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Life takes us all down different paths. We must find our own way for our own life, no matter how similar they may be. Have faith in yourself. Even if you cannot see what lies ahead, it is there waiting for you. Last words of advice. True happiness does not depend on how much wealth you possess. Happiness is totally circumstantial. Surrounding yourselves with a supportive community is what helps you thrive. Money and material wealth are not fulfilling human needs, but social connections, safety, and education are. In the words of Nelson Mandela, education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Thank you all again for having me and I wish you all the best in your future endeavors. Congratulations to the new inductees of this year's National Honor Society. At this time, it gives me great pleasure to bring to the podium Maline Padija, the chapter president to preside over the candle lighting ceremony.
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So we are on track for that and we'll have the exact numbers for you when the 2023 report comes out on act 158 in July. So um this is for financial literacy or computer science. Thank you Heidi. Another question. Sure. So Heidi, I know that there is a lot of push for early college and a lot of the kids um who feel pressured because the pressure is put on them at an early age to determine what they're going to major in or what is their life profession and so forth. Uh and many of them are not don't have the time to really enjoy high school. So, does that also affect the fact that if they're going to be doing early college, then all of these electives are that they're not able to take the electives or that if we're going to increase the the um graduation requirements, how does how does early college compete or work with with some of these requirements, right?
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[Applause] The membership of the National, excuse me, the membership of the Greater Lawrence Technical School chapter of the National Honor Society has been earned by the effective demonstration of the four qualities held in high esteem by the society. Four of the members will receive these qualities for the candidates. Scholarship, leadership, character, and service. At this time, it gives me great pleasure to invite a Stephanie Mayorgga Pradomo to the podium to discuss the qualifications of scholarship and Adam and Kolingo to the light to light the scholarship ceremonial candle. Scholarship means a commitment to learning. Students are willing to spend hours in reading and study. Knowing the lasting benefits of cultivated mind, we should continue to learn even when formal education has ended. For education ends only only with the end of life. Knowledge is one great element in life which leads to the high success. It can be acquired in only one way through diligence and effort.
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and and I I think there's value in all. We we don't force any student and we we want to be cognizant of that to take early college courses but there are some students who do want to take early college courses. So I think the array of offerings that we can provide to our students um the larger the array the best but we we don't want to um pigeonhold any student in one track nor do we um expect them to decide on their career. We want to expose them to a variety um all of the offerings that are out there and let them choose their own pathway. I I realize that this the DOE itself does not put the pressure but peer pressure, family pressure, and then we wonder why our kids get to college and they need psychologists and they need therapy. Um, and we're seeing more and more of that.
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Learning furnishes the lamp by which we read the past and the light illuminates the future. Candidates have the charge to continually expand their world through the opportunities inherited in scholarship. At this time, it gives me pleasure to invite to the podium Lani Sanchez to discuss the qualifications for leadership in Alexander Shapiro to light the ceremonial candle. Leadership should exert wholesome influence on the school. In taking the initiative in class and school activities, the real leader tries to train and aid others to obtain the same objective. The price of leadership is the sacrifice, the willingness to yield one's personal interest for the interest of others. A leader has self-confidence and will go forward when others hesitate. No matter what power and resources may exist in a country, they're ineffectual without the guidance of a leader of a wise leader. I mean, leadership should I mean, excuse me, leadership is always needed thus a thus to lead a subtainive charge to each of the members.
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And there must be some correlation with all of this pressure starting from intermediate school where they're talking about career track already. when I know when I was a senior, I still didn't know what I was gonna what area I was gonna go in. And I still don't Yeah. What I what I what I majored in and what I'm in now is certainly not the same thing. Um but I mean, you know, but the pressure on on on our kids today um that has to have a bearing on them. So, and I don't know, we don't ever talk about that. So, and thank you for that that we we I do note that. I I I do think the department does need to be very cognizant of that to make sure that our kids are um academically astute but also emotionally healthy because you know parents see that oh they're offering or college how come you're not taking her to college why aren't you part of this you know that pressure um is great on our young people so thank you thank you members further questions okay recess Yes.
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At this time, it gives me pleasure to invite Lisa Seedo to the podium to discuss the qualification of character and Christine Seder to light the ceremonial candle. Character. Character is the force within each individual which distinguishes that person from others. It gives each of us our individuality. It is without that no one can respect oneself nor hope to attain the respect of others. It is this force of character that guides one through life and when once develop grows steadily. Characters is achieved and not received. It is a product of constant action striving daily to make the right choice. The problem of character is the problem of self-control. We must be in reality what we wish to appear to others. By demonstrating such qualities such as respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, fairness, caring, and citizenship, we may hope to prove by example that we value character. At this time, it gives me great pleasure to invite Michelle Maro to the podium to discuss the qualification for service and Ariel Salasar to light the ceremonic candle.
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Being the committee on education. The recommend recommendation of the chair will be to defer to Monday, March 20, 2023, 3 PM in this room 229 all three items on the agenda. This is House Bill 960HD1, House Bill 961HD1, and House Bill 503HD2. Members questions not meeting a journ.
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My office is service. Service can be described in various ways. In the routine of the day's work, many opportunities arise to help others. Willingness to work for the benefit of those in need without monetary compensation or without recognition is the quality we seek in our membership. We are committed to the idea of volunteering our time and abilities to the creation of a better tomorrow. Maline Padilla and Mrs. Santana will now lead us in the introduction of the inductees. Where does it say? Okay. Ceremonies such as the one you are observing this evening are conducted by high schools throughout the spring and across the c country by nationally certified chapters of the National Honor Society. Dr. Edward Rinerson, founder of the National Honor Society, described the setting of the induction ceremony. He stated, "These exercises should always be held in public in order that no one will confuse the society with a secret fraternity that the school and community as a whole may catch the inspiration of higher ideals.
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The purpose of such a ceremony is to welcome a new group of outstanding individuals to an organization that recognizes students who reflect outstanding accomplishments in scholarship, character, leadership, and service. The symbols surrounding all of all of us this evening are embedded in great tradition. The candle lighting ceremony being utilized this evening is the oldest and common in common traditions of the National Honor Society induction ceremonies. This is the time when inductees now become members. a time when they will be vested with the gold stole an indication of hard work and academic achievement. At this time, we will be calling the inductees by name. The music can start. I apologize if I say somebody's name wrong. We'll see. We'll start as soon as the music starts. Okay. I can't wait for the music. I'm getting antsy. Okay. Fine. Jerem Jesus. [Music] Mia de la Cruz. Grandi Hill, [Music] Jollette Gomez, Aguas Viva, [Music] Esmeralda Himenez, [Music] Shahif say, [Music] Alec Santiago [Music] Ashley Tavares Castillo, [Music] Carolina Savala.
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Natalie Aldana [Music] Marisol Almansad Polano [Music] Jefferson Bahera, [Music] Megan Cole, [Music] Mia Copeling, Alandra Cordiero, [Music] Ruby Cornelier, Monat Custodio. [Music] I de leong morel, [Music] Vanessa Diaz. Jeralis Diaz Perez, [Music] Ethan Dubois [Music] Angeli Espo, [Music] Victoria Espinosa. [Music] and Marie Garcia Martinez, [Music] Rosani Hill, Caldero [Music] Elva Granjo, [Music] Madielli, Hakovita. [Music] Marcel Lightfoot Taylor, [Music] Lenita Lopez. Cassandra Malave, Lugo, [Music] Rasheli Martinez, [Music] Donald McY, [Music] Leila Monttero, [Music] Haley Morz, Jeremy Musc Bernice Olivier, [Music] Jinis Perez. S [Music] Mia Heres, [Music] Ariana Rodriguez, [Music] Geriliz Rodriguez, [Music] Dana Roas. Scarlett Roas Nunes, [Music] Gilma Rosales, [Music] Jasine Rosales, [Music] Clarielis Rosario, [Music] Julysa Sanchez, Margaret Cifllin [Music] this Lenny Ujo [Music] Maya Vargas Guess [Music] Vargas, Joshua Vasquez, Whitaker Young, Roberto, Sora [Music] And I'm happy to tell you, [Applause] Mrs. Mrs. Casado will lead the new members in the NHS pledge.
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You may be seated. You can go back down. It gives me great pleasure to introduce Norbellis Espel, treasurer of the Greater Lawrence Technical School chapter of the National Honor Society to the podium to offer the closing address. Michelle Obama once said, Your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude. Our new inductees have shown this. Confidence isn't about feeling superior to others. It is about the inner knowledge that you're capable of. Good evening, district committee, school administration, teachers, students, parents, family, and friends. We gather here today to pay tribute to these students who have worked their hardest to their themselves and their community by rising up and formally being inducted into the National Honor Society. Life is like a book and today our new in inductees have a open a new chapter in their lives. These students will be challenged in completing community service hours, keeping the G GPA above a 3.5 and making sure they represent the National Honor Society in their best behavior.
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I would like to say that I'm proud of each and everyone and that I'm taking the opportunity to speak in behalf of myself and the other current members in saying that you're not alone and that we walk with you to help to help you in this journey. As this ceremony comes to an end, I would like to invite all members, parents, advisors, and special guests to the cafeteria who where food will be served. Please, [Applause] this ceremony is officially ended. But before we give out hugs, we just I just have to ask the current members and the new inductees. Oh, can someone please blow out these five candles before I stop breathing. Thank the Lord. So, we just need to take a group photo. Are they trick candles? Maybe they are. Sorry. Let's give her a round of applause. I'm going to ask all the members and the new inductees.
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We're going to take a group photo. I think I'm I'm gonna recommend that the new We're going to try to Where are you? Right there. He's coming. We'll stay here. [Applause] the cheapest piece of paper. later. Get us This is just a reminder. New inductees, after your pictures, please return the stoalls. After your pictures, please return the stoalls. When you're ready, you can take your picture. Okay, let me get out of the way. I need to get my bag.
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doing pretty well hey Jeff did this time I know that um we had talked a while back about the the time issue is this going to work going forward or do you think we should discuss this as a commission about like trying to find a different time that works for everyone I mean I I'm fine with this um I don't I don't have any conflicts with this time you know right now um so I'm finally staying this way if this works for everybody else I don't know when the last time like the whole group discussed it if it was it would be something that would be good to discussed again but but it found my account it's fine okay great I I seem to remember some kind of conflict on your end and I just wanted to make sure that we knew that if you know so we could discuss it if it were an issue yeah that was just that one concert I had rehearsals for so how'd the concert go I would very well thank you lovely Zechariah I'm not sure if you were copied or if I forwarded it to you but Gail won't be attending tonight I saw that yeah I think you must have forwarded it to me perfect thank you I'm gonna go in and out of uh view because I'm just finishing up my dinner so I hope that's okay but I'll be attentive thanks Nick I appreciate you being here nonetheless nobody wants to watch me eat okay I think we're good to get started and if we have any like comments um they can just join um okay so welcome everyone to the March 16th meeting of the Ann Arbor renters commission I hope everyone's doing very well um now the purpose of the renters commission is to advise the city council and the city city administrator in matters affecting renters in the city of Ann Arbor the Ann Arbor renters commission is made up of voting members who are appointed by the mayor and approved by city council two non-voting city council Liaisons one non-voting liaison to hhsib that seats currently empty and um two non-voting members representing different landlord perspectives as well as one non-voting representative from the University of Michigan Student Legal Services now we have a couple sections where we'll offer um public comments so uh if you'd like to speak through the webinar link or by phone um the information to do that is so for the phone you have to call 877-853-5247 and enter a meeting ID 935-8080-1941 to be called on to speak and give your comments callers must press star nine if they're listening by phone or just raise your hand if you're doing it through the web link and we have the the short the shortened link which is a2gov.org forward slash renters commission meeting uh where the first letter of each word is capitalized and then you will be called upon by City staff one by one using the last three digits of your phone number or by the username if you're calling in through Zoom you'll hear an automatic automated announcement that the host is allowing you to speak so please state your name at the beginning of your comment uh and if you'd like you can also State uh your address or your ward uh City staff will indicate when callers have 30 seconds left of their three minute comment period and after three minutes uh you will be placed on mute so that we can go to the next speaker okay so moving on to roll call because it's an electronic meeting we should we have to still include the city and state we're attending from so I will go through the role uh I am here commissioner Chen yes I'm here and I'm a calling from kanjo China I'm visiting I'll be back in a few days so yeah sorry thank you I can't believe you're calling into this that shows real commitment thank you dun dun I hope you're having a great visit in China yeah thank you commissioner Peterson hi everyone I'm calling in from Ann Arbor and I uh welcome Lucy and I forgot to say I'm also calling in from Ann Arbor um commissioner Kelly I am here in Ann Arbor welcome commissioner Cohen Smith here calling in from Ann Arbor welcome commissioner rumel here and calling in from the bucolic Township of Ann Arbor Township lovely uh commissioner droppleman I'm here and uh calling from Ann Arbor welcome commissioner else hi guys I'm here from Ann Arbor My Children sound like animals so I have my sound filter on hopefully we don't hear it but I haven't heard anything so far that's all right uh commissioner Lowe's here I'm calling in from ward 3 of Ann Arbor excuse me Ward four commissioner Tibbetts I am here also in Ann Arbor welcome commissioner Rosen was not here our um liaison to SLS council member redina here and back in Ann Arbor as of a couple of hours ago ah welcome back don't know where you were but uh council member Harrison I'm here and I'm in Ann Arbor welcome uh and now we had uh one resignation since our last meeting which was commissioner Mukherjee I'm very sad to see her go she was a really hard working member of the commission um and just a really nice neighbor so anyway I hope she's able to um to stay engaged somehow going forward if possible okay now uh also our staff member sorry Kristen thank you yes and our City attorney one of us any Attorney John John folks welcome and that brings us to I think I got everyone I just want to double check before we move on yeah um now we can move on to item number three which is the approval of our agenda um so I have a question for Kristen before we proceed I I know I had contacted you Kristen about amending the agenda since we had a request to add a resolution um another one that I think the commission hasn't seen yet do I do we approve the agenda first and then motion to amend it I always forget um we'll move and second to approve the agenda and then we'll move in second to do an amendment and then you'll vote on the amendment and then at the end you'll vote on the amended agenda are you is there a different Amendment than you had emailed about with the carbon monoxide or is that the one that's the one okay perfect thank you yes so is there a motion to approve the agenda so I moved uh motion my Jeff okay uh do we have a second second by Lucy so I will motion to amend the agenda to add on a resolution that is endorsing um a version of the carbon monoxide detector requirement proposed by council member Cornell who presented at our last meeting foreign do we have a second for that motion okay I think I heard Nick first um great so all those in favor of amending the agenda to include that resolution um say I I okay all those opposed say okay with that the resolution uh is included in our in our agenda and the agenda's uh amended I will present that and we can go through the language it's uh you know before we start discussing it um okay so now we have to approve the amended agenda uh so all those in favor of approving the amended agenda say I I am all those opposed say nay okay with that the amended agenda is adopted Christian did I do that right um really good job um one thing I would like to clarify where on the agenda you'd like to have this item you want to have it um yes we have several business items tonight um maybe um with the other resolution so they're kind of like the two action items are together in case anyone's calling in the speak don't have to sure yeah so that would be six step we would add this on a 6-c a d excuse me D after that one and then push DNE to enf right yeah so added after the um sorry I'm pulling up my agenda yes right after 8C um then at the Natural Gas not eight six sorry oh I'm sorry did I mess that up so let's put it on the agenda between um the resolution and support of the ordinance to ban natural gas and the um discussion apartment wait list so it'll be um the new 6D the rest will move down yeah thank you awesome perfect okay I'll try to remember that when we get to that part agenda great all right um just go back to the agenda now so now we need to approve our previous meetings minutes so we have the minutes from our February 16th meeting 2023.
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foreign [Music] 2023-24 uh budget um the state on Thursday March the 16th 2023. if you'd all please rise for a central flag of Silence 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 all thank you local police is uh going to be late this option at the moment lifelong Learners who are responsible and productive citizens contributing to the Democratic Society in an ever-changing world public buildings and public bodies at which all business is affecting our interest is discussed selected upon foreign [Music] Europe I'm sorry I'm gonna start off today and I'm going to ask my team to uh three one two check one two three Mark how we doing check one two three now there's about a minute delay between like we're pretty much live on City but when we're streaming there's a minute delay between what we're seeing here and then what the people are seeing at home on their computers so this sound check will it'll hit us about a minute this is probably I can't see you guys I want to be able to see you are you okay that's good thank you Mr chair okay Mr mcconnelly we're good to go thank you good evening commissioners administrative team members of the community uh watching on the live stream and our invited guests here tonight and our guests who weren't invited you're welcome to tonight we have a presentation a really informal presentation on the temporary budget not the temporary budget the tentative budget the preliminary budget in the past ladies and gentlemen this is something that would take place in the finance committee the administration would meet with the finance committee we would talk about the district's needs we would talk about the state aid that we're receiving and then we would make a decision on how to go forward with the budget before the rest of the board even knew what was going on and last year if you remember the night of our actual budget hearing there were some Commissioners who rightfully questioned some things about the budget they wanted to know well what did the administration ask for that perhaps the finance committee said no to what was that discussion like because they weren't a part of it and so thanks to the entire board for this year saying hey we want to hear this presentation we want to know what the district's needs are so that we can make an informed decision when it comes to budget time now please note you there is no formal vote tonight there is no action that will be taken purpose of tonight it's for the administration to present to the board what we believe are the district's priorities and for you to give us Direction on how to move forward we're going to give you options in our budget and the goal is tonight for us to have a probably lengthy which is okay but a fruitful discussion on the budget of the Clifton public schools for the 23-24 school year the budget is a board of education decision the board of educations one of their one of their Prime primary responsibilities is fiscal responsibility and that means the budget other than policy it is perhaps your biggest responsibility however in my experience this board and previous boards have always listened to the administration the Administration has demonstrated what it needs to provide for the children and staff members in this district and I have no doubt that that will happen again this year you as the board represent the taxpayer but please don't forget that you also represent the students who oftentimes have no voice in the budget and you represent the staff who oftentimes don't have any say in the budget and we are a large operation in the Clifton Public School District 11 000 students almost 1700 staff members in 22 buildings say large comprehensive operation and we have a lot of needs before I get to those needs tonight by trade I'm a history teacher and I'm a firm believer that in order to know where we're going we have to know what has happened in the past so please allow me some time to talk about the history of how we got to where we are tonight not just in Clifton but in the state of New Jersey as far as it pertains to the budget can you confirm with Mr mccunney that they're sound ing this is because understand okay state constitution of New Jersey has a clause that provides for the thorough and efficient education of children between the ages of five and 16.
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you're good all right we are back in regular sessions 9 24 p.m if you do a quick roll call please yes Tammy Hines yes Greg Meyer Andrea Corey Scott middle camp I I hear Lisa Schumacher here Tyson search here all right we have a forum so in the executive session we reviewed wrong board sorry guys all right um I think we have a couple action items as a result of the executive session which one is hiring of it as principal and made like a make a motion to do that I will make the motion to hire Amanda better for a 10-month contract from July 1 2023 through June 30th 2025 as the high school assistant principal leaving a posting for opening of a chspe teacher perfect for your second winter roll home yes is that little Camp all right Lisa Schumacher yes Tyson search yes all right second item for Action is the extension of the administrator contracts because we like to make a motion to extend the contracts uh I would I would like to make a motion to um extend the contracts as follows Robert Dugan contract from July 1st 2023 to July 30th 2020.
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all right call the minion to order welcome everyone the March edition of the Columbia school board meeting called the mean to order we'll do a quick roll call please Kimberly Tyson sir here perfect we do have a quorum very much well you would stand with me and recite the Pledge of Allegiance 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 awesome thank you I'd like to welcome our visitors this evening we have uh Micah Studio Thunder no go ahead all right perfect we have our two uh School Board candidates here so then with Lisa they're not running against anybody else so you guys are pretty much issuing so welcome thanks for joining us this evening got some other visitors thank you for joining us this evening do we have any public comments oh all right perfect we have correspondence I think that's going around the room with that we'll get right into our consent agenda Mr Brodie if you'd walk us through that please all right well you've got your typical reports there um we're accepting two resignations John hee middle school math and Elizabeth Stone freshman volleyball coach we've got um a few appointments or Employments doesn't need Dasani sorry sorry uh shadler High School Agriculture and Kylie Wolfe it would be high school English and Quentin Spivey High School Middle School business extracurriculars we have Josh Hogan volunteer track coach he is um being added because his son is quite um the competitor he came in 11th in the nation I believe at the New Balance open that was an Invitational in Boston and so this will allow him to take his son to other meets um and compete so that's a great opportunity for that we wish him well and then we've got Quentin Spivey who I mentioned is in business being the eighth grade baseball assistant coach um because of the resignations we've got a middle school math teacher and a freshman volleyball teacher or volleyball coach posted for your approval Administration recommends that you approve the consent agenda as presented perfect any questions concerns comments very none I'd entertain a motion to approve the consent of gender as presented I'll make that motion thank you Scott for a second Tyson seconds uh roll call please yes Greg Meyer yes Scott aye yes typing search yes perfect that's unanimous we'll go on to our Communications reports and presentations our enrollment report is in your packet anything substantial there we'll go right on to our administrative reports start with the building as you can see from my blue screen lovely pictures of our students if they showed up we did an egg drop for our eighth grade students as I started on the second floor they built these lovely containers to drop an egg if anyone survived they got to go on I can't think of it the stretcher up Mr Kendall dropped him we had a lot of people that created great designs to have their egg survive so there wasn't One winner but everyone won with just the tremendous design to keep those eggs safe and we all know eggs are like 50 each and it really helps out uh I also had a picture of the sixth grade doing the peppered moth lab this is to investigate how camouflage affects the survival chances of an organism the adaption and natural selection basically we they had to put on these glasses and then they had to use tweezers on their nose and they couldn't really see what they were picking up and how they're picking it up and then some of the colors were the same as the colors that were on the paper so it was very challenging they seemed to really enjoy themselves it was very interactive and Biz loved it uh my second slide is of the 8th graders at Eagle View we send them over once a month they're creating children's books they're developing great relationships you see all the Acres go in and they have this I'm so cool mentality then when they see these young kids they're like oh my gosh and their heart melts and they're just so sweet and lovely and the Eagle View will be coming over on March 31st we're going to be adopting bunnies they'll get a little uh stuff rabbit and then we're gonna see about possibly bringing in real rabbits we're deciding about that my third lovely slide is our um projects our service projects that our schools our grades did our fifth grade did treats for troops our sixth grade worked with the human support services for canned food drive our seventh grade worked with Berea Nursing Home in our eighth grade collected items for helping strays presentations were lovely it was great to have an assembly where students were paying attention listening and I think they were really moved by everything that was said otherwise I believe that's good anything from the Salem stargazing night is next week Friday the 24th at 7 30 p.m at the Salt Lick Trailhead if you're interested there's a big parking lot there and then a field right across from the parking lot and the Riverbend astronomy club is going to be coming with their giant telescopes and we're just working on finalizing the goodie bags contents so it'll be a fun night what time did you say that was 7 30 just to get in and get settled while we have a little light left and we'll go from there perfect also we're doing iir testing next week so if you see any students remind them to charge their Chromebook get a lot of sleep and bring a extra book oh and headphones and headphones yes please bring your headphones perfect thank you all right we're on to our assistant superintendent report like Jake said on my lovely slide you would see that um so a couple of shout outs I just want to give I'm starting at the high school our new nurse um Jenny Rao she has just stepped in and done a phenomenal job she not only you know jumped in to help get all of the paperwork that had been piling up since we didn't have a nurse to start the year off with but she has been instrumental in helping us as a district help come up with some different policies and procedures for next year as far as making sure that we can serve our students and our staff in the best way so she has just been a a blessing and a great addition to our our staff here at the middle school I wanted to give a shout out to one of our custodians Tom writerski the administration at the middle school has actually received several comments a couple from parents and staff but also a couple from students who have reached out and just said how much they appreciate Mr Tom that he goes above and beyond and helping it is no there's no time that you won't see him somewhere doing something that you wouldn't think of he was in the cafeteria the other day helping with condiments and opening ketchup packets and cleaning up things but he also is right there when we at the fifth grade band concert the other day helping set up and making sure that we can accommodate what we need to so it's just he is a a true blessing to have at the middle school and and helps out with whatever he can whenever at Eagleview I want to give a shout out to Robin Seiler our secretary um I'm sorry at Parkview they always talk about um write your you know Administration likes to think that they're really the ones calling the shots when really it's the secretaries that we know run the buildings um and I would say Mr Dugan has said over and over again that he would be lost without um Robin in the office she does a phenomenal job and again she is another one that is not only doing everything that you would think of in the office but is all over the place filling in taking pictures doing whatever she can so she is phenomenal and then last at Eagleview I want to give a shout out to one of our kindergarten teachers Michelle erkey so we last month as part of our professional development did we talked about inclusion and not just students with IEPs but all students and really talked about getting rid of those labels that there's right they're all students and they're all our students there's no yours or mine they're all our students and in Michelle's room she has partnered up with Tiffany dill and she brings in The Kindergartners out of Tiffany's class in the morning to do morning meeting and when you go in there you really do have no idea which students are from which classroom they all participate they all are asked the same questions but she also is doing a lot of teaching them life skills and you know introducing yourselves to people and talking to them and asking questions and they give a lot of would you rather if they play would you rather every day so the other day I was in there and it was would you rather be a pirate or go on a treasure hunt but they not only answer that but they had to give their reasons why and again those kids are so used to being in there and sharing their experiences that um every kid was raising their hand to participate and it was just awesome to see something that we had been talking about in our PD blend into it's already being done in a lot of our classrooms and she's not an isolated incident but I just happened to be in her room during morning meeting and it jumped out at me so um other than that the only other thing I was really going to share is we do start like Mr Elliott said we start State Testing next week for our second through eighth graders so they'll do the iar with math and reading tests so we're just getting ready making sure the kids have Chromebooks charged you know like he said get a good night's sleep get a good breakfast um but we're really looking to see and have another data point to be able to compare how much further our students are overcoming what the struggles that they went through during covid so we're excited to see them do their best on those tests that is all I have for tonight what hello all right um I'm gonna kind of follow suit with a shout out and say how important administrative assistants are Kimberly Johnson um I want to thank her for relentlessly attacking the recycle company if you haven't seen the recycle bins around our buildings they've been full no one knows how they've ever gotten there they were there when I was hired they were they've just always been there and they've always been full and every once in a while they might get emptied but no one knew like who was in control of them literally Kimberly called I think every other day for a few weeks until they finally gave up and we are now getting it emptied on a regular basis so our recycle bins are now open for the public to start putting things back into them I also want to thank Kurt Steve and his guys because while they were full and we had wind they would open up and so he finally just took Saran Wrap and wrapped the build wrapped them because they were blowing everywhere and we were trying to figure out who it's the little things in life are sometimes the hardest to get done but uh it's Relentless and it's just you just keep going until it happens and right now I'm glad to say that our recycling bins are being emptied on a regular schedule um also Foundation we have a foundation I will tell you I have started a foundation in other districts and you never want your foundation to lapse it takes a lot of work and so I am currently looking for um some individuals who would like to serve on a maybe a quarterly board or where we would be working on Foundation stuff um I certainly welcome those that are stepping down from the school board leadership to um maybe have a less frequent board meeting with this Foundation but I will take anyone if you're interested call the district office um those are the really the two things I've got I volunteer Scott and Tammy perfect all right move on to items for Action the first one is the approval of the 2023-2024 student fees yeah um we're not making any changes to the student fees again um I wish I could tell you that covid hadn't caused revenues and expenditures to be all crazy but we are doing fine there's no reason to raise the fees at this point in time the recommendation is to keep them as presented with no changes perfect any questions comments concerns maybe like to make a motion to approve the student fees I'll make the motion Thank you Lisa sorry second I'll second I'll actually beat you out for 30 seconds roll call please yes Craig Meyer that middle camp aye Mr Schumacher yes Tyson search yes yes very unanimous our next Item B is the approval for the non-tenured teachers yes and I want to note that you have a new list at your place there was a name that was taken off um one of the most important things is to um to make sure that we allow tenure to happen it's a very serious decision and so I took one name off we are looking into that a situation and I will bring it back to the board later for consideration but at this time uh the new list that is presented to the board I recommend that you approve with that slight adjustment any questions would anybody like to make a motion to approve the revised non-tenured list thank you you got one in there and a second a second seconds uh roll call please Lisa Schumacher yes Tyson search yes yes Andrea Corey yes Greg Meyer yes Batman okay all right the last item for Action this evening is the approval of the ihsa membership for 23.24 yes and we are a member of ihsa it allows our athletes to participate there is um they are back to not charging any fees and so um at that price I recommend strongly that we continue our membership with the ihsa also in the communications that went around for for the public that Mr Horner received a nice letter from ihsa graduated is on the second place finish of the cheerleading squad so well done very nice letter yes nice good little recognition for hard work so thank you what any questions would it be like to make a motion to approve our membership for this year I'll make the motion sorry a second it's got seconds a roll call please search yes yes Tammy Hein yes Andrea Corey yes Brad Meyer yes Scott Middle Camp hi Lisa Schumacher yes perfect for unanimous again that concludes our irons for Action we'll go on to discussion items for start with our facility study uh yeah we had a meeting today with Cobalt Mr Myers and Mr Hamilton we're both participating in that we are moving along we've now engaged them um and we're looking at starting the scope of work um do you gentlemen have anything to say about the meetings we've had so far I'm not I'm stuck though okay I can barely talk other than the contract being no I tell you what we idolized you know we met with Cobalt and uh our board's attorney today and and it's it's funds watching the reaction of our board's attorney how excited he is about the process that we're doing we're kind of stepping outside the box and doing stuff that no one really has done before having an owner's rep and you know in my experience when you're prepared for something is so much the project just goes so much better start to finish and Cobalt has really performed um they're they're very impressive they're reminding us a lot of things that we would have never thought about and incorporated into the contract and and uh just it's gonna it's gonna be a huge Money Saver overall but uh it's it's nice to be really kind of on The Cutting Edge of something in the head of the game for a change so I was very pleased with them and it's really moving along very smoothly so they also did a cost analysis and you know we kind of did our own in our Architects as well as building a new school versus renovating the high school and so we had them do some backup numbers independently of ours and the conclusion was was the same even more so that the decision we made was was a good one and it's much more cost effective to redo the high school than it is to build build news so it's uh it's always good to have checks and balances though and and viewpoints that we don't necessarily see so I think it's working out really well that was a question at the town hall right Scott what's that if the home rule was going to be supporting the construction of our high school yeah I mean we just yeah it was like no that's too good day so taxes are two totally separate things and we have facility sales tax right it was just interesting that somebody brought that up for the um uh for the county so yeah it's getting people to understand what how it works is far where they go what goes on pretty hard complex yeah so the facility study right onto our individual board member comments and we have anything they'd like to say I have two things awesome um real quick uh we've kind of gotten away from inviting the new hirees to attending the school board meeting so we can put a face with the name if we could kind of get back to doing that we haven't done that for the last several months what we were thinking was we'd have a big event in August and have everyone come and have maybe some cake and so that you'd not be able to just see a name but you'd be able to meet them and and have some discussion beforehand and so that's kind of what we were thinking and I did not communicate that with you all and I apologize thank you second thing is um we got I got a phone call and we received kind of a good new shout out for the Columbia School District as far as Waterloo lost a young teacher to cancer and we were gave having substitutes that day or whatever so that Waterloo could have all the substitutes therefore they could attend the funeral so they've really been praising the Columbia School District that and I don't know where that came down from if if you said something if Alyssa said something or I I think everybody said something and and it's I mean I'm glad that they're praising us it's sad that our society's gotten to the point where those kind of normal actions are surprised but thank you for bringing that up though yeah anyone else all right prison prerogative you guys heard me talk way too much tonight so I'll spare you of any more of that we do have executive sessions so we're going to go into the executive session for the purposes of the appointment employment compensation discipline performance or dismissal of a specific employee of the public body or legal counsel for the public body including hearing testimony on a complaint Lodge against the employee of the public body or against the legal counsel for the public body to determine this validity this five ilcs 120-2c1 that would anybody like to adjourn it to Executive session in a motion I'll make the motion Thank you Lisa to wait a second oh second every seconds and roll call please yes Corey in the bar lights off Craig Meyer yes yes perfect we're going to adjourn it to Executive session which means that we do have to ask our visitors to departos we do have two items for Action as a result so you're all welcome to rejoin when we come back in Open Session
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to order for March 16 2023 Ms josinski please call the roll here thank you all rise for the pledge okay so I'll move on to the first order of business which is our student representative report Michael go right ahead [Music] um hello everyone I hope you're enjoying the nice weather today and thank you always for for having me so to start off last week the World Language Department hosted a global Awareness Week where International Foods and Customs were presented in the CHS Commons dancing and trying new foods were a staple of the event and students really enjoyed that the mock trial team which is a club at CHS that focuses on business and law made it to the state semi-finals this past weekend the peer Health Educators a CHS class that focuses on leadership and community service hosted a unified basketball tournament yesterday athletes from Lyman Hall and Hampden High School came to play in athletics two indoor track and field athletes qualified for the national indoor track and field championship in Boston Massachusetts senior dual Captain Colin Brown ran his way to 30th in the nation in the 60 meter dash with a time of 6.99 seconds and Junior Alexis Ciccone ran her way to 12th in the nation in the 5 000 meter run with a time of 17 minutes 33 seconds congrats to these two incredible Cheshire athletes winter sports wrapped up with hockey skiing and swimming making making it to States and cheerleading qualifying for the team of the Year competition which is their first time since 2018.
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