it is 7:01 p.m. if we could please call roll Mr canel here miss carasa miss Carr here Mr Cory Mr Hayward present Miss garelli Miss Stevenson here miss Rendell here Dr Robinson here we have a quorum excellent thank you Miss calz if you could lead us in the flag salute I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the Republic for which it's stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you adequate notice of meeting in accordance with PL 1975 chapter 231 notice of tonight's meeting was mailed to the record and the Ridgewood news on January 9th 2024 notice of this meeting was also mailed to the borrow Clerk and was posted on the bulletin board of the Board of Education Office in the administration bill building on the same date Miss Carr if you're able to read the mission statement please the Glenrock School District founded on principls of Education in partnership with a supportive Community provides an exceptional education to all students to cultivate resilient responsible and engaged Global Citizens thank you very much Miss carar um before we begin the business of our meeting I think it's very important that uh we take a moment to recognize um the impact that Miss Wendy Ro had on our community um I have prepared a statement um just to really recognize just the impact that she's had on our students as well as the impact that she's had amongst her colleagues here um and that she'll be deeply missed on April 22nd 2024 Glenn Rock Public Schools lost one of our own Mrs Wendy Ro longtime grps art teacher unexpected ly passed away at a young age of 56 with her husband and her children by her side for more than two decades Wendy a dedicated educator devoted her time to teaching art inspiring the imaginations of countless students and leaving a lasting impression on so many who went through the Glenrock Public School System Wendy began her time in Glenn rock at Clara E Coleman Elementary School in 2006 she worked there until 2014 and then split her time between both Coleman and the Middle School from 2016 to 2020 she taught at Glenrock Middle School from 2021 until 2022 and then moved to the high school in September of 2022 having resided in Ridgewood and worked in the Glenrock district for a number of years many of Wendy's colleagues were also very close friends Mrs Michelle gando the middle school high school principal reiterated that Wendy will be greatly missed Mrs Roose was known to be a talented artist and teacher who inspired her students and colleagues to express themselves creatively to pursue their dreams and ultimately to be the best versions of themselves it was also stated that her kindness and compassion coupled with her dedication to the Arts and to the Glenn Rock School District made her an outstanding again outstanding role model and a very well-respected professional Wendy's colleagues in the art Department further shared that teaching alongside her was an absolute Joy from the moment that she joined our team at Glenrock high school she seamlessly integrated and became an invaluable part of our community her infectious spirit and genuine care for others made her not only an outstanding teacher but also a very cherished colleague her willingness to always lend a helping hand and her enthusiasm for embracing new challenges were truly admirable qualities Wendy's impact on her students was profound and many have expressed How Deeply special she was to them Wendy radi created beauty both inside and out her kindness touching the lives of all who knew her her absence leaves a void that will be keenly felt at the Glenrock high school we feel very fortunate to have Wendy in our lives and will forever miss her radiant smile end quote it has been made clear that art was not just a job for Wendy it was her passion alongside her teaching career she pursued her own creative Endeavors taking on public and private commissions for murals for paintings and collages her art and her Legacy will endure particularly within the walls of colan Elementary Glenrock middle school and Glenrock High School no public services are being held but the family will host a celebration of Wendy's life at Felina in Ridgewood on June 1st from 4: to 7:00 p.m. and all are welcome um I would like to invite any other members of the board if they have anything to say to um Express themselves um and then we'll have a a moment of silence all right if we can just have a moment of silence honoring Miss Wendy Ro and her dedication to this community and to her family thank you as difficult as it may be to go and transition from that to the business of the meeting um I think we are able to do that and and and keep Wendy in our hearts and keep her family in our hearts and and support them as we can right Sharia I know it's hard to follow that up but I am also excited to hear what you have to report to us thanks good evening everyone I have a few events from this one to report um April 11th marked the beginning of marking period 4 despite the academic uproar with AP exams around the corner students of all grade levels are eagerly preparing for upcoming events from sophomore semi to Junior and senior prom to graduation the entirety of the student body is excited to end the year off strong upper classman students were excited about the Glenrock League of Women Voters coming to our school on Monday April 15th for all parts of the school day to help students register to vote answer questions about upcoming elections and to recruit recruit more League members throughout the month of April guidance counselors visited Junior English classes to give in-depth presentations on College as a writing process on April 16th the high school Latin classes went on a trip to the Met Museum in New York City for the second year in a row they were able to explore the entire Museum and observe the art on display in all the different sections that the museum hosts but the focus was primarily on Roman art and culture to contextualize what they learning in class Miss Molen and Mr Kelly the high school and middle school Latin teachers were also there to thoroughly explain what the students were observing to expand knowledge on Roman art and culture the students had a great time and were very excited to attend this trip for second time on April 17th Harrison wartle from the class of 2025 was nominated for northjersey.com athlete of the week for track and field on the 18th 19th and 20th of April the Glenrock High School Theater Company presented trap in a true crime podcast Style with a supernatural twist for ideal for ages 12 and up it was a very successful production and as always they worked tirelessly to make this possible on April 21st there was a grad ball spring Boutique fundraiser at glenro High School stadium Lot where 20% of the benefits supported the 2024 grad ball efforts njsla science Testing for the junior class will take place today and tomorrow additionally njsla testing for grade 6 through 8 will take place from April 29th through May 3rd students who are not testing or looking forward to a week of delayed openings as as of today William Cory from the class of 2025 has been nominated for lacrosse player of the week and is currently the nominee with the most votes lastly spring sports team such as track soccer lacrosse and baseball have been very successful thus far and strive to continue this success for the remainder of their Seasons that's it and the students are very upset to hear about Mrs Roan we all send our condolences to the family thank you thank you for your support Sharia and thank you for your presentation today all all right um moving on next um I need a motion to open the public hearing Miss calvez seconded by Mr Hayward um so the presenters today would be Dr Charleston as well as uh Mr James canelos and huh what oh roll okay um if we could call roll miss calz here miss Carr yes Mr Cory presid Mr Hayward yes Miss garelli here miss Stevenson yes M randelle yes Dr Robinson yes okay all right open thank you very much um so looking forward to this presentation U Mr Canalis I'm based on everything that you've done up to this point I'm really excited um for your your budget presentation so thank you thank you Dr Robinson uh for the opportunity to present the 2425 budget for the Glenrock School District uh we thought the best place to start was um with the process so believe it or not yes it is a five-month process to do a school budget uh we began back in October engaging with our various stakeholders uh and budget owners that's our principales our supervisors our directors we had them prepare their Baseline budgets uh for the coming year those budgets were then aggregated and reviewed and then meetings were held with each budget owner with by Dr Charleston and myself where at a very granular level we reviewed those budgets as well as uh their requested projects equip um and individual uh requests for new programs at that point then post our uh conversations the budgets were once again reaggregated and we were ready with a draft budget for the Board of Education it was presented to the board in early February uh we answered any questions Dr Charleston provided an overview of our expenditures as well as uh the impact on our tax levy um and then it stayed with the with the with the board for a a couple of weeks and then we ordered uh the preliminary budget which was voted upon approved sent to the county approved and here we are with our final budget uh presentation for the year I skipped over our district goals because it leads into our next slide um one of the items that Dr Charleston and I uh spent uh a lot of time on was ensuring that the budget supported our underlying District goals and objectives Ives and so we took our five goals and we synthesized them to a single word and then came up with how does the budget support those items so for instance uh security was our number one goal and in terms of security we are adding in this budget to elementary school greeters that will bring us to four so we will have a full-time presence in all of our elementary schools uh We've also extended the time the hours of the day that are worked by our two middle school high school greeters and this will allow us to extend coverage uh in the building into the latter part of the afternoon and early evening in addition we ensure that there were funds available for any items identified in the recently completed security assessment uh that was presented to the board uh in the last few meetings our second goal revolved around Community Communications this budget supports the full-time director of community relations that we share with the paramis school school district it also supports her new Communications plan that she has been developing and had appraised the board at our last meeting uh this budget ensures that any of her initiatives will be funded most importantly our instructional goal uh we have new textbooks coming into play for next year that is a new uh pre-cal new preal AP new middle school science and at the elementary level new phonics uh textbooks and related programs the budget also continues our support of professional development for our teachers as well as our ongoing efforts uh for curriculum development and writing we're also adding some instructional uh positions in fact two and a half uh full-time equivalents that includes a new special ed teacher two unassigned School teachers and a 0. five middle school art teacher offset by One World Language teacher that 0.5 middle school art teacher brings the middle School uh instructional level to one uh one equivalent of a one of of one full-time equivalent uh which will allow us to have additional offerings in our middle school and reduce class size climate and culture our Wellness rooms are funded and the great work that they uh continue to do as well as the support of our social and EM emotional learning curriculum uh from grades K through nine and k through eight and then again uh nine through 12 our financial goal this year revolved around our Energy savings Improvement plan or esip uh and U I'm happy to report that on May 22nd we should be closing on approximately $3.8 million of uh Energy savings refunding bonds those proceeds will be rolled out over an 18-month period to complete all the initiatives uh that are going to equate in the savings uh to repay those bonds um the first payment on those bonds is actually in July of 25 therefore not a part of our current budget but I did want to uh highlight two non objectives but our financial in nature and that the board uh is continued its contribution into our capital reserve this year as we have from for for the past couple of years and this really helps us in in maintaining our facilities and get having and and having the ability to complete the projects that we recently approved in terms of the uh uh the homec room uh the lower field Renovations the stairs in the back uh so we're really excited about that and this year we created a maintenance Reserve as part of our budget and and with our maintenance reserve it creates funds for those uh oh kind of things that pop up during the year that are maintenance and repairs related so for example this year we had an issue with our stage up here at the high school the maintenance Reserve would be a place for us to go for funds to finance the remediation without taking out of our current progr program so we're really excited about that for next year any budget for a school should start with enrollment uh the Glenrock school district has really been experiencing flat enrollment over the last couple of years and as you can see we're predicting an additional 41 students uh for next year about this time five years ago the board had commissioned a demographer study uh to project Pro uh enrollment for a 5-year period um we are within 3% of that initial forecast um and we're due for a new demographer study so our budget includes the commissioning of a study next year that will project us out for the next five years which will guide our budgets and decisions as we move forward next slide really just takes our uh enrollment and breaks it down by school where you could see it's relatively flat with the largest increase occurring at our Middle School where we're adding 30 students so where does our budget go 69% of our budget is uh spent on salaries and benefits 12% is spent on special education mandates and services another 9% goes to upkeeping our buildings and utilities leaving only 10% for truly discretionary spending and that covers everything so on a $59 million budget 10% is 5.9 million or $2,300 a student to cover materials books sports clubs you name it uh so it's not a real uh a real driver in our overall cost so we really pay a lot of attention to where we're spending those dollars in order to re achieve the maximum potential at from those dollars we also wanted to look or I wanted to look are we still spending money proportionately year-over-year amongst our major cost drivers and so as you could see our year-over-year proposed budget uh is in fact essentially flat uh till last year and and probably if you looked at this chart for a couple of years going back it probably indicate the same exact percentages um with instruction clearly leading the pack on the percentage of total budget that it consumes so at a very high level here is our general fund budget for the 2425 school year and you can see that our V es from last year's approved budget now they fluctuate from 0 to 7% on the positive side and as far as a reduction of 4% in transportation so what's driving uh this $59 million budget number one instruction it's up a million dollars or 4% and here we're just seeing the inflationary pressures on real wages we're seeing that across the board um as far as health benefits which account for 30 $151,000 change or 4% we have two things going on here so the first is the postco effect so during covid people weren't going to the doctor now they are going to the doctor they're being diagnosed with ailments that could have been diagnosed earlier and they're costing more that's resulting in increased claims uh rates that we're experiencing as well as all the other schools in New Jersey that participated in the New Jersey uh health plan so that is driving premiums up in addition the state has uh ran the insurance program such that uh two years ago or per three years ago we were flat on our premiums for two years then they came through last year with a huge 12% increase because they had kept premiums flat and because they even had a premium holiday I believe four years ago the fund is underfunded uh no pun intended and thus premiums have to go up in order to correct the discrepancies within the fund so not only did we see an increase this year but we're also anticipating an increase next year now the last two categories while they're under cost drivers I look at them more as uh investment drivers so the first is an Administration which is up $368,000 or 7% it's almost entirely driven by uh it initiatives both in infrastructure uh upgrade uh replacement andoor equipment uh what we're seeing is is that as systems become older and they're not supported it leaves us susceptible for uh culprits in terms of hacking our system so we've been updating our closets per periodically and also we're seeing increased investments in equipment as as equip as technology plays a larger role in the classroom experience and lastly uh the licensing of some of uh the products that run our system are increasing well beyond uh the inflationary uh pressure that we see lastly we have buildings and grounds here also I consider this an investment's up $313,000 or 15% and this is because we're doing more projects this summer than typical uh we're we're we're unveiling a three-year plan which will have every elementary school classroom painted within the next three years uh we're doing a new floor on the stage uh at Central we're adding a split unit in the world language office which previously had no climate control so we're really trying to upgrade the facilities and bring them to where we believe they should be uh given uh the the given our district and the needs of the students and staff uh so we continue to also see inflationary pressure across not only buildings and grounds but across all of our spending in categories and so even where we're not highlighting an increase in the cost do realize that our spending power is reduced as a result of the inflationary PR pressures so the opposite side of expenditures obviously are revenues um and I thought it was important to show the taxpayers that uh you know what looks like a a bad slide that you support 94% of the expenses in your district and the state only funds six um this might be me being naive but I look for the Silver Lining and most things this helps us prepare for when the state reduces overall Aid because we're not heavily dependent upon the state's funding we can pivot quite easily um and really not be at the mercy of state aid so I actually think this is a pretty good thing for us moving forward so here are our four General Revenue categories um our tax levy for the 2425 school year will be 52.9 million dollar up 3.4% and we'll talk about what makes up that 3.4% in the next slide our state aid is up $292,000 to $3.7 uh million uh the increase on our state aid uh this year uh was approximately uh oh gosh $292,000 versus the 453 that we were up last year and the reason why that increase is declining is because this was the final year year of the S2 legislation which was transferring uh state aid from districts that had been historically overfunded to districts that have been historically underfunded so this being the last year this is the last increase we will see and we anticipate uh state aid being flat moving forward our fund balance uh uh contribution to the over overall budget remains constant at $1.5 million this is essentially excess Surplus in the previous years that helped balance our budget and lastly we have our local sources which are up 14% to $924,000 this is primarily driven this year by uh non-resident tuition and tuition paying students in our special ed uh programs so we're we're happy to have that Revenue stream and look to potentially expand it again let's take a look at the drivers here so we talked about the tax levy we we all know that there's a 2% cap on the tax levy that would have allowed us to increase taxes by a million dollar because our health insurance premium was so high increase was so high the state allows for an adjustment above 2% that you can take against your tax levy cap in our case that was worth $264,000 lastly we've used some Bank cap so what's Bank cap Bank cap is money that has accumulated over the last three three years when we did not go up to the full 2% cap and then you must use that money over the next three consecutive years so of that $453,000 120 of it originates from three years ago which would have been expiring so we use that plus an additional uh you know couple hundred, to balance us out fear not we still do have $185,000 left of Bank cap for future budgets so we haven't left ourselves Barren there but again I think that's indicative of the inflationary pressures on all of our costs as we move forward we talked about state aid and that it's the last year of S2 and that we anticipate it being flat moving forward we talked about other uh Revenue local sources where we it's driven by tuition but in there there's increased student fees for things like sports and and and and technology and lastly we talked about a flat fund balance the last piece that makes up uh the overall tax uh allocation for the year is our debt service and and our debt services our payments on previously issued uh debt uh of which the district has two offerings that are out there they have their initial 2008 offering that was refinanced in 2016 and then your referendum from 2019 and we can see that our payments are relatively flat till last year but really no noticeable increase an item to not however is that for the past few years we've been supplementing uh the The Debt Service with savings from the 2019 referendum right at about $500,000 a year we've included that same $500,000 as it's I've been identified up there as uh referendum savings and we anticipate being able to do that for the next four years um at the end of that those four years then that burden will then fall back to the taxpayer so here's a quick chart uh where we could see where our tax increases have been that is the levy increase not the rate the levy increase um we're looking at 3.4 that bottom line there uh this year which is slightly lower than last year's 3.42 but as you could see over there in 2020 through 2023 where you see those 1% increases that's where that uh excess cap or Bank cap uh was was uh accumulated and now being used as we see prices increasing and cost Rising um when you factor in our debt service which was essentially flat you can see that the overall increase uh on the actual tax levy is Falls to 3.27% um slightly lower than than than last year so the the slide I guess that's of most importance to folks what does this mean to your tax rate so if we look at the 2023 tax year and the 2024 tax year we can see that our rate is going to increase to 2. 225% from 2.71% or a 0.054% increase uh we uh we we we got from the tax assessor's office the average assess home here in Glenrock which was $587,000 if you multiply that by the rate increase the average home will see an increase of about $317 and that concludes um our budget presentation for 2425 I'm gladly entertain any questions all right thank you so much um for this amazingly thorough presentation um and and and thank you for the work that you've done over this past first year for you I know it's a challenge always taking over anybody's um work and you've made this transition a lot uh easier and um a bit less stressful for us um as we really really want to maintain services but without making dramatic changes to um the taxes I I'll say I have a question and paron my ignorance because I don't necessarily you know speak in the finance World um you mentioned um referendum savings what exactly what what are referendum savings and why do you anticipate that um they may change sure so when when the referendum which I believe was for $14.7 million that was based upon uh the architecture's estimate of what the the job would cost um and in those costs uh there are uh you know time escalations there are contingencies um and so my guess is that those were realized were not realized the contingencies didn't become a reality and we wound up SA saving uh a real a real sum of money that then uh allowed us to give that money back to the taxpayer in fact it's not out of the goodness of our hearts actually by Statute we required to either return it immediately as tax relief or use it for principal payments against the bonds which is what we're doing okay I appreciate that thank you you're welcome does anybody else have any um questions or anything like that uh Miss Ral I just want to say thank you I think it's a little bit of a change from what we're used to but I think it's much easier to read and I liked it so I just want to say thank you you're welome thank you if there are no other questions from trustees then we can open up the meeting to public comments um specific to the budget hearing okay all right so it's uh thank you Mr caneles it's 7:32 we can open up public public comments to the budget hearing only um if there are comments please state your name and your address um and you'll have 3 minutes all right seeing no one approaching the podium I will be closing public comments on the budget hearing at 7:33 and then I need a motion to close the public hearing Miss calz seconded by Mr Hayward all in favor or uh actually can we call R all in favor okay um if all in favor say I okay I any abstentions or Nays none reported thank you very much Mr Canalis all right on to our budget resolutions um can I have a motion to approve budget resolutions B1 through B2 as listed below again it is noted that um B1 and B2 do not have um capital reserve items capital reserve can I have a motion Mr Hayward seconded by Mr Corey all right Miss Calvis yes Miss Carr I'll be abstaining on B1 otherwise yes okay Mr Cory yes Mr Hayward yes Miss garelli yes Miss Stevenson yes M randelle yes Dr Robinson yes motion passes thank you Dr Charleston do you have a report for us today okay thank you very much all right um at 7:34 I'll be opening the public comments uh for agenda items only um when you approach the podium please state your name and your address and you'll have three minutes um it's 7:34 I thought I was going to have to wait till the end so that was like a surprise thank you Colleen Manley 70 Ridge Road uh I just wanted to come tonight to um just acknowledge three people who um are being dis discussed tonight uh first Mrs Ro I just want to acknowledge the tremendous contribution she made to our district my children had her both at Coleman and here and I got to work with her uh as a Tik Tock volunteer and just being around the school and really admired uh her as a teacher just as a person and just a passionate inspirational individual um number two I note that Miss Kellerman has announced her resignation and um I uh work with Miss Kellerman a lot as uh having been on the board for many years of the middle school high school HSA uh and she is uh again it's I meet with her most but she is like the most helpful person uh but every time I walk away from working with her I'm like that is the heartbeat of the school and um what I love about interacting with her is that sure she's going to help me with whatever I asked for she will you know get the answer she will know the answer she's been here forever she knows how things work I know she's incredibly helpful as the Greece um as many admins are right because they're the grease that keeps things moving but every time she'll make a comment about the kids she'll be like oh I don't even remember like examples but but she'll just make a comment about like well yeah the kids really like XYZ or the kids are looking for X or whatever like it always is tied back to how to make the school run better that's on uh for the kids and so I love that about her and I am sure whoever replaces her will uh have that energy and philosophy as well but you have to recognize that when it is because we all know when people with the long tenure leave often a lot of invisible things leave with them and then um finally I want to do acknowledge Miss pus I see that she is leaving this she has spent the majority of the the first part of her career here uh and just really want to acknowledge a lot of the contributions that she made and um the important role she played uh she and Miss Kellerman in times of tremendous change over the last 78 years um those continuity forces are very important so anyway that was it thank you very much thank you Miss Manley for your comments all right seeing no one else approaching the podium I'll say that uh the meeting is closed to public comments at 7:38 p.m. all right can I have a motion to to um discuss uh items of resolutions G1 through g12 Mr Hayward seconded by Mr Corey all right any discussion on uh G1 through g12 Miss garelli um I just want to acknowledge the donations on G10 um and it looks like it's a former principal that has donated some books too so it's always nice to have someone someone that has been here in the past and retired to remember our schools and the impact they've had on it so thank you thank you Miss garell I couldn't said it better myself Miss Carr I too also want to say thank you for the G10 um uh donations um seeing uh being that I sit on the uh Rec Advisory Board I just want to say thank you to the Little League um for Their donation of the bat and cage I think that's really great and um I just wanted to wish uh Miss beg's family my condolences thank you very much Miss Carr all right um are we able to call rooll on G1 through g12 Miss calz yes Miss Carr yes Mr Corey yes Mr Hayward yes Miss m garelli yes Miss Stevenson yes M randelle yes Dr Robinson yes motion passes thank you can I have a motion to discuss B3 through B12 as listed Miss Calvis Mr Hayward all right any items for discussion um for B3 through B12 all right pending no discussion no further disc discussion um if we can call roll Miss calves yes Miss Carr yes Mr Corey yes Mr Hayward yes Miss garelli yes Miss Stevenson yes M randelle yes Dr Robinson yes motion passes thank you can I have a motion to discuss items P1 through p25 Miss Stevenson seconded by Miss us all right um I know that uh Miss manlia just mentioned some of our um staff that are resigning or even retiring or transitioning into new positions and I can personally say you know thank you for everyone's contribution and we also appreciate um when it is time for people to seek um New Opportunities and and support them in their transition so um anybody else have anything to say with regards to P1 through P2 25 Miss Stevenson followed by Miss Carr on p19 we're voting on a new head football coach I just would like to thank coach kurs for his almost lifetime dedication to the Glenrock football program my boys played for him and he always saw the bigger picture of not just wins and losses but becoming a better Citizen and he was very dedicated to making sure the boys did community service and understood that the world is bigger than they are so I just would like to thank him and I hope he finds lots of fun things to do in his free time and a little less stress and I'm sure coach mccort will do great he's already on staff on the team so that's nice to have that continuity thank you Miss car um just a couple of things I just wanted to wish Miss pus well she actually started Glenrock High School the same year my daughter did so I've known her for her tenure in Glenrock there was never a time that she didn't greet me warmly and genuinely and um I know she's done a lot for the district she will be missed best of luck in her new Endeavor um Miss Kellerman and Miss woves have done just as much for the district administrative assistance as we all know um do a lot more than they're um acknowledged so I want to wish them well in their um retirement and I do Echo um Karen I wish Mr Kur Jim um coach Kur uh the best hopefully he'll come back and watch and um look forward to seeing Mr mcco in action so I appreciate um I really appreciate the sentiments too that both of you have expressed and then also have to also make note that we haven't riced um yeah so that that's why yeah just because of the formalities of it we we haven't rised former football yes so he's still technically still technically an employee so just so just so that the public is aware that if when people haven't been RIS yeah I appreciate but now you know thank you thank you any um any additional commentary regarding P1 through p25 all right thank you um Mr caneles if you can call roll Miss calves yes Miss Carr yes Mr Corey yes Mr Hayward yes Miss garelli uh Yes except uh p25 as it relates to me sorry I should have said that earlier who worries Miss Stevenson Yes except for Yes except for p25 as it relates to me Miss randelle yes same Dr Robinson yes same motion passes thank you and attached to the agenda you will see the vandalism suspension hip reports um barring no other further question we will open um public comments for any items um at 7:44 just please state your name and your address and you'll have three minutes seeing no one approach the podium um we can close public comments at 7:44 do we have any old old business all right do we have any new business so just wanted to share with all of you as uh we a on to Town Council that there's been a decision made that the alarm on top of Coleman school will actually be silenced um during school days and so I think that's very good news for the children of Coleman school so wanted to share that with all of you thank you thank you um I understand you know over the years like the Coleman Simon committee and Mr Jennings and the Town Council and everything and as well as um uh any role that you've played as liaison so I'm really appreciative of um Mr Jennings work as well as the um work of the committee and providing the data to support um this decision and I think it is what's best for kids um as well as what uh uh our mayor um uh Christine has has stated so I'm I'm really excited actually for this because I think it's a it's a big win um for everyone and we were able to come together and and have a decision that was made for the best interest of of everybody without having any detriment to the community um so thank you for that report thank you um I see that our next meeting is uh May 6 2024 just to note I personally will not be present I'm going on a African safari vacation very excited very excited um uh but um it business shall continue um we will need to recess into Clos session uh just for a brief um agenda item for us that has no action to be taken um so I just need a motion to go into Clos um thank you um Miss car followed by Miss seconded by Miss Calis and then we will close the public meeting all in favor all no abstentions and no no okay thank you for