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Key recorded outcomes from the meeting transcript:
- Motion to approve agenda item numbered \"6012709\" (as read aloud during the meeting). Motion carried (mover: Tom; second: Kelly). No additional detail on the item was provided on the public transcript.
- Approval of agenda item 7.1: motion carried with one abstention (Kelly abstained; movers recorded as Kathy and Desmond).
- Multiple other grouped agenda sections were approved by motion during the meeting, including the business/consent block (noted as 8.01–9.04 in the meeting) and personnel and retirement items; motions passed as read.
- The board acknowledged a retirement (Julie Vaquero) and accepted two equipment donations; motions to accept those personnel and donation items passed by voice vote.

Where the transcript did not provide full detail on the agenda packet text, the board packet is the controlling record for exact wording and any attachments; the public minutes and posted agenda should be consulted for itemized descriptions.

Ending: The board closed with calendar notices and adjourned; the transcript records the adjournment motion and vote.

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Trustee Kathy (last name in transcript Vandoren/Vandorn referenced) described earlier contacts with MTA and a nonprofit and said that, following site visits, the group expects to install stone placards at the train-station landings on each side of Sayville's station. She described the plaques as 4-foot square stones with a short message and the crisis line number 988. \"They actually came out... and then there was a surprise visitor... who runs a nonprofit organization because his son did take his life, death by a train,\" she said.

Jolene Macris (assistant/administrator) detailed the stone text the group intends to use: \"Your pain is real but so is hope. Call or text 988, crisis lifeline. We're here. We care. We'll listen.\" The board discussed the project and noted that fencing on commuter-rail property would be a much larger, multimillion-dollar undertaking and that incremental measures and messaging at the station are the near-term steps the district and partners can pursue.

District staff also described local programming: high-school Anchor Club members helped hang purple ribbons for \"Islip Goes Purple\" (drug and suicide prevention awareness), smaller-group student wellness activities in lunch periods, targeted parent workshops and classroom-level trusted-adult activities for elementary students. Administrators emphasized developmentally appropriate outreach for younger students and targeted small-group approaches at the high school.

Ending: The board said it will coordinate with outside partners and volunteers on the stone installation and continue wellness events and parent education programming across the school year.

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Bartels said the district has used reserves in recent years and should limit future withdrawals to a set percentage to avoid depleting specific reserve lines. \"One of the ways we do that is we have to look at all of our available funding sources,\" Bartels said, and he described tactics to increase state aid and other revenue sources by careful coding and documentation on state aid forms and by using BOCES purchases where eligible to capture BOCES aid.

He cited transportation aid as an example: by coding portions of staff time and verifying student eligibility on bus routes, the district can increase transportation reimbursement. Bartels also said the district had just received a $13,000 grant for a middle-school oven and expected $25,000 from a school-bus-stop program under a contract on the agenda. He identified energy performance contracts and completed boiler work as sources of future operating savings and said forthcoming solar work would reduce electrical costs over time.

On capital planning, Bartels told the board that roughly $1.7 million in debt service is scheduled to drop off in the next three years, which could be used to support a future bond to address roofs, HVAC, science-room renovations and athletic facilities without raising taxes if structured against expiring debt service. He also described shifting eligible recurring costs into capital transfer lines to stay within the tax-cap rules and preserve flexibility.

Board members asked for milestones and a schedule; Bartels proposed building a longer-term plan this year and presenting progress in budget-advisory meetings to begin in October.

Ending: The district will convene a budget advisory committee in October and pursue a mix of grant opportunities, aid optimizations and planned capital timing to stabilize finances before adding ongoing staffing costs.

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Superintendent Dr. Amy Farris said the goals grew from surveys and focus groups and center on six graduate outcomes: independent learners, caring citizens, effective communicators, effective collaborators, critical thinkers and joyful learners. \"We call it connected autonomy,\" Farris said. \"Autonomy is our ability to make decisions ... but you can't have autonomy on its own because if every classroom has autonomy without being connected to anything, then you have great individual things happening in each classroom, but they're not connected to a purpose that gets you over a 13 year period ready for the world beyond our public schools.\"

Assistant Superintendent Jillian DiMiola reviewed curriculum and instruction work, saying teachers across grade levels have been involved in a districtwide alignment effort. She said the district has completed a deep review in literacy (pre-K–5) and realigned scope and sequences, added common assessments and will expand MTSS monitoring using the Branching Minds tool. \"Now that everyone has experienced the same professional development, we're ready to move into the next stage of taking a real look at our scopes and sequences,\" DiMiola said.

DiMiola listed materials and approaches currently in use in K–5 literacy: Units of Study (formerly Teachers College), Haggerty for phonemic awareness, a vocabulary program aligned to the units, Patterns of Power for grammar, and foundational phonics resources. She described a coordinated summer effort to align materials and grade-level plans.

Administrators also described course-mapping work at the secondary level (over 50 course maps underway or complete), STEAM and next-generation science standards work, and plans for parent-facing events such as a parent university night.

Board members praised teacher-led committee involvement and asked for periodic milestones or progress updates; the superintendent proposed updates in February and June.

Ending: District officials said the goals will remain under review and that next steps include implementing locally developed observation and supervision systems aligned with district values and goals.

","Superintendent Dr. Amy Farris and assistant superintendents reviewed five district goals — connected autonomy, curriculum and instruction, belonging/inclusivity, fiscal planning, and communication — and described ongoing curriculum alignment, literacy work and MTSS expansion.",{"_40":120,"_42":43,"_44":45,"_46":121,"_48":122,"_50":123,"_52":124,"_54":125,"_56":126,"_58":127,"_60":128,"_62":63,"_64":65,"_66":129,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":130,"_74":75,"_76":77,"_78":79,"_80":81,"_82":81},6467612,"Sayville schools report security upgrades after district vulnerability assessment",890,709000,1599000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5785935-eab633ed7e24ef61ef4aa2b806faef50&start=709&end=1599","https://assets.pipeline.soaraistudio.com/5785935-eab633ed7e24ef61ef4aa2b806faef50/thumbnail_709000.jpg","/articles/6467612/New-York/Sayville-schools-report-security-upgrades-after-district-vulnerability-assessment","https://secure.pipeline.soaraistudio.com/6467612-5e949d6fcf963c9b26b6f8aad8a2880d/orig.mp4?Expires=1790193978&Signature=W8i7k34uuAHy5m1esgJ5tnR-FA-YnR4Up69x23EXhxMZQexqreNnVoK8O6cn6ne6KXOk8lsYJiKzmUy~uwjVMIh07fQaJ0359mqcvruoOd0-1D-cHjXjK3WkI7pJ4n7C1iAQu7YxEUnB6N4DFnxrCiEbDL3ZoSIUSwoXEqd7ZP~zEboLF9s9BUYNYM6kKHt8GM84Kk3qplCWLl2VgV2mWYKdWwGBQABjfbPJyiXjrplLbHa1wVGRqEmnePrKxX7fMD6bDWOXHbxmHFZGsQ8S4FrrIho73Uh1nFYD9zyzAuVQc73wkKTL0jdmsNbxJ193tufBYxjhdrXz4q8ApNqD5A__&Key-Pair-Id=K7X1XW2O9MH81","The Sayville Union Free School District on Sept. 11 told the board of ongoing security work after a district vulnerability assessment and several early-year drills that administrators said showed planned measures are in place and functioning.

Superintendent Dr. Amy Farris introduced the district's security review and said leadership would hear from the district's security director and an outside contractor. \"We had a very strong, full day training for our security team,\" she said, summarizing startup work done before school began.

Head of security Matthew Ellerbaum told the board the district has hired three new guards with prior law-enforcement experience and described recent drills and planning. \"We conducted a locked out drill ... we coordinated with the Suffolk County Police Department, the communication section. We utilized the Rave app, and we utilized the lockdown system in the building. So everything that is in place and all the enhancements that we'd made in the entire district, it all came together, and everything was working as it should be,\" Ellerbaum said.

Mike Flynn, representing the contracted security firm (identified in the meeting as COVID Security), summarized a months-long vulnerability assessment his company performed and said the assessment grouped recommendations into personnel, drills/planning, technology and infrastructure. Flynn said many recommendations required process changes rather than major capital spending and credited district staff for implementing fixes quickly. \"Out of those four ... we look at approximately 32 bullet points,\" Flynn said. \"The initial overview ... there was a number of recommendations and the positive part ... most of it did not necessitate a big fiscal expenditure. It had to do with recommendations as far as processes.\"

The presentation listed specific technology and practice changes already in use: the Rave emergency-notification system, expanded access to a direct active-shooter hotline to local police, updated building maps showing AED locations and emergency shutoffs, and new drill logs for principals. Board members and administrators said they observed improved door security during a recent district walkthrough.

Board members and staff discussed continuing spot-checks of drills, tabletop exercises, and expansion of behavioral threat-assessment procedures. Flynn and district staff urged that plans remain fluid and be updated with state annexes such as transportation and cardiac emergency response plans.

Public comment during the meeting included concerns from multiple parents about school safety and requests for still-more visible measures; those remarks were recorded separately in the meeting transcript.

Ending: District leaders said they will continue quarterly or on-demand updates to the board and that the district will keep coordinating with the Suffolk County Police Department and the outside contractor to refine drills, technology use, and training.

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