1 00:00:02,38 --> 00:00:05,90 Buddy and welcome to tonight's school committee meeting tonight meeting is being 2 00:00:05,91 --> 00:00:07,30 broadcast through Milford t.v. 3 00:00:07,31 --> 00:00:12,69 And all of the media are in it and other media in attendance anyone who would like 4 00:00:12,70 --> 00:00:13,06 to make 5 00:00:13,07 --> 00:00:17,44 a video or audio recording of this meeting please let me know thank you welcome 6 00:00:17,45 --> 00:00:20,85 everybody and the 1st agenda item is approval of the minutes 7 00:00:25,42 --> 00:00:28,44 and start everybody have a chance to look at the minutes and I get 8 00:00:28,45 --> 00:00:34,77 a motion from Chris 2nd I'm. All in favor of 9 00:00:35,99 --> 00:00:42,95 you working through Thank you announcements correspondents 10 00:00:42,96 --> 00:00:46,53 and distributions to members of the committee have any announcements correspondence 11 00:00:46,54 --> 00:00:53,49 or distributions to share this evening Ok you know 12 00:00:53,50 --> 00:00:59,97 on an imitation the speaker is there anyone present. Who would like to speak 13 00:00:59,98 --> 00:01:06,98 receive. Ok So with that 14 00:01:06,99 --> 00:01:12,61 being. That things said we move along to. 15 00:01:14,23 --> 00:01:16,89 The no further community use program reappointment. 16 00:01:21,40 --> 00:01:23,29 So they switch to treat our case with 17 00:01:23,30 --> 00:01:27,21 a bill for community use program is requesting the school committees approval of 18 00:01:27,22 --> 00:01:32,84 the appointment Mr Ron creation to the board for another 3 year term. So we need 19 00:01:32,85 --> 00:01:38,27 a motion for a completion of John moves in a 2nd from Joe and 20 00:01:38,28 --> 00:01:42,07 a discussion all in favor. For the. 21 00:01:46,26 --> 00:01:49,93 Good in the for town town meeting article 22 00:01:55,04 --> 00:02:01,58 you Terry. The 1st 'd. 23 00:02:02,65 --> 00:02:09,64 as presented is for 92000 to upgrade the age factor equipment and software 24 00:02:09,65 --> 00:02:11,78 and Stacy school this is 25 00:02:11,79 --> 00:02:17,22 a proprietary our project with the particular vendor that we have district wide. 26 00:02:18,23 --> 00:02:23,55 But the advantages that it would allow the director of facilities to be able to 27 00:02:23,56 --> 00:02:29,90 control and communicate from any We are including his phone. To control the 28 00:02:29,91 --> 00:02:36,87 temperature his phone both for the heating and the air conditioning. And 29 00:02:36,88 --> 00:02:42,69 currently Rob has that control in all the buildings and so this would upgrade the 30 00:02:42,70 --> 00:02:48,72 ability at Stacey to be able to do that do we want to vote on each article on Mr 31 00:02:48,73 --> 00:02:53,22 Chair or do them both. You want to vote on them together or because it makes sense 32 00:02:55,30 --> 00:02:56,01 I would kill you are 33 00:02:56,02 --> 00:03:10,24 a few votes up or. You know the stuff I 34 00:03:10,25 --> 00:03:17,08 think we budgeted 100000 were from 949292 so certainly 35 00:03:17,09 --> 00:03:21,38 something again that we've been anticipating and now will we're looking to move 36 00:03:21,39 --> 00:03:28,20 forward all comers great Q Ok so the 1st 37 00:03:28,21 --> 00:03:30,64 one. So there nothing on 38 00:03:30,68 --> 00:03:37,49 a motion to move that forward to Tell Me Ok so the 2nd 2nd. A 1st from 39 00:03:37,50 --> 00:03:41,14 John 2nd from Chris so if ever. Made 40 00:03:41,15 --> 00:03:46,60 a motion for the 2nd or cuff you are going to reveal the 2nd to sure so the 2nd 41 00:03:46,61 --> 00:03:52,51 proposal that we have is fentanyl. Essentially not only locally but 42 00:03:53,44 --> 00:03:56,59 essentially at the high school they've been working on creating 43 00:03:56,60 --> 00:04:02,17 a bios medical science classroom and that's in collaboration with many different 44 00:04:02,18 --> 00:04:07,03 funding sources one being Project Lead the way that got essentially the project 45 00:04:07,29 --> 00:04:10,07 initiated and now we're trying to bring 46 00:04:10,11 --> 00:04:16,09 a clip meant to the new the 3 new labs that we created in the high school we took 47 00:04:16,10 --> 00:04:20,31 away some space that was not being utilized to the best of what the advantage of 48 00:04:20,32 --> 00:04:27,06 could provide to the students and it's to new science labs as you go here you can 49 00:04:27,07 --> 00:04:33,70 look for and see them over to the left so this program will. Provide an upgrade to 50 00:04:33,71 --> 00:04:38,98 the science lab again in the biomedical field which will essentially encompass the 51 00:04:38,99 --> 00:04:44,29 anatomy physiology pre-medical prevent any area and create Dental in the Premier 52 00:04:44,30 --> 00:04:49,29 acing studies by just purchasing this equipment which will be most by 53 00:04:49,30 --> 00:04:53,94 a will not be stationary equipment so what will be have the advantage to be new 54 00:04:53,98 --> 00:04:59,75 moved in the future I don't know if Kevin or Craig want to. And he's right let me 55 00:04:59,76 --> 00:05:03,81 put 2 more things out there the one thing is that science quit the high school 56 00:05:03,82 --> 00:05:09,85 level in particular as it is. Very expensive and to where we've only looked at 57 00:05:09,86 --> 00:05:12,85 a number of funding sources over the years we're also in the process of writing 58 00:05:12,86 --> 00:05:17,21 a grant to the state to get the innovation path laid as 59 00:05:17,22 --> 00:05:22,35 a nation which will allow us to go for additional science equipment you know I want 60 00:05:22,36 --> 00:05:28,82 to commend Josh Otto and Cicely Tucker and the high school science team for really 61 00:05:29,19 --> 00:05:32,60 I think reconfiguring the science program at the high school and adding 62 00:05:32,61 --> 00:05:36,58 a couple of up pathways already through Project Lead the way courses in computer 63 00:05:36,59 --> 00:05:42,89 science and in biomedical but but also the work around looking at multiple sources 64 00:05:42,90 --> 00:05:43,20 whether it's 65 00:05:43,21 --> 00:05:47,10 a project lead the way state funding and some private sources to get some of these 66 00:05:47,11 --> 00:05:51,70 programs initially off the ground and this will this will this will move us to 67 00:05:51,71 --> 00:05:56,76 State of the art across the board but it's moving us in the right direction for it 68 00:05:56,77 --> 00:05:57,20 so we need 69 00:05:57,21 --> 00:06:05,64 a motion for the 2nd I mean how many classrooms are labs we plan of. What 70 00:06:05,65 --> 00:06:11,13 we just added the at physics lab which we took out some facilities space that was 71 00:06:11,14 --> 00:06:16,85 done over the summer I'm in addition to the 2 labs here that I knew that are out 72 00:06:16,99 --> 00:06:22,48 that we had with the science teachers kind of collaborated they built 2 labs 73 00:06:22,49 --> 00:06:27,73 independent of one another so it was edition of 3 so this this proposal would be 74 00:06:27,74 --> 00:06:34,03 able to put $33.00 science labs baseness and forward to bring it up to date 75 00:06:34,48 --> 00:06:39,67 just for the biomedical piece just so this just the biomedical piece now this is 76 00:06:39,83 --> 00:06:43,09 this isn't something I know that we really really have an on long term. 77 00:06:44,14 --> 00:06:48,09 Unemployment plan and you know what it's something that we've always discussed and 78 00:06:48,10 --> 00:06:51,07 right. So it's been the plan for the last year has been 79 00:06:51,08 --> 00:06:55,59 a bit rocky we've been you know there's actually on the plan last of last year Ok 80 00:06:56,08 --> 00:07:02,22 and that would be an old copy I have puzzled Yeah Ok this one from one. Just last 81 00:07:02,23 --> 00:07:06,15 year that's why so I can still go through all that RINGBACK no I just again I think 82 00:07:06,16 --> 00:07:11,41 it's important to just you know you know a quarter $1000000.00 that landed on 83 00:07:11,42 --> 00:07:17,64 a laugh this morning so that's why I just don't want to you know I knew I'd 84 00:07:17,69 --> 00:07:18,55 honestly I didn't get 85 00:07:18,56 --> 00:07:23,46 a chance to review any just because it was so much mission. There I just you know I 86 00:07:23,47 --> 00:07:27,09 think something like this you know we've talked about it so I'm certainly for it 87 00:07:27,24 --> 00:07:28,97 it's just again it's a it's 88 00:07:28,98 --> 00:07:33,65 a quarter $1000000.00 that you know was you know it's 7 o'clock at night and I got 89 00:07:33,66 --> 00:07:38,100 it now o'clock this morning so it's what the lot of information to go over that's 90 00:07:39,01 --> 00:07:44,23 also I think you know it's you know in our best interest to make sure that we give 91 00:07:44,24 --> 00:07:45,44 this committee and 92 00:07:45,45 --> 00:07:50,25 a time to review something like this and I want to make sure that syndrome 93 00:07:50,26 --> 00:07:54,13 understands that this is coming to because we're going to need think i'm support 94 00:07:54,42 --> 00:07:58,82 when we get to town meeting because you know a quarter $1000000.00 to retrofit 95 00:07:59,06 --> 00:08:01,02 a class is certainly going to take 96 00:08:01,03 --> 00:08:04,72 a lot of back and I think from this board and throughout the community community 97 00:08:04,73 --> 00:08:11,33 itself so again it's good for our students wanted to happen. But again let's make 98 00:08:11,34 --> 00:08:15,41 sure that we're we're ready to back this up with with everything that if it's 99 00:08:15,55 --> 00:08:16,62 something we want to consider 100 00:08:21,47 --> 00:08:28,32 just so the only the only issue with that would be. One that one of the worries 101 00:08:28,33 --> 00:08:32,29 here is that while some are top notch I'm Ok you're not pushing off the reservation 102 00:08:32,33 --> 00:08:33,52 it's just I think a more just from 103 00:08:33,53 --> 00:08:40,10 a talking point of to make sure. All heartily for this money go. 104 00:08:41,92 --> 00:08:45,73 So one of the most. Telling I know there's sort of 105 00:08:45,74 --> 00:08:48,54 a phased approach in terms of there's additional funding that we'd like I was 106 00:08:48,55 --> 00:08:52,31 a to continue to enhance you know the plan for the budgeting of the rest of those 107 00:08:52,32 --> 00:08:57,06 expenses like when we incorporate that into our budget next year or well we do we 108 00:08:57,07 --> 00:09:01,90 have incorporated the furniture into our budget to fund those will come back as 109 00:09:01,91 --> 00:09:05,99 capital as well to the nature of what they are just so I'm understanding Ok if you 110 00:09:06,00 --> 00:09:10,27 look at that for in terms of the science equipment only you know I think to 111 00:09:10,28 --> 00:09:14,98 retrofit the room in terms of what would be supplanting the budget so to speak for 112 00:09:14,99 --> 00:09:21,48 furniture he does have his face here are far out of 2020 and he's looking to do the 113 00:09:21,49 --> 00:09:27,21 biotech that can science in the physical science science theory or insight and I 114 00:09:27,22 --> 00:09:30,45 think the Course is going to the extent we're connecting with the concept images 115 00:09:30,46 --> 00:09:31,22 that we could have kind of 116 00:09:31,23 --> 00:09:36,20 a more thoughtful approach in terms of what's coming so that everyone is aware. As 117 00:09:36,21 --> 00:09:38,70 we move forward and we know that these additional bases which I think make 118 00:09:38,71 --> 00:09:41,44 a lot of sense are something that we really want to do just that they're on the 119 00:09:42,53 --> 00:09:45,39 game yeah and we've had these conversations with the subcommittee of the last 120 00:09:45,40 --> 00:09:49,14 couple years so not just the amounts are always 121 00:09:49,15 --> 00:09:52,87 a surprise Ok there's some degree but I think that the conversation and the 122 00:09:52,88 --> 00:09:55,55 committee is aware that the subcommittee is aware that you know the science 123 00:09:55,56 --> 00:10:00,92 equipment at the high school level is it's an expensive undertaking and we've gone 124 00:10:00,93 --> 00:10:04,17 through to 3 quotes obviously we have the back of data here that was the single 125 00:10:04,18 --> 00:10:08,81 quote but we have many governors around here to affirm that just basically most we 126 00:10:08,82 --> 00:10:13,88 have to we have to do it. Exactly you have more put it out there that we did go 127 00:10:13,89 --> 00:10:17,48 through the process of getting 3 quotes just so publicly people don't understand 128 00:10:17,49 --> 00:10:24,13 that well just to be clear the. The age bracket is proprietary so that you not get 129 00:10:24,14 --> 00:10:28,87 the frequency Yeah I understand I guess I'm talking to the science or whatnot 130 00:10:28,88 --> 00:10:30,09 certainly it's There was 131 00:10:30,61 --> 00:10:35,01 a dark me Taishan that was attached that are from my review obviously showed 132 00:10:35,49 --> 00:10:36,72 quoting from 133 00:10:36,73 --> 00:10:43,70 a few different companies but it was the best writers for 134 00:10:44,83 --> 00:10:49,35 chemists one using it in this current school. Own it not be available kind of and 135 00:10:49,36 --> 00:10:54,60 fully install itself so I think the way the funds are released will be able to 136 00:10:54,61 --> 00:11:00,57 bring it in a price I think it would price 2nd Sasser Ok. Thanks because 137 00:11:00,58 --> 00:11:02,68 a little bit of a gap and $91.00 during 138 00:11:02,69 --> 00:11:05,90 a delivery in this sort of thing but ideally it would be used the school year. 139 00:11:10,24 --> 00:11:14,16 Correct within once once that once that approval takes place and we're authorized 140 00:11:14,36 --> 00:11:17,83 whether and how many days to release the funds immediate it's almost immediately 141 00:11:17,84 --> 00:11:22,23 after the town meeting they just set it up for us so I would say I'd agree we'd 142 00:11:22,24 --> 00:11:27,51 have the shipping it be executed January 3rd pipe probably install the stuff over 143 00:11:27,52 --> 00:11:33,01 Christmas vacation Ok December 8th and what are our next steps with and conversely 144 00:11:33,58 --> 00:11:39,27 So am I so we're meeting with the subcommittee on September 11th and in we do this 145 00:11:39,28 --> 00:11:45,20 it is an annual meeting. The full committee that's the subcommittee and they're 146 00:11:45,21 --> 00:11:48,22 going to the full committee there's here so yeah. 147 00:11:52,91 --> 00:11:59,76 So many emotions. Happy to have you that you were 148 00:11:59,77 --> 00:12:04,16 going to head over America and all that was like a 1st of all 149 00:12:04,17 --> 00:12:10,35 a favor. Thank you very much. And so 150 00:12:10,93 --> 00:12:17,91 on to. The well for public school policy 1st rename for women 151 00:12:17,92 --> 00:12:18,14 and I'm 152 00:12:18,15 --> 00:12:24,35 a chest turf field. So I believe because we didn't have our policy meeting tonight 153 00:12:24,84 --> 00:12:30,19 that we're going to probably have to table the still but October. One of the things 154 00:12:30,28 --> 00:12:33,79 Catherine talk about the billing for the the town teams because that's one of the 155 00:12:33,80 --> 00:12:35,24 big issues we don't build 156 00:12:35,25 --> 00:12:38,72 a town team so the end of the year for practice time is that correct or is that 157 00:12:38,73 --> 00:12:44,34 inaccurate that it's inaccurate typically whether it's their turf or this my 158 00:12:44,43 --> 00:12:49,35 building is I believe it's I prevailed Ok based on their prime. 159 00:12:54,02 --> 00:12:59,25 In this policy would essentially remove that I mean we can put the billing on hold 160 00:12:59,67 --> 00:13:05,72 until we meet again and see where the policy if it gets approved this isn't really 161 00:13:05,73 --> 00:13:09,78 comfortable and you know we would have had our policy from the from would have made 162 00:13:09,79 --> 00:13:14,59 any other changes we can for we are ready to prevent any action we didn't have to 163 00:13:14,60 --> 00:13:18,33 commit more than one land I know that's fine Ok so it was when we as 164 00:13:18,34 --> 00:13:21,50 a practice hold off and billing the town teams to make 165 00:13:21,51 --> 00:13:25,20 a determination of the change and I believe this is 166 00:13:25,21 --> 00:13:29,56 a 1st read of the policy Anyway Kevin so we'll bring it back as 167 00:13:29,57 --> 00:13:34,35 a 2nd read and that's typically when the school Permanente barracks and yeah yeah I 168 00:13:34,36 --> 00:13:36,59 think we've talked about that in years past there's actually 169 00:13:36,60 --> 00:13:41,16 a policy that we have to go through the 2nd reading even if everybody's in in 170 00:13:41,17 --> 00:13:45,10 agreement that this is what we want to move forward with this Ok I agree we should 171 00:13:45,15 --> 00:13:48,49 just keep this as the 1st reading and bring the 2nd reading to 172 00:13:48,50 --> 00:13:52,57 a future meeting so we are considering this as 173 00:13:52,58 --> 00:13:58,15 a 1st rate right now or we're going to table it till I was comfortable leaving this 174 00:13:58,16 --> 00:13:58,26 is 175 00:13:58,27 --> 00:14:04,61 a 1st rate it's yeah but so what are you going to get absolutely yoga and I think the 176 00:14:04,69 --> 00:14:08,31 subcommittee will have an opportunity to kind of lead in the review would be that 177 00:14:08,32 --> 00:14:10,84 if there's any issues or changes we can going to bring it up there is actually 178 00:14:10,85 --> 00:14:11,80 really a motion to accept 179 00:14:11,81 --> 00:14:16,56 a 1st lady who thinks Oh no there's no need for you but yeah. I'm 180 00:14:18,90 --> 00:14:23,34 coming open for discussion and I think you should take those questions now yeah so 181 00:14:23,35 --> 00:14:30,23 it's open for discussion. Of it but they have that right so I was very honored 182 00:14:30,62 --> 00:14:34,20 to say no I just wanted we discussed with the used teams how they were going to go 183 00:14:34,21 --> 00:14:39,15 about kind of how they got past those savings on to the families in Milford I don't 184 00:14:39,16 --> 00:14:42,30 know talk to them and how they were going to handle as they were going to use that 185 00:14:42,66 --> 00:14:49,55 extra funds for new equipment I didn't know what. We should. My quick take on it 186 00:14:49,56 --> 00:14:53,46 is you know if we didn't charge the teams we wouldn't necessarily dictate to them 187 00:14:53,87 --> 00:14:58,71 what to do that with that savings. I think we just offer it is like 188 00:14:58,72 --> 00:15:01,21 a community it was a community service but it's just 189 00:15:01,22 --> 00:15:05,42 a different league just we provide that is what you get free access to the time 190 00:15:05,43 --> 00:15:10,75 teams so they can choose to reduce the earth provide scholarships or buy extra put 191 00:15:10,76 --> 00:15:15,14 new whatever they choose to do over the tech whatever the total revenue that we got 192 00:15:15,15 --> 00:15:21,89 from the fees for last year that was was really minimum money but in terms of the 193 00:15:21,90 --> 00:15:28,83 youth groups. Football Probably course would pay the 194 00:15:29,41 --> 00:15:34,68 greatest amount but it's certainly not setting the capital to the point of 195 00:15:35,30 --> 00:15:41,87 replacing the church. In 196 00:15:42,07 --> 00:15:45,92 Florida go back to your other question regarding the you know I did ask 197 00:15:45,93 --> 00:15:49,99 a few of the league presidents What were you doing and again there there's thoughts 198 00:15:49,100 --> 00:15:53,25 were to put it back towards the kids whether we're young like you Kevin said 199 00:15:53,26 --> 00:15:58,77 towards equipment Ok towards. Camps and clinics and things of that nature so again 200 00:15:58,78 --> 00:16:03,38 they're there thought was you know if we have more money to spend you know that 201 00:16:03,39 --> 00:16:08,46 money is going to go back to the kids in years for them so you know the thought and 202 00:16:08,47 --> 00:16:11,17 why they think they were on board this is 203 00:16:11,18 --> 00:16:14,97 a lot of them are there or they harmed over the residents or so for the for the 204 00:16:14,98 --> 00:16:20,64 whole deal you soccer's their tax dollars paid for the field already so to have to 205 00:16:20,65 --> 00:16:26,37 pay an additional usage fee on top of it. Seems like a tax on 206 00:16:26,38 --> 00:16:32,15 a tax right so their hopes were let's meet our communities pay for these field for 207 00:16:32,45 --> 00:16:39,19 for community usage so therefore can we use these fields you know free of charge 208 00:16:39,37 --> 00:16:42,68 for again for youth groups and just to again continue to build our youth groups 209 00:16:51,39 --> 00:16:56,70 so no vote needed so we just move on it will bring that to the 2nd State of the 210 00:16:56,71 --> 00:17:03,52 Union. Ok so I'm moving on to the reported superintendent so I have 2 on agenda 211 00:17:03,53 --> 00:17:07,57 items Mr Chairman the 1st one is the opening school report School been last 212 00:17:07,58 --> 00:17:11,76 Wednesday for students in grades one through 12 in the opening went very smoothly I 213 00:17:11,77 --> 00:17:15,56 had the great opportunity to observe and participate in the The Great Spirit c.c. 214 00:17:15,57 --> 00:17:19,56 Middle school where they literally rolled out the red carpet for the middle school 215 00:17:19,57 --> 00:17:23,67 students the faculty clapped and cheered as the students entered on the 1st day. 216 00:17:24,82 --> 00:17:30,24 The enthusiasm the energy the spirit was was awesome. Milford High School is the 217 00:17:30,25 --> 00:17:33,78 1st to if anybody has a chance to videos on Twitter and 218 00:17:33,79 --> 00:17:36,33 a couple different occasions it really was it was just 219 00:17:36,34 --> 00:17:38,41 a nice way to start and you couldn't help but have 220 00:17:38,42 --> 00:17:42,61 a smile on your face Milford High School has the 1st 2 days as 221 00:17:42,62 --> 00:17:46,72 a freshman orientation for class assemblies pictures in another and 222 00:17:46,73 --> 00:17:51,35 a number of other administrative tasks and the great thing about that is there are 223 00:17:51,36 --> 00:17:55,04 able to compress all those activities in the 1st 2 days to avoid like the constant 224 00:17:55,05 --> 00:17:58,43 disruptions that happened over the 1st couple weeks of school and so for the 225 00:17:58,44 --> 00:18:02,90 feedback it had pretty positive so all the like administrative like tasks that had 226 00:18:02,91 --> 00:18:09,02 to be done and we were basically accomplished in the for the for 2 days. A middle 227 00:18:09,03 --> 00:18:12,52 school high school athletic teams are often running I want to really think I 228 00:18:12,53 --> 00:18:13,56 thought it Director Peter Bush 229 00:18:13,57 --> 00:18:17,93 a and the coaches for their quick adjustments the schedule on the fly due to the 230 00:18:18,12 --> 00:18:20,75 Tripoli restrictions that's cause I think 231 00:18:20,76 --> 00:18:24,81 a lot of bond you know scheduling issues with not only the high school the middle 232 00:18:24,82 --> 00:18:28,62 school athletics but also with the town sports and I appreciate everybody's 233 00:18:28,63 --> 00:18:31,64 patience and flexibility and hopefully will will get 234 00:18:31,65 --> 00:18:36,80 a frost pretty soon it will kind of what kind of some of those restrictions. Are 235 00:18:36,81 --> 00:18:39,49 preschool I started this week and it was again tremendous excitement 236 00:18:39,55 --> 00:18:41,21 a few tears and 237 00:18:41,22 --> 00:18:45,42 a lot of great educational activities and projects for the students to engage and I 238 00:18:45,43 --> 00:18:48,92 mark in the arm students started today and our teachers and schools welcome them 239 00:18:48,93 --> 00:18:53,18 with open arms ritual to be open I want to thank everyone for all of their hard 240 00:18:53,19 --> 00:18:55,72 work that made the 1st few days of school 241 00:18:55,73 --> 00:19:02,42 a smooth and positive experience for our students. And the 242 00:19:02,43 --> 00:19:06,67 2nd update I have every everybody has a calendar a copy of 243 00:19:06,68 --> 00:19:12,92 a draft calendar at their at their spot and. So one of the things we notice and we 244 00:19:12,93 --> 00:19:18,08 will we see kind of here is where they're going out layer years we try to make 245 00:19:18,42 --> 00:19:21,99 really adjustments when we can and in likely one of our administrators happen to 246 00:19:22,00 --> 00:19:24,68 catch that it's and so we kind of did a review of what 247 00:19:24,69 --> 00:19:29,88 a potential calendar would look like so next year is Labor Day in 2000 and. 248 00:19:31,68 --> 00:19:36,34 2020 and September falls on September 7th which is relatively late and this would 249 00:19:36,35 --> 00:19:41,41 potentially place the last day of school on June 21st without any snow days and we 250 00:19:41,42 --> 00:19:45,96 are proposing to start school next year on August 22nd so basically the same week 251 00:19:46,70 --> 00:19:51,33 that school started this year and that would put the last day of school and you 252 00:19:51,34 --> 00:19:56,64 know leveled out the snow days are school cancellations for Teachers Association. 253 00:19:57,88 --> 00:20:02,40 Enthusiastically supported the one week shift forward I'm asking the school 254 00:20:02,41 --> 00:20:06,23 committee to approve the calendar this killing of the general fund of you for the 255 00:20:06,24 --> 00:20:11,35 20 school year early so the families have plenty of notice for the approval for the 256 00:20:11,36 --> 00:20:15,57 need for the potentially newly approved calendar and the earlier than typical start 257 00:20:15,58 --> 00:20:18,93 and I think the one thing that will graduation is I mean so the high school 258 00:20:18,94 --> 00:20:25,58 graduation would be in June 6 next year. You know and 259 00:20:25,66 --> 00:20:27,71 so I think maybe discussion 1st and then 260 00:20:33,64 --> 00:20:39,52 because it looks like we're starting on * September 10th. Which is still after 261 00:20:39,53 --> 00:20:45,30 Labor Day. So so I think other students and siblings would be starting 10 days 262 00:20:45,31 --> 00:20:50,02 earlier Yeah so that's actually inaccurate I would do that but it's basically So 263 00:20:50,03 --> 00:20:50,41 that's why this is 264 00:20:50,42 --> 00:20:54,76 a draft to say Ok we got things like that yeah so so basically and I missed that 265 00:20:54,77 --> 00:20:57,89 one so basically what would happen is all the other dates would move forward so I 266 00:20:57,90 --> 00:21:01,24 don't think we moved some of those other like the preschool days forward so what we 267 00:21:01,25 --> 00:21:05,41 would do is basically like kindergarten tends to start I don't like the following 268 00:21:06,13 --> 00:21:10,83 day 5 yeah basically did we do that we did it was Ok that they would also start to 269 00:21:11,14 --> 00:21:16,53 correct that you bring more in as well as well as the preschool they would bump us 270 00:21:16,54 --> 00:21:22,71 you know they would start like yeah before Labor Day. You know if you're 271 00:21:23,67 --> 00:21:28,86 there it's Wednesday and Thursday that's correct. And then we have the 4 day 272 00:21:28,87 --> 00:21:33,21 weekend like we typically do we kept it intact and then we were back in business 273 00:21:33,42 --> 00:21:33,57 with 274 00:21:33,58 --> 00:21:40,72 a regular schedule now but. For me it's still just that Wednesday 275 00:21:40,77 --> 00:21:41,04 there is 276 00:21:41,05 --> 00:21:45,76 a that we've typically done Friday they would or they would they go because typically 277 00:21:45,77 --> 00:21:48,52 we've always started. Wednesday Thursday with 278 00:21:48,53 --> 00:21:52,99 a Friday off but that also fell on Labor Day weekend what's proposed I guess 1st 279 00:21:52,100 --> 00:21:57,38 few days as it was 26 through 26 which is 280 00:21:57,39 --> 00:22:00,32 a Wednesday straight through to Friday so b.c.s. 281 00:22:00,33 --> 00:22:00,95 So basically we do 282 00:22:00,96 --> 00:22:04,79 a 3 day 1st week 3 day yeah and then the phone we could be of their day would think 283 00:22:04,80 --> 00:22:07,99 is only to have the 4 day weekend you want to traditionally have for them and for 284 00:22:07,100 --> 00:22:08,75 that other you know what 285 00:22:08,76 --> 00:22:15,64 a great right. Did you ask the teachers or the if they support 286 00:22:15,96 --> 00:22:21,48 something different or they seem to like just this and I didn't have the detail at 287 00:22:21,49 --> 00:22:25,10 the time when this where they were both was basically just what you're with them at 288 00:22:25,11 --> 00:22:28,44 that point and again I think we're going to tweak some of these initial dates like 289 00:22:28,45 --> 00:22:31,74 the start of kindergarten the start of preschool to kind of follow the same they 290 00:22:31,75 --> 00:22:37,52 typically do but they like the idea of. You know starting basically the same week 291 00:22:37,53 --> 00:22:41,72 this that we did this year and ending early they felt really good about the early 292 00:22:41,73 --> 00:22:46,51 in the last year. Just you know if you want to look at something where like maybe 293 00:22:46,52 --> 00:22:50,75 teachers go back that 1st week and maybe kick start the 2nd week or something so 294 00:22:50,76 --> 00:22:55,49 the only the only issue with that is we don't gain additional school days we just 295 00:22:55,50 --> 00:22:59,23 gain so we don't go below the back 2 days we don't have 2 professional days built 296 00:22:59,24 --> 00:23:05,44 into the contract so what I'm trying to do what this does which I like is initially 297 00:23:05,45 --> 00:23:10,66 we thought it would end on the 14th but because Rush on a starts at sundown on 298 00:23:10,67 --> 00:23:15,80 a Friday we actually have school and after I know where true we're typically if it 299 00:23:15,81 --> 00:23:17,96 was if it falls during the week we would have 300 00:23:18,61 --> 00:23:25,54 a holiday. So this would end us on the age of 11 early it were never we're going to 301 00:23:25,55 --> 00:23:29,12 have at least one or 2 snow days but it was still in this probably in the June of 302 00:23:29,13 --> 00:23:31,17 a typical winter and we have 303 00:23:31,18 --> 00:23:38,07 a look at. The date the day before Thanksgiving the half day of some 304 00:23:38,08 --> 00:23:40,84 districts have a half or fall there just to pick up 305 00:23:40,85 --> 00:23:46,47 a day there. Really is 306 00:23:46,48 --> 00:23:52,17 a day on. Good Friday it's something we look at the next contract negotiations Good 307 00:23:52,18 --> 00:23:59,12 Friday also contractual obligations. Make sense then again that those are 308 00:23:59,13 --> 00:24:05,13 2 dates that I wasn't sure again you know to do as a half day but contracts 309 00:24:05,14 --> 00:24:09,84 a contract but again it's something we could bring up in negotiations certain time 310 00:24:09,85 --> 00:24:13,32 on this yeah I mean this is kind of an anomaly anyways as far as where the dates 311 00:24:13,33 --> 00:24:18,31 fall so once every 6 to 7 years or 312 00:24:21,60 --> 00:24:22,34 so if this is just 313 00:24:22,35 --> 00:24:27,59 a draft would you be coming back so we could either vote on that with the changes 314 00:24:27,60 --> 00:24:31,56 to the preschool and kindergarten start dates in the crate if you will figure out 315 00:24:31,57 --> 00:24:36,57 what those would be 1st concerned can we vote to see you know for the 1st day of 316 00:24:36,58 --> 00:24:41,85 school to be on the 26 with the rest of the dates to fall into place yeah you know 317 00:24:41,90 --> 00:24:43,70 because if they have their offer you might you have 318 00:24:43,71 --> 00:24:49,06 a couple of days afterwards and yeah and then the reason I'm asking for early is 319 00:24:49,07 --> 00:24:49,94 because it's a little bit of 320 00:24:49,95 --> 00:24:54,72 a change on which to get on the family is really more than the rules. You know I 321 00:24:54,73 --> 00:24:55,59 made a motion to start 322 00:24:55,60 --> 00:25:01,97 a 2020 school year for students on August 26th. 2020. 323 00:25:06,18 --> 00:25:11,86 5. No No No rather wait 324 00:25:13,80 --> 00:25:19,50 for. Him but he has. 325 00:25:20,66 --> 00:25:27,52 Already discussed with you that it's a hold on the way camp. Was it was 326 00:25:27,53 --> 00:25:34,52 a $42.00 or $32.00 with an abstention but so be the parents that it was $40.00 327 00:25:34,53 --> 00:25:40,83 to $40.00 to look at it so that I was really tired. Oh God no you don't know. 328 00:25:42,22 --> 00:25:43,30 What I can do they can bring back 329 00:25:43,31 --> 00:25:48,48 a final version of this and we can always make adjustments but I said here we can't 330 00:25:48,49 --> 00:25:52,100 we have adjusted even to bring it back I can't believe you can as 331 00:25:53,01 --> 00:25:56,06 a group of you know I sort of like you make those 2 adjustments if people see 332 00:25:56,07 --> 00:25:58,08 something they're not comfortable where there we get 333 00:25:58,09 --> 00:26:02,11 a lot of pushback and we can you use of the we can always look at. Becoming the 334 00:26:03,17 --> 00:26:07,13 problem so I speak right now is that we did we did we voted on it's public for 335 00:26:07,14 --> 00:26:12,29 anyone watching. I wish I had heard you know some of the disagreement it's because 336 00:26:12,30 --> 00:26:14,21 of just the questions because it says 337 00:26:14,22 --> 00:26:20,04 a draft on it and I think that we still have to adjust and dates so I'd rather you 338 00:26:20,05 --> 00:26:21,18 know your motion was to start 339 00:26:21,19 --> 00:26:25,79 a certain day but I think. You know I'd rather vote on 340 00:26:25,80 --> 00:26:31,33 a complete document as opposed to well that now that was part of 341 00:26:31,34 --> 00:26:34,41 a motion for the rest of the darkness to come forward and you just say your motion 342 00:26:34,42 --> 00:26:35,24 was just to start on 343 00:26:35,25 --> 00:26:39,78 a particular think that's how I phrase it to start on the $26.00 with the rest and 344 00:26:39,79 --> 00:26:44,27 dates to fall into place right which would require 2nd vote right I believe for the 345 00:26:44,28 --> 00:26:46,01 rest but I started writing I took 346 00:26:46,02 --> 00:26:52,57 a lot of stuff that motion which is really to get that that 1st day. 347 00:26:57,56 --> 00:27:01,97 Or the weekend where we can continue to work. So I can bring the final version to 348 00:27:01,98 --> 00:27:08,94 the next meeting to it so people can review it. And that's all I. 349 00:27:10,03 --> 00:27:16,75 Want to. Thank you I just want to bring your attention 350 00:27:16,76 --> 00:27:23,70 to this. Conference in Boston put on by the national cause Council of Teachers 351 00:27:23,71 --> 00:27:25,37 of Mathematics I we wrote 352 00:27:25,38 --> 00:27:32,01 a grant to get. Between 20 and 22 math teachers to this conference. 353 00:27:34,16 --> 00:27:38,95 So right now we're in the process of identifying who those teachers will be we're 354 00:27:38,96 --> 00:27:39,45 trying to get 355 00:27:39,46 --> 00:27:46,37 a teacher at least one teacher in every grade level. To be part of that. So 356 00:27:46,48 --> 00:27:51,54 we're looking for 3 teachers in high school 3 teachers and at the middle school and 357 00:27:51,87 --> 00:27:55,82 basically 3 teachers in every school because of the way the great configuration is 358 00:27:56,25 --> 00:28:02,78 we need big conferences like this happen and in our area we try to identify grants 359 00:28:02,79 --> 00:28:07,02 and ways to give money to send our teachers to these conferences so that they can 360 00:28:07,50 --> 00:28:14,41 connect with other professionals from around the world. And go slow learning what's 361 00:28:14,42 --> 00:28:20,38 happening outside of our district and I guess the world of mathematics in this case 362 00:28:20,83 --> 00:28:25,12 we did last year send some people to that it was in our conference we also sent 363 00:28:25,13 --> 00:28:25,55 someone to 364 00:28:25,56 --> 00:28:31,60 a foreign language conference the year before that we sent. For you 50 staff 365 00:28:31,61 --> 00:28:33,37 members to a.c.v. 366 00:28:33,38 --> 00:28:39,91 Conference in Boston. So I guess this is part of 367 00:28:39,92 --> 00:28:46,66 a plan so you know. This math to me that we're forming to look at just 368 00:28:46,67 --> 00:28:52,81 math practices across the district and we're hoping that this really kicks off that 369 00:28:52,81 --> 00:28:59,58 . That committee's work really in bringing that group of 370 00:28:59,59 --> 00:29:03,86 teachers together so. I don't anyway ask questions about it. 371 00:29:08,33 --> 00:29:12,65 There's approximately 20 staff members from across the the district and it's 372 00:29:12,66 --> 00:29:17,34 a few from every school and every schools in the representation right now we're 373 00:29:17,62 --> 00:29:22,93 just identifying with the I we had we post the positions for I'm out of committee 374 00:29:23,47 --> 00:29:28,63 and part of the math committee will be that they're going to the us so it's all 375 00:29:28,92 --> 00:29:32,36 kind of interconnected Is this something and there are new math career from 376 00:29:32,37 --> 00:29:39,34 supervisor go to yes yeah and in the mouth to mouth supervisors overseen that whole 377 00:29:39,62 --> 00:29:40,23 thing is work. 378 00:29:47,39 --> 00:29:50,86 Something great opportunity for you know thinking out whenever things are local 379 00:29:50,96 --> 00:29:53,14 It's great that we can take advantage so thanks for reaching out to 380 00:29:53,15 --> 00:30:00,03 a grant to fund. Anyone else. Right now. 381 00:30:02,32 --> 00:30:09,28 And he's listening to you from 6 months I apologize 7 warrants totaling 382 00:30:09,29 --> 00:30:14,29 620740 4 dollars and 53 cents. 383 00:30:19,96 --> 00:30:23,62 On tape. We also have 384 00:30:23,68 --> 00:30:28,39 a professional development request for course reimbursement in the amount of 385 00:30:28,40 --> 00:30:32,73 $23152.69. 386 00:30:35,33 --> 00:30:39,23 There are no. Second. On. 387 00:30:42,28 --> 00:30:43,45 The committee also has 388 00:30:43,46 --> 00:30:50,32 a list of the our latest appointments from our previous meeting. And I also 389 00:30:50,33 --> 00:30:51,73 have for you this evening 390 00:30:52,31 --> 00:30:59,15 a transportation update and I am how we have I. And before before going to 391 00:30:59,16 --> 00:31:04,79 jump some of this woman I just want to just say to you for atomic rather because 392 00:31:04,80 --> 00:31:10,02 she reviewed. You know this committee the finance committee is you know it says 393 00:31:10,03 --> 00:31:16,27 that the code consistently look at life expenses and opportunities for cost cutting 394 00:31:16,72 --> 00:31:20,36 and I think this is a great example of the hard work because he has done 395 00:31:20,76 --> 00:31:23,53 a really you know save close to $500000.00 dollars 'd over 396 00:31:23,54 --> 00:31:27,72 a 6 year period and I'm going to let her explain kind of go through how that's 397 00:31:27,73 --> 00:31:31,42 going to happen but it's just tremendous it is going to help us with budgeting for 398 00:31:31,43 --> 00:31:37,06 the next 6 years so essentially as you know at the end of the school year we had. 399 00:31:38,81 --> 00:31:44,81 The deficit in the sped transportation and so how I tried to mitigate that was with 400 00:31:44,85 --> 00:31:49,68 a bidding process over the summer and I grouped together all of our routes which 401 00:31:49,69 --> 00:31:54,71 you can see on the spreadsheet and we sent them out as a actually as 402 00:31:54,72 --> 00:32:01,05 a fish and my original thought to reduce the expense was to send them as too many 403 00:32:01,43 --> 00:32:06,71 vendors as possible based on what we knew and terms of all of our special end 404 00:32:06,72 --> 00:32:08,15 routing that we had 405 00:32:08,86 --> 00:32:14,90 a need for and I was really hoping I get better rates or somebody would shop in 406 00:32:14,91 --> 00:32:20,21 their pants so but essentially that just didn't happen but by putting together this 407 00:32:20,22 --> 00:32:25,35 spreadsheet it was clear that we had you know number of students we had an 408 00:32:25,36 --> 00:32:31,35 opportunity where we literally were paying over $30000.00 for transporting one 409 00:32:31,36 --> 00:32:32,82 student at a time to 410 00:32:32,86 --> 00:32:39,20 a particular out of district requirements so our program so essentially. 411 00:32:40,77 --> 00:32:44,71 Looking out that gave me the idea of moving in 412 00:32:44,72 --> 00:32:50,78 a different direction and discussing it with Lenny. I don't know if I time wise if 413 00:32:50,79 --> 00:32:55,98 I had the time but you know we had the opportunity to purchase the 4 of the ends at 414 00:32:55,99 --> 00:33:02,71 $25000.00 each even with the gas in gear and won. It's 415 00:33:02,84 --> 00:33:09,77 it's going to cost us about $15000.00 just for this bed local will be over and year 416 00:33:09,78 --> 00:33:14,61 one however I knew there were other advantage to having those fans. 417 00:33:16,01 --> 00:33:21,62 Disposal so we have all this small group programming that we could really access 418 00:33:21,63 --> 00:33:28,59 these fans for you know vocational job. Availability for the the 419 00:33:28,60 --> 00:33:33,54 students and the prepare the Post piece Joe to have access to the v.a. 420 00:33:33,55 --> 00:33:39,99 Ends and be able to take the vans with some of the teachers do have their 70 421 00:33:40,00 --> 00:33:44,87 license. In addition to that we have the music department that does 422 00:33:44,88 --> 00:33:50,13 a lot of small group competition that would have access let it department which 423 00:33:50,34 --> 00:33:51,88 could be at as much as 424 00:33:51,89 --> 00:33:58,74 a $300.00 charge for any kind of off campus charge and again like I said the 425 00:33:58,75 --> 00:34:04,75 jobsite small field trips that's an opportunity and what we're not using them for 426 00:34:04,76 --> 00:34:10,29 which we could expand was something with our clubs groups they are here they would 427 00:34:10,30 --> 00:34:14,89 be available for the hiking group the steam group anybody that needed to have 428 00:34:14,93 --> 00:34:20,26 a you know 7 and under students or or you know combine them and we could do 13 429 00:34:20,27 --> 00:34:20,90 students at 430 00:34:20,91 --> 00:34:27,70 a time so that was an opportunity and. Again it gives us the ability to 431 00:34:27,74 --> 00:34:34,26 screen out drivers and bring them on with the standard of Milford and what we hire 432 00:34:34,27 --> 00:34:40,72 a staff that. And then what I've done in the past with the vans is as they age out 433 00:34:40,72 --> 00:34:47,14 . Typically they don't have the mileage that you would want to dispose of or trade 434 00:34:47,15 --> 00:34:51,50 them we've handed them down to other departments like the technology department 435 00:34:51,76 --> 00:34:55,50 take out the the seating capacity and then it becomes 436 00:34:55,51 --> 00:35:02,33 a very useful tool for the tech department or any depart athletic department so 437 00:35:02,64 --> 00:35:09,55 that was kind of my vision but as you can see over the course of after year one 438 00:35:09,56 --> 00:35:16,03 with their 1st class to district we have the potential to save over $490000.00 and 439 00:35:16,04 --> 00:35:21,99 that's just our local money and now that the vans have been purchased they're ready 440 00:35:22,00 --> 00:35:26,98 to go they are detailed we're looking to because there's only $1.00 student on 441 00:35:26,99 --> 00:35:32,72 a 7 passenger van maybe talking to Hopedale in men and in some of the area schools 442 00:35:32,95 --> 00:35:37,97 let them know what for 5 routes we're doing with these fans if they have 443 00:35:37,98 --> 00:35:42,61 a student going to this particular school we could charge them for 444 00:35:42,62 --> 00:35:46,99 a van and capture some revenue there and they would because we charge it is 445 00:35:47,00 --> 00:35:52,96 a reduced way and we cut our cost so it's another opportunity for us to try to 446 00:35:52,97 --> 00:35:59,16 mitigate the ever growing special ed costs. Projections on America 447 00:36:00,09 --> 00:36:04,80 or it RINGBACK will actually. You know if there were other districts where it stood 448 00:36:04,81 --> 00:36:10,95 in kind of leveraging space or capacity right from when I was doing the reach out 449 00:36:10,96 --> 00:36:16,14 now Charlie honestly I would say whatever the cost is we would offer them 50 and so 450 00:36:16,14 --> 00:36:21,49 . I started to cut their costs in half for them and then we would gain that 50 451 00:36:21,50 --> 00:36:23,56 percent revenue it would come with 452 00:36:23,57 --> 00:36:26,97 a small cost because we would have to increase probably a maybe 453 00:36:26,98 --> 00:36:33,01 a half hour an hour on the day of the driver but the opportunity would be there Ok 454 00:36:33,22 --> 00:36:38,79 thank you and we do routes sometimes through. Like vendors they'll pick up kids 455 00:36:38,80 --> 00:36:42,53 from multiple districts so it's not an uncommon practice where. 456 00:36:46,55 --> 00:36:49,58 It's producing for me so they're on site. 457 00:36:54,00 --> 00:36:58,60 And you can see in this spreadsheet the routes that we ended up moving forward with 458 00:36:59,59 --> 00:37:02,07 one route alone with 60000 459 00:37:02,08 --> 00:37:07,89 a year to transport one student and that was going to. The fridge. 460 00:37:09,43 --> 00:37:15,64 And our. So that that would alone I think will be very successful over the next 2 461 00:37:15,65 --> 00:37:19,43 to 3 years it's awesome great work out there 462 00:37:23,31 --> 00:37:30,14 and across the board this question. All. Of 463 00:37:30,40 --> 00:37:36,78 the directors. It's in our interests are yeah the purchase of this will come out of 464 00:37:36,79 --> 00:37:42,08 our our budget or eventually transportation Ok And is this something that we need 465 00:37:42,12 --> 00:37:45,87 to review within Congress and in the past and times they've been you know they've 466 00:37:45,88 --> 00:37:51,68 had concerns. What we took at the expense came from the Department for which it was 467 00:37:51,69 --> 00:37:55,91 Vijay Ok We're just accessing the dollars in 468 00:37:55,92 --> 00:37:58,81 a different way right we're going to share this information with the leaders of the 469 00:37:58,82 --> 00:38:01,29 Yeah I mean I think it's certainly the bottom line it's 470 00:38:01,30 --> 00:38:04,78 a half $1000000.00 savings so I'm sure they'll get on board I just want to make 471 00:38:04,79 --> 00:38:09,64 sure that they're they're aware of some of our approaches like this just to again 472 00:38:09,65 --> 00:38:14,53 we wish more to keep their support can we get it but once we can we going to go 473 00:38:14,54 --> 00:38:18,34 over here what the criteria for an agenda for that meeting is going to look like 474 00:38:19,27 --> 00:38:19,93 yeah I can share that with 475 00:38:19,94 --> 00:38:23,61 a committee it's really just just I mean it's going to be the 2 of the 2 words 476 00:38:23,94 --> 00:38:29,46 a review of the long range capital plan and then we're going to show that the 477 00:38:29,47 --> 00:38:34,73 innovation. Of the just maybe to give us share that with the committee before yeah 478 00:38:34,74 --> 00:38:37,86 I can even do an overview email after we're just going to show what there was 479 00:38:37,87 --> 00:38:42,39 a little history. And. 480 00:38:49,60 --> 00:38:55,69 Then. I think it's 65 because I appreciate you doing all the work this may be 481 00:38:55,70 --> 00:38:56,99 a silly question but so there's 482 00:38:56,100 --> 00:39:00,48 a couple rigs that have one child that are more expensive Why would we have 483 00:39:00,49 --> 00:39:04,68 selected those as the ones that were going I'm sorry. They are 484 00:39:04,72 --> 00:39:06,89 a wheelchair again so that's 485 00:39:06,90 --> 00:39:13,99 a very stream purchase so I didn't go in that direction and 486 00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:19,52 you can tell that Kathy by the students' needs is that it when there's no 487 00:39:19,53 --> 00:39:22,73 indication on you know you just know that Ok I was just curious where this you know 488 00:39:22,74 --> 00:39:27,20 my 30 words and work Spencer but that's not even gotten I mean I think yeah i 489 00:39:27,21 --> 00:39:30,69 should i didn't need to down I just now know you had me sell things ever. 490 00:39:34,69 --> 00:39:39,73 What we pay for on the contract side there's no employee costs here will be 491 00:39:39,74 --> 00:39:44,35 employees are not of the drivers are not employees of the public schools they are 492 00:39:44,36 --> 00:39:48,74 purchased they are so they will be in my proposal that's our stance apparently we 493 00:39:48,75 --> 00:39:52,99 don't does your proposal take into account the salaries of the other driver 494 00:39:53,31 --> 00:40:00,03 yesterday. And the good news is from what we're looking at 495 00:40:00,09 --> 00:40:05,26 our applicants I'm doing our background checks have. 496 00:40:06,86 --> 00:40:11,78 Perfect attendance records and that's really great for the students because it 497 00:40:11,79 --> 00:40:16,56 gives them the continuity of having the same driver so we were very fortunate with 498 00:40:16,64 --> 00:40:22,59 the direction of hire as well and when would we be able to implement this within 499 00:40:22,60 --> 00:40:28,17 a week or 2 so that if not next week that following Monday we're executing I think 500 00:40:28,18 --> 00:40:34,30 it's the 17 of the current contracts that we have we're able to move away from them 501 00:40:34,31 --> 00:40:37,04 and in special It doesn't require you to have 502 00:40:37,05 --> 00:40:42,75 a contract. So that's again another. Thing. 503 00:40:47,77 --> 00:40:53,76 And so the committee also nice to see. How the State child rape class from used to 504 00:40:54,01 --> 00:41:00,58 think really talking tired. So if you're not going anywhere together as want to be 505 00:41:00,59 --> 00:41:07,37 clear that we're going to say no now. Do you want to just speak right to Craig's 506 00:41:07,38 --> 00:41:09,89 right looking to go to the learning always learning for 507 00:41:09,90 --> 00:41:15,78 a male conference. In of the past several years I've gone to the s.t.d. 508 00:41:15,79 --> 00:41:22,14 Conference. This year. I'm going to learn I'd like to go to the learning forward 509 00:41:22,15 --> 00:41:25,85 conference it's. The focus of 510 00:41:25,86 --> 00:41:30,38 a learning for conference is more on teacher professional development and how 511 00:41:30,85 --> 00:41:37,20 central administrators are administrator is can help I guess plan for teacher 512 00:41:37,21 --> 00:41:39,61 professional. Is 513 00:41:39,62 --> 00:41:45,54 a heavy focus on instructional coaching as well so I'm looking to go to the this 514 00:41:45,55 --> 00:41:50,16 conference and learn more about instructional coaching in just different ways to 515 00:41:50,55 --> 00:41:54,69 implement the instructional coaches we have but in the schools that we don't have 516 00:41:54,70 --> 00:41:59,98 instructional coaches what are other ways that we could utilize staff. So that 517 00:41:59,99 --> 00:42:06,71 maybe we could offer other training methods I guess with the staff that we have 518 00:42:07,18 --> 00:42:10,43 so I guess that's what I'm after at this conference. 519 00:42:14,28 --> 00:42:19,28 If you need more information I provided some information in the packet. Maybe going 520 00:42:19,29 --> 00:42:24,76 on Sunday the December 8th through Wednesday December alone. 521 00:42:35,05 --> 00:42:41,91 Yeah Ok you are fair. Game. And you 522 00:42:41,92 --> 00:42:44,31 have my request this is 523 00:42:44,32 --> 00:42:47,22 a problem I think I spoke to the committee before you get I think with some of you 524 00:42:47,23 --> 00:42:52,73 individually and as a group I was called the school research Nexus and it's invite 525 00:42:52,74 --> 00:42:58,29 a group of superintendents throughout the country 'd. It focuses on innovative 526 00:42:58,30 --> 00:43:04,64 practices leadership. They bring in kind of high level professional development and 527 00:43:04,65 --> 00:43:07,48 it requires I say traveling to over any people. 528 00:43:13,72 --> 00:43:16,84 Second. Favor. 529 00:43:21,10 --> 00:43:25,61 That it Mrs Caffyn. Ok moving on 530 00:43:25,62 --> 00:43:32,54 a future agenda items anybody have. The next agenda. Can I just 531 00:43:32,55 --> 00:43:37,46 share next to the 2nd meeting in September with the dates excuse me right now when 532 00:43:37,47 --> 00:43:41,72 I say thank you is Dorothy presser from m.s.c. 533 00:43:41,73 --> 00:43:42,56 Is going to do a kind of 534 00:43:42,57 --> 00:43:48,24 a presentation from 6 to 7 and. I'm focused on the superintendent about which And 535 00:43:48,25 --> 00:43:54,34 so I want to remind people that's kind. Of thing and that. 536 00:43:55,93 --> 00:44:02,76 Whole business I think that yeah Ok. So I followed up the question that I 537 00:44:02,77 --> 00:44:08,13 had last meeting with. Subcommittee so I followed up with m. a S. E. 538 00:44:08,27 --> 00:44:10,61 And yes we don't need 539 00:44:10,62 --> 00:44:14,64 a budget subcommittee actually law school districts are actually going away with it 540 00:44:14,89 --> 00:44:21,78 going away from it just because the complexity of. Of the budget process so. Byelaw 541 00:44:21,79 --> 00:44:25,55 we don't we can. We don't need to have that for 542 00:44:26,37 --> 00:44:30,05 a skinny subcommittee go over budgets as 543 00:44:30,06 --> 00:44:34,40 a full committee certain we have to you it here to open meeting laws because we 544 00:44:34,41 --> 00:44:34,86 would be 545 00:44:35,27 --> 00:44:41,87 a full committee but yet certainly. If if this body wants to 546 00:44:42,64 --> 00:44:44,53 in a sense dissolve that subcommittee and be 547 00:44:44,54 --> 00:44:50,92 a full committee then we can do that. Any other questions on that 548 00:44:51,53 --> 00:44:52,35 well I don't know if it's 549 00:44:52,36 --> 00:44:57,09 a question or one of the only my only worry about there and I agree the top primary 550 00:44:57,10 --> 00:44:59,99 focus as it is a committee is the budget right into 551 00:45:00,00 --> 00:45:04,87 a 3 but you know what if there's meetings in the reschedule where we can't get 552 00:45:04,88 --> 00:45:11,20 a form if we mark if we abolish the subcommittee So if we can get 444 members. 553 00:45:12,54 --> 00:45:16,22 Who are your thoughts on that and I'm right I think you know the full committee 554 00:45:16,23 --> 00:45:21,40 should be involved in perfect world we don't use I really saw his doctor. 555 00:45:23,23 --> 00:45:29,10 Based office we saw last year. At all of these folks really based on budget 556 00:45:29,30 --> 00:45:32,39 everybody was here and so I think that everybody has 557 00:45:32,40 --> 00:45:37,99 a strong interest and kind of make their schedule so that they can attend these 558 00:45:38,00 --> 00:45:44,02 meetings I think I also look at that and I'm hoping that by allowing us to be 559 00:45:44,03 --> 00:45:48,51 a part of the process throughout intact me that maybe that 6 hour day that we spend 560 00:45:48,52 --> 00:45:51,97 on a Saturday in your January can be much less like 5 and 561 00:45:51,98 --> 00:45:58,37 a half hours yeah exactly self so certainly we can you know hopefully. Be more 562 00:45:58,38 --> 00:46:04,49 informed going into the budget season you know winning in. Going back to yes I wish 563 00:46:04,50 --> 00:46:04,62 I had 564 00:46:04,63 --> 00:46:08,56 a crystal ball to say yes everybody would be there but I again based off of the 565 00:46:08,57 --> 00:46:14,10 budget season last year and with the ones that I've been involved in it's we've 566 00:46:14,26 --> 00:46:17,70 always easily had a focus on it and it might it might be 567 00:46:17,71 --> 00:46:20,63 a lot more effective because you don't have to take the time to for the 568 00:46:20,64 --> 00:46:27,09 subcommittee to bring. Any ideas or inclinations back to the full committee and 569 00:46:27,78 --> 00:46:31,62 you know get in for so long should be difficult so yeah you know I was inherently 570 00:46:31,70 --> 00:46:35,45 in favor of anyway so yeah yeah like it was just about that right you know in 571 00:46:35,46 --> 00:46:39,23 talking with that and they I see it sounds like yeah more districts are doing this 572 00:46:39,24 --> 00:46:42,80 just again from an information standpoint that everybody gets to hear that 573 00:46:42,81 --> 00:46:49,35 information firsthand. Be able to ask questions at that time and work for you know 574 00:46:49,36 --> 00:46:53,69 and I know that in the past we've had budgets or committee meetings where he's had 575 00:46:53,70 --> 00:46:57,88 more members of the school committee that plan to attend and we've had to. You know 576 00:46:57,89 --> 00:47:01,09 they couldn't they couldn't deliberate as part of the meeting or if we knew in 577 00:47:01,10 --> 00:47:03,62 advance we could post it as a you know change from a subcommittee to 578 00:47:03,63 --> 00:47:08,28 a full committee meeting so this is. A probably better all around and I would say 579 00:47:08,29 --> 00:47:10,29 the worst case is if we don't have 580 00:47:10,42 --> 00:47:14,99 a quorum at any given meeting that we have we just couldn't deliberate or meet but 581 00:47:15,00 --> 00:47:21,09 you get your information very unified if you post it I would think so because it up 582 00:47:21,10 --> 00:47:25,67 when it's not a it supposedly is not a meeting an unofficial meeting it's just 583 00:47:25,68 --> 00:47:32,12 a few people sit around tell you you're right because we'll be on you. Know. There 584 00:47:32,13 --> 00:47:36,29 in action from matters of her you know what it was I guess was more for discussion 585 00:47:37,19 --> 00:47:42,67 and yes we can update Jen on this just to make sure I think ultimately. Being that 586 00:47:42,68 --> 00:47:47,69 she's chairperson would be her decision on which direction to go on so that will 587 00:47:47,70 --> 00:47:53,50 feed her the you from ation and let her make the decision on if you would prefer to 588 00:47:53,51 --> 00:47:58,70 keep subcommittee or bring it to the whole thing is. It sounds good I could talk to 589 00:47:58,71 --> 00:48:05,63 gender see if you want to pursue. Any other discussion and. Then I need 590 00:48:05,64 --> 00:48:12,44 a motion to reject. Joe either of them are all in favor. 591 00:48:13,99 --> 00:48:14,56 Like you very much.