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Grantham School Board Meeting April 2, 2024

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April 2nd meeting of the school board approval of the agenda there is one edition to me and there's been correspondence to the board that came in that should be discussed it's an email from a and added to the agenda. what we would do then is the owner any additions or thanks for the agenda Joel by consensus will say the agenda was approved at this meeting of the board report first 10-second can I have a motion to approve the agenda second play recorded Madam Secretary so the reorganization is so the first thing I will accept a nomination for chair of the residents who work in a minute did when you serve it is there any other nominations or discussion one at a time or do I have to sign how do you roll a die motion carries 40 at this point with a duly elected chair I will turn the meeting over to those doing the electric chair so she will not be in trouble anymore Believe by Cher and a secretary officers I'd like to nominate Jillian Belmont provides track do I hear a second I was interested in in nominating Denise Sullivan I don't Brenda I spoke with Denise outside of the meeting and talk to her about her role in the board is okay for me to show that conversation if she's okay. I assumed I assumed so I had talked to Denise about being a secretary and I did ask her if she wanted increased responsibilities and she's done with her conversation we had on the side. what did she say about secretary she's happy to do it a cigar Mojo that's weird that she's not here but the conversation up but I can't say second Devotion to Jillian Belmont as vice-chair discussion turn on paper Jillian and vice-chair say I and I'd like to nominate for secretary before any discussion are all the favor of beneath the secretary of the board that I'm thank you okay then I saw the agenda is public participation and me have our school board liaison and our facilities near here for moral support just checking so we'll leave it open Kristen Meredith on Randy on the zoom all right now Casino for the rehearsal but I'm not at headed back the weekly is why. Zachary brother cuz of the word receive email so I know DJ Iran the Whiteboard that yeah we had a drink station or not bacteria with our math teacher International dinner happened with the French house siding you coming together and bring in the food that was really cool of the nation by the nation for African drumming come to our school Bowser I thought I mean isopure to use happened on 27 and a half day call bracket system and we have team before 1 manager three players and they always off so we had the rain champions from last year when I get this year does my AP World History teacher how do I find the numerator team got first in the state and their math categories by the US Army band director is here in Massachusetts. All Star athletes for recognize all the senior is that made of Honor or recognize my teacher Miss Cook is not a New Hampshire Coral director of the year went to the acda honors choir Festival in New York that was really cool to see pictures of that we Reborns and CPT and recently of opera house I went to the tuba for so long is the play we're putting on for two players and then also a good battery in Dorothy's email and then Trevor Hall troop which is another Arbor Valley actors thing is also auditioning for Heather's Musical 4 20 24 open open the grades six through 12 they're either trying to dance. It was slow and then finally 80% of 23/4 New Hampshire and I like how the highest 84% brawling Rihanna spring break Island Florida installing appreciate your time here all right next on the agenda our administrator for Port here to my original court because we work through you through the agenda will will look through the Shelf next is Meredith Manor will promote you Meredith you are a metal panel is so go ahead and talk when you're ready it's questions that unless you have any questions for me thanks for all your efforts reports really hopeful and we don't have people there are doing question yes I'm still here I was looking at the report in the stuff you included in the Bacchus and you show the the year-to-date actuals plus the encumbrances and see what your balance is 43 km is that sort of our I don't know how you define encumbrances out of the forecast for where we think we're going to land with the air or is that just today I'm sorry it's just a projection Bright Now I mean there's items that could still potentially be released as we finish out the school year but as of right now this is our estimate on where we're going to be in Cumberland says so if certain things have been a little less there may be a little bit more money in that rubber right now that's the forecast bottom line which is pretty low you want to you want to see it around spore-producing you been around 400,000 for 8:40 thank you no I texted her to let her know that she's not in the week so I'm not sure we could manage as long as you can lay back if she wants to say anything additional questions if you have a 15 just banged you tell the court that the gym as soon as I don't have no great. I always loved the pictures so much okay well I did actually want to give you Kudos in your report on doing the broom I want to call that out actually it's really okay so now I'm heading into the discussion and action. next on the agenda is the last day of school which is proposed for June I didn't even know about it looks pretty straightforward the issue as we deal with this calendar and Sears is the concept of making up snow days so this year one true Snow Day so we said Thursday again it's going to be so dead but it's going to be a carbon sink if you had to make up the snow day or if you were inclined to we would have said one snow day but our recommendation is 613 is an early release day is it half day and the staff had that traditional day to close up their classrooms and closeout I guess there's a fair amount of work this afternoon to make June 13th into early release today is the official last day of school oh yeah, look at 2425 at what about possible snow days this week how would that amount so the staff is working to work that day they're going to do the conference's remotely from home as far as students go you schedule in 177 student days we have five snowdays Philbin the end of the calendar that because Ron hours we don't usually make up to 180 days and if you did last you I didn't ask for waiver now you coming hours and you have a very long school that don't you Kristen very very long so there's no issue with them Three Musketeer base of mad at all thank you so do I have a motion to sign June 13th the last day of school Hathaway second please go to sleep right now Christine is in now if you want to ask her if she has anything Christine you're welcome to pop in if you want to add anything to your wonderful easy child support it was a great share a on March 25th lots of choices it was cool because we not only included Plainfield Cornish and Grantham but we had teachers from Lebanon New for Kalama yes, cuz we did some events and we open it up regionally so I'm I'm hoping to do more of that with the calendar I know that's coming up on we tried to next year strategically plan some of those PD days around what we know was happening Regent but other than that all is going well thank you for Anne Arundel County offering they look great you're welcome thanks for getting on their resume next song next up doctor scene edible elaboration and Kristen and Lebanon and what you are now trying to do is you're trying to coordinate with Lebanon you are trying to coordinate with Cornish in Plainfield on TV and your kind of work work everything together so the the interesting thing was his weapon and started with the old weeks at Christmas so if you like a Christmas that's a full two weeks which is great and I love them when that happens first of a spot to put pressure on either end of your calendar when you when you get there worked on having some common PD days with the three districts Clinton playing field in poarch so the October PD day and the January PD Gary the reason that they are where they are is common days with the other two districts kneeling at the cross District work so we're working really hard together to come up with time and interview way to start the year so you would start with your three teacher days the 21st 22nd 23rd supposed to be your first tooth. Normally you would you would have a new staff day before that but instead they they started the next week on the Monday with a new staff day cuz figuring that you know that would be a good day people have been out there bro that would also be a day that we would have paraprofessionals come in a line under contract be able to do some special paraprofessional training or have them just get ready to Warden year and we also think that a number of veterans will just come in that day at work don't go just do it with your time into what we're doing for the end of the year to 7-Eleven and doesn't start till the Lebanon has to rest Google days I have 175 days we have a hundred and seventy-seven days hope you're okay but most kids are back that weekend the only when we get to the end of the year Bible was when we did all that the last student day is scheduled for the 13th of June between like to say already is early release day normally you would have your teachers come in a day after that the cleanup what we want to propose is to make that last day of Wednesday and if you have all of your requirements done and you put an extra work and ready to sign out you was a good sign out of the 13th if you haven't you have to come on on the sooner we are contacting your parents because they already came in and work that day on the front of the calendar the only other thing I would add or I would have us the week of the 17th 18th 19th and 20th we probably should designate those of snow days because if you had a year where you had five heavy-duty snow days I'm in the calendar please although now I when he was seven snow days last winter this calendar is do includes has proposed a budget that we have to make up the days you have to add them on to the calendar students your students are fine put it in your you could end your year 5 days with five snow days no problem with the state you've got plenty of hours and your students replied to your question when you sent one year when I was on the board and we're getting close and we talked about it in the board meeting like we were at 4 we are getting we will be proactive about it I don't know that there's a reason to cuz they can you know cuz they can the ground now it's kind of like the products of her stop run away I see a real turn you know somewhere around March and April that we as a board sit down and decide how many days have had and it really comes down to even though we have a number of hours you know how far in the curriculum did the teachers get so yes we what's bad words but when you're missing lots of days that puts back the curriculum schedule in that kind of thing so that's the only thing that would be an issue you know also we pay if we're not making up snow days we're paying extra days so that's an additional 45 days of snow day time that we're paying staff that they are not working that's up to the board AccuWeather just curious questions why do we do teacher conferences in the middle of the week and then come back for a whole day on Friday is there a reason behind not I feel like William pretty sure somebody asked me that this the other day and my thinking and it's been like this forever so I don't know what the original thing is but if we did it on a Friday we wouldn't get as many families cuz y'all would go off on vacation for a long weekend and he's been experiencing but we we would set it up if you would like to its logical and what would happen especially in elementary school people would take that as gay but then they would say to the teacher I need to schedule I'm not going to be able billable in the conference day don't want you to schedule my schedule for conferences and people didn't purchase because I took it as a family vacation is that why why do we not have school vacation week like the rest of New Hampshire as well because you send over application center in Vermont this is not a real potion from state law to align calendars around vocational centers so that students who go to the program still lose out on time so there's a real push to align a month that's when what has her vacation customer cardholder vacations Reseda provocation as a little better next year is it should be but they said they realize that this year was pretty bad so that I think back or where they were the year before the last week of April so so you're at least the line to Massachusetts if there is also very much affected by it could you have her number teachers who have children we do it for the vocational it's not for the rest of all the other kids he's actually a lot of it about the number of days that can be out of alignment add to my list nice right now is going to be play today we definitely wanted for the 13th to be a half day one I have to bring the kids and have a celebration cinema on the bus do all of the brakes on the calendar line up at least so I guess it would be the most would be to accept the calendar has presented yes it unless you're going to make any changes to anything which doesn't sound like anybody is in the half-day in on June 13th for next year and then you can make that determination this time next year. again we don't know what days on the calendar from now this note is that is mine my recommendation would be that you should put some s days but I would do is do 17 18 19 and 20th essays because if you have a year where you have a lot of days I'll do the weather you at least indicated the people that we could you possibly could go later to make that time up and that lines up with the staff contract do we make up snow days then that means that you stabbed her come back to those days but they have to do it the real question is like whether we are on a calendar or not because in my time we decide in April or going to do and communicated out to parents so I was looking at school is Lebanon and they supposed to be on the 13th yeah I know what you run into is once you publish that's the last day of school people makes plans and so guess what we're going to make a few snow days like some answers on that third week in June your feelings or thoughts on Kristen I mean different I don't care it sounds like you have a motion to approve the calendar Elmo all in favor say aye it doesn't look like they did put it on dances on this year what's the line on the agenda is a letter of resignation from Elissa McLaughlin enter question one question I had if there was any indication of wishes to daughter workflow is it more of a personal we wouldn't be able to talk about that you want to be one of the things you can do if you wanted to you could hold us off this actually off till after non-public we're going to have to take it out after if you thought we wanted that actually disgust I have a similar curiosity woman found letter of resignation nexstar nominations you have a list of all of our wonderful second person Jason Taylor a certified staff nomination list I said group everybody other than how much we loved right now entertain a motion to approve the certified stopping combinations for high school year second verse on Jillian s for Nancy all in favor by next on the agenda is $5,000 Dean or christened you and I or Meredith to want to talk about then Leo is in the budget process this year we ask all of the graves to reduce and so do a lot of great stuff down from 1 from 2 to 1 and so forth and so we had a proposal to reduce the 6th grade trip air or alter the 6th grade trip and when that got out make this happen and we told him and a donation came in and so the trip is going on as it has in the back so I don't I saw this I was a little confused because I another week and last word evening or when we act like we had said don't touch me so I can walk with you is like that and I thought we had said like he didn't I old for next year but I thought they were budgeted right now it's because of the budget freeze it freeze okay. I will just send them for me it's a little confusing wine and maybe it's because they're in the transition time why I know I think I knew about it but maybe as the horse is already out of the barn from what I understand from him so something like that really good far less or to know how to time so like we can say as a board you don't need like let's figure this out I don't I feel bad to have my cuz my question as I understand the budget Breeze but I do I understand the reduction so this was in the budget but now we're reducing the months and the decision was made to get the board is uncomfortable with this you saw when your bottom line was the board can say we are not going to stay out of people's and we're just what's closer to the general bottom line that's an option you can take its legitimate and I would kind of be the reason with you if you want to do that that's something that you could do and it might be a might yeah I mean it in might have been better to talk about it before we cut your address right but now we're like this generous donation came in to support the children and you don't work now kicking it back down the road instead of having a discussion about it before it became an issue they reached into their own pocket and didn't get it to happen no in the sense that you know we're not down to that 0 item yet we're getting close and Meredith consignment I'm saying no to a lot of things and at the time we were still managing some special ed costs that have now become a little bit clearer and we're at this point as opposed to a month ago where little bit more comfortable $40,000 freaking Salvage in the board said no we we feel that this is something that shouldn't be funded by a private donation we're not going to accept that we're going to direct the superintendent to return the donation and to 7th District and I don't think it's bad and I don't think it's going back it's just that's what happened this year and if this is not something you do then that's something that you could do I think the question becomes what else did we cut that can you give me the donation for you know what I mean like so we saying I was a priority for me and family field trips planned some did not everyone's getting one yes I were and that was all I read I didn't recall that we the sixth grade trip was being there was a really good proposal change to change it from being the five days out of school they love you you love them through life on hold for 5 days and and take off and and and that's good but it was a chance to really look at the front and an overwhelmingly I remember the day and overwhelming it was like nope built-ins going to go as it is what does it cost boom boom we're done I'll take responsibility for their I should have come aboard I should have talked to you guys but you do have a chance to make it right now what was The Proposal here and I could be wrong I have to go back to the discussion here was about next year's budget I don't think we ever talk to hear about I made some sense I believe the board to take this action myself and donation maybe the right thing. I'll just put that up there maybe the right to know no one will be just to fill me in a little bit could you just explain to its it's a traditional 6th grade trip Nature's Classroom is they spend four nights only on the cape or Maine or wherever they go down and 43 nights morning so there are scientists are teaching the kids about love nature and ecology amazing program inexpensive program in Maine or or or and the sixth grade fashion teachers always classroom teachers go and then and they're both females so we just sent to mail staff members to be in the mail dorms four staff members sometimes many of the size of class will send the 5th and they owe me $20,000 is your world the trip by the time you weigh and how much it cost to go to Nature's Classroom and what you paid for Skyping and transportation everything you know after this year I think you can be fine we missed we had a bunch, I freeze this year and it was it was talked and you don't you build a good strong bunch of furniture and so it's up to you but one of the things you do can do it it's a problem at your procedure if no one makes a motion and no one s it and you never deal with this action we just never accept the donation and I go back and I make sure the pay doesn't just respond to return the donation the idea that we might not take the donation and pay for it with our school work but like with are within the budget also like a whole time is Michael Julian Assange is there here that told K through  it's the same and they do it at the end of the year and it squashing a bug my kids don't get her experience I will speak for some parents if that's why they're presently in favor of it happening my other I guess my other question is all the other classrooms we have a field trip is there a way we can reach out or figure out ways to find some as we're concerned about what is the cost of all the other field trips cost for it what I'm recalling but I've got to look back to get a a definite answer for you those Crimson band not like moving forward what numbers are we talking so that we have sons moving into it when I say we have another budget crunch ever seen things happen I would be interested in acting on it today but if we decline it I would like the board to support appreciate the donation after our discussion decided to put it back into the budget rather than not at all I would say that emotion to return not accept the respect if that's the way you should I show but we need it would be clean emotion think so I think everyone real distance that that 6th grade cool animals most places in Washington d.c. prayer for Saint Michael School does this and so I don't think commotion I make a motion you're going to make lunch. I knew that the floor respectfully decline the anonymous donation of $5,000 and then we will soon be under our budget as my sixth grader will appreciate it you did a great job Donna is empty except the burn Foundation literacy $25,000 thank you and Dorothy burn and written note face meter rules getting the I really long and the kids made thank you sweetie I heard yet if it's going to be extended to say it was going to be K to Extended the Third I did I actually heard from her today are still crunching numbers for me so I am looking with the vendor and working really really hard I impressed upon them that we only had this set amount and that we really wanted to extend it to third grade so I'm hoping he said they would get back to me next week the person they needed talked to was actually a way for the next few days so thank you Christina Christina Foundation literacy favor say aye send a telegram Ali has been in contact with my find it cuz she actually having company and they assure us that we are first on the list to have them work on it this fall the spring and you do the legit I mean a little bit but so from the president of Josh Stevens it says it's only spending crazy went to the forecast is called a nor'easter intentions are to strike and pleading the remaining items once the weather permits and I working on the schedule. We will be back in touch soon we don't have any performance bond or any data on this we have not paid the amount pays the final bills on this are holding that out what this really is your end of your schedule to Keegan a little bit about what that means or what I'm looking for in terms of Toby and I have talked we have been doing annually the end of your beginning of Summer celebration is the playground going to be in the state that we can actually do that I'll give it to you are going to be seated so that we can't have kids on it so we're trying to determine whether we do that or not field day is it happening out there are we finding other locations for it I know 6th grade LMS come to your for a move up and they usually plan with her playground are they going to be able to do that so I reached out to I'm just looking for a little Direction in terms of I'm when and where we're at whether I canceled the food vendors for or whether we stay the course would it be Joy of doing it Fallout I think it'd be awesome as you doesn't like I enjoy it I'm not sure it has to be here I think it's a nice Gathering and good energy in the kids with school around be nice to be able to do it there is it you know what the plaque unveiling and all that there is another whole section of that year we can beat you with Grantham history like Randy Randy concerned that the backpack will be underwater of the playground that we can utilize those mountains Sea-Doo that's the big thing is a Paving and seeding them that's probably why you're going to do okay if you can use that you're going to be I think you got the dancing around where you can be in one can't be a small spaces yeah and it's pretty much stop place in town with a v but it's generally underwater it's that time of year we could probably have it like you said on the ball field like that quadrant real in the parking lot I haven't liked all Coronavirus so there's anything you want the food truck event I think it'd be nice to see if we can grab her and then there's no more where are you difficulty with that would be he'd have to then bus the kids over to if they want to enjoy the night and it's an all-day event where they do the good to have this facility here anime where would you usually it sure might be the week before that you can probably do the kids go out inspections bus directions anyway the end of the day of course we are all the cannon blast out there how much snow they think I'm right by my G but again maybe they use the parking lot of the buses moving Parts Outlet I have the baby the fall GPS field day on the sixth award and the 10th and Grand some summer party on the 11414 Lowell Street evening is the start of summer celebration until we have to have a different location figure out field day until the ward and it's just a local one that cost more Vision work locations I think Harkins that doesn't mean we need to transport chairs okay I thought I heard something about the stone has we've been determined Michigan Lottery yes yes didn't I say that doesn't have a dome yet I think that's what it is the other one is on here is usually the more than something for staff appreciation week so they were just to discuss among themselves with the stat went with the board notes for so it's the first week in May and the board does muffins bagels fruit yogurt it's copying Juice drinks to get all that from rumbrook so I will send out an email to the board and ask you for more Pacific's like the flowers and things like that so and some help I know it's the week that we have a date usually we come in right now the day before is the 3K walk-run annual thing that we've been doing past couple years old on the Sunday in so generally what I do is after that I come over and start setting things up station with no but May 5th is Grantham get bad that's under or Sunday check with n thanks Brenda last on the discussion action items in the capital Improvement plan I know this is nothing that the board has to take action on tonight at all easy was more to discuss with you and concept of what this is and then to hand it over to the real Superman if you do it in the budget process this year we talked about you know the capital needs of the building so far that we could put it off and said let's have a capital Improvement plan so this is kind of a little bit of a document get you think about that concept a little bit so you're Capital Improvement plan in my mind have a good Capital Improvement plan has like three Lex one is the actual physical let's get a handle on run the building was going to handle on what is needed and when that needs to be done the second part is starting to build a strategy or saving for capital projects are paying for capital projects with the concept of the capitol so you're not going to your taxpayers and say do we need to raise money for this project instead it's built into your budget somehow so that when it comes time to do those capital projects it's like BF a reserve funds so we have money money to do the and the third part of the political aspect how do you get people on this committee from your community to start building the community support you need to start we're going to capital projects so so these are my thoughts you know your combination of two board members cuz you don't want to talk or you definitely want a representative on the board because you definitely want to be directing this project but definitely not a quorum superintendent definite I think the board members chair of the committee personally I've seen committee is chaired by community members who are exceptional but it's an awful lot of work for definitely should not be stacked buttress of either board member Ken I'll give you your staff members so it's going to be on and run to Meredith and Kristen that they are going to be a part of that process cuz they're going to be in construction management. what was the name you came up to the door to do the father and son who is Ben w from the trust funds we have one that's dedicated to us and then Works store in the community who would be there in the past I've always said we'll get your biggest naysayer there for the beginning of the person going to be your biggest critic get them on board of the beginning but there's no one to his Apprentice are so everyone everything she did you already answered horses to start this this project when I came in I was handed this in a folder it's an energy audit done over since later ethanol that's good you also have wrapped CIT planned that Brenda and Toby have been working on so they did you see this already so they had a spreadsheet so that's a good start on it show me the approval process will be starting next year so Brandon told me already on top of this and it'll be it'll be done soon. So that's all we're good first and then the last one is a guy that I two more you have on there where she through can you explain to me where we're working if the work order processing software the state on this inspection we looking for a lot of reports awful but what I didn't realize till I went down Portland was it actually a lot of input you put in build CIP plans to so that's when the company has three companies I've been looking at but that's the one that kind of has mostly packing so we're actually I think it's Monday we'll set up a okay let me make a ring from New Year because he he came and talked to me and I would call me Keisha actually done work already and grab some 2017/2018 you have no energy and he actually came in and started to do some work with them I left his little email on the back about what he would do if he wanted to come to this meeting at the books back to the name sing and talk to you but I said look I'm going to go to the board were going to talk about for me in this committee but he is definitely ready to come in he's got some information and some background he would do his analysis for pre worship course you know the reasoning to the Dallas afraid to use them on the back side but that's a resource that the racehorse are there the last one we identified and I did try to contact him but he just be busy as a child Turner original horses there and then the last page I just provided for you is it concept of how you fun this in the concept of the capital budget with what I had is at Meredith look at what you want for Bond so the first colonists that's what you owe for the building Bond and that the Kleins over the next five years so it's paid off then you have to ground Bond and that the Kleins so what I do is I took that 513-1889 number that's fudget it that is hard baked in your budget right now because that's what you owe on that project you think you two years you keep your Capital spending you can see on the right I've got the capital budget that would be money available that you could look for these capital projects or put toward the building maintenance fun with you the idea that that it's already facing look at all these data reports try to figure out what is your timeline for doing what projects when what's your funding source and how that see you come up with maybe a 10-15 years capital projects or Capital plan I mean last night did you have to be built this 10 years ago building the major renovation for what it's worth are you interested in forming Capital committee show me and wondering could you going to meet me for Toby considering what's on your place in the end of the year what's the ideal timing for building to momentum I don't know that right now is the best time for you so I'm just asking cuz my mind is really you and Lisa working closely together I'm not I'm certainly not in favor of like moving or will we need to go through the whole process you've already started a lot of that so I think the game plan I want to do the kind of those two things at once is work on that software because I think I need some of those reports for that inspection but then you think that let me get all that data put in start seeing something build then start making inspections and whatever to the building so I think I think that would be my first step would be that softer so that's something Meredith and I are kind of any kind of got sideswiped we're doing a resume for the presentation Monday and just found out today Ennis in the budget for next year and I have talked in person. no I don't think school images they all say is pray for this one was okay is 5000 mods 5000 every year after so I want to see what I do packages at next month's important the need is clear so I appreciate I appreciate all that fur so you're thinking more like fall quicker than that. can take Toby can come to us with what rightly is going to cost probably some of your phlegm and Airy finding I'm pretty sure it's cool dude. I'm putting stuff that'll take a little bit but I went on a hundred percent just going to happen at once we once we make it to the community might be key players wear your committee like if you might have the wrong people to see it on zero gaps are and then you can kind of think about who keep the orders maybe that can help as well I'm sure that I am put in it so it yeah it is Monday a ride call me alot what do you know how quickly things can go at the audit stop reading solar system they were real concerned with that was some but they were recommending certain Avenues to go I they're almost gone after total rebuild I'm not real sold on that I think we can salvage both have but here again this will be getting estimates in this and a sea I believe we can salvage okay so it was good to see that they see we definitely have issues and showing us where are your shoes are but some of the resolve I think we can do it we're just going to be going along and weighing options one way cuz you can't do the rebuild perhaps if this is wear brightly will help us and help us identify resources variable be able to give us a report and data and start for us to really be able to I think always prioritize and decide who else besides this group do we need to pull and Hawkeye the capital Improvement I am really like her and you have already done really good work this winter I feel like yeah there's there's so many ways you can go bathroom so that's why I really need a lot of different play some Alternative Energy and I just think it's a it's an excellent experience for the children as well there's a lot of learning that could go around burning about Alternative Energy apple and progress and I hope I would like to know about how to find out about grants that started to do a little research on that do you have any things that you could send my way for real and also I mean we saw this before but I'll say it cuz you brought it up I would really like to see us work more closely within but there's like a grand some energy to me or I don't know what exactly they're called and we had we had this great momentum going there was a little bit of weather call and then there was like pandemic and you just hit pause for a year you say you have some experience in the public health doctor what does some of my family members I guess if something happens we're not in school translate they will pay to you know resources don't lie to everyone in the community and you know and the the school together so I would ask that you give me what are they doing what do I say back to Blake Mike Dean Joyce I will call you later he was all ready to come to your name and your bracelet is too early for me to come presentations or needs to even leave them when I understand will be contacting you might even say he was ready to start good question shorter term when a strategic planning group that would do a thing in bill is it more of a persistent on a short-term get it done where I've seen these work very well is the board sits down and they say okay what is our charge what exactly do we want this committee I will take you some time to figure out what exactly they want you to do and you're you're asking them and you give him a time limit it is going to be you're going to be mean you're telling me you're going to need this many times a month or this many times a week and you're not you're not like get a bond past or anything so it can be a long-term time but it's going to be this time down time and some disa commitment and our goal is to reduce acid products and when that's done we disband that because the board of salesman decision maker you lay out the plan so you can think 1 Ridge some tips for a payback on inside it's also like in my experience with the Grantham energy committee is pulling people closer to what we're doing in the building and then leveraging basically like their Network so there is like the exercising pulling in community listen to all of us and that's a much longer-term pretty were facing like a Hole by big thing we have to really get smart about prioritizing them and then budgeting for in and I know you were here. Right over there thanks I appreciate that will be back on May the May meeting and see what you think I'm next on the agenda is it consent agenda any questions comments about the I don't think I can vote on any of the minutes because over here or should I just stay in bed all day emotion through a motion to prove it second no phone and one magazine and so that means us to the board for science is everyone knows everyone's on the email to Adam Garner. his kids are not quite as yet it'll be coming in the who is raising a perennial concern long as I'm living grandson about on after school care for early and really highlighting the challenges for working parents and asking what the board can do to support address a challenge we talked about this quite a bit in the last long cuz I've been on the board really and just for contacts before that and I'm if we were running an after-school program. Was kind of breaking it solves if I can be the plan we meeting there were a lot of kids in it it was a very good experience and I think might have even been losing money but it was it was teetering on the brink before the pandemic we are just come back together and figure out how to address a problem even more, so we have we have no obligation to address anything outside of bb-8 you know the school days so but it is obviously affecting our community so I can share that I had a resume conversation with him explain the history of where we are in terms of childcare and we talked about how really a breaking point for us was you can be here and our staff at the end of the day they don't want to stay and rightly so they just put in however many hours of working during the day so we had a really hard time finding staff and what time is it in the right way. Brought it up a couple times emails zoom and to be completely honest I explained to him how are building you work and send him the bill to use form and said if you want to try to get an outside cuz he doesn't want to know that he doesn't want us to run a program he wants a and then I told him about cka in that we already had a contract with them and I shared the building his form and said he was welcome to fill out a building use for him and we move forward from this is where we're at there is a process that you can fill out the form and and we take it from there has been like a formal process the Child Care staff challenges are Universal Rochester so how do you read the correspondence to the board how do you want to respond to that correspondence your options would be you can drive the superintendent to respond to the correspondence you good you are so now that I miss her I'm happy to reply to him and say we talked about it tonight and I understand he met with Kristen and she shows up and we can keep the conversation we had Parents, Nebraska Trivago I think we're talking about some logistical realities that are real if I remembers Henry's been here I'm just been like three different agencies are versions of the program or two maybe a third no I think from my perspective I think I'm very sympathetic to the family I think we have a societal problem with this but I also very sympathetic to the logistical issues like this if I think about how I would respond to this but we just named I think that this is a broader issue then what the school board and school is responsible for real I don't want to have no part to play but our charge is to make sure providing education About Childcare get together a lot because this is a place where kids are and those are not necessarily the same thing and I can feel it y'all and so I feel like I would like to direct into town like I have to be in community conversation I feel like he should also be approaching the town about this I mean you're all so I can see all of you and your New London is like the outing club. Boys & Girls Club things that made need to be thought about that isn't here because this is where the kids come every day I did appreciate the point that he made that up we don't necessarily know what needs are out there that might be unsafe I need speakers everybody else just kind of complacent to this is how it is why don't I do I am very very very cognizant of how challenging it is I count my lucky stars every day my kids are a little older than they once were but having lived two full work full-time working parents and little kids it is as hard as it has ever been there aren't they people can't there's no sound so hard it's getting before we knew it was with the least of my worries it wouldn't be the worst years of my life not because of illness because you met the it was the same way. a word related to me and I know that there are programs that are trying to get my child care General people trained people aren't even going into childcare right because and there aren't there are also Jerry to your point there are Statewide and also Upper Valley Child Care and housing which are play You & the mile I was looking at it. and I really appreciate him taking action to your appointment and there are a lot of people are just beat down and don't want like if it feels impossible so I appreciate him taking stuff so it wasn't unreasonable asking questions I have a personal thing about childcare and education being cold in the way. and I am getting a little bit cuz I talk about coronavirus home with covid-19 wait for a minute I think we saw everyone says hi Brittany wait a minute I need sure there's no one in the room Remember the Titans it was a minute and we all we don't have our secretary what do I do I write it down and then give to Chris send it to me how to do the front part so what are we going in under inteleos are the dismissal promotion or compensation any Publix 332 a and we need motion time director of public we are in right now

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