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that's the Wednesday before Memorial Day that week and what we'd like to do with that is give our principals a time it's not going to be dedicated to plc's can be dedicated to celebrating the school year something they brought to us as a suggestion in the in the past years we've been giving teachers flexibility at the end of the year on that final half day and the principals asked to find some time that we could celebrate the year because they lost that when we offered that flexibility so this is a nice way to do it it doesn't change the calendar that that dramatically and by that time of year parents are already well in the mold of what an early release is on that final week so those are the really three changes and then the change of the first student day that we're recommending for next school year any questions for Mr Taylor or Dr Taylor sorry I gotta get used to Dr Taylor I like what you did on May 22nd because I know the teaching World sometimes we celebrate things on May 15th and then have eight more days and I will I know I said it before we'll say it again uh right you know we will go to school we plan to go to school on the day of the eclipse so I believe that is worth repeating so yeah I'll clarify that just a little bit so there's a scheduled eclipse for central Indiana it is the Monday following our spring break we believe the eclipse is a very educational and beneficial opportunity that we do want to provide to our students and it will come at a time of day where we can accommodate it keeping student safety in mind and I I share that because there will be school districts around us who are closing some of their communities are having festivals and things like that so it makes sense but for us it just makes sense for us to go to school I appreciate that thank you Dr arkanov and Dr Taylor any other questions about the 20 23 2024 calendar all right do I have a motion calendar thank you Mrs council do I have a second off Mr Robinson gives us a second all those in favor signify by saying aye all those opposed motion passes 4-0 all right announcements uh tomorrow May 26 is the last day for students June 4th at 2 o'clock is that correct High School graduation uh June 9th Dr arkanov will become the president of the Indiana Association of public school superintendents that's a pretty big honor and and distinction there sir thank you I know I'll be attending the lunch as everybody else available at 10 to attend very good all for doing that yeah uh June 22nd we have an executive session at 6 p.m uh in the regular followed by the regular board meeting at 7 pm and then immediately following the board meeting on the 22nd we will do our second good for The Grove immediately following the board meeting and then one change we changed the November uh board meeting from the the 30th of the 28th that week I thought we were going to confirm dates what's going to move that one we we're okay it's the November 20th and correct me was that a good for the Grove yes we will move the good for the Grove as well from a Thursday to the Tuesday correct correct from the 30th to the 28th and all right next up board member superintendent comments uh Mrs couch Mr Robinson I just want to say um thanks I want uh Mr Alexander told me that I would be very busy in May in April and I just want to say it's been wonderful we have so many great things going on in the school corporation and I've been over here three four five times a week and just like the Simon Youth Foundation uh robotics the senior engineering presentations and then that art department when they had that art show in the uh West gym and all nine schools were together with this outstanding so I just went to General Public to know how wonderful Center Grove is in all areas thank you Mr Robinson Mr Daniels I think it's well said and you know I think it's been a successful year for the kids for the teachers for everybody else let's have a safe summer and get back at it next year ditto um I was at the Johnson County Redevelopment convention meeting this past week and um continued growth along I-69 as a big topic of conversation expect more to come on that um unfortunately a lot of that area has already been tiffed so we will unfortunately not be able to realize all the revenue from the things that will be going in along the I-69 Corridor but I think there's some exciting things for the county to come there and I think I mentioned it before they're moving further down the path with the project at Smith Valley and I got it called I-69 now I guess because my mapping program calls it I-69 but um a hotel a Cracker Barrel and a Casey's gas station is tend to lose a Slater to go in there so good place for breakfast meeting uh yeah I'm expecting similar types of developments at each of the exits so more to come Dr arkanov any comments nothing else tonight other than it was a great evening I always loved this time and I want to thank the board and the administrators for their hard work today it's kind of been a long day for the board we started at two o'clock this afternoon had a work session where we gave some input on the equity plan in the 24-25 calendar and with that we are adjourned
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that is a comparison of salaries and the expenditures in the different areas which I know was um a request from the board to see in the different departments or the different areas um you know can we start seeing um a little bit of a comparison from the expenses in salaries materials supplies Etc right from one year to another so can you please walk us through that so that um um that they can they can hear it and and have that guidance as they look at this document okay so on I believe it's this page here where it's just instruction for right now is that the one you guys are looking at if it starts it starts with Saint Adams County two pages before the chart it starts with a second page right before the challenge yeah we'll add so okay yeah I'll just wean through it real fast for you as you can see the instructional uh areas it shows your actuals it doesn't show what was budgeted that year it just shows you what actually was spent so you can see in 1920 you spent 25.6 million on salaries for instruction the next year coveted year you only spent 18.9 what I'm thinking happened is the other so-called partner you had took a bunch of the money from your Esser funds and offset your general fund to make it look good they shouldn't have done that but that's hindsight then you can see the next year it jumped way back up to 26 million well that's really doesn't look good a decrease with substitutes the pay of substitutes because during covid the number of substitutes that were used were in general although I was not here extremely low and that it's one of the conversations we had about salaries here okay so you can see each year it's just going up as we keep going now this last year as you recall we added like 24 new staff members for the turnaround project so those 24 are now included in this change moving forward so you can see why it jumped to almost three million dollars so that's one of the big changes basically it's mainly from your last well the previous year we didn't uh have a budget so we just rolled the budget so now we're catching back up so that's why you can see it jump normally you would have saw probably about 27 28 000 here and then it would have went to 30 but it caught itself back up and so now we're at 30 30 million dollars and then Justin and teacher teacher salaries in the same way your your benefits are going to travel the same way across the board and it it goes up this year our health insurance increased and you can tell by each year that Perot was also increasing as it went for those years um Professional Services [Music] we've dropped quite a bit in Professional Services out of the instructional side of the house but all everything instructional that was being paid there is now coming out of a different area down below like in in uh instructional staff support or student services or some of those you'll see uh if you go down two line items to instructional staff support you can see we're going to increase that by 4.6 million dollars and what makes up that is the ESS that I was talking about the 2.2 million dollars that's going to help increase that if we could ever get you know hopefully we don't do 2.2 million dollars um if we can start making it to where this new calendar that that we adopted for staff where it's giving them a week off here and there maybe there won't be as much loss in time with students and us having to get subs um so that that's kind of just just go through all this I even have my own little check marks on things that increased or decreased some decrease some increased and but I am concerned with the purchase services and stuff I really am concerned there because going up almost six million dollars in purchase services that that floored me when I got the budget so that's kind of where I am tonight um of course I even made changes while we're here that don't even reflect here tonight so it's going to be something that's daily ongoing until the 27th of June okay you like to know anything else or hear anything else um really quickly the numbers and percentages next to the titles are those the ftes no actually that is just the program number program number so we'll get you something that shows actual ftes we're working on that now with actually with the reorganization or whatever we're going to call that we are going to start uh once we get everybody filled then we'll be able to actually show FTE from prior year to what it is this coming year and you'll see a decrease or an increase in FTE I've already done it for the executive level here in the building and it went down like five or six FTE in like six hundred thousand dollars so we'll get you all that information once this whole thing is finished and done that's what threw us for a loop because we were we didn't plan on doing this right away and then all of a sudden it was like we got to do this and we just started doing it and our budget went it just starts going all over so we'll get it fixed but that being [Music] the statute we have by a certain day and there you um possibly recommending that we'll probably need a special meeting closer to the end of June yes on the 27th better numbers just like we did last year we'll do it on the last Tuesday at the at the uh work session we'll have a special meeting adopt the budget hopefully by even before that we'll have all the Kinks and everything out of it on the 13th and even before that have everything knocked out so that last night it's more of you guys just saying this is the budget we're done everything's already been discussed prior and it won't be me having to ramble on and tell you the same thing over and over and over again so we'll kind of get it all done early and then you guys adopt that night break okay all right thank you Mr members of the board um uh really to to Mr Moss's comments um about four weeks ago when we were approved by CDE to use a grant to add a position to support or an office to support academics and to increase our social emotional opportunities for students as has as was discussed here before and part of the Strategic plan um in the process of you know um now taking one office for academics and saying we're going to have additional support how do we now balance you know the the two um the two offices um we uh started making a um an analysis of the Departments under one and now how do we better uh split for lack of a better term one Department two that will support instruction the two of our most support instruction in a way that it's um helpful for uh for the staff in the in the schools um that's probably four weeks ago uh when that started because we needed to wait for CDE to approve us the use of those Grant funds for a position um usually easy grants are not um set aside for any type of salary it's only for professional development and resources we present it to the uh to CDE the plan they the plan has been approved as um you you heard where the plan was as well in four weeks ago we started that process uh when we started looking at the Departments and which side of the department will go to implementation versus building up the structures that will support the curriculum and the instruction um when we thought we had a you know an understanding of on who was what what uh Department was going to go uh to which side of the house we started looking then at titles and individuals that we had um in those positions and uh then is when um we realized and we were exposed to Great inequities um that we had amongst the practices that were used in in the past to not only create titles create positions but also create you know assign salaries to individuals at that moment we were really faced with uh do we kind of keeping status quo and maintain it knowing that that has been a concern that has been bubbling since I got here actually those inequities many years and then the decision to really then start um resolving some of these inequities came so at first we started with the top level of the organization one of the things that the community has her has had you have said and the Strategic plan work demonstrates very clearly is not only to meet the board ends and goals but also to ensure that resources are closer to the students and also there are Equitable practices amongst the build the the district and that includes how I interpret in that is that includes how we treat in an equitable and fair manner every single adult within the district and that has taken into um a process that every time we turn the page seems a little bigger and a little daunting a little bit more daunting because the inequities that have been exposed are from so many angles and in every Department in Central in central office and Beyond and also um as we analyze the positions the job duties and the roles that individuals have it's very clear that we can be better organized to move some of those resources that for the last 10 years have been less and less because we have less students in consistently for the last decade or more that we need that we could do better in putting those resources closer to the students so that process started and that is what through really Finance off um 85 percent 88 of our Revenue total revenue is salaries and now we're touching a huge part of the salaries and um so we have been working Fast and Furious and that is what dog really was referring to when he said once this reorg we start landing and we have a better idea on who is going to be where and what are the resources that we need to get closer to the schools is where we're going to be able to present a budget um I am expecting for this process too soon very quick um at least this face few faces of the process we will need to continue within the next year maybe even over a year looking at potential inequities amongst job descriptions versus salaries versus titles versus responsibilities um so we're not going to finish but we're going to be you know in one month but we're going to be able to really get a whole a good grasp of at least Administration support and Tech and here in central office in in as we continue working with the two labor group CTA and ccs da I didn't say right um to ensure that every adult we treat every adult with the dignity and respect that it's it's um it's expected so that's what he was talking about and um that that really threw us off because it was a little bigger than what we even imagined which is um I'm probably feeling how Doug's feeling with the Mr Moss is filling with the heart palpitations when I consider the capital issues that we have to have kids as well I wish they'd win lottery all right thank you Mr Moss um board members you have any questions off the bat or are you okay submitting them to Mr Mawson following up okay awesome thank you so much next on the agendas and update on 5B um Dr Maria the present members of the board um I have Mario um Marquez Chief business officer in um part of his team here he is prepared to present a very quick update on 5B the purpose is and well I was actually in the middle of following but but yes it's going to be a quick one um a quick presentation on this and the expectation or um you can expect that every time we meet you're going to hear a very quick update on on the process that we or the the process that we have in our in this incredible incredibly big project but very proud of the work and how the team has organized to continue with this project and the implementation of the project so glad you thank you thanks Authority president Lovato and good evening members of the board esteem colleagues and distinguished audience in the interest of time I'm gonna try to do this in 90 minutes instead of two hours if that's okay with you okay this is the progress report on 5B for the benefit of the viewing audience this is named after the option that was selected on the 14th of February for our Five-Year Plan for a space and facility utilization in this particular presentation by the way uh the span the English and Spanish alternate a real slide so we don't cram all that information into one and uh joining me this evening is a project manager Regina Vaca even though the project 5B is the responsibility of the business office to plan and execute this is a multi-disciplinary project there's virtually no department and no school that is going to live on touch by this project and so uh Regina leads it they in and day out dealing with a multi-disciplinary team uh let's review this scope real quick because if you're not at our 7 30 meeting every morning this is not on your radar this project is going to be executed in four phases phase one consists of the three projects that need to be done by August top 23.
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those are the the handsome Monaco merger the relocation of Leicester Arnold and the installation of the labs for the academies at Hanson because uh the universal Pre-K which is not part of 5B happens to be in the same timing of 5B we have decided to integrate it into the work of 5e because uh it is a project that brings considerations of space utilization as we're going to the the k6 or pre-k6 uh the last three phases of IB have to do with uh converting the Elementary's to k6 or pre-k6 which we have already decided that all the elementary is going to be pre-k6 yeah uh then the second one is uh introduce a theme at each of the elementary schools and the last one which is probably will be going to be the most complex of this whole 5B is the merger of the middle schools and we'll talk about that in a few minutes um in order to give you a high level view of this we have summarized the status of these projects in terms of what is done what is coming up and the costs as we see them today as things come up in the project we come up with an estimate what we think it's going to take and then we plug in the actual uh either out of pocket or about to be out of pocket as we see it so the these changes pretty much every day sometimes every hour depending on what's what's going on in the project and so uh top level for the first phase and so Monaco list there are no and the labs in terms of uh the Hanson Monaco and the Lester Arnold all this stuff that is going to go to those locations have been identified in cooperation with human resources as well as they are the areas that they're going to occupy they plan for packing and moving which is very detailed that has been developed by the operations arm of the business office that has been developed and issued um and then coming up as soon as the buildings are clear of uh students then the moving is going to begin in all those three projects of uh phase one there's some grounds I'm building preparation to do for the handsome Monaco and we have to complete the playground installation at handsome other than that uh we're gonna be moving furniture and materials pretty soon and that we're also going to set up a 5B website for public view these are a request from the superintendent she was asking me about a couple of weeks ago at 11 PM exactly what we could do to post the updates on 5B and so I I propose a model that replicates what the Houston Independent School District did for informing the public on their bond yeah where you could essentially click and see the status of every project so it's going to look like that at the bottom you see the course as soft today that we have been able to identify it in terms of projected and incurred and this this like I said aren't changing all the time anything to add for benefit of work yes um good evening Madam president and esteem board members and superintendent and my colleagues I do want to just add that in the incurred cost for 5 feet 3.
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I just want to let you know that that is Grant funded that has to do with it and as the rise grant for the um the lab of the for the Academy the Science Academy over at the new Hanson building or the former Hanson building new Les Arnold Building so I think that that's important to know and also we will actually begin moving tomorrow so according to our Gantt chart we have everything lined up and a snapshot of what's taking place throughout the summer and it's a busy one but tomorrow we're hitting the ground running and start moving stuff from Hansen to Monaco very well thank you Regina the last three phases of these are right now in the conceptual stage still because uh these these last three projects the sixth grade elementaries and the teams in the elementary is and the merger of acms and KMS this is going to require some heavy uh intervention and interaction with academics with with the community and with human resources and finance and so set up your alarm clock to five o'clock so you can make that 7 30 meeting every day because we're going to need you there for those three uh those are in a different phase because those kick in in 2024 2025 and 2027 and so uh right now we we have only had discussions about this uh there's been some basic communication the classroom space has already been identified for the sixth grade at all the elementaries they started very very early and that is why we have necessarily had to coordinate this with the universal Pre-K because it is two new things coming into an existed building and then splitting the space to to be able to take both um for the themes of the elementary this is necessarily something that requires a stakeholder input parents and so forth so in the follow 24 that's going to be happening and uh the acms and KMS like I was saying before this is probably going to be the most complex one of the whole package so we're going to have to present scenarios for you uh what happens if we stay at Gurney what happens if we stay at acms what happens if we go somewhere else and what do we do with demolition or selling and land and what have you so this could go in many different directions we're going to have to do a mini 5B type of story just with that one because this this uh could have could go in many different directions anything on this package for the board no other than um just one thing actually um although we there's a lot of this phases 244 a lot of that have we have preliminary discussions but we haven't got into the weeds of that for obvious reasons because down the road but just um know that the 5B has also some wraparound projects that actually are attached to it when it comes to you know repurposing less Arnold for instance and things like that and so I just want to bring that to your attention that with those added projects also come at a cost and so forth and so it's just deeper planning that's all just giving you heads up hmm all right thank you Regina we'll be planning on how the Serrano build absolutely um so with um a collaborative departments and stuff it was decided that last Arnold Building will be used for Swap and transition so they'll move into that building as well as the Hope Center and the yep program and so we will that actually will fully capacitate that building so we're excited that it's going to be repurposed and I know that the new tenants are super excited as well Miss bucket what was the last one the yep yes yep program Youth Empowerment program this Madam president this is the program yes we in our acronyms um the um social and emotional yes no social emotional support uh that we are bringing to our students we started with the Middle School uh and we are also going to be expanding that to Middle School to the two middle schools it was in one the two middle schools and also we're gonna go up to ninth grade to continue supporting um our current eighth graders up to ninth and then we're going to continue expanding uh and this is in um in response to also not only the Strategic plan to ensure that all students have access to social emotional supports but also your vision um in a longer term to truly become a community District model that will offer uh Hefty and strong wraparound services for our students you're probably going to get to this but so swap was in the sandville building what's going to happen in the Centerville building sorry we're going to move sanville back to the central building so that we can add more preschool classes over a central so great correct because you know after that they moved uh to sanville those Sunset Samuel were at Central but now with pre-K in every school and your direction in favor to have sixth grade then we'll need those those spaces again yes this is like a slight puzzle and they generate cost these things uh they're moving over some Bill back to the old Sun Builder that's nowhere mentioned in 5B the 5B cannot happen if we don't make that move and none of that is budgeted so we stay in very close contact with uh Chief Moss for the execution of this on the screen you see as an example mentioned the last time that the project is controlled in monday.com and this is a screenshot of the dashboard for that project put together by director Steely and in there we have the basic information at the bottom we have a countdown of the days all the way to the second how many days before the start of school this keeps the team on their toes uh we have a bar chart in there showing what is the percentage of completion of the whole project and then down below in monday.com we can see each one of the projects as to their completion the one that is at most advanced right now is the academies at 44 complete and then we also have the uh the estimated cost and the actual cost and that you could you could see these numbers changing every day yes us people work on this so this is live um the last one here is a draft of the information system architecture the vision here is that we're going to open a page on our website only 45b this will be accessible to the public and uh it will be easy to navigate so we're going to have a uh in the in the Adams 14 website we're going to have a 5B page with a story of why we got here and then there's going to be selection buttons in there for each of the projects and then below that we're gonna have photos videos the description of the project the calendar or Gantt chart uh the FAQs related to that we're gonna open a Channel of communication with this so as as the public ask questions we're going to be public hearing an FAQ in that and then to go with this there will be also an external campaign of communication in the form of you know Facebook postings uh videos um signs physical science outside so we would keep the public informed in many different ways uh now as you may have heard were in the process of switching from the current website to another website which is a lot cleaner easier to navigate there's a Simplicity to this system They're Not Gonna Knock You of your feet and so uh chief yeah he's the masterman behind that he showed me a demonstration recently and it looks really really good so uh ultimately that's where this will reside anything to finish nope other than that it's been um real fun a lot of moving pieces and very invigorating so thank you questions for us yeah amazing presentation amazing work I can't even begin to imagine how you're getting all this done um I have a couple of really quick questions um on the dashboard where it shows the actual costs and estimated costs it looks like we're pretty much there I mean we have what about 75 80 000 yeah um in that since you said I think you said they were not budgeted so did those expenses hit this year and or were there um like I guess I'm just trying to see the impact of the budget this year and next year or moving forward the 900 000 and chief mosa um those are 100 000 are a combination of a cash Auto pocket already or cash that is about to be out of pocket it is already committed in POs to be paid the 1 million is not going to stay there uh we're having a conversation recently that this is going to cost a lot more than one million this is why we have been able to estimate based on what we know as the as the project progresses and we collect more estimates that number will increase especially when we get to the point of the the merger of the middle schools I think the sooner we do it the the better because the because the custom labor and the custom materials in increases dramatically and and um as displayed very blatantly in our in our quick budget review I mean we're going to have to start understanding those costs because we're going to have to go out for a month um my other question is um and maybe it'll come when the web page develops but I'm just trying to picture like Lester Arnold now we have that testing center in there we have the daycare center in there um are those moving along to Hanson because I know um we invested a lot in the infrastructure I'm thinking I.T around the testing department so I'm just curious if that's also part of the package of the move to the Hanson building it is it um actually a couple of rooms have already been identified over at Leicester Arnold to facilitate the testing room as well as the building blocks Child Care Center as well in fact um over at Hanson yeah the new Lester Arnold um so and those like the playground and stuff so those are some of the costs right that we had to relocate the playground for building blocks and so forth but I do want if it's any consolation that is you know part of that that million dollars was the 407 that was by Grant yeah so that is huge you have a little bit of breathing room yeah yeah board members any questions uh recipient yes so I I just um thank you for the presentation it's a lot of good information and I was looking through the website because I know uh previously you had mentioned that there was a way for us to track like even some of the other um issues that are being fixed around the schools and so I'm just curious as to where I could find those because every time I've looked for it I can't find it easily so I'm kind of happy that you guys are going to something that's more simplistic or easier to follow but uh the fact that you want to add yet another one for a project for um for 45b I'm wondering if it cannot just be added to the same one that you develop for all the other things because on that um it was for you know when that assessment was made years ago that nobody knew existed but then it was found as to all of the different issues that our buildings are needing to be dealt with so I remember that there was already something that was being put together so that we could follow as to when those projects were getting done and along the same lines are we adding all of the other things around the safety the features that are to be added to some of these buildings are those also being tracked along with this and where on our website will we be able to find it all in one space so I hope that makes sense yes and the page that you were referring to uh is the business office transparency page and so uh in there you you find things such as uh asbestos inspections and water inspection and air inspection mold things like that you will find in there and there is also the the calendar of preventing maintenance let me give that some thought because that particular page would not have this kind of functionality we would have to place multiple links under under different categories to to make it behave like that but let me take a look at that and speak with Brandon to see if we can have a place in there um I was hoping more so like when you first go on here because this is such a huge project and a lot of our families um you know rightfully so want to be following uh with along with everybody everybody else is I would love to see it more um when you first log into the website if you scroll down there are all of these boxes down here which you know I I get some of them um they're shortcuts right Financial transparency the foundation safe to tell our meetings student data privacy student registration I would love to see it in one of these boxes down here so that you just click on it and it's like there and we I don't have to quickly everything to try and figure out where it's at because that's what I just did as you're talking I'm like okay let me see where I find it because I know it's there but there's some of them on here that I'm like okay um do we really need all of these that we have now and can we repurpose one of these instructions yes to work with the update is and where things are because if it's real time that you guys are updating it anyways I mean it should make sense to have it all live in one place as opposed to trying to figure out where they're at yes this is the soul is going to look a lot better in the new website but let me give you some thought to what we can do now before we transition sorry if my computer's lighting that's what I get for clicking I was trying to click where you were clicking around various screens open all right our final agenda item is strategic plan updates um hi welcome nice to see you oh no that's okay good evening Madam president and members of the board excuse me um Ramona has added to the board docs the strategic planning website which will help really anchor the work that we've done if you want to sneak peek of the internal site you have a member on your team who can get you in I actually have multiple members on your team but wanted to give a quick update tonight on our process we are knee deep in implementation so the update's not going to be significantly different from where we were a couple of weeks ago huh but the goal is to finish the strategic planning uh ends for and metrics for school year 24 by the end of June summer work plans have been created and we are tracking that work in monday.com it's a great resource I want to give a shout out to a few folks who have really driven the work for Priority One and that's Allison dinkin Dr Josh Cochran Janelle Perez Matt Johnson and Dr Sam Schneider they have a lot of support in Ms Amy Lavelle Carrie to Waters Miss Burke Stephanie redditt Dr Lauria loose Rosie Jones and Luciana Stokely they've really set the bar very very high for the additional priorities that we are currently planning out um at a recent meeting the drivers of Priority One which you can see it is all students all atoms 14 students experience high quality instructional programming and align student support systems uh they came together to create benchmarks metrics and summer work plans and also objectives for individual priorities underneath the major priority so that includes the wraparound and SEL support math and and literacy Adams 14 is going to be driving the development of the work plans for priorities two through four and the financial end so we're asking those teams to follow a similar process using the Exemplar work from the priority One owners and a special shout out to Matt Johnson for setting the bar really high his quality of planning around Priority One objective two which is the math proficiency goal has been extraordinary so now that we have the end of year data that we're looking towards we will look at the drafts for the priorities star data just came out I think last week and I'm actually very excited to share some of the growth data when we come back together in June we didn't have that when we started to plan the goals and so I actually think we have to raise the bar a little bit given some of the growth that we've seen this year which is really exciting uh we are meeting with Nathan and his team next week to plan the packaging of the Strategic plan uh the rollout of those materials and updating the Adams 14 website I'm excited to see what Mario got to see actually I think it will improve uh the website that we have here is very basic and it doesn't sound as awesome as what you all have planned um so if you're interested you can check out the website you can see all of the key drivers for all four priorities in the financial ends and I'm happy to answer questions tonight about the draft goals if that's of interest to you but just want a name that we're very much in draft form or need even implementation and we hope to have a final strategic plan with the very built out year one goals by the end of June so that we can execute on that moving forward next fall I'm happy to take any questions thank you so much I I just I for one can't thank you enough this is something that we had asked for or I remember asking for um as a parent years ago I just feel like it um gives us focus it gives us ways to measure our progress and that's just something that we haven't had for so so many years so thank you and my hope is it's simple enough I mean really when I think about the Strategic plan and I'm thinking a lot about what this means for the work we're doing in collaboration with the Adams 14 team the first priority is the one that that really anchors all of the work uh and it really names instruction and the student experience is the most important thing which I think is why Educators show up is because they want to provide quality instruction and a really high quality student experience with families to ensure that they're getting what they're needing getting what they need also board members members thank you so much and we look yeah we look forward to tuning in and seeing the growth data and growth yeah it's a good problem to have yeah thank you appreciate your support thank you so much great we did it guys that concludes our study session however um hold on we we do have an executive session scheduled sorry to everyone that has to stay um I moved that the Board of Education convene in an executive session for the purpose of CRS 24 6 4024b legal advice litigation and CRS 24 6 402 4f1 personnel may have a second thank you uh Ramona roll call please Mr Amador he's excused Ms Estrada aye Ms Lovato aye Ms Molina Ms Zubia aye thank you everyone having no further business this evening we will adjourn the meeting after the executive session have a great evening thank you
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Find your wings. Don't let them go to waste. You're supposed to fly away. It's time to take flight and chase your dreams. We're ready to make this mark mark on the world. But first, take a moment. Look around at your classmates. Give them a high five. You're here at graduation. You did it. We all did it. And I wish nothing but happiness and success for all of you. And for one final time, congratulations of class of 2023. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you, Jocelyn. Let's please welcome our second senior speaker, Jennifer Chavaria. Thank you, Mr. Pulley. Good morning, Rebels. Today is Thursday, May 25th, 2023, and this is our graduation. I'm pleased to welcome all the Savannah staff, families, and acclaimed guests here in celebration of the end of our high school careers. We've received immense support from our Savannah community, and now we all stand here on our own two feet.
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After an intricate four-year journey, we completed the capstone with perseverance in order to make it to this milestone. We lived through historical events like a pandemic which we thought would just be an extended spring break. It unfortunately led to our freshman year being cut short. Then we had our entire sophomore year online. I'm sure we all remember the breakout rooms and the frustration we felt when we randomly got kicked out of the video conference. These unforeseen circumstances affected us all differently. For me personally, I had a positive impact. I went from being the shy and awkward girl that you forgot was in your class to the girl from being a Rebel TV. While all our struggles were distinct, they were all related. And I think that is what connected all of us. Once we came back in person for junior year, I noticed that we all had hope for an amazing school year by the way everyone interacted with one another.
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I made new friends and rekindled friendships from the past. We all wanted to be safe, but that didn't stop us from being close to one another. I'm sure we can all agree when I say that it felt good to be back on campus and listen to your teacher speak without a delay. Through these difficult times, I live by an expression. The expression, "Everything happens for a reason. You may not understand or know what that reason is at that moment, but one day you will. It's had a significant role in my life, so I would like to pass it on now that we're parting ways. We've made it to the end of this road so that we begin our own path. Regardless of the path each of you choose, I hope you always strive and prosper. Let's leave this stadium with the intent of making the world a better a better place.
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Any effort you put in is worth it. It can be as little as keeping it clean like a washing machine, as Mr. Pulley would say or congratulate a fellow classmate. I'll start. Congratulations, class of 2023. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you, Jennifer. Please welcome our third senior speaker, Jenna Seday. [Applause] Thank you, Mr. Pulley. Welcome, Savannah families, friends, and most importantly, the Savannah graduates of the class of 2023. The day has finally arrived when we get to say that we have officially reached the milestone that we have long worked hard towards. Just for this moment, I would like you all to momentarily look around you. Take in this special moment. Feel and embrace a sense of pride and togetherness with the graduates around you and notice how you are sitting amongst many of your peers who just like you wear their caps and gowns, celebrating the privilege of being here and celebrating the unique work that it took to get here.
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While you are all sharing a very similar special moment together, I want you to understand that the very seat that you sit on has been earned through your motivation, dedication, and commitment to embracing the greatest version of yourself, and that comes from your individual journey alone. Every individual's experience at Savannah may look different, but I know I would be making an accurate guess if I say that most of you have endured long restless nights, studying for a test or finishing homework, staying late after school to attend sports or band practices, staying after school for office hours or tutoring, hosting club meetings or events, and the list only goes on. I'm sure some days may have been harder than others for you. But even if you don't realize it, you've maintained a persistent mentality, coming back each and every single day, ready to continue and thrive.
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And I hope you are realizing now at this moment that this spirit and drive has led to your success which is being celebrated today. While we are here to celebrate our individual journey to success through Savannah High School, I want to leave you all on the note that your individual and unique journey at Savannah is what completes the Savannah community. Whether it has been through your involvement in school through athletics, leadership roles, volunteer work, career pathways, and other opportunities, or doing something as simple as coming to school every day ready to give your best effort and attention. In doing that, you have become a great friend, role model, and partner to those around you. You have given what it takes to shape and maintain a bond within our Savannah community that is fundamentally welcoming, accepting, and success driven. With that being said, I hope that after we leave here today, you will give yourself the promise that you will never change.
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That you will continue to give with all of your heart and soul to the people and places you encounter in life and leave your mark in this world in the same way you have left your mark at Savannah. Go out into this world and be someone's friend. Be the voice of truth and righteousness. Be an advocate for yourself and others and aim to always explore and cultivate the greatest version of yourself. And remember, for what is the end of our journey together is only the beginning of a much more exciting and purposeful journey ahead for us all. The beautiful the beautiful part of it all is that we get to begin this journey together and see where it leads us from here. And last but not least, I want to thank my Palestinian immigrant parents, Bilal and Salaf, for making the sacrifices that have provided me the privileges and opportunities that I have and my siblings Adil Dimma and Abdullah for showing me the love and support that has led to my success today.
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With that being said, congratulations once again to the Savannah class of 2023. I wish you all the very best in your future endeavors. Thank you. Thank you, Jenna. Joselyn, Jennifer, and Jenna all spoke so eloquently about their educational journey while at Savannah High School, and we are so excited for our Rebels as they embark on their next journey. I want to share with everyone that Savannah High School is truly an amazing place and our speaker spoke about it. It's a one-of-a-kind school because of our committed and caring teachers and staff members. At this time, again, I would like to recognize and acknowledge the Savannah faculty and staff for their dedication in preparing our students for the last four years. Let's give them one more round of applause. While the class of 2023 is a special class to me, I have seen them grow and flourish since our early days many years ago at Brookhurst Junior High.
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You all had an incredible ride to get to this point and I could not be more proud of you. This year has been remarkable and I know you enjoyed it to the fullest. You've had to navigate through many challenges of high school that not many have faced. Over the course of this year, I was able to witness your kindness and compassion for one another, for your families, and for our school community. The class of 2023 is in a class of its own. And I'd like to recognize several student accomplishments from this amazing class. It is now time to recognize some of the academic awards our seniors have accomplished. So seniors, as I announce the academic award, which is symbolized by your sash or your cord or your pin, please stand to be recognized with applause. After all awards have been recognized, then be seated. First off, career technical education CT pathway completion, please stand.
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dual enrollment, seal of biiteracy and seal of triliteracy, earners of Google certificates, earners for state seal of civic engagement, recipients of golden state seal recipients, students who have completed A through G requirements, and our students who have received academic honors, students who earned a 3.5 or above grade point average. Let's give them a round of applause for their accomplishments. Congratulations, Rebels. You can be seated. I love to hear the sound of the jingling. Again, the class of 2023, you are ready. You're ready for life. You're ready for college. and you're ready for your next chapter and your next career adventure. That is very evident in your capstone interviews you all gave just a few weeks ago. Many of you shared your educational journey and how education is working for you. We are proud of you as you continue your journey. Some of you are entering the workforce.
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Others will be attending community colleges and others are attending universities. No matter where you are headed, you all have gained and developed so many skills which we call the five C's. And with them, you will take on the world. Students, as you reflect on your four years at Savannah High School, one thing is clear. During your years of high school, you have been challenged. Some of you have even struggled at times. But with those struggles came the opportunity to learn from one another, from your peers, from your teachers, from those that care about you most. What you learned was how to persevere, how to be persistent, and ultimately how to succeed. Again, I want to remind you all that you are ready for college, career, in life, and we know you will go on to do great things in our community, our nation, and our world.
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One more congratulations for the class of 2023. Class of 2023, we have arrived at the moment you've all been waiting for. I am pleased to introduce our dignitaries who will be presenting diplomas to our graduates. President Board of Trustees, Mr. Brian O'Neal, Clerk of Board of Trustees, Miss Anna Toro Tjo, Assistant Clerk of Board of Trustees, Miss Katherine Smith, and Board of Trustee member, Miss Jessica Guerrero. Mr. Hoganamp and Miss Salavar will now read the names of the class of 2023 graduating seniors. Please respect each of our graduates and hold our applause until all the names have been read. At this time, will the first row please stand and begin to make your way to the stage. There we go. Oh, I'm doing I'm not handing them off. McKenna Moore, [Applause] Jenna Seday, Joseline Anisa Abraham, Jennifer Mattis, Chavira, Delilah, Via, Seenor, Afra Bhanu, Yumi Ammano, [Music] John Matthew Benol, Melanie Bayz, Giana Bonia, Aiden Brooker Saragosa, [Applause] Jason Borado, so Young Ha, David Bo, Emily Moreno, Castro, Destiny Busilio, Hilberto Ortiz, Navaro, [Applause] Jared Kamacho, [Applause] Sher May Paradela, Ulyses Sea Castrehon, [Applause] Alicia Ruiz, Jimmy Chi, Jonathan Avara, Victor Ugo, Cisneros, Samira Amad, Ruby Cle, [Music] Mia Alvarado, Sarah Corona, Joseline Alvarez, Mendoza, Clive Coronel, Karina Alvarez, Jasmine Cortez, [Applause] Frank Arco Rodriguez, Adriel Kristovo, Christian Aras, Bianca May, De Guzman, Christian Ardondo, Anel de Jesus, Dominguez, Fiona Aoyo Diaz, Vivian Don, [Applause] Catherine Barera, Dier Escalante, Christopher Espinosa, Roxanne Esamia, Davidid Espinosa, Haime Hakobo, [Applause] Israel Espinosa, Jean Carlo Jacanda, Amy Fernandez, Edward Jimenez, Ariana, Ariana Flores, Ulyses Jimenez, Armando Garcia Gonzalez, Hannie Kasanji, Haley Garcia, [Applause] Joel Kim, Jasine Garcia, [Applause] [Music] Bob Kishor, Anel, Gervasio, [Music] [Applause] Jimea, Lassero, Yosina, Gerichu, Johnny Lee, Alexis Gonzalez, [Music] Lexus Lopez Monarees, Udesci Gonzalez, [Applause] Natalie Lopez, Cassandra, Cassandra Gutierrez, Rodriguez, Haley Luna, [Applause] Robin Renee Hamry, Andrea Marquez, Crystal Hermoso, [Applause] Andrew Marquez, Armanda Ernnandez, [Music] Joseline Martinez, Aguilar, Emily Ernnandez, Luis Martinez, Andrea Andrea Andrea Werta Martinez Emily Maya Miam Islam Daniela Montiel Vasquez Alandra Hakovo Janessa Mora Ah, [Music] David Cortez, Kang Nuin, [Applause] Congratulations.
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Want to take our picture? Give me a minute, buddy. Okay. Mariah Riggs. [Music] Emmanuel Reoso Gutierrez, Roxanne Jane Rivera, Eduardo Parah, Jesse Rodriguez, [Applause] Paola Jimenez, Torres, Mariana Rodriguez, David Nepoto, Elani Ree, [Music] Leo Win, Yasmin Sahisada, There we go. Man tree nuin Myra Salmeron Castillo Victor Win Darien Seratoss [Applause] NTO [Music] Syria Seri Jang Hong [Applause] [Music] Samantha Sherk, Amber, Amber Pacheco, Nava Silvers, Isaiah Pantoa, Kimberly Torres, Amanda Perez, [Applause] Kevin Tran, [Applause] Dul Perez, Hen Trin, [Applause] Kenton Fan, Emma Trunk, Andrew Ramirez, Rodriguez, Dominic Baldinos, Maricella Ramirez, Maria Vasquez, Jerick Francis Raza, Angelique Savala, Jiannis, Nidelene Gdino, Stephanie Denise Chavez, Cynthia Cassandra Haramo Rodriguez, Alex Fiero, [Applause] Heather Moreno Monarez, Ashley Aila, [Music] Britza Salmeron, Brian Baltasarees, Ramos, Anthony Oriza, Eduardo Barahas, [Applause] [Music] Mallerie Viamore, Alexa Barrera, Adriana Visoso, Salgado, Raymond Barriia, David Aguayo, Anthony Becktel, Violet first, Violet Fernando, Agira, Agil, Jose Benitez, Salma Almada, Joshua Blanco, Joshua Alcantar, Dana Blanco, Angiano, Stephanie Allegria, [Music] Darlene Bardo, [Music] Vincent Alvarado, Herardo, Calvo, Martinez, Kevin Alvarez, Daisy Kamacho, Moreno, Manuel Alvarez, Christian Kamargo, Albert Bert Anteria, Eli Ki, Calali, Antelin, Andrew Karansa, Andrew Apayz, Jose Carto, [Music] Anthony Apalaka, Christian Caro, Kevin Armenta, Alexander Cario, Agira Desire, Micah Desiree, Yuzon, Castillo, [Applause] Michelle Carisales, Munoz, Delay Castro, Zavala, Danny Blake Castillo, Matthew Chenke, Mohamad Dow, La Chaparo, OOA, Ronald Dear Rosa, Gloria Chavez, Davidid Deios, Vega, Christopher Cisnerto, Jonathan Delid, Cornelio, [Music] James Clark, [Music] Jackie Dominguez, Edwin Contras, Joshua Dominguez, Mario Contrigas, Aguilar, Iro Esparsa.
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