2026-09-10 - Board of Education

00:00I'd like to welcome everybody to this

00:02evening's uh uh board of education

00:03meeting and we'd like to start this

00:05evening um with the pledge of

00:07allegiance. Will our please our new

00:09student representatives lead us this

00:10evening

00:13>> to the flag of the United States of

00:16America and to the republic for which it

00:19stands one nation under God indivisible

00:23with liberty and justice for all.

00:26>> Thank you.

00:32Before we get started, I'd like to ask

00:34uh for a moment of silence. We lost five

00:37members of our Southernington School

00:39District family over the last couple of

00:41weeks. Uh Miss Donna Cello passed away

00:45on July 18th, 2026. Miss Cello served as

00:49a pareducator from September 1996 until

00:53her retirement in June of 2018.

00:56We also lost Mr. Dom Demurs who passed

00:59away July 26th. Mr. Demurs served as a

01:03math teacher at Depalo Middle School

01:05from September 1969 through his

01:07well-earned retirement in July 2001.

01:11During his tenure, he served multiple

01:13terms as president of the Southernington

01:14Education Association.

01:17Miss Maryanne McDonald passed away on

01:20August 14th, 2026.

01:23Mrs. McDonald served as the language

01:25arts coordinator from April 2022 until

01:28her retirement in June of 2007.

01:32Greg Clark passed away on August 17th.

01:35Mr. Clark was hired as a long-term

01:37substitute teacher at Joseph A. Apollo

01:39Middle School from January 7, 2017

01:43through April 2017. And then he was then

01:45hired in August of 2018 and

01:48[clears throat] served as a science

01:49teacher at John F. Kennedy Middle School

01:51until he left in December of 2023.

01:56And Miss Ellen McCriedi Mhulco passed

01:59away on August 25th, 2026.

02:02Miss McCriedi Hulko was an employee of

02:05the board of education in the 1970s when

02:07she last served as secretary at Hatton

02:10Elementary School.

02:12And lastly, as we approach tomorrow's

02:1525th anniversary of the terrorist

02:18attacks of 2001,

02:21um, September 11th, let us remember the

02:24lives lost in this horrific event and

02:26honor the courage of the first

02:28responders, our service members, and

02:30ordinary citizens who acted with

02:32extraordinary bravery. May we also hold

02:35in our thoughts the families, the

02:37survivors, and the communities whose

02:39lives will remain changed by that day

02:41forever. And let us reaffirm our

02:44responsibility to teach future

02:45generations the enduring lesson of that

02:48day. Remembrance, unity, service, and

02:51compassion.

02:53And the moment of silence, please.

03:04Thank you very much.

03:06And now we will move into an exciting

03:09part of this evening, a celebration of

03:11excellence regarding our invention

03:13convention awards. Mr. Mansancy.

03:16>> Thank you, Mr. Oceana. Uh we have quite

03:19a collection as you can see here this

03:20evening. Um but for a very positive

03:22reason, one of our favorite events each

03:24year and something that our students in

03:27Southernington continue to shine,

03:28[clears throat] uh the the invention

03:30convention awards. And so many students

03:33here have come up with very creative,

03:35thoughtful ideas that would uh pose

03:37solutions to everyday problems. And we

03:40want to recognize their creativity

03:41tonight and their innovation. And so uh

03:44we have with us this evening Mrs. Sandy

03:46Chavez who is a fifth grade teacher at

03:48Oana. I actually had the pleasure of

03:49sitting in her classroom for a bit this

03:51morning and she's going to introduce our

03:54students and for students I ask when you

03:56are introduced um you can come up you

03:59can shake Mr. Oceana's hand. He will

04:02have a plaque for you and then we'll ask

04:04you to line up here along the deis and

04:06we can get a nice group picture at the

04:07end and then we'll also leave time for

04:09parents at the end to grab pictures with

04:10your children as well.

04:13>> Mrs. Chavez.

04:14>> All right. Thank you and good evening.

04:15My name is Sandy Chavez. I'm a grade 5

04:18teacher at Oshana Elementary School and

04:20tonight I have the privilege of

04:22introducing you to some very innovative

04:25students. These students are being

04:27recognized for their invitation to

04:29compete in the 2026 Connecticut

04:31Invention Convention State Final this

04:34past spring. Some of these students have

04:36also gone on to receive additional

04:38recognition for their inventions. As I

04:41read each name aloud, please come up to

04:43receive your certificate and line up

04:45right over here. Please hold your

04:47applause until all the student names

04:48have been called. Thank you.

04:51First, we have Nathan Facerelli. He is a

04:54sixth grader at Kennedy Middle School

04:56and received an invitation to states for

04:58his invention, Before You Go. Nathan

05:01went on to receive a US Innovator

05:03Challenge award.

05:08We have Sawyer Januzki,

05:11a sixth grader at Kennedy Middle School

05:13who received an invitation to states

05:15based on his invention brick assasser.

05:18Sawyer went on to receive a Yukon School

05:20of Engineering Innovation and

05:22Engineering Award for this invention.

05:27Logan Tanley is a sixth grader at

05:29Kennedy Middle School and received an

05:31invitation to states for his invention,

05:33The Study Buddy.

05:41Grace Favven is a sixth grader at Depalo

05:44Middle School and received an invitation

05:46to states for her invention bunk bed

05:48buddy.

05:57Quaser Verk is a sixth grader at Kennedy

05:59Middle School and received an invitation

06:00to states for his invention EOScan

06:03binder.

06:08Jennifer Gerrio is a sixth grader at

06:10Depalo Middle School and received an

06:12invitation to states for her invention,

06:14the spit machine.

06:17[laughter]

06:20>> Need to hear about that.

06:24>> Yeah, I definitely need to talk to that

06:25kid.

06:26>> Hannah Dean is a sixth grader at Dalo

06:28Middle School and received an invitation

06:30to states for her invention, the spit

06:32machine.

06:42Ariana Manoyan is a sixth grade at

06:44Depalo Middle School and received an

06:46invitation to states for her invention

06:48step and shop.

06:53Lamb Gardner is a sixth grader at Depalo

06:55Middle School and received an invitation

06:57to states for his invention Lams, which

07:00also spells lambs.

07:10Michael Kylie is a sixth grader at

07:12Apollo Middle School and received an

07:13invitation to states for his invention,

07:16the rain wing.

07:24Kennedy Mlelen is a sixth grader at

07:26Apollo Middle School and received an

07:27invitation to states for her invention

07:29do.

07:33>> [clears throat]

07:36>> Nash Pekrol is a sixth grader at Apollo

07:38Middle School and received an invitation

07:40to states for his invention, Sleep

07:42Tight.

07:47Alana Armac is a sixth grader at Kennedy

07:49Middle School, received an invitation to

07:51states for her invention, Sweet Sleeves.

07:54Alana went on to receive the Troutman

07:56Pepperlock Emerging Innovator Award for

07:58her invention.

08:04Mabel Bontmpe is a sixth grader at

08:06Kennedy Middle School and received an

08:07invitation to states for her invention,

08:09Sweet Sleeves. Maple went on to receive

08:12the Troutman Pepper Lock Emerging

08:13Innovator Award for her invention. Wow,

08:17pretty smart. Victoria Bakiel is a sixth

08:20grader at Kennedy Middle School and

08:22received an invitation to states for her

08:24invention, Gummy Guard. Vicki went on to

08:27receive the US Innovator Challenge Award

08:29for her invention.

08:34Lily Young is a sixth grader at Kennedy

08:36Middle School and received an invitation

08:38to states for her invention, the Smart

08:40Bowl.

08:47>> Carterlair is a sixth grader at Kennedy

08:49Middle School and received an invitation

08:51to states for his invention, the

08:53droppings Drawer.

08:59>> [clears throat]

09:00>> I want to hear about these.

09:04>> Vincent Ralibate is a sixth grader at

09:06Kennedy Middle School and received an

09:08invitation to states for his invention,

09:11Barrel Blaze.

09:17>> [cough]

09:18[clears throat]

09:21>> William Bacon is a sixth grader at

09:23Kennedy Middle School and received an

09:24invitation to states for his invention

09:27clip connect.

09:32[clears throat]

09:33Everly Grill is a sixth grader at

09:34Kennedy Middle School and received an

09:36invitation to states for her invention,

09:38the cleat cleaner.

09:43Grace Zang is a sixth grader at Kennedy

09:45Middle School and received an invitation

09:47to states for her invention, the cleat

09:49cleaner.

09:53>> Some smart kids.

09:55>> Joseph Rizza is a sixth grader at Apollo

09:57Middle School and received an invitation

09:59to states for his invention installoft

10:022000.

10:06[clears throat]

10:12Brereslin Brooks is a sixth grader at

10:14Apollo Middle School and received an

10:15invitation to states for his invention

10:18siphones.

10:24Noah Broomhead is a sixth grader at Dalo

10:26Middle School and received an invitation

10:28to states for his invention taste

10:30twister.

10:32Sounds like fun.

10:37Elijah Choner is a sixth grader at

10:39Apollo Middle School and received an

10:40invitation to states for his invention,

10:42Mailbox Helper 3000. Elijah went on to

10:46receive the US Innovator Challenge Award

10:48for his invention.

10:51Is Elelliana Hall here tonight?

10:54Um, we'd also like to recognize

10:56Elelliana Hall, who is a sixth grader at

10:58Depalo Middle School, who received an

11:00invitation to states for her invention,

11:02Step and Shop.

11:06Can we please have a big round of

11:07applause for our inventor? [applause]

11:30And I'm thinking if we want to maybe

11:32take a big group picture.

11:34>> I'd like to also I'd like to move out of

11:36the way certificate that you all have

11:38received.

11:38>> Thank you.

11:39>> And it's amazing to see this level of

11:42our youngsters, our students in in the

11:44town of Sington.

11:45>> The hell out of the way.

11:47>> First off, thank you to the parents.

11:49This is not an easy thing supporting and

11:51developing and moving and pushing and

11:53getting these sorts of um talented

11:56youngsters to do the things that they're

11:57doing. You guys had all the talent, but

11:59your parents and your family helped you

12:01get here, as did your teachers and the

12:03folks at your school. So, I want to

12:05thank the parents and the teachers for

12:06all that you did. Um,

12:10education is an interesting thing,

12:11right? You hear a lot about all these

12:13other kinds of schools, these charter

12:15schools, whatever they may be. Not

12:16saying that they're bad or anything, but

12:18look at what our school district

12:20created. Look at what our school

12:21district produced. We should be very

12:22proud. You all should be very proud of

12:24yourself.

12:26[applause]

12:33Each of you has a certificate of

12:35excellence presented to you by the board

12:37of education. And that certificate of

12:38excellence states your name. and having

12:41duly qualified under the standards

12:42prescribed by the Southernington public

12:44schools, you are hereby awarded this

12:46certificate of excellence for the CIC

12:49recognized inventor and state finalists

12:52and the award that you received as well.

12:54In witness whereof, the seal of the

12:56Sington Board of Education and the

12:58signature of the board of education's

12:59chairperson and superintendent of

13:01schools are here to affix this 10th day

13:03of September, 2026. I'm just proud to be

13:07able to stand here and to recognize you.

13:09I know our board members are so very

13:10proud of what you guys have

13:13accomplished. I can't wait to hear some

13:14of the titles are very interesting that

13:16you have. I can't wait to see what some

13:18of those are and be able to have an

13:19opportunity to actually touch and feel

13:21those inventions that you've created.

13:23Our board members would like to come

13:24down and congratulate everybody. So,

13:26we'd like to give you one last round of

13:28applause and say congratulations.

13:30[applause]

13:34Now, [applause]

13:36>> if y'all want to take one group shot,

13:38we'll get out of the way. We'll get all

13:39you guys

13:42together a little bit and we can take a

13:43group shot

13:45>> and then you can take all the pictures

13:46you want. We're going to take about a

13:47fivem minute recess before we reconvene.

13:51>> Yeah.

13:54Good job. Just turn my water.

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24:36>> You're the bossy.

24:37>> All right, let's go get our getting

24:38started.

24:39>> Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Clark for the best,

24:41please. Paging Mrs. Clark.

24:44>> Kool-Aid break, please.

24:46[laughter]

24:47>> Door is there.

24:48>> All right.

24:49>> Turn up the heat.

24:55>> Boy, we know how to clear a room.

24:57>> I invited people.

24:58>> This is crazy.

24:59>> This is definitely something you said.

25:00>> They did not want to stay. [laughter]

25:03>> That was something you said.

25:05>> I didn't say anything.

25:06>> Sorry.

25:07>> All right.

25:07>> They're heading over to the football

25:09game. Huh?

25:12>> Okay. We are going to reconvene our

25:14meeting and we're looking for a motion

25:15to approve our minutes from our August

25:1713th meeting.

25:18>> So move.

25:19>> Second.

25:20>> Wow. Okay. Uh Mr. Brown uh motion and

25:23Mrs. Cary second. Any discussion? All in

25:26favor?

25:27>> I

25:27>> opposed. That motion passes. And now

25:30we're going to move into public

25:31communications. And we're going to start

25:33with our brand new uh crew of student

25:37representatives. And what we'd like to

25:38do before you maybe give your uh report,

25:41can you introduce yourself and tell us a

25:42little bit about you?

25:43>> Hello everyone. I hope you all had a

25:45great summer. I miss seeing you all.

25:47>> Um so I'm Arshie Roy. I'm a senior at

25:50Sington High School. I am currently teen

25:53Miss Milddale. I am in Project Lead the

25:55Way. I am vice president for students

25:58for progress. I am in the Women in

26:00Science and Engineering Club. I'm the

26:02World Language Honor Society French

26:04President. And I'm a member of National

26:05Honor Society.

26:06>> Wow. Congratul.

26:10[laughter]

26:12>> Hi, it's so nice to meet you all. Um,

26:15I'm new here, so

26:17>> but I'm Alexa Noakovski and I'm the

26:19president of the Polish and French club

26:22at Southernington High School. I'm a

26:23junior and when I was little, I remember

26:26having a lot of services provided to me

26:28through the Southernington public school

26:30system to help me learn um the English

26:32language. So, I'm really happy that I

26:34can help give back to the community.

26:35>> Nice. Very nice.

26:42>> Hello everyone. I'm Mad Alib and I'm a

26:44senior at Science in High School and I'm

26:46so grateful to serve as your student

26:47representative for this upcoming school

26:48year. Um at the high school I am an

26:51active leader in our DECA organization

26:52as an advocacy officer and a student

26:55mentor for all DECA students. I am the

26:57world language honor society president

26:58and the secretary for students for

27:00progress and a member of national honor

27:02society. I hope to make all students

27:04voices heard and contribute positively

27:06to the science board of education.

27:08>> Thank you.

27:09>> Welcome.

27:09>> So, I'm going to go right into our

27:11report and I'm going to begin with High

27:13School. Regarding the Sun High School,

27:15there are several events and activities

27:17coming up this month. The fall drama

27:19club production, Sound of Murder, is

27:20underway and the school will be hosting

27:22a college fair at the high school on

27:24September 16th. There have been a lot of

27:26changes around the school campus

27:28following the creation of additional

27:29parking spots which have which has

27:31allowed every student to park on campus

27:33and minimize parking in the streets. We

27:35are continuing to observe how this

27:36affects morning and afternoon traffic

27:38and the use of extra parking spaces

27:40during [clears throat] um after school

27:42events. This Saturday and Sunday the

27:44steps XYZ club is hosting a paint your

27:47parking spot for all seniors. We expect

27:49this to be a fun opportunity for

27:50students to showcase their creativity

27:52with over 140 kids participating.

27:56>> The September SAT is also being held at

27:58SHS this Saturday beginning at 8:00 a.m.

28:00This SAT will have significantly less

28:02attendance [laughter] compared to the

28:03August [clears throat] SAT, allowing

28:05seniors to continue painting their

28:06parking spots during this time. The

28:08tennis courts will also be a significant

28:10area of interest when it completes

28:12construction by providing students and

28:13athletic teams with an updated space to

28:15use. Following the new rules regarding

28:17cell phone use, it has been a very

28:19smooth start with cell phone use during

28:21class time. Teachers have been prim

28:23primarily using phone pockets to limit

28:26distractions and keep students focused

28:27during instruction. And this approach

28:29appears to be working very effectively.

28:31Lastly, a group of seniors including me

28:34visited Oshana Elementary School this

28:36afternoon to conduct a teaching lesson

28:38to fifth graders about the branches of

28:39government and introduce them to Kid

28:41Governor. Also, Project Lead the Way

28:43will be visiting the middle school in

28:45the middle of September to speak about

28:46the program, including our very own

28:48board representative, Arshie.

28:55>> Um, I'll be covering the sports section

28:57for Southernington High School. First

28:59off, the Blue Knights, led by Coach Lec,

29:01had their first football game today

29:03against Bristol Central. More sports

29:05seasons are also starting up as the Blue

29:07Knights marching band had their first

29:08competition this weekend at Bunnel High

29:10School. Southernington's Powderpuff

29:12along with the swim and dive team are

29:14also starting today and tomorrow.

29:16Sington is already winning in sports

29:17too. The boys golf team won their match

29:19against Simsbury Lewis Mills and will be

29:21playing against Conrad. Another victory.

29:24Both the boys and the girls cross

29:25country teams won over Rocky Hill and

29:27Weathersfield on Tuesday. The boys

29:29soccer team is a 2 and0 this week. This

29:32year, the new policy of pay-to-play fees

29:34for all high school sports was instated

29:36with an estimate of generating $125,000

29:39for other school expenses and helping

29:41the community.

29:47And some updates for the little ones of

29:49the district. Um JFK welcomed over 715

29:52students and 140 staff members to the

29:542026 and 2027 school year. The welcome

29:57assemblies were held and students were

29:59encouraged to demonstrate eagle

30:00excellence. Qualities of engagement,

30:02ambition, grit, leadership, and empathy.

30:06Tryyous for fall sports have commenced

30:07and many clubs and after school

30:09activities have begun to start as well.

30:11At the Palo Middle School, students on

30:13blue, silver, and yellow team had a team

30:16building field trip to Camp Slloer last

30:18Thursday, Friday, and this Tuesday. The

30:20trip was for new sixth graders to get to

30:22know their peers and develop team

30:24building skills. Over 200 students have

30:26signed up for the leadership program and

30:28these students will be trained in skills

30:30such as communication and team building

30:33this Saturday at camp sloper. The Paulo

30:35is also looking forward to hosting sixth

30:37grade families in open house next

30:39Wednesday and other grades later in the

30:41month and they will be running the

30:43famous sixth day studentr run Alex's

30:46lemonade stand at the apple harvest

30:48festival. For Flanders Elementary, the

30:51Falcons are off to a great start this

30:53school year as students have returned

30:54with excitement and energy thanks to the

30:56teachers hard work and dedication,

30:58setting the tone for a positive

31:00beginning. This Friday evening, they

31:02will be hosting a welcome back pizza

31:04party and book fair. A great chance for

31:06all school community to gather together

31:08and celebrate. Hatton Elementary opened

31:10the school year with a unique theme of

31:12the greatest school borrowed from The

31:14Greatest Showman. This year began with

31:16jugglers, Valentine the Clown, a DJ, and

31:19the principal dressed as a ring master.

31:21All classes were announced and entered

31:24on a red carpet to exciting music,

31:26making opening day a hit. That is our

31:28report for today. Please let us know if

31:30you have any questions.

31:31>> Thank you very much and welcome back and

31:33welcome to the two new members. Does

31:34anybody have any board members have

31:36questions?

31:37>> Mr. Bashesky.

31:38>> So, more of a statement and then a

31:40question. [laughter]

31:40Um, my challenge for our new board reps

31:44is we understand that everything isn't

31:47always perfect. And again, a lot of

31:49times when you guys give these reports,

31:52everything is very sunshine and rainbows

31:55and absolutely awesome.

31:57>> Find something that you're passionate

31:59about that you feel that we could be

32:01doing better as a district. Bring that

32:03forward. Um, I think that's really

32:05important, especially in your role. Um

32:08this is exactly how you make change.

32:11Okay. Um the other question that I had

32:14um the students for progress the the

32:17group

32:18>> I'm not familiar with that group. What's

32:20which one what do you guys do primarily

32:22with that? I'm I'm sorry. Like I know

32:25project lead the way and

32:27>> so it's a club at the high school and um

32:29it's run by Mr. Fall. um he's a French

32:32teacher at the high school and we

32:33basically gathered together and we last

32:36year we hosted a school supply drive for

32:38students in Sagal and we collected some

32:40goods and then we mailed it over for the

32:42students there. Um this year we plan to

32:45work for and like host drives and

32:48meetings to support um like single

32:51mothers and families with like divorced

32:54kids who are struggling and help to

32:56gather some supplies to donate them. So,

32:58it's just like issues we see in our

33:00community and we help raise awareness

33:02about it and solutions to help those

33:05out.

33:05>> That's amazing. Great.

33:06>> Awesome.

33:08>> Thank you,

33:08>> Mr. Whitehead.

33:09>> Yep. Just a couple things. I'll try to

33:11keep it short, too. Um, you mentioned

33:14the phones in the pockets.

33:16>> So, could you dive just a little bit

33:18deeper into that because you said most

33:20of the feedback has been um positive, I

33:24I think is the word that that you used.

33:26Is that positivity coming from your your

33:30colleagues and students or the teachers

33:32or is it the school in general?

33:34>> I view as though it's coming from

33:36everybody. Um, as for me, when I go into

33:39the classroom, everyone knows to put

33:40their phones into pockets except on the

33:42first day of school and everyone's

33:44attentive to the teachers in the morning

33:47throughout the whole entire afternoon.

33:50There hasn't been any complaints

33:51whatsoever from students from what I've

33:53heard about putting their phones in the

33:55cell phone pockets and there has been

33:57primarily um an increase in like oh I

34:00put my phone away and now it's my time

34:02to learn and for teachers they have some

34:06have like the pockets mostly and then

34:08there's some have like a cabinet or

34:10[clears throat] something else but I

34:12think the pockets where you freely put

34:14your phone in freely take it out it has

34:16been an issue for most teachers and most

34:17teachers are pretty

34:20And has this been is so and and maybe

34:23this is a question from the

34:24administration. Is this top down from

34:26from policy or following what I would

34:29call the um u not mandate from the from

34:33the governor's office but

34:35recommendation?

34:36>> Yeah, neither. Um I mean there's

34:38guidance from the state department of

34:39education on trying to uh restrict or

34:42reduce um the use of technology in

34:44schools, not just cell phones. Uh but

34:46with that um it really aligns with our

34:50practice. Uh the high school

34:51administration last year piloted this uh

34:53in several classrooms and got pretty

34:55good feedback from the teachers and the

34:57students in those rooms. So it's really

34:58more of a full-scale roll out. Um so no

35:00it's not there was no policy on this.

35:02It's really just the the practice uh at

35:04the high school right now and so what we

35:06would refer to as administrative

35:08procedures.

35:09>> Fantastic. Love love to hear. And

35:12>> Mr. So, Sh I think that we scheduled

35:13this on the wrong night because I

35:14dropped my daughter off at the high

35:16school for the first high school

35:17football game and it was neon themed.

35:19It's about a million people out there.

35:20>> Oh, jeez. Well, did we have a We can

35:22keep

35:23>> And the parking lot was done.

35:25>> Nice.

35:25>> Yes.

35:27>> Anybody else uh questions for the uh

35:28student reps? Hearing none. Okay. Uh

35:31communications from board of education

35:32members. Mr. Brown.

35:34>> Yeah. Uh I think I mentioned this last

35:36minute, but we're having a wall of

35:37honor. This is our 20th year, so it's a

35:40little different this year. I want to

35:42mention the five people are going, but

35:43we're also inviting past honores. The

35:45date is December 8th. It's at the

35:48aquaturf. Uh we are going to have a full

35:50dinner and honor whoever shows up there

35:52besides the five new inductees. The five

35:55new inductees are Jolo uh Delapora and

35:58there was an inadvertent omission in

36:00some of the public uh announcements of

36:03this. His name was left off and he's a

36:05advocate for veterans in town. Well

36:07known Mark Ramsey is also going in. He's

36:10connected with leaf and with agriculture

36:11and uh in our schools etc. Austin Florin

36:15is going in. He's an Olympian but if you

36:17heard hear him speak he's also

36:19inspirational speaker. He spoke at

36:21graduation last year and was terrific.

36:23Um James Ben who's an author. He just

36:26had his I believe 23rd book published.

36:30and uh Donald Dorman, who was the the uh

36:34airman who was shot down in World War II

36:36over Poland, had not been identified for

36:39many, many years and was finally

36:40identified and brought back to

36:42Southernington. He will be honored also.

36:44So, uh we will be selling tickets

36:47eventually. We're also looking for

36:48donations because the plan is to give

36:51anyone who's being honored a free ticket

36:53and the meal does cost a lot of money.

36:55So, uh, if anyone knows any organization

36:58or individuals who want to donate, if

36:59they contact me, I'll tell you how to do

37:01that. It doesn't go to me. It goes into

37:03a fund to, uh, pay for tickets and for

37:06the plaques. The plaques also cost some

37:08money. So, thank you.

37:10>> Anybody else? Mrs. Clark,

37:12>> just want to say the opening of schools.

37:14I know it's going to be in the

37:15administrative report, but what a smooth

37:17opening going into the schools. Mr. Pepe

37:20and I did all 13 locations. We rock, Mr.

37:23Pepe. Um but the amazing thing there

37:27were other people there but

37:29>> you y you all you all faded out. Um

37:32Frank we we finished. But anyway what I

37:34wanted to get out was the fact that the

37:37engagement of the staff and the students

37:40on the very first day of school was

37:42amazing that students were learning,

37:45they were engaged, the teachers uh

37:47everything looked great. It was just I

37:49thought it was a wonderful wonderful

37:51first day. So

37:52>> absolutely

37:53>> thank you to everybody who made it

37:54happen.

37:56>> Mr. Bashesky was there. Mr. Brown,

37:58>> you were there and myself.

38:00>> Yes, Mr. Brown.

38:01>> It was a perfect day. Like you said, you

38:02walk into these classrooms and these

38:04students were teachers were teaching and

38:05the students were learning on day one,

38:06hour one. Kind of amazing.

38:08>> Yeah, it was.

38:09>> All right. And I just have one thing I

38:11want to piggyback off of what Mr.

38:12Whitehead brought up. Um, you know, the

38:14state board of education did come out

38:16with some guidelines. It is not a

38:17policy. it is not being forced down um

38:20to communities, which is a good thing.

38:21Communities should be making those

38:22decisions for themselves. Um but what

38:25I'd like to do, and we had this

38:26conversation several months ago about

38:28what we're going to do with cell phones

38:29and technology in school. Um

38:33Mr. [clears throat] Ayan and his team

38:34had developed a a practice. I know

38:36there's a practice at the middle

38:38schools. There's Mr. Pomei and Mrs.

38:40Vicabage have policy or practices. So,

38:42what I'd like to do just so that we do

38:44our due diligence is ask the policy

38:47committee,

38:48take this on as a as a little project

38:51that take the state board of education

38:53procedure,

38:55look at our current practices at the at

38:58the middle school and high schools, uh

39:00policies from surrounding communities,

39:02and looking at policies created by Cab

39:05and our attorneys, which they've come up

39:07with, and just have some discussion at

39:09the at the policy committee meeting.

39:10[clears throat] It doesn't mean create a

39:12policy. It means are we doing good? Is

39:14the practice and thank you for your

39:16feedback on how it's going at the high

39:17school. Uh is the practice working? Can

39:20we make it better? Is it too soon to

39:22tell how good it's working? But to just

39:24jump out a little bit ahead of this um

39:26now that the state has come out, the

39:27state of Connecticut has decided not to

39:29pass a regulation. Again, I think that's

39:30a good thing. It's up to the local

39:32communities to make those decisions. So

39:33now our community will take that

39:35challenge and if Mrs. An estastasio and

39:37your committee could get that on the

39:38agenda and we could start having some of

39:40those conversations here.

39:42>> Absolutely.

39:42>> All right. Thank you. Okay.

39:46Move to the uh communication from

39:47administration.

39:49>> Thank you. Um few items to discuss

39:51tonight. Just to open uh with the

39:54sentiments echoing what Mrs. Clark said.

39:56Um I was not here on the first day this

39:58year. It was my first opening day of

39:59school I think I've ever missed uh in my

40:01career in education. Um I was dropping

40:03my daughter off at college that day. So,

40:06>> um, it was, you know, being the youngest

40:07one finally off to school, it was, you

40:09know, mom needed me there with her.

40:11[laughter]

40:12>> Family comes

40:12>> first

40:12>> more for mom than for daughter.

40:14>> Family comes first.

40:14>> But, but, but we we had a great day. And

40:17I do want to thank all the board members

40:18and Mr. Pepe uh, for visiting the

40:20schools in supporting that opening. I

40:22was able to make my way around that

40:24Friday and following Monday to many of

40:26the schools as well. Um, and I couldn't

40:27agree more, and I say this all the time,

40:29the schools don't open by accident. you

40:32know, um people say all the time, what

40:33do you do in the summertime? You know,

40:35and it's like everything you do is to

40:37get ready for the opening of school. You

40:38know, the hiring that occurs, you know,

40:40the custodians getting the buildings

40:41ready, the front office staff creating

40:43the class lists and schedules. I mean,

40:45the [clears throat]

40:46curriculum staff getting professional

40:47development teed up for the teachers,

40:49and then teachers themselves that come

40:50in on off hours and get the classrooms

40:52ready. Um it takes takes a village,

40:55right? And that sounds corny to say, but

40:57it's true. In this in education, um a

40:59lot of people contribute various ways.

41:00So many thanks to them. I would say our

41:03first three days were tremendous uh with

41:05with staff feedback we're collecting

41:07right now. Um and Christina Leighton,

41:09our director of teaching and learning,

41:10is sending out surveys to get feedback

41:12from teachers, not only about what they

41:14think went well, um but what they'd like

41:15to see more of so that we can use that

41:17feedback from teachers to customize the

41:19election day PD as well for teachers.

41:21And so I think we have a nice way now of

41:24not a one-sizefits-all approach for

41:25teachers, but allowing teachers to give

41:27voice to what it is they think they

41:29could, you know, use and learn more of.

41:31And so the other thing is sometimes you

41:33don't know what you don't know. And so

41:34you can send a survey to teachers and

41:35what do you want to learn more about?

41:36And they may not readily identify

41:38something, but what she did in her

41:40survey is there's a nice menu, a list of

41:42items of things that we could

41:43potentially offer if there's enough

41:45interest expressed. So I think it puts

41:47things on teachers radars that geez, I'd

41:48never really thought about that, but I

41:49would like to learn more about that. So

41:51good quality use of the time. Um so

41:53thank you to everyone who contributed

41:55there. Um many of the school PTOs have

41:57back to school events. The middle

41:59schools had their kind of for lack of a

42:01better school visits. You know it was

42:03open house where the kids could come and

42:04get tours of the middle schools. High

42:05school had the freshman orientation day

42:07where parents could attend with them. Um

42:09and then the elementary schools had the

42:10meet and greet where parents or

42:11grandparents or whoever was available

42:12that day could bring the kids in to to

42:14see their classrooms, meet their

42:16teachers and engage. So, we

42:17[clears throat] had a nice way of

42:18allowing families to engage with the

42:20schools to open the school year. Um, one

42:23shift I wanted to speak about this year,

42:24I know you received some correspondence

42:26about this, so I figured it would be a

42:27good time to provide some context is,

42:29and it's not new at all levels, but it

42:31is new at the middle school levels

42:33[clears throat] is a shift from not

42:34having the traditional open house that

42:36we've always had. Uh the traditional

42:38open house was very much you would come

42:40maybe the principal would say something

42:41the PTO would say something but for the

42:43most part uh parents would go to the

42:45classroom and sit and the teacher would

42:46give a PowerPoint presentation that

42:47would cover essentially a day in the

42:49life of that classroom and maybe some

42:51slides about curriculum. Um one of the

42:54the challenges we've had in

42:56Southernington since I've been here,

42:57this dates back to even my time as

42:59principal at Kennedy is the evening

43:02parent conferences. Uh it always baffled

43:04me that we did not have parent teacher

43:05conference times in the evening

43:07especially for the elementary age

43:08parents where many of them would be

43:10working during the school day. So many

43:12of you were part of the last round of

43:13contract negotiations. We were able to

43:15get one evening added um so that we had

43:18evening conferences in the spring for

43:19parent teacher conferences but that

43:21still didn't allow us a full opportunity

43:23for parent teacher conference evening

43:25opportunity. Um, and so when we weighed

43:28the return on investment, uh, a lot of

43:30that feedback we got from staff and and

43:32the administration was they felt the

43:34time spent in the evening was more

43:35valuable one-on-one with parents talking

43:37about their child individually versus

43:39the openhouse presentations. So, a lot

43:41of what we do in terms of those freshman

43:44orientations where parents can come and

43:46where the greet meet and greets can

43:47occur. A lot of that was an effort to

43:49try and offset some of the change that,

43:51you know, would have an impact on on

43:52that shift. And the other piece is all

43:55of the teachers are given time as part

43:57of their return to essentially take that

44:00presentation that they would have done

44:02in the classroom and create it as a

44:04deliverable so that the parents are

44:05still getting the same information they

44:07would have got had they just been

44:08sitting in the seat in the classroom.

44:09You know, here's the curriculum we're

44:11covering. Here's kind of what the daily

44:12schedule looks like. So, we're trying to

44:14cover all the bases there. But I am

44:16excited that we can provide fall and uh

44:19spring evening opportunities for parent

44:20teacher conferences. This is a first for

44:22us. Um, and even dating back to my time

44:24at Kennedy and and those of you who are

44:26parents of Kennedy students or Apollo,

44:28one evening, you know, for two hours

44:31equates at 15 minutes a piece to to

44:33eight time slots.

44:35>> You have about a hundred kids on a team.

44:37And so eight time slots isn't all that

44:39much. So now teams have split up and so

44:42they'll do two teachers here and two

44:43teachers there. That can get you, you

44:45know, some another eight time slots. So

44:48you got 16 time slots for 100 kids. So,

44:50even the one evening we can argue isn't

44:52that much. Um, and I remember we used to

44:54put out used to be by paper when I was

44:56there, but now they then they went to

44:57surveys. It was like Black Friday when

44:59those slots opened up because parents

45:01really wanted to come in and talk to

45:02their child's teacher, especially if it

45:04was a particular subject that the child

45:06may be struggling in. And so, they fill

45:08up really quickly. So, it is important

45:09to provide those evening opportunities.

45:11Um, I had not been in a district prior

45:13to Southernington that did not have

45:14evening parent teacher conferences,

45:16especially at the elementary level. So,

45:18we've gone from not having it at all to

45:19being able to have a fall and a spring

45:21evening. But, you know, one of the, you

45:24know, uh, factors that that had to come

45:27into play there was, you know, making a

45:28decision about open house in order to

45:30provide that. So, that's context for all

45:32of you in history, um, you know,

45:34relative to that. Um, I will, you know,

45:36answer to that correspondence and try to

45:38provide that context as well. Uh,

45:39[cough] but I figured [clears throat]

45:40since we're speaking publicly about it

45:42and parents are seeing the ship play out

45:44in real time, tonight was a good chance

45:45to speak about it publicly. Great.

45:48>> Um, donations of vision kits. So, we had

45:51um the Lions Club donated 20 vision kits

45:54from Walmart. Believe it or not, the

45:56nurses often come into kids come in with

45:58glasses with with the scooter comes out

46:00or there's a a lens popped out or it

46:02needs cleaning or whatever it is. The

46:03the pad the nose pads comes off. So,

46:05they donate them annually for us. They

46:07dropped off 20 again this year. So,

46:08we're stocked and ready to repair

46:10eyeglasses. Um,

46:12>> we also had a gentleman reach out to us

46:14that said he wanted to donate school

46:16supplies and it was a very random

46:17request and he didn't really say what he

46:19wanted to donate and he just wanted to

46:21donate them to the elementary schools

46:22and you know our elementary schools are

46:24fairly well supplied with school

46:26supplies. I asked him if he would

46:27consider donating to Karen Smith

46:28Academy.

46:29>> Um, he agreed and donated binders,

46:33folders, water bottles, uh, dropped it

46:35all off. Um, and so KSA students got

46:38that donation.

46:38>> Very nice. Um and lastly, we had a

46:41donation of a large box of school

46:43supplies uh from the owners of Fancy

46:45Bagel Express. Um it's again an annual

46:47thing that they do and we can take this

46:49stuff and when we we find a need, you

46:50know, we can certainly slide it in there

46:52and fill that need. Um and then lastly,

46:55I wanted to turn over the the remainder

46:57of my report to Mrs. Oesco. I know I had

46:59shared with you in a recent weekly

47:01update to the board uh how excited we

47:03were to receive the high quality

47:05instruction [cough] for special

47:07education programming. And so I'm going

47:08to let her speak to that uh grant.

47:10>> Thank you. Um so in partnership with um

47:13Stephanie Lawer in the language arts

47:15department, um Amy Vetaglia who works in

47:18um special education as a coordinator

47:20and I we really looked at where we

47:23wanted to apply possible funding. Um and

47:27and our focus was the elementary schools

47:30and calibrating

47:31um intensive reading instruction across

47:33all eight schools while also providing

47:36professional development to staff

47:38materials so that every school is has

47:40the same um resources to pull from and

47:45in that be able to calibrate and

47:47identify students who need a more

47:49intensive program and develop that

47:51program out of this. inclusive of this

47:53work, we'll be looking at speech and

47:55language layering of support as well as

47:57social emotional support. So, um those

48:01are the components that we're using the

48:02funds for and we're really really happy

48:05to begin that work and excited that we

48:07were awarded the grant.

48:09>> Awesome.

48:10>> That concludes my report for this

48:11season.

48:12>> Thank you. Thank you very much. Anybody

48:13have any questions for the

48:14administration?

48:15>> Just one quick question. U Mr. Dr. uh

48:17Madansi, I I think that I read an

48:19article within the last couple of weeks

48:20that said there was an uptick in our um

48:23student diagnostic scores

48:26>> and I was hoping that you could just

48:28provide a little data in and around that

48:30and if there were some particular levers

48:32that you you thought were significant to

48:34that uptick and maybe what can we do to

48:37continue down that pathway.

48:39>> I'd love to do that. Um we typically do

48:42uh kind of what I call a data dive for

48:43the board based on the results of the

48:45smarter balance assessments and the SATs

48:47and um relative to that that article

48:50that I had shared. Yeah, we are proud of

48:52the results that we we we achieved this

48:53year. Um one area I can just speak to

48:56right right now off top of my head and

48:57this board has been very supportive with

48:59staffing over the past couple years. We

49:01know we've had a large increase in our

49:02multilingual population. We also had a

49:05notable increase in our multilingual

49:06population scores this year. Um, so that

49:09added level of support that we're

49:11providing to those students, especially

49:12because it's a growing population and a

49:14changing population in Southern uh

49:16proved to be beneficial. So that's kind

49:18of an a top of- mind type of answer uh

49:21relative to that area specifically.

49:22[clears throat] But I could be certain

49:24to uh to make sure we have a

49:25presentation at an upcoming board

49:27meeting that we can highlight some of

49:28those areas and and what we think some

49:30of the outcomes were that contributed to

49:32that. I could tell you for English

49:33language arts, our shift to the science

49:35of reading and all the work we've put in

49:36there is certainly paying off at the

49:38elementary level. And so that's another

49:39area that I can point to top of mind,

49:41but I'll get something more formal for

49:42you guys for an upcoming board meeting.

49:44>> That was very nice to hear.

49:45>> Yeah.

49:45>> Thank you, Mr.

49:47>> I just have a quick question. Do uh

49:48Southoun Elementary School used to have

49:50a diagnostic classroom. Does that still

49:51exist at South End?

49:53>> Not at South End. It's it's been moved

49:54to Deronowski.

49:55>> Okay. Um part of it was space just based

49:57on the number of sections and part of it

49:58was if coming out of the diagnostic

50:01program it was determined that the

50:04students could could benefit from one of

50:06our what I call our continuum of

50:08services. Yeah. Many of those programs

50:10exist at Deronoski. So it' be one less

50:12transition uh for students you know in

50:14terms of having to go to a new school.

50:16>> So it just still exists just changed.

50:18Thank you so much.

50:19>> Anybody else?

50:20>> No. All right. Hearing none, we move on

50:23to communications from the public on

50:25agenda items. Anybody like to speak

50:28about an agenda item?

50:31Okay, seeing none, we'll move into the

50:34superintendence report, which is the

50:35personnel report. And before we have a

50:37motion, I just want to make one comment

50:38about it. I know our board members have

50:40seen this, but for the community, what

50:42you're going to see is an additional

50:43page on the personnel report, which is

50:46the last page. Uh, and what it's going

50:48to show on a month-to-month basis, any

50:51changes in staffing levels within the

50:52organiza within the district, uh, where

50:55we started, any pluses or minuses, and

50:58if there are any actions that took

50:59place, the notes about what actually

51:01occurred, if there was an increase or a

51:03decrease in the staffing levels. And

51:04we'll be keeping that as we go through

51:06the years. every every month there'll be

51:08an update explaining exactly what

51:10happens for clarity so the entire

51:12community will know what's going on in

51:13terms of any ads or deletes within uh

51:16the district

51:17>> and I want to just you know thank uh

51:19Mrs. Pasamano for this ad because I we

51:22get the annual ask every year. You guys

51:23are all part of it from what's your FTE

51:25count?

51:26>> And I'll say it until I'm purple, but

51:27it's a very fluid number for a school

51:29system because it's your programming and

51:31your staffing is based off of the needs

51:32of students. And if there student moves

51:34in with needs, you want to support that

51:36with the appropriate staffing,

51:37especially if that's dictated by law.

51:39So, this reflects that. And so it'll be

51:41that easy just to take our most recent

51:44personnel report at the time that

51:45request comes and just hand it over and

51:47they'll see the exact change in why.

51:50>> Excellent.

51:50>> So I recommend that the board of

51:52education

51:53approve the personnel report as

51:55submitted by the human resource

51:57department and thank you so much

51:58Michelle

52:00very very helpful. Thank you.

52:02>> Okay, we have a motion by Mrs. Cardy, a

52:04second by Mr. Vashesky. Any discussion?

52:06>> Hearing none. All in favor?

52:08>> Opposed? That motion passes and we'll

52:10move into old business. Uh town

52:12government communications.

52:14>> Uh nothing new to report.

52:15>> Okay. Um the class size report update.

52:20>> I can speak to that. I as I had shared

52:22with the board at our August meeting, I

52:23would follow up once school actually

52:25started with the most recent grid um

52:27showing our average class sizes. I'm

52:29pleased to report we're well within the

52:31board guidelines uh for class sizes

52:33across the eight elementary schools and

52:36uh all grade levels. Um, you know, the

52:39August report is hard because there's a

52:40flurry of late registrations, but also

52:42we don't get all the withdrawals

52:44processed in time. So, as much as you

52:45see the ads and we might be looking like

52:47we're right up against it in August.

52:49Once our secretaries, especially those

52:51who were 10-month secretaries, come back

52:53to work prior to the start of school,

52:54they start the withdrawals of those

52:56students that we may not have known were

52:57leaving at the end of the prior school

52:59year. And so, it kind of does, you know,

53:02uh, even itself out in that regard. Um,

53:04and so the class sizes, you know,

53:06definitely larger than they were last

53:08year due to some of the reductions and

53:10sections that, you know, had to occur.

53:12Uh, but still well within the board

53:13guidelines,

53:17>> Mr. Carson.

53:18>> Um, and I I just have a a quick comment

53:21and then a question, you know, about the

53:25the updated enrollment. So, I noticed in

53:29looking at the numbers

53:31that Darinowski

53:34um

53:36had the greatest number of withdrawals

53:41um with within the district, they

53:43actually accounted for more than the

53:47total number of withdrawals

53:49districtwide. Um is there any

53:51commonality in those

53:54three dozen withdrawals? Yeah, I can I

53:57can definitely speak to that.

53:58>> Um,

54:00>> a just the size of the population itself

54:02would would result in a larger number of

54:04withdrawals compared to the smaller

54:06schools, but that part of town based on

54:08the rental communities that exist, the

54:10you know, the population density around

54:12it tends to lead to the most transients.

54:15Um, so it is a pretty typical occurrence

54:17at Deranowski.

54:20>> Okay. With with that said, in years

54:23past, we've also seen the greatest

54:25number of increases.

54:26>> We've had years, yeah, it's a pretty

54:28unpredictable number. So, we've had

54:29years where we've had to add sections at

54:31Deranoski that we weren't forecasting at

54:33budget time because of an influx of kids

54:35that may have moved in, you know, over

54:37the summer.

54:38>> Okay. So, specific to 26 27,

54:42>> no real more of an anomaly than all

54:46right. It works to our favor I guess

54:48this budget cycle because we had to make

54:49reductions in sections specifically at

54:51Duronoski three sections. So it did work

54:53to our benefit. Um but you know in any

54:56given year it can go the other way too.

54:57>> Okay. Yeah. No I was very pleased to see

55:00you know across the uh our elementary

55:04uh grade levels that everything averaged

55:08out class averages all averaged out to

55:11below uh a 20 to1 ratio. So, I was very

55:14pleased to see that.

55:18>> Mr. Brown,

55:18>> I have a question. Have we ever done a

55:20secondary class size report? Is that too

55:22complicated or

55:23>> um Well, I'll give you at the high

55:25school for example, you have almost 300

55:28classes,

55:29>> right?

55:29>> So, we we we have them. I've looked at

55:31them because sometimes, especially, and

55:34Mrs. Carmen may remember when on

55:36curriculum instruction days, there used

55:38to be a concern we were running some

55:39sections or some courses with very low

55:41enrollment and then you would have other

55:43classes that were always at the max and

55:45you know kind of are we using our

55:47staffing allocation to the best of of

55:49our ability. We still do run some low

55:52sections at the high school, but those

55:53are really in those those one-off

55:55courses, you know, an AP art studio

55:57course where you only have a few

55:58students that might make it to that

55:59level, right?

56:00>> But even there, we've almost started to

56:02run courses concurrently within that

56:03classroom. you might get AP art studio

56:05and then you know AP art you know and

56:07and because one has four students one

56:09has three students um and then some of

56:11the languages where kids receive those

56:13really high levels of proficiency

56:14sometimes they have lower class sizes

56:16but the other thing they've done really

56:17well is they're looking at the

56:18enrollment if there's any class that the

56:20enrollment runs low if it's not for any

56:22of the reasons I just cited they'll run

56:24it every other year and then they'll use

56:26that off year to introduce some of the

56:28new courses that you guys have approved

56:29in the last couple of years um it's a

56:32it's a it it is an easy report to pull.

56:34I've looked at it, but it's it's 28

56:37pages of it's it's looking at the

56:38enrollment in each class because every

56:41teacher has five sections and the number

56:43could vary based on, you know, the

56:45algorithms and the scheduling that

56:46occurs in power school. What we could do

56:48easier at the middle school is we just

56:49know the size of the teams and we know

56:50how many teachers are on the teams. So,

56:52we know that those class sizes are

56:54balanced based on the amount of sections

56:55available and the number of students on

56:57a team.

56:58>> Well, to to back on his Mr. Brown said

57:03because of all the new courses that

57:04we're introduced in curriculum, we want

57:07to make certain that you know we're

57:09doing more than 10 kids in a classroom.

57:11>> I can assure you that that's happening.

57:13>> You can assure me?

57:14>> Yes.

57:15>> Okay. I trust you.

57:16>> Mr. Ryan wouldn't let it run if it

57:18wasn't [laughter]

57:20>> cuz he comes to me looking for staffing

57:21and he knows I'm looking at the numbers.

57:24>> Whatever you say, Mr. [laughter]

57:26>> All right. Any other uh comments or

57:27questions on the class size report?

57:30>> All right. Hearing none, we'll move into

57:31new business. And we have two field

57:32trips uh to discuss. The first is the

57:35SHS Eggsai National FFA Convention.

57:38[clears throat]

57:38>> Move that the board of education

57:40approved the field trip request for

57:41SHSAI

57:43National FFA Convention in Indianapolis,

57:46Indiana.

57:47>> Second.

57:48>> A motion by Mr. Vashesky, second by Mrs.

57:49Clark. Any discussion? All in favor?

57:53>> Opposed? That motion passes.

57:56>> And we have a second. and move that the

57:58board of education approve the field

57:59trip request for SHs ASAI Eastern

58:02National Fort Age Horse Roundup National

58:05Contest in Louisville, Kentucky.

58:07>> Second.

58:08>> Motion by Mr. Bashevki. Second by Mrs.

58:10Clark. Any discussion?

58:11>> All in favor?

58:12>> I

58:12>> opposed. Motion passes unanimously.

58:15>> Next, we'll move to public

58:17communications on items that are not on

58:19the agenda. Anything anybody would like

58:21to bring up this evening to the board?

58:25Okay, hearing none. Uh we're looking for

58:27a motion to adjurnn.

58:28>> So moved.

58:29>> Second.

58:29>> Motion in a second. All in favor?

58:31>> I.

58:32>> We are adjourned. Thank you.

58:37>> Nothing at all. Huh? Over there.

58:46[laughter]

58:50and going to 8:00.

58:52>> Not 7:50.

58:53>> Let's get some coffee.

58:54>> Not even 8:00, right?

58:57>> And your phone works.

58:59>> And your phone works. So, that's good.

59:02>> That's a good thing. Phone. This is my

59:03burner phone.

59:04>> I'm in town all the time. I'm just at

59:06work all the time.

59:11>> No, not anymore.

59:16>> [cough]

59:17[clears throat]

59:20>> You should be

59:22>> so far.

59:24>> You should be disappointed.

59:26>> Terry, come here.

59:29[laughter]

59:30>> Can I do one?

59:32Oh, there is

59:41>> kids running around from three families

59:43to, you know, two family apartments.

59:47>> Maybe tomorrow

59:51>> Saturday,

59:55>> you know, Terry, how long have you been

59:57sex?

59:59[laughter]

1:00:00>> It's like rich people problems.