2026-08-13 - Board of Education

00:05And we'll ask Mr. Cicero to please lead

00:07us in the

00:10pledge algiance to the flag of the

00:12United States of America and to the

00:15republic for which it stands. One nation

00:18under God, indivisible, with liberty and

00:21justice for all.

00:25>> And before we get started this evening,

00:26I'm going to ask for a moment of silence

00:28uh for Dr. Alfred Letterman. And thank

00:31you, Mr. Brown, for uh bringing this up

00:33for us. Mr. Letterman passed away on

00:35July 24th of this year, leaving behind a

00:38profound legacy of leadership and

00:40devotion to public education. Dr.

00:42Letterman served as the director of

00:44secondary education for Southernington

00:46Public Schools until 1978.

00:49Following his successful tenure here in

00:51Southernington, he assumed the role of

00:53superintendent of schools for the East

00:55Graanby School District until his

00:56well-deserved retirement in 1994. Can we

01:00please give a moment for Mr. Lman?

01:10>> Thank you very much,

01:12>> Mr. Brown.

01:12>> Can I just mention um

01:15Al Letterman was the guy that actually

01:17interviewed me. this has got to be 50

01:19years ago and hired me in Southernington

01:23and one of the nicest men you'll ever

01:25meet. We had great conversations and um

01:28was saddened to see that he had passed

01:30away but he is we go way back 50some

01:33years uh and he was a good man.

01:37>> Thank you, Mr. Brown. And Mr. Brown, I

01:38think you have a motion for us. Uh, I

01:41move that we move items 7, B, and C

01:47to 3, C, and D.

01:51We have a motion.

01:52>> Second

01:52>> and a second.

01:54>> All in favor?

01:55>> I opposed.

01:56>> The motion passes. Okay. Uh, we'll move

01:59on to approval of minutes from our June

02:0118th meeting.

02:02>> So, moved.

02:03>> Second.

02:04>> A motion and a second. Any discussion?

02:06>> All in favor?

02:08>> Opposed? That motion passes. And then we

02:11are looking for a motion to approve the

02:13July 30th meeting. That is the special

02:15meeting where uh Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Cardy,

02:19and Mrs. Anastasio were present. So

02:21those are the only three that could vote

02:23on that. So I'm looking for a motion.

02:24>> So moved.

02:25>> Second.

02:26>> Motion and a second. All in favor?

02:29>> I.

02:30>> Any opposed?

02:31>> We don't vote. Do it.

02:32>> Right.

02:32>> Okay. So the motion passes unanimously.

02:35>> Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Cardy, and Mrs.

02:38Anastasia. Yes.

02:39>> Okay.

02:41Um, move on to item B. Uh, appointment

02:45of principal for the Flanders Elementary

02:47School. Mrs. Carmy.

02:48>> Yes. I move to appoint Mr. Jason Cecerio

02:52as a new Flanders Elementary School

02:54principal

02:55>> at an annual salary of $151,361

03:00effective August 6, 2026.

03:04>> Second.

03:04>> We have a motion and a second. Is there

03:06any discussion? Would you call the role

03:09on this?

03:10>> Mr.

03:11>> Yes.

03:12>> Mr. Brown.

03:13>> Yes.

03:15>> Yes.

03:16>> Yes.

03:17>> Mrs. Clark.

03:18>> Yes.

03:19>> Mrs.

03:21>> Yes.

03:22>> Mr. O.

03:23>> Yes. Congratulations

03:25>> and welcome.

03:26>> Welcome. [applause]

03:28>> Why don't you come on up and say a few

03:29words?

03:32>> Oh, good evening members of the board,

03:34members of our district team, Mr. Mansy,

03:36Mr. Pepe and members of the

03:39Southernington community. It's with

03:41great joy and excitement that I begin my

03:43tenure as the next principal at Flanders

03:46Elementary School. Um I am thankful to

03:50both the board as well as to the

03:51district administrative team for the

03:53confidence and the trust that you have

03:55in me to lead out this learning

03:56community. And um I was going to say

03:59like I'm ready to get to work, but it's

04:01been about a week now and I've been hard

04:03at work for the last week. Um, many of

04:05you are already aware my family's away

04:07in vacation on the Cape uh this week and

04:10so they're hopefully they logged in on

04:11time so they can see me. Um, but uh, one

04:15of the things that became very evident

04:16when I did my research on Southernington

04:19was how much of a tight-knit community

04:21this was and through the interview

04:23process, there were a handful of

04:25questions in all of the rounds related

04:27to the community that exists at

04:29Flanders. And uh I've been there for a

04:32week exactly as of today and it's been

04:35evident as teachers are already coming

04:37in to get their classrooms set up,

04:38already having conversations with

04:40parents. Um it's a tight-knit community

04:43and I'm so excited to be able to support

04:45them. The bedrock of the work we do in

04:47education is all about relationships and

04:49from the moment I set foot in the

04:51building and had a long conversation

04:53with the custodians and some of the tech

04:54people, um all of those relationships

04:57are already starting. So, I'm looking

04:59forward to not only a fantastic year,

05:01but a fantastic career here in

05:03Southernington. And thank you all for

05:04the confidence that you have in me.

05:06Thank you.

05:06>> Thank you.

05:07>> Congratulations.

05:09[applause]

05:12>> We also have the privilege this evening

05:14of introducing the new director of the

05:16Karen Smith Academy, Mr. Mike Drury. Uh

05:18Mr. Drury has a long history in

05:20Southernington of doing a lot of good

05:22things for our students and our

05:24community, and we're really pleased to

05:25have you join us in this new position.

05:27Mr. Why don't you come on up and say a

05:28few words?

05:34>> All right. Thank you very much. I'll

05:35keep it short. Um, just want to thank

05:38the board of education, uh, Mr. Mansy,

05:40Mr. Pepe, Mr. Aoyan, uh, for kind of

05:42entrusting me in a very important role

05:44within our district. Uh, for the past 15

05:46years, Southernington has been home to

05:48me. I don't live in Southernington, but

05:50it I'm I'm in Southernington more than

05:51I'm in Bristol, I'll tell you that much.

05:53Um, also my family's at the Cape, so I

05:55can understand that. Um, I'm sure they

05:58didn't log in because it's probably

05:59insanity up there. But, um, I I just

06:03want to thank this the district number

06:05one for the past 15 years to allow me

06:07grow as an educator, a coach, and now

06:09most recently as a leader. Um, I truly

06:11enjoy waking up every day, coming to

06:14school, um, working with the staff, the

06:16administration second to none, and most

06:18importantly, the students. Um this past

06:20spring I had the opportunity to go down

06:22to KSA Karen Smith Academy for the first

06:24time in my career. Um I was asked to go

06:27down there to help out with some of the

06:28supervision um help the staff and

06:30students and the first moment I walked

06:32in I immediately saw how invested this

06:34staff was uh to the students there and

06:37the students felt at home, accepted,

06:39comfortable. So it was a great

06:41experience. um looking forward to

06:43improve and continue to build um the

06:46culture there and help our students

06:49achieve the goals postsecary wise uh

06:52within high school and help them

06:53overcome all the obstacles that may come

06:55forth. Um so I want to say thank you

06:57very much and I'm looking forward I've

06:58already been at it working hard so we're

07:01going to continue on. I I welcome

07:02anybody to come down visit um spend a

07:05day or a couple hours there or half hour

07:08with the students and I would really

07:09welcome it down there. So thank you very

07:10much. Thank you. Congratulations.

07:12[applause]

07:14>> All right, we're going to take a quick

07:15recess and so the board members can come

07:17down and say their words to to you two

07:19guys and uh we'll reconvene in about

07:21five minutes.

07:22>> Okay.

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11:04>> I just say yes to you, but I can't do

11:05that, darling. But you are nice and tan

11:07and I don't like that.

11:09>> Okay, come on in.

11:11>> Let's vote.

11:12>> All right, there we go.

11:14>> We are going to reconvene uh our meeting

11:16and we're going to move into public

11:18communications. We're looking for

11:19communications from members of the board

11:21of education. Mr. Brown.

11:23>> Yeah. I got three things. Uh, first of

11:26all, the wall of honor. We met several

11:27months ago and we finally have notified

11:29all the people, which takes a while

11:31sometimes because they're all over the

11:32place. I'm going to announce who they

11:34are. And then something really special

11:36this year we're going to do. So, the

11:37first person, there's no particular

11:39order here, Joe Delapora. Uh, if anyone

11:41knows, he's very active in the town.

11:43He's a veteran himself. He's involved

11:45with the veterans in town and and the

11:48school system, but when you look at his

11:50resume, I just was going through it,

11:51it's two pages of volunteer work. So, an

11:54amazing guy. Uh, second is Mark Ramsey.

11:57Again, these are people I think many

11:59people in our community know. Mark's

12:01been involved with Lewis Farms, the Leaf

12:03program. Uh, he donates food to all

12:06kinds of charities in town. Again,

12:08another terrific guy. The third one is a

12:11guy named James Ben, who may not be

12:12quite as well known. James Ben is an

12:15author. He's written 21 books that have

12:17been published, which is amazing. Um,

12:20just talked to him this morning. The

12:22fourth one is Austin Florian, the

12:24Olympian. Uh, we decided not only was he

12:27an a sports guy, but he's an

12:30inspirational speaker also. So, he is

12:32going to be inducted. And the last one

12:34is Donald Dorman. Donald Dorman is the

12:36soldier who uh was shot on during World

12:39War II and was identified just recently.

12:42and um had a lot of ser had a ceremony

12:45in town. So the the special thing this

12:48year is normally we have a ceremony at

12:50the high school and it's very simple.

12:52This is our 20th year. We've got a

12:54little over 50 people on the wall. So we

12:57decided to go to the aquaturf make a big

12:59deal this year. We're going to induct

13:00these people and then invite all past

13:02honores.

13:04Uh it's December 8th. Write the date

13:06down. It's going to be the event of the

13:08town of Southernington in the last

13:09century because the people on the wall

13:12are just amazing. So, we'll have more

13:14information about that as it comes out.

13:17Second is the sports hall of fame. We're

13:19we're also meeting on that one. It's

13:21separate from the wall of honor. We are

13:24reinstituting that. We had our second

13:25meeting. We have a great committee. We

13:27are going to slowly go through the

13:29process of having applications and that

13:32one existed until 2015 and then it was

13:34disbanded. We are now going to go back

13:36to 2015 and continue to now. Um, more on

13:40that one. And the last one, I've been

13:43reading a lot of stuff recently about

13:46Scandinavian schools. And one of the

13:48things I'm reading about is how many of

13:50them have realized that we've overdone

13:52the technology perhaps in the classroom

13:55and that they're going back to books and

13:59writing, a novel idea, no pun intended.

14:02Um, [snorts] I don't I'm not saying we

14:04should do that, but I think we should

14:06examine the impact of the technology

14:09trend and this trend because our job

14:13really is to find the best ways to

14:14educate our students. So, I'm all set.

14:16Thank you.

14:17>> Thank you, Mr. P. Anybody else?

14:21>> Okay. Uh, looking for communications

14:23from the administration.

14:26>> Thank you, Mr. Oana. Um several items

14:29tonight, but some are just uh

14:30strictlyformational. Uh as you're aware,

14:33annually we have to uh submit our

14:36teacher evaluation plan to the state

14:38department of education for approval. Um

14:40given that there were no changes to it

14:42this year from last and it was approved

14:44last year. It was approved again this

14:45year. Um and so that's justformational

14:47to the board. Um also I had sent out

14:50some information recently, but I thought

14:51it was worth sharing publicly just what

14:53a great uh summer our students had at

14:55Camp Invention. Uh, as usual, it was

14:57sold out. Um, I we got to see some video

15:00of the kids in action. And I just think

15:02it's great to see it almost leads to I

15:04actually responded when I got the video

15:05to uh the program director. There was no

15:08screens in any of the videos. It was

15:09kids just, you know, hands-on learning,

15:12collaborative groups. Um, and so very

15:14creative thinking. So, just a nice use

15:16of time for our students in the summer.

15:18Um, and so a great opportunity. Um, our

15:22summer projects and maintenance work.

15:24This is always the busiest time of year

15:26and Mr. Romano and his team, the

15:28maintenance staff, um, never cease to

15:31disappoint. Uh, one of the big projects

15:33is the strong elementary school roof

15:35being replaced and that is, uh, 90%

15:39complete and it is on schedule to be

15:41finished on time and under budget. So,

15:43we're proud to share that.

15:44>> Um, I think most of us and a lot of

15:46people have talked about the Aside Barn.

15:48Uh, it looks amazing. And so next up uh

15:51to the barn is we're going to do some

15:53site work and there is a former axi

15:55student uh who owns a landscaping

15:57company that's going to donate his

15:59equipment and labor to do rockhound the

16:01uh the top saw and plant grass seed

16:04there. So, we also had um some members

16:07of the the district staff attend the

16:09open space committee last week and they

16:11talked about uh the paddics that we

16:13would need for the horses and they

16:15talked about two paddics and when we

16:17talked about moving the livestock over

16:18there and then getting things set up, it

16:20it's starting to become more realistic.

16:22So, um there was conversation about a

16:24possible ribbon cutting ceremony during

16:26the apple harvest weekend to try and

16:29just kind of acknowledge a lot of the

16:30people that were behind that work in

16:32making that occur. Um, the tennis courts

16:35and parking lot project. I did send the

16:37board anformational email today. There

16:38will be 40 cement trucks on Pleasant

16:41Street tomorrow lined up ready to pour

16:42the concrete for the tennis courts. Um,

16:44and so that continues to be on schedule.

16:48Um, once that concrete is poured, it

16:50does take 28 days to cure before they

16:51put the top coat on it. So, that portion

16:54of things will will sit for a little

16:55bit. Uh, the parking lot itself though

16:57and the paving is scheduled to be

16:59completed on time uh, for the start of

17:01school. And then the intention there is

17:03to shift the zoning in the surrounding

17:04neighborhoods in terms of the parking

17:06restrictions during school hours. So,

17:08we're excited and grateful for the

17:10additional space that we have and also

17:12that it's going to be ready on time.

17:15And we have uh the high school solar

17:18project um that is also on schedule to

17:21be completed on time. Um also under

17:24budget, so we're proud to share that.

17:26And it's uh something that this is a

17:28unique one for us that we'll watch

17:29closely because this is the first array

17:31in town that we own versus leasing um

17:34and and paying a portion to the company

17:36that had initially purchased and

17:37installed the panels. So it'll be

17:39outright savings for us. Um and so we'll

17:41keep the board apprised of that. And uh

17:45the last is the locker rooms at the high

17:47school. Uh again, internal work by the

17:49maintenance department and just really

17:52try to overhaul and improve the

17:54condition of the boys locker room. Um

17:57one of the things I've charged the

17:58athletic director with and the coaches

18:00is to make sure it stays that way. Um

18:02it's easy for all for it to fall in

18:04disrepair if you know kids don't have

18:06pride in the space and they think

18:08someone else is going to take care of

18:09it. Um, so now that we've got it to a

18:11baseline where it's clean, it's

18:13wellmaintained, and it should be kept as

18:16something they should be proud of. And

18:17so coaches need to please it before and

18:19after practice. Coaches need to hold

18:21kids accountable that abuse the space.

18:23Um, and kids need to have some pride in

18:25that because a lot of people were behind

18:26the scenes this summer trying to provide

18:28them that space. And so, uh, we're

18:30thankful for that. Also, uh, tomorrow we

18:34have our admin retreat. Uh we all we

18:36started uh we do some time in two days

18:38in June typically to start the summer

18:40and then we do uh a third full day in

18:43August when all of the administrators

18:44are due back and I've asked Mr. Pepe to

18:46speak about tomorrow's topics for all of

18:48you.

18:49>> Thank you.

18:51So the majority of Tuesday afternoon

18:54release days are dominated by

18:56professional development. that

18:57professional development is planned by

18:59our administrators and this year we'll

19:02continue with two major topics. Um and

19:06tomorrow we have two gurus of one of the

19:09topics uh Joanne Fryberg and Pat Chicone

19:14and they'll be with us to talk about

19:16restorative practice uh specifically

19:18restorative circles and it's a great

19:22resource for our administrators. So the

19:23learning that will come from tomorrow

19:25with with these two folks will be used

19:28to plan PD for our teachers throughout

19:30the year. The second is we have Dr. Ross

19:34Green and you've heard me talk about the

19:36green team. Uh and that's a cross

19:39sampling of people in district. Um but

19:44our our administrators aren't all in

19:47tune with Dr. Green's work. So tomorrow

19:50Dr. Green himself will be with us for a

19:53few hours to give an overview of his

19:56theory, his processes. Um, and we have

20:00next year planned two uh site groups,

20:04one at J A and one at DEES where we'll

20:08have six total staff members who will be

20:11trained bi-weekly, six week intensive

20:14training on his model. Um, and we'll

20:18also have myself and one other person

20:21yet to be named uh go into a

20:25[clears throat] 24-week intensive uh

20:28training that ends up being a a trainer

20:31of the trainers.

20:33If we're successful the first 10 weeks,

20:36we get invited back for the next 14

20:38weeks. I do plan to be successful. So,

20:42it'll be an experience and one that will

20:45yield support for our teachers and our

20:47students. So, pretty excited about

20:49tomorrow.

20:50>> Nice.

20:52>> Thank you, Mr. Pepe. Uh, another item

20:54informational to you. You may recall uh

20:57two years back we were part of the

20:59science of reading master class that um

21:01CAPS in the state department of

21:03education put on. We applied again and

21:05were accepted to the cohort six. So we

21:08have a whole full whole another team of

21:10um staff attending the science of

21:12reading master class this year. So it's

21:14it's a pretty intensive comprehensive

21:17professional development series that Mr.

21:19Pepe and I both attended the first uh

21:21cohort when we were part of cohort 3 and

21:23found it to be extremely beneficial. So

21:25I think that'll help our students you

21:26know and as we continue to focus on the

21:28science of reading. And then lastly just

21:30some dates that areformational. We

21:32talked about tomorrow's admin retreat.

21:34Next Thursday and Friday is always a fun

21:36day. It's the new teacher orientation.

21:38Um, our entire admin team shows up first

21:40thing that Thursday morning. We meet and

21:42greet all of the new teachers. It's

21:44great to see I mean I look at the group

21:45and I always I feels like yesterday that

21:47I was one of them. Um, how excited they

21:49are for their first teaching job and you

21:51know and also maybe a little naive. Um,

21:53but you know we have great hires this

21:55year. Uh, we're pretty much fully

21:57staffed at this point minus any last

21:59minute resignations that we're getting.

22:01So they're uh well positioned for that

22:03orientation. And then our staff return

22:06on Monday the 24th, 25th, and 26th for

22:09three days of professional learning. And

22:11then our students will be here on the

22:1227th. So it's all coming to a close

22:15pretty quick. Um, and so I I'm proud to

22:18share that a lot of the work that we

22:19needed to get done this summer in order

22:21to be ready has been completed. And that

22:23concludes my report.

22:24>> Any questions for the administration?

22:26>> Just one. No, no, you go.

22:29>> Um, I I had one quick question. Um, so I

22:32received uh from Mr. Oyan um essentially

22:36the new cell phone policy, what the

22:38expectations are for students. Um, which

22:40I think is great. Um, one of the things

22:43that I had a question about though, um,

22:46you did mention students with

22:48individualized plans which require the

22:50use of a cell phone will still be

22:52allowed to in classrooms. Can you

22:54>> sure through like what that would

22:56entail?

22:56>> Yep. Yeah. For some students, they have

22:59apps that are associated with their

23:00phones. For example, diabetes. Um

23:03there's like blood sugar monitors and

23:05things like that. So, there are some

23:07specific circumstances um that there are

23:10specific apps whether they're related to

23:11mental health, physical health, you

23:13know, ailments and whatnot, but that has

23:14to be programmed for through the AP.

23:16That's not a teacher saying yes or no

23:18based on, you know, a preference to a

23:20student.

23:20>> Gotcha. And is that something where I

23:23guess at at some point in a perfect

23:24world where we could essentially supply

23:27devices that only have that particular

23:30app on it to make sure that

23:33>> Yeah, I think the challenge there is you

23:34have students monitoring their blood

23:35sugar in two different ways. They'll be

23:37monitoring it one way at home and one

23:38way at school.

23:39>> That that's a different situation in my

23:42opinion is more like medical but more of

23:44like maybe if it's a learning related

23:46program or

23:47>> most of the learning related needs we

23:49are able to cover with the technology

23:51that we do provide them.

23:52>> That's great.

23:53>> All right. Thank you.

23:55I know this isn't our area, but have the

23:58neighbors been notified up at the high

24:00school?

24:01>> So, yes. Yeah. Nope. Good, great point.

24:04And the the correspondence that I had

24:07shared yesterday indicates that it was

24:09going to be blasted out when they were

24:11closer to the completion date to let the

24:12neighbors know when it would be

24:13starting. I think there's been a general

24:15awareness in terms of it's coming. Um,

24:17I'm not quite sure how it's going to

24:19work logistically yet because it

24:20basically says students can't, but

24:22neighbors and guests and stuff in their

24:23neighborhood can. And I don't know how

24:24you'll discern who's visiting a house

24:26and who's a student, you know. Um, but

24:29I'm going to leave that to the folks

24:30that handle parking and and you know,

24:33that type of enforcement because it is

24:35off school property. Um, we will

24:36certainly cooperate and support any way

24:38we can and if that means continuing to

24:40communicate with families and students

24:42uh that may we do sometimes see kids

24:45walking from certain spaces and they

24:46don't live on that street. You know,

24:47those are examples where if we can offer

24:49dual enforcement based on what we can

24:51see tangibly, we will, but we won't be

24:54pleasing those streets. Um, that we're

24:55going to leave that to the authorities.

24:57There is signage uh quite a bit of

24:58signage that's going to be installed uh

25:00to make that very apparent. And quite

25:02honestly, the amount of spaces we are

25:04adding, I'd be surprised if it if it

25:07does become a challenge. Um, every kid

25:09now will have an assigned parking spot.

25:11And when we did the math based on the

25:13kids that didn't get parking passes last

25:15year, mostly juniors, all seniors got

25:17them.

25:17>> Um, we believe we will have enough um to

25:20accommodate all the students that are

25:21going to drive. neighbors. Okay.

25:23>> And about tomorrow with the parade of

25:26cement trucks um that I just had a

25:29thought. Do people in the neighborhood

25:31know?

25:31>> We did notify the police department.

25:33>> Did they put it I

25:34>> Jimmy Armarmac was notified. So we leave

25:36it to them to deal with the

25:37>> I know it's not our it's not our thing,

25:39but I was just curious to see if

25:41>> we did put it out to to the police

25:42department.

25:42>> Okay. Okay. Hopefully they'll put

25:44something on Southernington talks.

25:47>> It'll be around town. I'm sure.

25:48>> I'm sure it will. I'm sure within 15

25:50minutes it'll be

25:51>> Yeah.

25:52>> Do you know which company is supplying

25:54the concrete?

25:55>> I do not.

25:56>> I'm just My cousin works for Telcon so

25:58[laughter]

25:58or FNF rather. So I was just wondering I

26:00I would imagine it's a combination of a

26:02lot of companies.

26:03>> I can't wait. I'm really excited.

26:04>> Yes, me too. Lots to do.

26:06>> 40 is a lot. That's a lot. 40 is a lot

26:08of trucks. I'm very excited.

26:10>> Okay. All right. Next on the agenda is

26:12uh communications from the public on

26:14items on the agenda. Is there anybody

26:16that would like to speak on an agenda

26:17item this evening?

26:21Okay. No, we will move on then to excuse

26:24[clears throat] me, the superintendent

26:25report uh the personnel report.

26:27>> I recommend that the board of education

26:29approve the personnel report as

26:32submitted by the human resource

26:34department.

26:34>> Second.

26:35>> We have a motion and a second. Any

26:36discussion?

26:38>> All in favor?

26:39>> I opposed. Motion passes. Uh old

26:42business, any town government

26:44communications, Mr. Bansancy?

26:46>> Done.

26:46>> Okay. Excellent. Thank you. Um, new

26:49business, uh, the class size report,

26:51initial class size report.

26:52>> Sure, I can speak to that. Um, proud to

26:55share that we are within the board

26:57guidelines across the district at all

26:59schools in all grade levels. Some are

27:01pushing up against the fringes, but

27:03still within or under the guidelines.

27:06Um, and I think we were able to do a

27:09well enough job, especially in the early

27:10grades, to try and maintain the best

27:12that we could with the staffing that we

27:14have. Um, as I say every year, you know,

27:16this time of year, the next two weeks is

27:19a very much a flurry of registrations

27:21and withdrawals. So, this is really a a

27:24very fluid document at this point in

27:26time. So, we can give you definitely a

27:28more concrete look at these numbers

27:30again at the September board meeting

27:31once the school year has started. Great.

27:33>> Excellent. Anybody have any questions on

27:35the report?

27:36>> I was going to say how many um I'm 10.

27:39We're down 10 teachers from last year in

27:42the FTE total. Um,

27:45have we been going down?

27:47>> Yes.

27:47>> Over the We have. Okay.

27:49>> So, I I want to say and I I should I

27:53looked at the current one 154 to 144. We

27:57went from 159 the year prior. So, we

27:59went from 159 to 154 to 144.

28:02>> Okay. Okay. Well, we won't have the

28:03actual number of students and number of

28:06teachers until the October. You have to

28:08report it October.

28:09>> The state uses October one as kind of

28:10the hard guideline for the student

28:12counts and pieces. It's that that

28:13student information system where they do

28:15all their accounts.

28:16>> That's what's used to determine like

28:17education cost share formulas in terms

28:20of the enrollment for students and all

28:21that. The October one is when they truly

28:22finalize it.

28:23>> Okay.

28:24>> Okay. Thank you.

28:26>> Okay. Any other questions on the report?

28:29>> Okay. Hearing none, we'll move on to

28:31public communications on items that are

28:33not on the agenda this evening. Is there

28:35anybody like to speak about an item that

28:37was not posted on the agenda this

28:38evening?

28:41Okay. Seeing none, uh, we're looking for

28:44a motion to adjurnn.

28:45>> So moved.

28:46>> Second.

28:47>> A motion and a second. All in favor?

28:49>> Opposed? We are adjourned.

28:51>> Okay,

28:54>> 7:29.

28:57>> Steve, they're coming in. They're coming

28:58at 6 a.m.

29:01>> Can Can I Can I go? Can I show up? I

29:04love to watch them. I love them.

29:06>> Did you see all the rebar laid out and

29:08stuff?

29:08>> No. Can I Can I really Can I really go?

29:10So, wait. 6:00 a.m. like tomorrow 6:00

29:12a.m. Right.

29:13>> Little kids.

29:14>> My cousin works for FNF. He really does.

29:16>> I'm not I'm not sure exactly what time

29:18the trucks are coming. I think might

29:20have been in the update.

29:20>> Yeah, it is 6 a.m.

29:21>> But um

29:22>> I can go. I don't get wet.

29:24>> It's not closed. It's not closed.

29:25>> Yeah.

29:26>> Even if you parked on Analise, you'd be

29:27able to watch the whole thing.

29:28>> I'm really excited about it.