16 yard hit clockers halek will take that right on the 16. nice drive out it makes its way through to McMullen McMullen maintains possession she's inside the 25. keeps it in bounds it's taken away a nice Edge pass by Hopkinton stick Edge I mean nice pass up by the clock is but nobody there in white to pick it up Hopkinton against the ball Lauren strechay dribbles tries to get it up field clockers are checking while keeping the ball in it's inside the 20. in the circle is a white stick trying to gain possession and get a shot on goal didn't happen without a bounds I know it's on the field it's a free hit for Hopkinton on the field it's not a side in just outside the 10. clock is intercept the ball again it's driven in our attempt to drive into the circle look it looked like it was going to make it in but it was intercepted by the Hopkin and defense we have a stick interference there called against Hopkinton it'll be a free hit for the clock is outside the circle but inside the 25 and that ball mean that means that ball has to be dribbled or past five yards before it goes into the circle and that was just accomplished by the clocker with the ball Nathan good possession that was halleck tries to drive it in is stopped by the Hopkinton defense and Hopkinton brings it out it was a nice attempt by the clockers but it uh didn't last very long okay the temperature set up there on the far side pass into the center area it's in the circle now for Hopkinton excuse me attempted shot foot it'll be Ashland ball oh I guess not I guess it was a I guess it was an Ashland foot so it's a and that was inside the circle so that means we have a corner Hopkinton has a corner in the corner six players for Ashland will go to the 50.
okay sorry so it's not too bad all right yeah the worst case being 290 bucks a month yeah yeah for five days yeah on top that's why we have a wait list yeah yeah with certified staff and a para educator you're not going to really find that yeah any other questions or comments I'll call for a vote uh on the motion that I read before that is documented in the minutes yeah on videotape uh all in favor all right passes unanimously unanimously of those present okay thank you we'll move on to um preliminary review of the 24-25 operation operating budget variables so this is something we initiated last year request that hey can we take a look at some things that might be coming down the pike for January and kind of get an early opportunity to to wrap our heads around it to a degree the biggest one is obviously the expiration of the rfaster grant money right now that money funds in elementary principal assistant principal position which is split between Norton and Chapman it also uh pays for two math interventionists basically one at Cheshire High School one at Dodd Middle School and it also covers um an additional Elementary reading and math specialist at Highland um is we continue to evaluate this through the fall I think I could probably see based on enrollment the high school math Coach position going away the elementary positions would be harder for me right now as I sit here today on October third I think um to say like let's dissolve those but certainly the ram position at Highland that now that our enrollment is 900 students makes it a lot harder for me this you know say I don't I just can't see us dissolving that uh the administrative position really has been supportive of the intervention and data analysis of those buildings and helped us interestingly provide a I think a more consistent standard of operations between two elementary schools uh Chapman and Norton um and so we're definitely going to have to evaluate these things and that's why we're just consider you know putting these out there's points for consideration it's not an answer today but it's something that we're just going to have to evaluate and hopefully come to some decisions on when we get to work in January um then you want to talk a little bit about the wage increase piece yeah so the um we have three contracts that are going to expire to actually expired and the administrative contract expires at the end of this year we already know that the administrator contract increase the board approved that it's subject to Town Council approval for next year's three percent prior to this the administrators were two and a half percent we're also negotiating the secretaries and building maintainers we're not done with those negotiations but we know the average settlements are in the three percent range those contracts this year had 2.75 percent salary increases so we do expect you know the wage increases to be higher relative to this year in the next fiscal year so that's the point of that one it's it's not dramatic but you know certainly we always budget for wage increases it'll just be a little bit higher for 24.25 based on on what we know today the next ones you know something that we knew was coming for some time the increase in enrollment uh and how that will influence our Staffing that is required at the Elementary grades the one what I was going to say with that you know we we do our enrollment update is about 21st that that's due now we send that to NASDAQ they'll send us projections and then we'll build into the elementary Staffing model based on those projections are we going to increase keep the same number of elementary teachers or decrease and obviously we do that at the middle school as well so that'll be driven by when we actually get at the enrollment projections and we won't have them probably for another month or so the the I guess in this moment counterbalance to that is the current High School enrollment if you recall we went from six teaching periods to five uh one of the last districts to do so as part of a uh I think it saved us money in the contract negotiations but it was better for teacher planning and everything this is the third year of that so we have a real good sense of what is it doing to our course loads what is it doing to course options all these things class sizes uh and I think there's probably some room to maneuver at the high school level in terms of positions and we're currently evaluating that and what does that mean what are like what am I actually talking about we'll figure out for January but I'm looking to see given that adjustment that was made given the current enrollment is is that a place where you know we're looking at providing adequate Staffing are we maybe you know in a place to reduce their uh we're gonna have to add it at the Elementary grades given the growing enrollment there so we're evaluating it I don't have a answer definitive but that's a consideration in our budget process um the Tony had mentioned new kindergarten star age so it used to be that you would have to turn five before January 1st and then you'd enroll in kindergarten if you didn't if you were in preschool the legislature rolled that back from January 1 to September first so you know there are a lot of parents who kind of relatively 11th hour ago what I thought my Child Care bills were coming to an end this year and for us historically we'd be looking at about 60 students that fall into that birth range curriculum is going to take up um a proposal an idea for like a transition K program uh preschool still preschool with our certified staff the ramifications of of bubble year where you have 60 less kids if those if none of those 60 kids go to kindergarten that's probably you know two to three sections of teachers two to three classroom teachers that I no longer would need there which is really problematic in a lot of ways um because I now I'd have to reduce our staffing by three maybe not three because I'm thinking with their enrollment gain in other areas so even if I have to cut a couple of teachers one or two that's not anything we really want to do unless we we have to um the other thing that's a reality is we have a number of parents who are saying well you know my daycare provider wasn't planning on me being here they were planning on me being in kindergarten and they've taken enrollment for the that circumstance where do I go um other people say you know my child is is gifted and should be in kindergarten other people say um my child wants to be the star of the basketball team I think they should be not in kindergarten I want them back so they're the oldest kid and they're great not a lot of people don't think that far out but I've heard it um those are all you know wild examples but these are all considerations that we're gonna talk about when we get together with curriculum and the idea of do we potentially offer a transition pre-k program for one year where it's a fee for service let's say you know anywhere from seven to nine thousand dollars for the year that's still very reasonable it offsets the cost that we would have to incur from taking from keeping these teachers um and then you know the subsequent year we don't offer that anymore it's always going to be a little bit of a bubble group um but this this kindergarten class next year will be significantly smaller than anticipated based on this you know the state law changing the subsequent kindergarten class will be bigger than we anticipated based on and then if it should you know straight itself out after that but actually no it should be normal size of the subsequent here um because the camera we're trying to figure in my head why that is good or why the legislature decided to do that developmentally I mean it does make sense yeah the research around kindergarten start date is uh leaning significantly toward being older is better if five years old is better when we start kindergarten and there was a lot of push from the state teachers union and the office of early childhood education to make this change I think the change is probably not the problem it's the way it was implemented is the problem so just do one year I mean we had suggested things like well what about a month by month sat down for three years that will smooth the Curve um you know there are some things that were problematic you know the idea that it was written into the well we have to offer parents a screening assessment can go if they were born in that way can they go in except there's no guidance on a four-year-old screening assessment for school systems that don't do a lot of that you know in the state is struggling to still do the reading program let alone a new kindergarten program so hopefully we'll get some guidance we'll meet him State later this week actually we'll see what's up there we may have to come up with something on our own that wouldn't be shocked if that was the case but it's uh it's a new nugget that has been dropped on districts that we have to try and figure out so that'll be the topic for conversation at the curriculum committee meeting coming up and there may or may not be Financial considerations with that the science of reading as I just mentioned um before we move on can I just ask um for a teacher to teach kindergarten is that a general Elementary skill set or is it a specific skill set is it like teacher teach third fourth or fifth grade uh you know what I mean it depends where you were sort of it depends what your certification is so some are more encompassing Pre-K is definitely unto itself which creates another problem so Pre-K right if we do a transition program we'd have to make sure we have enough people that are certified in pre-k to teaching and we do have that you know as if it were today I know a lot of people um we held the meeting here actually a couple of Fridays ago with 34 representatives from schools all over the South Central Connecticut basically New Haven County and they were all saying well you know I don't have the Pre-K people to be able to do this like I would need a waiver from the state on a certification to teach Pre-K we don't we agree that it's probably not a great idea for five-year-olds to be starting um at you know they should be fine before they start kindergarten we agree with that but uh what do we do in this year in the interim and so there really hasn't been much in the way of guidance and we're hopeful that'll be imminent obviously but the certifications are starting next year that's starting this upcoming school year yeah yeah 24 25.
four will stay in the net with the goalie as a pass out from the end line there's two spots one on each side of the net where the offensive team has a chance a choice of putting the ball into play which is being done right now by hop content you'll pass it out to somebody it has to leave the circle and then come back in before it can be a goal that was right on the line I don't I couldn't tell whether it was out or not play goes on if it didn't saved by houseman if it didn't leave the circle the official makes a note of that and um play goes on and if a goal is scored and the ball never left the circle it's disallowed okay there'll be a free hit side in actually nope wrong line wrong line yep he's straight and they're out yeah Blue Line yep the side in uh it's about the 11 yard line for Hopkinton again she's got a pass a dribble at five yards before it goes into the circle as soon as she moves the ball the defense the Ashland defense can move in and try to take it away we have we're just about to end the first quarter here that was fast there goes the horn that's the end of the first quarter here at the cutest uh Athletic Complex here at Ashland High School in the first game of the 2023 Tri-Valley League field hockey season with the visiting Hopkinton Hill is playing your Ashland clockers no score after one quarter we play Four 15-minute quarters Hopkinton Wills start the second quarter again with possession that's the end of the break between the first and second periods here at Kunis field at Ashland High School the whistle is blown the teams are on their way out again for the start of the second period no score looks like number 14 there for uh Hopkinton will take the senate pass out the Fowler girls usually pass that back to a teammate but it doesn't have to go back it can go forward the Ashland can't cross that 50-yard line until the ball is moved one way or the other but most teams will pass it back followers setting up to pass it to her teammate closest to her who is seven yards away but that was a decoy and it goes to what what entry and she passes it up over the 50 follow picks it up moves it in almost into the circle I think she's calling a dangerous hit on that I don't know why it was below the shoulder the stick cannot go above the shoulder on any normal hit it's considered to be dangerous um if a ball is deflected high as long as the player uses the stick in a safe manner she can reach up high and try to deflect the ball downward the ball goes over to The Far Side clockers pick it up and it's out of bounds I heard a whistle oh he's pointing towards Hopkinton he'll be side in Hopkinton no no Society in Ashland I thought he was maybe having to move the ball back further ball crosses fields and comes over to our side on the Press Box side of the field here at the cunis complex again Hopkinton maintains possession there was just a short possession by the clockers and Hopkins and managed to take the ball away I would say at this point with uh less than two minutes gone in the second period in the 15 minutes in the first at Hopkinton right now has had the the territorial advantage okay with dribbling into the circle a shot save I Housman that shot was taken by number 11 Camille perolov okay and that was a that's a 25-yard hit it was off of Ashland straight out from where the ball went out of bounds uh okay let's use green possession before I went into the circle it's in the circle what do we have so you call the fall I didn't see it foreign crossed in front of the Ashland play unless it hit her foot if it did in the circle that's a foul it's a corner for Hopkinton and Ashland is setting up the play again with husband in goal we've got halleck and check numbers out here Chapman hickey and I didn't catch the fourth number along with Housman in there as soon as the ball is injected into the circle the defense the Ashland defense can work get on down there's a shot on goal I don't think there was a save it's somebody stopped it but I don't think it was houseman didn't make it through problem in the maintain his possession in the circle look like an obstruction there though yup she did call it number 11 obstructed you have to be if there's a if there's a player from the other team within playing distance of the ball you have to be moving that ball you have to be dribbling it and if you're not that's an obstruction call that goes against the person who doesn't who's not moving the ball has possession but is not moving the ball and that's apparently from what my point of view is what happened okay that ball went out of bounds off of Ashland it's uh no yeah she tried to move it up to the 20 and the official on the far side is getting it further down inside the 15 actually I wanted to find a construction there against the clock goes yeah oh well you want to get yeah right it was against the clock free hit Pockets here and that was I don't know what the call was there oh obstruction against the caucus free hit and accepted by the gravel number 16 playing defense in there on defense now ball is passed out dribble up the sideline but there's nobody there it'll be a side in for the clockers Alec has taken that side in she might go back she might go forward she's got to find somebody open try to get it to them she's going to go back it's the only one that's open and now we go forward but there's no white jersey here Ken Hopkins and dribbles the length of the field 50 yards it's off of Hopkinton 16-yard hit clock foreign makes it through to the 50 almost to the 50 but unable to maintain control and Hopkinton intercepts the ball dribbled Down By Zoe Adams violation against top against the clock is rather it's a free hit at the 35-yard line a football 35-yard line I use those as reference points to make it easier for you to see where the ball is located but uh deal hockey only uses the 16-yard circle the 25 on either end as far as markings go on the field the 50 is just a point to start the pass back after a goal or the beginning of a quarter okay we have uh possession by the clock as halek they had taken the free hit he passes it up that was trip bye now what do we got there must have hit her foot but we get it right back and trip again she's got a teammate open on the corner couldn't get it through it's inside the 25 now that's inside the 15 we can get a corner here if we can get it in the circle well that's a free hit outside the circle before the clock is and again you have to remember that free hit can't go directly into the circle it has to be moved dribbled five yards by the by the person taking the free hit or pass to a teammate in touch by a teammate before it goes into the circle so there's a skill involved there to get it into the circle and we are unable to get it to a teammate it's out of bounds off-white it'll be a 16-yard hit green okay I would think that the silver silver weed was uh too close and the official gave it back to Hopkinton that can be a Cod situation too if it continues to do it if they're not five yards away okay that task goes way up out of bounds it'll be a clock or 16-yard hit yeah the defense has to be five yards away on all three hits and if they're not uh they can't play the ball and the officials discretion to give a green a yellow or red card we don't go to red cards in that usually because once you give them a green card and they're out for two minutes it doesn't happen again the yellow can be a five or a 10.
yeah so it's going to impact that 24-5 budget gotcha um the science of reading waiver the states I think you had to have basically a very program based uh reading program uh very phonetically based uh we don't have an off-the-shelf program for reading we use uh really our own home-baked reading program that's reflective of the various elements of reading we applied for a waiver from the state uh initially we were told that we would hear things all through last spring all through the summer still haven't heard anything we were just recently invited to a webinar this week for districts that had applied for the waiver to hopefully tell us what we're doing the problem is you know the later that this drives on with the state there are fiscal ramifications if they tell you you must have X program or white program I don't know how communities are going to Pivot and put you know that's it's wicked expensive to buy some of these programs and so um were we we're in a wait and see approach Thursday I think is the webinar that Marlene Kevin and I are attending um to try and figure this out but this is definitely going to be a a potential area for impact on us if I think I remember reading an article and I don't know if it was sent to us or not about phonics based uh phonics based reading versus like relational reading or something like that and how one of them was a whole language yeah is that New York City or the New York state was going to abandon phonics so basically I think the the moral of the story is when you put all of your eggs into one basket it doesn't work for all students and if there was a program that was this Panacea that worked every time for all kids everybody would be using it by now but teaching students children to read is more complex than that um and there are a lot of variables you have to consider and sometimes the perfect prescription for you is not the perfect most times the perfect prescription for you to learn is not the same prescription for me and that's the sophistication of teaching kids to be strong readers that you have to understand their needs and provide them the diversity of skills to be successful um this most recent push really killed um uh Lucy Calkins and Columbia had a reading program and you know a lot of work was done around providing these mini conferences to kids on skills to develop and then you know re watching those in practice and that you know people thought that was two whole language based as opposed to the phonics based and I just sounded out and teaching kids letter sounds and then combination sounds so the the emphasis that we have is on a broad swath of these skills and bringing these to kids and our reading scores have been very strong so we applied for the waiver as did a lot of other places that haven't heard back yet and so we're we're waiting we'll learn more Thursday how this came to be is very eye-opening um it was it was done mincing words it was forced upon the state department ahead without consultation School District so there was a lot of backlash this this past year and I think that's the uh heard that because they put a extension to to the waiver and all that there's still issues and okay when we do our legislative session in November we're going to push back on this again so we'll see what happens I'd be surprised if uh the state here is back and they extend this because the ramifications for financial it needs a revisit but yeah until you're otherwise yeah but it's also very politically charged it is there's a lot of that going on too and that's yeah it's unfortunate because you know I think when Cade uh in caps worked together to create these uh reading programs these are called master classes for reading it they've been wildly popular across Connecticut and Incredibly valuable for educators in terms of uh best practices and reading instruction that's an example of collaboration that worked really well to support reading growth and I think the urban centers and the politicians from Urban centers are alarmed that there hasn't been greater reading growth as everybody should be particularly in those communities and I think they the politicians seem to feel that it was a function of not teaching enough phonics based reading because that was a strategy that was effective I think originally in Mississippi and that's great but it's we want to build there's a lot there you weren't at SD conference call earlier this year or to explain how this came to be yeah it was very yeah um it kind of that's what we're looking for it was politically you know no but but it wasn't just a I'll get off in a second but how it started it was well known as they talked about how it started it's political but that insult the injury there were some staffers at the department had that blatantly said you know boards don't know what they're doing with Finance would you talk to right forget about the board the school district so more to come by I assuming we have to Pivot I uh I would plan for that yeah it was a nice one um and then it's definitely want to give it away from a successful program so what we're arguing that we shouldn't you know because it is working for our students but we need to you know there's just something we need to consider and so the cost for that is what additional ones so new teaching materials and new training for our you know that's part of it too is that we 've articulated for the state it's not just the cost of the program the time and money that you sink into PD to teach people programs is really you know the top of all the other stuff for teachers already yeah and if it was if it was home run then absolutely sign us up we are there um but absent that data uh unfortunately like when you look at the the communities that uh had adopted one of the initial five specific reading programs that the state said would work they weren't you know scoring very well and so it was you know it was tough pill to swallow for a lot of folks including some of the people in those districts who wanted to change and so cost is unknown and impact would occur 24 25 potentially right okay yeah so I sit on the opposite end of this conversation because we are going through this the impact Isis the casualties to the districts that are performing like us is because there were just lack of thoughtfulness within the programs that were implemented in other districts where we did who put too much of our eggs into the Caulkins program we didn't consider a balanced approach where there may be Finance necessary for certain students but it wasn't available so we are kind of the casualty of this reading Wars though in a sense but I I do think there's positive stuff coming out of it because we're part of the master class and we're looking and seeing well those districts that committed to those programs what did they do wrong implementation wise too because Jeff's right there's not one silver Ebola if you will in any of this so it's a commitment upon us to look at our program and see what are we missing what are the components of reading that our kids should have access to so yeah they're pretty successful I you know appreciate your point too about the Silver Lining at least being that a lot of people are talking about reading and that's great yeah you know that's that's good it's a good start but how do we support more students and um in their reading growth that's but I don't want math to take a back seats but um you know kind of quasi-related we invested the board knows a fair amount of money through Peck Jones into updating our Elementary classroom libraries that desperately needed it uh we're still in that process uh we want to continue to do some of that work next year uh a change in legislation has coincided with a significant increase in school lunch that I projected deficit at the end of this year that comes out of our operating budget and not Food Services is 75 000 if we continue the pace that we're on but we're going to work not to have that that high right there was a message that came out today or is it yes did I just get it because you're a chronic offender we um yeah I mean we've got a number of initiatives around this you know the balance right now and it's only the first month of school is about nine thousand dollars and if you look the highest balance the old is 95 dollars it's not like one person is a thousand these are a lot of small balances across the district Not Unusual for districts like us we're all struggling with it but the highest year we've ever had since I've been here is about five thousand you know so this is substantially high and we've been as low as hundreds of dollars um we did turn on the auto parent notice when there's you know a negative balance apparently when it got turned on today some parents were getting notices every four hours oh um is that working for us but you know obviously we're not trying to to Badger people but we we do need to collect on these balances where they're owed and there are some some families that just miss out on the freedom reduced lunch which the threshold's fifty thousand dollars so if you're off by a little bit and you miss it you got nothing so you know we always message that if you you know think you qualify or you've applied and you've been rejected we will talk to those families so that they can you know potentially qualify for free and reduced and then we will start making phone calls which we've done in the past you know just where those balances are not being paid so I hope not to be come to the board at the end of the year and say it's 75 000.
the team would play shorts like ice hockey that was a foot green foot but Ashland maintained possession so no whistle the official had his arm up pointing in the Ashland offensive Direction okay we have a corner a clock is out of a corner fouled by Hopkinton in the circle no it looked like he made the corner call oh it's all about it went out of bounds okay we couldn't see it from here the ball is kind of blending in with the uh the Green Turf in the in the dark now in the Twilight anyhow it's a 25 yard hit for the clockers again five yard pass or dribble before it goes into the circle as an aerial dribble the aerial dribble is uh is a skill is a is a obtained worked on diff hard drill hard skill rather where the player is able to dribble the ball um on her stick off the ground and make and Advance the ball of course but she can't go directly into a defensive player she has to try to go around a shot on goals saved by housing off of housing so that'll be a 25-yard hit [Applause] nope called the corner of that well if it's intentionally sent out of bounds over the goal line the official can call a corner um I had a problem with that because she was making the save and it didn't look like she intentionally it was just the angle of the ball the way it was coming in it went over the inline anyhow we have a Hopping that has a corner it's outside the circle it comes back in pass over to the left side taken away by the clock is briefly shot on goal stopped by the defense and we have a pass out to Haley Katz Katz moves it out almost outside the 25 but it's out of bounds again side in off Hopkinton side and caucus yeah I don't I don't see that as being an intentional save out by houseman but no harm done nice there is a call in field hockey which is unlike ice hockey it's oh we have a foot there Hopkinton Ashland ball free hit bounces through but it makes its way out unable to control it on the nearly cats on the near side so it'll be a Hopkinton side in again again Hopkinton is continuing to maintain uh field advantage here and um you know that's off of Ashland again it's awful difficult to um when the team is dominating the offensive zone like that to keep them out of the net so hopefully the clock is going to turn it around we have 340 left in the second period here side in by Hopkinton taken away briefly by the clock of defense that was Chapman I think hickey that was hickey okay that was high that was dangerous now she whacked away at it raised it up that was uh what Don three and uh it was shoulder height that's an easy call for the official it'll be a free hit from that spot for the clockers and we're looking for the clock is three little over three minutes to go here to Mount some kind of an offense get the ball down the other end so we don't are not in danger of giving up a goal again it's intercepted by Hopkinton moved up nice stop by uh Chapman I was at hickey now that she passes it up bound so that was um that was 21 that was hickey now the ball is inside the 25 or right on the 25 which means she's got a passive dribble before it goes into the circle five yeah then she did she had a teammate take the pass as a pass over but no shot and it's up to by the defense and I don't know what the officials saw it looked like uh that was number three for the clock as Peyton Tripp looked like she made a nice stop with a stick whistle blue Corner called we've got the Schiller in the net Chapman Hallock and somebody else which number I can't take uh along with the houseman injections in it's outside the circle it's back in it's deflected by the clock is shot that'll be a goal dangerous too high oh okay yeah dangerous too high I thought the I thought the call was going to go against the clock 16-yard hit we have 120 to go in the half the ball can be raised on goal to try to score a goal but it can't be dangerous to field players it has to be lifted nice save by houseman and pass in Hopkin and ball in the circle oh what another oh that was an excellent save [Music] and the official is calling it a 25-yard hit I believe yeah 25 here because it went off the goalie two excellent says husband's key husband is keeping them in the game here we have 40 seconds to go in the first half uh broken play by Hopkinton and we have uh Peyton Tripp moving the ball up she is fouled it'll be a free hit clock or is that around the 40-yard line 30 seconds to go and oh a little bit of a Miss hit sometimes the biscuits have a way of making their bouncing and making their way through obstruction by number 10 Hopkinton it'll be a free hit clock is inside the 25 is 13 seconds to go the ball is way out of bounds the clock's going the oppon's going to go off before the clock has got a chance to take this free hit unless he stops the clock yeah so that will end it the clock is do not get a chance to take that free hit inside the 25.
we'll keep you posted but it is um something that we are aware of and working on and in addition to the legislation changes which there's no lunch shaming and not that we ever did that but I think there's been a lot of confusion with the state saying meals are free meals are not free a lot of meals are free again we went through that last year and this year breakfast is free but lunch isn't free so there's a confusion Factor associated with this as well so just put that out there that's really more of an issue for this year but you know if we don't have 75 000 like extrapolated as if the runway house continues to increase and no one pays if we can that is worse yeah yeah you would end up 75 grand okay or obviously we're recognizing this on sorry we're making changes to really mitigate the impact and hopefully you never get close to that but you know it's it's a number that if it were to continue on that track that I think we would have to like almost set aside a budget lying to cover that next year uh it's a it's significant enough but we're monitoring and I'm by June or by January we'll be able to tell you you know where where I think so it's just consideration I think you said this before what's what's our typical Trend with these debts at the end of the year cost you mean not 75 000 no it's like last year was about four thousand yeah yeah and but the 4000 was based on one month where lunch wasn't free right because we we started out there paying then they they changed their mind and then we made it free the rest of the year so that was relatively high balance for a short period of time you know so it's a it's an odd thing that's happening you know for for districts like us there are districts you know like Meriden all meals are free for all students we don't qualify for that um so it's um it's something that will will continue to work I'm confident we'll get the balance down I just don't know how low that will will get it and we'll we'll keep working at it and it is a an issue for also the school nutrition Association and the school business officials Association we have a conference and um next Friday and I'm on a panel where this is one of the topics that we'll be talking about as well there is a real dearth of interns out there we used to have a boatload uh two to three in a building and now you know we're close to two or three in the district of two to three in the building it's it's uh for me a canary in the coal mine as it relates to our profession but uh knowing that we rely pretty significantly on subs and interns to provide particularly at the Elementary grades uh meeting times to discuss grade level uh data and things like that it's a concern uh we either have to find a different way to get that time which I'm sure would come at one cost or look at Subs the scary thing and the subs is not like they're falling out of the trees either so you know we're we're just looking at that right now as a consideration how do we how do we tackle that with raising the pay rate for Subs bring in more candidates so we've raised the pay rate for Subs we've done some marketing and you know held fairs and things that have been pretty successful for us in terms of filling positions um you know there there have been points over the last couple of coveted years where I know that I could have paid 500 bucks a day and and probably still not got enough Subs I don't think it's that place anymore economically but uh yeah there's nothing that we wouldn't consider with the increases in the minimum wage we are paying more um it's just not you know have you looked at like yeah we use Kelly Services but we used to do it all on our own and what three four years ago we searched before covet and I switched to Kelly um and to Ben's credits we've been working with that renegotiated rates that help our bottom line but don't always necessarily produce more substitutes but the substitute fill rate is so far this year is we're a little over 90 percent so we've got a good pool of Subs they're working they're covering but you know comes at at a price you know so I've been you can't avoid it because you do want to have the instructional time the collaboration time so you need subs to cover that you know we are working at Marlene you know has taken the lead on trying to work on the you know last minute absences you know to reduce that because that cost us some time as well um you know we've used building Subs you know they're assigned permanently in lieu of not having the interns um so I would say that the subprogram is working for the teachers but there is a price associated with it and that we did renegotiate with Kelly at the beginning of this year so they dropped us from 35 to 29 so that's that was a good pickup that's a big number over the course of the year so you know that was we appreciate Kelly's flexibility and Ben's persistence so I'll make that happen um you know it's just I've had another thing that we're monitoring in terms of what the influence on our budget next year might be you know we sustained that 29 and that's a benefit that wasn't calculated into this budget but we'll see in the next budget um can I just ask um so even though we have a shortage of interns when we have a teaching teacher opening I I'm guessing we still have many applicants it depends on the position so um we did a great job this year of getting out real early uh Marlene uh spearheaded the elementary hiring with our elementary principals we were posting anticipated openings at all the schools back in like March and getting kids before they even graduated college to apply it wasn't always first-year people that we were hiring but there's a deeper pool in March that would include more people that are coming out of school than um you know you're going to get other times of the year so we we jumped on that hired a lot of great people uh the top people that we feel like we're in the class but also you know we did hire some people that had experience in other places when you look at something like a physics teacher however or I think there's like seven certified physics teachers left in Connecticut it feels like some days you know if that person retires and you post that job you know Bill Nye Science Guy is not walking through the door you know and it I will never forget it Cheshire high school when I was the principal and seriously considered a woman who applied for a Latin job only because she was a secretary who worked in a church that that had the Latin Mass like that was the best I could even get a sniff up and that was like for a hot second I was like well maybe that's not it's sobered up at that point and said no we're not going there but you know the the it depends on the job depends on the opening um science math languages notoriously difficult to fill and are only becoming more difficult to fill in this way you see all these openings and then the other thing that's happening is uh the the flow of jobs I was stunned last year to talk to a colleague who hired 29 teachers 29 new teachers for that school year District about the size of ours all of them were from one city in Connecticut all 29 of them now he hired there were more people than that that were hired at 129 from one urban center like that's it and so though that Center had a lot of openings you know a lot and it scares me that the kids in Connecticut who if you look at socioeconomic conditions have the greatest needs have the most staff turnover and that is really a terrible formula for Connecticut and our future and Beyond but um we don't solve that problem at this table tonight but it's a reality a long-winded response to your rather straightforward question sorry um consideration for Budget adjustments related to professional development and keeping with the keyboards it's our favorite time of the year where we get to talk about the cave Awards um Carol and I went through the various elements on the cave Awards one of the things that they ask about is professional development you know when we look at all the criteria the board continues to meet that level one recognition standard we'll share more at the next board meeting but um one of the things that it talks about to to uh you know first of all you need to be level one for two years before you can even apply to level two and so we'll talk at the board meeting about you know well we've applied for level one if we received a new word where would we go from here but the the other thing is it does talk about you know board training and we want to make sure that's adequately fine I asked we'll look at the costs of that before we get together back again in January um and it's it's nominal at the most we're exploring an adjustment to preschool tuition um you've already done that tonight so we're good there the only thing I would add you know Adam you asked about uh correspondence earlier this evening I was at the coffee hour at Norton for our new school uh you know just drop in talk about whatever you want uh and the parent was excited to see the design but also asked me about the prospect of seventh grade Sports and why we don't have a specific seventh grade team at Dodd um I don't know of many school systems that have two middle school interscholastic teams uh and maybe intramurals might be an option but um I was explaining to 32 yeah she because she said a number of students try out and unfortunately you know for something like dot basketball where you have maybe 12 kids on the team um there are a number of kids inevitably who don't make that team and that's disappointing you know we do have some intramural options but I was explaining that the facilities it'd be difficult to have two teams in that facility uh now you're booking double the time it's also double the cost in essence because we'd have two coaches now for every sport so it's financially and logistically very challenging but I I asked her to send me an email you know I'm sure we'll have other community questions and requests that come up before our meeting in January and we'll share those and discuss those later too but just figured I'd pass along tonight because we had that conversation with that parent so uh a couple items very old business rentals or um oh geez yeah you know because of the influx of our enrollment Canada and then I suspect there's going to be an influx building use building use because we never really resolved prior to covet the challenges with the scheduling demand and paying not paying I think maybe for a future financial planning committee talk about that I don't know there's anything to do budget-wise I'm just you know we'll show the year goes might be surprised if uh we're not going to get inundated which is probably a good thing with rental of our existing not to mention the new um schools in a few years but just something about and it's it's actually on my list I did have a conversation we have a meeting related to building up field use with yeah you know our internal group John Cawley and talked about hey you know I need to get together to talk about fees and and building use and so it's on my list but I haven't done anything with this information is gone at me as we're talking about projections yeah we really haven't dealt with them parks and recs is a change in leadership right as far as yeah I mean and building this is taking place basketball you know and all the other sports that it is because we haven't heard anything in three years it's being managed this is just listen well it's well just because you didn't hear about it I feel like yes I'm finished yeah I spent a lot of time we're in a good place right now we did have some issues that we had to deal with we straightened them out um so we're good and then I the other thing I I don't think you know the board uh but I mentioned Jeff you know if possible not they like addressing this budget just curious to know if we can what our teachers are raising for school supplies classic supplies that's not going to have a budget you know I'm talking about yeah just get it just get a ballpark I I don't know if there's an issue I don't know if people should have pocket obviously ptapia just kind of curious because that's one of those budget items that's not in the budget anywhere because there may be personally happening uh to be a shame if we don't necessarily trying to get that in the future but I just don't know what that looks like so um I connected with a couple of different PTO presidents on this and uh talked about the fact that teachers and I notify that every member of our staff too that the preferred method if you're a teacher is not to publicize my wish list on donors shoes and just have people buy Amazon is a super popular like I guess you can populate a wish list crank it out to your parents and they'll buy all the items on the wish list which I in some respects I appreciate I certainly appreciate our parents being so generous to do that what I think the challenge that we've tried to resolve when I talked to our administrators and sent this to our staff is that sometimes you're asking for things that we have 42 of in a closet down the hall which is a waste of parent money sometimes you're asking for books that we just threw out 16 copies of those because they don't meet our reading standards if you talk to Pat Castle our reading specialist sometimes it's you know something that your your neighbor has sometimes it's you know there are a myriad so what we said is put your wish list together talk to your show it to your administrator so one we can catalog the things that maybe you're looking for that we don't sometimes it's the gold standard of tissues right so we're not buying the Puffs top but I wasn't going to say a brand but Kleenex top Ultra brand or whatever and you know and if you want to put that on the list great but we know what you were looking for and we can especially if there's something not the same that I don't know what the request all are I remember my kids were going through Atlanta schools I know what the pdas were helping with but if there is something that's valuable that need a whole dish could benefit from I would imagine at this or has greater buying power and buying both or something like that though but I just it's just like we cover with student fees cover almost every year you know sometimes I hear you know teachers paint out of pocket I'm like well literally what is it what does that look like right don't know but it's one of those things that maybe yeah I'm speculating maybe not fully funded which is not a bad thing but it's I think it's an expense that we probably should that's right yeah we're trying to wrap our hands which could be you know hard to do again I'm just curious that's nothing it goes anywhere or not I don't know but at least someone asked me or asking board member you know hey what are you guys doing with school supplies list we have some background talk about and why it's kind of well even having gone through the system Jeff with my own kids it was kind of annoying to have to pay or even be peer pressured into having to pay for a certain package of folders and you know finders and so forth I feel if we go back to the basics what are the essentials and that's that I get teachers have creative ideas and they want to do projects and so forth but that could be supplemented via PTA right yeah some of these things are your basic supplies right if it's a basic Supply you know I mean so most families are buying it you know for the teacher who wants their room to be the like the Pinterest classroom of the month or whatever I don't know that we need to be hitting up our parents for that either so that's something that we're trying to wrap our hands around um to better know what is it that our teachers are asking for how do we better support them yeah and is there something that comes through the budget or is it something that is we just tell them that this isn't really what we're doing I I want to I believe this is not the case but again I would hate that teachers are paying out of pocket for something that should be in the budget which right hopefully doesn't happen but I agree Anthony was they got enough going on to worry about without you know yeah it's more information the world's changed and now you know you have this ability to just go out bypass kind of what we do internally when you need to buy something and I mean I'll tell you this the principals are in charge of determining how to spend that budget there's nothing that I like have ever turned a teacher right request for that came directly to me through a principle I mean we would figure out how to adjust and move money from one school to another and I I think I don't think anybody's doing it maliciously but it is odd to tell you we have Trish red Foundation who of course the typical so there are a lot of avenues and we just I think what we're looking to do is get better and a lot of the information so that we can budget better uh meet student and teacher needs better and and hopefully you know things the parents are buying are things that are of real need and value not to stretch this out a little a little longer but um as this also in reference to like kids get a list of suggested so it doesn't feel like suggested supplies but almost like mandatory supplies where it's like you have to have like three different size of composition books that's what I'm drawing within like 20 pencils and five erasers and a special bag to keep it all in and that kind of stuff is that what we're talking about here why do you need all this stuff for you had stuff from last year and it's part of it why do you have to buy a composition book can't you just buy line a Trapper Keeper or something yeah line paper and throw it in there and walk around with it yeah you can still buy those yeah cool absolutely yeah Renaissance I guess yeah Renaissance for the Trapper Keeper yeah it's right next to the Smurfs lunch box yeah definitely yeah anyway my first lunchbox so that's what we're talking about yeah everything is Compass because like it's that because it seems like it like uh for the great that my sons and it seemed like it was like a like a standardized list that didn't come from a particular teacher it was like went out to everyone in the grade this is what you need yeah what is that like is that and I think that's that's kind of commonplace to say you know because we'll get parents that are really upset if we don't provide a list of things that we would typically buy um and so you know here here's a list of typical supplies that kids would have I think having a reasonable list uh is important as opposed to you know you need only an off purple Trapper yeah it felt oddly specifically it's an air Eagle yeah pad size yeah you know what yeah I had the hell of a time finding them because like composition books couldn't we get a better price buying them in bulk for the entire School than to pay because they weren't cheap yeah we do buy some of that stuff and we do buy some of that stuff yeah uh you know not every yeah you know we talk about folders for kids and stuff I mean I also appreciate that most of our families really want to personalize their Fuller you know sure of all the things that we deal with this isn't something I hear a lot of concerns about in the community no but I think the impact on kids soja I mean come on if my kid doesn't have that particular book or folder yeah yeah what's the emotional impact here yeah no it's not the budget right yeah I uh I was struggling because I I'm gonna say I don't see anything related to solar energy geothermal statements I knew something was there that's 25 6.
so at the end of uh one half here at Kunis field we have no score the Hopkinton Hills have a had a territorial advantage in this game so far they'll switch ends hop into I mean Ashland will get the ball to start the third and fourth periods and hopefully they can generate a little more offense than they did in the first half welcome back to the coach Bill Kunis Athletic Complex here at Ashland high school over the second half of the opening game of the 2023 Tri-Valley and Ashland High School field hockey season we have the Hopkinton Hills the visitors here second half no score pass back from uh uh take is taken by Ashland that was uh Billy ishak taking the making the pass back initially and the ball goes back over the 50 and Hopkins and gains possession here I'm sure um coach Molly Bennett Foley and uh Melissa misspelli Nichols are imploring the Bachelor clocker team to get that ball down into the offensive end get it out of here uh in a defensive end and try to get that and try to get some opportunities I don't think the Hopkinton goalie made any saves in the first half so we'd like to change that Heidi hausmann on the other hand has probably made about 10 a couple on the spectacular of the spectacular variety caucus have the ball let's trip dribbles down she's being harassed sticking Affairs call it wasn't called it was signaled but was able to maintain possession so the whistle did not blow trip again taken away um that's Pearl off doubles in that shot was outside the circle well you know I guess it was inside and it was misplayed house was very upset at herself it looked like she made the save and it might have uh might have had a little Back Spin on it and instead of kicking it she tried to move it out with her glove and she was unable to get it in so just a minute and a half a minute 27 seconds into the SEC so third quarter second half the Hopkinton Hills are on the board I didn't catch that was number 11 actually who took that shot so I can tell you who scored the goal that was prologue Camille perloff for the healers I'm sure husband would like to have that back in any case we need to move that ball out into the offensive zone I'll do Thon 3 is uh constantly of in possession of that ball and setting up her teammates left and right mostly on the right this is a right-handed game by the way those sticks are made for a right to play with the right hand the you cannot use the rounded back part of the stick that's illegal you can only use the front side or the edges ball is out of bounds it'll be a side in clockers up at about the 20.
you know I had a question about that but I guess that's nothing appropriate time are we done uh I think we're done here so let's adjourn uh all in favor aye all right it is approved we are adjourned we have a 746.
that's uh hickey is going to take the side in I'm sure as you'd like to find a teammate over the 50. she could dribble that out herself that would be a self-stat that's fine that's legal um the suggestion would be if you're going to pass it to have somebody to pass it to otherwise take the free you know take the self-stat and try to dribble it around the defense anyhow clock a ball oftentimes in this game it's better to go back to go forward so sometimes you'll see those passes go back to an open teammate in the defensive end and maybe try to switch fields meaning get the ball from the that side to the near side our side where the cameras are located yes Ashland is maintaining um not possession but forcing Hopkinton to get that ball deep into their own defensive end Peyton Tripp is another one that's all over the place checking okay that's uh that's the goal scorer Camille perloff again shot it's out of bounds a 16-yard hit Lili ishak taking the free hit he tries to find a teammate on the wing on the far side again it's intercepted excuse me I don't sneeze there okay we're back into the Ashland offensive end down to about the 30-yard line picked up there by silver wig it's taken away by Hopkinton maintains possession near side trip tries to move it down taken away by the Ashland by the clock idea I'm sorry it's a hill of Defense again that's a bouncing pass that makes its way through a nice defensive play and he's calling a 25 that hit right it went out of bounds off of uh last Touch by the clockers so it's a 25-day he had four Hopkinton straight out from where the ball went out of bounds I don't know why they're taking it so close to the center of the field anyhow five yard movement balls in the circle oh boy there's 11 again oh what a shot yep that's your second goal Camille perlov she scored a minute and a half approximately into the third quarter and now with nine ten to go she scores a second one that was a hard shot she was open got the ball I kept the backswing of the stick below shoulder level and fired it into the net past Housman houseman's played a great game timeouts called in the field and I'm guessing that it was called by Ashland okay now they're not timing the Timeout on the uh on the scoreboard so I can't tell you how much time is left it is usually a two minute time out and if Ashland did call that it would make sense that is their only timeout that they have and they have none left and we still haven't had a water break a common official called water break to be honest with you I think with the Sun not a problem here now that uh you probably don't need it was probably the afternoon games that were that we needed them okay we have a whistle that's probably more than two minutes but again that's okay if they go if they're not going to call a a water break timeout if they extend the regular time out a half a minute or so that's okay too I would think so there was a goal scored before the timeout by Hopkinton uh perlov scoring her second goal of the of the period of the game and uh so the clockers will have the ball on the whistle Forester the pass back Lily Tripp attempt to get that ball over the 50 but was intercepted by number nine for Hopkinton Kelly Locke ball is inside the circle without over the end line apparently as I see the clock is going for the ball was off Hopkinton it'll be a 16-yard hit no but everybody's staying down that end I don't know we'll see up to 25.
it's a 25 coming in it's for Hopkinton oh there was a foot there if she didn't see the foot it went out of bounds anyhow Peyton Tripp took the free hit ball changes feels obviously the other side but Hopkinton is able to take it away from the clockers it's a center outside the circle I think she was hoping one of her teammates it and there's a corner now I think he was hoping one of her teammates might be able to control that ball and take a shot on net but in any case there was a violation on Ashland you might see the uh the four defensive players of one or more going and putting on masks which are now allowed as of this year in high school hockey event High School field hockey in Massachusetts they can wear those for the whole game if they like but usually what we find is that the girls will use them for the corners and then flip them out out of bounds after the corner is done so if they're unable to do it shot on goal looks like it hit yeah it hit a national leg he had his he had his uh he had his right arm up because he saw the violation but he held the whistle to see if Hopkinton was able to get a shot off and they weren't so the foul was called and there's another corner for uh poppington yeah so they can maintain you know those masks if they like but most uh most of the players I've noticed are just flipping them out once the cone is over behind the net okay the ball is now injected it's outside the circle one could not control but press back in and we have a shot again oh oh look oh nice save by Houseman and it's out of bounds I don't I didn't see who was out of bounds from uh he's pointing to a 16.
okay he was pointing at a player so it was off of Hopkins and it'll be a 16-yard hit yeah that was um that was Camille Pearl off again getting a great shot and a great save by uh by houseman keeping Parole off from having a a hat trick in the period and that was an aerial pass by Hopkins out of the 16 from the 16 and out out to the 40 controlled by the clockers uh pass up Hopkinson is able to get to it first it stays on this stick and it's better oh it's out of bounds so it's inside the 50 it'll be a side in it looks like it looks like Peyton Tripp will take that 520 to go in the third quarter Hopkinton up two nothing on two goals by Camille perloff that's another aerial pass but there's no white jerseys there so uh so Hopkins is able to control that settle it down yeah and I would say that's off green yep it'll be a white side in outside the 25 so she could drive that straight in if she had a a lane open he doesn't have to dribble a past five years before it goes into the circle and she attempts another there you see it had a stick she attempt of an aerial pass and Hopkinton raised the stick above their shoulders to stop it and that's legal it's not danger it wasn't considered dangerous ball makes it over to The Far Side not just over four minutes to go in Period number three here at uh acunis complex named for coach and teacher Bill Kunis a legend here in Ashland great baseball and football player long time track coach a member of the BC Hall of Fame for his baseball exploits way back in when he was in college math teacher at both the middle school and the high school for many many years okay we have a foul against Hopkinton Ashland comes out with the ball we got a pass down unable to control it and it goes to an Ashland stick and there's Peyton trip again controlling it oh she's unable to get it in the circle it bounces off for sticking out of bounds so it'll be a sign in green foreign the goal scorer there perloff he's all over the place and two players here Pearl off of course scored the two goals and uh what found three of course is a great ball handle a stick Handler and quick around the uh around the ball getting possession the button the clock is have the ball inside the circle and we have a corner call caucus have a corner I think I think this is the first Corner they've had and I saw them score a nice goal off of a corner in one of their pre-season games last week possibly pass one out to the top of the circle controlled right into the circle and fire it in by the I don't know who it was it scored it it was a girls didn't have numbers at that scrimmage injection it's outside the circle not controlled off of Hopkin and stick that should be no yeah I'm making the call from up here it looked like it was deflected off of a hop in the stick looked like Ashland made the uh tried the shot it was a weak shot but in any case it's a 16-yard hit for the hillers Purl off again with the balls he passes it up stop by the clockers kept inside the 50 at least inside the 40.
in down to about the 35 that's uh a lot of Hallock in the circle again shot oh miss hit and it's out of bounds nope it stayed in it stayed in I guess the Hopkin and goalie passed it out 1 15 to go here in the third quarter the Ashland offenses come alive they're getting the ball in the circle or getting Corners they're making the Hopkin and goalie make some saves by the way the goalie for Hopkinton the number 55 is Caroline Kane I gave you the starting lineups they didn't have positions here on the on the roster for Hopkins and so I don't know who that goalie was but anyhow it's it's 55 gallon cane Caroline I should say Caroline Kane and that's wide font three again on the far side controlling the ball passing it to who else but perloff perloff gets it inside the circle maintains possession oh almost had a shot excuse me oh that could have been called Dangerous oh she uh signaled oh yeah she had the arm up eight seconds to go it's almost over here in third quarter and that's it that's the end of the third quarter here now we have a change here and it was no score after a half and now it's two nothing in favor of the hillers on two goals scored by Camille prolov again normally we'd have a two minute break between quarters they might extend that I don't know again it's not being oh it is showing on the clock so it had two minutes it's down to 150 148 now 146.
there's the whistle to get the teams out at first whistled blows as a warning with 30 seconds to go okay the start of the fourth quarter of the clockers will again have the ball whoever wins the whoever wins the coin flip that the beginning of the game has a choice of taking the pass back or an end and Hopkinton whether they wanted or not they had it for the first two periods in the uh the clock is happening for the third and fourth girl live again dribbles through the defense that was a flip up high and he's calling at a corner it was just thought outside the circle but you might have lifted it from inside the circle which would make it a corner and we have our six um white jerseys back at the 50 of four defensive people including husband and goal waiting for the injection as soon as the ball is injected into the circle the six players that the 50 can move down and try to help up with the defense 14 minutes to go we just early in the fourth quarter here at Ashland High School the pass is not controlled outside the circle the bad bouncing pass and it was unable to be controlled so it made it out all the way out to the 30 35 yard line so Hopkins has to move that back in and they don't clock us out the ball and again it goes to a green stick and we have a obstruction call against the clock is it was a pass there was a free hit by Hopkinton what do we have side in and it's Hopkinton ball it looks like it's on the field not on the sideline what Don 3 passes it to a teammate a wing on the far side and we have a corner call uh for Hopkinton didn't see what the foul was Ashland defense all four of them are picking up their masks you've got uh as usual Ali hickey in there and I think I have a chaplain and uh Ayla Hallock I'm always missing the fourth one in there okay the flyer is halleck and she takes it away one oh a goal and I I didn't catch you shot that ball let's see who's celebrating prologue was definitely in that Circle of players that were celebrating after the goal as though it's possible she might have gotten it I can't tell you for sure clock is stopped Silva's week took the pass back to start the start play again after the goal by Hopkinton the ball makes its way into out into the offensive zone for the clockers again what we found three in there taking the ball away two outstanding players for Hopkinton as I said for love and more than Zant three they've not changed anything from the first half they have maintained offensive possession constantly the clockers did have a couple coins oh that was a nice shot it was going to miss the net that was Pearl off again that was an edge shot a reverse stick Edge shot and it was not uh not called dangerous because it was her and the goalie and that was a legal play and it was off the goalie I think you know the instinct is to make the save but if she lets that go she doesn't make that save it's going to go out of bounds off green anyhow it was a 25-yard hit for the hillers and they maintain possession it's very hard to tell a goalie not to make the save oh that's got to be a white ball yeah what are we doing what are we doing green was green was keeping white from playing that ball I don't know why she's giving it to uh to Green I thought that was the right go start with okay it's out of bound side and white things change very quickly in field hockey so you know if it's a what you think might be an incorrect call a few seconds later it may you may cut the call that's actually nice save looked like he was out now she didn't save it it was out of bounds aside in white 10 minutes to go here one goal one goal by the clockers could get them back in the game but you got to get the ball into the offensive end that's yep that's a obstruction on green white takes it self-stat nice pass to herself by Hallock hella continues controlling the ball she's into the 30 passes it down touched by Hopkinton so it'll be our ball if it goes out of bounds it didn't white okay maintain possession it's in the circle stopped by the Hopkinton defense but she's calling a corner now uh all I can tell you is that there might have been a a kick by that defensive play who made that stop couldn't see that that was but the clock is have a corner we'll take it injector is on the is going to go to the fast side it's Lily ishek injections in it's up to the top of the circle it's outside the circle back in driven oh and I say thought we had a goal there
I think something that I like about West Chicago that's different from other places is that we have the best kids around like we just have genuinely great kids I absolutely love my students I am constantly Blown Away by their creativity and drive I appreciate that we can all laugh together and really form a community within the classroom I think the thing that I love the most about West Chicago is the students they're great people and they're honest they're hard-working kids and they want to be successful in the future I think without a doubt we have the nicest most polite engaging student body here it's really a pleasure coming to work every day and knowing that I have the opportunity to talk to these amazing human beings and learn and grow with them one of the things I love most about teaching at West Chicago specifically is just the level of empathy and acceptance that students have for one another they just seem to be innately empathic they have an identity of inclusion they seek people out who are kind of left out they kind of warm them by the fire they welcome them in really these kids you can tell really focus on the many common analities that they share and they are willing to listen and to accept people immediately I think that is really special and a very unique part of our culture throughout this school and the students that we get to come in and teach every day I mean I'm always so impressed by the level of wanting to take care of each other that I see amongst everybody and I see that on a daily basis with the way that the kids treat each other it's an inclusive diverse group of kids there's a reason why it's in the name right West Chicago Community High School the reason why we include it it's just a great sense of community that makes you feel a part of it if you ask someone what they love about West Chicago the first thing they're going to say is the students and that would be the same for me but it's more than just the students it's the community it's the families that feed into this community that are a part of this community it's the staff members here it really is it's family it's a family atmosphere and you get that from the staff from the students from the community from everybody I love the community in West Chicago I love the feeling of truly being a family with the students with the staff with the parents that's the best part I have support from family and other students and teachers so there's a lot I love about Wego not only the staff but the community as well and the students which make we go who it is and what it is the favorite part about it is that it's kind of like a big family not only the community but here at school as well I love everything that there is about West Chicago just in general I love the atmosphere of West Chicago I love the community that we have here so something I love about West Chicago is the community that we've built amongst teachers among students amongst all staff and just our relationships with each other so it's not just a great staff relationship but the staff has a great relationship with the students the students with the staff and it's just created this awesome Community within our building within the outside community and it's it's just really special to be a part of so I love it here I actually had my first interactions with West Chicago while I was in school I got to meet some friends here and connect with them and and I really loved the community that I had at that young age as I've started to work here be an employee I found that I have had excellent support from my co-workers from my supervisors and it's been a place where they have allowed me to have not just the autonomy to be able to flourish within my job and with the the skills and the talents that I have but providing the support and guidance that I need to get past those barriers that we just naturally end up running into in our job one of the big reasons why I love coming to work is because of my co-workers I just feel so supported every single day I know that I can turn to a lot of different people if I should ever need anything and everyone just comes together to help each other it's just a really special place to be every day Wego definitely just feels like home so our community here at the high school is one of the reasons why I love coming to work every day we have a group of professionals here who really care about the students and all also care about one another and the success of one another and the success of classes and programs and there hasn't been one time at this High School when I've reached out to a colleague and they've told me no everyone wants to help you say you have a situation in your classroom someone down the hall in your department another department has had that same situation and you're able to talk to them and discuss it with them and get advice you're never alone on anything and that's something I've experienced in the last three years even if I think it's a situation that's never happened to anyone else there's always someone in our building within this community that we've created that's willing to help you work through it talk through it our staff is just always willing to support you and help you and guide you along the way when I first joined the staff at West Chicago High School I immediately felt welcomed not only by The English Department but also everybody else that's involved with working together to make our school the best it can be I feel like I really have the opportunity to not only be myself but ask for help when needed and get that support from other people because it not only benefits me but it helps our students as well I was really happy with my decision to come to wiggle because since the moment I signed my contract I feel welcome by all this stuff if I have any questions if I'm struggling I'm not afraid to ask for help because I know they're not going to judge me they're gonna provide me with their expertise they help me they want me to be successful so I can help my students to be successful one of the most I think important ways that we serve students happens behind the scenes that students don't often see like I'm always talking with colleagues administrators friends here in the building and all of us might have a different way of helping kids but we all want to help kids the one thing that I I'm very confident about our staff is is every staff member the 150 that we have or whatever I truly truly believe that they care about our students they want the best for each student in their classroom I think our staff is really Adept at changing the way they teach to benefit the students and they truly care about the students that we go they ask students about their lives and they have meaningful dialogue I also think our staff is incredibly helpful and always willing to go above and beyond to help a student when they're stress I think one of the most meaningful ways that I've seen my co-workers you know help out our students is definitely by making a point to get to know them as people to connect with students on a deeper level get to know them and go out of their way to provide them opportunities to be successful in and out of the classroom to really push our kids to the next level we don't give up on on our students that's that I'm very confident about that thank you
to the end of The Bachelor plus 15 column which increases the 2324 salary schedule in that row to 69,4 page 48 notes that teachers in each column at the top of the scale for the um evaluation step would receive that $900 as a spiten and then it notes that the same salary Provisions will be in effect for the following year two of the contract 2425 this page has a long list of um some items page um 59 removal of the uh stifen for attendance removal of the option for the extraordinary one time stien page 60 page 62 asking to increase our curriculum project development pay rate from $20 an hour to $30 an hour um page 63 student supervisory duties teachers who work out aside of school hours supervising students the compensated rate will be $30 and hour and page 63 that same $30 an hour um sorry $30 per class period covered will be used for class coverage that is um given as required by an administrator and um that is the summary of the tenative agreement and um I believe we're going to ask for a public comment yeah so this time if there's anyone present who would like to make public comment now is the time hearing none then I'll entertain a motion to adjourn this meeting motion by Chelsea do I have a second second second by P any discussion all those in favor
I love teaching at Lake Station because it is family from the superintendent's office all the way down to the school level everybody's here for the students it's an awesome place to work I love going to work because I feel that I am valued as a teacher and as a human being
I love teaching at Lake Station because I love art and I like to see my students creating and doing things that they've never done before I have kind of all levels I have some who come in at the beginning and they are just going I've never done this before this is fun I've never done this before and just creating and then I have some who are really talented and get to show off their work at the end of the year on a all school art show
I love teaching at Lake Station because I feel that we have a very family-friendly environment there's a saying that says the people that you spend the most time with are considered your family so I have always considered all of my fellow colleagues and my administrator my family since I've started here overall the environment here at our school is just so welcoming and it makes my job coming to school every day much easier
I love teaching at Lake Station because the entire staff genuinely cares about each of the students here they go above and beyond to help out their students and care for their students so that just that makes me just feel proud to be here because I feel like I'm part of a family and we're all reaching the same goal
I love working here because of the people we have a great group of staff and the kids are great and I have small classes so I get to know the kids a little bit better than I normally would in a bigger school and I can form connections with them it's amazing like I have kids that are like 40 years old now and they still see me in the store and can't wait to say Hi how are you doing and so I really you know enjoy that part the most