 to November 23rd. Let me just get to this is a special meeting of 23rd 730 the Rochester Stockbridge Unified District. We have called to order with a quorum of Amy Wilt, Justine Kovakis and Megan Payne. Are there any adjustments to the agenda? There being none, we'll move on to the discussion item, this career change assistance program. And I will do a mea culpa here. I thought we were just doing the negotiations and not this career. And so I'm sorry for not being more better prepared for that to talk about that. It is whether we want to do it at the local level at ours in our districts support career change assistance program to our teachers. And last year. I don't think we did. I don't think we did either. But I'm not 100% sure about that. And can you run through a brief description of the part of what it is? Let me let me find it here. Yep. Alright 7.1 the career change assistance program will be available through any school within the supervisor union only if an individual town board affirmatively votes to adopt the program by December one in any year. The board votes to make this program available notice shall be provided to the association which I believe is the teachers association notice of the teachers intent to participate in this program must be made in writing and delivered to superintendent no later than January one of the teachers final year of employment. Any teacher has been employed on full a part time basis for at least 15 years within the White River Valley Supervisor Union and to elect to resign from his or her position. According to the terms of this program shall be paid an amount of money equal to 80% of his or her teaching salary paid for the year in which she he she elects to resign. This payment shall be based solely upon the annual teaching salary and shall not include any additional compensation the teacher may receive on the year proceeding retirement. Upon approval by the board the teacher may choose to receive payment in equal installments once each year during the three four or five years immediately following the year of retirement. This choice of payment plan must be made upon notice of the teacher's intent to participate in this program. The board agree in addition the board agrees to pay the premium cost of a single membership in a health insurance plan at its current rate for the year in which the benefit is to be paid. This benefit shall be limited to the first year immediately following the teacher's retirement if desired the teacher may at his or her own expense elect additional health insurance coverage by paying the premium cost in excess of the single premium plan premium. It's funny it doesn't exactly show I mean and this is what I was hoping that Karl might be here because he certainly has a lot more experience with this than I do. But I'm glad you have some sense that we did not vote for this last year. It seems an extra expense that right now as tight as things are. Sorry is 516 are you is this 516 6 1 can I just ask you those if you would mute please if that's unless you're a board member. Thank you thank you. So questions about this. Right it does seem seem like it is quite an added potential added expense on an already tight budget. I guess I'm wondering what the goal of the program is is it to help transition from teaching to someplace somewhere else. The teacher who's who has been with us with the SU not necessarily with Rochester for for 15 years so potentially an older seasoned teacher which also means a higher salary. Yeah I do not believe I'm pretty certain that if you have a bit of a recollection that we did not do this last year that's what I believe. Justine do you have some questions. I am new obviously but I want is there a program in place right now that offers some sort of transitional support for long-term teachers to retire or transition out. Well there is teacher retirement which is different from this program. Right this would be in addition to that. Yes this would be in addition and and so what what it is from what you read Ethan was that there's a choice of of taking 80 percent of their teacher salary for the first year of them they're retired when they've transitioned out or they can extend it over multiple years. Well again this is where I wish Carl was here. Let me send Jamie an email with a question. I think this might be a gentle way of encouraging someone to move on which yeah yes yes well yeah it seems like an incentive. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah and that's what I was getting at where what why is why would we vote on something that makes it so attractive to leave I'm not I don't get it but I still knew. Right so right this we're not going to vote on this right now we actually have to go into exact connection in between right. Yeah yeah I'm just going to get him out the question is this going to get someone. Yeah I'm trying to come up with a nice way to say it. Yeah no it's not the nice way to say it but you know it's it's talking about any specific teacher that's confidential we can certainly talk about what this policy is in general. Hey Megan right yeah yes I just wanted to what's your what's your take on this you've been around a little bit. Um well I do agree the way that you guys describe it's a gentle way to to to maybe have a teacher transition. We did not budget for it last year. Good thank you. Because it was an extra expense and we just did not have the money to put into the budget for that so that's just what I recall from last year and we did do it I think maybe the year before we definitely did not do it last year. We have participated in it in the past I know that when we were a K through 12 school we had I remember I was on the board and we did have a few teachers that participated in this program. But yes as Megan said we are by voting for this we do we are essentially a budgeting for another teacher potentially but they but but that it that has they have to apply it to the program by would you say January 1 or somewhere in January so we would have we would know it when before the you know as we're budgeting but it could potentially be a okay. I've got a quick question for Lindy I don't know if she's going to be on tonight but just there yeah I don't even want to say it out loud to anybody. Well maybe we have negotiations to do the executive session maybe maybe by the time we get back from executive session she will have responded to you. Yes I'm just going to send her but I think she would have told me beforehand if she if they if there was an administrator had some interest in using this. Right. So once we get some I for the discussion on that I'm sorry I was sort of was not fully prepared for this meeting I was more prepared for the other meeting so let us go into executive session at six seven forty five p.m. Monday vote November 23rd to have to discuss negotiations. Ray are you ready to take us out of recording? I am. I'm a motion and a second. Thank you very much. Yes can someone move that we go to an executive session please. Yeah I make a motion that we go into executive session for negotiations discussion of negotiations. Can I have a second please. I'll second. Thank you justine. Okay okay so back to our agenda we're out of executive session at eight oh seven p.m. we have action items career change assistance program I will entertain a motion that we do not accept this program for our said for this year. Anyone move that. Amy made that motion do I have a second please. I second. Is there any further discussion. There being none all in favor signify for not offering it this year signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. All opposed. The ayes have it. The career change assistance program will not be offered this year. At six point two act to approve master agreement twenty twenty one and twenty one twenty two. What's your pleasure. Somebody make a motion. I would like to make a motion to approve the master agreement. Second. By second. Thank you justine. All in favor to approve the master agreement twenty twenty one and twenty one twenty two signify by saying aye. Aye. We're done. Other and adjourn and we will go back to the other meeting if you wish or you can you're done otherwise. Ethan we might want to follow up with Tim Keith. Just was maybe like a synopsis in an email but we came out of executive session and said maybe I don't think I haven't come back. Do we know is our other people back. Everyone else is back. Okay. All right. Yes I will follow up with all though. If somebody could for Jamie if you could forward me Keith's email address because I don't have this non W. R. V. S. U. Absolutely. Thank you. So let's drop out and we will rejoin the other meeting.