Heat. Heat. [music] [music] [music] [music] Heat. Heat. [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> Hey, hey, hey. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] [music] >> [music] [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. N. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] [music] Heat. [music] [music] Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] [music] [music] Heat. [music] [music] Heat. >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. [music] >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Hello everyone. >> I call this Centennial School District School Board Committee of the Whole, Tuesday, February 20 February 24th, 2026 to order. Miss Rich, can we get a roll call, please? Mr. Baronowski. Present. >> Mrs. Carlson. >> Present. >> Mrs. Depalo. >> Here. >> Mr. Godson. >> Present. >> Mr. Hartline. >> Present. >> Mrs. Kger >> here. >> Dr. Maguire >> here. >> Mr. Martin >> here. >> Mr. Saddowski >> here. >> Nine members present. >> Thank you. Can we please stand for the pledge of >> allegiance? To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. Announcements. I do not have any. Does anybody else have any announcements they'd like to share? Okay. Superintendent report. Thank you, Mrs. Crossson. Good evening, everyone. Um, tonight we have a number of things that we're going to have for you in the superintendent report. And we're going to start off with a performance from Log College Middle School, whose students are going to be performing Spongebob the musical. Mark your calendars. It is March 6th and 7th at 7:00 p.m. And there's also a matinea at 100 p.m. on March 7th. You can get tickets online for this show. It's going to be great. I want to especially commend not only our student performers, who you're going to hear from in a moment, but our director, Ann Marie Catalano, [applause] assistant director, Danielle Duffy. We have our music and lighting, Cara Tyson. [applause] And then producer, Gina Lennox. [applause] So, without further ado, I will turn the microphones on. And uh [clears throat] Spongebob, Patrick, and um who's the squirrel? Why do I forget the squirrel? Thank you. Why do I forget the squirrel? [laughter] >> Are you guys okay to the audience side? Right. >> Sure. Let's do it. We need you on our team. If the world is going to [singing] end tomorrow in sorrow [music] [music] never measure up and see [music] try what you always [music] see in double is my [singing] to receive [music] the old [music] [music] right after swim. [music] >> That's nice boys, but mine's Jennifer [music] and no one believes my science is real. The machines they made a real prediction. It's not science [music] fiction, >> but no one wants to listen at all. [singing] When the writings on that wall, [music] Sandy, we need you. Catch can help climb the [music] volcano. You just have to handle the stopping it from erupting part cuz we don't know how. And time is running out really, really fast. But no pressure. Pressure. Yes. [music] I have an idea. Figure eruption caused [music] by field of pressure in the magnitude. Figure two. If this pressure [music] figure [music] [laughter] is this could work, so you'll help us. So, I say we give this idea a shot. Three heroes to the rescue. [music] [applause] >> Were we doing the second track? [laughter] Maybe. >> [laughter] >> Do they have it in the back? They do. >> Yeah. [clears throat] [clears throat] >> Technical difficulties in Bikini Bottom. Our apologies. [laughter] >> So, how's everybody doing today? >> You guys are doing great. [clears throat] >> Thank you. Thank you. >> How'd you know? >> She could stay the whole meeting. Yeah. >> Yeah. Three. >> Yes. >> Threeperson show. >> Threeperson show. Anybody? >> The whole thing. >> The whole show. >> Acappella. >> Um, >> a capella. >> A capella. >> What? >> Yeah. Put it on there. >> All right. >> There you go. >> [applause] >> I don't think so. >> I'm doing great. [laughter] >> [music] >> Three heroes to the rescue. [laughter] So come on. [screaming] Hero is our middle name. Fixing trouble is our game. I'm up and I won't [screaming] back down. And we're going to save this town. I am standing here. My roar won't be playing swing no more. Courage is my claim to fame. Cuz hero is my middle name. And hero is our middle name. Here always is our middle name. Here always our middle name. [applause] >> [applause] >> professionals. >> All right, that was fantastic. Thank you everyone. >> So good. >> All right. No, that was that was absolutely that was wonderful. Thank you so much. All right. So again, as a reminder, it's March March 6th and March 7th at 7:00 p.m. and also at 1:00 on March 7th. Students, faculty, and staff, and also parents, thank you. Talented kids, we love it. >> All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [applause] Here. Here. >> Hey, you did. You beat your cat. You're kid. >> I don't know how many folks have actually seen the Spongebob musical, but I have. And I can tell you it's way better than you think it's going to be if you haven't seen it. It's a fantastic show. So, I'm excited for that. [laughter] >> No, it's definitely definitely looking forward to it. So, thank you. Please come out. All right. We're going to transition. We have one more uh item on the superintendent's report and I'm going to ask um right now to have Kayn Brown and coaches and family come on up. [applause] I'll just have you all stand right here for now. Okay. So, we have here Kayn Brown, her father and coach, and then also Mr. Sharon, coach of our bowling team at William Tennant. Now, you're looking at a very remarkable young woman here. Um, and I'm going to tell you a few accomplishments. Settle in because it's an extensive list. Okay. All right. So [clears throat] tonight we acknowledge Kayn Brown, a William Tennant High School senior who has demonstrated incredible leadership and skill for the high school bowling program. Kayn has accomplished the following achievements. Four years as the girls bowling varsity captain, fourtime Eastern Pennsylvania Regionals individual qualifier, twotime Eastern PA regionals team qualifier, twotime suburban one league national division individual champion 2024-25 Eastern PA regionals semifinalist 202425 Pennsylvania State High School bowling ing championship qualifier, 14th place in the state. 2024-25 US high school bowling national championship qualifier, 87th in the nation. Two-time suburban one league national division high average for both 2024 25 and 2526. 24-25 Suburban One League High Series. 24-25 Suburban One League National Division High Game 202526 Suburban One League National Division Second High Game and 2526 Suburban One League National Division Second High Series. Incredible. [laughter] [applause] >> [applause] >> So next year, Kayn will continue her academic and athletic career at Farley Dickinson University in Tene, New Jersey to study finance. Now, it so happens that FDU women's bowling is a highly ranked division one program, which is appropriate. In addition to Kalin's accomplishments, the addition of her father and Coach Brown to Mr. Sharon's staff has contributed to all of the bowlers on the team, both on the boys side and the girls side. So, thank you for joining and thank you, Coach Sharon, for all your your coaching and leadership, and that has helped the team achieve much higher averages over the past two seasons. So, congratulations to all of you and Kalin. And you have what coming up this weekend? >> Regionals. >> All right, regionals. So, there's going to be more things on that list that I just read. [laughter] So, but uh congratulations. We have a certificate here for you. Um just honoring all of your accomplishments and we're so glad you came out tonight. Thanks for representing and we can't wait to see what you'll do. Can we grab a picture? So, [applause] oh, and and do you want um do you have any other family out there? Do you want to have Yeah, come on up. Mom, get up here. [laughter] So, where would you like us, Mr. Sanchez? All right, you can come over here. [laughter] >> Do the cot Joe again. >> Right. Congratulations. [applause] >> Congratulations. >> Great. >> And then just real quickly before I turn back over to Mrs. cross and um I wanted to give everybody a reminder that uh one of the great William Tennant uh traditions is happening starting tomorrow with black and white night kicking off with academic night tomorrow 6:15 whole night on Thursday at 6:15 and then gym night Friday at 6:15 and I will not cheer for either well I'll cheer for all sides I will not uh tip my hand on anything else, but uh congratulations to everyone and good luck and most importantly just have a great great time. It's a wonderful tradition and we're excited to see it. And then just one last shout out. Um I just want to thank our facilities crew and our operations and all of our hardworking men and women who did an incredible job of clearing our facilities yesterday. We had a lot of snow. The places looked absolutely great today. They were in top shape and that's a tribute to the hard work and the hours put in with a really heavy snow. So, thank you to everybody who helped that cause. We appreciate that. [applause] >> All right, Mrs. Carlson. >> Okay, moving right along. Um, public comment by residents on agenda items. I do have a public comment. It's not on an agenda item, but we're going to they're here and they want to speak, so of course we're going to allow it. Um would Mr. Krisco Chrysco come on up? So you just um say that you live in Warmer Southampton. You don't have to give your address and you have three minutes. [snorts] >> All right. Well, my name is Nick Krisco. I have a father I'm a father of a student at William Tennant. He's currently in 11th grade. Um, I'm here to discuss the protest that you guys pushed and promoted at Tenant for these kids to participate in something during school hours when you have kids that are in that school that are special needs like my son, which he can't walk just properly because he had brain cancer at the age nine and he doesn't walk very well. You had a staged and planned protest at a school that they were protesting anti-ICE. Where is the anti Where's the pro- ice? Where's You have to leave certain time for both sides of the story. And what happened on that day was ridiculous. You had kids giving teachers were giving kids water bottles and they were hurling them through the air at other kids. Thank god my son wasn't in that and he was actually at his class where he was supposed to be where he was four of the nine that were supposed to be in that class at that time and you all signed off on it and that is a problem because that lacks judgment. It lacks leadership and it also doesn't make common sense at all at all. You had the You had the thing in Quaker Town where five girls got arrested, one adult got arrested. It was unacceptable. In New Jersey, you had a girl that walked out as the protest was going on, got hit by a car. That's when you put your kids in danger. My kid in danger. It's unacceptable. You need all need to look at yourselves in the mirror and realize your decisions affect my kid, their kids. It's unacceptable. And I'm putting you all on notice. This needs to stop. Your agenda pushing nonsense needs to stop now. Thank you. [applause] I want to make a quick comment to that and I want to thank you sir but that um protest not come up before this board for a vote. >> Yeah, that's a problem. >> Okay, we'll discuss that. >> Who signed off on it? >> So, community comments over. We don't go back and forth. You can abs absolutely email us and we will get back to you. We absolutely will do that. >> Some of you will do that. >> Yes. Yes. Okay. Moving right along. Um, approval of the agenda. Mr. Sidowski, >> be it resolved that the Centennial School District Board of School Directors 2.1 approves the February 24th, 2026 committee of the whole agenda as per the attached. Are there any corrections that need to be made that are allowed by Pennsylvania law? >> Second. >> Second. >> Second. Um, I move to amend the proposed agenda by removing item 7.2B. Second. >> Second. >> Um, the board can now move on to voting on the amended agenda. So, >> all in favor? >> I >> I >> I. >> All opposed. Any abstensions? Hearing none. Yes. Is 90. [snorts] >> And we move on to new business. Be it resolved that the Centennial School District Board of School Directors 3.1 approves the personnel agenda including retirement, authorization to employ, leaves of absence, change of status, mentor teachers and co-curriculars, clubs and activities as per the attached 3. Actually, should does anyone want anything pulled? I apologize. Or can I go straight through? I should have. Okay, continuing on then. 3.2 two approves a separation agreement and release of claims between the Centennial School District employee 13-4 and the Centennial Education Association effective February 24th, 2026. 3.3 approves the cafeteria supervisor 2 summer food service site supervisor job description effective immediately. 3.4 approves the 2026 through 29 comprehensive plan as per the attached. 3.5 approves the appointment of Clayton C. Walsh region 2 to the citizens policy committee as per the attached and 3.6 approves the overnight conference request for the accounting manager to attend the 2026 PTE data summit conference Hershey Pennsylvania March 30th through April 1st 2026 district cost not to exceed $1,89 >> second >> any discussion seeing none all in favor. >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? passes 90. >> All right. Presentations. Mrs. Depalo. >> Thank you, Mrs. Crossson. Uh, item 4.1, the education committee presentation. Uh, 4.1A. Uh, Dr. Zachon's going to present the academic calendar for the 2026 2027 school year. Dr. Zach. Oh, there it is. It's my first time using mouse. Thank you. Thank you, members of the board. I uh I'm honored to stand before you tonight and present the uh the Centennial School District 2627 school calendar. Um and I will I will lead with um that this presented calendar I is a culmination of a collabor collaborative effort from students, teachers, uh administrators, yourselves to uh to get where we are. And I will walk through the committee and the steps we took to get here. And then I'll spend the majority of the presentation, if you will, on the calendar walking through the days and how how th those days fall. So, we start with our mission or our vision. Like any any decision direction we want to take, we want to make sure it's in line and we're empowering all of our students. And the calendar is no different. Um, and focusing on ensuring access and opportunity, which leads directly into as well our Centennial Compass. The Centennial Compass was something else we talked about at all our committee meetings and making sure that we kept our north our north star, the student center focused in sight with all decisions and all and all um and all conversations as it related to where these days fall. I will jump up here and just share with you that these are the objectives I shared. We shared with the calendar committee ultimately and I'm not going to read this but you can see that we have a lot of we had a lot of parameters to work within the days are what they are. The the the holidays fall when they fall. Our collective bargaining agreement with has um has has parameters that we have to we have to um adhere to and the committee purpose was to get feedback on what we could control within those days and that was what I shared with the group was the primary purpose as I saw it especially my first go around with this being the the reason rationale for having a calendar committee I lifted this slide from a previous presentation that I I can't take credit for as to to also why the calendar committee. It is my understanding that this calendar committee is a result of challenges in previous year's calendars and um times having to be brought uh the calendar back to you for uh for from pretty significant changes. We talk about the lenses to improve student performance. Curriculum, assessment, instruction, CIA, and then the systems. The systems are what support the curriculum, instruction, assessment. And a big system we talk about, we think about is the calendar. Where where are our students and and when are they with us? I love this one as well. This slide as well. I lifted this slide too. The why. And I'll just summarize it to improve student learning and growth. That's the why and all the reason and rationale for the the the the various um components of the calendar is to improve our student learning and growth. Who made up the committee? I referenced referenced this earlier. Uh members of the board, uh union leadership, um students, teachers. We met with a a focus group to discuss the calendar. um as well as members of the administrative team to get everybody's input to make sure we're not missing anything. As I joked, I I had to turn the calendar sideways a couple times to make sure I was looking at it right. I looked at it so many times. The timeline, we met twice in January, got their feedback, presented at the last ED committee, and here we are tonight. very simple feedback that I threw into into a table here for you to see that was shared from that committee. Um, no major issues, if you will, as it related to the to the the calendar, but they did have some small adjustments that absolutely strengthen the experience for our students and for our staff. And now the calendar. And it's very small in here. And I believe you have a hard copy that you can reference. Um, and I'm going to just I'm just going to walk through this highlighting key important dates, where they fell, why they they they fall the way they do. Um, and starting in in in July or our calendar year, um, we have we have a window open for our first professional learning, which is a virtual asynchronous um, opportunity for our teachers. It's a quiet month. In August, we begin to ramp up with welcoming new teachers with a we call the induction or a new teacher academy on the 19th and 20th. The 21st is when that window closes for when it opened on July for that professional learning. So teachers have from July 1st to August 21st. The 26th we welcome everyone back with convocation. The 27th we have our pro our our first full day of professional learning. And then the 28th the uh schools and off the schools are closed offices are open. Um it's almost like a uh a little bit of a morale sandwich there for our staff if you will in that we get they get a longer longer weekend. Um, and we will welcome our students back, all students for the first day of school this year on August 31st. I think it's important to note the first day is an important day. And I know that there's some other important days here that we'll get to, but that's what everyone wants to know. August 31st. And that's dictated by, and I'll just jump right into September. It's dictated a lot by by Labor Day. Labor Day is later this year, if you will, which which um causes, if you think through where Labor Day is and when we can start, we want to try to get out as early as we possibly can, not too far into June, so we're not sweating it out in our schools in June. Um, so, so the 31st is when is is when we start school, but the the the first week it's almost as if we ease we get to our students get to and staff get to ease back into it where we'll have a a 4-day weekend for that Labor Day. I should note that um we will observe Yam Kapour on the 21st and I do not want to I would be remissed if I did not share and say that we share and say we looked in the Rashashana which falls on September 11th the evening of Friday uh night September 11th through the weekend. October is a full month with only one early dismissal. And then in November, we move towards the Thanksgiving holiday. And I'll just jump right to that. You can see that we will back up. I should say we have we have election day. And you'll notice that the schools are closed on election day the 3, but we will have a inservice day or also a clerical day, also known as I've come to understand, a grading day. We will have the 24th for early dismissals and conferences. Full day for our secondary students. The 25th is conferences and then we start our Thanksgiving holiday. So for our students and our families, they will get a good full 5 days of the Thanksgiving holiday. Teachers and staff will have four full days. December, we have another long holiday winter break this year with where Christmas falls. Uh the 24th is when we will start our holiday break and we our students will have 12 days off and staff will have 11. We turn the corner and we will welcome everybody back 2027. It's hard to believe that we're saying 2027 on January 4th. You can see that the uh 22nd will be a transition day for our secondary schools and grades K through 5 will have a full day. February, we're closed for President's Day. It breaks that up. March March is unique and I will pause here and just share that um that while we have the 5th and the 12th as half days for either um elementary or secondary the where the the some of the holidays fall causes that spring break around the starting the 25th 26th and 29th and I'll just share that one of our um interesting uh in talking with our uh student focus group about you What do they like about the counter? What do they not like about the counter? They want to know about the days off and and they want to know about um right surprise, surprise, surprise. And we talked about half days and their thoughts about half days. I was I asked pulled a group and I asked them about what they thought about the spring break because in reading through the notes in the past years, we've had um different iterations of the spring break, if you will. And what was shared uh fascinating and and in and just the three three students I spoke to one said I want the whole week more time. The other one said short keep it short like this year so we get out earlier and the last one said I don't care just tell me what days are off. [laughter] So um good feedback. Um, April, April's a long long month. It's a it's a full month of instruction. And I think it's really important to note um a couple things. One is our fine arts festival falls there. We're noting that on the calendar. But something else falls um and that's our um our our Pennsylvania Department of Ed mandated state testing and we are given windows that we have to adhere to. We don't have we don't have a choice and flexibility with with a lot of those windows. Um, and I also know and realize recognize talking with teachers, reading through the notes that that is a time of the push for ensuring our students are as ready as possible. We have PSSAs, we have keystones, and we also lead into the AP testing which uh advanced placement testing for our our highest level um uh William students take in college board level classes and that that's that starts in uh in the beginning of May. Um but that that is a long chunk of of time. Um then towards the end of May we um we have the we have our first snow or only snow makeup day. And you'll notice and and and I hope you you're hearing and feeling a mirror of the metrics that were the calendar for this year. The the the the core metrics of this calendar remain the same. And that was something that I I recognized. I think the the the group recognized um and the committee as as wanting wanting to keep it the same and seeing how it is as well as recognizing that we have those windows I was reflecting from the Pennsylvania Department of Ed where we have a 180day we would look to use that 180day requirement for our students to be in school as but the the the parts that move are our holidays. So the holidays and the election day, if you will, are snow makeup day. If we don't have a snow makeup day, then everybody gets that day off. Um the uh the the Memorial Day weekend is is that the last uh the last weekend in May and then and then we we gear up for the the funness of June. [clears throat] June 2nd and 3rd are senior awards and walk to remember for our seniors. Then the week of the 7th is really that last week, our last week of school. The last day of school, everybody wants to know the last day of school for next school year will be the 10th of June. But I would back up and share that we have all the other big ticket celebratory capstone events um culminating with our our high school graduation on the 9th and our rain date on the 10th. and teachers close out on the 11th and they start their summer that afternoon. There was and I'll share with you there was some feedback from from the the committee about how our days fell and what we could what we could move and where we could make work so that our teachers and staff could get out and we didn't have to bring anybody back on that Monday which I was grateful for that feedback. So that being said, you can highlight I can share with you as well that are we have one snow day. We have actually 181 student days. We have 180 senior days. We have 190 teacher days. And I've worked closely with the uh with Dr. Carac Kappa and our high school administrative team to ensure we've gotten the end of the year right because that's incredibly important that we make sure we get all of those events right. Um and and we went back and forth about the best time to do it, the best time to do graduation, the best time to do all those those events. And the earlier we put it, the the sentiment was the harder it was with other end of the year events, MBIT and such. Um so all activities especially our senior events have been lined up so that there is no overlap and that we can as um as I know it's incredibly important have the opportunity to participate in all of them. So that being said entertain any questions. >> I have one if I might ask you uh doctor. >> Yes sir. Going to just curious going to March of next year, what's the rationale for having a holiday on Monday the 29th [snorts] and if you have to have three days instead of two? Why is that better than going wed the 24th? I don't that just looks odd to have a Monday off after you've been off Thursday, Friday. Why what's the reason to be off Monday? If you have to have an extra day, why not be off Wednesday beforehand instead of Monday? That's that just seems broken up and not a logical thing to do. >> I um I don't I don't want to misspeak, but I I believe it has to do with the holiday at that time and and a c I believe that Monday is a celebratory holiday for Easter. >> Easter Monday. Is that >> Yes. Yeah. >> One question from my side though. You know, it seems like there is the potential with a snow day for students to be in school on election day. That is correct. And I can share with you that we have that bridged across again this year as well. Mhm. >> Um and having experience with opening a building with also having a having um at being a polling place, it it is problematic and a logistical challenge to ensure the safety of all our students and staff, but also adhering to the requirements for the the board of elections. So, um that's definitely recognized. And I'm also aware that that's something that as I've been told, Centennial School District has addressed and had to deal with in the past, though not certainly not a preference. >> Dr. Zach, I got an email. I it didn't go to the whole board. There was a a parent of a junior who was concerned about the Walk to Remember next year on June 3rd. She feels like he's not going to have his cap and gown for the Walk to Remember. I am not sure about that. So, I um [clears throat] got in contact with um Mr. Mulford >> to see about the cap and gown thing. This is the the next year will I think be our fourth year of doing this. So, you might get an email about that, but I I'm trying to figure it out on my end and then I'll let the board know. But I think the kids get their capping gowns in plenty of time for the walk to remember. >> I appreciate that parent reaching out and making sure we have them in advance. Yeah, [clears throat] it's important. Perfect. >> Any more questions? No. >> Thank you for all your hard work on this, too. And it was a lot of work. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> All right, Mrs. Dalo, we're going to slide right into education committee. >> Education committee. All right. All right. So, the education committee last met on Wednesday, February 11th. Um and then the first two information items that we discussed were the upcoming board upcoming board meeting um meetings and topics. Um um that was presented by Dr. Zachon and then Mrs. Tomlinson talked about the community feedback on the comprehensive plan. Um Dr. Zachon presented the calendar which he just did here. I've seen this calendar probably about three or four times. Um and I know he's done a ton of work. That's why I thank him for his work. Seen it a few times already. Um during that meeting we also presented recommendations which we'll discuss tonight. Um the recommendations that we discussed at that committee meeting were the calendar uh book [clears throat] orders for Willowdale and William Tennant for board approval and then the 2026 2027 middle school program of studies for the board approval. Um on a side note, I just wanted to give a big thank you to our education committee. Um, I've been really impressed with their commitment and tireless work on behalf of our students. Um, I've had the opportunity to get a better understanding of what that committee does and I'm very encouraged and enthusiastic about the work that they all do. Thank you. Our next education student services committee meeting will be on March 11th at 4:45. Does anybody have any questions? Oh, >> okay. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Finance committee, Mrs. Kger. Finance Committee met on February 12th. We had three pieces to discuss. The first one was the Bucks County Intermediate Unit. Rachel Holler from the Bucks County Intermediate Unit presented at the finance committee meeting. The proposed program and services budget for the 26 27 school year. In PA, there are 29 intermediate units focused on federal, state, and local policies, as well as the implementation of new programs based upon local needs for K through2 public, and private schools. Um, this budget requires school district board approval by February 26th. For the 2526 school year, the Bucks Intermediate Unit had a budget of 257.4 million with program and services at a budget of 2.4 4 million or 8/10 of a percent. The proposed budget for program and services for the 2627 school year is 2,59,000 with district contributions of 1,77,000. This is an increase to the district of 15,861 and to Centennial an increase of 937. The total for Centennial is 72,860 or 3.4% of the program and services budget. Um, [clears throat] how has um the Centennial School District benefited? The continued participation in the leadership development fellowship, the mobile fab lab school visits, support with steel standards implementation, support with social studies curriculum renewal, support and chief science officers program, support with the development of the comprehensive plan and participation in instructional coaching initiative. Um [snorts] the next piece was we discussed the need to renew the PaloAlto firewall and cyber security software and the Arctic Wolf networking software for three years which is up for approval tonight. And lastly we had a finance update um from uh Mr. Greenwood for 2526 financials. The total revenue through January 31st, 2026 was 112,240,000 which is 310,000 less than the last year for the same period. Um it's in an increase of local source revenue of 3,410,000 from real estate taxes which is offset by a decrease in revenue from state sources of 2 million uh 21,000 and a decrease in revenue from federal resources of 1.7 million. Due to the timing of the access reimbursements and delays as title grants are finalized and posted, it was expected to be ted up in February. Total expenses through January 31st are 78.135,000 or 871,000 more than last year for the same period. An increase in salaries and benefits totaling 2.7 million is being offset by a 1.7 million reduction in purchase services. Compared to 2024 to 2025, 2526 revenue lags the prior year as do expenses. However, expenses as a percentage of the budget are largely in line or below 2425 percentages. The full year projection shows revenue in line with the budget with less expenditures than budgeted. that services reflects finance completed in October 26. Refinancing of the series 2018 refunding of 14.1 million is targeted for February completion. The June 26 call date could price in February with potential savings. In addition, the 2425 audit is nearing conclusion and expect to report to be shared with the committee at the March finance meeting. Then uh lastly, there was a budget update with a focus on a couple of um savings initiatives that include the impact of class scheduling, out of district placements uh that cover charter, special ed, and behavioral transfer of entity access reporting evaluation, purchase for alternative school seats, case by case, retirement initiatives, grants, advertising, planetarium, overtime reduction, medical access billing, and vendor consolidation. Um, one of the outgrowths of this is that I wanted to request a project plan that demonstrates each of the focused initiatives, the t target saving and the time frame for achieving these savings. I think it's important that we do this so that we can uh have accountability that these initiatives are going to hit and when they're going to hit and be able to monitor the monthly to know at the end we're going to achieve the savings that we expected to save. Um, and then uh that's really uh what the report was for the finance committee. >> Thank you, Mrs. Kger. >> Mr. Sidowski, operations >> operations committee met on Friday the 13th at 11:00 a.m. Uh, we discussed the items on the agenda for approval tonight in section 8. uh and looked at preliminary layouts as well uh schematics for new middle school family consumer science classrooms uh which we've been talking about in the ops committee for a few years now uh with various iterations of that committee and it's exciting to see steps toward a refresh of those rooms because they are quite outdated. So not final yet but we'll be looking at how to make that happen and you know final cost for that and bring it in front of the board at some point. Excited to see it moving forward and that was really it. Oh, our next uh next ops committee meeting is uh Friday the 13th again of March at 11:00 a.m. >> Thank you, Mr. Saddowski. Um Education Student Services Committee, Mrs. Dalo. >> Thank you, Mrs. Crossen. Okay. Item 6.1, items presented for information, none. Uh 6.2, two items presented for approval tonight. Be it resolved that the Centennial School Board of School Directors, sorry, approves 6.2A approves the academic calendar for the 2026 2027 school year, which sets the start date for students on August 31st, 2026. I should ask before I go through this, does anybody have anything they want pulled from this? No. Okay. Uh 6.2B 2B approves the 2026 2027 middle school program of studies. 6.2 C approves the purchase of library books for William Tennant High School library district cost not to exceed 2471.14 and 6.2D approves the purchase of library books for the Willowdale Elementary School Library district cost not to exceed $65110. Sorry. >> All in favor? >> Any opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. >> Okay, moving on. Mrs. Creger Finance. [snorts] >> Um, with regard to the uh Pennsylvania School District liquid acid fund, as of February 22nd, the uh the daily rate is stable at 3.5% which is flat to the January rate. Again with declining rates we will be earning less and further highlights the pressure that is on the district to balance the budget. >> Can you repeat that Mrs. Kger again just what you said just that whole part of it the >> as of February 22nd. >> Thank you. Um the and what the PS DLAF is the fund that helps to um that enables us to manage our uh assets and it's typically invested in fixed income and uh treasuries and agencies and collateralized investments through the S&P which has a rate credit rating of AAA um and it's flat at 3.5 which is what it was in January as well. Thank you. And then uh 7.2 items presented for approval. Be it resolved that the Sen Centennial School District Board of School Directors 7.2A approves the budget Bucks County Intermediate Units 2627 programs and services budget in the amount of 2,158,82 a decrease of 40,929 or 1.9%. the district's allocation increased by 9 $937 which is 1.3% and 7.2C approves a three-year renewal for both PaloAlto firewall and cortex and arctic work wolf network monitoring to protect the district network and systems from cyber security attacks. District cost for PaloAlto is 494,665.84 and Artic Wolf is $364,7261 for a total of $859,39245. Is there any discussion on the second? And yes, could we have someone come up? I want for people here and for the community members who are watching, I want them to know the importance of 7.2C 2C. And what's happened to other districts when we when they don't follow through with stuff like this? >> Thank you. >> Can I just say it's bad? [laughter] >> It would be bad. >> Um, since it's such a high cost item, I want the community to understand why we're pushing this through >> and high cost because it is a three-year renewal. So, some of the things that we do look at is can we bring prices down for the community by looking at a 5-year contract or a three-year contract. So, if you are sitting out there watching, do some math for us. Divide by three for everything and that's our annual price. I know it's still high. Um, and so in terms of cyber security and what we're looking for, um, you know, our district is a system. We deal with a lot of data. We have a lot of privacy data, a lot of student data, a lot of employee data that we want to keep safe. If we are, we are trying to take a proactive approach to cyber security at Centennial. And that has bowed very well for us. We have not been in the news for cyber security attacks. That's good. Some of our neighboring districts, who I won't mention on the microphone, but you can look up southeastern Pennsylvania districts with cyber security attacks, um, have been a little more reactive, so not investing in some of these preventive measures up front. And they will have a ransomware attack. They will have a data security breach where all of a sudden all of their data is being held hostage by malicious agents and they can't do anything about it. there's absolutely kind of no way to recover that. There's no way to then um better protect their employees and students once that data is gone. In the advent of AI, we are seeing a lot of AI bots being leveraged for these attacks. It's just a new way that kind of malicious agents are trying to attack our data and systems. Again, the more proactive we can be about putting layers in place to protect our community, um the better off we'll all be. Should one layer fail, we've still got a couple of other layers up our sleeves to continue to protect our our data. >> Thank you for for that. Please, >> any discussion? All in favor? >> I. >> Anyone opposed? >> Any abstensions? Passes nine nothing. >> Mr. Saddowski, operations. >> Thank you. Items presented for information tonight. None. Would anyone like anything pulled from the agenda below to vote separately? Seeing none, I'll go through the agenda as listed. Items presented for approval tonight. Be it resolved that the Centennial School District Board of School Directors 8.2A approves the 5-year contract with VX Rail hardware replacement and support. VX Rail is the internal cloud for the entire district. District cost not to exceed $565,198.32. 8.2B awards quote Q26-00001 to EMR Power Systems to provide generator and firep planned maintenance from May 1st, 2026 to April 30th, 2028. District costs for planned maintenance not to exceed $17,94358. 8.2C and 2C approves the submission of a grant application to the Pennsylvania public school facilities grant program for the replacement of the lower roof at Klinger Middle School. The total estimated cost of the project is 1,650,000. Under the grant requirements, Centennial School District must contribute 25% of the total project cost. The district's estimated share is $412,500 with a maximum contribution not to exceed $500,000. Do I have a second? Second. >> Any discussion? >> All right. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Extensions? Seeing none and none passes 90. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Board comments. Does anybody want to share anything? Dr. Magcguire. >> Yes. I have a couple board comments. First, I want to um recognize um one of our very own school nurses, Amanda Palo, who has been chosen as a recipient of the school nurse excellence award for the southeast region of Pennsylvania for 2526 and which her peers have nominated her and she will receive this award at the school nurse um conference in state college on March 21st, 2026. She has attended a couple of these meetings as well. Congratulations to her. Also, I want to um touch back on what Mr. Nick has said and you talked about other instances. There was an instance of a special needs kid who went and followed students on a protest and then they were chos. They forgot this kid and they had to this kid was wandering the streets. >> Huh. Was that Centennial? >> No. No. >> Um in the cold and the rain. Um they had to look for this student. Um he just followed the crowd. We're very fortunate that did not happen here. All right. So, I I just, you know, I want to make I appreciate what you had said. All right. >> He followed the rest of the kids for the walk out. >> No, you're never going to get the whole story, sir. No, that >> story. >> That's not our That's parish. I was going to say parish. >> It should have never happened. >> Sure. Okay. Hold on. Hold on, please, for two seconds. All right. So um Dr. Lucell, I want to um continue um to say thank you for your continued support of the C uh the students and the community um as always always there for everyone and so I want to um you know thank the community members who are watching who are here today and my fellow board members. But I want to express my concern and take this opportunity to address the recent protests that occurred during school instructional time. [gasps and snorts] Over the past week and a half, I have received numerous numerous messages messages from the community members expressing frustration and outrage regarding this event. As a board member, I feel it is my responsibility to raise these concerns and seek clarity on this matter. One, there's a lack of communication and transparency. As I said, Mr. Nick, the first and and for first time I heard of this was like a couple days beforehand or a week beforehand. I had no idea. That doesn't mean anybody else on this board had no idea. I had no idea it was brought to me uh by a community member. All right. Um so it is troubling to learn that planning for this event which began probably days ahead or weeks beforehand earlier without my me being a board member. I don't know about the rest of uh my peers here without being consulted or informed or why we did not um have a discussion which we tried to last week a week and a half ago and we were shut down real fast. These qu this raises questions about the decision-m process and whether this is indicative of how this board will operate moving forward. The impact on instructional time and student safety. This nonpaceful protest occurred during instructional hours disrupting the educational process for many students. I have heard again from parents and students themselves, not just one student students who felt their learning environment was compromised. Additionally, I'm concerned about whether the Smart Pass program, which we spent hours looking at, researching, spent the money, um, just a lot of hours and time, money, and it was designed to ensure students safety was effectively utilized during this time. Were students accounted for? And were appropriate measures taken to ensure their safety once they walked out of the building? Financial implications. I seek to comprehend the financial ramifications of this event. Were supplementary supplementary staff, security personnel, or police presence necessitated? If so, what was the fiscal burden on our taxpayers? Were educators or staff members encouraged to accompany their classes to observe the protest? And does did this entail additional resource allocation? Transparency concerning these expenditures is of utmost importance. Concerns regarding the treatment and accountability of students. I have again received numerous reports indicating that students opposing this protest were denied that opportunity to express their views as well as the protesters. >> Kids being called racist. >> Okay. Yes. and were allegedly um compelled to return to the school premises or pushed and shoved in the doors by school personnel. And if you haven't seen these videos, I don't know what you're watching. This was not a pro uh peaceful um protest. >> Yes. Yeah. I mean, that's my next sentence. [laughter] So, um, and showing me videos as they're occurring about bottles and vulgarities by the protesters towards the, um, the other pro people. Furthermore, and it's all in video, um, if you don't think it was pe if you thought it was peaceful, I don't know what you're seeing and what your and what your community thinks. But then again, um, as in sometimes in Washington, they say the other side of the aisle considers a lot of things peaceful. Furthermore, there are allegations in involving physical altercations, including instances of water bottles being thrown at counterprotesters. One parent reported to me that they had their child had eight water bottles thrown at them. Eight. And he has consulted a lawyer, by the way. If these incidents are confirmed, what matters, what measures are being implemented to hold those accountable and what consequences are those people or those students um or to prevent this recur the recurrence of such behavior, communication and planning issues. It was also come to my attention that a field trip by elementary school children was planned that day and was at the school. The elementary school parents had no nothing no information that this was going to happen and their children were going to be exposed to this. They didn't have an option to if they had the option they would have kept their kids home. Matter of fact, one parent is right here, >> right? >> Right here. They had no option and the kids were exposed to this and she is not the only person who has sent um who informed me of that. This lack of communication is concerning and highlights the need for better planning and transparency. So some questions for consideration to ensure clarity and accountability. I respectfully request answers to the following questions. Who approved this the protest? And uh we have seen emails um that it was um administration our lawyer etc. said they um have rights who approve the protest and what was the decision-m process at our last meeting I asked was the teacher initiated who said no but was it initiated by o members of um this this board or other adults in the community. >> Somebody had to sign off on them promoting it at the morning announcement. So, there was an adult that said, "Oh, yeah, this will be good for us." >> And and I agree. So, I'm hoping these are questions I I hope we get answers to. >> Okay. And I I appreciate what you're saying and your concerns. Was taxpayer money used to support the protest? And if so, again, what was the um total cost? Again, what additional staff, security, or police presence? I understand there was police presence. um and what were their roles? How were the students opposing the protest again treated? And what measures are being taken to address reported incidences of misconduct? What conduct? What is there? What are the consequences either side? What's the consequences? All right. So go back to that that um the um proposing um protesters were um not allowed and I a student told me this today not allowed to express their views and were forced back into the school raising questions and that is all on video and I had that video in case you want to see it raising questions about fairness and freedom of expression also about poor planning. Parents were upset because the lack of communication regarding the protest, especially as it coincided with an elementary school field trip. All right. Some parents felt they should have been informed and given that option to keep their child at home. All right. What steps will be taken to improve communication and planning for future events? All right. Now, next week is the feast of St. Gabriel or then we have um St. Patrick's Day. Are we going to um have protest for that? All right. In conclusion, why I fully endorse students right to freedom of expression as articulated in Pennsylvania code 22.9. It is essential that such activities are conducted in a manner that preserves the integrity of the educational process, ensures student safety, and maintains transparency. And I strongly agree that the board and administration address these concerns comprehensively and transparent to the public and provide definitive communication to this community. I encourage that a new policy from the citizens policy committee be drafted. And for those who need an update for Pennsylvania code um from 12.9 Pennsylvania 2022 freedom of expression and that is right here. You can look it up online and um thank you for um listening and let's see what happens when students um may want to um start a Turning Point USA um chapter in the school. Let's see what who's going to protest that. >> What are we doing about that? >> Hold on. And in the meantime, I've been told by another board member, not a board member, um several community members that they're going to put in a right to note um request for everybody's emails regarding this event. >> Okay. Thank you, Dr. McGuire. Does anybody any more board members have any comments? >> If I might. >> Absolutely. Mr. Martin, >> for those of you that recall and might have watched the last board meeting on February 10th, I recommended this protest not proceed, but it did. And for the purposes of Mr. Krisco, this board had absolutely no input into this protest whatsoever. Any of us, all nine of us, I don't believe anyone had any. Your public comment is done for the moment, sir. >> Mr. But uh we had no no participation in authorizing this protest to continue. It happened. Dr. Maguire went through some items. We've seen what happened other places. Um, and my only recommendation at this point would be that the policy committee of this board uh take a look at and try to come up with a better policy than we currently have regarding student protests and possibly one that would involve getting approval from the school board before any more protest type events are authorized by the powers. hours be the school district wasn't the sponsor of this event but the school district in my opinion >> facilitated this event and we should not have been part of that so that is my request we've heard the some of the details others have other opinions but I would ask that the policy committee try to come up with a better policy because there could well be other protests on other controversial issues that could lead to the same kinds of things. So, if the policy committee would take that up, I would appreciate it and try to see if there could be some further involvement from the school board before anything such as this would ever take place again. Thank you very much. >> I have to disagree with Mr. Martin about saying that. Um, Dr. McGuire, if you could wait for Mrs. Dello. >> Of course. Thank you, Mrs. Crossen. I know this is a tough issue. I I think there's a lot of emotions involved. Um I just from my perspective, I have a student who was part of the facilitator of this event. So I wanted to speak. I wanted to speak. Um and I would ask the same respect that I've given to people in the audience. If they could give the same respect to me while I'm speaking, please. Um I think that what I really want to say cuz I do believe this. I feel that these kids were going to protest. My understanding is that they went to administration with a plan. They talked to their peers. They had a a clear mission of what they wanted to do. Over and over again, they asked their peers to be respectful and peaceful and to conduct themselves appropriately. It's their first amendment right to meet, assemble, and protest. >> I'm I'm still speaking. I'm still speaking. >> Dr. Maguire, I'm still speaking. No one interrupted you. Let Mrs. Depalo finish. >> I don't need your comments. >> Stop talking. I want to hear. >> Absolutely not. You are out of line. >> Let her finish speaking. [clears throat] >> I want to thank the school administrators, the principles for what I viewed them as doing, which was protecting these children, providing a safe environment. These children were going to protest. They did it peacefully. There was children there that didn't agree. There was children there that didn't agree. And that was fine. Those children were allowed to have their say. And >> adults in school again. Let her finish. >> Let her finish her comment. >> NOBODY INTERRUPTED ANYONE ELSE. >> LET HER FINISH HER COMMENT. >> LET her continue. >> Nonsense. >> Go ahead, Mrs. Depalo. Community comment is not now. You had the beginning of the meeting. >> Let her finish. Nobody interrupted anyone else. Let her finish. >> Interrupt my child's school day. >> Absolutely not. >> Finish your finish your comment. >> Yes, sir. >> It's okay. I don't really need to finish my com. >> Does any other board member have a comment? >> Okay. >> Go ahead, Mr. Heartline. >> All right. So, we had protests. Students have the right to freedom of speech, but there's also rights to consequences that take place. What are the consequences for the students that chose to leave class? And as a followup to that, what grants this as a protest as opposed to two students that decide they're protesting something and then they decide themselves to walk out on class? How do we determine, you know, just because it happened to be 50, 75, 100, 300 students versus two students, an individual's rights do not succumb to a community or a group's rights. And we also have to keep in mind that the rights of the protesters, their rights do not stop the rights of the students to learn. So just because their rights begin does not mean that the other groups end. So are there any consequences that are going to be taking place to these students? What normally happens if a student decides not to go to class? If the student decides to walk out of class or decides that they don't want to go to English and they're going to go to lunch for three times and doesn't show up for English class, what punishments are normally assessed to that student and what is happening to the students that chose to walk out on class? Can I >> Mrs. Depalo? >> Yes. Um, I knew that this was going to come up so I took it upon myself to talk to teachers and other people. uh in our school community to see what their response was. I talked to a social studies teacher. He said he had no idea. He knew about it, but as far as the school day in his class and in the hallway that he's in, they had no idea what was going on outside. He asked me for an update. I'm just I'm just I >> that's not relevant to my question. >> Well, you said it learning was being disrupted. >> But but that could be one section if we have one individual that says it is. Yeah. >> So they say so we need to balance both sides here. My question is >> are there going to be any type of retribution to the students for what they did compared to if a regular not a regular student but a another student decides to what we all used to call cutting class. >> Yes. >> Okay. Versus >> so Mr. Heartline these kids went to the principles and administration and told them what they were going to do. they still decided to leave class >> fully understand and they fully understand the consequences >> right so there still needs to be consequences for those students >> and I believe >> likewise any other student that decides to do this in the future for whatever reason whether they decide they don't like purple anymore >> or whether or not they are protesting you know pick another cause that obviously is far more important than purple okay but you see what I'm saying so what is you know what is the answer to this what happens to our students that cut class. >> Right. And I and we'll we'll absolutely have to look into that if that's if you're asking the board, if you're asking um Dr. Lucration. >> Yes, they're the ones. >> Absolutely. Right. >> So, they can look into that and they can respond to you as they would any other question that you have. Does any other board member have any comments? >> Okay, Mr. Baronowski. It's my first time speaking. So, uh, [laughter] I guess I'm the, uh, the elephant in the room right now, but, uh, uh, Mr. Harling, just in response to your question of some consequences, I can only speak my son does go to William Tennant. Um, it was made clear to him that um, by his teachers if you miss class, you would be responsible for making up the work that you missed. Uh so that was like one of the consequences that you're not getting away from doing work to go to the protest. Um from speaking to my son um you know he wasn't forced to protest. It was his choice. Um the one thing I will say just from my own background I I do kind of admire the students. They're young adults. They're tomorrow's future. Um they're they're people that are looking for guidance in life. And I think it's important that the school district, the school board, the administrators speak to our students. They came to us to communicate. They came to us, you know, with an idea that what they wanted to do. They were looking for guidance. They were looking for parameters. Um, you know, we had a heads up on what was going on. um everybody sitting this table with the board. We had an email, you know, well before this happened, um that this was going to happen. I know there was also emails from Mr. Caracappa that went out to the students families explaining what was going on. >> Okay. Um >> I'm just saying like I was not aware of that. >> Okay. It's just my knee-jerk response to you. It's not disrespectful. Um I I didn't know anything about this um visit to the school. Um so anyway, um moving forward with that, I mean, you know, I think communication with our students is important and we communicate a lot of things with our kids uh throughout the school year. It's much easier to try to work with the students and work as a group to solve problems and work through things. Whether we were going to approve the protest or not, it was still going to happen. Having a heads up on the protest allowed us to get things in place to keep the students safe, to make things as safe as they could be, put parameters in in place, and safety was our goal. Um, and as everybody is aware, I mean, there is freedom of speech, which, you know, we beat that to death, so I'm not going to go on with it. Um, I'm sorry, >> both sides, right? Yes, there's both sides. >> Okay. Well, I'm sorry about that. I was not >> You're right. I have a video of that. Let me go back and forth. >> Okay. So, you know, moving forward, I I think it all was, you know, well done. I most people in the community didn't even know what happened. We didn't make the news. It was really, you know, unless your child was at the school, you would have no knowledge that this even happened. It was, in my opinion, it was still peaceful. >> Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Baronowski. >> I want to follow that up, please. >> Absolutely. >> Mr. Baronowski just made a comment and I hope um you guys heard it and I hope the people at home had heard it. >> You had just said that they came to us with a plan and everything else. So, this was pre-planned without the rest of us knowing is that that was your comment. They came to us with what they want to do and how to plan it and everything else. which means I don't know who the rest of your us is that you guys knew about it. Well, I didn't know about it till maybe a couple days beforehand or maybe the Friday beforehand. So, you just made a comment that proved my point that this was planned around everybody else. And the other comment you said would it if it came to a vote, you're right. It would have happened anyway because of opposite sides of the table here. >> Dr. McGuire, everyone received that email. Everybody was on that email. you were on that email >> after after um let's see I this was talking about um more weeks or days but beforehand I heard um let's see maybe uh the week before >> that's when I got the email the week before you were on the email >> saying right but this was already in place was right >> we got an email that said this is what's going on you got the same email I got >> correct and it was in place and this was going to h was going to happen did you hear what he said that they came to him or who us and said they came to us of what they wanted to do. So it was already in planned >> people using the word >> without us knowing we were here all together that one Tuesday and not a word was said to us. We were here for or was it a Tuesday that budget meeting not one word was said to us about anything. So to me and how I'm interpreting this is that you all knew and kept us in the dark. There was one email that came out. You got it. I got it. Everybody got it. That is the only email of correspondence that came out. You received it. Correct. Which means everything was already in place, >> right? >> Yeah. The planned it. >> The students planned it. >> Huh? >> You got the email when we got the email. You're trying to make it sound like this whole board knew before you did. That is inaccurate information. You received the email. >> There were two people. >> Adults knew. That's how besides the email comic is not right now. It is not right now. >> You absolutely are. You had a you had a time to speak. Everyone does. >> So before the other any additional board comments well I wasn't finished and so go ahead. Before the email I was told by students and other members of the community that this was go going to happen. Then maybe we've gotten the email but before that we got the email. Yes, it was going to happen. Okay. But apparently they got approval. They knew everything was going on and kept um some of us in the dark. So I'm I'm done. And um thank you everyone for your time though. You were not in the dark. You received the same email I got. I I you were not in the dark. You got it. We um never mind. I'm not going to get you involved. Thank you everyone. >> Any additional board comments? Uh Dr. or Mrs. Kger. I would suggest as a result of all this conversation that we as a board have a post-mortem. Yes. To understand what actually occurred, where we could have improved process, um whether it should have happened at all. But I think we need to have a conversation because yes, we did get an email that said this is going to happen. But clearly um things some things must have gone ary and I think we need to understand them and understand what we can do going forward so that this is if it happens again um what the right process and procedures are and what we do to make sure safety is of paramount importance and people are informed in the community. >> Mrs. Kger, Mr. Mr. Sidowski. >> Mr. >> So, the school board directors were invited to observe the protest that morning. Um, knowing that this was probably going to come up again. Um, it was a miserable cold day. Uh, but I stayed out there the whole time. Um, I watched the protest happen and I wrote an email to and copied everybody here to commend our building leaders and security team for their professionalism. They helped keep things calm and orderly. And while there was some antagonism from a small counterprotest, um really trying to egg on a reaction to be perfectly honest, he didn't seem to have much of a position. Um all the students were given space to be out there. If students were held back from being able to protest, that wasn't something that was happening that I saw in the moment. Kids were out there with, you know, proTrump, pro-IC paraphernalia, and they were, you know, little group on the side as well. And they were able to speak their peace. It stayed, you know, it stayed peaceful between the two. Um, in terms of the closed campus, I believe the meaning of that was that some of the police presence was to keep folks from coming onto or leaving the school campus to prevent outsiders from coming in and potentially causing harm to students or pegging on the situation. Um, >> excuse me, public comment is over. Would you let the man speak, please? talking. Uh students who chose not to participate went to class as usual without disruption as the beginning of the walk out was time for the change of class. Um there's a lot of talk about this online as there always is. You can put a picture of a puppy in Facebook groups and get lit up by people. So it is a place where misery and drama are heightened. But that said, as Mrs. Apollo said this was a student planned event because we have that trust that's been established with the building administrators. They did bring it up beforehand. It wasn't promoted or pushed. It was coordinated to make sure that it stayed as orderly as possible. Having been there watching it, seeing it feet away from it, it was orderly. Yes, I I weep for the water bottles that were thrown, but otherwise everybody went back into the building. There were police there. There was security there. There were administrators there watching everything. Nobody got hurt. >> All right, Mr. Saddowski. >> They raised the They raised awareness for their issue and they felt heard and that's important. And if you don't think it's important, I'm sorry. I disagree with you. >> Okay. >> Thank you, Mr. Sidowski. Does any other board members have comments? >> Just one comment. Close this meeting. >> Okay. So, moving along. The next meeting of the committee of the whole will be held on March 24th, 2026. Can I get a motion to adjurnn?