WEBVTT 30 00:11:27.390 --> 00:11:31.830 awhite: All right, I'd like to call a regular Board of Education meeting on June 1 to 31 00:11:32.430 --> 00:11:33.810 June 1 2020 32 00:11:34.920 --> 00:11:35.280 awhite: Please. 33 00:11:35.340 --> 00:11:35.820 awhite: Rise in 34 00:11:41.640 --> 00:11:43.560 Antony Tseng: The United States. 35 00:11:44.970 --> 00:11:45.300 Antony Tseng: Public 36 00:11:46.770 --> 00:11:52.230 Elissa: stands, one nation, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 37 00:11:57.330 --> 00:11:57.630 Matt Landahl: Hello. 38 00:11:58.230 --> 00:12:00.450 awhite: hope everyone's doing well, yes. 39 00:12:01.980 --> 00:12:03.270 awhite: Can we please do the roll call. 40 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:13.830 awhite: She's muted. It doesn't 41 00:12:18.900 --> 00:12:19.770 Kelly Pologe: Switch to phone 42 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:23.010 Kelly Pologe: Better good 43 00:12:27.990 --> 00:12:29.820 Kelly Pologe: Delayed delayed. 44 00:12:40.110 --> 00:12:42.060 Kelly Pologe: Okay, you're saying 45 00:12:42.450 --> 00:12:42.840 Yeah. 46 00:12:50.310 --> 00:12:50.790 Kelly Pologe: You see her. 47 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:52.470 William Rolon: Okay. 48 00:12:53.880 --> 00:12:54.300 Kelly Pologe: You're 49 00:12:54.750 --> 00:12:55.110 Here. 50 00:12:57.990 --> 00:12:58.380 awhite: I'm here. 51 00:12:59.820 --> 00:13:00.720 Kelly Pologe: Yep. Okay. 52 00:13:02.370 --> 00:13:03.330 Kelly Pologe: All right, I'd like to 53 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:07.050 awhite: You don't have to stand for this, but I'd like to take a request a moment of silence for 54 00:13:07.110 --> 00:13:07.620 The victim. 55 00:13:09.750 --> 00:13:12.300 awhite: Please, uh, let's give them a sense 56 00:13:21.150 --> 00:13:21.750 awhite: Alright, thank you. 57 00:13:25.260 --> 00:13:33.210 awhite: Alright, so the first part of our meeting tonight is the public. So our public hearing is going to be presented by Emory and Matt. 58 00:13:38.790 --> 00:13:39.480 Matt Landahl: Okay. 59 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:18.630 annmariequartironi: Okay, do you want to start or would you like me to start 60 00:14:40.140 --> 00:14:41.040 awhite: I think we've lost some 61 00:14:42.990 --> 00:14:43.320 awhite: Sure. 62 00:14:43.680 --> 00:14:45.870 annmariequartironi: Okay, Mike, can you go down to the first slide. 63 00:14:53.400 --> 00:14:57.870 annmariequartironi: So I'm Matt and I would like to just remind everyone of what what 64 00:14:58.260 --> 00:15:10.020 annmariequartironi: Weekends mission is is to prepare every student for learning life and work beyond school. And that's always our focus and creating the budget and all the things that we do in the district. Can you don't go down a slide, Mike. 65 00:15:12.900 --> 00:15:32.070 annmariequartironi: So these are some major things items that impacted the creation of the 2020 2021 budget. We did have 11 teacher retirements this year, which is more than we've had in the last several years, three positions. We are not replacing when we did the creating the budget. 66 00:15:33.150 --> 00:15:43.860 annmariequartironi: Which was helpful and trying to get the budget together on the Teachers Retirement costs on, on the other hand raised from 9.5 to 10.5 so we had to 67 00:15:44.880 --> 00:15:47.190 annmariequartironi: take that into consideration and creating the budget. 68 00:15:48.210 --> 00:16:03.120 annmariequartironi: We also had an increased administrative costs for both sees. Um, and our foundation aid is the same as last year. And we also know we've talked at prior board meetings that there may be possible additional cuts to state aid. 69 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:18.330 annmariequartironi: After there's two more measurement periods that are remaining until the end of the summer. So we're keeping our fingers crossed. We got through the first measurement period without any reduction. So we're going to keep going and hoping that goes forward. Next slide please. 70 00:16:20.700 --> 00:16:26.670 annmariequartironi: So this is a slide, you've seen before and it's just a reminder of the items that we added to the budget in the last three years. 71 00:16:27.450 --> 00:16:39.330 annmariequartironi: We had seven elementary class size reduction positions on the fourth grade instrumental music we added the social worker at beacon High School. The point five art teaching position at beacon High School. 72 00:16:40.230 --> 00:16:47.370 annmariequartironi: We have we rolled out the one to one Chromebook model for all students and we revamped the professional development plan. 73 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:49.890 annmariequartironi: Next slide please. Mike. 74 00:16:51.780 --> 00:16:57.420 annmariequartironi: So this slide is the calculation of our tax cap for 20 2020 2021 75 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:07.950 annmariequartironi: Our maximum increase that we can increase the levy is $1.3 million, which is a 3.23% increase from last year. 76 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:12.210 annmariequartironi: And we'll talk about that a little bit more as we go forward. Next slide. 77 00:17:15.210 --> 00:17:23.550 annmariequartironi: And this slide just basically reviews, our revenue projections on the important part on to look at here. Well, couple of things we do not 78 00:17:23.850 --> 00:17:39.480 annmariequartironi: Have a bus proposition. This year we felt it was important to use all of the money in the tax levy to make sure program stays intact and we felt that buses. We could wait another year to start replacing some of the buses in our fleet. 79 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:54.390 annmariequartironi: The state aid number that we're using for 2021 is the amount that was in the adopted New York State budget. And again, that's the number we're kind of really watching to make sure that that's actually what we will receive in 20 and 21 80 00:17:55.530 --> 00:17:56.460 annmariequartironi: Next slide please. 81 00:17:58.080 --> 00:18:04.770 annmariequartironi: So as the budget hearing. We have to split the budget into three parts budget administrative instructional and capital. 82 00:18:05.790 --> 00:18:06.450 annmariequartironi: Next slide. 83 00:18:08.760 --> 00:18:15.060 annmariequartironi: So this shows the components of each one of those sections and the dollar increase and the percent increase 84 00:18:15.360 --> 00:18:23.820 annmariequartironi: And remember administrative is is all the non inch obviously the non instructional so superintendent's office assistant superintendents offices. 85 00:18:24.570 --> 00:18:28.740 annmariequartironi: Director of special ed the admin port, the director and the Assistant Director 86 00:18:29.430 --> 00:18:37.110 annmariequartironi: All of the costs related to running their offices and also the fringe benefits that are allocated to their salaries, the instructional 87 00:18:37.590 --> 00:18:47.970 annmariequartironi: Obviously, the highest is is where all of our teachers, our teacher aides or teaching assistants are school psychologists have guidance counselors or social workers on really the, you know, 88 00:18:48.930 --> 00:19:02.040 annmariequartironi: All of the students support area and the capital section is not only our debt service, it's also our facilities area. Um, so that just basically kind of gives you an idea of what's included in each area. 89 00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:04.410 annmariequartironi: Next slide please. 90 00:19:07.260 --> 00:19:13.380 annmariequartironi: So these are our estimated tax increases. If the budget is to pass on next week. 91 00:19:14.250 --> 00:19:23.760 annmariequartironi: So for beacon. It's for an average homing beacon. It's about $140 a year, which we broke down monthly is is less than $12 a month of an increase 92 00:19:24.270 --> 00:19:37.260 annmariequartironi: Fishkill is $136 and again very close to 1111 to $12 a month and wipe injuries is $137 for the year. These numbers are less than they were last year. 93 00:19:37.860 --> 00:19:47.100 annmariequartironi: We're assuming that assessments will increase as they have been over the last few years. So these increases may not be this would probably be worst case scenario. 94 00:19:48.060 --> 00:19:52.590 annmariequartironi: We use the current assessments, because we are not giving the assessments until the summer to their finalized. 95 00:19:52.890 --> 00:20:05.910 annmariequartironi: On, but it does take into effect, the current star exemption that was just put out by New York State taxation and finance in April. So the estimated tax increase overall is about a 3.06% for this year. 96 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:08.340 annmariequartironi: Next slide please. Mike. 97 00:20:10.140 --> 00:20:16.770 annmariequartironi: We've shown you this slide before but we thought it was important to kind of see where beacon tax rates per thousand. 98 00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:24.510 annmariequartironi: Compare with other districts. So this chart shows all the districts in Dutchess County all 13 beacons on the lower side. 99 00:20:25.110 --> 00:20:43.980 annmariequartironi: Of the tax rates per thousand. So we do provide a lot for our students in our program without really burdening the taxpayer. So I think that this is an important slide also to show that we're trying to be fish fiscally responsible as well as provide program as much as we can. Next slide. 100 00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:55.140 annmariequartironi: So the contingency budget and I'm contingency budget again only includes expand expenditures that are ordinary and contingent important 101 00:20:55.770 --> 00:21:01.710 annmariequartironi: no increase in the tax levy is allowed on and this is a something that changed several years ago. 102 00:21:02.310 --> 00:21:17.010 annmariequartironi: So I mentioned before about the levy increasing $1.3 million. But if we had to go to contingency budget, we could not raise the levy, which means we would have to cut $1.3 million from the budget that we're putting to the taxpayers to vote. 103 00:21:18.360 --> 00:21:23.670 annmariequartironi: So I'll talk a little bit about what is and isn't in the contingency budget. Next slide please. 104 00:21:26.100 --> 00:21:37.350 annmariequartironi: So, not in a contingent budget non mandatory equipment purchases. So if they don't relate directly to a student. We can't purchase them certain certain students supplies facility, use of our buildings. 105 00:21:37.710 --> 00:21:48.330 annmariequartironi: On a computer hardware that's not for educational purposes. That's part of the things that are that are in the law, but we're going to talk a little bit about how this will affect program. So, next slide please. 106 00:21:50.190 --> 00:21:51.660 Matt Landahl: Hey, I can jump in on this one. 107 00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:52.740 annmariequartironi: Great. Oh, good. 108 00:21:55.050 --> 00:21:56.430 Matt Landahl: A little zoom freeze. 109 00:21:57.930 --> 00:22:14.670 Matt Landahl: So sorry about missing the first couple minutes of the presentation, but we feel like the proposed budget that the board adopted supports all of the efforts of the past few years and and one is that to lower class size, especially at the elementary level. 110 00:22:15.780 --> 00:22:23.760 Matt Landahl: To have a full and robust athletics program to really increase our music and arts programs. We did that. 111 00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:25.710 Matt Landahl: Specifically with 112 00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:37.590 Matt Landahl: Adding fourth grade instrumental music. A couple of years ago and adding a halftime our teacher at the high school, adding a lot more elective courses at the high school last three years. 113 00:22:38.310 --> 00:22:51.390 Matt Landahl: We've increased the number of extracurriculars and clubs. The next few years, and I'll add also with this. It's not on the slide our one to one Chromebook initiative this budget would continue to support that we've seen how valuable. 114 00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:58.680 Matt Landahl: That effort has been as we had to turn on a dime and and directing distance learning 115 00:22:59.550 --> 00:23:13.740 Matt Landahl: Really in a matter of a day or two, we were able to get Chromebooks in the hands of every single one of our students after the school, after school is closed. And so this budget supports all of that work that's that supports our students, which is 116 00:23:15.060 --> 00:23:22.020 Matt Landahl: Which is really important to us saying thanks to the board for adopting the budget, a few weeks ago. Next slide. 117 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:32.610 Matt Landahl: So Andrew and I will kind of go back and forth for them this, but as we as we start to look really closely at what a contingency budget means 118 00:23:33.390 --> 00:23:43.290 Matt Landahl: We would have to look at further reducing staff, probably at all levels and so that would mean an increasing class sizes at all levels. 119 00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:53.370 Matt Landahl: We would have to look with a contingency budget, you have to look at every aspect of what you do, and you have to try to make reductions in in an equitable manner. 120 00:23:54.090 --> 00:23:58.620 Matt Landahl: I should preface by saying this isn't the way I like to lead and frame things I don't like to 121 00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:07.290 Matt Landahl: Frame budgets in a sort of a threatening sort of way. But we do have to be realistic and real with the community in terms of what a contingency budget would mean 122 00:24:08.280 --> 00:24:25.020 Matt Landahl: So we would have to look at our sports programs and we'd have to make reductions there we'd have to look at our music and our programs and and and also make some reductions there we'd have to look at our electives at especially at the high school and make reductions. 123 00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:32.160 Matt Landahl: Lots of field trips extracurriculars, and that that especially would include some of the clubs that we do. 124 00:24:33.390 --> 00:24:43.140 Matt Landahl: In reduction of the use our buildings by community organizations. So we would have to look at all those things we'd also have to look at our administrators in the district. 125 00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:53.220 Matt Landahl: So it's something that we'd have to take a really hard look at if if we'd have to do this, we'd have to have a board meeting, probably right after that budget vote. 126 00:24:54.120 --> 00:25:05.910 Matt Landahl: In which we would have to really get into the ways, we'd make reductions and like I said we'd have to do in an equitable way and it would touch every aspect of what we do in the district and real know if there's anything you want to add 127 00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:07.710 annmariequartironi: Yeah, that was perfect. It was good. 128 00:25:08.910 --> 00:25:09.900 annmariequartironi: Next slide please. My 129 00:25:12.990 --> 00:25:13.860 annmariequartironi: So I'm 130 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:24.000 annmariequartironi: Dial our treasurer and I were trying to do a visual of what contingency would look like. So this slide would be our proposed budget versus our contingency budget. 131 00:25:24.630 --> 00:25:32.250 annmariequartironi: So you're going to see there's, you know, cuts in instructional transportation would kind of be a little bit less, and then general support, but 132 00:25:32.610 --> 00:25:42.150 annmariequartironi: I think the major visual that I wanted to see what this one is the instructional piece because that's why we're here. That's where we like to spend most of our money and we like to put it towards children. 133 00:25:42.510 --> 00:25:51.030 annmariequartironi: Um, so will it will impact us this year, but also going forward in the future. And I'll show you in a second. The next slide please. Mike. 134 00:25:52.770 --> 00:25:59.460 annmariequartironi: So this, this line graph basically takes us to 2020 and it gives us kind of some scenarios. So the top line. 135 00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:11.370 annmariequartironi: Is our budget exactly the way it is right now on the line underneath it is where we would be on contingency. The third very light line on there is is a 136 00:26:12.270 --> 00:26:26.610 annmariequartironi: Is our budget with a 15% state aid cut and the bottom most line is our contingency budget with a 15% cut so you can see how a budget would grow. We're assuming you know our, our budget grows 137 00:26:27.450 --> 00:26:36.900 annmariequartironi: Beats around 2% two and a half percent now that the CPI will be very different. And you can see how this will impact us not only for the 138 00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:47.220 annmariequartironi: School year but you will also see it, how we will never get back to where we were before. So it's cutting program, but it's also rebuilding after the fact, which makes it very difficult 139 00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.440 annmariequartironi: Next slide please. 140 00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:59.880 annmariequartironi: So I think the important part of this is in the past, we were allowed to have two votes. And because our vote was postponed until June. 141 00:27:00.390 --> 00:27:17.670 annmariequartironi: There is only one opportunity to vote this year. So if this if the budget fails on June 9 the district goes straight to contingency. There is no choice for a revolt. So it's very important to get to get out there and vote and know exactly what you're voting for. 142 00:27:19.230 --> 00:27:20.130 annmariequartironi: Next slide please. 143 00:27:23.970 --> 00:27:31.230 annmariequartironi: I just wanted to go over the ballot will look a little bit different when you receive it in the mail. So, you will have our school district budget. 144 00:27:31.770 --> 00:27:43.560 annmariequartironi: Vote. That would be one one part of it. We also have the library levy on our budget this year. And that's all part of the executive order that como signed about a month ago. 145 00:27:44.550 --> 00:27:55.110 annmariequartironi: We will have our school district. Board of Education members, but we will also have library trustees. So there'll be four places where people need to make a choice on their ballot before they return it to us. 146 00:27:56.760 --> 00:27:57.630 annmariequartironi: Next slide please. 147 00:28:00.090 --> 00:28:00.570 Matt Landahl: So, 148 00:28:01.890 --> 00:28:09.720 Matt Landahl: I've been updating the community. The last couple of days about our absentee ballots, we are sending absentee ballots to every single registered voter 149 00:28:10.290 --> 00:28:20.280 Matt Landahl: In our school district. We were one of 50 districts that was working or is working with NTS data and they have some supply chain issues and getting these out. 150 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:41.820 Matt Landahl: Early and so ours. Ours are being mailed out tomorrow morning. And so to help with the voting process, you can still mail it in and we need to to receive it by Tuesday, June 9 at five o'clock, but we also have created a Dropbox. 151 00:28:43.020 --> 00:28:55.020 Matt Landahl: Way of submitting your vote so Dropbox is will be available at three locations beacon High School District administration building and Glennon elementary and Friday from eight to five. 152 00:28:56.040 --> 00:29:02.040 Matt Landahl: We will have one Dropbox available on Saturday, June six at the district office from 12 to four. 153 00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:11.790 Matt Landahl: And then again, those three locations on Monday, June 8 from eight to five and Tuesday, June 9 we're going to open early 625 6am to five. 154 00:29:12.450 --> 00:29:30.390 Matt Landahl: We will have staff monitoring the drop boxes. We also will make sure that they can be done in a socially distance and contact free manner. So we're going to we've already created the boxes, but we're going to create a drive thru sort of thing that you can just 155 00:29:31.950 --> 00:29:33.330 Matt Landahl: Put it in from your car. 156 00:29:34.470 --> 00:29:43.740 Matt Landahl: You know, I apologize about this happening. It was something out of our control. We're doing everything possible to to make voting accessible. 157 00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:54.060 Matt Landahl: You can also, you don't have to personally be the person who who brings your vote in someone else can bring it to the Dropbox, too, so we 158 00:29:54.600 --> 00:30:04.110 Matt Landahl: You can do it two ways. We tried to make the Dropbox available in different locations. Also on different days. So our hope is that people are able to make use of that. 159 00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:06.120 Matt Landahl: Next slide. 160 00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:19.980 Matt Landahl: So again, just a reminder that the ballots have to be received, either through Dropbox or mail by Tuesday, June 9 by 5pm 161 00:30:20.610 --> 00:30:32.670 meredithheuer: And the, the postage that you put on the for returning by mail is not doesn't cost the district anything if people end up dropping their balance right. 162 00:30:33.390 --> 00:30:33.870 annmariequartironi: Yes. 163 00:30:34.050 --> 00:30:34.890 annmariequartironi: No, that's correct. 164 00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:39.510 meredithheuer: So if people can safely do that they can save the district some money. 165 00:30:41.670 --> 00:30:41.730 meredithheuer: I 166 00:30:42.840 --> 00:30:47.310 Antony Tseng: Have a question about these these ballots are they individually mark so that 167 00:30:48.390 --> 00:30:50.370 Antony Tseng: We could prevent fraud or anything like that. 168 00:30:52.230 --> 00:31:10.140 annmariequartironi: The return envelope that about will be placed in will have a record of who the person who returned the ballot and we have a database of all registered voters. So Kelly will cross reference when she gets the ballot in to make sure that they are registered voter 169 00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:20.730 Antony Tseng: So it's not something you can take to a combination and photocopy someone else's stuff. Right. Which one is marked in some way to prevent 170 00:31:21.840 --> 00:31:24.900 Antony Tseng: Somebody from from hijacking someone else's vote right 171 00:31:25.350 --> 00:31:33.870 annmariequartironi: Right, it's more in the envelope. So it's the ballot inside the envelope and the envelope is the records, how we record and make sure that it's only people that are registered voters. 172 00:31:42.450 --> 00:31:46.440 Antony Tseng: You had a question about that that slide that you had to compare notes to the other districts 173 00:31:46.770 --> 00:31:50.700 Antony Tseng: Yes. Um, so that's a very that's a very interesting slide, um, 174 00:31:51.870 --> 00:32:02.760 Antony Tseng: It's it's per 100,000. How does that look like what because i don't i some of these school districts, you have their smaller some a larger than ours. 175 00:32:06.450 --> 00:32:20.430 Antony Tseng: I know arlington's is huge, but they're also have a bigger budget. So, I mean, how does that I know and being a pastor in the postcard. We used to actually post a percentage. I'm not a percentage like an amount per student or something like that. 176 00:32:21.090 --> 00:32:31.740 annmariequartironi: Right, so the tax so everybody calculates their taxes, the same way. It's there are assessed value times a tax rate. Well, there are assessed value minus the star exemption. 177 00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:41.610 annmariequartironi: And you multiply that by the tax rate new divide by 1000 so if you're using a higher tax rate and then the taxes would be higher. 178 00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:50.340 annmariequartironi: In in the school district. So even though I can use Arlington, as an example, even though Arlington has a bigger budget, it has more taxpayers to collect from 179 00:32:50.670 --> 00:32:59.310 annmariequartironi: But you're also paying more in school taxes. So if you were to take the same house and you put it in Arlington school district and you put it in beacon. 180 00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:08.190 annmariequartironi: And it's the same assessment then beacon, you would be your test school taxes would be less than a week and then in Arlington, the tax rate really generates the tax bill. 181 00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:13.200 Antony Tseng: Yes, no, I understand that part. That's the per, per one per thousand. But what about per student. 182 00:33:13.320 --> 00:33:15.330 Antony Tseng: How would you compare to other districts per student. 183 00:33:16.050 --> 00:33:26.730 annmariequartironi: Per student. I mean, we're still we've basically increased more we were always at the 11th or 12th per student. I don't have the the figures with me. 184 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:32.040 annmariequartironi: We have gone up a little bit. So we are spending more and structurally, which is actually important. 185 00:33:32.850 --> 00:33:35.430 annmariequartironi: If you're showing it per student. So even though their budgets are 186 00:33:35.610 --> 00:33:43.230 annmariequartironi: Higher they may be spending it in other areas. So we have moved up more towards the middle, not quite at the middle but almost at the metal 187 00:33:46.050 --> 00:33:46.560 Antony Tseng: And I 188 00:33:47.310 --> 00:33:48.000 Marie P Needham: Have a question. 189 00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:52.020 Marie P Needham: If you want to finish up today. 190 00:33:52.770 --> 00:33:55.020 Antony Tseng: Oh yeah, I'd. One of the questions. 191 00:33:55.350 --> 00:34:11.670 Antony Tseng: The question on that graph about the general fund revenue will you had four lines, um, this 15% you keep mentioning is that what it is coming out from Albany, that that would be 15% they might be 15% reduction in a 192 00:34:12.090 --> 00:34:21.870 annmariequartironi: Day actually said they actually said 20% but we think it would be more realistic to be 15 I'm hoping it's zero and that we get exactly what they told us we would get 193 00:34:22.710 --> 00:34:33.840 annmariequartironi: The so two issues. One is they have to meet certain benchmarks on and the budget director will make the adjustment. When we went through the first measurement period. They were deferring 194 00:34:34.560 --> 00:34:41.610 annmariequartironi: To get federal stimulus money, but I don't know. You know, one. We don't know if the federal stimulus money will hundred percent help 195 00:34:41.970 --> 00:34:47.700 annmariequartironi: With what the state is incurring and be we're not sure we're even getting the state is not getting the federal stimulus, so 196 00:34:48.540 --> 00:34:58.140 annmariequartironi: We're just trying to show other districts are going more towards the 15 level on any reduction in aid right now, after we've adapted the budget would be hard for us. 197 00:34:58.680 --> 00:35:09.330 annmariequartironi: That's why we are trying to beef up our reserves in our fund balance for the 1920 school year to try to help offset any kind of reduction we receive in 2021 198 00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.770 Thank you. 199 00:35:12.270 --> 00:35:13.950 awhite: Before we get to the public comment. 200 00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.810 Marie P Needham: Sure. Okay. 201 00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:22.950 awhite: Um, I will. I'll address that. Make sure that the public has a chance to speak today other board members have any questions. 202 00:35:24.270 --> 00:35:28.710 meredithheuer: And I just wanted to ask, could you go over which positions are not being replaced. 203 00:35:29.970 --> 00:35:33.480 annmariequartironi: Out. Um, do you want to do that matter. Do you want me to do it. 204 00:35:35.130 --> 00:35:36.030 Matt Landahl: I can do it. We 205 00:35:38.040 --> 00:35:41.280 Matt Landahl: We had a math position at Ron bout 206 00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:43.920 Matt Landahl: That we are not replacing 207 00:35:45.060 --> 00:35:57.270 Matt Landahl: Class sizes across a couple of the grade levels around about for math. We're very, very small. We have to math teachers, leaving after working with Mr soldier and his team. 208 00:35:59.070 --> 00:36:06.360 Matt Landahl: We decided we could still carry out the program by just replacing one and then we have two 209 00:36:07.530 --> 00:36:26.250 Matt Landahl: Two folks, leaving at the elementary level and and so we're there's there's two positions. We're not replacing at the elementary level one is class size reduction position at Forrestal actually was at fifth grade this year and we won't need next year. And then the other is 210 00:36:28.710 --> 00:36:39.330 Matt Landahl: Is a class size reduction position neck Lennon and Cassandra officers, you know, looking at her. Her numbers to make sure it doesn't have a direct impact. 211 00:36:40.170 --> 00:36:59.040 Matt Landahl: The class size average for elementary school got down to 18.4 18.5 losing the two positions would put us at about 19 average for next year. So we're still feeling like we're fulfilling the goal of a good class sizes for elementary kids. 212 00:37:02.250 --> 00:37:04.380 awhite: Meredith any other board member questions. 213 00:37:06.180 --> 00:37:19.260 awhite: Alright, so now if you're a member from the public and you have a question or a comment, just please identify your name and address and then you can then I'll let you then you could speak summary, I think that you had a question. 214 00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:37.110 Marie P Needham: Yeah, hi, Marie Needham I'm at 602nd dog a loop and Fishkill it's a new one new construction last year there are 24 units that were built and everybody moved in. Now over since 2019 to this year. 215 00:37:39.060 --> 00:37:47.700 Marie P Needham: I mean, I was here last year, too. But our assessments. Now I have questions for us a timing of when you determine the tax rate. 216 00:37:48.240 --> 00:38:02.910 Marie P Needham: Is our assessments, because we have gone up like 80% so once you find are the, what do you determine the tax rate. If you have a total. What is a tax levy amount you need to get that collect that amount. 217 00:38:03.330 --> 00:38:12.240 Marie P Needham: If you find a whole section. You know, I don't know how it compares to the whole population of beacon, and whatever, you know, our fiscal or wherever. 218 00:38:13.050 --> 00:38:23.670 Marie P Needham: I'm Wendy determine when you determine the tax rate. If you find that you have enough the assessments are increased. Will you be able to not raise the tax rate as much 219 00:38:24.720 --> 00:38:25.290 annmariequartironi: So, 220 00:38:26.130 --> 00:38:34.830 annmariequartironi: We receive the assessments from the town and the city in the summer. So we don't set the tax rate until August 221 00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:42.330 annmariequartironi: When we actually do the tax warrant right before the school bills go in. So, it is basically affecting the assessment so 222 00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:51.990 annmariequartironi: I'm Fishkill I'm part of a small part of weapons years and beacon have grown and more houses have actually entered in. And the assessments have gone up. 223 00:38:52.410 --> 00:38:56.040 annmariequartironi: So our tax rate has decreased over the last few years. 224 00:38:56.850 --> 00:39:02.340 annmariequartironi: So we won't know for sure until all the assessments are finalized at the at the town and city level. 225 00:39:02.640 --> 00:39:11.880 annmariequartironi: And then we're giving it to it over the summer. And then at an August board meeting we adopt the tax world where we talked about it. So the numbers that I put forward. 226 00:39:12.510 --> 00:39:23.130 annmariequartironi: For this presentation were based on last year's assessments, because that's the best information I have right now. So there's a very good chance of the tax rate will be less. It has been less over the last two to three years. 227 00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:28.560 Marie P Needham: Okay, because I thought I saw 3.06 of what was that the increase in the rate 228 00:39:28.590 --> 00:39:39.480 annmariequartironi: Perfect an average of the increase in the rate, but that's assuming that the assessment stay flat from from last year's assessments to this year and we know that that has not happened. 229 00:39:39.990 --> 00:39:50.670 annmariequartironi: So i don't i use last year's assessment as a benchmark and almost like that would be the worst case scenario, knowing that there are additional assessments that that will be added on between now and the summer. 230 00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:57.960 Marie P Needham: Well that's promising oh cool for us when your when your assessment goes up that much. It's sort of 231 00:39:57.960 --> 00:40:03.780 meredithheuer: Concerned well and I think, and I think it's important that we do not do the assessments that 232 00:40:06.690 --> 00:40:07.260 meredithheuer: The city. 233 00:40:08.700 --> 00:40:18.330 Marie P Needham: Okay. Understood. And we shouldn't know because it was new construction anyway. Okay. Well, thank you very much and I'm actually very a proponent of good educate good school system. So, you know, 234 00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:27.600 Marie P Needham: You know, good luck and thanks for working on your, you know, as board event. It's a lot of work. Thank you. 235 00:40:28.230 --> 00:40:29.220 awhite: Thank you very much. Murray. 236 00:40:30.270 --> 00:40:30.960 awhite: Is there any other 237 00:40:32.430 --> 00:40:33.690 awhite: Community that would like to 238 00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:36.210 awhite: Ask questions. 239 00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:49.170 awhite: Alright. See none. I have a comment, I would just like to say, I think it's a very responsible budget that you guys put together. 240 00:40:49.530 --> 00:40:55.260 awhite: And I'm thankful for all the work that you guys have done to make it a Responsible Budget that we're presenting to the community. 241 00:40:55.620 --> 00:41:00.570 awhite: To continue to increase our services to students and or maintain the services. 242 00:41:00.930 --> 00:41:10.800 awhite: And to make sure that our students have the same opportunities, all the students in the area districts, as well as the state and the nation. So I am great very grateful that we are able to do that. So thank you. 243 00:41:17.580 --> 00:41:23.280 awhite: All right. Um, I need a motion to adjourn to executive session to review the employment history of a particular individuals. 244 00:41:27.180 --> 00:41:27.600 meredithheuer: Motion. 245 00:41:29.010 --> 00:41:29.670 Is there a second 246 00:41:30.720 --> 00:41:31.530 Antony Tseng: Anthony seconds. 247 00:41:34.050 --> 00:41:34.350 awhite: Comments. 248 00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:34.980 Questions. 249 00:41:36.720 --> 00:41:40.050 awhite: favor. Aye. Aye. Opposed. 250 00:41:43.080 --> 00:41:43.800 awhite: Hearing none. 251 00:41:44.820 --> 00:41:55.350 awhite: 123456 sorry 660 alright so we're gonna go to a different of 252 00:41:56.700 --> 00:42:03.030 awhite: video conference platform for executive, then we'll be back. I'm Matt, what do you think about half hour 45 minutes 253 00:42:04.410 --> 00:42:05.100 Matt Landahl: Half an hour. 254 00:42:05.490 --> 00:42:05.850 Half hour 255 00:42:07.020 --> 00:42:08.010 awhite: Alright, so we'll be back. 256 01:28:13.980 --> 01:28:14.100 awhite: Mike 257 01:28:16.890 --> 01:28:18.690 awhite: blocking us out there, buddy. 258 01:28:24.360 --> 01:28:26.970 Antony Tseng: You guys got locked out. I got him pretty fast. 259 01:28:27.540 --> 01:28:28.200 awhite: Yeah, no. 260 01:28:30.210 --> 01:28:33.300 awhite: Says, waiting for. I said, Mike went to dinner. 261 01:28:38.940 --> 01:28:45.870 awhite: I think we have 1234 Meredith and Kristen. 262 01:28:48.840 --> 01:28:49.380 meredithheuer: I'm here. 263 01:28:50.130 --> 01:28:50.460 Oh, merry 264 01:28:52.740 --> 01:28:53.220 awhite: Christmas. 265 01:29:10.140 --> 01:29:15.360 Antony Tseng: Don't know if you're monitoring the chat. But Mike says the men have been delayed because you're all trying to get into same time 266 01:29:15.990 --> 01:29:16.410 Yeah. 267 01:29:21.630 --> 01:29:24.360 Antony Tseng: I thought I was in the wrong meeting for a minute there. I was like, there's no one here. 268 01:29:27.480 --> 01:29:29.520 awhite: This I know Kristin was waiting to get in. 269 01:29:32.760 --> 01:29:34.890 meredithheuer: I just texted her, but I haven't heard back yet. 270 01:29:36.030 --> 01:29:38.580 awhite: Yeah, me too. All right, you can text her 271 01:29:48.330 --> 01:29:50.310 awhite: Next on the agenda is a 272 01:29:52.230 --> 01:29:54.660 awhite: There are items on the agenda that need to be corrected. 273 01:30:00.480 --> 01:30:01.260 Here we go. 274 01:30:07.560 --> 01:30:14.160 awhite: Need emotion to a policy 1230 public participation at board meetings. So a lot of participation via video conference. 275 01:30:17.910 --> 01:30:18.450 awhite: Second, 276 01:30:18.990 --> 01:30:19.470 Second, 277 01:30:21.360 --> 01:30:22.440 awhite: Comments or questions. 278 01:30:23.970 --> 01:30:24.960 awhite: All those in favor, 279 01:30:25.560 --> 01:30:26.070 Aye. 280 01:30:28.110 --> 01:30:28.620 awhite: Opposed. 281 01:30:29.760 --> 01:30:31.380 awhite: Motion carried. Six. Oh. 282 01:30:33.390 --> 01:30:34.230 awhite: There she is. 283 01:30:36.780 --> 01:30:37.020 awhite: Hello. 284 01:30:39.960 --> 01:30:49.950 awhite: Alright, so I would like to open the floor to the public. If you would like to address the Board, there is a chat feature you can type in your name and say that you'd like to address the Board and we will 285 01:30:50.400 --> 01:30:54.570 awhite: Have Kelly will unmute you. So you could adjust the board. Would anybody like to address the Board. 286 01:31:00.840 --> 01:31:03.420 awhite: I see none does. Easy peasy. 287 01:31:04.560 --> 01:31:06.300 awhite: Alright, so we're gonna go to superintendents report. 288 01:31:08.400 --> 01:31:21.750 Matt Landahl: Good evening, thank you for this opportunity. I, I first want to start by reading a statement about what's been what's been occurring again or what we've been witnessing again in our country. 289 01:31:22.980 --> 01:31:30.390 Matt Landahl: We Americans have all been witness again to the horror of racism in this country and its deadly impact on black Americans. 290 01:31:30.900 --> 01:31:39.060 Matt Landahl: As the superintendent of the beacon City School District. I will work to put every ounce of my leadership efforts in working to fulfill 291 01:31:39.840 --> 01:31:50.040 Matt Landahl: The Board of Education goal, which is to work to eliminate race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality and disability as a predictor of students success. 292 01:31:50.610 --> 01:32:05.190 Matt Landahl: And to create a culture of care for all of our students. This is hard tough work and actions are more important than words. So we will first work to reopen our schools, when it can be done in a safe and healthy manner. 293 01:32:05.910 --> 01:32:13.980 Matt Landahl: This reopening work needs to focus on the health of our students and staff but also on establishing an even stronger culture care for our students. 294 01:32:14.790 --> 01:32:25.170 Matt Landahl: And our communities. So we can all achieve the high levels. I look forward to future conversations and actions and to work with the community on making us all stronger. 295 01:32:28.680 --> 01:32:39.540 Matt Landahl: So the second thing I would like to just report on his graduation efforts started today. We had about a third of our 213 students graduating 296 01:32:41.430 --> 01:32:48.660 Matt Landahl: To walk across the stage today in an extremely socially distant and safe manner. 297 01:32:50.070 --> 01:32:59.370 Matt Landahl: And it was I was there for a lot of it today. It is. It's hard for me to be there for all of it because it's I think it's almost four straight days. 298 01:32:59.820 --> 01:33:06.450 Matt Landahl: And students going across the stage, but it's very moving to see our students do this. It's very meaningful. 299 01:33:07.410 --> 01:33:15.120 Matt Landahl: families and students. I think have been very appreciative. So I want to just commend the high school and all the people that kind of came together to put this plan. 300 01:33:15.510 --> 01:33:33.780 Matt Landahl: Together. So as the students. Students get out of their car and their family also gets out and in goes right in front of the stage and the students walk across the stage and the family gets to take pictures, but we also film it and take pictures because that walk across the stage. 301 01:33:35.310 --> 01:33:36.600 Matt Landahl: Video for suits. 302 01:33:38.010 --> 01:33:42.030 Matt Landahl: And it's, I think, you know, we've done the best with 303 01:33:43.080 --> 01:33:55.800 Matt Landahl: All the limitations and the restrictions that we have in place and and it was very meaningful to be a part of it today. So my hats off to the class of 2020 we're going to put this video together and 304 01:33:58.410 --> 01:34:14.430 Matt Landahl: And and and we look forward to seeing it at the drive in on June 24 and the video will also be released digitally for everyone to see. I think we're releasing it at the same time, but I need to double check on when we're releasing the digital version of video 305 01:34:15.600 --> 01:34:17.730 Matt Landahl: Just quickly, back to the statement that I read. 306 01:34:18.990 --> 01:34:39.930 Matt Landahl: I, I, I don't like reading statements, but I wanted to be clear in what I said. With that, and I do mean what I said. And it seems like a lot of things I've been reading lately. Talk about action being more important than words. And so I'll focus on my actions, one of the actions is listening. 307 01:34:41.400 --> 01:34:44.130 Matt Landahl: And a lot of this has been really hard because we're not together. 308 01:34:45.180 --> 01:34:57.870 Matt Landahl: We're only together in a digital sense, it seems, but we want to really find some ways as we work on reopening to not just be thinking about coven 19 as we reopen 309 01:34:59.430 --> 01:35:02.130 Matt Landahl: I think it's really important for us to be thinking about 310 01:35:03.840 --> 01:35:15.090 Matt Landahl: Everything that our students have been going through during this time. I know we've discussed the social, emotional impact on all of our students. And really, the impact 311 01:35:16.110 --> 01:35:23.730 Matt Landahl: On all of our students, especially our students of color with what we've all been witnessing again in our country. 312 01:35:26.730 --> 01:35:38.340 Matt Landahl: What folks have to experience on daily basis. So we have a lot of work to do in not just preparing for the health side every opening and coming together, but also 313 01:35:39.840 --> 01:35:46.410 Matt Landahl: The welcoming side the inclusive side the empowering side the valuing side. 314 01:35:48.780 --> 01:35:53.610 Matt Landahl: And and honestly. To learn more, as a district and for me as a leader. 315 01:35:54.690 --> 01:36:07.800 Matt Landahl: To learn more about being an anti racist district and anti racist leaders and so I have a lot of learning and work to do in this area and like I said actions are much more powerful than words. 316 01:36:09.630 --> 01:36:14.370 Matt Landahl: But it's hard to see everything we're going through as a country and not be there. 317 01:36:15.870 --> 01:36:18.360 Matt Landahl: Physically with our kids. 318 01:36:19.530 --> 01:36:24.660 Matt Landahl: It's very challenging. So today's today's senior walk was especially moving 319 01:36:25.680 --> 01:36:34.410 Matt Landahl: For all of us who were there to see to see our seniors who have really gone through a challenging end of the year, and to see him celebrate 320 01:36:34.770 --> 01:36:46.920 Matt Landahl: Today, so I want to invite the board. It's not open to the public. But I want to invite the board and I forgot to do this, we are having kids walk across the stage tomorrow and Wednesday. 321 01:36:48.720 --> 01:37:00.540 Matt Landahl: And it starts at nine o'clock and goes, till noon and then they take a break for lunch. And then it goes from about one to four. So if you want to come back just for a little part of it to see, you know, we ask that you wear a mask. 322 01:37:01.770 --> 01:37:08.040 Matt Landahl: That you know you can clap for the students as they walk across. See what it means for their families. 323 01:37:09.450 --> 01:37:14.910 Matt Landahl: But it was it was quite a juxtaposition to see what we're going through as a country and to see our seniors. 324 01:37:16.890 --> 01:37:20.640 Matt Landahl: walking across that stage today. It was really also powerful to see it. 325 01:37:22.260 --> 01:37:23.280 Matt Landahl: On the backfield 326 01:37:24.570 --> 01:37:29.610 Matt Landahl: And it just a few months ago. It felt like the whole community was back there for homecoming. 327 01:37:30.360 --> 01:37:45.690 Matt Landahl: For both the game and the fireworks. But I think on a different level to also just be all together. And so we also really look forward to doing that as well. There's a lot of work to do in our community in our district for sure, but also our country. 328 01:37:47.400 --> 01:37:53.610 Matt Landahl: And I really look forward to, to being a part of that. So thanks, Anthony for the chance to speak to 329 01:37:54.870 --> 01:37:55.950 awhite: The problem. Thank you. 330 01:37:57.900 --> 01:38:00.240 awhite: Alright committee reports including board comments. 331 01:38:03.930 --> 01:38:04.770 awhite: On 332 01:38:05.790 --> 01:38:08.790 awhite: Kristin. We'll start with a fun. Oh, do we have a date yet. 333 01:38:09.450 --> 01:38:10.200 Kristan: Don't have a date. 334 01:38:11.580 --> 01:38:19.740 Kristan: Matt, you and I should get together and talk about that. There's a few things that we need to cover feel like there's something that happened before. Oh, yeah. I couldn't go to the last 335 01:38:20.340 --> 01:38:25.020 Matt Landahl: We will I this this election stuff got me a little bit off track. But, um, 336 01:38:25.050 --> 01:38:35.340 Kristan: No, it's my. It was my dad surgery, that's what that's what happened last time we had to reschedule. So there's a couple of things. I think I forwarded if I didn't. I'll check 337 01:38:36.420 --> 01:38:42.030 Kristan: Something about the energy manager proposal as well. We've got more information about that so 338 01:38:42.060 --> 01:38:42.960 Kristan: I'll make sure that 339 01:38:43.380 --> 01:38:43.800 Matt Landahl: Awesome. 340 01:38:44.130 --> 01:38:55.290 Kristan: I flushed out the agenda and we get it on the calendar and then I'll make sure it's up on the that's well I will make sure it will be posted and we'll get back on track. 341 01:38:56.460 --> 01:39:04.980 Kristan: And I don't have any comments, I don't have anything more to add to it. I'm Matt just said, which I think captured a lot of our sentiments. 342 01:39:06.750 --> 01:39:07.830 awhite: Any questions for Kristen. 343 01:39:09.930 --> 01:39:12.990 awhite: See know we're gonna go to policy, unless you want to give an update. 344 01:39:16.230 --> 01:39:24.330 Elissa: I'm actually just looking in my calendar to see when our next meeting is and I, I'm not finding it. So I apologize for that. 345 01:39:27.180 --> 01:39:33.600 Elissa: So I don't really have an update for policy. I was hoping I could just announced when the next meeting is but 346 01:39:35.160 --> 01:39:36.060 Elissa: Yeah, much luck. 347 01:39:36.270 --> 01:39:39.450 awhite: The policies on the agenda tonight are for the second read so 348 01:39:39.840 --> 01:39:40.260 Right. 349 01:39:43.290 --> 01:39:46.530 Elissa: I do have an update on the Glen Mills project. 350 01:39:48.420 --> 01:39:57.000 Elissa: The remedial investigation report is being prepared now for submission to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation 351 01:39:57.390 --> 01:40:12.900 Elissa: And the New York State Department of Health, the deadline is 629 so that's being prepared in perris have continued regarding the property. However, they are confidential. So I have no details and the next 352 01:40:14.010 --> 01:40:16.590 Elissa: Kept meeting was cancelled because of 353 01:40:17.880 --> 01:40:30.510 Elissa: So the next meeting will be TBD and announced by email, but until then I will have monthly updates as we continue. So that's what I have on that. 354 01:40:33.810 --> 01:40:35.580 Elissa: I think that's all I have. 355 01:40:38.010 --> 01:40:38.520 awhite: Right. 356 01:40:38.940 --> 01:40:42.960 Elissa: I don't see anything that stands out on the policies. 357 01:40:44.100 --> 01:40:46.680 Elissa: To review tonight. They're pretty straightforward. 358 01:40:48.930 --> 01:40:50.100 awhite: Any questions for our less 359 01:40:53.460 --> 01:40:56.190 awhite: See know we're gonna go to public relations, Craig. 360 01:41:05.580 --> 01:41:06.330 Antony Tseng: Maybe he's on mute. 361 01:41:11.430 --> 01:41:12.180 awhite: He's still here. Right. 362 01:41:13.860 --> 01:41:16.710 meredithheuer: He's here and i think is, is he one of the phone numbers that 363 01:41:19.050 --> 01:41:20.190 meredithheuer: They both are on mute. 364 01:41:22.710 --> 01:41:23.400 awhite: unmute your phone. 365 01:41:25.140 --> 01:41:28.200 Antony Tseng: No, it's a zoom new i don't think control. 366 01:41:28.350 --> 01:41:30.690 awhite: Mike, can you unmute the phone the to the other one. 367 01:41:37.590 --> 01:41:39.720 18457633727: Greg. Thank you. Yeah. 368 01:41:41.190 --> 01:41:48.030 18457633727: I don't know how to get my name to appear there where the phone number is. So if somebody can figure that out. That'd be happy to hear it. 369 01:41:49.140 --> 01:41:50.070 18457633727: So I have 370 01:41:51.090 --> 01:42:03.030 18457633727: forwarded by email, some updates on a matter that has come up quite recently, the legislature has passed both houses have passed a bill that 371 01:42:04.740 --> 01:42:15.540 18457633727: affects the way in which districts could opt in to create a delayed tax payment for up to 120 days or installment program. 372 01:42:16.320 --> 01:42:28.110 18457633727: And while that sounds beneficial to taxpayers I seriously question whether that is at all possible for us, whether we would be at all interested in its present form. 373 01:42:29.190 --> 01:42:39.960 18457633727: It would apparently even allow us bill payments be deferred with that, as far as I can figure out what the only benefit some large banks that collect their taxes for us. 374 01:42:41.130 --> 01:42:55.950 18457633727: So this proposal has been posed by this by also by the New York State Council of school superintendents my lower how to Education Conference. So what I've seen so far. 375 01:42:58.230 --> 01:43:09.840 18457633727: I think that there's some sort of political risk here is that the legislators can make themselves look like the good guys, but it puts us on the hot seat and makes us look like the bad guys. When we say 376 01:43:10.440 --> 01:43:19.770 18457633727: What you want us under all these conditions to also deferred tax collections and we're going to have cuts and state aid, we've already been honing our budget down 377 01:43:20.460 --> 01:43:36.990 18457633727: And who knows what else comes down the pike. So I'm suggesting that we notify the governor's our opposition to sign in the bill in its present form, I have no idea what his stances or if he's even taken it up as yet. 378 01:43:38.100 --> 01:43:39.900 18457633727: But imagine that will come soon. 379 01:43:41.070 --> 01:44:00.120 18457633727: I would hope that this is core to Ronnie is become familiar with the implications of this. And since she's our CFO. I think it'd be appropriate for her to address this matter, I would like to put it down the agenda for tonight and an appropriate spot, Mr. Chairman. Did we do that. 380 01:44:00.630 --> 01:44:03.810 awhite: Sure. So wants to make a motion that right now to add an item to the agenda. 381 01:44:03.930 --> 01:44:05.460 awhite: And then we can do that, the more comments. 382 01:44:06.360 --> 01:44:13.800 18457633727: So I'd like to move that we add to the agenda and that's to see opportunity and subject of tax payment deferrals 383 01:44:14.670 --> 01:44:15.600 Antony Tseng: Anthony seconds. 384 01:44:17.640 --> 01:44:19.650 awhite: Comments or questions for many board members. 385 01:44:21.270 --> 01:44:22.140 awhite: All those in favor, 386 01:44:22.710 --> 01:44:25.290 18457633727: Hi, hi post 387 01:44:26.310 --> 01:44:27.060 awhite: Motion carries. 388 01:44:27.090 --> 01:44:27.660 Seven. 389 01:44:28.770 --> 01:44:31.140 awhite: All right, what we'll do, Craig is 390 01:44:32.250 --> 01:44:35.520 awhite: We'll put that on right after committee reports before the consent agenda. 391 01:44:36.570 --> 01:44:38.610 18457633727: So Kelly all the consent agenda. 392 01:44:38.610 --> 01:44:41.040 awhite: Items a point or one through 393 01:44:42.720 --> 01:44:44.640 awhite: Eight point 16 will become nine 394 01:44:46.440 --> 01:44:49.770 awhite: We're probably not going to have a second exact so adjourn would still be 10 395 01:44:51.000 --> 01:44:51.840 awhite: Alright, sorry, Craig. 396 01:44:53.130 --> 01:44:53.520 18457633727: Thank you. 397 01:44:56.550 --> 01:44:57.570 awhite: Any questions for Craig. 398 01:45:00.750 --> 01:45:01.590 awhite: Right, Anthony. 399 01:45:03.270 --> 01:45:04.860 Antony Tseng: Good evening, so I 400 01:45:06.780 --> 01:45:18.090 Antony Tseng: There hasn't been a diversity committee meeting for obvious reasons, but I do thank Dr. Lana Del for his words and his comments regarding the Nash what's going on in the national landscape. 401 01:45:20.370 --> 01:45:23.130 Antony Tseng: It does affect um 402 01:45:24.510 --> 01:45:30.510 Antony Tseng: But I believe that it is affected children locally. I'm very tough questions. 403 01:45:35.670 --> 01:45:39.330 Antony Tseng: From children to their parents about why this is happening. 404 01:45:42.210 --> 01:45:47.580 Antony Tseng: You know, and, and I've also been kind of staying away from from the social media and 405 01:45:48.630 --> 01:46:07.080 Antony Tseng: And stuff because I'm also trying myself not to get emotionally engaged into arguments with people that that are focusing on on the looting and not focusing on on the problem of the years and years of acts. 406 01:46:08.790 --> 01:46:10.500 Antony Tseng: Were injustice continues. 407 01:46:12.390 --> 01:46:21.300 Antony Tseng: And doesn't realize that you can't have peace without justice. So thank you for those words to land on 408 01:46:24.090 --> 01:46:33.780 Antony Tseng: And I pray that we do much better. Um, I did have a question not for this meeting, though, but maybe 409 01:46:34.860 --> 01:46:36.330 Antony Tseng: For a future meeting. 410 01:46:38.250 --> 01:46:40.770 Antony Tseng: I know we talked about Doc, you were 411 01:46:42.450 --> 01:46:51.540 Antony Tseng: A while back, and I know docu has been talking to the city of Beacon with the Council and the planning board about 412 01:46:52.680 --> 01:47:04.650 Antony Tseng: That about their contribution to the school or the potential countries and school, but I don't know what that is, actually. So I don't know if 413 01:47:06.540 --> 01:47:12.180 Antony Tseng: I don't know that, you know, if we're I know we. I don't know if we had a recent meeting with the city. 414 01:47:12.900 --> 01:47:23.580 Antony Tseng: Obviously under these conditions. I don't think we need to but you know i don't i think at some point we were talking about having regular meetings with the city and and comparing notes with some with projects and stuff like that and 415 01:47:24.720 --> 01:47:42.180 Antony Tseng: You know, but I think the danger is that one. I do know that that type of messaging to the console and the planning board that that you know please give us the variance or this plan or whatever because we will help the community and we will help the school. 416 01:47:43.620 --> 01:47:55.200 Antony Tseng: Is a selling point. But if they actually are not helping the school. I think it's important to point that out, you know, we shouldn't be used as a as an advertisement for them. 417 01:47:56.430 --> 01:47:57.870 Antony Tseng: That's all I have. Thank you very much. 418 01:47:59.040 --> 01:48:00.180 awhite: Any questions for Anthony 419 01:48:01.740 --> 01:48:09.450 meredithheuer: Anthony. I think that's a really good point and an important it's and and business is being done, even though we're in a crisis. So 420 01:48:10.680 --> 01:48:13.950 meredithheuer: I don't know if you know one of us should just reach out to 421 01:48:15.570 --> 01:48:20.850 meredithheuer: The mayor and see about trying to get that sort of meeting going because 422 01:48:21.870 --> 01:48:24.990 meredithheuer: I totally agree with you there. I think it's important to stay on that. 423 01:48:26.430 --> 01:48:26.760 Antony Tseng: Thank you. 424 01:48:29.040 --> 01:48:29.760 awhite: Europe, Meredith. 425 01:48:32.010 --> 01:48:33.450 meredithheuer: I don't have any 426 01:48:34.830 --> 01:48:46.350 meredithheuer: committee reports, there are no more Dutchess County School Board Association meetings this year, although they have been very good about staying in touch about what's going on and also the lower Hudson education coalition 427 01:48:47.370 --> 01:48:54.240 meredithheuer: And they totally agree. Craig with the concerns you have about the delaying of tax payments. 428 01:48:55.500 --> 01:49:07.110 meredithheuer: I did want to say thank you, Matt. For for your words a totally agree. And I think it's important that all of our families, hear those words in here, our intentions going forward. 429 01:49:08.430 --> 01:49:14.610 meredithheuer: And how they actually fit in really well with everything that we have been working toward already 430 01:49:15.510 --> 01:49:23.400 meredithheuer: I attended the protest today on Main Street that went down to take square and then down to the riverfront Park and 431 01:49:24.120 --> 01:49:34.290 meredithheuer: It was really amazing is really impressive. It was led by young people, I think most of them were 20 or under many of them beacon high graduates. 432 01:49:34.680 --> 01:49:49.230 meredithheuer: Many of them still at beacon high and they expressed with great clarity and emotion their experiences and how they feel that they have to walk in the world that we live in right now and and 433 01:49:50.700 --> 01:50:01.800 meredithheuer: And it was very peaceful actually someone fainted at, at one point, and everyone took a knee and there were, I think, I mean, some people are saying they thought they were thousand people there. There were at least 500 people there and 434 01:50:02.340 --> 01:50:12.930 meredithheuer: And it was just, it was extraordinary. And the police were very supportive as well. It was a great it was a great scene. And I think we should all be really proud of beacon for it. And it also really represented 435 01:50:13.650 --> 01:50:18.570 meredithheuer: Beacon, you know, in a way that you don't always see in terms of racial diversity. 436 01:50:18.930 --> 01:50:30.510 meredithheuer: So I just wanted to let people know that it was really, it was great and that you know we're, we're going to be getting these kids back in the fall and whatever we do and they will have experienced all of the 437 01:50:31.020 --> 01:50:40.260 meredithheuer: Videos that we're all seeing and everything and do really need to figure out how we're going to build that into the curriculum so that they can express what it has meant to them. 438 01:50:41.970 --> 01:50:42.360 meredithheuer: That's all. 439 01:50:43.590 --> 01:50:44.700 awhite: Any questions for Maris 440 01:50:46.860 --> 01:50:57.450 Elissa: A comment to tack on to what Meredith just said, and I just feeling today so grateful that our kids are growing up here and beacon where it's so diverse. 441 01:50:58.110 --> 01:51:11.670 Elissa: I think our kids are really lucky to be growing up in a diverse community where I know that there are lots of lots of kids who aren't so lucky and who aren't don't get the perspective that our kids get 442 01:51:13.530 --> 01:51:15.210 meredithheuer: Absolutely. I totally agree. 443 01:51:15.870 --> 01:51:18.900 Antony Tseng: I just want to thank Meredith for participating in that event today. 444 01:51:21.360 --> 01:51:21.600 Right. 445 01:51:22.650 --> 01:51:27.330 awhite: I'm the only bird comments I have is to remember, once you get your ballots to vote. 446 01:51:27.780 --> 01:51:37.770 awhite: Um, I think the district has worked hard to ensure that we're giving every possible way to make sure that you could do a drop off. And so you could get it in a timely manner. 447 01:51:38.280 --> 01:51:51.960 awhite: Unfortunately, there are constraints that we have that are dictated from the state that we need to adhere to arm and I appreciate the work that I'm Matt and his cabinet have done to ensure that the 448 01:51:53.100 --> 01:52:04.110 awhite: The votes will be received by the voters and enough time to to vote and they have their voices heard. Um, I think that this year's budget is very responsible, I think that the 449 01:52:04.620 --> 01:52:15.930 awhite: Administration and all administration bill administration and district administration put a lot of thought into it to make sure that we can maintain the programs across the district. 450 01:52:16.020 --> 01:52:17.160 awhite: And also, 451 01:52:17.190 --> 01:52:18.630 awhite: Keep that low class size. 452 01:52:18.990 --> 01:52:27.000 awhite: I'm embedding the strategic plan and they're making sure that we're still doing a PD opportunities for all staff. 453 01:52:27.720 --> 01:52:33.870 awhite: So I, I really do appreciate that piece. Um, I think it's going to be more important that we utilize both sees as 454 01:52:34.230 --> 01:52:42.000 awhite: Matt has said that we're going to do utilize both he says it's inevitable service on to enhance our programming as much as we possibly can. 455 01:52:42.360 --> 01:52:50.730 awhite: So I just want to thank them for all their hard work. I know the next 10 days are a little while nine days nine days and a half, I'd say. 456 01:52:51.060 --> 01:53:09.690 awhite: Our little pit in the stomach to see which way it goes, especially when when it's unknown because we've never done it this way, you know, I'm expecting that voter turnout should be more than than typical so I'm just hoping that people get out and vote and support the school district. 457 01:53:11.460 --> 01:53:27.540 awhite: Right. Um, so, Craig. We added your item to the agenda, which is a discussion and or a resolution about arm the taxes, tax differ as 8.1. So do you want to start that conversation. 458 01:53:31.800 --> 01:53:33.420 18457633727: Thank you. You got me. 459 01:53:34.470 --> 01:53:34.740 18457633727: Yeah. 460 01:53:36.330 --> 01:53:43.620 18457633727: Good, good. So I sent an email if you can call it up on your board email. Hey, 461 01:53:45.360 --> 01:53:56.190 18457633727: draft of a possible motion and to earlier descriptions that provided some of the commentary from the other organizations. 462 01:53:57.330 --> 01:53:59.370 18457633727: That would like to, to know is if 463 01:54:00.510 --> 01:54:10.530 18457633727: A fan Maria would like to elucidate what the potential impacts for this might be my district, if it were passed in its present form or in or in any form. 464 01:54:12.120 --> 01:54:24.180 annmariequartironi: So I'm delaying revenue and tax payments would definitely be a burden for the school district, we wouldn't have the cash available to pay our bills in a timely manner in May. 465 01:54:24.570 --> 01:54:30.900 annmariequartironi: If it's significant enough, we may have to borrow money that normally we would not have to borrow which we would incur 466 01:54:31.440 --> 01:54:45.780 annmariequartironi: Interest expense that we did not budget for and that we normally would not need because we have enough cash flow get to tax season, the way it is right now. So we definitely need negatively impact our cash flows position and our budget. 467 01:54:49.980 --> 01:54:51.810 18457633727: I can't imagine it otherwise. 468 01:54:53.130 --> 01:54:54.990 18457633727: I think that there is a 469 01:54:56.280 --> 01:55:05.520 18457633727: One small positive element that is embodied in this proposal, and that is to give some relief to people who are stretched out financially. 470 01:55:06.780 --> 01:55:15.030 18457633727: But so are we. So we have a responsibility to be able to provide the education that we're here to provide 471 01:55:16.110 --> 01:55:18.120 18457633727: And I don't feel there is any 472 01:55:19.410 --> 01:55:29.610 18457633727: Call for this because of just because of covert familiar with similar proposals for installment plans that have been brought up over the years. 473 01:55:30.360 --> 01:55:41.910 18457633727: And under the circumstances where we did not have this kind of stress. So that cuts both ways. On the one hand, yes, there is this little stress for some taxpayers. 474 01:55:43.740 --> 01:55:45.210 18457633727: But on the other hand, 475 01:55:47.190 --> 01:56:07.410 18457633727: Trying to introduce some kind of a new plan like this in the middle of a crisis seems to be to be a really bad time to try to be pioneering some kind of angels in tax policy when we pass up the opportunity to do it in previous times when there was no great crisis and our backs. 476 01:56:08.970 --> 01:56:14.490 18457633727: If you have a chance to look at your emails there. I could read this allowed now. 477 01:56:15.660 --> 01:56:25.710 18457633727: And see how we feel about it. So I read this proposal to be sent to Governor Andrew Cuomo with copies to our state legislators. 478 01:56:26.850 --> 01:56:39.150 18457633727: Quote, the beacon City School District opposes senate 8138 test be Martinez assembly 10 to five, two dash a from stern has currently drafted. 479 01:56:39.630 --> 01:56:47.160 18457633727: which authorizes local governments to split up or deferred tax payments that are due during the coven 19 state of emergency. 480 01:56:47.940 --> 01:57:02.100 18457633727: This bill places undue pressure on school boards to offer benefits to taxpayers that district budgets can ill afford and poses risks if adopted to cash flow requirements essential in district administration. 481 01:57:06.330 --> 01:57:06.720 18457633727: Just thought 482 01:57:09.330 --> 01:57:10.890 18457633727: I would offer that is emotion. This 483 01:57:14.730 --> 01:57:15.540 meredithheuer: I think it's great. 484 01:57:17.460 --> 01:57:19.860 awhite: Second comments or questions. I think it's great. Craig. 485 01:57:21.270 --> 01:57:22.590 18457633727: Thank you for doing it. 486 01:57:24.060 --> 01:57:26.580 Antony Tseng: So Craig. I have a question and maybe. Yeah. 487 01:57:28.230 --> 01:57:42.900 Antony Tseng: It just seems like all these organizations are interpreting this law, which is, I guess, labeled on the real property tax, um, that would affect the collection of school tax. 488 01:57:46.530 --> 01:57:58.530 Antony Tseng: So, I mean, I guess I don't know I don't know I don't know this part of the law. Very well. But so it and I know that that are talented school tax bill goes out separately than the property tax bill, I'm 489 01:57:59.940 --> 01:58:01.440 18457633727: Sure. I mean, should we 490 01:58:01.470 --> 01:58:05.370 Antony Tseng: Make note of that to to the massive well 491 01:58:05.460 --> 01:58:06.090 Over 492 01:58:08.340 --> 01:58:14.190 18457633727: Some of the organizations have laid it out in greater detail as they've had more time to think about it, but 493 01:58:15.480 --> 01:58:27.300 18457633727: That is worth noting that this is an option. We will be given the option to do it. And that's what I talk about the pressure because there'll be people who will say, well, you ought to do it. 494 01:58:27.780 --> 01:58:35.820 18457633727: And that's easy for them to say, because to them. It's just a question of their family budget, they're not thinking about the problems of that we have trying to 495 01:58:36.180 --> 01:58:46.020 18457633727: Run a district and then having to maybe borrow money and pay interest and then put more burden on the taxpayers or more cuts to our program says to pay interest on a 496 01:58:46.740 --> 01:58:56.850 18457633727: Revenue anticipation note or something like that. We haven't had to do one of those for a long time and I would hope that we don't have to. So I think that 497 01:58:58.410 --> 01:59:12.930 18457633727: The point you raise a good one that the local town and city taxes come out of the different time. The city taxes are due in February and the school property taxes. 498 01:59:14.220 --> 01:59:26.160 18457633727: Out in October for payment. So that's kind of a bad timing. Like if if you added 120 days to October and you took advantage of that. 499 01:59:26.820 --> 01:59:38.460 18457633727: At 420 days you'd wind up trying to pay whatever part of your school taxes the same time trying to pay your city taxes which is doesn't sound like a picnic to me. 500 01:59:40.770 --> 01:59:42.030 Antony Tseng: Yeah, I mean I think 501 01:59:43.080 --> 01:59:44.550 Antony Tseng: I think it's too soon to say 502 01:59:45.210 --> 01:59:47.340 Antony Tseng: What our financial situation is going to be 503 01:59:47.610 --> 01:59:55.590 Antony Tseng: At least what not offering a solution, both the fashion of the of the citizens of our district will be in October, you know, I 504 01:59:55.710 --> 01:59:56.640 18457633727: So I think 505 01:59:57.300 --> 02:00:05.160 Antony Tseng: Maybe advocating to leave us out of this bill. And, you know, if that situation comes up, it could be addressed. 506 02:00:05.220 --> 02:00:08.190 Antony Tseng: At a separate time. Well, we would 507 02:00:08.670 --> 02:00:22.740 18457633727: As written the bill would not force us to do this, it would give us the option and if it were for our on our agenda today. Well, I would be advocating it. I would say we probably wouldn't do it. 508 02:00:24.180 --> 02:00:40.860 18457633727: But it just seems like a very poor piece of legislation to be proposing at this rather stressful time. I understand the logic of it. I just can't is can't put my hands around it to think of it as something that that I would want to do 509 02:00:46.440 --> 02:00:46.710 Antony Tseng: Okay. 510 02:00:48.630 --> 02:00:51.330 awhite: So, all those in favor, as stated as Craig wrote it. 511 02:00:53.340 --> 02:00:53.640 I 512 02:00:54.750 --> 02:00:55.020 awhite: I 513 02:00:55.230 --> 02:00:56.220 18457633727: I host 514 02:00:57.270 --> 02:00:58.500 awhite: Motion carried. Seven. Oh. 515 02:01:00.180 --> 02:01:00.600 Thank you. 516 02:01:02.220 --> 02:01:05.970 awhite: Craig, I would just ask that you include that to Kelly and Matt and Emory. 517 02:01:06.060 --> 02:01:08.280 awhite: So they have it. I don't know if they were on the original email. 518 02:01:09.540 --> 02:01:12.120 18457633727: I will make sure that all right thanks 519 02:01:25.560 --> 02:01:35.430 awhite: Alright. Moving along to the consent agenda. THE CONSENT AGENDA permits the Board of Education make more effective use of assigned by that the single motion to cover those relatively routine matters which are included. 520 02:01:35.910 --> 02:01:44.610 awhite: Any member of the board who wishes to discuss individually a particular piece of business and it could set into may so indicate in the item will be considered and voting on voted on separately. 521 02:01:45.840 --> 02:01:48.720 awhite: That's preserving the right of all board members be heard on any issue. 522 02:01:50.010 --> 02:01:53.130 awhite: Is there any thing on the Consent Agenda board member would like polls. 523 02:01:57.450 --> 02:02:05.790 awhite: Seeing none, I need a motion to approve our consent agenda 9.01 through 9.16 524 02:02:07.050 --> 02:02:07.560 meredithheuer: Tim 525 02:02:11.430 --> 02:02:12.660 awhite: Comments or questions. 526 02:02:14.250 --> 02:02:15.120 awhite: All those in favor, 527 02:02:16.140 --> 02:02:16.320 Elissa: Aye. 528 02:02:20.430 --> 02:02:21.510 awhite: Motion carries. Seven. Oh. 529 02:02:24.750 --> 02:02:26.550 awhite: I need a motion to adjourn the meeting. 530 02:02:29.550 --> 02:02:30.450 Antony Tseng: Anthony. So moved. 531 02:02:32.310 --> 02:02:33.540 meredithheuer: Second negative 532 02:02:35.760 --> 02:02:38.100 awhite: Comments, questions. All those in favor, 533 02:02:39.120 --> 02:02:39.360 Elissa: Hi. 534 02:02:39.840 --> 02:02:40.800 awhite: Hi, most 535 02:02:41.910 --> 02:02:44.820 awhite: Mostly carried seven. Oh, thank you, everybody. 536 02:02:45.540 --> 02:02:46.290 meredithheuer: Good night, everybody. 537 02:02:46.620 --> 02:02:47.550 Elissa: Good night, everyone. 538 02:02:47.970 --> 02:02:48.660 Antony Tseng: Stay safe. 539 02:02:48.870 --> 02:02:50.130 awhite: Goodnight. Goodnight.