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And if not, can we get can we get those out? The importance of the goal progress is and I think ma April mentioned this earlier is the goals are part of the contract that the district has made with the family to provide these services and supports for the child. If my IEP was written in June of the previous school year, it's going to be important that I know in November, are these goals working? Are they too tough? Are they too too easy? So they can be adjusted. Next slide, please. April. So this is a math goal and this poor kid I use her so for such so so many examples. She's currently able to perform second grade arithmetic problems. It's cool. So her goal is given supports she'll be able to fluently add and subtract within a thousand using strategies and algorithms based on place value.
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uh addition subtraction 80% four out of five trials is measured by student work samples or p teacher record. So you can see in the first objective bottom sentence of it is that we want her to have 70% accuracy in three out of five trials. In the second objective, we're looking for 75% accuracy in four out of five trials, which will bring it bring us around to the 80%. This particular format and there are there are different kinds. This probably is the most common shows and again it has been cut off because so it would make it readable for you. So it shows the progress report number one and the summary of the progress and that benchmark was met. So we found out that she was able to do 90% accuracy. We were expecting 70% accuracy and she was able to do 90% with 90% accuracy.
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it further down marked that the goal was met and the comment was that she met and exceeded her goal. My question is and this is kind of rhetorical. If a benchmark is not met then what? And the way I look at it when I read them and I've so far this week I've read six IEPs. I'm lucky I can still remember my name. And my response would be what if she was a that first objective she was at 60 excuse me 65% accuracy. That's lower than what we had predicted. But is that okay? Yeah, it's probably okay. But to contrast that, what if she was only at 30% accurate? That underscores the reason why those periodic progress reports are important. Because if a student isn't is floundering, not doing well. We want to know that so that we can make a course adjustment to have an IEP amendment.
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talk about was the goal too easy, too hard, and what do we do need to do to change it? So, everything I'm looking at is in context to the other information that that's around it. The school district isn't obligated for the student to meet the goals, but they are obligated for the student to make meaningful progress. Next, please. And I think that's it. Um, I know we went through that super fast and it it feels kind of abbreviated to me, but I'm going to let April close by saying um today this is my last day at Family Resource Navigators. I'm retiring, but I am currently the special education specialist at Alta California Regional Center and my email address is on there. So, if you have questions for me, you can refer to the email address on there and happy happy to have you reach out to me and ask questions.
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Your turn, April. April, there you go. Yeah, I just had to find my mute button. So, um I can actually go back to um particular section here. Um yeah, just so all of you have just a a really a recap of what we had uh discussed. So for those who join late um really this uh information workshop was really meant to capture how a child or students present levels of academic performance um often shorthand called present levels and what you see here really how that um you know tells a story about your child and as the goals that Sid reviewed you know how that transfers and builds upon you know um really what was identified in in those uh present levels um and you know I as a parent I'm just speaking about also about the influence of the progress reports and and what she had mentioned about um I'm just going back here in terms of progress monitoring is that oftentimes you know when I was a new parent understanding the process that oh there there's something called progress on goals and it was a a check-in on my my child's IEP uh goals to just to see how they were doing.
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And for those that caught it, um that Sid mentioned that if um a goal is too challenging, well, that's where you can uh request an IEP meeting to see, well, maybe we can make that goal or have that goal modified so that it's more achievable. or if a goal has been met then we can decide okay well do we um make that more goal more challenging to the next level or um or do we just um consider that goal met and um call that a success. So again, um really how present levels and the creation of IEP goals really go hand in hand and how the whole IEP document really is a accurate reflection of your child and for um professionals it's an accurate reflection of that particular student and um really it all ties together as and and April I think that's especially um true sorry my son doesn't understand when I turn up my phone that I can't talk to him.
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Um, with little guys, children who are just entering preschool, children who are just coming to a new school after moving. This isn't this this isn't magical science. These baselines are are gathered by professionals who are using uh appropriate testing instruments, but they don't have a mi a magic wand or a globe. What am I trying to saying? Um, and so that's even more important why we should be monitoring progress on goals so that when we get a new child, whether because he's young or because he's from a different school, we can measure that and we can monitor and measure and make corrections as necessary. Yes. And uh I just wanted to highlight um I apologize for jumping around but you know as as we're you know the the document can be amended. It's it's not written in stone and again as we focused on goals today you know um parents and the IEP team can meet at any time.
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Um you know parents request a meeting in writing um for I amended IEPs. you know, the entire team doesn't need to be there, but those related to a specific goal can meet and say, okay, well, you know, as I've mentioned, do we make this goal more challenging? Do we need to modify it in a way where it makes sense? And so, some of the goals that um Sid reviewed where they didn't quite align. if you know parents notice that or an IEP team member notices that that's where an an IEP amendment can happen where you modify a particular goal because sometimes and this has happened to me what was intended you know we all know the intent of a particular goal but then when we read it after the fact we're like oh you know if another set of eyes looked at it probably wouldn't make sense even though the intention was there so um again nothing is written in stone in terms of uh you know um the portions of the document, especially the goals.
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And so, Sid, if I mentioned anything that wasn't um No, I I think that was that was right on, April. And I think I would emphasize what you said about it being a story. Um parents, especially when their children are young, can feel really intimidated by assessments and the whole IEP process because it's something new. But I truly think if you think of it as the story of your child and each of those sections that April showed of the of the of the components of the IEP itself are sort of chapters in your child's story for this year as as he is academically for this year. And so the story has to make sense. And so when I read an IEP, one of the things I look for is, does the story make sense? If I didn't know anything else about this child, then does it all hang together?
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And if you break it down that way, it makes it a lot less intimidating, I think, for families. And um um and here just my input from the parent perspective is you know in terms of you know what parents can uh provide parents are part of the IEP team and uh I had mentioned this earlier for those who join late you know parents oftentimes don't realize that they can provide input on you know any concerns or anything that needs to be addressed. Um what was mentioned um that Sid actually told me earlier today is that some of the tips include you know video um now that we have smartphones capturing um you know things that your child is good at or challenging um might find challenging on video or through audio we have um the technology now that to to really provide that accurate snapshot and really um the IEP um is individualized and and as such uh this is where you as a parents are you know the most knowledgeable about your child and this is where you have a piece in every uh portion of uh the present levels that you see here.
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So, um, again, an emphasis on just how, um, present levels, uh, are a reflection of those IEP goals and how those IEP goals end up, um, driving, um, the services and supports and the specialized instruction that your child receives within the IEP document. Questions?
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Yeah, I didn't didn't notice any questions, but I haven't seen anything come up and I haven't seen anybody raise their hand. Um, but maybe that means you guys were super concise and understanding and actually I do see a question just popped up in the Q&A. Um, we got what and where academic benchmarks by grade level can be found to aid us parents in ensuring our special needs kids are able to access faith that maximize their potential and capacity? Well, the I'm sorry, but somehow I just my iPad is talking to me. Um, what you can find, not so much about what you asked specifically, but there are goal banks everywhere. And so, say for example, two things. First of all, goals must be aligned with state standards. So, if we're talking about a math goal, we can look at what sixth grade math should look like, but then we have to compare that to what the child's assessed need is or assessed ability in math.
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And so, that's that's how they talk about some of the academic goals. If sixth grade, and forgive me because I can never remember standards, if sixth grade math is is algebra and the child can currently only write or add twodigit addition, then we want to build on that. We can't go directly from two-digit addiction to algebra. But goals are supposed to be aligned with grade level standards in mind. There was a time when the attitude was, well, he can only read at fourth grade level. That's good enough. And so this pro this protects children so that the g the goals have high expectations attached to them. The other thing, if we're talking about non-academic goals like behavior goals, executive functioning goals, look at some of the goal banks that are out there. You get there's no one best. Um, but you get some ideas about, oh, here's my students need.
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What might a good goal be written around that? And the reason I encourage parents to come into their meeting with their own own draft goals is because the people who write IEPs write a huge number of IEPs every year and they don't necessarily know your child. Well, they of course they don't know your child as well as you do. So, putting your brains together and you saying, "Hey, I know you told me he has difficulty with with organization. I found some ideas about what kind of goal we can write. What do you think?" And that's where the teamwork comes in. There are experts on hundreds and hundreds of kids. So, use use their expertise and respect their expertise. Yeah. And speaking a little bit more from kind of the district and Sela side of things. I think I think collaboration is super key. I know a number of my case managers um have conversations with families well in advance of IE meetings, right?
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Because the bulk of those conversations where we're making decisions happen in IE meetings, but input and receiving that information and having conversations about your child's progress are all things you can do with your teacher and case manager at any point. Right? So, if you have ideas about goals or have questions about what's going on, have that conversation with folks, right? Um, and like Sid um had mentioned, um, there's the state standards. If you're just looking for like academic standards to to tie to, um, on IEPs, if there is tied to a standard, it should list what that standard is, then reference it. And you can always ask as a parent, right? Because we as educators should be providing that information. What what are we relating and tying these goals to? um if they're academic tied to some kind of state standard that's grade level aligned um and like Sid said, right, we're meeting the student where they're at, but it should be related to a skill at the grade level that they're in, right?
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So, very key and important conversations to have. So, just an input from from our and pulling the whole team in in when you have issues or concerns, that's that's where the great problem solving happens. So, back to what Kevin said about talk to your teacher, talk to your case manager. If if there's an issue or concern, talk to those people. That's they may not know that you have a concern unless you share it with them. And you certainly are going to have trouble finding solutions unless you use the whole team collaboratively. We got another question from a family. It's a little specific and um I'll let you guys answer the pieces you're able to answer. Um for my son's case, 5-year-old, he is making a lot of progress in the academic goals in the IEP over the past one and a half years. What he is struggling a little bit more with is vocational adaptive daily living skills like toileting.
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Um the IEP team is commencing that they are doing the best they can in the classroom setting at this time. Um, is it true that the IEP team can still exit my son on the IEP because the other goals vocational adaptive daily living skills are not quite addressed by the school district while he's doing well academically? Just curious on your thoughts? I have some initial thoughts, but I'll let you guys answer. Just Yeah. Yeah. when we don't really have time to get into the specifics, but um you're the team. No one's allowed to exit your child from special education without assessments to show that he's no longer in need of specialized education and supports. And so I would I would hope that you would reach out to April with that question. she's probably going to want to see your IEP because that's that's something that is a more involved answer than what we can give right now.
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Yep. And just from like the district and SELPA side of things, right? I think it's it's absolutely right. Nobody can exit your student from special education without your consent and any exit recommendation should be based on assessments um that include academic and the other components, right? Vocational, adaptive, daily living, behavioral. So, um, that should be part of the process. You can absolutely speak with family resource navigators if that's, um, what you're interested in. Um, but you have, if you have a relationship with your district, I would also encourage you to speak with your your case manager about your concerns and the district office, right? So, reach out to a program specialist and ask those questions because they can also provide their perspective and support, right? So, you've got connections in the community with family resource navigators and hopefully your district as well. Good question. Thank you.
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thank you it's my job yeah welcome everyone um Welcome to our Tuesday March 14th 2020-23 Board of Education meeting um can we start with interpretation Guadalupe are you here oh in the back thank you um interpretations gracias thank you so much thank you thank you so much all right I'd like to call our regular meeting of the Adams 14 Board of Education shorter first on the agenda is Pledge of Allegiance everyone would please stand and join me I'm also for a moment of silence nothing in particular just um a couple years ago we were just leaving our buildings for kovitz so maybe keep them um everyone that we've lost due to covet in our hearts tonight thank you I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for Maybe thank you first on the agendas roll call um Romano would you conduct real call please Mr Amador here Ms Estrada here Ms Lovato Here Ms Molina here miss Zubia here thank you next may I have a motion to approve the minutes of February 14 2023 regular meeting and the February 28th 2023 executive executive session and study session minutes so moved second uh Ramona roll call again please Mr Amador aye Ms Estrada aye Ms Lovato aye Ms Molina aye Ms Zubia hi thank you uh next is item 2.7 approval of the agenda may have a motion to approve the agenda so moved second thank you Ramona roll call please Mr almador aye Mrs Estrada aye Ms Lovato aye Ms Molina aye Ms ubia aye thank you um first on our agenda is celebration celebrations and recognitions if I could speak um first up I'd like to invite our athletic director uh Mr Le Crew to introduce our athletes and coaches that are here today thank you Mr recruit thank you for having me uh us appreciate it when I was reached out about this opportunity you know I jumped on it to recognize some great things going on this year uh first you know slow update about spring Sports uh we added a new sport this year boys volleyball uh it's it was fun today watching these boys get out there trying to learn and actually those coaches or the coaches and myself learning oh here's all the little things we forgot about today as far as having the balls the setup or the jam and all that yeah some of the important things you know but it was fun to get those boys out there but we have about uh 16 kids you know so which is nice and so we're competing against five different teams this year um let's see I'm having teams come most of our teams come here to play us here at Olympic High School just due to uh lack of Transportation right now you know we only have a couple bus drivers that are available after school to drive you know and in this due to our times we get out of school and all that so I was fortunate enough to get some teams to come down here and play us uh baseball will have their first game tomorrow against Westminster High School girls tennis has their first match today they're against against Jefferson at home girls soccer had their first match last weekend's Arvada a very good Arvada team actually and our team walked away with the 2-1 Victory you know and then they're actually at Pomona High School today playing uh we're looking at getting girls golf back up and going so we have some girls interested in that so we'll see uh how many uh we could get out come April when we start actually being able to hit the course and boys swimming boys swimming I think we have around nine uh swimmers for that and so busy spring season ahead of us which we'll give we'll go in next week um so let's jump into it so uh when I first was named athletic director uh Mr Garcia the principal you know encouraged me to join the Colorado Athletic Directors Association to help with my development as athletic director within the first couple weeks of that we had the opportunity to nominate uh uh Colorado Middle School athletic director of the year um I worked with Miss Kristen Gilmore since my son well probably about eight years for the past eight years I've stayed connected with her because I was a dean at Kearney Middle School at one time and that was her first year there I've seen all the things she does for the community and for the kids at Kearney Middle School uh the Cub challenge uh various after school activities coaching she's there from 7 6 30 7 o'clock in the morning to about 8 P.M 8 30 at night she puts in a lot you know she goes out and tries to get donations and get sponsors and tries to find things for these kids to do is to stay busy and uh in the building as much as possible and you know so um so I nominated her and found out about a month ago that she was now she was recognized as the Colorado Middle School athletic director of the year thank you so you know with that so in uh I meet with the Middle School athletic directors uh weekly on every Monday morning you know prior to them getting in their building and with that you know I I speak to him about this the classes I'm taking and I encourage them to continue down the same path as their growth as athletic directors and that's something Kristin has to take is going to be taken advantage of so uh at the end of April we have a conference where she will be awarded this award but she's also will be taking some professional development classes alongside me to gain her certificate as a certified athletic administrator you know so she'll be awarded uh that weekend and she'll get that award at that time um jumping into fall Sports this one this year had opportunity a couple years ago uh speaking with a couple coaches are like man we we have a vision for the softball program well fast forward a couple years I became the athletic director and they were available so this first thing is I gave them a call you know so uh they came in uh connoisseur noticed because usually you start getting ready in spring for The Fall season and it was in the summer and we were able to get uh some girls together and jump into the The Fall season and one thing they just this uh softball team needed was on the in the field as well the another team but the field was some TLC they organized the community you know event to get the people out there in the community and clean up the field and they set some simple expectations for our students stations and you know those girls you know started showing up to practice started showing up on time started showing up for study uh study hours study hours was out on the field you know so good bonding time uh their first week of games was a tournament uh at with Thornton High School we played good Thornton High School kicked our butts our girls got a little you know down on themselves but through the whole season our girls battles it came time to play Thornton High School to go to the championship and we kicked their butts you know we jumped up on him uh never let off and we waited to the championship game unfortunately we lost the championship game but we qualified for the Regionals which we believe is the first in school history you know so we went out to Sterling uh played out there uh got the approval to trino make sure the girls stood overnight so they're arrested and you know our girls went there and competed you know not the results we wanted but uh it was a great season so um with that uh coach Sarah King Donna our head coach was named coach of the year for the Colorado League um she had she has a great staff you know uh her assistant coaches her husband you know so I got to make sure I mentioned the assistant coach is the husband uh and then our assistant coach Jake Durand is a security in the building you know and his wife also was an assistant just coaching staff could each one of them could be a head coach anywhere in the state and build a great program so we I think we have one of the best coaching staffs in the state and not only is this when it comes to coaching but just great individuals who care about these kids which these girls don't so um I don't know if coach Sarah would like to come up here and say any words [Music] [Applause] and Miss Gilmore too if she'd like to um I just want to say thanks for the opportunity Mr La crew to come out and work with an excellent group of girls you know the softball program definitely needed TLC and it wasn't lack of talent it was simply just lack of belief we um our motto All year was more as possible and I wanted these girls to understand that they can do more they could be more and this program would grow and that's exactly what happened we're starting our spring season because they're going to stick with us and by next fall hopefully that we'll go deeper into the playoffs that's ultimately the goal um no coaches coach of the year without their staff so my staff is unbelievable like you said they could be head coaches anywhere and I am just fortunate enough to be able to kind of Empower them to do what they do so thank you congratulations [Applause] um so jumping into winter season uh you know where I work in the building with all pretty much all my coaches you know coach Jared though he's at Leicester Arnold but my head coaches are all employees of the district uh girls basketball coach James Rogers you know this gentleman is in my office by seven in the morning I probably see him six times throughout the day with always got two questions for you so you said that last time coach you know but it's our daily visit our Daisy chit chat session you know um but uh he puts in a lot of work he's a football coach he's a basketball coach he volunteers day and night for these kids um you know he he's there the kids know if they need something they could ask Rogers and he'll say yes you know so uh he's a great guy to have in the building and he always wants more for these kids uh this year the girls basketball team had the uh best winning season since 2005.
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you know that a couple people are going to be joining late so good evening it is 602 P.M my name is John mursky and as chair of the Ann Arbor energy commission I'm calling this meeting to order I am participating from my home in Ann Arbor welcome to the February 14 2023 electronic meeting of the energy commission this virtual meeting is to affect social distancing and to mitigate the spread of the covid-19 virus we will conduct this meeting like an in-person meeting Commissioners during roll call please indicate your location also during the meeting please remain on camera just as you would be visible during an in-person meeting finally mute your microphone when not speaking public comment will be via telephone only to speak during any of the public comment opportunities at the beginning and at the end of the meeting please call one of the following two toll numbers toll-free numbers 877-853-5247 or 888 788-0099 and enter the meeting ID number five excuse me nine five six eight seven one eight seven eight seven six on your phone this information is always also available on the published agenda and in the meeting Public Notices of the city's website as well as on the broadcast of this meeting on CTN Channel 16 18t channel 99 and online at www.a2gov.org backslash watch CTN Joe would you please read the land acknowledgment yep can do give me a second uh couple people are in the uh attendees list let me add them first um yes uh I acknowledge that the land the city of Ann Arbor occupies is the ancestral traditional and contemporary lands of the anishinabe and Wyandotte peoples I further acknowledge that our city stands like almost all property in the United States on lands obtained generally in unconscionable ways from indigenous peoples The Taking of this land was formalized by the Treaty of Detroit in 1807 knowing where we live work study and recreate does not change the past but a thorough understanding of the ongoing consequences of this past can Empower us in our work to create a future that supports human flourishing and justice for all individuals thank you very much and if you now uh take the Roll Call yep um commissioner maycomer uh present from my home in Ann Arbor commissioner Levin here from my home in Ann Arbor uh chair mersky you're calling in from my home in Ann Arbor uh Vice chair Colvin Garcia you're still on mute there here from my home in Ann Arbor council member Briggs is not here yes member Briggs will be 10 minutes late she texted me just a little while ago okay um council member radina will not be able to join tonight um commissioner McCoy she just texted me she's also not going to be able to join she did send me some input that I hope to remember to uh provide to the rest of the commission and some of the agenda items and I also forwarded that to commissioner Calvin Garcia so be hopefully between the two of us we uh share that with you great thank you um commissioner Kerber here from Ann Arbor commissioner overpeck you're from Ann Arbor commissioner Smith here for my home in Ann Arbor commissioner cohenen let me know they will not be able to make it today um commissioner zitelman you're in Ann Arbor commissioner harp you're joining from Ann Arbor and commissioner Berkowitz here my home in Ann Arbor all right chair you have a quorum great thank you very much so um I'd appreciate it if you could yeah um commissioner McKenna do you have a question or I know I didn't get to say that I was present but I am person oh okay my apologies thank you uh so um we have a pretty busy agenda tonight hopefully you all had a chance to look at it as well as the materials we're going to be covering and I would uh like to entertain now a motion to approve the agenda in a second motion from commissioner Colin Garcia second from commissioner Macomber uh any discussion just one point from my perspective the last agenda point was a last minute ad so if we are running really late then I'll drop we'll drop that and consider that at the next meeting um so everybody in favor of the agenda is published please raise your hand and say hi hi that's unanimous so that passes thank you very much um approval of the minutes uh the minutes are also posted pretty straightforward uh and I have a motion to approve the minutes and a second so a motion from commission result man in a second from commissioner McCumber any discussion seeing none uh all those in favor approving the minutes please raise your hand and say aye aye any one uh have any objection to the minutes seeing none uh the minutes pass thanks very much so uh public input this is an opportunity for persons to speak for up to three minutes as I mentioned earlier if you're watching on CTN please call 888-788 -0099 or 877-853 -5247 and enter meeting ID [Music] 956-871-87876 this information is also displayed on the meeting agenda and video feed City staff will select callers that have raised their hand by one by one using the last three digits of your phone number to electronically raise your hand to indicate your desire to speak please press star nine on your phone you will hear an automated message announcement that the host is allowing you to speak and when speaking please move to a quiet place and mut any background noise so that we may hear you clearly and then finally please state your name and address at the beginning of your comments all right um caller ending in two four five hello you can hear me yep yes uh good evening energy Commissioners I'm Kathleen Murphy I live at 315 Linda Vista Street in ward 5.
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