was a little bit more critical here. >> And I I mean my feeling is um that you know I I you know in terms of
accessing information what the mission statement you know things like that um you know I know it's there and and when I actually uh saw your superintendent saying there and it says vision but I'm sure it's a mission statement.
Oh, I did see that. But did I did I recognize it enough as a mission statement? Did I did I, you know, was everything all there or did I pick it up like, you know, here and there as opposed to and I know you gave me a big
thing in the beginning. I'm not, you know, I'm not going to confess what I did with it, but but no, I mean, you know, it it I don't know. I do think that there, you know, we have our lives, you know, and that once a month we reaclimate and I I, you
know, it's always good for us, at least speaking for myself, to be reminded and uh, you know, and again, in terms of the repository of information, it it would be nice, and I know this is asking too much, to have everything, you know,
there because I even the mass school committee people about, hey, do you have just like a a really small thing on like all the different general laws that like pertain to us as members, pertain to superintendants, pertain to schools and
all the responsibilities. And he said, "Yeah." And he gave me a book this big, you know. So, it it you know, we all get a lot of information and I guess
I need to just hit over the head with >> I'm happy to like >> hit me over the head. I know that. >> No, no, no, no. But I'm happy if anyone has questions or has some, you know, concerns or would like to set up a meeting to I'm I'm
available like that. You you're the school committee and it's it's very important that this group work well together um and and has a really clear understanding of what our mission is and what we're trying to do, especially again as we're looking at a building project. So, um you know, we do have a
lot of new members and it's it's hard to make sure everybody's caught up at the same level. Um but that's where it's really important that you all are talking to one another, too. So, >> can I just say for our new members, I have never ever had an issue. Anytime I've had a question, Marian's always
been available. She has often called me to update me on something or inform me about something. She's very open for communication. Thank you. Um, so I just think it would be ideal if this evaluation tool actually could have
um a way to draw conclusions and set goals. Like it just seems like that's what's missing from this. I think we got it from the MASS and I just think that that the missing part and if it if the MSC could give us some guidance, we could use that. And I don't know like
again I don't know which committee you know it should go to to be studied or looked at but I think after looking at this you know and it's all over the place it might be a good idea um to figure out you know what what's what's
confusing what might what needs to be um addressed and so I wish I had a suggestion I just but I feel like if the mass had something that was an ademptant to this and then also how about comments if people can write comments like, you know, I I I'm not sure where to find the
mission statement or you know what I mean. I think it would be >> I think comments would be very helpful. >> Okay. So, good. I'm glad you agree with that. So, I I would like to just see the tool kind of reworked. Um and um I don't know, maybe at the MASS conference could have a word with them. >> I think I I can rework the tool so it's
clear. >> Okay. >> I'm not going to rework the the questions because this is the MSE, but the tool that you're actually using I think I I can tweak. Okay. Can you use AI or something because I don't want you you are working hard enough. Can you just >> This is my job. Um but I even just for
comments because I think it's hard when you see like a zero and you're like wait what? Like >> more information I can fix it, right? Or we can fix it so there's that opportunity. >> Yeah. We want to know specifically what what don't you know?
>> What do you need? like I'll I'll go through the ones that are don't know that one people that don't know. >> Yeah. >> What it is where you find it at least that will be starting to place if you com >> and I think it's important to clarify
that a lot of what is in the MC guidelines is very different for regular school committees and regional school. >> I know that's so true. Like we're just a high school and you know as opposed to a whole district with kindergarten and all that. Yeah.
Okay. >> Is there a Google Drive we could use to have all the information on? >> Interesting. >> Like we did with the rack. >> Yeah. >> He's got it all on a Google Drive >> that you could go back to, >> put the mission statement on it.
>> Yeah. It does seem like you have to show on Google. >> So let us we'll spend some time on it this summer. >> Okay. >> Sounds really good. >> Over the years I've called Moren many times especially the day of meeting. Did I call today?
>> Yesterday I thought well anyways I don't understand this. It says the committee members take part in the educational workshop conferences to help make informed decisions, but we've got
three or four meetings a year that people can sign up for as we go. Is that part of what that is? >> Right. So, it's the MSC workshop that we had here. So, >> they have two or three of them
to me, but we gota get the find out, you know, what that is. Maybe it's cross to go the other way. I don't know. >> You know, like today I didn't get a chance to call. I had a couple questions with that.
Thank you. >> Any other comments? I think bas look into it. I think have reach out to see if they have anything else on it. And over the summer, we'll figure something out. We'll probably to a future meeting so we
can discuss further and kind of make it so next time we're doing something like this we have more clarification and it can actually mean something for we make sure we're up to speed questions are answered make sense >> yes >> okay
all right and appointment of subcommittees right before everybody yells at me if you're going to I had some empty slots I kind of filled them in if something doesn't four of you, please let me know. I'll let Lisa know. Um, I already talked with
a couple of you um that they don't want to be on certain committees and that's subcommittees and that's fine. Like I said, I just kind of build if there's something that you really don't want or you can't do, again, just let us know. You can be removed. If there's a committee that a subcommittee that you'd like to be on, you know, again, let me
know there as well. Um, what we will do, we'll get take that feedback. We'll make the changes that we make and I'll Lisa send out one through email, you know, with a final form, you know, who's on what subcommittee. That make sense. Anybody questions on that?
>> I do. How often do the subcommittees meet? >> It's not really right. Issues rise. >> Yeah. salary is something special. >> All right. >> There any any other questions or
comments on the subcommittees? >> Oh my god. >> Clear. >> I'm guessing. Yes. >> Joanna. Yes. >> Oh, sorry. Sorry. What? Sorry. He's talking. >> I said we're all clear. Any other questions or concerns? >> Yes. I'm I'm Thank you.
>> All right. So, moving on. Items not reasonably anticipated. We don't have anything I can think of. >> Oh, yeah. >> Oh, yeah. Skip one. Thank you. >> Um, yeah, Lisa's just reminding me again for the second time, uh, the
superintendent evaluation form is on Google Classroom. Uh, if we could all take a little bit of our time and complete it, fill it out, and we'll have that for the next meeting. I'm sorry. What is that? >> The superintendent evaluation form.
>> The one that they already filled out. >> It's on Google. The form. So, you use that >> to use that as a link. She sent a link and and you just click on the link and you just follow the
guide. Yeah, there there's a couple things missing like district improvement goals were not in there, but it was it asked us to evaluate on district improvement goals. So, I'm like, okay, well, she did a lot. >> Well, the school improvement plan, the
strategic plan. Yeah. Yeah, I know. I was like, I forgot where that was. I don't even know where All right. So, >> moving on to the special committees, the subcommittees, executive, there's been nothing. I don't believe there's a
reason to have a meeting in the short term future. Uh instructional personnel, Joanna, >> I I'm not sure because the graduation requirements will come out then. Do we meet? >> We don't need to meet just yet on that. Yeah, that's I'm thinking it's probably going to be like August.
>> Yeah. Okay. >> We'll see. Okay, let's see. Let's see what they do. >> Plant operations, I don't believe anything plant operations are kind of end of the year. We're going to find out sooner or later. Probably in Augustish. >> We'll find out what's going on. School
comes back salary negotiations. Mr. Early, >> I do need a salary negotiation. >> Salary >> for non-un personnel. >> Oh, >> can I do May 20th? >> No, please don't do May 20th. Please don't
>> May 20th at 3 p.m. >> We can do that. >> Yeah. Hey, just got to pile it all on one day and just >> Mr. Early, we are talking subcommittee salary negotiations. We do need a meeting. >> We do. >> Superintendent saying >> non-union May 20th.
>> I don't care. When is that? Wednesday. >> Yeah. >> I know. Sunday I'll be 71 years old. May 17th. >> Spring chicken. really o >> that's like the window I have open on
>> I know I'm just thinking I I have to work but hopefully I can get here in time. Okay, >> probably >> um and then policy >> May 27th um Lisa is in charge of my calendar if you haven't noticed.
>> That's why May 20th looks the way it does. No, just kidding. Um May 27th for polic And the reason for that is we just received a bunch of policies from MA MASC. Um that really will probably need to go into the student parent handbook. So Mr. Leanus is working on the student
parent handbook now. We will have that for the June meeting, but we will need to do a we want to make sure that we have the amendments so that it's ready to go for this September. So we want to we'll have to add some things to that as well. >> What time? >> 3 o'clock. >> You can't do three o'clock. Could we
make it like 4 maybe? Is that possible? >> Four. >> What's May 27th? That's the day before graduation. >> And the day after >> and the day after. >> We'll do four o'clock. I'll come in late that day. >> All right. So, four o'clock May 27th and
then May 20th at three. >> Yeah, that's what you have. >> Okay. >> All right. >> It's the end of the year. This is how it goes. >> Busy, busy, busy. All right. Is there anything else I might have missed? >> No. Do I have a motion for adjournment?
>> Move to second. Second. >> All in favor? Hi. >> You're done.