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A
All
right
good
morning,
everybody
and
welcome
to
the
april
principal's
coffee
for
the
high
school.
Thank
you
very
much
for
making
it
in
this
is
the
first
time
we're
back
in
this
space
since
february,
no
january
of
2020,
so
little
by
little
we're
getting
back
to
normal,
and
we
have
a
good
agenda
for
you.
Today
we
have
the
budget
presentation
with
dr
lamia
and
kelly
cyber
we'll
be
going
through
senior
events,
final
exam,
ap,
exam,
regents
exams
and
then
important
and
upcoming
dates.
A
So
I
did
want
to
thank
our
board
of
education,
members,
mia
dpho
and
myra
stangle
for
being
here,
and
this
is
gonna
be
recorded,
so
we
will
be
sending
it
out
by
the
end
of
the
week
and
thank
you
to
brian
and
media
center
for
being
here
and
and
doing
that
for
us.
So
welcome
and
jen
kelly
I'll
hand
it
off
to
you
all.
B
B
Anything
you
want
to
see
in
further
detail.
You
could
go
to
the
website
and
take
down
all
of
the
notes
that
you
need
there
and
kelly
also
answers
questions.
If
you
want
to
email
him
about
any
questions
that
you
have,
but
I
wanted
to
give
you
a
superintendent
and
homeowner
version
of
how
we
attack
the
budget.
B
B
B
How
does
that
affect
a
person
who
lives
in
pleasantville
who
comes
to
byram
hill
is
a
person
who
lives
in
chappaqua,
a
person
who
lives
in
bedford
or
a
person
who
lives
in
armonk,
and
we
look
at
the
tax
levy
limit
that
we
can
have,
and
we
look
at
the
effect
of
the
taxes
on
all
of
those
four
towns.
The
crazy
thing
is
that
all
four
towns,
you
know
you
may
find
if
you
look
at
the
taxes
over
time.
Mount
pleasant,
for
example,
had
increases
that
were
higher
for
quite
a
period
of
time.
B
B
That
year
now,
the
assessed
value
of
the
homes
go
up
which,
as
a
homeowner,
you
go
yay
right
and
then
you
get
your
taxes
and
you
go
oh
because
since
your
assessed
value
is
higher,
the
tax
ownership
on
your
end
is
higher.
So
what
we
have
seen
this
year,
which
is
very
interesting,
is
that
the
our
mock
homes,
the
north
castle
homes,
assessed
higher,
and
that
means
that
more
of
the
tax
is
going
to
be
on
the
arm
on
homes.
The
difference
is,
there
are
how
many
are
monk
homes
versus.
B
85
of
our
properties
are
here,
so
any
tax
increase
is
spread
across
800
people
and
is
not
felt
as
it
might
be
in
like
a
mount,
pleasant
or
bedford
area.
So
we
saw
a
very
low
increase
in
mount
pleasant
this
year
of
0.4,
which
you'll
be
happy
about
bedford
and
northcat,
and
newcastle
actually
saw
a
pretty
substantial
reduction,
and
north
castle
saw
a
two
percent
increase,
which
kelly
will
talk
about
like
fourteen
dollars.
Per
per
thousand
dollars
of
assessed
value
is
basically
what
it
boils
down
to
and
assessed.
B
Values
are
not
market
values,
so
the
assessed
value.
If
you
could
sell
your
home,
you
know
I
always
pick
an
eight
hundred
thousand
dollar
home.
If
you
could
sell
a
home
for
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars,
that's
not
your
assessed
value.
The
assessed
value
in
our
month
might
be.
How
do
they
assess
it
here?
Is
that
they're.
B
Of
the
total
value,
so
when
you're
looking
at
14
on
every
thousand
dollars
of
assessed
value,
it's
not
on
the
market
value
of
your
home,
it's
on
the
assessed
value.
So
just
to
give
you
a
sense
of
how
intricately
we
get
into
this
to
look
at
the
budgeting
and
how
it's
affecting
and
sometimes
like,
when
we
did
that
zero
to
zero
budget
to
budget
increase,
and
we
still
had
an
increase
in
mount
pleasant.
It
was
out
of
control.
B
We
could
have
had
a
negative
budget
to
budget
increase
which
would
never
sustain
us
and
they
still
would
have
had
an
increase.
So
it's
a
very
tricky
thing
that
we
do
when
we're.
Looking
at
that,
I'm
really
proud
of
something,
though
over
the
years
we
have
not
gone
up
to
the
tax
levy
to
the
tune
of
over
4.5
million
dollars.
B
We
have
looked
responsibly
at
how
much
we
could
tax
and
how
much
we
needed
to
tax,
and
even
this
year
coming
up,
we
stayed
over
500
000
below
what
we
could
have
taxed.
So
what
does
that?
4.5
million
dollars
mean
over
time?
It
means
that,
right
now
the
budget
you
see
is
4.5
million
dollars
less
than
it
could
be,
and
that
came
from
just
us
really
spending
a
hard
time
looking
at
how
we
spend
our
money,
what
we
need
our
money
for
and
how
it
affects
taxpayers.
B
So
it's
like
for
a
nerd
like
me
and
a
super
math
nerd
like
kelly,
I'm
not
a
math
nerd,
but
I'm
like
really
a
nerd
about
taxes.
It
gave
us
joy
to
look
at
the
taxes
and
to
say
okay,
so
this
is
4.5
percent
lower
and
then
the
other
thing
that
we
did,
because
you
know
we're.
We
are
deeply
invested
in
this.
I
was
asking
myself
if
I
lived
in
pleasantville
and
I
sent
my
kids
to
pleasantville
schools
and
I
had
an
800
000
home.
B
How
much
would
it
cost
in
school
taxes
versus
a
kid
living
in
pleasantville
who
comes
to
byram
and
we
did
the
same
thing
for
chappaqua
and
we
were
thousands
of
dollars
below
what
the
taxes
are
for
the
schools
for
a
person
living
in
each
of
those
towns
sending
their
kids
to
either
chappaqua
or
to
pleasantville
schools.
So
that
gave
us
even
greater
status
like
cali
and
I
sit
there
and
we
look
at
it.
We
go.
Oh
my
god.
Look
at
that.
That's
great
right.
B
We
want
to
say-
and
that's
the
true
value
tax
rate,
so
the
true
value
you're,
getting
for
your
tax,
paying
money
for
your
children
to
go
to
school
here
is
great
and
kelly.
I'll
show
you
that
too,
so
just
a
little
bit
about
how
we
really
spend
a
lot
of
time.
Looking
at
these
taxes
and
and
a
budget
vote
matters,
so
we
have
our
budget
vote
on
may
17th
and
I
implore
you
to
go
out
to
vote.
B
We
are
a
sleepy
voting
town,
so
we
have
about
maybe
typically
about
less
than
500
people
out
of
11
000
who
can
vote
on
the
budget.
That's
that's
cause
for
disaster
in
some
places
like
for
many
years.
I
said:
oh,
that's,
confidence
in
the
school
district
and
I
felt
so
good
about
that.
Like
that
people
weren't
coming
out
in
droves,
you
know
fighting
down
budgets
or
or
doing
anything
like
that.
I
took
it
as
confidence
in
the
school
district
and
confidence
that
we
were
doing
that
right.
B
The
fact
remains,
though,
that
with
only
four
or
five
hundred
people
voting
anything
can
happen.
We
are
going
to
likely
see
a
lot
more
voters
this
year
we
have
a
budget
and
we
have
a
trustee
election.
We
have
seven
members
on
our
board
of
education
and
four
of
those
seats
have
are
timing
out
now
the
four
people
who
are
on
the
board
are
re-running
for
those
seats
and
there
are
three
additional
people
from
the
community
who
are
also
running
so
very
uncharacteristic
for
byram,
but
very
characteristic
to
what
I'm
seeing
nationally.
B
Our
current
board
members
are
jason,
burland,
mia
de
pietro,
lara
stangle
and
melissa
jacobs,
and
all
four
of
them
are
running
again.
We
have
three
community
members,
danielle
orollano
and
yeah
tiziana,
dadona
and
scott
meyer.
Those
are
three
community
members
who
are
also
running.
I
haven't
had
any
conversations
with
them.
I
I
I
would
I
leave
it
to
you
to
go
out
and
and
see
what
they
may
be
about.
B
So
I
would
say
you
you
look
at
what
people
put
out
and
make
your
decision
and
if
they
don't
put
something
out,
then
that
could
weigh
into
your
decision
right,
true,
but
more
important
than
ever,
and
especially
this
group
that
probably
has
college
age
kids
that
you
really
look
at
this.
This
is
a
this.
Is
an
election
right
so
and
we
take
it
very
seriously,
and
I
want
to
thank
lara
and
mia
for
being
here
today.
D
B
Place
to
be
I'm
happy
to
report
like
everything
is
just
going
really
well
right.
Now
in
our
schools,
our
kids
are
thriving
they're
out
there,
they're
playing
sports
they're
playing
music.
They
are
entering
into
competitions.
It's
awesome.
I
just
passed
by
the
science
research
room
and
the
kids
are
in
there
all
working
together,
and
I
mean
it's
just
normal
school
right.
So
it's
good
to
see
our
kids.
That
way,
I
appreciate
the
community
and
the
support
that
went
into
making
it.
B
This
way
covet
is
not
over,
but
we
are
dealing
with
it
in
a
very
different
way
now,
27
months
later,
but
this
school
district
has
been
very
fortunate
in
our
ability
to
keep
these
kids
connected
to
their
school
community.
I
saw
so
many
pictures
of
chris
walsh
in
his
kitchen
right.
I
don't
know
if
you
know
right.
I've
seen
the
whole
walsh
family
we're
actually
we're
actually
to
the
point
that
last
night
he
texted
me
a
picture
of
his
youngest
daughter
who
just
turned
five
and
her
five
balloon
right.
B
So
you
know
he
said
that
she
spent
forty
percent
of
her
life
in
covit
right.
So
when
we
look
at
that,
you
know
but
but
the
pride
that
I
have
in
our
kids
and
how
they've
been
thriving
with
their
families
and
with
their
teachers
and
administrators.
It's
just
for
me
personally.
It's
very
satisfying
to
see
everybody's
gotten
to
this
point,
so
I'm
really
proud
of
our
community.
It's
nice
to
see
smiles.
B
C
She
stole
a
lot
of
my
thunder
there.
A
lot
of
my
my
best
quotes,
but
I'll
continue
on.
So
just
in
terms
of
the
budget
total
increase
for
next
year.
It's
a
0.78
increase
about
1.7
million
dollar
increase
from
from
last
year.
From
this
year
to
next
year
we
had
a
0.75
last
year,
just
as
a
reminder.
So
it's
a
little
higher
than
we've
been
in
the
last
couple
of
years.
C
C
Okay,
so
in
terms
of
the
number
situation
there's
really,
every
school
district
is
required
to
do
their
budget
in
three
components:
let's
go:
let's
work
backwards
to
it,
so
so
capital
16,
that's
essentially
everything
associated
with
the
building.
So
your
custodial
maintenance
staff,
your
grounds,
you
know,
repairs
and
services
of
your
building,
your
utility
costs
debt
service
when
we
replace
our
buses.
D
C
C
Program
related
and
each
one
of
those
categories
is
there
it's
the
salary,
the
benefits
the
equipment
supplies
for
those
particular
categories?
Okay,
so
that
incorporate
accommodates
the
whole
expenditure
side
of
the
budget
and
here's
just
kind
of
more
of
a
breakdown.
What
that
means
any
school
district.
The
majority
of
your
expenses
associated
with
your
staffing,
your
salary
and
benefits.
That's
almost
78
of
our
total
budget,
the
second
largest
category
14,
is
contractual
services.
So
anything
we
can't
do
in-house
professional
development
development.
C
C
Debt
service.
We
have
one
debt
service,
one
bond
still
sitting
out
there,
it's
2.8
percent
of
our
budget
maintenance
projects,
almost
two
percent
and
finally
vehicles
at
0.6,
that's
replacement
of
our
buses.
Our
buses
go
on
a
10
to
15
year
more
towards
15,
the
way
we
maintain
them
and
then
we
replace
them
on
that
schedule
each
year
in
terms
of
revenues.
Unfortunately,
in
this
area
this
is
pretty
common.
We
don't
receive
a
lot
of
state
aid.
We
only
receive
four
percent
state
aid.
C
The
majority
of
our
revenue
comes
from
our
real
property
taxes
at
89
percent.
Payment
in
lieu
of
taxes
is
three
percent
of
revenue,
so
payment
a
little
tax.
We
have
two
currently
ibm
and
engelberman,
essentially
they'll,
go
to
the
county
or
go
to
the
town
and
and
have
a
discussion
in
terms
of
their
taxes
and
make
an
agreement.
C
With
pilots,
we
currently
have
two
pilots.
What
a
pilot
is,
is
a
company
will
go
to
the
town
or
the
county
and
make
an
agreement
in
terms
of
their
taxes
over
a
three
four
six
year
period
could
be
longer
that
also
will
they'll
see
a
reduction
in
terms
of
what
they
pay
would
pay
if
they
were
actually
on
the
assessment
role
just
to
either
it
could
be.
A
C
C
Three
percent
is
fund
balance
and
reserves,
and
finally,
one
percent
is:
is
our
other
revenue?
That's
really
just
our
county
sales
tax.
We
receive
a
portion
of
kind
of
sales
tax
every
year
it's
actually
increased
the
last
couple
years.
So
that's
one
percent
of
our
total.
This
is
what
jen
was
speaking
about
a
little
bit
about
in
terms
of
assessed
value.
C
If
you
go
back
to
march
29th
presentation
on
the
board
agenda
in
the
video,
I
go
a
lot
of
detail
into
a
lot
of
detail
about
assessed
value
and
how
they
can
change
on
a
yearly
basis
and
then
how
it
affects
your
taxes
on
your
prices
basis,
but
essentially
for
next
year
again,
jen
spoke
a
little
about
this.
85
percent
of
our
property
is
north
castle.
C
C
C
So
maybe
in
1560
you
got
a
couple
of
houses
that
a
lot
of
houses
that
sold
above
and
maybe
you
had
it
below,
assessed
value
and
market
value
sales
and
the
following
year.
You
could
see
that
shift
and
the
district
as
a
whole.
So
if
you
look
next
year,
there
was
a
big
shift
in
assessed
value
at
north
castle
and
then
decreases
in
the
following
in
bedford
and
in
newcastle
and
just
about
a
leveling
offense
in
terms
of
mount
pleasant,
so
that
shift
really
shifts
from
from
mount.
D
C
Of
the
tax
levy
from
north
castle
down
to
mount
pleasant-
and
you
see
it
kind
of
shifted
a
little
this
year,
whereas
north
castle,
their
cess
values,
increasing
the
home
sales,
are
continuing.
The
assessed
values
increased,
whereas
it's
kind
of
leveled
off
in
mount
pleasant.
So
you
kind
of
see
that
shift
from
mount
pleasant
to
north
castle
in
terms
of
this
year
in
terms
of
the
tax
rate.
So
that's
why
there
you
see
that
different
increase
jen
spoke
about
this.
This
is
the
actual
dollars
in
terms
of
the
tax.
C
There's
a
tax
levy
formula,
there's
a
presentation
in
january,
I
review
the
the
details
of
it.
It's
a
long
formula.
It's
a
big
process
in
terms
of
the
steps.
You'll
hear
a
lot
about
a
two
percent
tax
cap.
It's
not!
It's,
never
really
been
a
two
percent
tax
cap.
There's
a
lot
of
factors
that
go
into
it
and
you
can.
C
You
know
spend
fairly
over
two
percent
most
of
the
time,
so
our
max
this
year
is
2.5
percent
and
we're
proposing
at
1.84,
so
we've
been
below
the
maximum
allowable
in
terms
of
percentages
in
dollars.
Since
the
inception,
the
tax
levy
formula
started
in
12
13
school
year,
so
in
terms
of
this
year,
we're
at
560
thousand
dollars
proposing
a
tax
levy
lower.
D
C
This
information
was
completed
in
november
of
21.,
projecting
an
increase,
a
small
increase
from
from
this
year
to
next
year,
and
the
demographer
is
projecting
an
increase
for
the
next
couple
years
and
kind
of
a
leveling
off
towards
the
end,
obviously
very
hard
to
do
a
demography
report.
Right
now,
with
everything
going
on
and
changes,
you
know
home
sales
in
this
area
if
they
continue
or
don't
continue,
but
right
now,
they're,
projecting
kind
of
a
slope
increase
and
they're
kind
of
leveling
off
for
the
first
next
couple
years
towards
the
end
of
this.
A
C
C
If
you
go
to
the
district
website
under
board
of
ed
tab,
you'll
see
absentee
ballot.
Just
click
on
that.
You
are
still
if
you
still
have
fear
of
contracting
cover
19.
That
is
a
a
a
reason
to
get
an
absolute
ballot.
You're
allowed
to
do
that
again
this
year.
So
I'd
encourage
you
to
do
that.
If
you
feel
more
comfortable
that
way
you
should
be
receiving.
This
is
the
budget
newsletter.
C
You
should
be
receiving
that
seven
or
six
seven
days
before
the
vote,
we'll
provide
you
a
little
more
information
information
from
the
board
and
then
some
some
budget
information
and
talks
a
little
bit
about
the
vote,
the
tax
rates
and
obtaining
an
absentee
ballot.
So
you
are
able
to
do
that
prior
to
the
vote,
so
you
should
just
keep
an
eye
out
for
that
and
then
finally,
this
this
presentation
and
all
my
other
presentations
on
the
district
website
under
board
of
ed
budget.
A
A
It's
just
incredible
that
we
we're
here,
and
I
tell
them
every
year-
don't
blink
because
it
goes
so
fast,
so
they
are
right
now.
This
is
the
last
tuesday
that
they'll
they
will
ever
have
regularly
scheduled
classes
that
they're
going
to
be
going
to
with
that
being
said,
we
are
very
excited
for
them
to
go
off
and
start
their
internships
next
week.
A
Most
of
them
now
have
ap.
So
it's
really
a
soft
exit,
but
this
friday
coming
up
and
thank
you
very
much
to
the
ptsa
for
supporting
the
senior
barbecue.
The
senior
barbecue
will
be
friday.
They'll
go
to
morning
classes
as
they
start
lunch,
we'll
have
them
in
the
theater,
we'll
give
them
the
rundown
on
internship
parking
safety.
A
We
have
them,
do
a
few
fun
different
little
things
and
then
they'll
be
able
to
break
off
and
go
out
to
the
senior
barbecue
where
the
ptsa
has
helped
us
to
get
two
food
trucks
here:
eddie's,
pizza
and
glazed
and
confused.
I
think
it
is
yeah,
so
they
can
go
out
just
have
a
nice
time
being
together
as
a
class,
and
then
they
can,
you
know
take
off.
A
I
will
encourage
all
of
those
seniors
to
make
sure
that
they
have
early
dismissal
forms
filled
out
if
they
don't
they're
gonna
have
to
call
up
get
a
parent
on
the
phone
to
give
them
permission
to
leave.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
if
they
do
want
to
leave,
all
they
have
to
do
is
show
that
early
dismissal
form.
A
So
we
have
been
working
and
trying
to
coordinate
all
the
other
senior
events
that
we
have
coming
up.
We
have
the
senior
night,
which
is
really
two
parts.
The
first
part
is
where
we
have
them
come
in.
They
paint
the
rock.
They
will
do
the
sidewalk
chalk,
they'll
chalk
their
cars.
They
do
a
time
capsule
we
have
games
for
them.
We
have
food
trucks
as
well,
I
think
walters,
hot
dogs
and
then
langford's
for
the
ice
cream
and
that's
through
the
great
activity
board.
So
that's
the
first
part.
A
A
A
A
A
At
that
rehearsal
they
will
get
their
caps
and
gowns
and
again
I
I
you
know,
can't
say
it
enough.
How
appreciative
we
are
of
the
ptsa
who
provides
them
with
the
jessica
in
the
past,
has
done
amazing
things
with
either
donuts
or
you
know,
whatever
they
come
up
with,
but
it's
always
a
nice
send-off
for
them
they
have
a
nice
little
breakfast
that
morning
and
they
get
their
caps
and
gowns
as
well.
A
A
A
So
when
we
used
to
have
it
down
at
the
city
where
students
would
have
to
pay
for
their
own
transportation
to
and
from
the
after
club,
all
of
those
things
that
went
into
it,
170
dollars
includes
everything
we
are
going
to
have
that
community
reception,
starting
here
we'll
have
the
step
in
repeats
the
backdrops,
the
red
carpet,
the
balloon
arch,
we're
inviting
all
parents
siblings
to
come
to
campus
to
just
have
a
really
nice
time.
We
were
only
able
to
do
this
once
in
2019
and
in
2020
and
21.
A
A
We
are
not
going
to
allow
anybody
to
go
there
separately.
Everybody
that's
going
needs
to
be
going
there
through
our
bus
through
the
the
coach
buses
that
we
contract
with.
So
they
do
a
great
job.
Westchester
county
police
is
there
as
all
buses
go
on,
it's
really
a
much
more
safe
problem
than
we've
ever
had
in
the
past.
So
that's
why
we
require
everybody
to
take
the
buses
from
here.
A
When
they
come
back,
they'll
come
back
onto
campus
and
then
they
can
go
home.
They
can
get
picked
up.
They
can
drive
themselves.
We
are
allowing
them
to
get
picked
up
here.
I
know
a
lot
of
them
will
be
going
off
to
the
city
or
wherever
it
is,
but
once
they
get
picked
up
here,
we're
we're
not
we're
not
allowing
them
to
stay
on
campus
once
they
get
back,
they
need
to
go.
A
The
tickets
can
be
purchased
in
the
main
office
and
the
window
of
time
we
have
it
from
may
16
through
may
27th,
and,
unlike
last
year
this
year,
we
actually
need
to
get
that
money
so
that
we
can
start
paying
out
last
year.
We're
able
to
do
it
closer
to
the
event
this
year.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
paying
the
buses
glenn
island,
harbor
club
and
the
dj
before
the
event.
A
So
if
we
are
requesting
that
you
do
checks
made
out
to
byron
hills,
high
school
and
there
you
go
for
any
non-byram
hills-
high
school
guest.
If
you
have
somebody
who
you
want
to
our
students
are
inviting
from
outside
of
here,
we
just
have
to
go
and
they
have
there's
a
vetting
process,
so
we
have
a
form.
We
know
many
of
them
are
gonna,
be
you
know
from
all
over
different
states,
camp
friends
whatever
it
is.
A
We
really
want
the
the
information
of
their
high
school
assistant
principal
and
that
number
so
that
we
can
call
them.
So
if
it
is
somebody
who's,
a
freshman
in
college,
we
don't
want
the
the
information
from
their
registrar,
because
the
the
colleges
have
no
idea
about
this
student.
We
really
want
the
information
from
their
high
school
so
that
we
can
call
in
the
history
that
I've
been
an
ap
or
principal.
We've
never
said
no
to
anybody.
So
we.
A
To
go
through
the
process,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
all
of
that
contact
information.
Should
there
be
an
issue
with
that
student,
a
safety
concern
jessica
yeah.
We
have
a
forum
and
we'll
we'll
send
that
out.
When
I
send
the
all
the
information
out,
you
can
print
it
out.
We
actually
chris
and
saunder
will
be
sending
it
out.
A
A
That
tuesday
we
come
back
and
we
still
have
some
exams
going
on,
but
graduation
will
be
at
five
o'clock,
and
I
want
to
say
this
again
and
make
it
really
clear
to
everybody
that
if
it
looks
like
we're,
gonna
have
bad
weather
on
that
tuesday.
We
will
announce
it
as
soon
as
we
can
that
we're
shifting
it
to
the
rain
date
of
wednesday.
The
22nd
go
out.
There
make
double
reservations,
whatever
you
have
to
do.
A
Invite
grandma
and
grandpa
to
stay
two
nights,
invite
all
the
make
sure
that
you're
planning
so
for
the
eventual
you
know
the
possibility
of
having
to
go
into
wednesday
for
that
graduation.
All
right.
If
we
get
to
a
day
where
we
have
like
a
hurricane
coming
through
and
it's
two
days
of
terrible
weather,
we
will
adjust
it
we'll
do
the
graduation
in
the
theater
and
then
at
that
point,
we're
gonna
have
to
limit
it
to
two
people
per
per
student.
We
we
will
also
live
stream.
A
A
Now
we
also
have
a
turf
field
and
the
far
end
of
the
of
the
of
the
turf
and
the
side
field
that
if
people
want
to
come
and
stand-
and
you
can
you
can
bring
your
lawn
chairs,
you
can't
use
them
on
the
turf,
but
you
can
use
them
on
the
side
field.
If
you
want
to
use
them
over
there,
you
can
bring
as
many
people
as
you
want,
but
we
are
only
going
to
guarantee
you
four
seats
that
are
nice
cushion
comfy
sitting
in
the
in
the
area
and
that's
just
doing
it.
A
Last
year
we
had
two
seats
per
graduate
everybody.
I
think
you
could
see
everything
that
went
on
this
year.
It's
going
to
be
four
and
we
know
for
many
of
our
large
families
that
that
you're
going
to
have
to
start
to
exchange
with
some
other
families
who
might
not
be
using
that
and
what
we're
going
to
do
is
set
it
up
through
my
secretary
lisa
finnelli,
who
will
have
a
ticket
exchange.
A
A
So
at
least
here
all
the
four
seats
are
together
and
if,
if
you
want
to
have
people
that
are
sitting
out
in
the
back
by
all
means,
go
ahead
and
do
that
it's
a
great
event,
it
is
it's
really
beautiful,
especially
when
you
see
them
all
up
on
the
on
the
stands
together.
One
last
time
really
is
something
keep
in
mind
that
we
are
right.
A
The
great
things
about
doing
it
at
suny
purchase
is
you
never
have
to
worry
about
the
parking
and
you
never
have
to
worry
about
the
weather
being
here
having
it
here.
We
do
have
to
worry
about
the
parking
and
we
do
have
to
worry
about
the
weather,
so
we
are
going
to
be
using
shuttles
from
coman
hill
and
we're
looking
at
some
other
areas,
but
right
now
we
know
that
it's
going
to
be
coleman.
A
A
Hill
drop-offs
are
fine
if
you
want
to
do
drop-offs
too,
but
what
we
are
encouraging
is
that
every
family,
if
you're,
going
to
be
driving
onto
campus,
that
you
try
to
squeeze
as
many
people
as
you
can
into
one
car,
and
we
saw
last
year
that
that
actually
worked
out
a
lot
better
where
we,
we
really
only
have
320
parking
spots
here
before
we're
at
max
capacity
and
again
we
have
one
way
in
one
way
out.
So
it's
not
like
we
can.
You
know,
shut
down
the
the
lanes.
A
We
will
be
trying
to
park
people
up
trip
lane,
but
again
that
only
increases
us
about
20
to
30
additional
cars,
so
the
more
you
can
pack
in
together
the
better
it
is
for
everybody
and
the
quicker
you'll
get
in
and
you'll
get
out.
All
right
so
again
very
excited
about
that.
It's
going
to
be
here
before
you
know
it.
I
think
we
have
a
really
nice
series
of
senior
events
that
they're
going
to
go
through.
A
This
is
such
a
great
class
thinking
about
the
only
really
full
year
before
this
year
that
they
had
was
their
you
know
was
you
know,
freshman
year,
then
sophomore
and
junior
year.
You
know
going
through
what
they
went
through.
It's
really
nice
to
see
them
be
able
to
to
get
this
and
take
part
in
it
all
right.
So
we
are
next
week,
we'll
begin
our
ap
exam
window,
and
that
goes
through
the
you
know
the
next
two
weeks,
so
the
schedule
went
out
and
we
have
announcements
will
be
shut
down.
A
We
won't
be
doing
the
bells
and
everybody
will
be
taking
them
here.
So
we
get
the
questions
every
once
in
a
while
about
it's
usually
from
seniors
that
say
I'm
into
college,
and
I
want
to
go
through
the
hassle
of
taking
the
ap
exam.
I'm
not
going
to
take
it,
and
I
really
I
caution.
I
caution
everybody
to
make
sure
that
they
do
not
do
that,
because
if
they
do
decide
to
not
sit
for
the
exam
that
ap
designation
on
the
transcript
that
gets
taken
off,
and
so
if
it
was
ap
chemistry.
A
A
They've
already
made
a
decision
on
the
student,
getting
credit
for
an
ap
class
and
when
it
gets
sent
to
them
that
next
time
and
they
see
that
they
made
a
decision
based
on
something.
That's
not
there,
there's
a
chance
that
they
could
rescind
those
those.
You
know
that
acceptance,
and
we
don't
want
to
see
that
happen.
A
Also
from
our
standpoint
as
byram
hills,
we've
made
a
commitment
to
a
lot
of
these
schools
to
let
them
know
that
we're
going
through
this
with
fidelity
that
our
kids
are
taking
these
courses
and
when
we're
applying
to
colleges
that
they're,
seeing
what
we're
actually
doing
to
have
to
go
back
and
change
it.
It
really
impacts,
it
impacts
us
and
our
institution.
A
A
So
I
did
want
to
put
that
out
there,
it's
very,
very
rare
that
it
happens.
Every
year
we
get
maybe
one
student
who
thinks
that
they
just
came
up
with
this
great
idea
and
are
going
to
now
do
this,
but
it
we've
gone
through
that
road,
and
we
know
that
it
doesn't
work
all
right.
Any
questions
about
that.
A
Okay,
now
the
regents
and
final
exam
window,
it
is
going
to
be
similar
to
the
way
that
it
was
in
2019
going
back
to
last
year.
We
knew
that
we
were
really
dedicating
a
lot
of
our
time
on
making
sure
that
we
were
trying
to
get
the
kids
up
to
speed
as
much
as
possible.
We
did
not
want
to
take
a
break
and
start
doing
the
prep
for
regents
prep
work.
A
We
felt
like
the
kids
had
enough
on
their
plate
and
we
were
really
leaving
it
up
to
the
parents
to
make
the
decision
and,
as
a
parent
myself,
I
think
everybody
heard
loud
and
clear
that
we
weren't
really
promoting
students
taking
the
regions
last
year.
We
did
have
a
few
here
and
there
and
that's
fine
this
year,
that
they're
they
have
to
take
them.
There's
going
to
be
no
opt-in
or
opt-out
there.
A
If
they
have
a
region's
exam,
there's
going
to
be
no
final
exam.
Now
there
are
some
classes
who
are
able,
through
whether
it
be
a
portfolio
project
or
some
sort
of
authentic
assessment
or
a
culmination,
culminating
experience
where
they
don't
have
to
offer
in
a
final
exam.
During
that
testing
window
they'll,
do
it
while
we're
still
going
to
classes.
A
So
we
go
to
classes
our
students
in
grades,
9-11
they'll
go
to
classes
up
until
june
14th
june.
14Th
is
the
last
day
that
they'll
go
and
they'll
have
the
bell
and
they'll
follow
their
regular
schedule,
starting
on
june
15th,
based
on
the
regents
exam
schedule,
they
would
only
come
in
for
those
exams
and
those
exams
they're
going
to
either
be
morning
exams
or
afternoon
exams.
The.
A
Is
this
year
we
have
u.s
history
regents,
which
has
what
they're
calling
the
new
framework
that
is
an
actual
regents
exam
that
is
going
to
be
given
to
our
11th
graders
on
june
1st,
so
that
takes
place
when
we
are
still
going
through
our
regular
schedule
and
the
reason
that
they
do.
This
is
because
they
have
to
rate
the
exam
they
have
to
scale
it.
It's
the
first
time
they're
offering
it.
So
it
takes
a
little
bit
more
time
to
to
go
through
that
process.
So
that's
taken.
A
Actually,
during
the
school
day
now,
students
will
come
in
they'll.
Take
that
we
won't
have
any
bells,
and
then
they
can
get
picked
up
and
go
home
on
that
day.
If
they're
a
junior,
some
schools,
if
a
student
is
taking
an
ap,
they
don't
take,
they
don't
have
them.
Take
the
reasons
we
don't
do
that
here
we
have
them,
take
the
ap
and
the
reasons
exam
and
again
coming
off
of
the
ap.
The
reasons
exams
to
them
are
usually
pretty
you
know
pretty
light
lifting.
A
So
but
again,
that's
and
again
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
ap
and
the
reasoning
behind
that
is
yeah.
It
is
an
ap
class,
but
it's
important
to
make
sure
that
those
students
are
aligned
with
their
classmates
who
are
taking
the
just
the
regents
u.s.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
consistency
and
what
we
try
to
do
is
when
we're
looking
at
the
finals
that
we're
giving
as
a
school
and
we're
looking
at
the
regents
exam
schedule.
A
We
really
don't
have
much
flexibility
with
the
reasons
exams.
We
can't
change
them.
We
try
to
look
at
our
finals,
the
grade
level
and
we
try
not
to
overwhelm
kids
and
we
try
to
work
with
our
parents
as
well,
knowing
that
as
soon
as
they're
done
with
those
final
exams,
they
can
go
off.
Many
of
them
will
be
going
off
to
teen
tours
counselors
at
camps,
science,
research,
traveling
working
jobs.
A
A
None
of
our
seniors
should
be
taking
any
of
these
exams,
but
they
have
special
friends
who
are
in
other
grades,
who
are
taking
exams
that
either
fall
the
day
the
day
of
or
the
day
after,
and
while
we
understand
that
it's
not
ideal,
we
are
not
going
to
go
and
change
the
exams
because
of
that,
and
we
feel
like
it's
a
decision
that
everybody
can
make
if
I
was
dating
a
senior
as
a
junior
when
I
was
in
high
school.
I
know
that
I
would
want
to
be
tired.
A
D
A
A
Schedule
now
for
us,
we
understand
right,
we
tried
to
see
well.
Could
we
squeeze
these
tuesday
exams
in
that
first
week?
Is
there
any
way
that
we
could
have
gotten
them
in
there
there's
just
no
way
without
overloading
kids
and
putting
multiple
exams
on
students
in
one
day,
and
we
didn't
want
to
do
that.
So
we
know
that
after
that
friday,
that
monday
is
juneteenth.
A
There
was
no
way
to
get
them
into
any
of
the
other
days
without
overwhelming
overwhelming
them,
and
you
know
we
have
students
with
time
and
a
half
who
would
have
actually
had
to
be
in
the
in
the
building
for
nine
hours
just
getting
tested.
So
we
did.
You
know
we
did
utilize
this.
There
are
still
other
regions
exams
being
given
just
not
ones
that
we
offer
during
that
time.
A
We
know
that
we
haven't
really
had
our
kids,
many
of
them.
It's
the
first
time
who
first
time
that
they'll
be
taking
any
reasons
exams.
If
we
go
back
to
2019,
that's
the
last
time
it
was
given,
and
you
know
if
you
had
a
seventh
grader
at
that
time,
they
were
they
weren't
taking
a
regents
exam.
So
we
know
that
there's
you
know
what
we
call
that
standardized
testing
atrophy
our
kids
really
just
aren't
in
that
mode
of
of
testing.
A
A
Our
teachers
still
have
the
flexibility
to
apply
that
twenty
percent
in
cases
where
it's
going
to
help
our
kids,
but
what
we
couldn't
allow
is
the
idea
that
this
standardized
test,
after
going
through
all
of
these
different
things,
that
it
was
going
to
count
as
20
percent
of
their
grade
now,
teachers
have
the
flexibility
to
apply
that
those
higher
percentages
in
those
cases
where
it
does
help
a
student
and
we're
not
taking
that
away
from
our
teacher's
ability.
But
what
we
are
taking
away
is
for
a
student.
Let's
say
who's
a
really.
A
A
A
Our
spring
concert,
band,
orchestra
and
choir
is
tomorrow
night
very
excited
about
that
be
back
again.
Senior
barbecue
this
friday,
thanks
again
to
the
ptsa,
hold
your
breath.
Everybody.
This
monday
juniors
are
going
to
begin
driving
here
on
campus
and
if
they
you
know,
they
should
be
getting
that
pass
through
ms
bogren
in
the
assistant
principal's
office,
so
they're
they're
gonna,
as
long
as
they
have
the
the
pass
in.
A
The
again
you
can
vote
at
hcc,
starting
at
6
30
through
9
o'clock,
the
varley
players
performance,
the
spring
performance
on
the
calendar
it's
listed
the
week
before
we
had
to
move
it
one
week
later,
so
that's
going
to
be
on
the
may,
19th
and
20th
and
then
may
25th
is
the
award
ceremony.
It's
getting.