TRANSCRIPTION OF SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 PLEASANTVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING, HELD VIA ZOOM MEETING VIDEOCONFERENCE, AT 7:31PM

1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.320 Larry Boes: Welcome everybody to the September 8 of September 8 meeting of the Pleasantville Union Free School District Board of Education. 2 00:00:12.150 --> 00:00:16.470 Larry Boes: We’ll start by. Can I have a motion to approve the meeting minutes 3 00:00:17.670 --> 00:00:21.270 Larry Boes: Of September 1 Board of Education meeting. 4 00:00:22.380 --> 00:00:25.290 Shane McGaffey: I moved that we approve the Board of Education minutes of September 1 5 00:00:26.220 --> 00:00:26.610 Angela Vella: I second 6 00:00:27.720 --> 00:00:29.340 Larry Boes: Any questions or comments. 7 00:00:33.330 --> 00:00:35.850 Larry Boes: Okay, great. Thank you. Veronica, as usual. 8 00:00:36.990 --> 00:00:37.560 Larry Boes: Great job. 9 00:00:39.420 --> 00:00:40.380 Larry Boes: All in favor. 10 00:00:41.820 --> 00:00:42.420 Larry Boes: Shane. 11 00:00:42.630 --> 00:00:44.190 Shane McGaffey: Aye Larry Boes: Angela.

Angela Vella: Aye 12 00:00:44.790 --> 00:00:46.020 Larry Boes: Jill. 13 00:00:46.620 --> 00:00:47.040 Jill Grossman: Aye. 14 00:00:48.150 --> 00:00:48.600 Larry Boes: Emily. 15 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:49.380 Emily Rubin Persons: Aye 16 00:00:50.670 --> 00:00:52.530 Larry Boes: And I am an Aye as well. 17 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:56.310 Larry Boes: Five, zero. So, thank you. 18 00:00:58.890 --> 00:01:03.570 Larry Boes: We have some additional guests here tonight. I'd like to welcome. 19 00:01:04.710 --> 00:01:05.850 Larry Boes: Steve Chamberlain 20 00:01:07.110 --> 00:01:09.600 Larry Boes: Our ssistant superintendent of buildings and grounds. 21 00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:11.790 Steve Chamberlain: Don't give me a promotion. 22 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:13.860 Steve Chamberlain: I'm just the director 26 00:01:21.060 --> 00:01:24.930 Larry Boes: Steve is going to talk to us about 27 00:01:26.160 --> 00:01:27.330 Larry Boes: The facilities.

28 00:01:31.980 --> 00:01:41.700 Larry Boes: And the work that's been ongoing over the summer. This is a typical thing that Steve does, updates on all of the summer work, but we also have 29 00:01:42.810 --> 00:01:49.650 Larry Boes: Construction from Phase One of our bond which passed in May of 2019 30 00:01:50.730 --> 00:02:00.600 Larry Boes: So a lot of work going on all summer and still ongoing. But Steve will fill us in. So take it away. Steve, thank you. 31 00:02:01.650 --> 00:02:03.330 Steve Chamberlain: Thank you. Thanks for having me here. 32 00:02:05.340 --> 00:02:06.900 Steve Chamberlain: Okay, we can go to the next slide. 33 00:02:08.820 --> 00:02:20.790 Steve Chamberlain: So let's start at the Bedford Road School. We're as you know we're creating a security vestibule over there at one of the entrances. And what you see here on the 34 00:02:21.930 --> 00:02:40.650 Steve Chamberlain: Left hand picture is the demolition of the slab and we had to take out to create the new vestibule that first set of doors you see there is the exterior current exterior doors set at her road school and those doors will be moving on to the outside of the space where you see that 35 00:02:42.180 --> 00:02:44.670 Steve Chamberlain: The slab being starting to be broken up there. 36 00:02:45.390 --> 00:02:49.410 Angela Vella: So you're going to put different doors for the interior doors and those will still remain the 37 00:02:49.560 --> 00:02:51.180 Angela Vella: You're going to move those to the outside. 38 00:02:51.390 --> 00:03:06.000 Steve Chamberlain: We're getting new ones and putting them to the outside. Yes. Correct. Because the outside entrances and arched entrance. So it'll be a whole entire arched storefront with a glass transform and ground glass sidelights into two new doors.

39 00:03:08.010 --> 00:03:12.900 Steve Chamberlain: And then the right hand picture is the current interior 40 00:03:14.130 --> 00:03:23.160 Steve Chamberlain: Space between the two sets of doors, where we have created a greeter space and a greeters window into a new greeters office. 41 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:26.070 Steve Chamberlain: Go to the next slide. 42 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:38.130 Steve Chamberlain: Some more work being done in that space on what you see on the left hand side there is the great beam being dug out. That's essentially the foundation that will 43 00:03:40.170 --> 00:03:49.140 Steve Chamberlain: Hold the new extra wall there, and also securely. The new slab, which you see poured on the right hand side there. 44 00:03:53.100 --> 00:03:54.090 Steve Chamberlain: And the next slide. 45 00:03:55.290 --> 00:04:02.220 Steve Chamberlain: This is from the inside. Now this is the new doorway we've created on the picture on the left from the 46 00:04:03.750 --> 00:04:11.250 Steve Chamberlain: Core door into the new greeters office and you can see the greeters window there leading into the security vestibule 47 00:04:11.790 --> 00:04:26.490 Steve Chamberlain: And the right hand picture is showing that we took a little space from one of the larger kindergarten classrooms. They are to create the office. And that's the metal framing and some sound attenuation that has gone in that space. 49 00:04:31.530 --> 00:04:39.240 Steve Chamberlain: This is what the greeters window currently looks like it's not 100% but we're getting there, it'll be functional for the opening of school. 50 00:04:40.320 --> 00:04:43.170 Steve Chamberlain: Again won't be 100% done but it'll be a functional and safe. 51

00:04:44.280 --> 00:04:49.200 Steve Chamberlain: In that open space there, there'll be a sliding window for the greeter there'll be a 52 00:04:50.370 --> 00:04:53.520 Steve Chamberlain: release button for the interior set of doors. 53 00:04:54.780 --> 00:05:00.720 Steve Chamberlain: And the picture on the right is showing now that the wall is up and 54 00:05:02.820 --> 00:05:15.390 Steve Chamberlain: The whole top section will be glass, it will have our 3am film on it that we've used in other areas on the bottom section where you see the wall board, there'll be a wooden bench there and you can just see the 55 00:05:16.860 --> 00:05:20.490 Steve Chamberlain: The archway there where there's going to be the arch set of doors on the exterior 56 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:22.830 Emily Persons: So hey, Steve as 57 00:05:22.860 --> 00:05:29.070 Emily Persons: Quick, as I said, the greeters space. Is there enough for two people or just one person. 58 00:05:29.550 --> 00:05:31.380 Steve Chamberlain: It's designed for one person. 59 00:05:32.910 --> 00:05:43.500 Steve Chamberlain: It's about seven feet by seven feet. So really just enough for one person. There's a desk for there. There's some cabinetry underneath the desk section. There'll be room for a computer and a phone. 60 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:47.310 Steve Chamberlain: Has some heat and AC in there. 61 00:05:50.640 --> 00:06:02.670 Angela Vella: Steve, the current section between the two sets of doors. Is that going to be made smaller or will it line up with the size of the new part 62 00:06:02.760 --> 00:06:05.610 Steve Chamberlain: It'll all be one big space. 63 00:06:06.660 --> 00:06:18.810

Steve Chamberlain: So that new security vestibule will go from essentially the inner set of doors that are secure to the lobby all the way out to that arched brick opening 64 00:06:19.590 --> 00:06:21.330 Larry Boes: And approximately how big is that seat. 66 00:06:23.670 --> 00:06:31.020 Steve Chamberlain: Off the top of my head, I would say it's about 25 feet long by maybe 10 or 11 feet across. 67 00:06:32.580 --> 00:06:34.260 Steve Chamberlain: So it's a good sized space. 69 00:06:36.180 --> 00:06:39.720 Larry Boes: Room. You could have multiple people to socially distance in there, if necessary, right. 70 00:06:39.930 --> 00:06:42.510 Steve Chamberlain: Right. And there was a camera inside that location. 71 00:06:43.020 --> 00:06:55.560 Larry Boes: And would it be fair to say that the flow of ingress and egress, ingress will occur through the security vestibule and egress will occur out the old set of doors. 72 00:06:56.130 --> 00:06:59.040 Steve Chamberlain: That's correct. Right. 73 00:07:00.150 --> 00:07:02.850 Steve Chamberlain: That's really just to manage your visitors. 74 00:07:04.260 --> 00:07:07.890 Steve Chamberlain: In a secure space until they're allowed entry into the building right 75 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:09.990 Larry Boes: Thanks. 76 00:07:13.230 --> 00:07:16.530 Steve Chamberlain: And then the project we had going on at 77 00:07:17.550 --> 00:07:22.230 Steve Chamberlain: BRS was some work we were doing on the HVAC system, which essentially

78 00:07:24.390 --> 00:07:34.740 Steve Chamberlain: That building has what's called a to pipe system. So a two pipe system you're using the same copper pipes to run cold water for air conditioning in the summer. 79 00:07:35.310 --> 00:07:48.000 Steve Chamberlain: That you are running hot water for heat in the winter. And what we found in that building because it's kind of built into a hillside there that it develops humid conditions. 80 00:07:49.980 --> 00:07:51.510 Steve Chamberlain: In periods of time when 81 00:07:52.770 --> 00:08:03.720 Steve Chamberlain: You're in heat mode where you really want to be cooling to dehumidifier. So we've added what's called a four pipe system to 82 00:08:06.060 --> 00:08:15.150 Steve Chamberlain: For the most. I'm sorry, eight of the most susceptible classrooms there and to all of the large units in the building, allowing us to heat and cool at the same time. 83 00:08:15.990 --> 00:08:26.430 Steve Chamberlain: And what you see in the first picture on the left there is just some of the new copper piping up in the ceilings and on the right hand side are the new pumps for the for pipe system. 84 00:08:27.630 --> 00:08:28.770 Steve Chamberlain: Which are in the boiler room. 85 00:08:30.930 --> 00:08:32.460 Steve Chamberlain: And we can go to the next picture. 86 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:38.370 Steve Chamberlain: And on the left is the new controls for those large pumps that pump the 87 00:08:39.540 --> 00:08:46.110 Steve Chamberlain: Water through the four pipe system. And on the right hand side is one of the new for pipe unit events in the classroom. 88 00:08:47.820 --> 00:08:55.740 Steve Chamberlain: So essentially what if you had a day like today, for instance, um, where was a little muggy but it wasn't terribly hot 89 00:08:56.490 --> 00:09:02.250

Steve Chamberlain: You want to run your air conditioning, but you don't want to overcool. 90 00:09:02.850 --> 00:09:14.880 Steve Chamberlain: Overcool the building because what will happen if you ever cool the building. You'll cause condensation on services which you know could eventually called cause a moldy condition. So, 91 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:29.550 Steve Chamberlain: With the four pipe system while it's cooling and dehumidifier you're able to introduce some warm water to temper that air so that you're not over cooling, but you are dehumidifier. And that's essentially why we put the system in place. 92 00:09:35.100 --> 00:09:36.330 Steve Chamberlain: So I will jump to the middle school. 93 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:47.670 Steve Chamberlain: And one of the big projects we did at the middle school was a renovation of the main office. So these are a couple of pictures right after the main office was gutted. At the middle school. 94 00:09:51.510 --> 00:09:59.820 Steve Chamberlain: We can go to the next picture. And this is showing the new framing for the main office. We've bumped the main office out into the quarter about 10 feet. 95 00:10:01.110 --> 00:10:08.430 Steve Chamberlain: It's showing the middle stuck there on the left and on the right you see some of the wall board and installation being installed. 96 00:10:13.530 --> 00:10:19.080 Steve Chamberlain: And on the left is the finished product of that that bump out for the main office. 97 00:10:20.130 --> 00:10:29.790 Steve Chamberlain: See new vinyl composition tile on the floor and new acoustical ceiling tile on the ceiling and the paint has been done. 98 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:35.640 Steve Chamberlain: And on the right hand side you see the interior of the new office. 99 00:10:36.660 --> 00:10:42.720 Steve Chamberlain: Furniture in this picture is not exactly in place and the greeters window has not been installed yet. 100 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:48.180 Emily Persons: So the greeter is right in the office with everybody else.

101 00:10:48.240 --> 00:11:00.150 Steve Chamberlain: That's correct. It looks like a big shield there on the right hand side of that picture. That's where the greeters office greeters window is going to be and the greeter will sit at that desk right there. 102 00:11:00.750 --> 00:11:04.140 Angela Vella: And kind of how it is at the high school 103 00:11:05.130 --> 00:11:05.700 Steve Chamberlain: That's correct. 104 00:11:06.930 --> 00:11:18.480 Angela Vella: We just needed more space to make room for that. So, but it's nice because now the greeter isn't in the hallway. So there’s more than ample room for the hallway and for that bump out 105 00:11:18.990 --> 00:11:20.040 Emily Persons: Right, yeah. 106 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:21.990 Angela Vella: Looks great. 107 00:11:22.560 --> 00:11:28.650 Steve Chamberlain: And if you look back at the picture on the left, you can see that that that lobby is a lot cleaner looking now. 110 00:11:33.330 --> 00:11:42.810 Larry Boes: Well, the secure vestibule areas were priorities, back when we had these meetings with the community 111 00:11:44.130 --> 00:11:47.580 Larry Boes: Not to be over two years ago, let's say, three years ago. 112 00:11:52.950 --> 00:12:08.790 Steve Chamberlain: And this is, these doors. This is the exterior doors. These were just installed. They're not 100% finished but again will be functional and safe for the start of school. So that's how you'll enter this new secure vestibule at the middle school. 113 00:12:08.850 --> 00:12:12.300 Angela Vella: So that vestibule is bigger than it used to be. These doors have been bumped out 114 00:12:12.300 --> 00:12:21.840

Steve Chamberlain: Yes. So right inside those doors, you can actually see that same sheet of plywood on the right hand side there. That's when there's when there will be 115 00:12:28.650 --> 00:12:33.000 Steve Chamberlain: Another project we did at the middle school. We wanted to kind of revitalize that 116 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:43.530 Steve Chamberlain: backfield that the middle schools so we could use it for sports and what you really need to have there is an irrigation system. So this is just showing 117 00:12:45.210 --> 00:12:51.660 Steve Chamberlain: Some of the work that was involved in getting a water line out there for the irrigation system. So this picture on the left is 118 00:12:53.880 --> 00:13:08.760 Steve Chamberlain: a concrete pad there that led to two doorways from the kind of the alleyway on the east side of the middle school so that had to be torn up entrenched out to the waterline trench it out across that asphalt. 120 00:13:09.930 --> 00:13:11.010 Steve Chamberlain: Go to the next picture. 121 00:13:12.660 --> 00:13:23.160 Steve Chamberlain: And that's showing it coming out onto the field on the picture on the right is the connection inside of the building with the RPC which see anti back flow out there. 122 00:13:24.540 --> 00:13:30.660 Shane McGaffey: And for people watching that. That's all the back entrance that the Ashland Avenue and friends down the bottom 123 00:13:33.270 --> 00:13:34.500 Steve Chamberlain: I'm sorry, say that again Shane. 124 00:13:35.100 --> 00:13:38.160 Shane McGaffey: That's all the Ashland Avenue entrance down at the bottom right. 125 00:13:38.190 --> 00:13:39.690 Steve Chamberlain: Right. 126 00:13:42.210 --> 00:13:46.920 Steve Chamberlain: Okay, and we will now we go to the redoing the tennis courts.

127 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:57.690 Steve Chamberlain: We did a project on the tennis courts, I think, about six or seven years ago. Mary probably remembers better than I do because she has a fantastic memory. 129 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:07.440 Steve Chamberlain: that was basically to get them through the next five years, until we could get something like this in the plans of the tennis courts. 130 00:14:07.830 --> 00:14:17.910 Steve Chamberlain: The big problem with our tennis courts is that they're in an area that is very wet and there wasn't great drainage underneath the existing courts and what we got in the wintertime. 131 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:27.780 Steve Chamberlain: Was a lot of frost because of the weather conditions which caused the crack and we ended up doing a lot of repairs, just to make them playable so 132 00:14:29.190 --> 00:14:38.520 Steve Chamberlain: These first pictures of the demolition of the some of the footings for the net posts and other concrete that was out there and the fencing. 133 00:14:39.810 --> 00:14:42.780 Larry Boes: Steve, if you could just raise your decimal up a little bit. 134 00:14:45.060 --> 00:14:46.350 Larry Boes: That'd be great. Thank you. Okay. 135 00:14:51.030 --> 00:14:52.650 Steve Chamberlain: And these next pictures. 136 00:14:53.730 --> 00:14:57.690 Steve Chamberlain: This is the milling of the asphalt on the on the tennis court. 137 00:14:58.710 --> 00:15:09.090 Steve Chamberlain: So all of the asphalt was milled and recycled and we also use some of it to make access ramps to the zones that we're redoing 138 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:15.060 Thinking about the next picture. 139 00:15:20.580 --> 00:15:35.850

Steve Chamberlain: Again, because of the water issues that we've had out there in the past, we've done extensive drainage work out there. The picture on the left is an excavation for one of about eight catch basins that were put in and the picture on the right is some 140 00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:54.420 Steve Chamberlain: Draining material that goes underneath the court that is between the asphalt and the base layer that will catch any kind of water that is either coming down or coming up and get it out into the new drainage work that we've done. We also raise the great of those courts, about two feet. 141 00:16:00.570 --> 00:16:10.080 Steve Chamberlain: And this shows a picture of the sub grade in the front. They are being done and rolled out in the first coat of asphalt binder going down on the courts. 142 00:16:12.210 --> 00:16:28.170 Steve Chamberlain: Courts are currently have a binder coat and a top coat asphalt on them and the fencing. The new fencing has been put up in the front. We have to wait a couple of weeks for that asphalt to cure before we can put the sports coating down, which is the color coating for the courts themselves. 143 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:36.180 Steve Chamberlain: And we're jumping to the high school now. 144 00:16:38.190 --> 00:16:54.750 Steve Chamberlain: We've had some issue with the auditorium roof at the high school and the roof drains. We've had some links in there in the past, causing the plaster ceiling and painting the high school to chip and actually fall down and some sections. So this is showing a picture of 145 00:16:56.010 --> 00:16:57.660 Steve Chamberlain: After the roof repairs were done. 146 00:16:58.920 --> 00:17:04.680 Steve Chamberlain: And we were sure that we were watertight. We did a lot of plaster patching on that ceiling and repainting 147 00:17:09.690 --> 00:17:29.220 Steve Chamberlain: This was jumping up to the roof itself on the left you see a section of installation that was removed underneath an area of the roof that had been leaking and also right around the drain area there that insulation couldn't be reused. So it was removed. 148 00:17:31.560 --> 00:17:38.430 Steve Chamberlain: New installation was put in a PDF roofing was patched. On top of that, and then the picture on the right you can see 149 00:17:40.290 --> 00:17:56.760

Steve Chamberlain: Is the new coating that we put on the entire roof. It's a white coating. It has a 25 year warranty. You can see the first coat. There is gray and the final coat is white that roof is now completely recoated 150 00:17:58.680 --> 00:18:00.150 Angela Vella: That, for example. 151 00:18:01.230 --> 00:18:06.990 Angela Vella: Water resistance or to keep it cooler because it's white instead of black, it won’t heat. 152 00:18:07.260 --> 00:18:08.610 Steve Chamberlain: Well, actually 153 00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:15.300 Steve Chamberlain: That's the purpose why it's white for energy purposes and keep it a lot cooler in there and 154 00:18:16.470 --> 00:18:23.940 Steve Chamberlain: This process or recoating roof. It's called a roof restoration. It has become very popular. 155 00:18:25.020 --> 00:18:29.190 Steve Chamberlain: You get the same warranty with this is if we put a new roof on 156 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:35.910 Steve Chamberlain: at about half the cost and the way roof is going to be more energy efficient. 157 00:18:37.020 --> 00:18:37.260 Angela Vella: Right. 158 00:18:40.020 --> 00:18:42.510 Steve Chamberlain: And that's a picture of the final product one morning 159 00:18:46.830 --> 00:18:47.550 Steve Chamberlain: Next picture. 160 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:57.600 Steve Chamberlain: Another project at the high school was we totally redid the high school cupola which was in dire need of 161 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:06.270 Steve Chamberlain: A good scraping and painting and also the original rails that were up there were just completely rotten and were starting to come down.

162 00:19:07.410 --> 00:19:09.540 Steve Chamberlain: So the picture on the left is 163 00:19:10.590 --> 00:19:17.220 Steve Chamberlain: The contractor painting the top part of the cupola and the picture on the right is actually the contractors taking down some of the 164 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:30.450 Steve Chamberlain: Existing rails, all those rails had been removed and the new rails are installed. On the new rails we what we did was we took down the decorative pieces. 165 00:19:31.650 --> 00:19:41.760 Steve Chamberlain: Months ago one of each, and we had them cast so that the new rails are identical to the original rails on the building. 166 00:19:42.810 --> 00:19:52.320 Steve Chamberlain: And they're not wood, they're all synthetic material and they'll last for a long, long time. And the cupola now has been completely refurbished and repainted. 167 00:19:55.470 --> 00:19:56.310 Steve Chamberlain: To match the 168 00:19:57.990 --> 00:19:59.250 Steve Chamberlain: rest of the school. 169 00:19:59.670 --> 00:20:00.450 Angela Vella: Wow, that's great. 170 00:20:00.840 --> 00:20:01.950 Steve Chamberlain: That's what we did this summer. 171 00:20:04.230 --> 00:20:06.210 Mary Fox-Alter: So I do want to first of all 172 00:20:07.230 --> 00:20:19.200 Mary Fox-Alter: Just give a huge shout out to Steve Chamberlain and to Tim Whipple. This continues to be a very complex project not as simple as 173 00:20:19.560 --> 00:20:29.940

Mary Fox-Alter: Ones in the past. Not that they are ever simple but this one has a ton of different issues associated with it. But the community should be rest assured that 174 00:20:30.600 --> 00:20:40.350 Mary Fox-Alter: Steve Chamberlain and Tim Whipple have given a ton of attention and time to this; gone above and beyond, I have to tell you, this is, this has been fairly 175 00:20:40.800 --> 00:20:51.900 Mary Fox-Alter: Complicated, it hasn't been easy, and then layered on to that are the timelines, particularly to make sure that we open up the back parking lot for the opening of schools and then you've got 176 00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:56.820 Mary Fox-Alter: You know supplies being come in and trying to handle 177 00:20:57.210 --> 00:20:58.950 Mary Fox-Alter: our bootcamp lessons. 178 00:20:58.950 --> 00:21:15.270 Mary Fox-Alter: There's an awful lot that's going on. Normally, and then add COVID to it and then add hybrid model and then add this construction to it all, but it looks great and I just have to give again huge attaboy 179 00:21:15.810 --> 00:21:21.960 Mary Fox-Alter: Steve, you've done a fantastic job. It's exactly what the community wanted in terms of security and 180 00:21:22.170 --> 00:21:33.750 Mary Fox-Alter: this welcoming environment. I mean, I've been in the two new vestibules, they are what we envisioned them to be. You feel safe in there, they're big enough. They're light filled and yet they are this place. 181 00:21:34.080 --> 00:21:41.910 Mary Fox-Alter: Where people are secure. I love it that people cannot step into the Bedford Road School or into the middle school now. That lobby looks great. 182 00:21:42.570 --> 00:21:49.950 Mary Fox-Alter: Today I went over and I saw the mural that Greg Nemec painted there with our branding, it just looks fantastic. 183 00:21:50.940 --> 00:22:09.090 Mary Fox-Alter: Thank you. And I know that the meetings with all of this, once a week on Tuesdays. But, you know, we're heading towards the finish line on this. I think Steve, correct me if I'm wrong, but the entrance to the country club that'll still be closed for another

184 00:22:09.090 --> 00:22:22.950 Mary Fox-Alter: week because of the D zone work. The reason why they're what we mean by D zones. If you take a look at the turf field at either end. It looks like the letter D, you know, these are these zones at the end where we have 185 00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:42.420 Mary Fox-Alter: Different activities taking place there. But we've had drainage issues and some of them, and we could not finish them with the project that we did when we did the turf replacement and the track. So we're able to address them now, but the middle school drive will be open by Thursday. 00:22:46.170 --> 00:22:47.130 Steve Chamberlain: I saw the fact that 188 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:53.610 Steve Chamberlain: It will be closed for another three or four weeks, I would imagine, still send out a k 12 alert for that. And I want to thank Mr. 189 00:22:53.610 --> 00:23:02.220 Mary Fox-Alter: Marra and his team because in my time here, that's the third time that the middle school main office moved completely out of the main office and 190 00:23:02.610 --> 00:23:11.910 Mary Fox-Alter: They were terrific. Boy, they were. I mean, they worked out of the library and then moved everything back in, but it does look great. It just looks great. 191 00:23:12.750 --> 00:23:17.130 Angela Vella: So the tennis courts are done except for the painting of the 192 00:23:18.300 --> 00:23:20.070 Steve Chamberlain: The painting and the net posts. Yes. 193 00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.850 Angela Vella: And then that whole 194 00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:22.110 Steve Chamberlain: Thing all the asphalt. 195 00:23:22.230 --> 00:23:23.370 Angela Vella: Fences up 197 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:36.480

Steve Chamberlain: That's us up in the front. That's correct, yeah. One thing I forgot to mention Mary and I remember that on my way home, is the shelter in place hardware that we've put in the middle school. 198 00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:46.080 Steve Chamberlain: It's all new hardware that allows some all the teachers to be able to lock their classroom door from the inside. So that's a work in progress. 199 00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:55.320 Steve Chamberlain: Up 50% of it is done. We still have to install about 30 new doors in the middle school. And when we do that, we'll put the new hardware on those doors as well. 200 00:23:56.160 --> 00:24:03.180 Mary Fox-Alter: And we're continuing some of the HVAC work at the Bedford Road School, but they can do it on evenings and on Mondays. 201 00:24:03.300 --> 00:24:05.190 Steve Chamberlain: That's correct, right, which is great. 202 00:24:06.810 --> 00:24:07.770 Angela Vella: Was it a problem. 203 00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:11.730 Larry Boes: Cleaning and repainting and 205 00:24:15.630 --> 00:24:16.560 Steve Chamberlain: Yes, yeah. 206 00:24:16.590 --> 00:24:17.760 Larry Boes: That's all been ongoing 207 00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:24.870 Steve Chamberlain: Yeah, we had many in house projects done to for 208 00:24:25.950 --> 00:24:37.680 Steve Chamberlain: Five months or so we've done some interior carpentry project and a ton of painting Bedford Rose School has basically been completely repainted. So we're able to get a lot of work done. 209 00:24:39.390 --> 00:24:40.140 Larry Boes: Thank you, Steve. 210 00:24:40.770 --> 00:24:47.760

Angela Vella: Was it a supply issue like meeting, getting them all. 211 00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:51.300 Steve Chamberlain: The supply chain was very slow. 212 00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:58.380 Steve Chamberlain: On the summer, a lot of the factors were either shut down or they were not just producing at half 213 00:24:58.920 --> 00:25:08.940 Steve Chamberlain: Capacity because they only had half their staffing. So we've not had a lot of the supplies for this project, who were slow and arriving and that's the only reason we were delayed. 214 00:25:10.470 --> 00:25:22.770 Steve Chamberlain: Doors are there, we’re waiting for the fire rated glass panels for the doors because we cannot install the door without a fire rated glass panel in there. 215 00:25:24.090 --> 00:25:31.170 Steve Chamberlain: We won't meet fire code. So once we get those they'll be installed and the new hardware will be put on them. Right. 216 00:25:33.150 --> 00:25:39.930 Tim Whipple: If I could just piggyback on what Mary said, I mean, for those who don't know Steve acted as the clerk of the works for this project so 217 00:25:40.530 --> 00:25:47.910 Tim Whipple: Not only is he managing the project from a facilities director perspective, but he's also in in the day to day 218 00:25:48.870 --> 00:25:56.070 Tim Whipple: Looking at construction and looking at each tiny little thing that the contractors are doing. And I can't tell you how many things. 219 00:25:56.640 --> 00:26:03.300 Tim Whipple: He has caught and potentially saved the district. Thousands of dollars 220 00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:19.590 Tim Whipple: Pouring of the pad and making sure the rebar was correct. And there's just, there's so many things that I wish I could remember right now, but just an absolute value to the district and I kid, Steve, I say you've got it. You've got another career after you finish this as a 221 00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.820

Tim Whipple: As a clerk of the works or 222 00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:27.030 Tim Whipple: construction manager, because just unbelievably fantastic the work he's done so a lot of credit 223 00:26:27.570 --> 00:26:38.340 Mary Fox-Alter: And Tim, his daily reports, he'll drop by the office and you'll get, you know, there have been, as Tim will tell you, there have been some challenging moments in the continued up to now. 224 00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:49.770 Mary Fox-Alter: But Steve's deep knowledge of the trade and the industry, his ability to work with multiple contractors his ability to problem solve, think out of the box. 225 00:26:50.340 --> 00:27:00.720 Mary Fox-Alter: All of this has really mattered and plus his deep knowledge of the district itself. All of that together. So I just couldn't be prouder and great job. 226 00:27:01.530 --> 00:27:14.610 Mary Fox-Alter: Steph and Tim, the community should really be just very proud of, you know, it made me feel great today to look up at that cupola and see the railings going in and that attention to detail about bringing it down. 227 00:27:15.030 --> 00:27:19.650 Mary Fox-Alter: I often say, we're just stewards of something that's bigger than who we are. 228 00:27:20.040 --> 00:27:34.470 Mary Fox-Alter: And we fought like crazy to make sure that the slate roof went back up on this building we matched every detail of the 2010 additions and to see that cupola being restored. Again, it is you just feel like 229 00:27:35.070 --> 00:27:44.100 Mary Fox-Alter: Great stewards of the public trust. Many generations of kids to come and for them to enjoy it so 230 00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:48.150 Mary Fox-Alter: Moving along, and it's only phase one of the 231 00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.640 Mary Fox-Alter: Project, but 232 00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:58.830 Mary Fox-Alter: Well done, Steve. Well done. And Tim thank you as well. Go team Pleasantville. Awesome job.

233 00:27:59.850 --> 00:28:01.350 Emily Persons: Thank you, Steve, thanks Tim. 234 00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:02.640 Steve Chamberlain: All right. Thanks, everybody. 239 00:28:15.450 --> 00:28:19.650 Larry Boes: Alright, so we'll move on to Superintendents Report. 240 00:28:21.750 --> 00:28:35.760 Mary Fox-Alter: Sure we've been very, very busy. In addition to dealing with an awful lot of the construction that Steve just reported on and all of the boot camp work and 241 00:28:36.510 --> 00:28:46.560 Mary Fox-Alter: You know sometimes the delay of supplies that have been coming here, but it's been a really, really pretty busy time of year and the openings of schools is a busy one 242 00:28:46.830 --> 00:28:55.980 Mary Fox-Alter: In a normal year and this one. Now it is super busy. One of the big surprises we received today was that the Governor has announced that 243 00:28:56.700 --> 00:29:05.790 Mary Fox-Alter: I have to produce a COVID dashboard every single day. He announced it at a press conference today and then 244 00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:20.040 Mary Fox-Alter: We received an invite to attend a Superintendents only webinar. And what that looked like. And we had 45 minutes all to log on, if we happen to have been around to get the invite to find out what we had to do so. 245 00:29:20.730 --> 00:29:30.210 Mary Fox-Alter: The gist of it is that we have to report every single day, whether we're hybrid, remote. 246 00:29:30.810 --> 00:29:46.260 Mary Fox-Alter: Number of kids who are in the schools to the best extent possible, and staff and report if anybody has tested positive for COVID while school districts are not testing sites. Some are and they're encouraged to share that information. 247 00:29:47.460 --> 00:30:06.690

Mary Fox-Alter: And the governor's office 3 or 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 times on our webinar today basically felt that parents would be more apt to share that kind of information. If someone in their home or if we have employees that tested positive rather than through the Department of Health. 248 00:30:07.800 --> 00:30:20.370 Mary Fox-Alter: We shall see. Apparently we have to create all this, Tim and I were talking about it with Veronica at the end of the day, and I've start entering data into this thing tomorrow to be continued. 249 00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:36.570 Emily Persons: So Mary, I have a question. So when somebody tests positive, you know, they've gone to some testing facility of some sort, and they've received this result isn't that testing place required to report to the Department of Health. 250 00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:44.400 Mary Fox-Alter: Well, that's how they get the results right that get released through the county executive like every once in a while you'll see what communities where they did test. 251 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:56.850 Emily Persons: So isn't that kind of the Department of Health is getting that testing information well before because they're getting it really before the person who's sick is getting it. Correct. 252 00:30:57.810 --> 00:31:04.500 Mary Fox-Alter: Well they get the result, they have to. They did test. I think the issue is that, for example, you could have 253 00:31:05.010 --> 00:31:16.680 Mary Fox-Alter: Someone who might be a resident of Pleasantville but work in another public school district. So they're trying to, where does the positive test show up, in Pleasantville. 254 00:31:16.950 --> 00:31:33.600 Mary Fox-Alter: But it won't be reflected in the district that that person may or may not be working in. So I found out about this this afternoon. And he basically wants this information for students and for staff who work in schools for us to report this. 255 00:31:34.650 --> 00:31:49.920 Mary Fox-Alter: Every single day, and if we hear about a positive case. Are we required to post it and if in a particular day, we have none. We're still required to report zero. It's something we have to log into every single day. 256 00:31:50.760 --> 00:31:54.000 Mary Fox-Alter: If you have the test on the weekend. You're also required then too. 257 00:31:54.900 --> 00:32:00.780

Emily Persons: That sounds like a lot of extra work. Is that something that only you can do or can the attendance. 259 00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:08.010 Mary Fox-Alter: We're figuring out those pieces, Emily. 260 00:32:08.010 --> 00:32:08.280 Emily Persons: Right. 261 00:32:08.310 --> 00:32:20.400 Mary Fox-Alter: You have over 98, the teachers are easy enough to do. It's, a little bit challenging, but, Tim and I were talking about. And we have another meeting tomorrow. So figure it out. 262 00:32:20.970 --> 00:32:25.440 Angela Vella: So you have to log in on the weekends and report if you've heard of any. 263 00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:29.370 Mary Fox-Alter: If you have something going on on the weekend that's a school event. Oh. 264 00:32:29.490 --> 00:32:31.290 Angela Vella: Oh, okay. If there's a school event. 265 00:32:31.950 --> 00:32:34.770 Mary Fox-Alter: In a typical year you could have a football game, you could have a 266 00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:36.630 Mary Fox-Alter: You know event. I don't 267 00:32:37.770 --> 00:32:38.760 Jill Grossman: I'm sure you've already 268 00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:40.560 Angela Vella: Now, there's no events. Yeah. 269 00:32:41.130 --> 00:32:49.530 Jill Grossman: Can they get data that's gathered from the daily app for health form somehow be used to 270 00:32:50.850 --> 00:32:54.090 Jill Grossman: feed into this data that's required that we have to report. 272

00:32:57.690 --> 00:33:13.890 Mary Fox-Alter: Yes and no. It depends. I mean, I'm having trouble with the app talking to all the different pieces here anyway so little bit complicated here. But the only thing they want us to do on this is to report a positive 273 00:33:14.100 --> 00:33:19.590 Mary Fox-Alter: COVID test of an individual, be at a student or staff member, that's what they're looking for. 276 00:33:25.230 --> 00:33:29.700 Larry Boes: Do you want to give an update on Holy Innocents, Mary. 277 00:33:29.820 --> 00:33:37.320 Mary Fox-Alter: Oh yes. Good news is that at Holy Innocents so far more than half a little more than half have been 278 00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:47.550 Mary Fox-Alter: Tested. Results have been back and we have no positive cases. So I think the overarching message here is physical distancing wearing a mask and 279 00:33:48.210 --> 00:33:53.940 Mary Fox-Alter: Proper hand hygiene. They work they work. And I think that's awesome news so 280 00:33:54.300 --> 00:34:00.720 Mary Fox-Alter: You know, we're looking forward to hearing towards the end of the week, we certainly will share that when we get the final numbers, but 281 00:34:01.050 --> 00:34:14.220 Mary Fox-Alter: It's all pointing in the right direction, which is a good thing as we head into the fall and opening of schools underneath those conditions wearing masks social physically distancing and proper hand hygiene critical 282 00:34:14.640 --> 00:34:20.130 Larry Boes: But I think it was posted somewhere, somewhere around 400 tests were done due to that. 283 00:34:21.180 --> 00:34:21.570 Larry Boes: Right. 284 00:34:22.290 --> 00:34:24.600 Mary Fox-Alter: Yes, they think they had 400 people 285 00:34:25.710 --> 00:34:28.110 Larry Boes: Exposed to exposures.

286 00:34:28.140 --> 00:34:40.650 Mary Fox-Alter: Attending either mass or the first holy communion service. Obviously we have some kids and some staff members who are quarantining as required by law. So we are making plans with the principals. 287 00:34:41.790 --> 00:34:47.790 Mary Fox-Alter: Today, because some of those staff members are not available for in person instruction on Thursday and Friday. 289 00:34:54.360 --> 00:35:05.340 Mary Fox-Alter: Just very excited about Thursday and Friday and having the kids here we have one more day. Technology is bumpy, I have to tell you it's not easy. We've had, as Tim 290 00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:15.270 Mary Fox-Alter: Mentioned and Steve mentioned, with the construction. We've had supply issues we have supply chain issues all over the place. It's not an easy thing right now and 291 00:35:15.570 --> 00:35:34.680 Mary Fox-Alter: The RIC sent out information to all of us about how the internet. The increased demand for bandwidth is a concern for the whole region group of superintendents. Gee, I wonder what life is going to be like a one o'clock in the afternoon when California logs on 292 00:35:35.190 --> 00:35:45.030 Mary Fox-Alter: You know, so bandwidth and capacity to deliver it are of a concern right now, but we shall see. 293 00:35:45.660 --> 00:35:46.680 Larry Boes: Will know that quickly. 294 00:35:47.010 --> 00:35:49.590 Mary Fox-Alter: Very quickly. 295 00:35:49.620 --> 00:35:52.290 Larry Boes: Well, number of schools started today, right. 296 00:35:53.670 --> 00:36:00.330 Larry Boes: Um, some in person in some remote. Yeah, and some even started last week. Right. Yeah, so 297 00:36:02.100 --> 00:36:05.760 Larry Boes: In New York, I'm talking about locally. Right. 299

00:36:07.560 --> 00:36:20.760 Mary Fox-Alter: So good. Everyone hits bumps in the road. But that's not to be unexpected. We all knew that going into this. It's about the ability to adjust and to pivot and to address the 300 00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:26.040 Mary Fox-Alter: Unexpected little bumps on the road and to handle it. 301 00:36:27.180 --> 00:36:29.880 Mary Fox-Alter: To be continued looking forward to the rest of the week. 302 00:36:31.950 --> 00:36:38.700 Larry Boes: Yeah, obviously, you know, I have two children, one in the middle school one in high school 303 00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:41.040 Larry Boes: And I know 304 00:36:43.080 --> 00:36:52.950 Larry Boes: That they are looking forward to attending school in person. 305 00:36:55.530 --> 00:37:00.600 Larry Boes: We all shall hope we continue to move forward and that the ship leaves the dock. 310 00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:16.590 Shane McGaffey: Yes, I do with a heavy heart. 311 00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:21.420 Shane McGaffey: So I have an announcement Pleasantville STRONG. 312 00:37:22.530 --> 00:37:24.300 Shane McGaffey: And Nicole Marguerite who is the 313 00:37:25.470 --> 00:37:30.750 Shane McGaffey: Coalition Coordinator has done too good of a job and so 314 00:37:31.530 --> 00:37:32.430 Larry Boes: got hired away. 315 00:37:32.850 --> 00:37:40.950 Shane McGaffey: She got hired away by Student Assistant Services and the plus side to that is, well, first of all, she's done an incredible job so

316 00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:49.590 Shane McGaffey: We're very thankful for everything she's given us and have been left very lucky to have her and thankfully moving forward. 317 00:37:50.250 --> 00:37:54.810 Shane McGaffey: As part of the contract with Student Assistance Services, she'll be able to give us six hours a week. 318 00:37:55.260 --> 00:38:03.570 Shane McGaffey: So that's helpful because that will help with the transition, but on Friday we're having an executive session to start putting together the job description. 319 00:38:04.290 --> 00:38:16.770 Shane McGaffey: For a new coalition coordinator, we’ll be taking that on and we'll keep you in the loop on what we're doing, in partnership with the village because the village is the fiscal 320 00:38:17.160 --> 00:38:19.290 Larry Boes: Sponsor 321 00:38:20.430 --> 00:38:22.170 Angela Vella: So Eric Morriseey. 323 00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:26.970 Angela Vella: How was she doing on the application for the next 326 00:38:30.060 --> 00:38:33.630 Shane McGaffey: Everything's in and we're up to date with all our proper paperwork. We're actually ahead. 327 00:38:34.200 --> 00:38:45.780 Shane McGaffey: So we're in a good space and we have a good flow. And so I think we should be able to move forward pretty well. And just looking for a new person now. 329 00:38:50.250 --> 00:38:54.630 Shane McGaffey: That's correct, yes. And she starts with essays on September 16 okay 330 00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:57.510 Larry Boes: Well, good luck to Nicole, she 331 00:38:57.510 --> 00:39:01.500 Larry Boes: Yeah, I'm sure she lives here so we'll see her. Yep.

332 00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:07.290 Angela Vella: Thank you to her for everything she's done 333 00:39:09.030 --> 00:39:14.520 Shane McGaffey: And she'll continue to be involved, which is great. So we can't thank her enough 334 00:39:16.050 --> 00:39:16.380 Larry Boes: Yeah. 335 00:39:17.040 --> 00:39:32.430 Shane McGaffey: That's one thing. Another thing I just want to mention is, we have on the steering committee, we have middle school representation and we have high school representation. It's always hard for us to get Bedford Road School representation, because 336 00:39:33.540 --> 00:39:37.380 Shane McGaffey: A lot of parents don't realize how quickly their kids grow up. 338 00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:48.930 Shane McGaffey: how quickly they might want to be involved. So I just put it out there for, for those who may be watching from Bedford Road School, feel free to call me or email me. 339 00:39:50.910 --> 00:40:05.970 Shane McGaffey: All of our names and numbers are on the Board of Ed on the website under Board look any of us up and get in touch with any of us but anybody who from Bedford Road School who is interested in Pleasantville STRONG, would love to hear from you. 340 00:40:06.570 --> 00:40:11.580 Emily Persons: Maybe you can have the PTA put a little notice in their e blast. 341 00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:16.080 Shane McGaffey: We can do that and I'll be speaking at 342 00:40:17.220 --> 00:40:18.900 Shane McGaffey: When they have BRS 343 00:40:20.610 --> 00:40:22.380 Shane McGaffey: PTA meeting. I'll be speaking at them. 344 00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:31.380 Shane McGaffey: Last year and Nicole actually came to a PTA meeting and gave a presentation last year.

345 00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:45.900 Mary Fox-Alter: Thanks Shane. Thank you for your leadership, you have gone above and beyond. I mean, incredible. So we are thrilled to have you here at the helm and 346 00:40:46.470 --> 00:40:59.550 Mary Fox-Alter: I think that, Nicole. We're very excited. I loved your opening. It's with a heavy heart but I'm excited for her, the incredible work 24 seven to make this organization what it is and 347 00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:07.920 Mary Fox-Alter: Reaching into many, many areas of our community addressing many issues and we want that great work to continue 348 00:41:08.370 --> 00:41:17.730 Mary Fox-Alter: And I know we'll be lucky to have Nicole still working with this, but I'm excited about the future. And we do need Bedford Road Parents, if you think about this. 351 00:41:27.930 --> 00:41:35.460 Mary Fox-Alter: When we can get some BRS parents on board. It's important work and will push that, so thank you. 352 00:41:35.970 --> 00:41:45.660 Shane McGaffey: Good things can happen to good people usually it's no good deed goes unpunished. So, you know, happy that you could turn the tables on them. Yeah. 353 00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:55.140 Larry Boes: Thanks. Good luck. Shane, and I'm sure we'll be talking more about Pleasantville STRONG in the near future. 354 00:41:58.320 --> 00:41:58.770 Larry Boes: Jill. 355 00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:01.140 Jill Grossman: No updates. 356 00:42:02.640 --> 00:42:08.850 Larry Boes: You sent out that blast about the childcare that went out last Friday. 357 00:42:11.370 --> 00:42:13.260 Larry Boes: So we would encourage people to 358 0:42:14.340 --> 00:42:15.540

Larry Boes: Utilize that site. 359 00:42:18.630 --> 00:42:26.160 Larry Boes: You know, particularly putting out there. The funds have already been earmarked for childcare in New York State. 360 00:42:28.110 --> 00:42:28.530 Larry Boes: You know, 361 00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:30.240 Larry Boes: So, 362 00:42:32.160 --> 00:42:37.950 Larry Boes: Anyway, thanks Jill for all your work, thanks to everybody for your work on those items, Emily. 363 00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:46.080 Emily Persons: The only thing is to just highlight again that we had another Inside Pleasantville go out last Wednesday. 364 00:42:46.110 --> 00:42:49.380 Emily Persons: Right, which was a really important one with Dr. Roye as we 365 00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:57.660 Emily Persons: Talked about all of the health and safety. We had a long conversation about mask wearing and what that's all about and washing hands and 366 00:42:58.110 --> 00:43:15.300 Emily Persons: And, you know, as we just said here, Mary, with the Holy Innocents. If you are practicing the right practicing the rules. Then we'll be okay. So hopefully more people will watch that and get any information, but also I happen to notice on the 367 00:43:16.440 --> 00:43:33.480 Emily Persons: I'm on the I now get the PTA blast for both the middle school and the elementary school. The elementary school did some great videos showing what the kids are going to do when they arrive in their car so you know Mrs. Galotti and Mrs. Hunger did a whole 368 00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:39.480 Emily Persons: You know mock arrival and departure I they were really great 369 00:43:41.610 --> 00:43:43.530 Emily Persons: Really great so

370 00:43:44.580 --> 00:43:45.060 Emily Persons: And that's it. 371 00:43:46.290 --> 00:43:46.650 Emily Persons: Okay. 372 00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:57.510 Larry Boes: No, I want to thank Dr. Roye again for doing that. And I would encourage people to watch that. So thank you. 373 00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:02.400 Larry Boes: Go back to Dr. 374 00:44:02.490 --> 00:44:12.510 Mary Fox-Alter: Dr. Roye, who's joined us tonight to just to give her a huge shout out. That's an excellent Inside Pleasantville Schools episode. 375 00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:30.450 Mary Fox-Alter: Dr. Roye was clear and Emily your questions were great. It just flowed like a very informative conversation. It was an excellent show, and we encourage people to watch it. You'll learn more. And again, thank you Kristin for everything that you do for us. 376 00:44:31.590 --> 00:44:32.040 Dr. Kristin Roye: Yeah, I 377 00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:37.170 Dr. Kristin Roye: My pleasure. I'm enjoying sitting along here and learning a lot. So thank you. 378 00:44:39.060 --> 00:44:40.320 Larry Boes: Thanks, Dr. Roye again. 379 00:44:40.560 --> 00:44:44.700 Shane McGaffey: And maybe we should remind people that before they come to school every day, they have to fill out 380 00:44:46.470 --> 00:44:47.070 Emily Persons: Yes. 381 00:44:47.820 --> 00:44:48.630 Larry Boes: The information.

382 00:44:49.050 --> 00:44:50.400 Larry Boes: There. Well, yeah. 383 00:44:50.430 --> 00:45:07.470 Emily Persons: Absolutely, because just listening to what they have to do with the elementary school. It's going to be a much longer drop off, then you know it's not just throw the doors open and off you go. There's a lot of check in. So if the parents have forgotten and don't do the 384 00:45:08.700 --> 00:45:19.170 Emily Persons: the screening, it'll just take a little bit longer for your kids to get to get into the building. So please send in those, fill in those forms. 385 00:45:20.070 --> 00:45:24.900 Mary Fox-Alter: So, Peggy will be just it was part of my k 12 alert the easy screen product. 386 00:45:25.230 --> 00:45:33.150 Mary Fox-Alter: Was having, believe it or not, bandwidth issues, it's not you know in isolation or if it's a small school or one or the other, but 387 00:45:33.390 --> 00:45:47.250 Mary Fox-Alter: To have all that information downloaded to everyone who was manning a laptop or a device or an iPad as kids were arriving late they hit bandwidth issues that they did not anticipate so 388 00:45:48.390 --> 00:46:03.150 Mary Fox-Alter: We are working on a process right now to kind of streamline hours until they figure that piece out, we were using Microsoft forms for our staff, which seems to be going well and we'll have more information on that tomorrow, but we're 389 00:46:03.600 --> 00:46:08.010 Mary Fox-Alter: Gonna do a little old school about this for the forms. 390 00:46:08.700 --> 00:46:19.050 Larry Boes: Let me emphasize what our superintendent is saying bandwidth is not a local issue. This is actually a service provider issue. 391 00:46:20.400 --> 00:46:24.210 Larry Boes: Throughout the area and throughout the country so 394 00:46:31.140 --> 00:46:45.630 Larry Boes: Regular schools, you know, online facilities as well as colleges. On top of that, as well as businesses on top of that. And so it's creating bandwidth issues throughout. So

395 00:46:47.010 --> 00:46:51.600 Larry Boes: As our superintendent stated the beginning, you know, please be patient on that score. So 396 00:46:51.750 --> 00:46:52.890 Emily Persons: It's like a highway. 397 00:46:53.580 --> 00:46:53.880 Larry Boes: Yeah. 398 00:46:54.390 --> 00:46:58.050 Emily Persons: You know, just think of Cross Bronx Expressway 399 00:46:59.130 --> 00:47:13.290 Larry Boes: We spent a million dollars, you know, over the last four years, probably more than that now and so glad that we did you know on increasing our bandwidth in all of our schools. 400 00:47:14.700 --> 00:47:19.680 Larry Boes: You know, that was part of our bond, not the last one, the one before. So 401 00:47:21.450 --> 00:47:27.390 Larry Boes: You know, thanks to everybody at that time that contributed to that so 402 00:47:28.560 --> 00:47:38.220 Shane McGaffey: We asked, we asked our bandwidth. We spent a million dollars upping our bandwidth and then and now we buy more services from the RIC so that we can get more energy. 403 00:47:38.790 --> 00:47:50.850 Shane McGaffey: Right but to also emphasize your point, my understanding is that Newburgh. For example, the whole school district and their internet went out for the entire day there were four remote today. 404 00:47:51.450 --> 00:47:52.110 Shane McGaffey: And 405 00:47:52.200 --> 00:47:54.960 Shane McGaffey: within the first hour they were offline completely 406 00:47:57.030 --> 00:48:03.060 Mary Fox-Alter: I think people need to understand and Angela correct me if I'm wrong, or you probably could add to this better than I can. But 407

00:48:03.540 --> 00:48:09.300 Mary Fox-Alter: If you think about the internet as a stream or a river like a body of water and then we've got a big pipe. 408 00:48:09.630 --> 00:48:15.360 Mary Fox-Alter: That we want to take the water from the river and bring it into the house and that pipe has to be a certain size. 409 00:48:15.630 --> 00:48:27.120 Mary Fox-Alter: And then once you get it to the house. It's got a hookup into all these different closets, to get to all the bathrooms in different place, and there has to be the right water pressure and like everything has to be there. 410 00:48:27.270 --> 00:48:29.490 Mary Fox-Alter: So its the right analogy. All right. 411 00:48:30.180 --> 00:48:44.190 Mary Fox-Alter: Thank you. So if the river loses the amount of water because so many people are trying to take water out of it. No matter how big your pipe is it's just not going to work. So we're hitting all of these issues together so 412 00:48:44.610 --> 00:48:53.970 Mary Fox-Alter: The district has increased what it can. It's wiring closets and we have all these wireless access points of pointing to the one in my office where 413 00:48:54.630 --> 00:49:12.150 Mary Fox-Alter: The signal that goes there has a capacity as well. So we're working on it. But there's the poor city of Newburgh schools which were remote to begin with. And they had bandwidth issues, no water in the river, but 414 00:49:13.260 --> 00:49:14.220 Mary Fox-Alter: To be continued 415 00:49:15.570 --> 00:49:15.960 Larry Boes: Okay. 416 00:49:17.130 --> 00:49:20.580 Larry Boes: Any other liaison reports or comments. 417 00:49:22.710 --> 00:49:30.240 Larry Boes: Alright, thanks. So I'll move on to Superintendents Recommendations we have approval of resignations appointments and re appointments

418 00:49:31.980 --> 00:49:45.420 Larry Boes: Four A and then four B approval to rescind prior appointment. May I have a motion to approve superintendents recommendations four A and B. 419 00:49:45.990 --> 00:49:48.120 Shane McGaffey: I move that we approve Recommendations A and B. 420 00:49:48.990 --> 00:49:49.530 Angela Vella: Second, 421 00:49:51.450 --> 00:49:52.920 Larry Boes: Any questions or comments. 422 00:49:58.950 --> 00:50:02.220 Larry Boes: No. All in favor, Angela. 423 00:50:02.970 --> 00:50:03.360 Angela Vella: Aye 424 00:50:05.550 --> 00:50:05.940 Larry Boes: Shane. 425 00:50:06.360 --> 00:50:08.250 Shane McGaffey: Aye Larry Boes: Jill. Jill Grossman: Aye 426 00:50:08.880 --> 00:50:10.500 Larry Boes: Emily. 427 00:50:10.890 --> 00:50:11.220 Emily Rubin Persons: Aye 428 00:50:12.540 --> 00:50:14.490 Larry Boes: And I am Aye as well. 429 00:50:15.570 --> 00:50:18.870 Larry Boes: We approve superintendent’s recommendations A and B.

430 00:50:20.070 --> 00:50:24.690 Larry Boes: Now move on to recognition of the audience, you can put the agenda away for a moment. 431 00:50:27.660 --> 00:50:32.880 Larry Boes: We will do this again in two methods. If somebody has a question. 432 00:50:34.200 --> 00:50:38.190 Larry Boes: Or a comment and they just want to ask it through the Q and A they're welcome to do so. 433 00:50:40.470 --> 00:50:48.060 Larry Boes: But just state your name and address. And then if you'd like to come on screen. You can indicate also in the Q and A 434 00:50:49.140 --> 00:50:55.590 Larry Boes: And we can activate your screen again mention your name and address 435 00:50:57.900 --> 00:51:03.540 Larry Boes: If possible, keep your comments if you come on screens to five minutes or less. 436 00:51:19.140 --> 00:51:22.260 Larry Boes: I don't think I'm getting any comments or questions. 437 00:51:24.060 --> 00:51:24.900 Larry Boes: So, 438 00:51:27.030 --> 00:51:28.560 Larry Boes: We will move on. 439 00:51:30.210 --> 00:51:30.900 Larry Boes: To 440 00:51:32.580 --> 00:51:36.750 Larry Boes: Business of the board. 441 00:51:42.030 --> 00:51:50.370 Larry Boes: We have recommendations, the Committee on preschool education and recommendation on a committee on special education, as mentioned before. These are typical 442 00:51:52.080 --> 00:51:55.260 Larry Boes: Categories for us in this area so may have

443 00:51:56.970 --> 00:51:59.220 Larry Boes: A motion to approve business of the board. 444 00:52:00.390 --> 00:52:01.650 Larry Boes: Six A and B. 445 00:52:02.550 --> 00:52:06.030 Shane McGaffey: I moved to approve business of the Board six A and B. 446 00:52:08.370 --> 00:52:08.820 Angela Vella: Second, 447 00:52:10.800 --> 00:52:12.000 Larry Boes: Any questions or comments. 448 00:52:14.700 --> 00:52:14.910 No. 449 00:52:16.560 --> 00:52:21.270 Larry Boes: Okay. All in favor of business of the board 6a and b. Angela. Angela Vella: Aye 450 00:52:21.990 --> 00:52:25.620 Larry Boes: Shane. Shane McGaffey: Aye Larry Boes: Jill. Jill Grossman: Aye 00:52:26.340 --> 00:52:28.140 Larry Boes: Emily. 452 00:52:28.560 --> 00:52:28.980 Emily Rubin Persons: Aye 453 00:52:30.120 --> 00:52:31.170 Larry Boes: And I am Aye as well. 454

00:52:32.610 --> 00:52:37.470 Larry Boes: So we approve business of the board, six a and b 455 00:52:39.390 --> 00:52:50.340 Larry Boes: Move on to business affairs we have approval of professional services agreements approval and instructional contract and then acceptance of a donation. 456 00:52:52.590 --> 00:52:57.840 Larry Boes: Can I have a motion to approve business affairs seven a through c 457 00:53:01.110 --> 00:53:01.740 Angela Vella: So moved Shane McGaffey: I second. 458 00:53:05.940 --> 00:53:07.170 Larry Boes: Any comments 459 00:53:08.760 --> 00:53:09.240 Larry Boes: I comment 460 00:53:10.470 --> 00:53:11.220 Larry Boes: Thanking 461 00:53:14.460 --> 00:53:15.540 Shane McGaffey: the Alumni Association 462 00:53:16.050 --> 00:53:17.400 Larry Boes: of Pleasantville 463 00:53:22.200 --> 00:53:23.310 Larry Boes: For their donation. 465 00:53:28.140 --> 00:53:29.070 Shane McGaffey: For the display case. 466 00:53:30.750 --> 00:53:34.950 Larry Boes: Oh, right. So the display cases in our 467 00:53:36.660 --> 00:53:38.100

Larry Boes: Front hallway I think right 468 00:53:42.300 --> 00:53:42.600 Larry Boes: Yeah. 469 00:53:43.650 --> 00:53:44.250 Mary Fox-Alter: It looks great. 470 00:53:46.140 --> 00:53:48.630 Larry Boes: So thank you to alumni association of Pleasantville 471 00:53:51.210 --> 00:53:51.780 Larry Boes: I'm 472 00:53:53.880 --> 00:53:57.270 Larry Boes: All in favor of business affairs. A through c 473 00:53:58.620 --> 00:54:00.360 Larry Boes: Any other questions or comments, by the way. 474 00:54:00.690 --> 00:54:07.110 Shane McGaffey: I just thought maybe we comment on the fact that the approval of the instructional contract is with Pocantico Hills. 475 00:54:09.450 --> 00:54:09.840 Larry Boes: Right. 476 00:54:12.150 --> 00:54:13.530 Larry Boes: That sets their tuition. 477 00:54:15.450 --> 00:54:15.810 Shane McGaffey: Yes. 478 00:54:17.160 --> 00:54:21.480 Larry Boes: for the coming year. I will point out to Pocantico 479 00:54:22.650 --> 00:54:25.590 Larry Boes: That our tuition is significantly less than Briarcliff 480 00:54:29.490 --> 00:54:30.330

Shane McGaffey: A better deal. 481 00:54:30.630 --> 00:54:32.610 Larry Boes: Significantly 482 00:54:34.260 --> 00:54:37.110 Larry Boes: I emphasize again a lot less 483 00:54:44.280 --> 00:54:47.640 Larry Boes: The reason for that, if we, if you look at the numbers is 484 00:54:48.810 --> 00:55:03.180 Larry Boes: Briarcliff has virtually the same budget that we have yet they have about 450 less students in their district, so their cost per pupil is significantly more than ours for a number of reasons, but 485 00:55:04.920 --> 00:55:13.530 Larry Boes: Would that be the simplistic way to put it Tim as to why they're charge to Pocantico is so much higher than ours is. 486 00:55:15.330 --> 00:55:15.690 Larry Boes: All right. 487 00:55:20.820 --> 00:55:23.700 Larry Boes: Angela. Oh. Any other comments. 488 00:55:26.970 --> 00:55:28.260 Larry Boes: All in favor, Angela. 489 00:55:29.100 --> 00:55:29.370 Angela Vella: Aye 490 00:55:30.390 --> 00:55:30.780 Larry Boes: Shane. 491 00:55:31.410 --> 00:55:33.420 Shane McGaffey: Aye and thank you for that explanation. 492 00:55:35.190 --> 00:55:35.610 Larry Boes: Jill. 493

00:55:36.150 --> 00:55:37.950 Jill Grossman: Aye Larry Boes: Emily. Emily Rubin Persons: Aye 494 00:55:38.400 --> 00:55:41.160 Larry Boes: I am Aye as well. 495 00:55:42.240 --> 00:55:45.360 Larry Boes: To approve business affairs. A through C. 496 00:55:48.810 --> 00:55:50.190 Larry Boes: Moving on to 497 00:55:51.240 --> 00:55:53.760 Larry Boes: New business old business. We just quickly. 498 00:55:55.200 --> 00:55:58.230 Larry Boes: Our next public meeting will be on 499 00:55:59.940 --> 00:56:06.030 Larry Boes: Tuesday, September 22 which is two weeks from now, God willing, knock on wood. 500 00:56:09.420 --> 00:56:15.180 Larry Boes: So, at that time, we'll have the principals, right, Mary. 501 00:56:16.290 --> 00:56:19.530 Larry Boes: Come and talk about the start to the new year. 502 00:56:20.760 --> 00:56:25.440 Larry Boes: And hopefully all good things. I'm sure there'll be some bumps in the road, as stated 503 00:56:26.550 --> 00:56:30.360 Larry Boes: Some curriculum developments, including diversity. 504 00:56:32.370 --> 00:56:33.210 Larry Boes: Matters that 505 00:56:34.350 --> 00:56:41.940

Larry Boes: They'll touch on as well. We, we are going to have a board retreat as mentioned previously this Sunday. 506 00:56:44.070 --> 00:56:44.730 Larry Boes: And 507 00:56:47.130 --> 00:56:52.380 Larry Boes: That's about it for now. Anybody else have any new business or old business. 508 00:56:55.050 --> 00:57:07.860 Shane McGaffey: Just wanted to. We have some resolutions that we've been working on in the works. And maybe over the next couple weeks we can try and finalize those potentially vote on at the next board meeting. 509 00:57:08.790 --> 00:57:13.650 Larry Boes: Sounds good. Thank you, thank you to those working on resolutions. 510 00:57:15.870 --> 00:57:18.510 Larry Boes: So there's nothing else I turn it over to Emily. 511 00:57:20.160 --> 00:57:32.400 Emily Persons: Okay, move for the Board of Ed to enter into executive session to discuss matters pertaining to the employment history of particular individuals and matters pertaining to health and safety. The board will not be returning to take any action. 512 00:57:32.910 --> 00:57:34.110 Shane McGaffey: I second that motion. 513 00:57:35.400 --> 00:57:36.270 Larry Boes: All in favor. 514 00:57:37.170 --> 00:57:38.760 Emily Persons: Aye. Larry Boes: Aye. Jill Grossman: Aye Angela Vella: Aye 516 00:57:41.280 --> 00:57:48.240 Larry Boes: All right, that's all ayes. Thanks. Veronica, and I will see you all in executive session. Thank you, Dr. Roye again for joining

517 00:57:48.240 --> 00:57:50.700 Dr. Kristin Roye: Thanks for having me. 519 00:57:53.880 --> 00:57:55.860 Larry Boes: Good luck to everybody at the start of the school year.