Thank you.
I'd like to call him.
DTSD Webinars: I'd like to call the November seventh, two thousand and Twenty-two meeting of the Dairy townships school District Board of Directors to order and announce that this meeting is being both live, streamed and audio recorded.
DTSD Webinars: Uh, this meeting is also being conducted both in person, and virtually so i'll ask the Board members. Please state your name when speaking. This is Ag Roll call, please, Mr. Bennett,
DTSD Webinars: it's true. Here,
DTSD Webinars: Dr. Pack here.
DTSD Webinars: This is many Here, Mr. Rizzo.
Ericka Schmidt: Mr. Schmidt, Here
DTSD Webinars: this is a
DTSD Webinars: six present, one for seven present, one virtually, and two absent.
DTSD Webinars: Thank you. Please Rise, if you are able. Um, and join me for the pledge of allegiance,
the United States of America,
and to their
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DTSD Webinars: Hey, please have a motion to approve the November seventh, two thousand and twenty-two board of directors meeting agenda.
DTSD Webinars: Excuse me
DTSD Webinars: so move terry singer.
DTSD Webinars: Sorry, Terry, Is there any discussion?
DTSD Webinars: This is a standard voice for all those in favor. Please say I.
DTSD Webinars: The agenda is approved.
DTSD Webinars: I would like to announce that the Board met in executive session prior to this meeting to discuss informational items
DTSD Webinars: moving on to our first recognition of citizens, which is for agenda items. This is an opportunity for residents and taxpayers to address the Board on matters related to tonight's agenda. Citizens wishing to speak should come to the microphone or raise their virtual hand.
DTSD Webinars: If attending virtually, you must have registered individually with your first and last name, in order to be recognized. Once recognized or unmuted, please state your full name and address for the record.
DTSD Webinars: This is a reminder that public common is not a for for personal attacks, antagonistic behavior or harassment. Please be advised that you are accountable for any legal ramifications and liability which may result from statements misrepresenting the truth to faming individuals, or disclosing personal information, not a public concern
DTSD Webinars: to provide other residents with an opportunity to speak. Each speaker during the public comment. Portion is limited to five minutes to speaking. Time once recognized and limited to one opportunity to address the board during each of the public comment periods. If necessary, the Board may set a maximum time for public comment portion of any meeting. I will ask for treasure, and Mrs. Sicker, to please keep time.
DTSD Webinars: Are there any residents or taxpayers who would like to comment at this time? I'll start with our in person, Mr. Miller.
Hello, John Miller! Three, twenty-nine coco avenue.
DTSD Webinars: Um A couple of items. I wanted to speak on tonight. Um agenda items
DTSD Webinars: First would be the request to use the school facilities
DTSD Webinars: for a Covid nineteen vaccine
DTSD Webinars: center.
DTSD Webinars: Um!
DTSD Webinars: They're required thirty days notice, and I think it's about twenty on the form.
DTSD Webinars: Uh just wanted to make you aware of that
DTSD Webinars: um,
DTSD Webinars: and
DTSD Webinars: wanted a little bit more information about whether or not that was a
DTSD Webinars: uh opportunity for others to bid other pharmacies in the area,
DTSD Webinars: Cvs or or others, or you know, if that was exclusively um an opportunity that was provided to Hershey pharmacy. Uh It' be nice to have a little bit more information on that one um approval of policies. I see there's a couple of different policies. Um
DTSD Webinars: and I came across one that is kind of concerning to me, and that
DTSD Webinars: is the policy manual threat assessments.
DTSD Webinars: And there's no revision to this. But I It was adopted November eighth two thousand and twenty-one.
DTSD Webinars: So the Board is committed to protecting the health, safety, and welfare of its students in school and community, provide the resources and support to just identify student needs. The Board adopted a policy to address student behavior
DTSD Webinars: that may indicate a threat to the safety of the student. Other students, school employees, school facilities, communities, and others.
DTSD Webinars: I'm. A little concerned with who gets to make the decision of what's considered a threat,
DTSD Webinars: or what's concerning behavior, particularly in light of the social emotional learning
DTSD Webinars: tests uh questionnaires that are sent out.
DTSD Webinars: Um,
DTSD Webinars: yeah, you you can. You can make a lot of assumptions
DTSD Webinars: from those questions and
DTSD Webinars: nudge, so to speak, someone towards being in that quote unquote threat, window, and uh tying into that, I was at a art show this past weekend at the school at the height. Excuse me at the High School,
DTSD Webinars: and um I don't know. I say this would just be blunt with it. There's a case of newspaper articles from
DTSD Webinars: early two thousand and twenty-one. That, uh
DTSD Webinars: is very excited about uh
DTSD Webinars: Joe Biden, which is great at the time
DTSD Webinars: in the school
DTSD Webinars: that portrays, and I'm. Not a Republican or a Democrat. Okay, i'm an independent raised by a Republican in a Democrat for the for the record I'm concerned. Which policy is this referring to on the
DTSD Webinars: When you portray certain behavior, certain individuals as a threat by the very
DTSD Webinars: nature of what they believe in, that's concerning, because I'm pretty sure of you with the information we have. Now,
DTSD Webinars: you some of those headlines are kind of misleading. Okay, that's all I'm going to say, and this dangerous to have that up. It's fanning the flames of division, In my opinion.
DTSD Webinars: Okay, I think it's inappropriate, and it does tie to this, Because what are we considering a threat?
DTSD Webinars: Who's who's making that call?
DTSD Webinars: I think I think
DTSD Webinars: I think we can
DTSD Webinars: do a lot to bring each other together, and last, but not least,
DTSD Webinars: you gave us a warning mystery. Before we speak. We get it every time we come up here, and the the warning or the disclaimer has gotten increasingly.
DTSD Webinars: How are you saying It's not changed. It changed, I think
DTSD Webinars: I could tell you actually, when it changed in here somewhere.
DTSD Webinars: But here's the deal. This is an opportunity to remind the Board that the public comment period is an opportunity to engage with community members.
Board members may adapt reasonable rules and regulations to govern the control of this meeting.
DTSD Webinars: Please be advised that you are accountable for upholding your solemn oath to support, obey, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Commonwealth Board. Members are responsible for ensuring that children are presented. The principles and ideals of the American republican form of representative government
DTSD Webinars: as portrayed in the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights as such Board members shall have the right at any time to remove any of its officers, employees, or appointees for incompetency in temptments,
DTSD Webinars: neglig, uh neglect of duty, violation of any of the or subversive doctrines. Thank you.
DTSD Webinars: Is there anyone else in person who would like to speak at this time?
DTSD Webinars: We'll move to virtual attendant uh attendees? I see one hand race so far,
DTSD Webinars: two hands no one back
DTSD Webinars: uh Mrs. Berries. You're being unmuted at this time. Um, Once you're muted, please begin with your name and address Um, and you may begin.
Catherine Burys: Okay, Can you hear me? Okay, uh, my name is Kathy Burris. I'm at seven hundred and forty-three Creekside Drive in Homestown? And um i'm just calling in today because I also have concern about the
Catherine Burys: uh, the schedule and your consent agenda items about
Catherine Burys: the Covid nineteen vaccine clinic. Um. I'd like to know if this is something that's being arranged for the community, or if you were specifically trying to have it for students. Um on a Sunday. It's kind of unclear.
Catherine Burys: Um. I disagree that at any point as a school district should be having a vaccine clinic at all, but especially for this Covid nineteen vaccine,
Catherine Burys: because um, at this point um! It should be clear to most people that. Uh, there's been a lot of uh very concerning adverse effects, especially in children. Um, that you know you might be targeting this too. So um! I would just ask that you uh um
Catherine Burys: vote against having this clinic, and please just leave this decision to families to bring to their own provider Um, having this vaccine um, because it has the potential for so many adverse effects, including my carditis and young
Catherine Burys: young people. Um! They should be discussing it with their provider. Um, not with the pharmacy, Um, And it really like makes the district um look very poor, in my opinion.
Thank you.
DTSD Webinars: Thank you very much.
Is there anyone else who would like to speak at this time?
DTSD Webinars: Um, this is Kaminski. Uh, you are being unmuted. Um, Once you have a muted, please go ahead and state your name and address, and you may again,
Melissa Kaminski: Okay, Thank you guys so much. Uh: I'm Melissa Kaminski. Fifteen, eighteen Brookline drive. Hummestown. Um, I'm. Uh, and thank you all for uh putting these things out for us to review. Um. I just have a a little bit of a some confusion. I have to say um
Melissa Kaminski: following up to uh the last two. Um,
Melissa Kaminski: I guess. Parents um the request to host it on Campus Covid, nineteen vaccine clinic on uh the school campus. I'm a little confused because
Melissa Kaminski: um, I think at this point in time. Uh, most families,
Melissa Kaminski: if they, you know choose, can can really go anywhere. Um, including, you know, Cbs right Aids. And of course you know right to hershey pharmacy, which is, you know, right right in Hershey, if they choose to obtain uh these particular uh vaccines.
Melissa Kaminski: Um, I'm just not quite sure as to why uh, it's necessary, or even um wanted really to have something like that on campus, and I really again, I have to um to also concur and say that
Melissa Kaminski: uh it's It's really not um, in my opinion. Uh the schools
Melissa Kaminski: prerogative to have these things uh on a school campus when there's so many other options available. So I just wanted to say that I thank you.
DTSD Webinars: Thank you.
Are there any other citizens who would like to uh participate in public comment. At this time
DTSD Webinars: I do not see anyone with their hand raise, so we will close this first public comment period um, and move on to community correspondence. Ms. Carbel. Do you have a community correspondence report, please?
DTSD Webinars: I do thank you. Um! For the month of October we received ten community correspondent submissions, comments, and questions for this month included
DTSD Webinars: uh suggestion about the psit, testing to right, to no request to question about volunteering a question about citizen advisor positions. One question about elementary bathrooms uh comment about um. Scl survey results. A question about registration and two comments about Covid.
DTSD Webinars: Thank you. Thank you
DTSD Webinars: Standing committee meeting reports. The curriculum Council and policy committees met today, and so there. Um, a member of the Board who would be willing to provide the curriculum report uh in Dr. Konn's absence.
DTSD Webinars: Uh, So the Curriculum Council met today. We introduced new members. We had new uh student advisors, new citizen advisors and a few um additional teachers.
DTSD Webinars: Uh, the first order of business was to review the summer curriculum work. It essentially just. Um was a long document showing all of the uh summer work that the teachers and staff put into curriculum work.
DTSD Webinars: Uh. And then, lastly, we had a data presentation. This mostly showed uh two thousand and twenty-two P. Ss. A. And keystone data. We looked at uh scores over a period of time, I think dating back as early as maybe two thousand and fourteen two thousand and twenty-one, when uh students weren't tested or were opting out
DTSD Webinars: uh so we looked at some of those percentage in percentages, and some of the scores, and we did uh discuss some really small dips in um
DTSD Webinars: particular math scores and grades three to eight um still significantly higher than the state averages in those areas. Um uh. But the discussion kind of ended with what we're doing uh different intervention sessions at the elementary school and middle school for both Math and Ela, as well as um new curriculums
DTSD Webinars: uh, and curriculum work and teacher training that's continuously taking place to um. Continue to remedy some learning loss, and that presentation will be provided to the full board, I believe, at the next meeting.
DTSD Webinars: Thank you very much.
DTSD Webinars: Um Policy Committee also met today, and i'll provide the report for that. Um. Our first item was looking at policy one hundred and nineteen controversial issues. Um. This was brought up by a Board Member request for Policy Review.
DTSD Webinars: We had some dialogue and discussion on it, and Um had a motion and approval by the committee to table that so it can go to unfinished business at our next meeting in February. Um. When we'll bring together some additional materials to review um and determine if we want to recommend any changes to that policy.
DTSD Webinars: We also started looking through the eight hundred level Policies for review as just part of our regular systemic review of policy.
DTSD Webinars: Um! We did not get through all of the ones listed on the agenda today. Um, but policy, eight hundred records. Management is one that uh, we move to unfinished business for the next um as a tabled item uh, as we are requesting that the Administration take a look at um that and bring forward any recommended changes. Um! That would be better suited for best practice uh an application of that policy
DTSD Webinars: uh policy. Eight hundred point, one electronic signatures eight hundred and one public records, you know, to school organization, you know three school calendar, you know, for school day, you know, five emergency preparedness, eight to five point one relations with law enforcement agencies, eight hundred and six child abuse, you know seven opening exercises and eight hundred and eight point one free and reduced price meals and free milk policies. We're all um recommended without change uh to be considered as reviewed by the Policy Committee.
DTSD Webinars: We'll finish the eight hundred and any other um policies with suggested revisions at our next meeting in February.
DTSD Webinars: That concludes policy report uh moving on to student representatives uh representatives, disease and Forster Welcome this evening. Would you? Uh, please share your report with us.
DTSD Webinars: Um! Is this working? Oh, okay, um, hi, everyone, um! He's on um. So to start off the Trojan ten for this month. Uh, we have Josie vera uh eman Callahan uh Juliana Cohen Stephanie. Oh, I just want to say i'm sorry I pronounce anything wrong. Um, Stephanie
DTSD Webinars: gat me tan um Jason Cheng Laura, Philippe Niran, John Rom Kumar Patrick Sanger Sharmar Warren uh Diana Weber and kaylee Whipple.
DTSD Webinars: Um. So this Thursday. Uh, we have the powder puff for many fun, which is basically a five football game uh a five football game. Uh juniors versus seniors. Um, and it's six to eight. So uh be there. Um Veterans day is this Friday, November eleventh,
DTSD Webinars: or there will be a lunch activity to celebrate staff and other veterans from our local community. Um as fab tests which got postponed due to an issue with an army personnel, Is it's postponed until January, but we have over one hundred students signed up to take the test. That's pretty exciting
DTSD Webinars: and signing day. Is this coming Thursday at six Pm. For any kids planning on playing at a collegiate level and for anyone interested.
DTSD Webinars: Okay, Olivia Forrester. So I like to say congratulations to all the fall sports for Soccer won. The District Championship Girls Cross Country, received Seventh, and boys received eleventh at States
DTSD Webinars: Fleet Field Hockey got Sec. Second in District playoffs tomorrow. Tuesday, the eighth We are hosting girls, field hockey at five, and boys soccer at seven at the three hundred and Twenty-two Field also the Mo Motorsville instant decision Day occurred occurred, and fourteen out of the fifteen students that applied were exception on the spot.
DTSD Webinars: Next weekend, which is November eighteenth, through the nineteenth, the fall play the importance of being earnest will beginning will be beginning at seven. Pm.
That's everything
DTSD Webinars: thank you for,
DTSD Webinars: Uh. Next to him is recognition of new extracurricular activity and School club
in compliance with policy, one hundred and twenty-two extracurricular activities. The listed editions of the High school student clubs are recognized Um, today is the Stock and Exchange Club.
DTSD Webinars: Thank you. Um. The items listed on the agenda are on the anticipated november twenty-first, two thousand and twenty-two board of directors meeting agenda there's no unfinished business this evening, so we'll move to consent Agenda items which the Consent agenda contains routinely adopted items and items which normally do not require public deliberation on the part of the board. A board member may pull items which will then be discussed and voted on separately. May please have a motion to approve the consent agenda items as listed. So moved Kathy Sicker, Second Maria Mammy.
DTSD Webinars: Is there any discussion? Yeah, I won't. We'll try this again from last time.
DTSD Webinars: All right. I'd like to make a motion to
DTSD Webinars: proceed with the consent of genet minus the hershey pharmacy request for use facility uh and put that on to the new agenda. Item:
DTSD Webinars: Absolutely. We We don't actually even need a motion. You could just pull any of those items from consent, and we can vote on that separately. We need a separate motion as it.
DTSD Webinars: So you move forward with everything you have, with the exception of that particular item, and then you'll take that one up separately.
DTSD Webinars: Okay. So we have a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda items as
DTSD Webinars: listed, minus item, four F request uh for use of school facilities.
DTSD Webinars: Is there any other discussion for that?
DTSD Webinars: Um, I do want to just address for any questions regarding policy? Um, I would encourage any community members who have questions on the application of policy, or how that's carried out at a building level to please speak to um The appropriate administrative contact to um
understand the the specific answers to those questions.
DTSD Webinars: Is there any other question or discussion?
DTSD Webinars: Okay, then, this is a standard voice. Vote all those in favor. Please say I, I any opposed. They know the consent. Agenda um minus item four f. Request for use of school facilities is approved.
DTSD Webinars: Well, Now address item for F. Requester Use to school facilities. Um, Dr. Winslow,
I apologize. I forgot that there's still a that I can do there.
I guess I could freak out. I got it.
DTSD Webinars: There we go. The Administration recommends the approval of the following request for the use of school facilities: This approval is contingent upon Government regulations restrictions.
DTSD Webinars: That's not that anymore. Sorry um
for the use of the yeah as listed for the use of the Garnata gym.
DTSD Webinars: May I have a motion to approve the request for the use of school facilities.
You can discuss the motion in general. Whatever concerns you have about
DTSD Webinars: so is there a way to approve the other ones, and not that one, and then discuss that one. Or is it? I don't know the procedure the best way to do it there would have to. This would be similar to the textbooks. We would have to motion to separate the the specific item, because I have a question about the one, the other ones. But if you want to, we can discuss and and have questions, and then, if you want to motion it, we can walk through that.
DTSD Webinars: So my concern is is because it's outside that thirty days. Is there some reason that, given that this seems to be a little bit of a
uh controversy in the community with some people. Is there some reason that the thirty days is not being divided by,
DTSD Webinars: or anybody uh feel that that should be waved or brought it all. I I guess you know I think we owe it to have like. I say it's a single boat on this um to push it through uh where they uh
DTSD Webinars: I don't know I got consent agenda, but to actually pull it out and vote on it individually.
DTSD Webinars: Well, there's other ones on here that aren't thirty days either
DTSD Webinars: Hershey's basketball is November eighth, and tenth this weekend, So I'm or this week. So
DTSD Webinars: it was a former submitted back on September nineteenth.
DTSD Webinars: One thirty pharmacy was submitted on October the twenty fourth,
DTSD Webinars: so the date one submitted into the school district within thirty days is the
DTSD Webinars: have any comment as to the administrative administration recommendation on this I don't actually we um!
DTSD Webinars: It was brought forward and and initially asked for retroactive approval. We did not feel comfortable doing that; wanted to make sure that it came before the full board and asked them to choose a different date.
Um! This was the different date that was chosen.
DTSD Webinars: Sorry I'm just looking at the policy I in the meantime, I think, and the thirty I didn't realize the thirty days thing until this moment. So I don't know if that's
DTSD Webinars: a reason why we would consider potentially pushing this back, if that's what policy is, but I do think it's important for
DTSD Webinars: everyone that for the community to realize that
DTSD Webinars: this request came through as any outside organization would. And um I know. We've said that this has occurred before with like religious organizations who want our space, and everybody is welcome to the space as long as they follow the proper protocol. So I think it's important to know that this is not going to be advertised through the district. It's going to kind of come through um our dissemination of materials just as if anything would, and it's by no means
DTSD Webinars: a school sponsored event. I I think that that's all important to know that it's following the same protocols as any outside organization. Um! That would just want to use space, and it's not there. There are no waivers, and there is no um schools sponsoring of this whatsoever.
DTSD Webinars: I think you made a good point, Dr. Cook, because also they are paying a fee for a vacant space in our in our
DTSD Webinars: on our campus.
DTSD Webinars: So it's not like they're
DTSD Webinars: we're giving it away for free. They're going through the process, and I I was at the agenda, planning where you told us that they had wanted a retroactive, and you weren't comfortable with it. And so you went and picked a date further out
DTSD Webinars: you my issues with them, applying for the school usage. That's not my
DTSD Webinars: issue, like, you know, whoever wants to use the school, and if they meet the criteria. Great Um! I just here to make sure, is that actually meeting the criteria? I don't know how often like these dates come within thirty days. I Uh, this is the kind of person I brought to my attention. So if that's above board, and that's okay, And we that you know as a school district. We do that. Then
DTSD Webinars: i'm fine with it. I don't. I didn't have the answer to that. That's why I kind of pull this off. This is not something that's normally done, and it's not the way it should be done. And I don't think we should be doing it like that.
DTSD Webinars: Yeah, I I would say, as far as for me, with the use of school facilities. Um, I I think that I tend to look at more from the prohibited activities list, and making sure that anyone who is requesting to rent
DTSD Webinars: in essence our space and use the facilities that we're following along with the fee structure they're paying. You know the fees. Um! Is there, you know, any potential uh
DTSD Webinars: prohibitive activity that's taking place on there um. I've not ever looked and cross-checked the dates on it, because these come um through buildings and grounds. You know there's a
DTSD Webinars: very established process for how applications are received, and then move through. Um! I don't know what the original application date was,
DTSD Webinars: and having it, you know that it would have come up as retroactive. Um! And then Dr. Went so shared that she wasn't comfortable, recommending it retroactively. So it was represented. Um,
DTSD Webinars: I don't believe that we have ever
DTSD Webinars: really harped on that, you know, from from the thirty days.
So
DTSD Webinars: it's logistical.
DTSD Webinars: Okay. Mr. Z's clarified that the thirty days is more for logistical to provide the administration with. Um. The time to make sure that it goes through those proper channels to get before the board, for so it's a guideline to make sure the school has enough notice to make sure everything's happening on. Wait a time. Not necessarily something that's up for
DTSD Webinars: really approval or denial. It's just a as a courtesy for the school district. Okay,
DTSD Webinars: that was kind of my question.
Good question.
DTSD Webinars: Does anyone else have any question or comment?
DTSD Webinars: Are you come to a proceeding with all uses facilities combined?
DTSD Webinars: There's no more discussion. Um, then, can I please have a standard of voice vote on the motion to approve the request for use of school facilities as presented all those in favor, please say Aye, aye, aye, any of those say no request for you to school facilities is approved.
DTSD Webinars: Moving on to new business.
DTSD Webinars: The first item of new business is the Ca: I. You Cyber Security Letter of commitment. Dr. Windsor.
Trouble with my pages today.
DTSD Webinars: The Administration recommends the approval of the capital area. Intermediate unit Cybersecurity. Letter of
DTSD Webinars: Thank you. May I please have a motion to approve the Ca: I use Cyber Security Letter of commitment. So moved Kathy Sicker, second Lindsey Cook. Is there any discussion?
DTSD Webinars: This is a standard voice. All those in favor, please say Aye, aye, any opposed to No. I just want to make sure
DTSD Webinars: this is Schmidt. So with us. Okay, I am. Can you hear me? I I couldn't hear you before, so I wanted to make sure before we recorded it. Oh, it's the number that yours Okay? Um, Thank you. Uh. The next day to his personal resignation.
DTSD Webinars: May please have a motion to approve personal resignations. So move Lindsey Cock. Second Maria at me. Is there any discussion?
DTSD Webinars: This is a standard voice. Vote all those in favor, please say I, any opposed to no
DTSD Webinars: personal resignations approved personnel. General Dr. Winson. The Administration recommends the approval of the list of personnel and recognition of any listed transfers. Thank you. May I please have a motion to approve the list of personnel and recognition of any listed transfers? So move Lindsey Cock. Second, Maria mammy. Is there any discussion?
DTSD Webinars: This is a standard voicemail all those in favor, please say I. Any opposed to no
DTSD Webinars: personnel General? Uh is approved. That concludes new business. Um, there is a ca I? You report attached for delegate reports, Mrs. Schmidt. Do you have anything you'd like to add. I don't at this time.
DTSD Webinars: Thank you. Um. Are there any Board members who would like to give a report this evening?
DTSD Webinars: Yeah, this is Terry Singer. I I just wanted to report, and I don't remember the date. But uh, maybe Dr. Winslow can feel in on the date, but the whole of fame had its annual uh luncheon,
DTSD Webinars: probably around mid October Um. To install the latest five nominees into the Hershey High School Hall of Fame. It was really, uh, probably the most well attended of any of the luncheons that I had been to over the last several years. Um!
DTSD Webinars: A lot of students come the uh captains of various athletic teams, or they are a lot of teachers faculty. Dr. Winslow is there? It was a great event, and um, I think not only the
DTSD Webinars: the hall of Fame uh individuals who were installed, and, you know, felt honored and enjoyed it. I think everyone there really appreciate it enjoyed it. I did want to share with the group that I um not on that day in particular, but
DTSD Webinars: previously in my role as a delegate to to the committee I have shared with the committee the concerns of the interests expressed by this board that in the future we collectively meeting the administration, the committee all of us involved with the whole fame program
DTSD Webinars: make a extra special effort to outreach to women to increase the number of um
DTSD Webinars: nominations, so that we can have a larger pool of uh women nominees in the future to possibly
DTSD Webinars: uh consider. Uh,
DTSD Webinars: I think it's the chairperson of the Hall of in Committee himself, and may noted this at the meeting, and he said it often a no nomination, no conversation.
DTSD Webinars: So the important thing is, if we're going to try to expand the eligible pool of of a female athletes.
DTSD Webinars: We'll have to do that working together with the Hall of Fame Committee. Um,
DTSD Webinars: Mr. Math Darrow is part of that committee. I know the administration. Uh, i'm sure we'll we're collectively with us, and support the committee, and it's effort to do that in the future. But I think the the Board felt pretty strongly about that, and I just wanted to
DTSD Webinars: let the board know that that those sentiments have been communicated, and and we'll follow. You know we'll fall through on that as we move forward for next Year's program.
DTSD Webinars: Thank you, Mr. Singer. Is there any other board members?
DTSD Webinars: Dr. Winslow? You have a superintendent's report. Thank you.
DTSD Webinars: I'm not going to repeat what the kids share this fine, although it is a very exciting
DTSD Webinars: Um! We are seeing very warm weather this week as we experience our Pennsylvania second summer. Um. But despite that, we are planning for our winter weather days, so this afternoon all families would have received an email letter detailing the procedures for Snowds delayed starts and early dismissals getting ready for that winter season.
DTSD Webinars: Um! The process is going to be slightly different this year based on the survey data that Miss Carpel collected over the summer. Um, So please be sure to review the information, so to summarize that we did find from that survey information that text messages and the website, or the quickest way to inform all families of changes to the school day.
DTSD Webinars: Families will be receiving text messages first followed by emails and phone calls. We will continue to post on social media and the news outlets as well. So they will be in those different places, and also just as a reminder. Um! Since we have been approved for fit days the flexible instructional days.
DTSD Webinars: But I know how important that first snow day is for everybody. Um! The first full real snow day will be a traditional snow day with students having off so they can enjoy the snow day and the remaining five days if needed. Hopefully, we don't need five. Um will be flexible instruction days,
that's all I have.
Thank you.
DTSD Webinars: I know there's a big topic of conversation going on, at least from the Middle School or in my home about whether or not Dr. Winslow was going to be cool and give the first full real snow day as a real snow day. So i'm sure there's a lot of my stuff of coffee
DTSD Webinars: um for for President's report. I just wanted to share with the board that Dr. Kon and I were the voting delegates for the Psba um voting Delegate Assembly uh this past Saturday We participated in a hybrid environment virtually. Um,
DTSD Webinars: and we're part of that. Dr. Cronin will be preparing a report to give the Board an update on the outcomes um of all of those. But unfortunately, um! Whether or not being here tonight, that'll be forthcoming, so please stay tuned. But we wanted to let you know that that um
DTSD Webinars: we had participated in that this weekend, and then that I do not have anything else to report. Um, so we will move into our final recognition of citizens, which is once again an opportunity for residents and taxpayers to address the Board on matters related to the agenda or matters of district governance that we're not on the agenda.
DTSD Webinars: Those who speak are asked to follow the same guidelines outlined at the initial public comment portion of our meeting, and I will once again ask for treasure and Mrs. Sicker to please keep time. Are there any residents or taxpayers who would like to comment at this time, offer to the audience Mr. Miller,
DTSD Webinars: John Miller, three hundred and twenty-nine coco avenue
DTSD Webinars: we Take a step back in time.
DTSD Webinars: May twenty-first two thousand and twenty-one.
DTSD Webinars: Their township
DTSD Webinars: school board punishes superintendent for closing Hershey high school without consent.
DTSD Webinars: Joseph Mcfarlane was basically shown the door because he reset uh
DTSD Webinars: statistical clock.
DTSD Webinars: Um,
DTSD Webinars: I not here to pass judgment on Mr. Mcfarlane?
DTSD Webinars: Um, I didn't have a problem with it. I appreciate the fact that he allowed
DTSD Webinars: people to go to prom, I think. Uh.
DTSD Webinars: But the reason I'm bringing that up is is that just that's the context.
DTSD Webinars: We had. John Abel resigned from the Presidency. He wrote it on a piece of notebook paper. It was like John Able, I resign, and then Miss Drew stepped into the position, and then Dr. Winslow was uh interim
DTSD Webinars: superintendent.
DTSD Webinars: Really,
DTSD Webinars: we have a publication
DTSD Webinars: in the Homestown sun exposed the falsity
DTSD Webinars: November second two thousand and twenty-two by Dave Buffington and Olivia Lewis. I'm not going to reiterate anything that's in there.
DTSD Webinars: I'll let people go read that for themselves,
DTSD Webinars: but I think it's it's
DTSD Webinars: is telling
DTSD Webinars: when you
DTSD Webinars: compare the two scenarios together,
DTSD Webinars: Mr. Mcfarlane situation, and and I remember that day coming in here. And you'd think that Oh, my gosh! What do you do?
DTSD Webinars: What he did something terrible. Someone told me what he did. I'm like. Why is everyone? What's he? Everything's fine, and then you read that article and no mention of it.
DTSD Webinars: I guess everything is good. We can,
DTSD Webinars: hey?
DTSD Webinars: We'll just keep keep moving forward. That's fine. Just
DTSD Webinars: keep kicking the can down the road like like Everything's okay, Thank you.
DTSD Webinars: Is there anyone else who would like to participate in public comment?
No one in the audience? So I will open it up for online participation.
DTSD Webinars: I do not see any hands raised virtually.
DTSD Webinars: Is there anything else for the go to the order?
DTSD Webinars: I would just like to make a comment that you probably shouldn't believe everything you read in the paper. Thank you.
DTSD Webinars: Thank you. I second, that
DTSD Webinars: i'll dirt that. Okay, good.
DTSD Webinars: The next public board of directors meeting will be held November twenty first two thousand and twenty-two, starting at seven o'clock. Pm. Please refer to the district website to register for virtual attendance as the meeting draws closer, may have a motion to adjourn this meeting.
DTSD Webinars: All those in favor say, aye, any opposed say no
DTSD Webinars: meeting is it joined at seven forty-four pm.