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68 for this year uh 27.7 for 2425 and then 28.3 for 2526 school year uh the stirs rate is going to remain at 19.1 uh for all three years uh we both been the step and column increases for all three years uh um special ed also um continues to grow in terms of contributions from um the unrestricted general fund to um the restricted general fund um there's requirement for the districts to contribute 3% into our routine restricted maintenance account which is our MLT department and then for uh starting year 2425 uh we built in a reduction of 10 certificated FTE to line with uh the projected declining enrollment and then an additional 10 um certificated FTE um in year 2526 and then starting next year as I mentioned with the sr3 fund um all the salaries and and benefits um that we're charging in the restricted uh general fund this year will be moving back to the unrestricted uh general fund um so with that assumption with those assumptions um this is the multi-year projection um for the unrestricted general fund uh we start with this year with the beginning balance um the district is starting this year with approximately $39 million in beginning balance is projected to receive um about $124 million in total revenue um a total expenditure of about 94.3 million um contributions um from the unrestricted to restricted which includes special ed and routine maintenance of about 32.8 um and which caus us to um spend down our Reserve by about 3.1 um bringing the ending balance to about 39$ 35.9 million um that ending balance carries over to next year um and in the next year we're projecting to um receive about $21.7 million in Revenue um a total expenditures um of 104.8 um if you compare this year's total revenue um to last no sorry if you compare next year's total expenditures to this year total expend see a big spike and that's because of the Sesser money running out and all the salaries that were being paid from the Sesser money are now being paid in the general unrestricted general fund and because of that we'll be spending down a reserve uh about 16.7 uh which takes a total reserves um for the next year to about $19.1 million um that ending down carry over to the next year um we're projecting to receive about 12.5 billion in total revenue um a total expenditure of about 100.3 um and the spend down of a reserve of about1 million um to bring an earing fund fund balance to about $5 million um moving over to uh the restricted general fund um we had a carryover um again we treat the restricted funds separately we don't call it really fund balance it's carryover because those carryover dollars are earmarked for very restrictive Services um and expenditures um for 2324 we're projecting to receive about $48 million in Revenue um we're spending again spending down those carryover um uh projected total 113.9 um and then leaving um zero fund balance or carryover at the end of next year uh moving over 2425 uh we're projecting to receive a total $8 million in Revenue um 61 um million in total expenditures um and again um with no carryover or ending balance at the end of the year and then 25 26 uh we're projected to receive about 27.5 in total revenue um a total expenditure of 61.7 um and um no carry over for that year as well so next steps in future can consideration as I mentioned before um you know we're eagerly waiting for the January's Governor budget proposal um to give us more details on the impact of uh the state budget and how it trickles down to um the school districts and local agencies um with that information we'll begin our uh budget development for the upcoming year um we'll be bringing um to the board a second interal report in March that will incorporate all of the information we received during from the uh January Governor budget proposal um and then you know the May Revis is when uh the state will almost come with the final numbers um so that we're able to utilize um in developing for next year's budget and then in June uh we'll be having the public hearing for both the budget and outc cap and also the adoption of both the budget and outc cap as well so with that I'll be happy to take any questions thank you thank you I'm going to go ahead and open it up for a public comment and then bring it back to uh questions or comments any public comment at this time okay seeing none we'll go ahead and uh open it up for trustees uh trusty P yes thank you madam president uh Mr Chang uh I noticed in your presentation that you know helpers contributions keep increasing year over year while uh Cal's uh contributions are have are remaining constant in the threeyear cycle uh do we have any idea why the state keeps why are you know is a state continuing to raise the Ker's contribution rate and so because that's you know that that's a significant expense as we you know salaries and benefits are you know the largest categorical expense of any school district yes there's a huge unfunded liability for calers um in that pension program um years ago back in 2013 prior to those years I believe the rate was about 133% it has increased incrementally since that year um and now they're about 26% 27% so it has doubled up over the years um the same with Kel sters um kers was I believe at 8% or so um now it's more than double um because it's the same issue um from my understanding um kers board has more wiggle room to increase the rate calsters has to go through I think I believe a legislative process and so um in that case that's why there's you know the it's it's pretty stagnant um but um calp perss can raise their rate or reduce their rate in the event that their investment gets better and they earn more income but um the biggest issue that um is resulting increase increase of Cal and calsters that both of those Pension funds are they have a huge unfunded liability so they're going to need to make up for those amount um by raising you know the burden on employers so the the costs are being downshifted to us unfortunately in a sense okay well thank you there any other questions trusty Shon had a question um the local Revenue if our partial tax is about four to five million what's the other like four million because we looks like our re local revenues about 8 million a year like where where does it come from so the the other big chunk of money that is at our lease Revenue um these are leas Revenue that we charge to either our Charter Schools um or um the partners like kadango who are running out spaces uh throughout the districts to operate um other programs so um playing out like Workforce housing any Revenue we get from Workforce housing it would be going into that line item there okay um guess my only other you know 2526 it's not looking great right so just trying to think about you know board president how the the onramp a long on-ramp to the conversation versus like you know we're at the edge of a cliff kind of conversation so I'm just wanting to be mindful about um the severity of it all and this feels like 18 to 24 months away so I don't know just kind of feeling like again back to community conversations about things that are very very difficult and how we how we approach it sooner rather than later may I think that's a very important Point toy Flores Shelton um we have already conducted the facilities committee um we had and and I asked CA to be ready you know to present a future uh conversation around uh what do we do with facilities because we have significant decline in enrollment and so we had people from different stakeholders participating giving us um ideas on how to repurpose some of our facilities how to uh bring you know collapse to schools and things like that that's very difficult conversation but that's something that we need to start those conversations um that is the reason why it's so important to get things like the workforce housing or the affordable housing projects correct right because that that's how we're going to learn how we're going to move forward right with replicating those ideas uh it's about making sure that the district and the board is able to maximize the use of the land basically now when we're talking about uh revenue streams and going to the the general fund it it funds everything we do right salaries you know paying our uh uh utilities all everything that is not restricted right so we are very mindful we're also very mindful that um we are careful how to bring to the board some of the recommendations because it's not only oh we're going to collapse this site right is what's going to happen to that site in our uh environment you know we don't want to end up with another Maxa building and I have been learning from the distance in other areas right where they do go and close schools um the district ends up with empty vacant lots and buildings right so that's a very that's my learning right that is my learning and and I'm trying as your superintendent to be as Innovative as possible as quick as possible to bring to this board options so that we really are good stewards of the facilities um for this community and so that's kind of that convers difficult conversation because everybody's attached to a site totally get it but we are going to have to start talking about that we had a committee we had we went through that process there was a list of schools the committee identified as potential uh uh you know repurposing of the sites but we also need to be you know thinking in terms of you know what do we do with those sites and there has been a lot of people have had a lot of solutions through you know this last four years and when we're about to say yes they're ready to go something falls through I mean we have at the uh Community College District talking and bringing ideas and when we're following up you know because our facilities um are not necessarily the way they are right now not everybody needs an empty school right they might need to uh re you know refurbish or and so that that's also uh that takes that takes money so it's all those conversations that um we have to when we bring them to the board we have to have a pretty clear plan you know of what's going to happen so that you and the community understand you know what we're coming from see well there's you know I think oh sorry trusty I'll come back to you trusty Pam um you know I really like the fact that we have this command engagement uh you know new committee um because we're going to be having a lot more tough discussions and uh how do we you know come together um and understand the situation we're in and um so I'm excited about that thank you for please bring us the recommendations and the answers to all of our problems so I'm just kiding trust you P yes also I I think it Bears without saying you know and let's not try to be you know um I think it's still too early to have the spirit of uh a bad of Kingsford Charcoal briquettes here but uh I think it's also incumbent on us to to look you know to have an all of a you know all of the above solution you know and you know maybe we should have at the very least in you know a uh intra or District committee about boosting enrollment I mean part of it is uh you know I get that they're you know I you know please keep in mind that uh you know a chunk of our kids are out there in the uh charter schools and I think that it's also incumbent upon us to you know and I as you know so many of my efforts in the past year were about to get more things so we could offer more things and so it can bring back the enrollment and so I you know and of course as you know as we move forward also I I would hope that we're able to you know uh within you know within our district first to see you know and uh you know with with with the alen rock Educators Association the California School Employees Association and the teamsters you know what you know what we can you know what changes we you know we can make internally to you know bring you know restore some of the enrollment so you know so that next time you know so that you know the you know when we you know go back in Future to Future budgets you know that the the Outlook is you know a bit Rosier and that we have the room to you know uh a bit more breathing room for our community thank you um and uh I go ahead uh vice president and then I'll see my comments yeah um know those are some very very sobering numbers um and I came on to this board we're at 12,000 close to 13,000 students and my Mantra was I'm not gonna shoot down any schools we're going to reverse it um I still feel that that was helpful because just simply going out there and shutting down schools and doing all kinds of stuff would have been just giving into it that's essentially what we're doing first got to the board it was just constantly rent out schools and given a charger schools and it caused us to bleed so really appreciate Dr Bow's efforts to say no more we're going to focus on ourselves and we're gonna and we've done that so I'm very appreciative of that however we have a massive amount of capacity I kind of I kind of was taken aack when when our former colleague with went ahead and said we got to do this and I was like Hey step back man we gota we gota not go out there and try to but the numbers are even if we were to clear out all the charter schools that are on our site we'd still be back at 12,000 and still have significant amount of capacity left I think that we'd have I think at this point not to disagree my colleague respect your position and I I hold it I still do but I think that we should be strategic in putting out a more broader approach of reaching out to public agencies that would want to partner and say Here's a portfolio come back with some ideas because you recall with the maxas side it was all based on oneon-one type of by chance you meet up with somebody and the Goodwill comes up and they see they have some money and we're moving forward and then it just kind of disappears falls apart so we have made efforts to try to save Max it just didn't pan out because the money wasn't there building was too far gone so if we were to be more be very clear about the parameters that because a lot of our this is the issue here a lot of our partner government agencies are obsessed with buying L we're like no they're not making a lot of it there's not they're not making unless you go to Hawaii and see a volcano you're not going to see new land yes and so we don't want to sell it we want to be able to figure out how to generate some revenue and if it's if it's a small amount for a good service as being provided to our community then so be it I'm willing to do that as one board member um but unfortunately we constantly have this whole deal we gotta give it to us we gotta sell it to us or some instances they want us to let them have it like we're not a charity here we have to figure out how to give to our kids so I'm not saying go out there and start figuring out how to but yeah essentially what you said and I think that a great model is the the Chavez lers that's a perfect model obviously we're not going to be able to reparate that in 10 sites nine sites or whatever but if we you can just start having some very serious dialogue as to hear the parameters and no we're not going to sell it to you so tell us what you can do to serve Alam Rock and still generate a little bit of Revenue even if it's a small nominal amount um but you're providing a great service for the kids or for the broader community so I just want to mention that um because i' i' I still hold firm to the idea that we're going to fight back and we're going to get them back but I I don't know I I think we have to be more open with some of our partners establish a paramet say what can you do with us and don't go around tell Sal we're getting we're not going to give it to you right good well I mean definitely you know I think the reality is the fact that Statewide countywide you know it's not looking good and you know trickles down to our district um I think once January comes around I'm wondering if um you can maybe give us an update uh you know very small you know not a presentation but just to like I think trusty Flores Shelton mentioned like to keep it at the Forefront and keep the lights lit on this reality so we're not falling off the cliff and six months one year whatever that we're getting the updates as we go um so that nobody's surprised nobody's surprised when we're having conversations about you know maybe uh pairing down schools or things like that that we're all in this conversation together um and then uh God I was going to say one other thing um want to highlight the fact that our enrollment you know um went up even if it's SP a little bit you know I think it's worth highlighting because you know the projections were down down down and you know whether it's 125 um it's at least you know growing from what we had originally projected so yay and I love trusty fam's you know idea of um and you know whether it's a committee I know mention committee but you know for me this firm that we'll be bringing in as public relations that to me is their job to highlight our district and the amazing things happening here so that our enrollment goes up right um and so I look forward to seeing more of that uh there's too many amazing things happening right now that we all know but the greater Alam Community does not and we're not doing a good job of that and so I know I've talk to B about this and so I look forward to seeing that um and you know our rest of alen Rock Community finds out about the amazing things that are happening and they want to keep their children here and we bring them back um and trusty I saw your him no oh somebody s trusty Chavez do you have an answer or do you comment but trusty Chavez and then superintendent one of the things is when you look um me as a consumer and I'm sure being in business for so many years um decades you have to create a win-win situation for everybody and one of the things is that we're everybody not everybody some people have commented they we're losing into the charters the thing is I don't know if we're losing them to the charters or giving them away because of the fact that their offerings both they K if we can offer that service because parents have to work and if they're going to get the child in school for so many hours and they don't have to pay daycare it's a no-brainer they are going to go to the one who offers full day Kinder if we can up those numbers because when I started looking at the enrollments we started losing them in the early years kindergarten ones and we did gain some at maybe 25 but at the same time where we we're doing our losses in some of the schools we're in the Kinder and so all of not all of us most of us here have have had children we know what the situation is with having to pay somebody but if they can drop off their kids earlier excuse me not earlier drop them off but pick them up later so that that way they can work around their work schedule they're more apt to bring their children here and I know that that has to be a conversation with the uh unions but at the same time that would also create more Adas for the district thank and there's a lot of other Solutions but um I I know when the 7-Eleven committee was done they put some restrictions on some uh of the properties that they wanted to rent for it not to go to this or not to go to that I think we should maybe revisit that and look at some of those options again because it's a recommend recomendation it's not it's not exed in stone so maybe we canit that look at that and also look at up in enrollment by doing that offer of offering full day Kinder so that that way the parents are more likely to keep their kids enrolled here versus going to another school that will offer things that because they're still trying to get their best value for their family for their students thank you thank you superintendent I just wanted to offer you know if if it's okay with the board in terms of that update what we can bring is the the recommendation from the 711 committee that was done in 21 2020 21 2021 2021 we had the stakeholders and everything and I know you're you're kind of coming back and so to refresh everybody's memory that that work has happened and um we just refresh our memories about some of the recommendations so that we can to your point you know just to kind of give an update instead of doing it at the um time right we can we can start talking about that like hey we had a committee these were the members these were the numbers and these were the recommendations just so that everybody so we start talking about it again thank you for that I think it's important to know the history but for me it's also important to know the actuality so with that um do you know what date in January the um the budget what is it the governor but what is it it's not the actual budget it's the projected budget or what I I believe it's January 10th that the state has to come up with the budget for next year the budget so by the 18th we should have some at least an idea I think it's important to keep up with what they're saying in Sacramento right um as we move forward it's going to be very high level um because we really rely on other agency that really sifts through the budget because there's a lot of fine prints and usually School Services doesn't come up with their workshop about maybe a week or two later um and so I don't remember what that date is when school service is going to do their budget workshop at least on the 19th or 21 of J um yeah I mean maybe February just to have that high level idea as we're moving forward right because as you know to the point again you know we don't want to wait until we're falling off the cliff to be like but as that we're all being transparent in the process and that the community hears this um you know reality is like before I became a trustee I wasn't you know tuning in to these things right I was trying to be a mom and you know keep up with work and all the things but it's so important so I think if we help kind of just highlight um you know those that are tuning in and that are present in our meetings that hear this information along with us I think it'd be good just even if it's high level as we move forward trusty I just wanted to comment after hearing my colleagues um because I think like trusty fam it's like both and right like we're not putting our foot off the pedal on increasing enrollment but I the more I think about you know what Andres was saying about being open to the realities of it the other reality is investing our bond money in school or Community Schools dollars right like being really transparent about the future of some of these schools because we don't want schools to be like I'm here you're not investing in my school oh am I on the chopping block or hey you know just I I think there's we want to just went back to getting ahead of it right or just being really transparent as painful as it is because will we be putting investment in certain buildings if we're not going to be running the school there or are we going to start even consolidating our investments right so just trying to be really clear about the ripple effect of the potential for um you know identifying these schools and what it means for us in the you know in the short term president I don't know if in the time I I left and I came back maybe it's a good conversation for a study session study sessions it seems like it's pretty heavy and yeah I wouldn't be well served Within the next couple of minutes we have very very with that do I have a motion for this item I don't know that I you don't have a motion okay appr move to approve by Flor Shelton have second second by vice president kto all right I will go ahead and bring in toot I think I did take public comment already Yes because it was right after you presented uh all right so we'll go ahead and bring it to a vote uh those in favor please raise your hand all right uh those opposed please raise your hand all right uh vote passes 4 to one uh trusty Chavez opposing um I need to use my gabble gotta get used to it all right moving forward to item 701 um approv local control accountability plan motion by trusty Chavez second by Bo vice president kto trust do you want to add anything I just want to let the public know that what you're approving is the timeline for the El cup and that's readily Avil available in the documents with the board book thank you um all right I'm going to open it up to public comment at this time any public comment on this item okay seeing none we go ahead and open it up to any questions or comments by the board okay seeing none I'll bring it to a vote uh please raise your hand if be in favor of approving this item all right um motion passes unanimously item 702 approve approv by board vice president gimto second by trusty Chavez any presentations on there's no presentation I just ask the board to please um this we we bring this to you every year we need to approve the reclassification criteria com at this time see none I'm go and bring it to a vote are any questions or comments by the board I'm sorry no okay uh alls in favor please raise your hand all right uh vote passes unanimously item 703 motion second move by trusty chavz second by vice president GTO um I'm open up to public comment at this time seeing none I'm back to questions and comments by the board I'm sorry um trusty fam yes I'll just say one thing B all right uh seeing no others have fun and I do want to highlight um you know I love the fact that we're working on on um making sure that they come ahead of time you know so give this time if we catch anything so that there's never um issues like counseling Cod trips or questioning or kids feeling like oh my God is a boor going to let me go we never do that but I I love the fact that we're working ahead so U thank you superintendent ensuring that happens um so at this time I'm going to open up a vote all those in favor raise your hand vot passes ously uh moving on to item 801 on res resignations for information only um if there's nothing to add superintendant I'm go ahead and take the time you leure um any Ty comment on this item okay any questions or comments by the board before we move forward see n mov on to item 802 move to by vice president GTO second by trusty Chavis um any specific presentation on the item superintendent okay I'm going to go ahead and open it up for public comment uh approve revised job description for educator special education to any public a comment on this island see none I'm going to bring it back to the board any question questions or comments by the board Okay C and go to please raise your hand if you're in favor of passing this item uh item passes unanimously moving on it 803 motion motion by trusty chis second second by trusty Shelton um any public comment on this item for the approval for Rion of the job description for senior accountant sen back to the board any questions or comments by the board CNN to a vote please raise your hand and this item v passes unanimously mov on to item by uh trusty Chavis second by second trusty for Shelton um any public comment on this item of approval version of job description translator technician any public comment on this item see to public I'm sorry comments or questions by the board all right see to vote please raise your hand if you in favor of this item item passes unanimously to consent calendar move to approve 901 through 9912 but with a discussion on 902 okay and adding 4.03 and adding 4.03 thank you so move by trusty Travis second second by trusty CL Shelton any public comment on moving on items 91 93 9 and4 at this time see I'm going to bring it back to the board any questions or comments on those items by the board see none to a vote please raise your hand favor passing those items motion passes unanimously moving back up to item2 uh I wanted to request if the donation that I made could be added into this month's donation the or not can I trust I'm sorry we cannot amend the agenda right night so we This is Gonna Come next okay thank you and then so then I move to approve 902 okay any second on that item second second I trust you any have a comment on this item to approve acceptance of donations soon then I'll bring it back to the board any questions or comments on this item by the board okay assum please raise your hand if you in favor of passing this item item passes unanimously um all right um and with that um the session super uh do you w to ask the public if they have a a comment on them on the items or do you want so do you want me to do the announcement uh item 103 uh the existing litigation cases as stated on the agenda 104 anticipated litigation four potential cases 105 Public Employee discipline dismiss all release 106 Public Employee appointment uh principle and 107 conference with labor negotiators or employee organization area take your time welcome back welcome back all right we're here so I'm just hoping that you know as we step forward and we're bringing new people in and with principles that I hope that the panel that was doing the interview process included some of the people in the school site where the principal is going to be going and so I'm was just hoping that when you guys look for the yay or nay or if you look at the approval to see if parts of the staff were included in that decision process thank you thank you any other public comments on this item all right see now we'll close out to close session trusty fam yes may might I make a motion for a oh given that I um u a 12 minute reset I think depending on what time we're add here but I was gonna add it to it um good idea and I just wanted to tell the board in public that we did have staff involved in the interview process for this gr thank you superintendent I also know that um you mentioned this might be a long one so should we say 11 I think say 11:30 11:30 okay so we return at 11:30 pm um and we have an 8 minute break and go back at 9:30 yeah use a restroom take ite thank you you all Merry Christmas testing testing testing can you hear me marabelle I can hear you thank you har never here when we come back and expect her to be waiting Tes testing one two on your own yes Mar can you hear me yes I can hear you here we have quum hit it yeah let's do it uh so calling meeting back to order at 11:24 p.m.
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on January 11th and finally we have our next board meeting on January 17th here in the district office Mr Moore has an exciting update to share thank you m Richards uh president Schultz members of the board um tonight we have uh here the citizens committee members um I want to thank the board for at the last meeting as a recap the board authorized uh utilizing um a Citizens committee for the upcoming um well specifically to address and look at uh the school funding uh initiatives that we have upcoming including the M override and a potential bond issue um and so with that board meeting and that approval from the governing board we opened up um the selection process over 70 individuals applied U for these 15 spots so it was a very um engaging and and basically there's a lot of interest uh within um our community our our teachers our staff and being a part of this committee um we as a Cabinet team looked at the the 10 at large bids and try to have equal representation with our teacher groups um our parents our communities our um um our community leaders um and we feel like this committee here that is represented tonight represents I think Higley as a whole and as a reminder all these um meetings will be follow public open open meeting law and so um while if you were not selected for the committee um there will be um agendas posted meeting minutes and anybody is welcome to attend um any of one of the committee meetings so um with that I know we have a couple citizen many U members in the audience so I'll read off the names um and then look forward to a robust conversation at the start of the new year so um the assistens committee selections include Christopher sexon Vanessa Shepard Jennifer Nunes Victoria Payne Melissa Johnson Domingo Santos Eric Braun Taylor Francis Robert fno Aussie Lewis Marty Bender Michelle bug Melanie Shahi Kathleen Richards and Scott Hamilton so uh we have a few individuals in the crowd today so um look forward to the conversation um in addition to myself uh the director of Maintenance and construction Gustavo loras uh will be intrical part of the conversation as well so um again look forward to the conversation and I guess give a round of applause for our committee members concludes my comment is that all for the superintendence or rep Mrs Richards thank you very much I should have said this when the other schools were in here but congratulations to all the the schools on the a ratings and I know we're going to go more into this in 6.2 but uh several of our other schools had um made strides this year as well that we'll talk all about that so congratulations it's a testament to all the amazing work that our district admin and teachers are doing and I am honored to be a small part and to have my children go to the school so thank you very much and I'm looking forward to the citizens committee too Mr Moore we got new microphones I apologize moving on to requests to speak we value input from our constituents this time on our agenda has been set aside for anyone from the audience who wishes to address the board those that wish to speak should have filled out speaker cards which are due prior to the start of the meeting members of the board may not discuss comment or take action on matters raised that are not specifically identified on the agenda therefore pursuant to AR ARS 38-43 1.01 I action taken as a result of public comment will be limited to directing staff to study the matter responding to any criticism or scheduling the matter for further consideration and decision at a later date although we ask the audience members also we ask the audience members to practice proper public meeting to Quorum refraining from either negative or positive responses including clapping or verbal outbursts to ensure fairness to All Points of View those that refuse to follow these rules will be asked to leave in accordance with Pol policy bedh public participation at board meetings if considered necessary the governing board shall set a time limit on the length of the comment period in order to ensure that each individual has the opportunity to address the board the president may also set a time limit for individual speakers thank you for your cooperation first we have Mrs Alexander uh president Schultz um members of the the board and the district cabinet thank you very much for letting me have this opportunity tonight I'm going to forewarn you that you will hear the quiver in my voice it's just my passion coming out so I apologize um I really want I'm Cynthia Alexander and I am uh an educator I've been for 31 years 17 years in the district of Higley um and I wanted to take this opportunity to express how great it is to be an educator a parent and a Community member of the hickley unified school district there are many reasons within the 17 years that I've been here so that could highlight how wonderful it is to be a part of this community but I want to shine the light on one particular moment um to recognize many people who helped make something happen in our district on Saturday December 2nd Chael Elementary hosted of xiq tournament um robotics tournament 48 teams from around our state uh including Buckeye and Tona attended this event approximately 200 students their coaches their their parents and their families were in attendance at this event for students coaches and Spectators to have a positive experience our club needed many hands to help I reached out to our High School Middle School National Honor Society and our National Junior Honor Society the robotics the engineering the CTE classes and the clubs at our and the fellow Educators around our district and I reached out to our parents as well excuse me the outpouring of support was tremendous we had 17 parents 20 high school and middle school students and 26 Higgly Unified School District staff members jump in and support our tournament on a Saturday during their personal time personally this is rare it doesn't happen in all districts every time I ask for volunteers to support students the Higley Unified School District Community response they rally and they work hard to create a positive learning experience for any Arizona students The Spectators took notice of this support they commented on how amazing it was to see the level of volunteerism and they complimented us for supporting their students personally I want to thank the following Higgly unified staff members for their commitment and dedication our registrations filled up fast in two days my tournament was full and not all Higley teams got to attend but um Melanie Bodner and Shay Timco from Cortina Donn Litwin and County fnck from Santan even though their teams couldn't attend they judged 50 engineering notebooks for us um Trey Austin from Cortina ran the MC and the uh referee for the entire day making sure all the matches ran smoothly thank you to John Burke and Kelly mlan Christine Hansen Rick Hansen Wendy stove lindsy momes Penny Montes Molly Montoya Renee Dawson Tim price and Ted Schwarz for conducting team team interview and working through the judging process thank you to Sarah Bennett and Cindy douly for stepping in and ensuring that concessions happened oh my goodness thank you to Barbie John Burke Melanie Bodner and Tera price for sharing our robotics Fields thank you to our custodial people Angel ornus Sean Clifford da Dave todero forting um facilities and thank you to Robert Lafayette and Nathan kushman for making sure it had us running um if I could take just 30 just two more seconds to say I'm humbled to work with and in a community of dedicated individuals and it reminds me how great it is to be Higgly thank you thank [Applause] you Miss Maggie borse I apologize what is it president Schultz members of the board my name is Maggie boury I am in my sixth year as the secondary English language arts instructional coach and I have the privilege of working with all of the sixth through 12th grade English teachers in this District when Higley leadership took a chance and hired me I was a high school English teacher in Mesa I knew Higley was much smaller but after a month of my position I knew I was in a very special place I work with 53 English teachers all of whom are nothing short of magicians of their craft they are creative and Innovative professionals who truly want what is best for their students trust me when I say teaching teenagers is no easy feat and while I would love to recognize each teacher by name please know each and every one of them deserve public accolades this evening not only am I a district employee but also a Higgly mom when I started my position here I knew this district is the one I wanted my kids to attend you can imagine my delight when we found our Dream Home in the community I have a first grader at Cortina Elementary and there are not enough words and there are not enough words of gratitude for my son's team of teachers darn it I was going to try not to cry there are not enough words of gratitude for my son's team of teachers Miss Maxwell Miss bar Miss Hagerty Miss Patterson Mrs Parkinson Mrs ranell his specials teachers and his former kindergarten teacher Mrs cook my son is a unique learner and these wonderful teachers continue to provide the love and tools for his success Mrs papy and Mrs debono go above and beyond not only for him but for all of their students I wanted to make sure Cortino was recognized tonight because we are a proud tiger family my three-year-old is in the brilliant Beginnings program at the San preschool and his teacher Mrs monano and her Aid Miss Maddie are absolutely amazing thanks to his teachers and the preschool curriculum my tiny tau is thriving most importantly he has learned how how to calm his big emotions through coping tools they provide and for that I am truly thankful Higley is a wonderful place thanks to the teachers staff principes our supportive directors and our fearless leader Miss Sherry Richards I am so blessed to work and live in this District thank you and happy holidays Miss Jody Walker good evening I'm Jody Walker and I am the district K5 Ela instructional coach before I was an employee hick League I was a parent I have three boys my oldest two have graduated from williamsfield and my youngest is now a freshman at williamsfield and my boys have also attended Gateway point and K Middle School I could stand up here for an hour and tell story after story about the amazing people um at each of those campuses I never get emotional tell it's my kids sorry um who have made a difference in my boys lives um who have gone above and beyond to make sure they were successful who have celebrated their successes and supported them when they have struggled now you might be thinking well you're an employee so they're going to support your kids they're going to go above and beyond this was long before I was an employee I was an educator in a neighor neighboring district for 20 years and as I saw the education that my boys got in Higley when I came and volunteered when I came and just was here for um programs and I just saw the amazing things that happened in Higley I thought I want to be a part of this district and so this is my fifth year in Higley and I have not regretted a moment of leaving my prior district and coming here I have never wored worked in a district or even heard of a district where their employees are more cared for where people truly care for each other anytime I'm in a meeting um with people from District the first question is always is this what's best for students and is this what be is best for teachers that's always at the Forefront of every decision that is made um I want to thank my fellow District instructional coaches for everything they do I support the elementary literacy coaches who are amazing people and I want to thank um Mrs Richards Dr Lindsay Mary Davis Marcus Burkshire Melissa Garland and everyone at the district office for all the hard work they do every day to make sure that we're making a positive impact on hitle students next is Mrs D Ambrosio this is the most exciting night ever I love all the celebrations the accolades hello president Schultz governing board cabinet uh thank you for allowing me to speak um I wanted to share a couple other celebrations that are going on in Higley that are so incredible um over at HTA the third graders have initiated a toy drive to give back to kids in need um as of today I think we're at 189 gifts for kids in need another really neat thing is that we're gonna have our 20th annual um jingle J um at HJ on Friday we would love for you to come and see this incredible event that was started 20 years ago by a retired teacher now but Miss Judy Benson um I wanted to bring um up the Higley Leadership Academy um it is such a great opportunity that the district's offering to teachers and coaches to come and learn a little bit more about District policies and just what it goes what goes into being a district um I had the unique opportunity to work with Miss Deborah Welch uh Shadow her for a day her role is a behavior specialist so at one School site we went to a first grade classroom to a friend who has really made some strides this year and Debbie and I got to reward him for his amazing behaviors um and I see her impact not only on students but also on teachers she mentors new to new to Higgly or new to teaching teachers um and she's just masterful and she gives so much support and i' seen that was so much fun um and lastly I just want to say thank you um to m Richards for being amazing for your role in leadership for supporting all levels of staff from from certified classified administrative maintenance um for visiting classrooms for signing for doing science experiments for reading to students um for working with our stakeholders to make sure that hickley stays Forefront in our community and for stepping up in such an important role with such dignity and Grace so I thank you all so much for what you do and I wish you a Merry Christmas Miss Ginger [Applause] Smith hello my name is ginger Smith and I am a mother and an aunt of children that live in this District I am a taxpayer that helps fund this District I was already concerned about what is going on in the schools based on what I've witnessed in the area but my concerns are growing every time I come to these meetings it is appalling that there is a group of teachers that we are meant to trust our children with more hours a week than we get them ourselves teachers that are angry with parents like me that want to know what is being done with the funds I contribute to these schools teachers that are angry with parents like me for questioning what is in the curriculums teachers that constantly sit in this audience scoffing hissing and trying to intimidate parents like me that simply want to ensure our children are going to school to prepare them for their future I'm concerned that we seem to only be grading our education results against other districts in the state and not Nationwide shouldn't we be striving to be better than other states to benefit our children's future successes and I'm concerned Why We Shouldn't prefer to have an attorney or legal team working with and answering to the school board it seems the current system leaves much room for error and Corruption shouldn't all of our overall concerns be about these kids and coming together to be sure we do what is best for them even if you feel there is no reason for parents like me to have these concerns why are we met with so much hostility thank you Miss Heather balsh good evening president Schultz members of the board cabinet it's good to be here tonight congratulations to Higley for all the great things that we're doing um it's really exciting I did just want to take a couple minutes to talk to you about an a agenda item that's on this evening and that's about our Physical Therapy Services um one of the companies Wester guard I have the privilege of working uh closely with through the evaluation process um their team members are professional they are so courteous they're kind to students they're putting students first and when working with contract agencies you don't always get that and with Wester guard you do so I'm really happy to see their rating that they got and um fully support them um the other thing that I wanted to talk about is as governing board members There are rules that you have to follow um and rules are set and that's great there are also ethics and ethics I think sometimes might be forgotten or overlooked so I did want to just um review some of the board member ethics on policy BCA that I ped pulled from our policy um I'm going to review four of them but I encourage you to go ahead and look over them just a refresher the first one is render all decisions based on available facts and independent judgment and refuse to surrender that judgment to individuals or special interest groups the next one is avoid being placed in a position of conflict of interest and refrain from using their board position for personal or partisan gain take no private action that will compromise the board or Administration and respect the confidentiality of the information that is privileged under applicable law and remember always that the board members first and greatest concern must be the educational welfare welfare of the students attending our district I encourage you board members to stand by this this code of ethics that was created and um follow through with that moving forward and I wish you all a happy holiday thank you Mr Taylor Francis m madame president and members of the board and cabinet first congratulations Mr Mo for your for your uh recognition congratulations to the district and each of the schools for a rating I wish to speak to you this evening regarding transparency I believe it an understatement to iterate that parents were left dissatisfied Following last month's board meeting between protests emails letters Facebook groups phone calls and public discourse the resounding call among each is for more transparency some who Herald the call may not even know for what it is they petition or even what more transparency might look like the resounding commonality with every plea is one for answers we the parents just want to know something what is going on yet with the cries still echoing from the power rants incident I see tonight on the agenda item 5.4 where another teacher is being let go this time from HHS this particular case was made notable from an online journalists report being circulated through several circles and with the power ranch memory fresh in our minds no official statements or answers from husd and now a third incident at Bridges Elementary just last week rumors fly speculations abound but no word from husd how many instances of School Employees being relieved of Duty for well we don't know why but how many must we have how many demonstrations or angry parents must we have before the school district provides something whether it is a question of not knowing how to communicate or refusal to communicate something must change please do not ignore us all all we ask for is answers thank you Miss Mindy brocker of course 30 seconds before I walk up here I managed to lose what I wrote so speaking from the heart here um thank you again for the opportunity to speak to you uh about why I love my public schools um this last month um we've been dealing with some issues with my oldest child he's on the autism spectrum diagnosed very early around three years old and um so we've really been through the ringer he's now almost 17 and a junior and what I wanted to say today was that I've had some conflict with Higley and with different people in this District but one thing I've never doubted about every person in this District everyone that works here is that they really truly care we may disagree sometimes but you really truly care and so I wanted to say thank you you know one time I um attempted to put my child into a private school and they wouldn't take him they rejected him despite taking Arizona dollars for Arizona students not public institutions can curate their students they can curate their test results and public schools cannot but here at Higley we were accepted with open arms um my child was has not only learned but he has grown he has grown socially he has grown emotionally he has grown in responsibility and in ethics and that is a no small part to every public educator that he has dealt with who has worked with me to create an environment for that to happen so I just wanted to say a special thank you to our hegle Unified School District our special education department and to our uh AP and honors instructors that really work with these kids that are sort of they call them sometimes twice special but unique interesting and impressive as hell honestly this kid um um but it's because of this District so thank [Music] you thank you moving on to our consent agenda items I move that we approve 5.1 through 5 11 second all those in favor I I any oppos [Music] motion carries five sorry um president Schultz um I had requested to um move an item off the consent agenda um it was an expense voucher and it was not removed um and unfortunately um because of that item not being removed I have to vote no on the entire thing which is really unfortunate um the one expense that um I wanted moved was a book um that was purchased and um the fact that the book is promoted um and by UNESCO and castle and it utilizes those Frameworks um unfortunately I cannot support that so my vote is a no only because of that book motion carries four to Z four to one information item 6.1 husd letter grades all right good evening uh president Schultz members of the board uh cabinet it's my pleasure tonight to share with you our um a little bit more detail on our a through F letter grades this year um do I have a clicker sorry reminder tonight uh we're looking at strategic anchor one which is teaching and learning and Student Success and specifically we're focusing on indicator 1.5 supporting a collaborative culture using data and research-based practices as we uh saw earlier tonight with our Banner we we are an a-rated district and so I want to uh congratulate uh you the board as well as all of our students staff and families for earning an a this year um it the a is calculated by adding the number of a schools multiplying by four then adding the number of B schools multiplying by three adding that together and dividing by the total number of schools kind of like a GPA and so that's where we get the 3.86 out of 4.0 um 35% of leas in Arizona earned an a 38% earned a b 22% earned a c 5% D and then less than 1% of the school districts in the state earned an f um as a point of comparison one of the districts that we score very closely to in aasa and act Cape Creek they also earned a 3.86 looking at some of our neighboring uh school districts uh you can see uh on this chart we're on the far left and then uh Chandler Gilbert kyne Mesa Queen Creek and Scottsdale are all listed uh the First Column is uh the percentage of schools that are a second is B and then the following uh uh columns that we don't have are C's D's and Fs um as a point of comparison in terms of that letter grade uh score Chandler earned an a with a 3.59 Gilbert was an a with 3.52 kyne was an a with 3.54 Mesa was a b with 3.04 Queen Creek had was an A 3.64 and Scottdale was the closest to us with an a at 3.72 so again uh we are the highest performing District in the East Valley some highlights um coie mle Middle School we want to congratulate them they exited from what's called additional targeted support and Improvement which is a federal accountability status uh by improving their special education performance this past spring uh they were placed in that status last fall um and were able to exit early this spring based on their performance this spring uh Coronado Cortina and sasman all improve their letter grades from a b to an a uh huge Improvement right there Bridges Elementary is one of only 39 K8 schools in the state to have a maximum 30 points in the proficiency column of the K8 letter grade calculation Higley High williamsfield were both highly uh rated um as a whole Higley High was the 12th highest scoring uh traditional 912 high school williamsfield was a 27th highest uh percentage score uh 100% of our schools earned an A or a B very rare when looking at the uh typical public school districts within the state and then Coronado Elementary huge Improvement for them they had the highest Improvement all our schools in the district going from a b to an a with 11.38 percentage Point increase so congratulations to all of them and as you go through we are we have celebrations in every one of our sites uh and and they're doing amazing things across the board we're going to start with hang on so I'm missing a slide but that's okay um what you see here is a pi um the letter grades are calculated uh by a um uh there are a number of things that the State Board of Education asked to look at when they were uh when we were calculating letter grades um what they want to look at what is like a student's grade the letter grade is a summation a collection of evidence uh and not based on a single Factor um so the State Board of Education when creating our model thought it was important to attempt to reflect the overall nature of a school and what the state expects out of a public school which can be difficult to do when much of what a school does for students can't be numerically Quantified so the letter grades are their best attempt to provide hard data that can quantify what a school performance is um So 20% uh uh 30 % of a letter grade is proficiency on a asaa in the K8 category uh 50% is based on growth and that's a student growth percentile where uh students are their performance on aasa this year is compared to their peers from when they took aasa last year and the year before and how much have they grown compared to that peer group uh 10% is based on El performance on the AEL test um that's only if you have 10 Els if you don't they drop that out and you're out of 90 points and then the final uh 10 points or 10 percentage points is based on acceleration and Readiness and that's a calculation that looks like multiple factors including subgroup Improvement um chronic absenteeism Improvement um third and eighth grade ELA and math Improvement and special education inclusion so there's a variety of points in that acceleration Readiness category there's also bonus points special education enrollment uh we get two bonus points for that if we're above the state average and then a side performance uh we get points based on our performance compared the state average there as well oops well there's that was my slide they just got flipped so that's the one I wanted to show now it makes more sense so we're going to start with Bridges um Bridges you can see earned an a with 92.0 points um as I've said earlier one of the celebrations for Bridges is that uh proficiency proficiency score of 30 out of 30 schools can actually earn more than 30 points but it's capped at 30 so uh being one of the the few schools in the state to be able to have that capped point value is is phenomenal Centennial earned an a with 87.8 three points uh their growth score of 46.5 n was the highest in the district uh so kudos to sentennial in the work that they're doing in growing our students chapparel was an a with 9.85 um as I mentioned earlier that acceleration Readiness category they can make way more than 10 points with everything that's in there um it could be it depends on how many subgroups you have the subgroup performance you're capped at six but there are probably at least 24 points available just in there um Chael earned an actual 31 points in that acceleration Readiness category uh largely due to the performance of what that of what they've done with their subgroups kolie middle school earned a b with 74.0 three points uh and again as I shared earlier they they were able to exit that Federal accountability due to improvements special education and that's in proficiency growth and chronic absenteeism Coronado earned an a with 92.8 one and again they were the highest overall percentage increase in the district by that 11.38% Cortina earned an a with 89.1 two points uh one of the U bonus points is AI they are one of the few schools in our district to earn the full three points on AI they actually had the highest science passing rate in the school district with 63.3 n% of their students passing science this year Gateway Point earned a b with 80 points um again in that acceleration Readiness those 10 points there is a category for improving our minimally proficient third grade ELA so actually decreasing the percentage of kids that are minimally proficient and Gateway Point had the highest decrease in the district uh by uh 10% uh of students um fewer that were minimally proficient H leag Traditional Academy earned an a with 93.0 five and congratulations to them they topped out the scores in the district they were the highest scoring uh ka8 School in our district power ranch earned an a with 86.7% um again it hidden in that acceleration Readiness is The Chronic absenteeism decrease uh Power Ranch uh saw their chronic gaps in ISM decrease by 6.5% which is a huge decrease Santana Elementary earned an a with 87.8 one points um one of the um areas within acceleration rating this is that subgroup Improvement uh specifically one of the subgroups are are kids that are receiving free and reduced lunch and that can be a hard group to see improvement from year to year in both Ela and math San's one of the few schools that was able to do that in both Ela and math um improve both both that subgroup in both areas San earned an a with 84.2 far um again in that acceleration Readiness area uh 8th grade they get points two and a half points for increasing highly proficient performance and decreasing minimally proficient performance in math and they earned both the two and a half points in both sections so for a total of five points so congratulations to sasman and their math Department there moving on to the 912 model um 30% of the school's letter grade in 912 is proficiency on the ACT um 20% is based on subgroup improvement from last year this is the new this year and this is the only year by which they will be evaluated on that category um next year we will return to a student growth in that category using uh NE this year's Junior's performance on ACT Aspire as ninth graders so they'll be looking at their growth from ACT Aspire to the ACT this year um and that will be consistent from here on out uh the subgroup I'll show you on the next Slide the reason why uh El is 10% graduation rate is 20% and then the CCRI which is the College and Career Readiness index that's a collection of measures uh the college side is are kids passing uh National and state tests so AP exams ACT SAT um then there is a career side so how are they doing in CTE are they passing CTE cours uh sequences um are they passing those CTE exams and as I've shared earlier um our kids do phenomenal in the CTE um so that cc is is a huge U point value for us as well and again we get bonus points for science special education enrollment and then participation in ACT Aspire sometimes it's hard to get kids to come to tests and so uh they at the high school level they're getting rewarded for having 95% or more of their kids there on the test day and actually take the test so as I mentioned subgroup is 20% uh this year um this La this past Year's Juniors so this year's seniors the last time they took a state test was in 2019 as seventh graders a and so being able to calculate that growth from seventh grade AZ Merit I think it was at that point in time all the way up to act as Juniors that wasn't felt like that would be a valid uh calculation and so the State Board decided to go this year with subgroup Improvement um and so what they're doing is what they did is they looked at all of the eligible subgroups at the high school and an eligible subgroup is any subgroup that has more than 10 students students in it um and so subgroup proficiency improvement from last year's act performance to this year's act performance um was 10 points and um they looked at the number of eligible groups that we had on the denominator side and then the numerator side is the number of subgroups that actually showed Improvement um so if we had 10 we got five out of 10 that would be 50% multiply that uh 0.5 time 10 we got five points there if that was the case subgroup graduation rate Improvement is another five points calculated the same way and the same thing for subgroup dropout rate Improvement so Higley High School uh earned an a with 95.9 points um again they were the uh number 12 traditional 912 High School in the state um something that I didn't mention and you'll see this when we get to Higley Virtual Academy uh there are k8s and there's a scoring system for them that's the reason why the cut scores are different for 912 than they were for the k8s then there are traditional 912 schools that are comprehensive nice high schools that only serve a population of 9th through 12th graders then we have a large swath uh particular Charter Schools but also some of our neighboring districts of schools that serve in addition to 912 they serve seventh and e8th or 6th through 8th or even K through 8 um they're called a hybrid and they are scored a little bit different different so when I say we're the number 12 Traditional High School that means in comparing us to all other traditional 912 Comprehensive High Schools um so higgle high was 95.9 with an a um williamsfield um was at a 91.9 s that CCRI score they went up by 2.1 points compared to how they had done last year which is a huge increase um that calculation is hard to get to to that that higher score um and then higgle Virtual Academy this is our first year with a letter grade um again when we say hybrid that means they're getting points on the K8 side and they get points on the 912 side you'll see that they don't have all of the categories represented in the the pie charts that's because again they still have to have that end count of 10 students so for example on the 912 side they only had nine Juniors take the ACT last year um Mr Dolan enrolls a lot more kids than that in his program but those kids are primarily attending Higley High School or williamsfield High School we're only looking at kids that are full-time attendants at hbaa that count into their letter grade um but this gives you an idea of how he did with our K8 side um and then the 912 this is what those hybrid schools like um ala nor um East Mark U those kinds of schools this they're they're operating under the same kind of model as we are so the percentage of kids in the K and the percentage of 912 that then factors into the points that they receive um one of the uh two things for hbaa uh number one virtual schools don't get A's if you look at our neighboring districts uh they are B's and c's for their virtual schools it's very rare for a virtual school to earn an a so that right there is a Kudo to the work that Mr Dolan and his staff do and then that growth score of a perfect 50 out of 50 as well uh so so we I really wanted to call that out because that's amazing work that they're [Applause] doing next up it's small and I apologize for that um but this is how we did in relation to our K8 charter schools that are within our boundaries um there's a dark vertical line on the far right side of the chart that is the cut point for an A so anything to the right of that line are schools at earned in a anything to the left would be schools that earned B um or C and you'll see there are some sites in there that are that hybrid model um they they will show up on both charts uh so what I am able to do is pull out their K8 scores and show you how the the K8 side scored on the K8 model and then I can show you how the 912 side scored on the 912 side so we can kind of compare how our elementaries and our middle schools are doing compared to their Elementary Middle School component and their Comprehensive High School side is doing against our Comprehensive High Schools um so for example Ben Franklin High School has a seventh and eighth grade so that's the score that their seventh and eighth grade earned um American Leadership Academy Gilbert North is K12 that's their K8 earning uh score that they earned for example and then finally we have our 912 Charter comparisons um again that dark line is the the cut score between an A and A B um and these are the charters that you find within our boundaries Mr Brookshire just one quick question when you back at the last chart are they graded on the same same scale even though they're non-traditional is this data so let me go back to actually HBA so they are graded using the same criteria um again they have to have the the the end counts to get points within a category but what happens is for example if I've got 100 Kids total and 25 of those kids are in the K8 and 75 of those kids are in the 912 25% of my points are going to come from the K8 point value so so whatever I earn on the K8 side multiply that by 0.25 and then 912 whatever I earn on that side multiply that by 75 add those two numbers together and then they're evaluated on the high traditional 912 scale so uh which is lower than the K8 scale um the cut for in a is 82 on the K8 scale SC the cut is an 84 okay so just so I'm reading it quickly such as like Benjamin Franklin it's rated on the 9 through 12 scale corre so they get an easier it it depends it it yes they they they have fewer points that they need to earn in order to earn an a um but it depends on what percentage of their students that they are serving is in that category so my uh Ben Franklin did earn an overall B uh this year um you can see that their seventh eighth grade um was not did not perform very well um probably I don't know the percentages they they don't share that information in the data file that they share with us um but my guess would be probably that seventh and eth grade is probably about 40% of their population and then when you look at the 9th through 12th grade grade that's about 60% um so if they had just had the 9 through 12 they probably would have been an A but because that seventh and eth grade was so low and weighted fairly heavily it pulled them down enough that they earn to be overall thank you you're welcome so uh before I go into the last part here I I just want to share with you a lot of the information that I pull and the work that I do I couldn't do without the team that I I work with and since he's here in the audience today I have to call him out and I've called him out before so I just want to say thank you to Brian Campbell for the work that he does we couldn't do what we do without him uh here so I appreciate him being here and and he's even wearing a tie and a jacket that uh so in conclusion I just want to say say that I hope that as a school board you recognize the work that our staff our students our families put in to earn these letter grades a and that you represent the highest performing District in the East Valley um and we are among the highest performing districts in the whole state of Arizona it's quite an accomplishment it's a large responsibility as well um but uh I'm proud of being here and the work that we get to do every day um and while we celebrate these achievements internally and externally we also want to share with you that we are all committed to uh continuous Improvement and I'm excited that based on the work uh that all of us are doing from the district level down to the site down to the classroom level um I believe we'll be able to continue to share these celebrations with you for many years into the future so with that I will pause for questions questions I mean it's amazing thank you you I know and it's a very high a for the district so um Kudos again to all of the district and admin and teachers questions comments um president Schultz I do have a question um as far as the two schools that have bees and I'm sorry if you already answered this throughout um the presentation but so what needs to happen in order for those two bees to come up to an a lot there's a lot of different factors there um uh proficiency um both Gateway and um there's some room for growth in terms of asasa performance um right there we get points based on partially proficient proficient and highly proficient and so it's really diving down uh one of the advantages that we have with our our DNA uh assessment platform is they give we are able to administer uh what they're called mimics um they mimic the the state test and th those have been calibrated by um Renaissance to look at if you perform here on our test this is what we believe you'll perform on the state test so we've administered that twice this year we'll do it one more time in February that gives us an idea of where kids currently are um and we can use that to compare to where they were so that gives our teachers some some actionable information right there that these are kidss that I need to Target to help improve just that proficiency side um the other part is that student growth um that one's harder to quantify because we're being compared to growth by students from around the state and a student growth percentile basically says if I started out at this score as a third grader I'm being compared to every other kid across the state that had that same exact score and the kid that had the highest scale score growth is going to going to be at the 99th percentile the kid that had the lowest is going to be at the first a and so I don't know how the other kids around the state are performing so I can't quantify that um but the conversations that I get to have with principles in terms of that data culture and how we're identifying those priority standards and and looking at common formative assessments and and all of that collaborative work that our sites are are doing around standards and and skills um that really helps address at least we believe internally based on the data we're getting we're seeing tremendous growth our hope is that we are more rigorous in our expectations and what we're looking for than everybody else around us so we're at that 99th percentile rather than that first um so those are the two big ones growth and proficiency um there are definitely some areas in that acceleration Readiness that we have to be uh looking at Chronic absentee is ism is worth two points it's not a whole lot but just making sure that we are aware of who those kids are and that we're having those conversations and and uh trying to ensure that we're decreasing that number um with our uh Acadian and fastbridge uh screener looking at those minimally proficient third grade ELA kids at gate at Gateway and uh something similar we can be doing with kolie with the eth grade highly proficient minimally proficient so there are a lot of different factors and I know that the principles we've already sat down with them and talked to them about those scores and areas that they can improve in and they're all it's kind of site dependent so uh we'd really have to bring them up to kind of talk about what they're doing but um there there's a lot of different ways that we can address that and work through all those uh congratulations to all schools students teachers parents it's a lot of work a lot of hard work and it looks really good but I just wanted to make a comment regarding um because I taught there and I just want to give an extra shout out to those those teachers and that staff because they are some of the strongest hardest working teachers I've ever worked with um everybody can easily say that middle school is is difficult to teach and most people whether they taught it or not yes absolutely and it is um but I I just wanted to make a public comment about the kly teachers phenomenal and congratulations on on doing well no doubt that this is going to continue to improve thank you thank you Mrs Anderson I agree with you as a mom of a middle schooler I can't imagine it's a big change from sixth grade to seventh grade and their feelings towards School sometimes um uh one thing I wanted did you mention when we talked about the high schools and where we ranked how many schools were in the district I know that [Music] um did you already mention that if I missed I didn't uh so when I said that we're number 12 and number 27 there are 230 traditional 9 12 schools in the state um and it's hard it's harder to quantify the hybrid numbers um there are 123 hybrid schools so I don't know whether all of them are 712 some of them could be 68 or 69 that kind of things so trying to add them into the equation um but 230 traditional comprehensive 912 schools um so um higgle high is in the top 10% uh right there and uh williamsfield is in that top 20% uh so again great work to to both of them yes awesome amazing work and even in the hybrids even just looking at the surrounding from your charts appears we're we're quite a bit ahead of of them as well even though they don't count as part of it correct yeah okay thank you very much I appreciate it thank you any other questions comments all right we are moving on to 6.2 Educational Services Inc presentation good evening uh president Schultz members of the board tonight we're going to talk about Educational Services Inc this is the company that we utilize for substitutes and retire to rehire program so as I said they Supply us with certified Subs classified subs and they are a conduit to the retire to rehire program they are a huge source for the valley uh for class or certified subs and the reason that they are a a great source for us is that they do the work for us so they recruit hire and onboard candidates they track and pay out uh paid sick time they manage benefits eligibility they handle all our substitute questions regarding any employment and pay because the sub is employed through ESI and they manage employee relations issues for us as well next as you can see they serve over 60 school districts throughout Arizona and their subs have many options and opportunities and I'll share a little little bit why they come to Higley in a minute our fill rates currently for this month the month of November were 99% we filled we filled they filled it for us they assisted with that we have very high fill rates um for the certified staff we were at 93% and that's almost unheard of because that's mostly Paris so we're doing great with they're helping us and doing great with that they provide us with 247 customer service I can call them at any time uh our HR assistant that works closely with them and our assistant director of HR also works closely with them they are fully automated they partner with us they're not just a vendor out there doing their own thing they're actually partnering with Higley to make sure that we're provided the service that we need need to accommodate our kidss in the classroom making sure that our fill rates are high they provide us flexibility when needed spur the moment Subs they also uh there is training and development for the employees that work for ESI the subs both certified and classified can do online training if they so choose to do that so they provide some additional training for them as well just a couple other num our current fill rate for December um is 98% at this moment and we're what December 13th so we're doing pretty good so the rehired the retired to rehire program that is ESI provides a service uh to the district to allow an employee to retire when it is their time to retire but also also someone who is not quite ready to retire they'd still like to contribute more to the district to their classro or as an administrator any any position really so retire to rehire allows them to allows us to have great employees stay with us we get to retain them it retains knowledge base it retains experience and it retains consistency at all of our schools and throughout the district how it works now this is a complicated slide so I'm going to break it down for you a little bit um Esa is allowed to retain our great employees and it provides us with um Gap it's basically when employee is ready to retire after they've completed uh their you know time within asrs which is the Arizona State retirement they uh have to do a waiting period of 365 days before they can work fulltime for an asrs employer so ESI provides them a mechanism to come back to work immediately because they're not working for the asrs employer they're working for ESI but they may be placed at one of our sites one of our schools at the district office depending on what position they have um they can't work for that 12 months unless it's just part-time which I think one of the questions was do we have any part-time folks doing that no we do not we're not we're not in the business of using ESI for part-time employees we bring back full-time employees and I'll discuss their rates and everything in a minute but we only bring back the full-time employee through ESI for the oneyear period and that's the only year that they're allowed to use ESI they provide a kind of a hasslefree Zone where we don't have to be concerned with um you know their insurance benefits or paying asrs any longer as a district there we go so how it works as you're looking at it from the employees perspective they apply to on ESI only retiring employees can you use ESI this isn't for an employee that worked for us a year and then wants to go on ESI it's just for retirees so the employee would um go through HR and through their supervisor and put in a notice saying we'd like I'd like to transfer to ESI it that is reviewed and then if it's approved the employees notified either way they start on ESI on July 1 now there is one exception to that if you remember back when school used to start in August um we have some teachers that have been with us that long that they started in August and that was their first day so we may have to make a couple Exceptions there if those folks are interested but normally a employee would start July 1 through June 30 depending on their contract too if it's a 9 10 12 month contract so after one year of being with ESI and being paid through ESI then they would have to make a decision whether they want to just exit the organization completely piggley Unified School District or if they'd like to come back and teach for us again or work for us in another capacity so if they make that decision then they have to put that request in as well and then we approve or deny that request based on the needs of the district at the time we're always looking at what the needs are right so that would be um reviewed at that point on the next slide you'll see what the district actually pays each employee these are based on um three different employee groups the certified teacher the classified employee the an administrators so if someone in is um interested in doing this we look at what employee group they fit into and then we there is a decision made and then this is what they would be paid so if an employee were to leave us this coming June 30 in 2024 they would leave us at the salary they're currently at minus 20% of that only 80% of that salary is what they would get if they transferred into ESI employment so there's a savings of 20% there they're still eligible if it says under their employee group for performance pay or supplemental pay they're still eligible for that pay at the full rate the district saves 12 just a little over 12% on the asrs cost and the employee gets no increase to their salary for that year as I stated and then if they decide that they'd like to come back and we approve that that there would be no increase to their salary although they would return to 100% of the salary that they left at so the other savings to the district to is for the one year is the savings on the health insurance we would no longer be paying for their health insurance they are obliged to find that either through asrs or ESI or a spouse or something of that nature it just depends on their circumstances so as you can tell all employee groups are only paid 80% of their wage that they leave at for that one year on ESI and that helps us as an employer to pay for the cost of using ESI Services more there we go Okay so currently um this is just a a salary I took 60,000 nice round number right um if they were to continue as an husd employee uh they would be uh at 60,000 if they move to ESI for the one year it would be a $48,000 salary the cost to us under the 60,000 is the 12 just over 12% and I rounded it just for purposes of the of the slide but that cost to for husd is $7,200 for asrs there's no fee of course in that column because we're not paying ESI yet and then the medical uh we took the high deductible plan I used that as the number of what the the district currently pays per employee and that's $ 6636 so as you can see it comes to $73,345 and the fee for ESI next year will be um 18.5% for the return to work so that's the number I used as8 8,880 and we don't have to pay the medical we don't pay asrs so actually we're reducing our cost as you can see the number is [Music] 56,80202 so they would come back at the salary of 60,000 what they left at we would not be paying asrs 12% at that point bringing back a retiree it's about 10% is all we pay um and then of course we they could be on the medical again thank you I just want to make sure I understood no problem thank you for the question so this is This is the End um questions at this point more questions oh the budget question sure so there was a question earlier um today and the question was is the ESI the agreement like that we have currently with them for the what was approved by the board $2 million does that include the retired to rehire employees yes it does because of the fact the way the procurement rules are is we have to even those those are on separate POS it has to be combined because we're using one vendor so we have to acknowledge how much we are spending with that one vendor so we are we have authority right now to spend up to 2 million this year but that does include um we currently have five people on on retired to rehire as well as our subs and one of them is actually coming off in January and so there'll be four people after January so right now that amount is included in the $2 million and that's just you have to remember when you're talking about five people and their salaries those salaries would have been paid anyway because we would have needed to hire somebody to replace them if they didn't you know if they didn't go to ESI other questions I was just going to ask um and I know it's probably an unfair question and I'm sorry this is new to me do you know how much the district has used the retire to rehire I don't I don't believe it's used it that much but I see it as a mechanism of people moving to retirement then to ESI and then making that decision um there are other districts that use it originally it was created because there was such a shortage of teachers and it gave them that opportunity to kind of retire but yet still teach a lot of these folks entered the workforce and their early 20s right out of college and you're not quite ready at 30 years to you know um leave an organization maybe leave your career so it was a mechanism that was created a while back thank you for sharing the information and kind of explaining how it works like I said the the retire to rehire this was new to me to find out this is what we were doing because every time we've referenced ESI it has always regarded substitutes um so I was unaware that we were utilizing it in this fashion so thank you for putting this together and explaining it thank you anyone else president Schultz Miss Johnson we did increase this by uh increased this twice right the funding last year yes we did it was twice yes last fiscal year this year we're we'll bring you a report for the next quarter and you can see where our spending is at at that point I believe that would be in January yes so you should see us back with a report in January I could have sworn we voted twice to increase last year but I wasn't here last year but for I mean in the spring it did happen twice CU that was up through June 30 yes okay yes yeah last school year not 2022 right okay this thank you thank you Mrs Johnson moving on to 6.3 williamsfield High School track and field replacement Mr Mo yes president Schultz members of the board um typically we don't bring purchases through information and action but it's been our practice with these major projects to take the opportunity to highlight the process as this is a high dollar amount um and a one of our major projects that was approved um on the tentative Capital plan by the board so um I have a short presentation tonight to go over the uh williamsfield track and field replacement just a little background uh williamsfield High School opened in 2007 um I think Marcus did a great job of sharing a lot of the accolades um and why they're rated by US News and World reports is one of the best high schools um they are a-rated accredited there's over 53 Sports uh and clubs uh that participate on this campus and approximately you know at any given point during a year 700 you know student athletes with various you know your spring Sports your football um your soccer and your winter um excuse me spring fall Sports is is football winter soccer uh Spring Track and then you also include band a number of student bodies utilize this area um and it is a focal point on that campus on Friday nights as well so um a little history on the track and field in particular um that track is original um again open 2007 so that track is original since 2007 so it's 16 uh years old um it has been resurfaced a couple times um but that is the original concrete pore um a couple highlights to shout out the track program over there the 2021 the D2 the girls finished um runner up in the division 2 championship and then uh just last year they had a stellar athlete come through um Sarah Prince um she graduated last year in 23 but she sets two um Arizona State records in the 110 100 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles those are current State records uh with William Field's name on them so um Sellar athlete that has gone through that program in terms of the field side um the synthetic turf was installed in 2015 um originally that field was grass and then that 2015 was the first year for Turf um so that makes it nine years old um and then our football program two time state championships both in 2016 and 19 and so when the district decided to go to that synthetic field Turf in 2015 you can see on the far right there some of the benefits of synthe Synthetic Turf um Synthetic Turf field Fields have resulted in increas in safety and playability um they reduce maintenance costs and then it's year round play right we're not shutting it down to either winter seed we're not um at any given point having to fix irrigation leaks um it's year round play and in Arizona when we have you know the 300 days of some right um it is utilized often and and regularly so um another benefit um on why a lot of Arizona schools have moved to Synthetic Turf on their U Main football field so diving into the the process uh for this field and track and field replacement so um I know it's been a while but back in April 5th 2023 um it's been our practice to bring forward our tenative Capital plans for the following fiscal year and so the board did approve on April 5th we had um mentioned in the in the plan a major project being the replacement of this track and field in some of the planning we've been very very uh this this first pretty much six months of the year has been a lot of planning um for this replacement um we've been very methodical in our approach and so um that first bullet um we conducted a geotechnical evaluation of the soil um I believe I attached that report to the the action item later and it's a it's a long report but let me summarize that for you essentially it says we built on farmland and that soil is unstable um so what that report kind of um resulted in was indicating that a lot of the West part of the field and the north part of our field had higher elevations um than other areas on the field and so what that creates is an unev playing field um it also results if you walk our track or if you've been on a track or field you'll see large cracks you'll see Foundation breaks um and so a part of that is the soil that's underneath that um and so one of the in result of that evaluation that test um one of our recommendations um you'll see in the bid is to not only rip the field up but rip the track rip the concrete up and then go down and dig another two to three feet into the soil restabilize that soil um and and then start building up from there on the bullet point two we also conducted a a gmax testing um I got a crash course into uh understanding Synthetic Turf safety um through this process and so the gmax testing kind of measures shock absorption on a on a on a synthetic turf field and so um those test results um are often on a are rated on a scale from 0er to 200 Zero being a very plush soft surface it's almost like if you're stepping on um like a foam cushion pad right that's not typically playable so um there's generally a rating right in the middle either from like0 to like 120 in which you want to be because it also then you have the shock absorption but you also have a firmness to step on it make Cuts Etc um William seal Tess results came back um they averaged 197 they measured 10 different spots several spots over 25 what that means is uh a massive safety concern for our student athletes or anybody using that field who is taking a hit whether it's a football player or soccer player sliding down that the um probability of a concussion or a serious injury um greatly intensifies when there is no shock absorption so um basically it says that that feel is hard as a rock and um you know we and do for replacement essentially we knew that we did though want to go through and and make sure we did our due diligence and make sure that this was exactly due you know due up for replacement and is was worse than what we anticipated um it probably should have been replaced last year but um we wanted again to do our due diligence as this is a high dollar item the third bullet point um throughout some of these conversations we had multiple meetings uh Mr Fox Daryl single Gustavo landeras our director of facilities as well as Coach Campbell several of the track coaches um I mean this is this is their their field this is their school and so obviously um you'll see throughout our decision processes none of those are made in a in a silo um we we share out and we want our feedback from our schools this is um a place they utilize they live on and so um several of those meetings that we had um had some um logistical like changes which I'll cover when we look at the pictures it's easier to explain there um but again another opportunity of of planning um and making the completely you know an educated decision for the future of this program and not just looking at it um in a micro uh kind of sense the procurement the district issued a request for quotation um we received three prospective biders um the recommended better bidder of General acrylics is is again recommended later in this agenda the two other biders Elite Sports biders uh was very um um close in price um there were some different um um when we evaluated this bid there was not just price we' um evaluated U the plan the method approach um a little bit of the uh the biders um history the the individuals that were going to be responsible for doing the field and so um it was very close between General clicks and Elite Sports Builders the third B helis was about a million dollars above so that was an easy decision um in terms of price and then just you know feasibility construction um we have slated pending board approval um to go on 226 through 6:30 because of the extensive work with the soil um that we would be uh displacing track and moving them to Higley we have worked with again Mr stangle Mr dly at at Higley High um to make sure there's accommodations at higgle High um for that U for that williamsfield track program as well as if we need to bus um or maybe it's just an extra warmup it's pretty close I'm um but if they need busing we will make that accommodation um but yeah it would displace uh track and field for the spring and then be open uh scheduled to open in uh the next school year 2025 so with that I'll look at some of the rendition so and talk about some of the logistical changes that we're kind of recommending so your current tracking field here um some of the areas I'll highlight are the left side of the field or the South side of the field you'll see the square track pad there um on the new proposed rendition we're looking at making that a full they call it a dzone um and that red line uh is an indication um of pole vault that's where we'll bring pole vault up um to the field and then that will be an area for pole vault in high jump coming back um on the far north side of the field or right side of the the photo you'll see long jump and triple jump be there um they would now be moved down to the where P vaa was which is if I had bigger picture but it' be on the um just north of the track on the northwest side um and that um moving that down there gives them their own space um we were having issues with sand coming into the the turf on the previous rendition um elevations were had to be different to accommodate the pits so you can keep keep the sand in the sand pit so um by moving this this way it makes a lot of sense it also gives that whole um Turf area um extra use so Coach Campbell had some ideas of putting some drills down there um and allowing another area for his players as well as another for soccer players to do different various drills on a Turf surface so and then lastly the obvious ones are obvious the the new colors right uh we got some um taking the opportunity to uh continue to push School branding um you can color tracks that is a possibility and so the gray represented here is a little lighter than what is actually being going to be um put in place it's a more of a charcoal gray uh the rendition is not showing 100% correctly but it'll be more for charcoal gray and that red is going to be a kind of a williamfield red um on those are called The Exchange zones so when they do relays um those zones will now be clearly marked um and highlighted and then the field um really that's all Coach Campbell um you have it's called a watermelon kind of style where each uh five um yard line is a different color um I guess it's the new hip thing to do um and then some of the designs again taking another opportunity to add on the the far bottom of the field williamsfield and their slogan Dominate and then on the west side of the field williamsfield dominates so that is it for me if there's any questions I'll be happy to take any questions it's really pretty it looks really nice and I'm so glad that nobody's has gotten H so really fast nobody's we're done practicing on it then right right with track and field soccer's finishing up well we'll have soccer finish up um as the the seon has already started and talking with with Mr Sangle displacing them in addition to track was just we don't have their procurement done there's a lot of free um work to be done um so soccer will continue to play on that field throughout February 26 which is the end of their season um so yeah we have one more sport to go through okay thank you president Schultz Mr Moore do we have planned phases for the project it's all one I mean there there's within the construction time there's various phases of of demo um and and a lot of those um what we've worked closely with the Williamsville team to establish a timeline um we're still laying out a lot of those plans like where they're going to um put their staging right um and how we can keep students safe um so a lot of that is still in motion um we didn't want too ahead of ourselves as we still waiting for governing board approval on this um to start really engaging with that contractor um and establishing temporary fencing um and stuff like that so and is the new product that's going to be used does that have like a longer lifespan than what we currently use yeah so the new product we we'll be using would be rated within that 0 to 200 scale brand new it would come in about um 100 110 um it's a shock pad that goes underneath the service currently there's a rubber um I guess fill underneath the current service um but that does provide an 8-year warranty um and then I believe if they um service it over the the eight years that they will extend it up to two years um depending on testing and stuff like that so it could be up to 10e warranty on the field the track itself is a 10year warranty um and the warranty includes the maintenance no the maintenance is the responsibility of the district so in the recommendation on the action item we have included two years of Maintenance that is the the extent of which they'll they'll commit to initially after two years they'll obviously want to test and make sure that we are doing our due diligence as well it's not just solely on the contractor to upkeep the field we also as a school district have to do our upkeep and so after two years then we have an option to do annual maintenance with the vendor and and maintain that warranty status and do we see like long-term costs being more than what we're currently paying on the existing actually they might go down some of the the new technology with the infield actually does not need water to cool it the cooling technology in the advancement with the synthe Synthetic Turf um have have grown exponentially since the nine years in which this was initially um installed and so um some of the new stuff that doesn't even need water to cool so that is actually saving on the little bit of water usage that that is utilized current currently um so in general since we already have a synthetic turf field um this is part of the expectation when you start that um every 10 years to evaluate that cost but we are not watering this field I haven't done a complete cost savings on um Turf to Synthetic Turf or excuse me grass to Synthetic Turf but um thank you I I like the fact that it's got the cooling technology cuz that grass can get extremely hot during the summer thank you this Rees president Schultz um just a note regarding the soil we also had issues with the school that had to be addressed because of the soil so there's no surprise that it's uneven and unstable it was previously that had to be addressed within the school so [Music] um summer for football camps band camps is there a thought process to I mean yes we can move track obviously for their season that you guys have worked out but those fall Sports utilize those fields for the summer and so so um that's almost coming right up to when almost when school starts yeah uh president Schultz member ree I'm actually gonna have Mr stangle answer that because these conversations are are happening like in that planning phase we have been intentional to start having these conversations and uh Mr shangle has worked on some plans for some of those areas that I think he can provide some insight president Schultz members of the board um we have met multiple times and it's not going to be easy obviously because we have such little real estate at at black at at williamsfield to deal with as it is um but we'll have uh we'll have the ability to I mean we still have magnificent weight room where they'll be able to do all their all their training um we have the Outfield of the JB baseball field which we can convert to a practice football field a practice facility that's not used by baseball during the summer um so baseball will move all their stuff up to the varsity baseball field and we'll utilize that space and then and um by the if this project goes according to plan then we should be fine by The Time band camp comes back for them to they'll be the first ones that'll actually get to utilize it um for for their Camp so hopefully we've addressed all of uh you know all the issues and all the concerns nobody's completely happy but we're not going to be it's a little bit of sacrifice for a lot of reward perfect and I know to at some point there was discussion that when the field was replaced that it would be replaced and turned the way it was meant to be with the home side on the west side not on the east side um I see the rendition here of the logo that's facing that East Side was there any further discussion of fixing and putting it the way it was intentionally supposed to be yeah president Schultz remember we yeah that was one of the first things I think we talked about you hit uh a sensitive topic with what um yeah so we we did have some conversations unfortunately every other you talk the Press Box everything is on um the east side of the field and so looking budgetarily we did not budget for U modifying or replacing the the bleachers in the Press Box on the other side um and we did look at some numbers that they're extensive um to do that so currently the Renditions are showing as is we did talk you know obviously you know Master planning in a perfect world yes we switch that um with our current um layout and our current um limitations with with funds um if the home side if they weren't going to sit over there then we we weren't going to move it um and correct me if I'm wrong right this right Dale we just because of the the master we we just could not flip those bleachers in the in the Press Box and um so they weren't going to sit over there so we just left the hom side on this side on this that's the current conversation yeah I just know it was kind of Field's going to have to be replaced and maybe when we do that we'll fix the way it was supposed to be but I get it there there is cost to that and so I was just asking for clarification yeah I know that that's in our Master planning you know within our our larger conversations with capital planning and and um you know williamsfield in particular there you know Renovations and in campus Renovations so um I I imagine that will be a conversation in the you know Capital project with the bond committee um ciance committee excuse me and um so that is a greater master planning need but uh with the limitation of funds right now it was not flipped so president charz board member Reese I think that um williamsfield being closer to the park like home being closer to the parking lot I think a lot of people are in favor of that versus having to walk all the way across to the other side so they rather make like visitors walk all the way across they have the sun in their face and they can't see that is true that's one downside that that is the big part of that and the initial draw the initial plan was that the west side was supposed to be the home side so which is typical right yes Mrs ree thank you for clarifying that because I actually said to Mrs Anderson I don't understand why we would care if we were on the other side okay I think I stand at the fence line usually so maybe I I don't make moves a good portion of the game I mean it's the time of the games is sunset so I mean it's it's and it's hot yes it is hot I will give you that I just perfect thank you Mr Moore anything else I I had a question Sor sorry it kind of Segways off of Miss Reese's question um not only for band camps and everything but will we lose any revenue for rentals for that field as well I don't know how much it gets rented during that time but I'm sure you guys looked at that just yeah I mean we've had to block in our facilities management system we have we've had to block those for any future rentals for that time period um yeah I mean there's going to be a cost benefit right but like I think Mr Sangle mentioned it's a little bit of um you know I guess give for a lot of reward right this field will be you know it is in need and so there's no perfect timing when you're trying to block out four to six months on a high school campus um there is no perfect timing and so we felt this was the best um timing in in the grand scheme of things so of course not arguing that um just if it assuming it gets approved tonight the communication will go out to our usuals as far as those that normally use the FI just that way I'm sure the changes are pretty big trying to find sites similar familiar yeah and president schel those conversations have already started um those started in our initial planning phases um a lot of it will now be just finalizing that like yes this will be closed from this time um but those conversations have started and a lot of that um initial um Talk has been initiated I guess what I'm trying to say so thank you Mr Moore moving on to 6.4 BBA agenda preparation and dissemination first read this CL or Mrs Richards president Schultz members of the board uh we have a board member Miss Van Hook that has proposed some changes to this um policy so I know she would like to discuss that thank you um so I asked uh to bring this policy up for discussion because uh we used to get the agendas on Friday um the Friday before the meeting and had to have our questions turned in by Monday before the meeting um and that policy was changed um by one individual board member and now we receive the agenda on Thursday before the meeting um with our questions due by end of day on Sunday um and because that's not how polic policy changes work um I wanted to bring this policy up for um discussion and a vote um and so the proposed policy um change aims to streamline um the preparation process um allocate more time um for thoughtful consideration and promote a balanced and sustainable approach to board service um this will um be achieved by allowing board members ample time to review agenda items enabling them um to spend the weekend with family and attend to personal com uh personal commitments um the policy uh proposes changing the um the day we receive the agenda to Wednesday instead of Thursday um and that gives board members more time to carefully consider research agenda items and prepare for the meeting Shifting the day from Thursday to Wednesday not only grants board members the opportunity to dedicate their weekends to personel and family time um uh sorry I lost my place um allow uh it grants board members the opportunity to dedicate their weekends in personal um to personal family time um which is crucial for uh those of us juggling full-time jobs alongside our unpaid board responsibilities um and uh Administration will still have until Tuesday uh to respond to the agenda questions uh where before they were getting the questions on Monday and had to provide the um had to provide the answers by Tuesday so this way they they get the two days and this is um already in practice um I'm just asking that it be added to the policy um and I believe that this change will contribute to the overall effectiveness of board meetings and um ensures that decisions are made with a thorough understanding of the agenda items um and one thing that um I would like to add to the proposed policy is uh a line for like a 24-hour notice for emergency meetings if we um have to have an eer mergency meeting um to add that verbiage in there as well that's currently not in the proposed policy now would you like me to Jennifer do you uh do you want me to read this sorry M mclan or do you want me to read this or do you want to read it U Madam president Miss V hook I'm not quite sure you mean read the propos just to go over the the proposed policy I I think the changes are on the screen um um in front of you so my understanding is the proposed changes are in red um miss van Hook's comments are in purple um and if I understand correctly you want to add an item that would also address um the ability to hold an emergency meeting with only 24 hours prior so okay thank you president Schultz Gra looking at the I guess it's the third paragraph where it had said 24 hours and it was switched to five working days um and Miss mlen help help on from a legal standpoint I the way I read the initial one is that way if there is something added to the agenda um per se and um or something changed that we can't by law we can't change it within 24 hours anyway so I think the 24 hours there was kind of referring to that I don't I didn't read it as the standard um board packet so I don't know I I think the 24 hours was probably there because they we can't get anything less than 24 hours um because once it's posted 24 hours before our meeting it's posted so I don't I don't know I I just noticed that so if if we from a legal standpoint because that's we can't get anything less than 24 hours um do we leave that and then make a separate one to request our typical board packet no less than five days five working days so Madam president miss ree I think you have hit on a concern ER with the proposed changes which is that the open meeting Law requires that uh CH there are no changes to the agenda uh in the time period that are 24 hours prior to the meeting um there is not any exception in the current language proposed that would allow the administration to um add something to a board agenda within that 24-hour period so the proposed language would have the cause and effect of extending that 24hour period to a 5 working day period and that would um potentially hamper um your Administration and their ability to place items on the agenda if needed um within that time period so uh knowing what my intention is here um are you able to assist me with with language to be able to um allow them that opportunity um but still ensure that um it states that we can't change anything after the 24 hours and with with what the original language um purpose is but still be able to say um to get the agenda five working days prior to the meeting Madam president miss Van Hook I'd be happy to assist in trying to Fashion something something for your this is up for first read I can try to assist and fion something for a second read so the board can consider that option if you choose to do it I'd appreciate it thank you and if I might be heard on the second point if that would be all right um so the the item related to board members being required to submit questions and adding that into your um into your policy itself um I don't I would caution you against putting what are established practices in the district into policy because then you don't have the ability to change that without a board Vote or the ability to make exceptions to that so there may very well be times when your Administration gets let's say a question 15 minutes before the meeting or you know and we do want to make sure that we're allowing that practice to continue and not um stifling your ability to get information and I also have a little bit of concern about that paragraph because um under the open meeting law most of the discussion regarding you all have a very transparent process but the discussion regarding items should be occurring in a public meeting and so by sort of codifying your practice about how you answer questions and how you communicate with the administration um in policy I I have concerns about that from an open meeting law standpoint so and these questions are posted public right um and and the answers so um so that that's a transparent process but it doesn't happen in in a meeting and I don't know how that would be viewed so my my my best advice is that if you have communication protocols that you want to work out with your Administration that you create a separate document outside of policy that discusses those communication protocols I don't know if has that already you do yes we do so my my advice to you would be that you revise your communication protocols to address these that issue so with your permission when it comes back for a second read I'll remove that but I'll address the 24-hour 5 day okay thank you so much um I just want to make sure I understand so if to have the conversation about let's say we felt that the timing of receiving the materials I understand that I understand your point about it being in policy but to have that conversation because I think that we should have that conversation just our experience with you know some people work and feel like it's not enough time and and I see that it could be stressful on staff to try to meet within those time requirements so to have that conversation the five of us um when could we have that we would just have a discussion it didn't have to relate to policy is that what I'm understanding if if I understand correctly you have a document that discusses your communication protocol so you would just have to have that on an upcoming agenda okay and could if we wanted to put more formal language about the protocol I'm not sure if M Richards whisper or somebody did is that an exhibit or regulation or something not an exhibit but a regulation that could be attached to this policy so that's something that doesn't have to be voted on it just just like our dress code and other things it's just kind of the common practice that doesn't require board approval so go ahead vice president Anderson currently it is on your governing board web page and it's what was adopted in 2021 with the assistance of asba so that's definitely what we could look at and talk through and revise if you guys are interested in that I don't know that it's necessary that it become an exhibit but president Schultz Miss mcclinon um my concern um when it's not policy is exactly what happened is you know one board member made a decision to change the process um and no other board member was involved in the discussion process um and so I don't I don't want that to occur again I want all board members to be able to have a voice in whatever you know even if it's changed in the future um that it's not just a communication protocol um that it's a policy to where all board members could have a say in that okay so M Madam president miss fin hook what I'm hearing you say is that you want that language to remain proposed in this policy not to be removed um and that's a decision for the board next board meeting um so okay yeah and I just I mean I'd like to be able to discuss like how do we go about ensuring that um anything like this in the future involves the entire board so again my recommendation would be that you address it through the communication protocol that you already have and that would a change to that protocol would require the board to change it because it's a board adopted document so my my suggestion would be that that third paragraph be that the discussion on that piece be moved to a future time when you all have the uh communication protocol in front of you so the so the communication protocol still requires the the whole board to approve if it was a document developed with asba and it's in my experience boards have in the past adopted various prati practices or protocols sometimes they concern uh visiting campuses for example but if you all have a communication protocol that's already been reviewed by uh your a prior board and you want to revisit it that would be something that the board can do thank you president schz is that something that we can just put on our regular calendar as far as communication protocol there's certain things we have to do every year and have time frames and things like that is that something that maybe we should put on our January meeting is to or our January Retreat to talk about or and then if there's any changes that that is Revisited every January if typically if the board's changing it happens in January and that with new people coming on it's a good idea to have conversation about our protocols and um if based on whatever makeup the board is or the current board if our life has changed a little bit over the year maybe revisiting that every January if we just have that every January review of communication protocols well uh president Schultz board member re if correct me if I'm wrong I don't remember exactly when it happened from my understanding our policy which would have to be adopted because that's what we did with the asba was the timeline originally of we get the board docs on uh Friday and then we have our questions posted by Monday to get them back on Tuesday and uh and president schz can correct me if I'm wrong we moved it to Thursday for you miss hook um because and I don't know when this was I want to say it was like marchish plus or minus um you had talked about how it was hard over the weekend and so we kept the same time frame and Miss Richards you can add to this the reason we kept the timeline is because you all have jobs Beyond responding to our questions and so it was to ensure that as far as the number of working days that you guys have to be able to respond to stuff as well as put things together especially under normal circumstances we have two meetings a month this means every week essentially we're either having a board meeting or discussing the agenda so the the time frame of the number of days is what stayed but then we moved it to Thursday so that way your weekend wasn't shot and you had more time of regular working days to do that um something else that I think can be considered is because yes we are new but we've now been at this for 12 months so the idea is that our learning curve to go through this stuff for certain things shouldn't be taking the same amount of time essentially because there are some things that are routine right we always have the same vouchers that come up in terms of yes we can look at what the companies are but the process is the same and so I recognize that some of this might have been difficult but I I guess where I have concern and this again would be the input that I'm after from edmin district office is how long and how much of your time frame does this change impact certain things for you because I want to make sure that business as usual is still being done but I also think it's a little bit disingenuous to express that it was just changed willy-nilly without input when it was a direct response to a previous meeting board retreat where we had talked about the length of time that you were doing and that's why we switched it so I recognized that there could still potentially be frustration and that's okay but I I I just don't think it's necessarily accurate to say that it was done without input when the change was literally made because you said you were using all your whole weekend so for those who can add to that I think that'd be helpful to the conversation but as far as questions Miss Richards I would like to know you know like how that impacts district office so board member way yes I believe we tried to make adjustments to assist everybody it was you know how do we give you guys enough time how do we have enough time to adequately answer but then there is preparation involved in getting these presentations ready all the supporting documentation and sometimes Thursday comes really quickly right Mr Moore so um you know back in it up another day would be challenging in my opinion but if other cabinet members want to to chime in you know we want to we want to make this work for everybody involved and so you know it is time is time right so I don't know that's my input cabinet any thoughts uh president schz member Wade yes um like so every day you move back we process vouchers you know weekly um and I don't speak for HR but we hire people daily um all these are would be you know if every day back up that's that's one day we don't get to get them on the next board agenda so then um depending on the classification you know maybe an employee now can't start till the next month um or those vouchers can't be approved till the next meeting um that those are some of the immediate thoughts in my mind um some of the others are um you typical daily purchases there may be in instances and we do have some Authority with emergency procurement but in getting a lot of that documentation to you timely with accurate quotes accurate information and numbers um it just it pushes us back a couple more days so um it does complicate the process but um again if that's the expectation from the board again I think like Mr mclan mentioned I think a deeper study session would benefit both the district and the board to kind of come to a solution where we can both um you know work together I think that's a deeper conversation and possibly a study session um but yeah every day you push back there there's implications so um president Schultz uh board member Wade um yes that's um I was told that it was changed because of that but where before we as board members had until Monday to turn in our questions um and now that that it was changed to Sunday it completely eliminated the weekend um so I you know I don't think I mean I wasn't aware until the change happened um and that's how I found out that it had been moved um [Music] so that's the purpose of being able to update the policy um to allow the additional weekday um and even now when um even though we get the agenda on Thursday um just like on um what was it Monday we got an email that a bunch of things were added um so we still have the ability to do that up to 24 hours so if there's expenses or anything else that need to be added we still have that ability um for Christine to email us and say hey this was added this was added did just like she did on Monday um so it doesn't eliminate that um so if there's anything new um we can still do that I guess my only oh sorry president schz board member of Ed hook I I think that's I mean I hear you in terms of days what it sounds like is you want another day at it right because the time frame was the same because we got it on Friday questions by Monday it move to getting it on Thursday questions by Sunday but if I'm understanding this request correctly it's giving you another day to add to to look everything over is that what I'm understanding yes so it's it's moving it to receiving the agenda five working days prior to the meeting so moving that day from Thursday to Wednesday I think the only concern I would have for that so whenever we decide to talk about this going forward um is if it is difficult for whatever reason if we start routinely getting last minute emails of updates and changes I think that gives off an image that I don't necessarily want to uh establish as like a precedent or common practice right like we did get them this week and for some of us that was a real big complication because we had other stuff going on or that type of stuff I I guess I just something for us to think about when it comes around the next time is this might happen more frequently that we get things added after we already have it and I don't know how I feel from a board perspective if we're supposed to be getting something but then we also get a second update because I'm lazy and I like to be efficient if I'm going to do something and spend time on it because it is unpaid this is my free time I sit and do it once and I craft out my time to do that now there's a potential expectation of me having to do that twice and I get that the second time is less potentially if it's only a few things I just that would be my concern going into this is establishing a routine in which we are then after the fact adding more right I just president Schultz uh board member Wade um I mean this I'm not asking for you know two weeks ahead of time I'm I'm asking for a day and what is the difference What A Difference A Day Makes um as far as a agenda items um I don't see it being that big of a difference um and I guess being able to decide you know is this something that can wait till the till the following meeting um or not I mean they could do that now um so um you know we're not having a lot of that now so I don't see one day making um such such a huge difference but it would make a big difference um for us and us as board members um you know signed up to to do this and part of our responsibility is to um you know take the time to review our packets um to ensure that uh we know you know what's in these packets and uh be able to properly speak and vote on things um it's our responsibility so um I don't know if you know for me I I take that seriously and put a lot of effort into um the research um you know it it might not be everybody um but that that is our responsibility and my my request is just for one additional work day just I just have one uh uh Mr plus you could go off of this I think is the President we meet right with um District to go over it and I know a couple times for me and I don't know if this was in the case when you've been the board president um the schedule has had to change a little bit due to work or whatever um and so there wasn't a lot on it if it was early and I don't know what that looks like as far as the days and I don't remember exactly when we changed it I think we had to meet on a Tuesday once maybe and then with fall break things were a little bit off too so I don't know if that makes a difference to you guys with the day and if it would be that much more of a change because then we would have to meet or the president would have to meet on Tuesday or Monday Monday Tuesday Tuesday okay because currently we meet on right okay yes yes and I'm yes I'm sorry for me it's a little bit tricky but Mrs ree did no I mean I I mean a day doesn't matter to me but it's just the district is that most might value your time and you know what you guys are doing well I think to um there I have a couple thoughts one to be honest when we talked about getting the packet on Thursday maybe I missed it during that conversation I wasn't prepared for the question J to be backed up a day I thought we were going to get it on Thursday and that questions were still going to be due on Monday so when it changed that questions were due on Sunday it was like okay I mean I didn't I didn't anticipate that when we talked about getting our packets a day earlier I didn't anticipate our our question timeline being backed up a day so um that just kind of caught me off guard I get it's the same time frame it I just didn't anticipate that um based on our discussion um it I mean it all the way around I know it's difficult most of the time and Christine I'm not real sure the shell and the majority of our packet like it's uploaded as you guys are getting it so that if I if it's Tuesday and I can go in and I can see what's there at one point in time it was all uploaded at one time and then I know Darlene started adding because we were I mean sometimes we get big packets and I I hear what you're saying I work I travel for work I have a family um in some cases I'd like to think I have some resemblance of a life but um and like that time goes by quickly um um from Thursday to Sunday and who knows what's going on and it's like oh I got to do you know I got to get through this and sometimes it can be rushed versus I know for me if I get through the weekend and I can take some time Monday morning without hectic stuff going on and I can get my questions in I know for me that that's helpful um or if I'm looking at the packet over the weekend sometimes I go back and look at like I have to formulate my thoughts too going okay let me read that again how to make sure how I read it before I asked questions so um I know losing that day has been difficult for me as well um but if the packets are are primarily as you're getting them uploaded we can look at some of that that's helpful um and I in my opinion and I know you guys work really hard on these presentations and there's sometimes it seems like we're just I'm sure you're already working on the next meeting it's like we haven't even finished a a meeting and you're working on the next one and I know that's really hard um but when we have some larger ones sometimes that's just not enough time either the and it depends on how you view things um the course guide oh that's that in itself is going to take a couple days to get through that's so when there's sometimes we have to stack agendas because of what's on there and I mean we have time frames that certain things need to be done and so some of our agendas we know that are heavier than others so [Music] um in one aspect I I don't think it's in my opinion I don't think it's unreasonable to expect it five working days in advance um I'm good with Thursday but I'd like Monday back so I mean so and I know they work hard on it and like I said you're probably working on January and February you guys put all that together um but it sometimes it's difficult when again yes we're volunteers we're not paid when we have other jobs and we have families and and that time goes by really fast and we want to commit to our responsibility um to thoroughly review it and I I think that we have to recognize some time that it takes to do that I believe that the issue was the sheer volume of questions and how long it was taking and so we weren't getting the packet until Wednesday and that was the problem we none of us had time to prepare and so then that was if memory serves me correctly Mrs Richard it was the questions and the amount of time it was taking District took until Wednesday afternoon and then we weren't prepared for the meeting and there was a followup questions and so that was the reasoning behind it because also even though we say Sunday nobody's looking at anything on Sunday I mean they're not looking at till Monday but if you don't get it till Monday night and then it's Tuesday which some then we don't get the information till Wednesday afternoon I believe there were a couple meetings back to back where we didn't get the board question like the responses to our question until literally right before the meeting and I think it was after those two backtack that we because it we had had the conversation around that same time frame um I think the board retreat happened after those two meetings and then it was switched if memory serves board member way president Schultz I think that's correct I mean our goal is to make sure we have the information and we provide it in a timely manner and sometimes some things take longer than others you know so president Schultz um I want to be able to give them that additional day to be able to get get those questions answered which is why I'm asking for one day forward on the other end so that you guys still have those two days and and I I mean we get the board packets on Thursdays and I I work on them from Thursday to up to the the day of the meeting um with you know trying to squeeze it in on the weekends I you know my daughter plays soft softball so I'm softball tournaments all weekend and I come home and I work late so my questions on Sunday typically don't get turned in till you know sometime midnight or 1 in the morning because I'm up working on it um so I I want them to have those two days to be able to get those questions answered um but also um can we maybe figure out a way to be able to separate those questions between um what would be required in order for somebody to make a vote versus something that's just for informational purposes Madam president members of the board I think I think since we've made um a recommendation that on the second read the paragraph related to the questions be moved to the discussion about the communic unation protocol I think we ought to save that discussion for when you all revisit those communication protocols perfect thank you moving on to 6.5 JK student discipline first read good evening president schs members of the board uh first reads brought forward for policy JK um board member Van Hook recommended four changes to the current policy and they're presented for the first read as is president Schultz um I asked to bring this policy forward uh because the first section of the policy um did not align with State Statute um the policy stated that the superintendent shall recommend policies and develop procedur procedures where the um the law actually states that the governing board of any school district in consultation with teachers and parents of the school district shall prescribe rules for discipline suspension and expulsion of students um so I wanted to ensure that the policy did align um with State Statute um the other change on the policy um was um the section about um the uh suspension for K through2 uh there was an uh a law passed this year um that was related to the K through2 suspension um and that was not in the policy so I wanted to ensure that that was added um and then um although not a fan of confinement um that was not included in the policy at all um and that is within State Statute so um I wanted to ensure that that was in there and then um at the end where it discusses uh bullying or harassment um targeting particular individuals um that um per state statute um States serious or severe bullying or harassment targeting particular individuals so the um policy change is to ensure that it aligns with State statutes and not um anything that I would like to change personally president Schultz uh members of the board just a couple points uh from our looking into the policy and how it's aligned a policy um is is meant to be framed within the uh to interpret with within the context of the law so it's not always necessarily going to be verbatim of what the statute says um 188 or 15843 is very comprehensive uh and there's pieces of our policy that are pulled from that but not necessarily the entirety of of the law so as far as the introduction goes it's almost a preference of how we want it to be worded um we do have policy BG BGC bgb that uh basically discusses the role of the administration um implementing applying uh administering policy as and then as the board adopting policy so that's it's sort of addressed in additional policies as a whole of our normal practices um so again there's there's nothing that would be necessarily out of legal compliance the way it's currently worded um but also changing the wording wouldn't necessarily make it in compliance either so that's just a preferential language update um you beat us to the punch on the K4 suspension that at the end of November that just actually came into effect and so we're in sync with that that does need to be updated to align with the bill that was recently amended to change the stipulations behind the K4 suspension um as far as confinement goes we do not use confinement as a disciplinary practice so therefore we had omitted from the policy because we never ever use confinement as a student disciplinary practice so that's why it was omitted intentionally in the prior or the currently existing policy JK and then as far as the language of serious or severe bullying um again that's preferential it's worded that way in the law and maybe Miss mclen can further clarify what Our obligation is to have those adjectives included into that section of the policy Mr Walker can you please repeat the policies that you said that it it kind of sort of is already addressed you ran through them real quick I just couldn't write them down yeah no problem it's policy BG and BGC and bgb and those are just our our policy um policies you and you were stating that those policies contain fractions of the 15-h um no no ma'am uh th those policies deal with the board adopting policy so the language proposed to change the process for prescribing policy at the beginning of JK is is not necessarily legally required it's already addressed in in the B policies president Schultz Mr Walker um so why wouldn't we want that policy to align across the board um with all our policies to ensure that um it does provide the language from the state statute um because the way that it's written now um it says that the superintendent shall but that's not within the law the law states that it's the governing board in consultation with teachers and parents it doesn't say adopt oh recommend policies right so I just I'm just thinking that if if we have other policies that state that it's the governing board's responsibility that it should be the same across the board and that this policy should align with State Statute I think the other policy talks about the governing board's role and our role is to adopt policies and approve policies this is just saying that the superintendent shall recommend policy regarding it and then develop those procedures the procedures aren't it's just that they recommend the policy it doesn't they can't they can recommend a policy but without us adopting it they can't utilize it right but if we don't use the language that's within State Statute then the governing board doesn't have the role to work in consultation with teachers and parents and when it comes to student discipline that is what the state law says Miss mclen can you clarify as a legal expert for us please sure um so the the existing language within your policy now is from asba sample JK which says the superintendent shall recommend policies and develop procedures in that comply with ARs 15843 the language of ar1 15843 is the language that Miss Van Hook is is indicating requires that the governing board adopt the policies and that it be developed in conjunction with teachers so your existing Language by referencing that statute incorporates its requirements um it's not uh legally incorrect to lift the statute and put it into policy um asba does that often but in this instance they chose not to so your existing policy is compliant with state law the proposed revision would be compliant with state law in either method your the governing board has to adopt the policies regarding student discipline in fact you do so when you adopt your student handbook every year because that's the place where you're getting the teacher input you're getting student input you're making changes on um based upon what um Community sees as the expectation for students so that change isn't legally required um Mr Walker is correct Miss V Hook is correct that the change with regard to um the the K4 um H is in effect right now and the changes proposed on page two of the policy are um in compliance with state law the issue on confinement um you you have a current regulation that addresses restraint and seclusion it's j i-r so I don't find that the the recitation here is necessary given that you don't use confinement as discipline and you already have a regulation that addresses the use of restraint and seclusion which is seclusion and confinement are the same thing so that section I don't know is necessary and then the last change with regard to changing the language to severe or serious or severe bullying or harassment um targeting particular individuals that is a that is language that is in the proposed uh regulation issued by asba as well um I believe that stems from case law not from State Statute but from case law about when you can discipline someone for off-campus conduct so from a legal perspective the the language at the top of the policy is your choice um I do recommend that you include the language regarding the K4 students um I would not recommend that you include the language on confinement because it's addressed somewhere else and I the last change is um would make it align with your asba policy which is your current resource president SCH Miss mcclinon um can we at least add if we remove the confinement portion can we add something at the bottom that cross references that policy regarding confinement um and uh correct me if I'm wrong but I I've heard situations where we have confined students um so it might not be regular practice but it has been used within the district correct M president I think we'd be a little bit off topic if we start talking about what has happened to students you all definitely are entitled to that information but if if there is a student restraint or a student use of a seclusion room there's requirements that those items be documented thank you m m and board member V hook if I could add uh the current policy does have JB referen uh on the very bottom of the policy and that does point to the seclusion restraint and that's different than jic c-r so uh oh it's jic so jic is included but not jic di well jic R is um is a dashr or jic R jic it's j i-r so so that would be the regulation not not a policy so the policy that's referenced is jld DB jic well J jic is just our student conduct policy in general and then but the bottom one uh the cross references seclusion and restraint policy okay also one more thing too if I could point out the uh the language for the K4 suspension it does reference charter schools in that so I would recommend to uh eliminate that that portion because we want our policy to speak directly to our our school dist District yeah okay thank you Mr Walker thank you Madame President with your permission and with Miss V Hook's permission I'll revise this to reflect the conversation thank you very much you I'd also like to apologize that we continue I continue to call you by the wrong last name oh I because we've done it for so long I apologize meenon you can can say it any which way you want but M Lennon is the right okay J anything you want no I would like to say your name properly I apologize M Lennon right please don't apologize it's a hard last name you moving on to action item 7.1 I move that we approve the 2024 2025 course guide for high school middle school special education and Higley Virtual Academy second questions comments concerns I know Mr Len Heiser wi over this um president Schultz I I do have a concern because I asked for um I asked to see if we can separate one course guide from all of them and um I was not able to do that um so based on that I'll wait till till the vote um but or or I can should I say where I stand now or no because you have to call the vote I'll wait till you call the vote okay um all those in favor I Mrs Reese did you okay thank you uh all those opposed um I oppose um and again I just want to explain that um I wanted the sped course guide uh separated um so that I wouldn't have to vote no on all of it um but due to the um based on the last meeting where we talked about the castle framework um being utilized um for our sped course guide um I just I can't support um anything with Castle um especially for our vulnerable students thank you motion carries 41 moving on to 7.2 author authorization of expenditure williamsfield High School track and field replacement to General acrylics seconded questions comments concerns all those in sorry yes um I I was curious why we're not receiving three Co quotes uh even even though we have a contract uh well not a contract but a did we receive oh I I missed that I'm sorry and we sent out a RFQ which was different than an RFP as well because we had the difficulties with the Fieldhouse um with having numerous change orders that we also wanted to make sure we were getting a quality contractor correct Mr yeah president um members of the board the we did not include the other quotes but we can get that information to you um so you can see that um but yeah I think that was the question but yeah the other part the procurement side um we have utilized different procurement methods for larger projects to try to avoid some of the issues we had with um our the request for proposal or we call it hard bidding where they're bidding on a project without uh essentially that's their final best and final price without any uh preliminary discussions it's basically nor research so um we've moved with our larger products to go towards request for quotation request for qualifications but um member Van Hook we can get those other quotes to you if you want to review those as well yes please I'm sorry I I didn't see them attached so I I wasn't aware I missed the the part about that um and then how many buses do we currently have in our Fleet oh we're not there we need to vote on the track and field different all those in favor I what am I miss oh the numbers were changed I'm sorry the numbers were changed on the agenda so I didn't change it on my end thanks how are you voting yes sorry motion carries 5-0 moving on to 7.3 I move that we approve RFP 24-02 d29 contracted Physical Therapy Services all the any questions comments concern all those in favor I I I sorry I motion carries 5 Z moving on to 7.4 I move that we the for the authorization of expenditure to 84 passenger buses from Arizona bus Center second weird any questions comments concerns this is where my question is regarding the three quotes I was so off on my numbers um did we receive three quotes for the buses uh president Schultz member Van Hook um we have worked no we did not with this we utilized a Cooperative contract um for this recommendation um and this uh Arizona bus Center is a a vendor that we have done business with in the past um and we felt comfortable moving forward with the pricing that is represented so even though we have a Cooperative we can still obtain typically we could still obtain other quotes we just chose not to do that with this correct and so now my question how many buses do we currently have in our Fleet just over 80 um and a little bit of statistics on the fleet average Fleet age is 12 we have a depreciation schedule about 15 years once the bus reaches about 15 years of age um it's reached essentially the end of its life cycle um and about 27 of those buses out of the 80 are over 15 years old um so this is another area where we have fell behind on terms of replacement schedule um and that is why we are bringing this recommendation today and does this include any of the buses that we currently allow the other districts to borrow this is not no okay um and I noticed that the invoice did not have a tradein what are we doing with the old buses so those were previously approved on a disposal list on the consent agenda item we've utilized um I believe we brought um the vendor Sierra auction is a additional um company that we can use for uh disposal they're a state approved agency that um basically auctions off the buses um we felt like they provide more value than a trade in trade and you typically get bottom of the barrel they're just uh kind of taking it off your hands so to speak um so we've utilized it's a little more leg work but we're getting more back to the district by going through the auction process um and that's how we've um utilized our disposals essentially that's the process in which we've gone through with disposals thank you and uh I saw that we've been able to leverage funds um but are there any potential sources of funding such as grants that might be available for these purchases so uh our director of Transportation Jos Crosby he's been with the district over 23 years he's uh very in tune with uh the trans Transportation world he sits on a lot of um Transportation Administration boards um a lot of the grants out there right now that he's seen um are for electric buses um and I know it's a a topic of conversation we've had multiple meetings in which we've discussed that is that an option for our district and right now the biggest hurdle is infrastructure we do not have the infrastructure so these grants will fund the bus or portion of the bus but then we have no means to one service it charge it repair it um and so we have looked at that but most of the federal grants and the grants out there are for electric buses um and what are the warranties that come with the new buses I do not know off the top of my head on that it's okay um if if you can just provide that answer later that'd be wonderful um I'm just curious as far as like the term of warranties and what it covers um and then um maintenance costs um do the purchases come with any maintenance packages no the these are new buses and then uh once we take ownership unless it's a warranty item there is some warranty I just don't know the exact coverages which I can get to you um it is responsibility of our our vehicle mechanics um which we have on staff to um continue to keep the bus in service and what is the timeline for delivery of the new buses once purchased so these are uh 3 to six months out so we'll be hopeful to put these in service for next school year thank you so much all those in favor I motion carries Z 7.5 I move the for the approval of IgA between Higley unified and Arizona Department of Education regarding art regarding Arts consumable Grant questions comments concerns I mainly uh president Schultz uh I mainly asked for this policy to be uh taken off the consent agenda or not policy I'm sorry we're on the IGA right yes sorry uh wrong words um asked to remove this off the consent agenda because I wanted to um just ensure that you know anybody watching was aware of this agreement um and also um to find out uh are are all teachers made aware of this IGA in order to take advantage of it and what is needed for a teacher to be eligible I can take that one president Schultz member Van Hook um the reason we're bringing this um IGA as a representation of Higley Unified School District is part of the Grant application process as the district has to um work with ad um and then then the district administrator down to the teachers no individual teacher can apply for this grant a district has to engage in an agreement with the ad via an IGA and then at that point we can apply for the grant by listing as you see in the IGA the eligible teachers that meet the criteria of the of the grant so um I know multiple districts are aware of this we actually got several Fe um um teachers saying hey this is out there can you apply for it and so um while we were already in the works of that um teachers do are aware of it but it is a district responsibility to make that um agreement with ad before funds can be or the grant can be applied for so yeah no I I think it's wonderful and I just uh you know I want want to make sure that teachers are aware that the district has this agreement um and being able to get those supplies um paid for by the state is great thank you all those in favor I I motion carries 5 Z moving on to 7.6 bdg School attorney second read seconded sorry I was drinking questions comments concerns um yes uh president Schultz uh the reason I I'm proposing policy changes um or changes to this policy um is to [Music] um you know to ensure effective functioning of our institution um our current policy bdg dictates that only uh the board president and the superintendent have access to legal counsel um and um and that any legal questions or matters must funnel through them as a single point of contact um all board members were duly elected and no one board member has more rights than the next the purpose of a board president per policy DB bdb is to manage meetings and to help create the agendas it is crucial for all school board members to have the opportunity to speak with legal council this practice promotes transparency accountability and fairness within the board allowing all board members access to the same information by which decisions um the legal action of our vote votes are made while also serving the best interest of the educational Community ultimately benefiting the students teachers and the community as a whole as for concerns about the cost that would be the same if we went through the superintendent board president or called them ourselves directly avoiding concentration of power allowing only one person such as the board president to communicate with legal counsel can con conate power in one individual this concentration poses a risk of information being filtered or manipulated as it passes through a single Channel similar to the game of telephone a fundamental principle of governance is the presence of checks and balances this Safeguard helps prevent potential abuses and maintains the Integrity of the decisionmaking process risk mitigation in the the increasingly complex legal landscape of Education board decisions can have significant legal ramifications allowing all board members to consult with legal counsel can help identify and mitigate risk more effectively reducing the likelihood of costly legal disputes or compliance issues preserving intent specifics and preventing miscommunication legal discussions often involve specific details and nuan es if information is funneled through one person there's a risk of losing the intended meaning specifics and nuances direct communication with legal council helps in preserving the original intent and the details of legal advice communication is complex and relaying legal advice or information through a single um intermediary increases the chances of miscommunication again um similar to the game of telephone each board member May interpret or understand information differently direct access to legal counsel minimizes the risk of information being misunderstood or misinterpreted accountability to constituents Schoolboard members are elected or appointed to represent the interest of their constituents when only a subset of board members have access to legal advice it can undermine the trust and confidence of the public allowing o all members to consult with legal counsel promotes transparency and demonstrates a commitment to serving the community's best interests transparency for stakeholders just as parents expect transparency in school operations board members should have access to information directly from legal councel this aligns with principles of openness and transparency instilling confidence in stakeholders that decisions are being made with a clear understanding of legal implic ations collective decision making and active participation school boards function as a collective entity with each board member contributing their unique insight and perspectives ensuring that all board members can access legal counsel Fosters a more collaborative environment where different viewpoints can be considered before making important decisions it ensures that every board member is well informed engaged and capable of contributing meaning to discussions and decisions related to legal matters and lastly elected officials um may have concerns about confidentially confidentiality of their legal inquiries having a direct line to legal council can provide a more secure and confidential channel for discussing sensitive matters um now with that said um I I have request requested assistance with the language um for this policy uh several times and unfortunately I have not received that assistance um in order to um to have proper legal language um and so um do I think this this policy is is ready to be voted on um no um but but uh I think that we can definitely have a discussion um and then based on that um I would like assistance to um come up with proper language for this policy [Music] um um in order to move forward with it president Schultz M re um well I think I think there's a couple things we need to do before we move forward with a policy like this um when I think that the Board needs to have a discussion on what we want to do regarding legal councel um I know we've been waiting for um a dollar amount that we've spent already on legal council we haven't gotten that yet so um I know for me as a board member having prepaid legal versus having legal on staff I've had both um so I think dollars make a a difference on where we're at and things like that because then does that need to go into a discussion on do we retain do we retain an attorney on staff um and I think that makes a difference in this policy because if we have an attorney that's on staff um I know when we had a staff attorney here we had access to them all the time um which makes a difference because they're working for us they're employed by US versus an outside legal council that we paying an hourly rate um so I I think for me how this policy worded I think that's important at least for me um the other thing is potentially determining a dollar amount if we want to allow board members um if we have an outside attorney and we want to allow all board members to have access to an attorney which I I hear your points um then perhaps the B the district or the Board needs a budget for that and again that would be a discussion at another time but these are thoughts and conversations I think need to be had before we perhaps look at changing a policy um to see where what is our best Avenue um I it was my understanding that you were supposed to get help on on the legal language so um however this is supposed to however we want it to transpire um if we want to have those other discussions if anyone else has the same thought process or not that that's a discussion obviously for another time this policy is not for that discussion but then do we look at getting that on an agenda and have that discussion and then revisit I don't know Madam president members of the governing board it would it be all right if I provide a little bit of background on my experience with with school attorney policies the um the proposed language in here as proposed is not um uh incorrect legally um but it so in other words youve you've indicated that you wanted help to make this legal it's a legal policy it does POS some very practical problems in terms of how you interact with your legal counsel and we discussed some of those at first read um so for instance one of the uh concerns that Miss Van Hook has indicated is that if the communication is only with the board president um there might be a misinterpretation of that information as it's passed on but in fact the passing on of that information from the board president would create an open potential open meeting law violation if there is that sort of telephone uh sequencing daisy chaining of the information um which is why I think the policy does exist as written so that if any board member does have legal questions any of you can ask for an executive session you all hear the same information at the same time and the attorney the open meeting law permits the attorney for the public body to obtain Direction which can really only be obtained from the board as a whole so um I'm just going to give you an example from recent past uh I wrote an opinion for a district the board president wanted that opinion to be sent to the Attorney General's office I told the board that is a direction that I have to be given as a whole so it had to be brought to the board as a whole to make that decision on whether that opinion should be forwarded so there are some complications with this I think Miss ree's Point as to if you choose to hire in-house counsel um I have seen governing board policies that differ iate between a board member's ability to communicate within house counsel versus a board member's ability to Comm communicate with outside Council so if this board chooses to open up a position and hire in-house counsel um I would agree with Miss ree that that would be the time to relook at the board policy because if you have an in-house attorney as you have in the past um you would be able to create a different working relationship with that individual and to your point just and then I'll end here um to the point about establishing a dollar amount you really can't do that with your current structure because you're not paying uh you're paying a set rate to get the expertise of the prepaid legal council so if you there is not a dollar it doesn't cost you more to have me here tonight but um next year if you if your usage has gone up by a certain extent then it would cost you more so that would be a difficult thing to do as well uh one of my present Schultz U Miss mlan uh one of my suggestions was also to and I don't know if this would be part of the policy but kind of like the Attorney General's website where you can go and see you know legal opinions um if somewhere when we log log into board docs if we can have an area to where we can see um legal opinions uh related to you know different board matters so that um if we have a question we can go check there to see if that question has been answered previously I don't know if that's something that could be done um but that might eliminate the need for having to to go to legal and ask a question that might have already been answered Madame President Miss Van Hook so that would require this board to wave the attorney client privilege for those opinions and that would if those are publicly accessible no it's only log in only for board members when we log in to look at like draft agendas um so it would we have administrative yeah yeah so then it would just be um only those with login access okay but that that's certainly something that is feasible it's uncommon for me in my practice to be asked to give a written legal opinion most of the work is done by email and or by phone uh to try to answer the questions that you all have and there are a myriad of questions that arise in the school district setting so um to give a formal legal opinion is is unusual I in fact I can't remember the last one I've done for hickley unified so but that's certainly a feasible option um and something you could that would be more protocol than and policy related though so based on the information that I shared are you able to whether you agree with me or not um whether you like this policy or not um are you able to assist me with coming up with legal language based on what I'm looking to do if if that's the direction is the board as a whole the board has an option to table this policy and ask me to revise it it as I would see fit based on miss van Hook's recommendations the board has the option of voting on this policy and voting it uper down tonight or the board has the ability to um table it until you make decisions regarding how you're going to employ your Council next year um So based on that um I'd like to make a motion to table the policy um in order to get assistance with legal language and then have it come back for a third read president Schultz um I just at the very Le want to make sure that I express to go off of what legal council has adved some of my concerns with this are that we won't all have access to the same information um part of the stuff that you read in there you talked about what if it was something we wanted to keep separate and I would argue that goes against transparency I feel like in the idea that if we go through the superintendent or go through the board President we get status updates of some of those conversations and how those things go and they're released to all of us at the same time my concern would be if we had individuals being able to access when they wanted that we have the potential of going to a board of old that you would describe board member reace in which not all of us had access to the same information not all of us were given the same information or at the same time and I think that to me is the biggest concern um in terms of being on equal footing I also think it's important that we reiterate should you feel concerned because you know you talked about checks and balances and the idea of that legal process which speaks to my government teacher heart um we still have power and Circumstance in which we can do executive sessions we still can do things if we feel like going through the board president or going through the superintendent our issues aren't being heard so I don't necessarily feel that we are in an authoritative structure with how it is done um I feel like the structure creates an opportunity to make sure that we all have access to the same information because that's my biggest concern uh as we progress and move forward is who gets what information when and how is that released so we are all on the same page because if we're making any kind of decision and three of us have you know three different pieces of information it makes it hard for us to be able to do ultimately what is best for students and what's best for hickley so that's that's my biggest concern so when it comes time to whether we table this revisit the language that is where the biggest concern for me lies with having this process president Schultz board member Wade um in the last uh paragraph um my recommendation is that uh all communication with legal counsel um be provided to the rest of the board um with weekly reports um so that uh we should if if there's information um you know if any one of us are going too legal to get information I think that's something that all board members should be made aware of um so my recommendation is to provide some sort of report for all board members um so that there's no uh secret conversations with legal so that is part of my concern as well I guess my sorry president Schultz board member ven hook what I would be wanting to make make sure is because sometimes some of us may go to legal counsil and get an answer that we do not like or get an answer that doesn't necessarily require any kind of changes or further action and we still don't have access to some of that because the nothing was done because as far as like it shall be in writing when practicable like I I I guess my concern is I'm not really solidly understanding how the structure is not done in a way that a is still giving us the authority to get legal counsel when we need to and is is creating any kind of opportunity for a lack of transparency I feel like given the structure that we have and how things are being released I I I guess I'm not feeling the same lack of transparency when we get access to the stuff that we have and we still have the ability to call for executive sessions or add stuff to Etc so that's that's really where where I was at is that there are sometimes legal questions that get put forth that come out on the status report that we get each week and that's where we see them so that is already happening it's just there was a person in between the board memb question and the lawyer but it's still already happening so I I guess I just well don't understand sorry uh president schz um board member Wade um I feel like that's happening with one individual um I there's uh you might feel comfortable as far as transparency because uh you know currently uh you have a relationship with the pre board president who might share that information with you um I'm just hypothetically speaking um which the same information you know I don't have a relationship with the board president so any any of those types of questions might not be shared with me um so which is why I'm you know you stated that your concern is you know there's conversations that can be had um that the rest of the board would not be um you know would not know about it um and that's the purpose of providing weekly reports on any type of communication um between the board and legal so that all the board members have the same information um and I I don't I don't believe that you know that's currently happening across the board [Music] um Madame President you you all do have a motion on the floor you haven't had a second and if I could be heard on this point about this paragraph for a minute there again I have some concerns about creating a policy requirement regarding communication protocol I mean what you're talking about I hear one board member saying she's satisfied with the level of communication that you're getting regarding what advice you get from legal counsel and Miss Van Hook clearly you're not satisfied with that level I think that discussion could also be bumped into a further discussion about communication protocol but there are times when the advice that's given by legal councel should not be shared with the board as a whole for instance if your uh HR Administration is getting advice on an ADA issue it would be incorrect for a full report of that to go because it's medical information that you all don't have a need to know so that's one example um or you know there it may be premature to share the information with the board on a weekly basis if for instance there's you know some type of negotiations that's going on that you know that it would be better to get it solidified and then presented to the um board as a whole for for your decision making on it so I do think think that this paragraph might be best served in your communication protocol um and I also would like you to either second the motion or move forward with um you know you can have further discussion after the second but little wanted to president Schultz and Miss mclennen um clarification I I did not mean any HR or superintendent requests I specifically mean board member requests with legal um but I will repeat my motion um I'd like to make a motion to uh table this um to get the assistance that I have requested in order to draft the language in this policy um for a third read all those in favor I all those opposed n nay motion fails 3 to2 all those m m do I start the motion back over again or do I or I can just say all those in favor on 7.6 BG School attorney School attorney second read president Schultz what do we have we already seconded it okay you have questions okay no I I would like to in general I didn't support the previous one because I don't want it to just for legal assistance for language I think we need to table this and kind of figure out where where we are and then I think we need to go from there um so are are you making a motion to table Miss re I would like to make a motion to table this policy revision until um a later time till the board determines direction for legal councel a second all those in favor Michelle sorry Mrs Anderson's confused so how is that different than my motion sorry no no I'm not I don't want it to be tabled to get legal advice for how it's written and to bring it back for a third read yet I think we need to table it I think we need to get some more information on how we want our legal policy itself to be where are we going like Miss mclen said we um sorry I know we're all so bad about this um that we need to have a discussion where we want to go if we're going to figure out how much we've spend on legal if if that is a direction we want to go um for in-house or not or where we're at and then I think from there then we look at what this policy needs to Encompass because then we've we've Revis we've made a revision and then if we change our stuff then we have to revise it again so I'm I'm just I think it just needs to sit for right now now until we figure that that that's what my motion is that's my explanation my my original vote was my original vote was to table I I guess the back and forth about the language of the tabling I was I thought we were just the motion was to table for to get legal assistance and writing it for a third read I'm just asking we hold it right now until we figure some of our other stuff out until as a board we so so what is uh what do you recommend the next steps be to have that discussion I think we need to get it on a a board agenda in the first part of the year I think we need to get some information from Finance on where we're at kind of estimated we'll be determining our where we're going anyway um for next year expenses and so I think that we need to get that on a an agenda item for information so we can have more information and have discussion to determine direction we want to go thank you and it it got off track and I I wanted to bring this up is we're also going to have a new superintendent soon and I imagine that there will be some changes in um and the way legal procedures are just increase in fees as well as there's an adjustment to who overt takes the seat so I just wanted to put I meant to bring that up a while ago we just got Way Off Track thank you I did second your motion okay all those in favor I I I motion carries 5- Z future agenda items 8.1 president SCH oh pres sorry and we looked at having a future agenda item regarding legal council and discussion yeah I think so Mr President Schultz I'd also like to add a future agenda item as things we've talked about repetitively uh that is to look at the Higley Unified School District uh governing board superintendent and District admin Administration communication protocols because I think we need to revisit uh how we talk about things what board members uh policies are regarding communication amongst ourselves uh as well as you know District admin thank you anything else um I hope everyone has a very oh Sor yep I would thank you I would love um to hear about and whether you do this in the superintendent report or if you bring it to the um community in a meeting is hear about how AI is being used um in classrooms and how the school district is incorporating it or what what's going on just an update thank you I hope everyone has a very nice holiday and a safe holiday and we will see you in the new year Mee I move that we adjourn I move that I I move that we adjourn the meeting all those in favor I motion carries 5 Z
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uh we have a report of action Tak close session by Ces thank you Madame board president on a motion by trusty Chavez second by clerk FLOTUS Shelton the board unanimously approved Manny V Al Pondo as the principal ofala steam Academy effective January 8th 2024 there are no more items to report from Clos session thank you and Welcome to our district uh now moving on to future board agenda requests requests from the Board of Trustees or from the public request shall be submitted in writing to the superintendent or design with the supporting documents and information if any at least one week before the scheduled meeting date item submitted less than a week before the scheduled meeting date may be postponed to the later meeting in order to allow sufficient time for consideration and research of the issue and we will adjourn the meeting at 11:25 p.m.
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the competition is going to start in just a couple minutes at this time all the competitors are seated um I would like to go ahead and introduce you to the officials who will be presiding over the comp um I have Mrs romanelli is going to be our pronouncer I have Mrs Curtis Mrs Dee and Mrs millish are going to be our judges thank you officials for coming and helping us out today with the spelling be today you're going to enjoy a great American tradition the format for the competition is that of a traditional spelldown that is each of the spellers you see here will receive one word per round so we're going to go ahead and talk about um all the work that you guys have put in to get to this point um you guys were your class winners uh for each grade level so we have uh here sitting with us today uh representatives from the fifth the sixth the seventh and the eighth grade so that's quite an accomplishment within itself so congratulations for making it to this point um before we begin I'd like to spend just a moment talking about the microphone you guys are going to be using today uh the microphone is important because it assists you in ensuring that the judges hear your spelling when it's your turn to spell adjust the microphone if you need to so that you're able to speak into it um before you begin to spell speak the word you are given into the microphone for the judges to make sure that you've heard the word correctly does that make sense um this will give the judges an opportunity to determine if you are pronouncing your word correctly when you are ready to begin spelling your word remember to take a deep breath annunciate each letter with care and speak directly into the microphone all right so let's talk about what happens at the end of the feed if all the spellers in a round misspell all spellers in that round will remain in the competition and a new spelling round begins okay so we have a judge that's going to be dinging a little bell if you misspell a word you're going to hear a little bell go off okay there you go so don't fret um you can uh you'll be out of that round at that point in time there are chairs in the back of the room if you would like to stay and watch the rest of the competition um and then when it's down to the two uh the two remaining students um I'm GNA let Mrs romanelli take over from there in just a second but um I just want to say that just take a nice deep breath and make sure that you're spelling you know the word that you hear correctly and if you need to uh ask for other things Mrs romanelli is going to be uh talking about what that's going to be right now as far as as like definition sentence that kind of thing okay so I'm going to wish you luck right now at this point and I'm going to turn it over to Mrs romanelli yes they can see yes at the end of the round and then they'll go yes thank you I just wanted to make sure if it does ding just go back to your seat sit and then at the end of the round then everybody leave that will um and go in back and sit when you're ready time okay um so yes my name is laor romanelli um the winner today will represent the Continental School in the PMA County Fe where four will qualify for the state we're going to start with a practice round and we are um and you're out after only one miss so the practice round you can make a mistaken you want to come to the microphone pH um and we recommend that you repeat the word so um I will repeat the word as often as you need me to um it is also your responsibility to make sure that you have heard that that word correctly and it is also my responsibility that um that I understand that you have said it and you understand what word you are going to be spelling you uh can ask for a sentence and for a definition for clarification and if you ever watch a national spelling beat you will see that every time they go up to the microphone they will ask for the sentence they will ask for a definition it gives you some time gives you a a chance to relax and then make sure you have that that word in your head you can retrace but you may not change letters once you have started if um if you do not ask if the word is a homophone then either spelling is accepted the bell will ring if the word is misspelled after you have finished so the rules will change when only two spellers remain and then we will get to that point we will go through those rules at that point are there any questions so then we will begin our round our first spell is R aritos say that right yeah okay broken b r o k e [Music] n um ahead Ian this word has a homonym or could be confused with another word [Music] solve s o l v e solve correct kinle barely okay bar that's weird barely b a r l e no y no interrup yeah let blaze this word has a homonym or could be confused with another word shall shall s h a l l Isabella Credit Credit c r e d i i t correct Monica Crown Crown see r o w n correct [Music] linol evening evening e e n i g correct Chloe Dazzle 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Isabella this word has a commonym or could be confused with another word [Music] engulf engulf e n g u LF correct mon termite termite t e r m i t e correct Lincoln graduate can you use in sentence Arturo is a proud graduate of Riverside AC acade I can't even say that word Academy can repeat the word graduate graduate g r a d u a t e correct Chloe Furniture um Furniture f u r n i t u r e correct AA invisible can you use it in a sentence please Bilbo slipped the ring onto his finger and became instantly invisible invisible i n v i s i v l e correct Ari manual manual m a n u correct this completes round one [Music] run out inscription can you use it in the S pleas the Chamber of Commerce drafted the inscription that would appear in the city's newest Monument can you repeat the word pleas inscription i n s c r i p t i o n corre description composition use that in a sentence please the teacher grades each composition on grammar spelling flow and Clarity of thought composition c o m p i s i t i o [Applause] n pleas recital word of origin please this word is from an originally Latin word plus an English element I miss a page I did complet I did I'm sorry did I just go back [Music] to what do you want me to I can Skip and go back let's I would I would go forward with the word that you gave him okay recital r e c i d a l [Applause] Isabella completely see l m p l e t l Monica afro beat afro beat a f r o b e a t correct Lincoln fascinated fascinated f a s c i n a t e d correct Chloe poisonous poisonous p o i s o n o u s correct a forearms can you use a definition please the parts of the upper limbs between the elbow and the wrist in primates forearms forearms f o r e a r Ms correct all right this word has a homonym or could be confused with another word inventory i n v e n t o r y correct this ends round two this but you need to tell she can't the water takeing the water girl make sure that you enunciate into the microphone because it's hard to hear the difference between t d e right so make sure that you use the microphone put it up and down and speak into the m so that we can hear want it to be a question okay pleas make sure you speak into the microphone and say clear after ring blae will be joining us again ready R gratitude can it in the sentence please Tim always shows gratitude to his parents for the sacrifices they have made for him to play competitive Sports at an elite level um definition please thankfulness gratitude g r a t [Music] i t u d EIT correct Blaze intertwine definition please to become mutually entangled or involved to be twisted about one another could you use a sentence please mental health and physical health often intertwin and it is difficult to address them apart from each other interor i n t e r t w i n correct [Music] Monica drawers draws d r o o r [Applause] s Lincoln crookedly crooked c r Wait c k r o k e d l [Applause] y Fiddle Head that Iris steamed each fresh Fiddle Head in a steam basket for precisely 12 minutes before 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mom asked who is responsible for the big smear of dirt on the carpet responsible r e s p o n s i b l e responsible correct Blaze hobit h o b b i t correct Chloe this word has a homonym or could be confused with another word insulation um definition please material that slows the passage of heat electricity or sound insulation insulation i ns o l a t i o [Applause] n [Music] Ari Stitchery definition please work as embroidery knitting needle point other than plain sewing needle work Stitchery s TI i t c h e r y correct this end this ends round six good [Applause] job Rada wating can use it in the sentence please the smell of fresh cookies was wafting into Mikey's room from the kitchen below wafting definition causing to move or Go Lightly by or as if by the impulse of wind or waves wating w a f t i n gty correct blazes deliberately definition please in a slow unhurried and steady manner deliberately d e l i b e r a t e l y correct Ari wisdom wisdom w i s d o m correct this ends round seven R this word has a homonym or could be confused with another word vowel can you use it in a sentence please after hunting for the missing fowel all around the yard Jane was glad to see that she was safe in her nesting box fowl definition a chicken especially an adult hen f o w e l Blaze possible possible p o SS i b l e correct Ari appreciation sentence please Julio mailed his veterinarian a card as a token of appreciation for the top-notch care she had provided for Julio's hamster appreciation a p p p r e c a g i l n this ends round eight and then we go to the two people right it'll only be placed oh just place yes okay so what do we do um have you come up for the last word um yeah well it's the end of that round so um I believe he's the only one left so I believe he is the winner okay a championship word one the following word has two or more correct spellings either one of the two spellings listed below can be accepted as correct the speller only needs to provide one correct 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for e for e for e for e for e for e for e for e for e for e it's like how do you get around [Music] that let me know just [Applause] wave assume responsibility for your behavior and the behavior of those around you if you require assistance call upon a school of security official any verbal written or physical conduct related to race gender ethnicity disability sexual [Music] oration team as a reminder please refrain from shooting baskets in between quarters and at timeouts we appreciate your cooperation parents and adult Spectators please make sure you grab into rule change at the table the nfhs and Mia change we want to make sure everyone is aware of each will be [Music] bonus I don't know if I'm a fan of that rule change it changes the strategy of the game at the end first for the mohawks number five and playing forward Shan Ryan freshman playing forward and wearing number 10 Jack Carter freshly playing guard we number Franco senior Captain playing forward number 13 Eli CH forward number Donan Donan and now for your do sh Raiders a junior wearing number 22 in playing forward Thomas [Applause] JY a senior wear number 15 in playing forward John F [Applause] senior wearing number 25 and playing forward Gavin Lynch Captain here number two in playing guard J [Applause] Wile Senor Captain wearing number three in playing guard Mason [Applause] m now you can stay steady remove your [Music] hats [Music] greetings everybody Welcome to the do high school gymnasium as today we debut the boys first home game against the milis not going to say Mustangs got it wrong Millis Mohawks Bruce Glazer and Jonah window's father you got a name Tom right yes yes thank you Bruce nice to see you again nice to see you again Sarah and I asked you last year is it more fun announcing your son's games or not I guess it all I guess it all depends on the game whether he's playing well or not the answer to the question a true dad but uh we've had a good time doing a couple of games last year and uh thanks for having me thanks for being here you kidding I don't want to do it myself so dressed in their home Reds actually the maroon colors with white trim are the Mohawks to our left home team in white and blue to our right the starters have been announced the center will be churny Thomas he's this is his debut home game for the varsity and he'll jump off against Jack ker yeah it should be a great game I think both both teams want to know we don't know what's going in at the season at this stage but uh we'll see Millis beat uh Jam opener by a few several points and the the Raiders one by 10 against spelling him on the road up and M like to see that at the beginning nice easy one how about a fast start [Applause] huh back out it comes over to Adam Hart watch him and barisano going up nope turns around turn around by number 10 and that's SC missed two nothing Raiders each team's had to go with the basket yep good rebound by churny there M under just stepped out of [Applause] bounds doing a little uh Zone press here see what happens oh manto man it looks like full court press isn't it yeah are you surprised this early in the game you know they didn't they didn't press at all against the Bellingham game so yeah I am surprised that it coming right off but uh maybe you know coach to see something that was a turnover excuse me Mond with the steel they work around Lynch for three B five nothing already got to see that from Lynch great shot Adam HW trapped by Lynch ball rolls out of bounds it'll be red ball I hav't fighting this cold for two weeks tonight it decides it's going to come back and haunt me maybe I should sit a little bit far away from you yeah please do I've got a cloth button out of bance play coming up for barisano Franco looks for a minut he's got five seconds throws it out deep to Heart hot working the right Point gives it off to barisano who's the point guard he calls out the play left side cter for har hard has no open rule against Lynch Lynch Ste once again Lynch is defending they stole it back UNL there cter up in the air no good rebound to Lynch quickly up the floor Windle near sideline Windle comes into the key make out the arc looks left for Lynch Fang with his first touch of the ball drives one on two the flexs off Fang's knee and goes out of bounds it'll be red ball yeah that was a little bit of a force was kind of getting down there three guys on him probably should have kicked it back out but uh hopefully next time time work the ball around a little bit more Charles had a couple great offensive uh fouls called um quick time out tell me about the last game at Bellingham I thought the two things that stood out is one from the Bellingham side of the house they didn't take a three until probably the final two minutes which was very surprising and I think on the positive for the DS side of the house we did struggle with some turnovers and with some of the shots down low weren't the greatest but what I like that this year at least in game one you had an even distribution from the points um I think the leading score was Mand I think he had 12 um so everybody was contributed um across the board I know Gavin Lynch had a couple of Threes stepen saber had a couple of Threes sophomore first de game and varsity uniform so he played well looking at the shooting percentages um they had trouble around the fou inside the foul Lane low post they only shot 36 and 33% from the left and right inside the the paint yeah and I'm not sure why that is because that is a you know when you're five six feet away and you're shooting 35% that is not good but they shot three out of five 60% from the right Arc for three-pointers yeah their three-pointers were doing pretty well and I think on one of the other arcs bottom left I think they're around 75% 70% right exactly now is that matter of getting into a rhythm and your first game oh you know if I think I'd be be guessing I think I think missing those easy ones is on the Rhythm side of the house and then on the threes you can kick like three in a row and then miss three in a row now if you remember I don't know if you do 20 uh in 20189 the championship season they started out slow they were like a 500 or just over 500 team and they broke loose in January February and eventually won the State title so you just never know on a 20 Game season what's going to happen in the long run yeah across the Fang and they dominated defensive wise that year here as well yeah I want to get into that the first quarter Manda hands off first shot by turny off the rim controlled nicely by number 10 Carter flying up the floor quickly without waiting for me Shawn Ryan right Point down low to Adam Hart the senior knocked out of bounds it'll be red ball it's good defense right there with Gavin Lynch playing him up tight Adam Hart was a football player but I'm not sure if he played this past season number 32 he's got nice size for a basketball player he's the a talls player upy [Applause] Franco barisano guarded by Windle yes he's got to play him up a little bit tighter just a little Ryan holds the ball bounces around left side from number 13 Eli Chi one of the captains the other Captain being Adam Hart I like the defensive in intimidation right now turnar around short five nothing Raiders 525 to go in the quarter and you come out this cold the other team can just knock you out of the game Lynch turns it around back outside for churny and M under sets it up from Center Point Fang yelling out to his right Fang whoa Fang in the ball went opposite directions yeah that's just frustrating from a coaching perspective you know just unforced turnovers need to really start moving the ball around forers come in along with somebody forers come in along with number four homman hman yeah Nick hman remember him from last year decent little ball player for with the ball got it by churny gets Baseline turns around Hart I expect big things from heartt all this team's in trouble heart shoots a three got that was like an old Jack Sigma gosh like way over his head nothing but net though yeah they missed Jack calano as I mentioned to you before the game he graduated last year up by churny got Thomas churny was his first first three at home um Jack Catalano was the lead for the last three years big tall kid good shooter course they course they do graduate eventually yeah they do yeah oh tough right side Carter took steps I think no call defensive foul good good Crow here from no tonight what was the what was the call I it was a defensive foul but I didn't see what it was I thought there was a travel but they called it defensive foul huh Chris Kling comes into the game last year he kept changing numbers on me so I have two numbers for him tonight yeah so you got Chris Ken coming in he's a senior we've got Steven saber you know again he's a sophomore Lefty good shooter so keing is wearing number zero for now yes for now hopefully he'll stay there no be on the guarding tightly ball comes out nice defense on the pass in oh hit M right now all the way up go wouldn't finish by Monda good pass from saber saber all over barisano barisano wild shot rebound we got a defensive foul I think on Fang yeah it's on the floor no shot so let's lay this boring rule change out instead of one and ones they're on none this season in high school basketball it's two shots after five team fouls on the fifth on the yeah and you get five team fouls every quarter and you reset after each quarter you reset correct right they say it's better I read the rationale I don't get it it changes the strategy of the game a little bit especially in close games where I mean free throws are very very important and those one in ones can change can change it got mad mad fight down low Fang pass comes to number 10 saber also on the football team he is Gavin down low three jump up in the air and he dishes the back of the Fang in the corner Chris keesling bang ah everybody's getting on the board keyling is quite an athlete I watch him in football he's a tough customer Adam Hart bounce pass inside CER no room look at Fang they don't give a thing on defense got a turn over I think was a walk yeah great defensive stance right there Andrew fiala comes in he the spectacled basketball player number 23 yeah I think from a defensive standpoint it all runs around Charles Fang he gets in there and he hustles always since sophomore year we've watched him no matter what he's doing offensively defensively he's a stud yeah wa shot ball off ke slinging out of bounds and Fang looks like he's turned an ankle or something who we talking about Charles oh really yeah turn an ankle he's coming out he's limping and the trainer says over here yeah Thomas tring to came in for him oh he's in pain I want to say he turned that ankle uh on Tuesday in Bellingham as well forer foul on the floor someone's going the line no we what's this only I'm confused there's two team fouls on the Raiders and none on them right correct okay so at five someone goes to the line shoots [Applause] too so if I'm getting this right we'll talk about that rule change I'm still confused I understand it I just don't know if it works well hot short hot his own rebound and throws the ball away picked up by keyling up to Lynch gav him by the time scorer on the scoring table if you like M on the left Point drives the lane comes back out to keing keyling out nice feed to M on the Waits gets fouled no and he over he got it on the second try there he got fouled both times but I like that there because Melana was driving he was congested back to back out to saber saber back in Melana has a better shot selection whereas like previously Charles you know was kind of rushing that um and then the second Rush here he dished it out as well before he turned his ankle Paul Adams head coach of Millis Rick Grady for the home team um ask you oh no I don't have time to mention it they'll move the ball as soon as I start talking they'll break up the floor right 123 Raiders as the only wow see this is not good basketball I saw the beginning of the Mills denim game on on YouTube and I looked and I thought gee this this Miller team didn't look very cohesive they got it on later on but right now they look out of sorts and the defense is doing a lot of that yeah Mond the punch out what he wants he distributes the ball right side to keyling to the sophomore saber keing drives to Lynch Lynch can shoot from outside and hit keesley thought about it kley going to fall in key goes up and in no he walk Trav yeah you know in the college and the pros they would laugh at that you know in college and Pros I've seen guys drive from the foul line into the basket without dribbling and no traveling but here it was and it's more legit here so clicks get his first appearance tonight he's number five he just came in and they gave up an easy two whoa cter got a break away nobody got back in defense on that one 135 Raiders Glick has his first touch keing trying to get it down low on ATT jorney not there Glick takes it Glicks off the rim losing rebound for ker sh cter hands it off right side to barisano Franco feed inside and out of the pause of Andrew fiala it'll be white ball Malachi chansky coming in number 15 he will replace bariso so Charles Frank's got his shoe off there on the sidelines if people can't see that icing down his ankle hopefully he just rolled it click Mond Mason weits in the corner keing short that's short off the orange rebound into the easy hands of fiala they let Foria bring it up the floor left side for chiny whoa and that's a back court violation if he touches it doesn't matter what he does really does it nope nope excuse me I'm guessing that the chansy I'm looking at their they're both graduating next year I'm assuming that number 13 and 15 are twins they're definitely don't look alike but I assume their Twins or maybe their cousins because they do graduate the same year or they could be unrelated right K we'll have to we'll have to check that out during halftime down low to keing he's driving his fiala fala doesn't give him anything nice feed for keyling no good keing his own re got it that's a good shot nice hustle that is not the same Chris keesley who played basketball last year he's determined aggressive and motivated fala down low under the basket reverse layup pretty pretty pretty yeah that was a nice underneath who give that to forer instead sorry jono jono shoots and scores nice off balance play by [Applause] wle well I guess I'm glad he had finally took a shot in the first quarter 30 seconds to go in the quarter 177 Raiders we hope Millis and do Sherborne are joining our live stream of DOA Sherborn cable tv basketball it's free and you can't always say that any more about high school basketball can you no no we're happy about it it's very interesting at the Bellingham game we actually had two free throw violations um by my actually by my son first time I I've seen it in high school um and since he was playing after he was releasing he was going over the foul line which you can't do oh and uh Bellingham coach is the one that you know brought it up but ly so uh it's the first time he's done it in his life so who knows he said he did it twice yeah they were calling a really close game Off the Mark lch the rebound did you send him to his room afterwards yeah exactly let's see what he can do with 5 seconds left window stripped to the ball no foul will try a bomb no foul there I wasn't paying close attention either way it's 187 Raiders at the end of one so let me ask you this all right at at the we're in the fourth quarter theoretically now instead of one in ones you're going to shoot on the fifth foul doesn't that mean there's less Ticky chacky fouls to try and stop the clock well in the original rule was seven fouls in a half you go one and one then once it's 10 then that's when you're shoot shooting two right so they're basically saying saying you know we're going to give you 10 fouls before you shoot any Hoops five in the first quarter five in the second quarter you could make that argument well but if they're doing five in each quarter you're going on the line on the fifth one on the fifth one yes correct yeah so when you get to the fourth quarter it's all tied up or you're three points behind and it's the fifth foul do you really want to get the kid two shots or do you have a choice though well I mean one and one it's easier yeah I mean let's say you're down by six and there's you know a minute left usually foul you get the one1 and stop the clock you know that person may or may not make it you know the first one and you get the ball back it's like a turnover so it changes the strategy of the game it changes coaching coaching strategy I just don't I just don't think there's a need for change yeah uh on the positive it's going to shorten games for sure cuz you won't have all the one-on ones oh true very true and the timeouts things like that that's valid yep you're right so my understanding is that they started it in the on the women's side of the house and they're you know obviously they're doing it in the High School this year um and they also site you know one-on ones you know with the safety concerns which I don't I don't buy into it they say there'll be less rebounding fouls after the first shot it's like well you going to have a rebounding foul at some point anyways yeah window off to the right if you miss the one and one there's a rebound if on the two shots if you miss the second one there's a rebound so you know it's it's I don't I don't buy the argument that it's it's making the sport safe you said it was done in the women's side first what high school I believe in high school correct okay keing to Lynch Lynch back out the bunny oh goes up again got it no he gets fouled goes to the line but you got to make those I got to make those but that was a great look by Gavin Lynch great look see I I I got this problem with baseball I'm an old school I don't need designated hitter yeah in hockey I don't need a shootout it's a team game we don't need a shootout let it be a tie after the overtime so this change here doesn't do a lot for me yeah and you know in football they change where you get off from if you get in the end zone you get 25 yards out instead of 20 yards I think they try to get more action out of it I just wonder what the numbers are like when you look at them over time yeah I mean it's one of those things they'll take a look at it at the end of the year and they'll say was it successful was it not um but you know my gut tells me that rule is going to stay yeah they're not going they're not going back to it no of course if the if you're the LA charges it doesn't make any difference it's true outside number five Sean Ryan bounce past right side of Hart Hart wants the shot he sees Gavin lyard he's frustrated cter looking off TR barisano shoots short it's the net down below look up H nothing there turny to uh to Windle Windle trying to get it down low to churny keing back to wle they're playing very ball nice feed he's stuffed I believe that's the second layup in a row that we've missed Jack cter had the rebound hands off number four oh Nick Homan a shot way off to the right you see and that's interesting too I think that's the first three that Millis has taken this it was way off to the right 197 they need need some threes to get back in this up in the we go good a good for Steven saber Steven Sabers three-pointer makes it 227 2 minutes played in the second quarter I'm Bruce Glazer sitting next to me is Tom Windell and do Sher one cable TV's live stream of Millis at do sh one vity basketball Lynch yelling out defensive calls man on- man defense tight defense by the Raiders yeah they're doing well they're switching talking to each other oh nice nice soft hook that was a nice move I thought Gavin had a good position on him okay showing a little bit of a press here saber bumped we reset the fouls my other problem is mentally the scores table has to remember I got to reset after each quarter the tou team fouls has to go back to zero well hopefully they're educated enough that they're going to be able to remember that but I mean it's a brain thing like sometimes you go you want up 95 and you forget and you still you know I mean it's like the brain sometimes outthinks you oh believe me I can understand that I've been there too too many times Lynch down low Baseline across Court they work it around bomb and Grant Sullivan who just popped into the game gets a three that's great see him on the board and okay so let's talk about basketball tournament just briefly in 1890 when D do Shan won the division 3 Championship they had did you say 1819 yeah I was born in 1819 yeah okay 20 2019 the team had great defense throughout yeah so if you were not scoring on offense a kid like Brett Stark was cold they had balance scoring but even when they weren't scoring their defense won games for them oh absolutely and the other thing is the bench if you don't have a bench you're not going far anywhere during the season you got to have some depth and that team had it and hopefully F we'll see it here tonight yeah no that's that's great and U if he's listening hats off to John Clancy was U those kids head coach when they were growing up I had the opportunity to be assistant coach with him that was a lot of fun with that group is there more fun with the young kids cuz still learning um frustrating I think it's frustrating because I was talking to uh Anton Mond whose youngest Shane is in the fourth grade and uh he didn't remember some of the challenges we had when these kids were we in fourth grade well he looks at Mason he says why can't you do that yeah [Applause] exactly um I'm looking at Hart he's so talented he doesn't come off the floor and that's a problem I don't care what age he is he's going to get tired I think he needs to be a little bit more selfish and take a little bit more in the shots too I agree with you Ian he's got a nice stroke he does if he can get away from Lynch That's one there was problems Lo we just switched to two three Zone and there's a shot the thing is heart has to hit his shots too his team is not in double figures yet M on the cut someone lit a fire driving in fouled yeah M on on a foul that is the first of the Raiders and already won in MST and gr using a I think a better rotation than he had with Bellingham he's getting a lot of people into the action man maybe it's up because we're almost up by 20 but it's nice to see some of the younger kids play get some time right off the beginning under four and a half to go in the quarter nice dribbling but nothing out of it switch back to man and man D hulleman High key to Adam Hart nice spin by Hart he beat his Defender and just can't score now that was Gavin that was great defense pushing him out may have two points and that's a big problem for Mills [Applause] do you remember Charlie Lindberg Charlie Lindberg I don't think Year little guy he looks like smallest guy of the Court he wore glasses in sophomore year I think he got contacts last year he would come off the bench and be hot he would hit from everywhere and now he's wearing 44 and I don't know if I see him down there I love watching him play that nice move SM by heart what no the guy that blocked it was a good block but the guy I believe it was 32 was Hart wasn't it on the Block yeah no Hart didn't block it no no har Hart was the foul it was a great block but but before that uh the person hit Windle in the head going up you know sometimes they get all ball and I thought he had all ball and the official seon a different angle I thought he had everything I didn't see a foul oh yeah no no no so the guy that the guy that block that had all ball but there's a guy behind Jonathan that also went up and hit him in his head gotcha now if I'm on the middle side of the house I might say yeah I don't know about that [Applause] foul bit of a press up the floor comes Carter oh that's a Pick Off yeah Carter never had the ball and m y saw that lays it up been no good we got a foul on the floor see that that's actually a good foul I mean you avoid the the easy layup but cter I believe it was he should never have given the ball up he's being L with yeah yeah yeah a lot less turnovers at least through the first half than we did against [Applause] Bellingham elbow foul okay so now see that's foul four I have not seen a fifth foul the girls game we did was very low foul girls not as aggressive usually so you don't see as many fouls and this one it's the fourth foul now on Millis they got enough problems without giving him two shots at the line and Evan sorry Evan Kenny just came in for Mr uh Sullivan Ken wearing number four as I remember wind sees nobody open here's it back out to Gavin to get a different look Kinny with his first touch turny for three up up down unlucky Jason Foria brings it up quickly somebody pick him up at the foul line he fak a pop boun tring to back door oh he forced that pass travel you can see they rushing the ball yeah I think that you know I don't want to SI guess Paul Adams but he needs another timeout yeah and mean you're down by 20 you don't want to go down at Halftime by 20 unless of course you're playing in the first quarter against the Chargers that it's a whole different story oh turn's wide open Kenny oh up and down up and down baby no he caused a tie up he said he was tied up really I don't know about two fingers up that wa put two fingers up I thought it was Casper the ghost could have been that tie up with him because I didn't see anybody I didn't see and I thought he jumped up and down never mind never mind number two against number two window brings it back out over to three Mond in front of the visitor's bench Mond in the face left handed lay up nice [Applause] take the coach is shaking his head but you know get your team off the floor they can't score to save their lives right now look up look up got Windle in the corner Windle fakes outside layes it up there's no defense there's now he cost the timeout there's a timeout you know you're down by 20 now they're down by 24 they were not playing defense except maybe one or two plays yeah so 233 left Raiders 33 Millis struggling nine hopefully they can get some things going after this timeout I mean if there's possible to cut it to you know 16 15 by halftime that'd be awesome in most games I'm not going to say all games do you think that every team has a stretch the offensive offensive like period where they score five six seven eight nine points in a row is it is it indigenous the game that everybody's going to have a run I think it's in just to the game not every game not every game but almost every game you know yeah and then you'll have a bad run you know yeah yeah and I'm waiting for Mills to get back in this they have not been in this game yet well they've had some good looks um I think that the Raiders defense is turning it up they've been doing well and you know again we're we're missing you know Brian Olen shout out to him hope he gets better they're also missing Luke raldi yeah yeah absolutely you take Luke ral's graduation which I'm I'm still against you're taking ronaldi and Brian Olson with his surgery so 30 points a game yeah and we think maybe possibly don't know ol might be back sometime in February he may not be I don't think so um I was speaking his father and uh he still can't put any pressure on it stolen away by dwindle wle drives right hand across the timeline window brings it left takes the bomb cuz nobody's guarding him misses it mky under comes Baseline P puts up back out to jono not a screen set up by Lynch for a brief period of time turny waits Thomas bounces to nobody flips over the Gavin fakes the three comes in the lane outside the window shoots come on a Rimer dad's not happy forer out of bounds it'll be red ball now he had two good looks there from his teammates got to bury one of those what do you what does Paul Adams tell his team at halftime stop playing like that I don't know what you show I think he just say let's try to win the third quarter first and foremost play good defense let's at least show an effort not that they're not trying but just yeah it's not falling they have nine points it seems like forever to hit he can't hit 10 Hart doesn't know what to do Lynch is eating him up barisan lost the ball gives it off to Ryan no good of course and we got a hack foul going the other way number 12 will be on oh here we go fifth foul two yeah two shots foul on Johnson he just smashed into the d d Shor player intentionally question is it uh I don't know if it's churny shooting or wle shooting that was just aggressive play but a foul churny at the line to shoot two first foul on Johnson he came in as a replacement Eli chansy about to return and I'm sorry to say this I do not see that kid Linberg on the bench he might be hurt I just don't see him if he's there he's not wearing a he's wearing a sweatshirt but I don't know and they would miss him churny again got it 34 to9 and I'm just hoping Mills gets into double figures mhm never mind cutting the lead it's at the Double category you can't win with single some single numbers on the scoreboard pushing foul and over Sher one this [Music] [Applause] second out of my water swallows Fang is testing out his legs he may be back that's good to see yeah who he may just stretching out but hopefully he'll be back in the [Music] game right side barisano barisano gets away from the white shirts now Glick is on him glick's all over him hard not you again Lynch back out to barisano they want to try and free up heart but you like I think that Lynch has Velcro on him yeah you know they're not doing a lot of pick and rolls and they're just kind of standing around a little bit do stands around a little bit as well but but Millis is not making anything out of it deep one that's no good well that was a good idea except it had no Arc to it yeah I mean if you can't get in tight hit a ball yeah 37.6 seconds to go in the first quarter second quarter two points in the quarter by Millis and 16 by the Raiders you probably just holding it for their last shot [Applause] here it's like kind of mini triangle he's got to move the ball he's got to move it yep we got a 5sec violation on under Mason knows better than that yeah that'll learn you huh but I'm also surprised if one of his teammates didn't say Hey listen pass me the ball like now is that does it matter if you defended or undefended or it's just 5 Seconds no I mean if if that Defender is let's say three to four feet off of Mason he can hold that ball and but once you get into a defensive position that's when the 5se second clock starts 5 Seconds to go in the quarter four hot wants to score hot shoots she can't buy a bucket we're at halftime and silver Shor leads 34 to9 I I don't know what we can say the score tells it all yeah well you know hopefully uh you know we were shooting well we're playing defense well uh Mill had a couple of unlucky breaks didn't go in and a couple of their guys haven't gotten hot they've gone cold so I'm looking at something here in the a game at Bellingham DOA Sherborn shot 38% from the floor that's pretty good now what does the effective field goal mean do you have any idea what field goals versus effect field goals they put so many stats in here it's like FL in baseball it's ra ra plus RBI RBA plus I don't know what about the effective is I'm going to have to ask Rick Grady sometime they were 35% on on on two-pointers and 41.2% on threep pointers so they were hitting shots just not some of the bunnies inside yeah they were hitting their three pointers for sure and it's it's the reason why they won the game um but again I think even tonight uh you're seeing a lot of people I mean I think there's probably six or seven people that have put in points um in previous years we didn't have that distribution that I thought was really really yeah yeah and how you know I mean which just yeah great but I think as a team you know you need that one or two folks step it up and then have an even distribution so that everybody's involved um and obviously we're only one and a half games into the season so there'll be a lot so we'll take a break be back momentarily with the second half of this game this is do sherban cable TV [Applause] both teams coming back on the floor for the second half of this game Bruce Glazer Tom Windle are you going to stop criticizing your son uh yes and no and no going bring that like a little closer about an inch away from your mouth otherwise I'll just talk over you all right how's that that better all right right to left goes M so they change sides of this half they have the left hand basket to shoot at they got to come back barisano hands off to chiny man man D chiny outside hands off to cter cter drives the base Fall Away good it's a nice move two nothing Millis in the second half I think that's the way you got to play it yep exactly like you said one quarter a time yeah one quarter one possession at a time try to bring it down ke um shy lost the ball goes back to white though out of bounds that's kind of sloppy so got the same starting five is opening but Charles Fang is still on the bench and keyley came in for him well they don't need Fang in this game at this point especially you never know with an ankle too yeah you don't you make it worse mkey Y is that our Sebastian who did the pa pa announcements at the openings he introduced and now he's taking pictures down there what he quit us he's still with us so window's coming stole it he's just got to go right up against this guy Jesus oh that's from cter trying to be trying to be too fancy on that one no Jitter tonight no Jitter no don't worry he'll eat out yeah um Sebastian hassar has been working with us as a volunteer he's also played freshman basketball and uh he did the PA announcing and you know something I always wanted to do PA announcing I like hey the whole crowd can hear you the problem is you make one boo boo you can't take it back no no you can't well don't forget if you make a boo boo here we're being recorded will be on YouTube for the last you know next 5 10 years yeah so we do have editing though no that's good actually I'm glad you said I'm glad you informed me on that after the live stream michaeel probably look at it and say I'm chopping the whole game out 3811 just over a minute play this quarter the third quarter a live stream from dber Sherborne cable TV of Millis the Mohawks at do sh oh blocked finally decided to shoot and was blocked by window rebound by Chesley boy he has been a presence ever since he came out there Gavin Lynch for three Rimer fast pass down on the floor Drive don't think about a drive Ryan he tripped to got fouled yeah keyling got him from behind I mean they have to force some plays here they can't just slow down they need some fast buckets yeah that was a one-on three I might have pulled that back up and kind of settled down for a better shot but I I just wanted to go on the break away exactly I guess I'm wrong there oh he's wide open shney on the foul see that's another one where I thought he had all ball but of course if you are the official and you're from a bad angle you it's looks like a foul to you yeah you never know what they these guys are doing the thing that was frustrating against Bellingham is was very inconsistent tonight I think these refs have been consistent there hasn't been anything that's been you know negligible or like what we would just call as a bad call yeah um and you know eight times out of 10 when you're going up and you know for a hoop and somebody's contesting you you're going to get the foul call whether it's there or not journey to Mond over the timeline rooking left to right of the Raiders in at home whites fly pass right side to ke the big wide receiver on the football team a senior back to Gavin Lynch got to work it around guys work it around no hurry here except m is whoa that was defle did that get deflected I don't know that was a moon shot that came back down good from Mel M there well he's the leading score in the game I just don't know how many shansi nothing they Bounce Around Hart he's that cold game in the lane part ni [Applause] move I'm cheering for them now it's 40 to 14 heads up guys are pressing M on they trying to do too much and draws the foul as Glick will come in with the light blue powder blue sneakers he'll come in and also for the visitors Jason for will return to the game Windle out lynches out and another player coming in maybe um I always have a problem with this someone came in I don't know who ah Max click came in okay number five Lynch right Point BRS the ball the foul line that's spin aoo waights bounce inside wild pass keing couldn't grab yeah nice idea little unlucky Steven saber replaces churny 519 to go in quarter number [Applause] three you always wonder about what you do in a game like this and the other team's down by 26 in the third quarter as an announcer you know what the answer is you just do the game yeah and you hope the other team mix a little comeback Monda driving looping good I tell it's it's it's so much different than last year that these guys are driving to the hoop they're getting easy two-pointers they're being aggressive whereas I would say last year even the year before that just relying on the three too much right and they're driving to the hoop and you know I think everybody's opening up Mason's having a great game so far so that's fantastic my thought was looking at the heights here and um let's see Brian ol is the tallest one in 6'4 and he's in civies of course yeah and these guys Rick granny gave me their heights your son is six even mky on the 61 all right I think they uh exaggerated their height a little bit on some of these numbers it looked like they they shrunk from last year so maybe you know someone who was six foot last year was 5'11 this year and I think how could he shrink so I gave him the six foot yeah and I if if Charles Fang is 6 foot tall um I don't know about that and I can tell you my son is not six foot tall he might be 5'11 churny and Gavin Lynch have taken out AFF Davis since they are 62 they did okay what I was trying to say here is they're not a tall team and I thought the biggest makeup for that is quick and good ball handling and they join that and intensity on the D line yeah yeah whatever that whatever that means yeah so they look like they're in a man yeah yeah they're man screen set up barisano doesn't do anything with it they set up screens but now look at that Lynch steals the ball an erron pass keing will bring it up nice line drive to Mond the look out keing driving and scoring count it and he goes to the line you remember you used to have the last man on the bench would be a football player senior who always wanted to play and the crowd says it's okay it's 99 to 10 please put him in and he gets in they don't have that here yeah this team is strong and balanced we also have to remember the Mills took down denam by like you know eight points just the other night and and you were saying to me I thought denam was good we well we struggled against Edam last year well that's the thing they had a good team oh that's a nice move yeah count it c will go to line for a third but they graduated mostly the seniors cuz those kids were seniors yeah and you're right they had a strong Senior Team that's what happens if you don't replace them mhm sab's out Mand is out and Chris keesing's out Glick is back in it looks like windle's in and also number 23 um Grant Sullivan's come back oh also Theo Allen's in and the fifth play is Gavin Lynch so Theo makes his debut at home so Olstead is the only one we haven't seen yeah we get him sure in the fourth time out hom team now if he gets into the game Olstead would be probably the tallest player out there wouldn't he yeah I think he's 6'4 65 do they have him listed on your sheet no did was it just the the seniors actually it says here he's 72 72 yeah no I asked Rick Bish just give me your starters I didn't want him I didn't do like do want him to do weights and Heights like a boxing match well earlier I was talking to Dan Sullivan you might remember Daniel his oldest son he was over St Paul's they had a basketball game uh tonight and uh they were playing as against a guy who was 7 foot one 7 foot one and they have two guys that are 6'8 on their St Paul team do you remember Whit nville in the playoffs that year 19 2019 were you there they had a s foot kid committed to BC and they just tied him up he didn't know what to do with himself and he'd been streaking the whole season great scoring to totals in that man field do sh one defense he stopped him and he was frustrated yeah well you don't forget he had 65 foot John Mar can jump up like with the best of them too probably guarding him exactly exactly right then Springfield Catholic maybe came in and they had this big linebacker kid and he was used to mowing everybody down and he got so frustrated cuz he couldn't break the defense yeah so good deal will make up for a lot of things especially height window [Applause] short he had it just couldn't convert it you won't look over here right no no he doesn't like it when I'm when I'm talking during the game number two forer cage r one and two oh nice block yeah that was Allen on the Block it was uhhuh there for 30 seconds and he gets his first block of his career as a varsity player max Glick in front of his own MCH comes away good look up bounce pass nice steal Breakaway forier the junior lays it in make that a sophomore he [Applause] is get it up finally stol away again can't keep doing that this is homman and a foul yeah turnover and then a foul was not a good play by wendle they should be getting out of that press a lot easier than they did the last two times 4519 and I think it's natural to slow down a little and lose a little focus when you're winning by so many but r won't agree with that I'm sure but it h it's the kids they do lose focus and you got to get them back in yeah you do get a little sloppy [Applause] yeah nice three point conversion there three seven to go in the third quarter wendle back to him Charles Fang hurt early in the game has not played since the second quarter yeah I think was a first quarter first quarter oh he just rolled him out of bounds going the other way was there a foul there previous to that no no no no the the reason why the kids got up is because there was an individual who broke the other team's ankles with a ball movement move um and the guy fell down [Applause] oh that's a strong move yeah but he doesn't score Baris is not a scorer but he goes to the line they got 21 points and in the first half they only had nine so they've improved by don't tell me 12 nine first halfs now 12 third quarter right it's 12 in the third quarter so you know I took I took B yeah didn't take it well but I took it there makes one more subs saber returning out comes Theo Allen and Max Glick and somebody else came in I always miss that 23 came at gri Sullivan no no no Mason M came back in oh did he yeah number three thank you see they're just having they're having a problem with this oh they got it in for court speaking of malonda window back out shot by Sullivan hit that good make that three 4823 more than double the the point totals of the Millis must Mustangs Mohawks yes feed down low cter almost lost it got it back and he's fouled no she step out foul on the floor yeah that'll put him no no it's not because sixth foul he's at the line isn't he six sixth raer foul had six fouls yeah well see we're back to the one-onone thing the kids are thinking one in one six fouls when to get an out of bounds play but it's it's the six fou with a five limit so he'll shoot two that's hard to say I mean the ad explains it and they got papers at the at the table as you walk in and um explains the rule but you got to get used to it yeah you do oh even again getting back from your scorers table is a there's a good rebound by Mason two minutes to go in the third quarter big lead for DOA Sherborne I don't know why they're having a little bit trouble breaking this press here we go saber back to Mason M on the drives outside shot by saber good when you're hot you're [Applause] hot barisano 5124 Buck 35 to go in the third quarter this is interesting Hots on the bench I know barisano shoots and misses oh nice play Grant ah it's too bad forier all the way in and he's hot on the bench cuz he's not scoring or they just give him a break cuz he's coming back in I think they were just giving him a break he needs it he was sweating in the first half say they they're having trouble with this break this press oh that was a kiss me foul I mean number 23 Andrew fial just touch the ball dribbler and they call a foul sometimes you got to back off a little let the kids play that wasn't much of a foul that was a Ticky Tac yeah look at the score we don't need it Shan Ryan returns for barisano putting it in play for the Raiders will be Grant Sullivan to [Applause] Windle line drive to saber oh I had Bas sign he did didn't he y I don't think he saw it outside of saber see Sullivan on his right stays left with Windle 8 seconds in the shot clock he dries paint lays it up short and draws a foul a d a two-step there [Music] mhm Paul Adams is assisted by Paul Z fry Dian dunan Kevin luk and Nick aler Rick radius assisted by Matt Mitchell Michael Patty who's new to the vars Brett Boyd and Sam Minon wle Theo Allen's coming in he's coming he's coming for grant suvin grant had a nice three though you know after two games you're still not sure how good your team is you haven't played half the league yet yeah no and you haven't you know we don't know whether Millis and Bellingham are going to be very good teams middle of the road we don't know whether you know we're going to be like we were last year and then all of a sudden you were ranked really high and then we lose two three in a row you you don't know but I what I do like and I I'll say it again is the distribution of the points everybody is participating in you know the eth and Ninth roll I mean Steven saber I think has two three-pointers you saw Grant Sullivan getting his three keen's been a beast down there and also melon and wle they're they're I think melon hasn't taken a three last year he would have taken probably four or five threes but I think Rick Grady now knows he can give guys a break cuz he's got backups yeah Off the Mark rebound taken down by homman uh-oh pass to H long one oh almost made it but he did it yeah unlucky at the end of three Raiders lead 5326 Raiders with 19 in the quarter and milis with I don't know I can't add the High 17 17 17 2317 in that quarter was a score in favor of dobo much more competitive uh quarter though so I think you know if you're the mill team you're saying listen competitive let's try to try to win the last one try to you know get it down I don't think they're going to be coming back but you know give it a good fourth quarter try I apologize the actual breakdown of the third quarter was DS and Mills 17 so Mills got themselves back in the game they got a run but he's so far down yeah and you know when they were doing that press we had about two or three turnovers in a row and uh you know that was not good so I think those are the things you know you're always looking to improve on so we got Lynch out there wendle Allen M saber he Sean scan congratulations to the boys golf team winning a state championship that was awesome to see how does a a a sport like golf how I mean how do you draw kids to golf it just seems to be Jo Shor and Forte oh they won two out of three years um which is fantastic but I don't know how you like draw them in I think some of the guys you know take after their dads who play M although I could probably say cuz I know him know him well uh I think sea can beat his dad in golf now he's one of the top players not only for DS but but in the state of Massachusetts you realize that last game Dover stor had 80 hit 82% their free throws yeah we're a good free throw shooting team um and primarily it's you know well there's a good drive how many free throws did we end up taking good question for chansy left side for jackart the other chansy oh it's the same chansy he just moves over yeah he just changed places um threee throws attempted they had 11 free throws and they made nine yeah so they actually would have been 100% because the two misses actually went in but it was a lane violation on anybody we know yeah my son yeah all right busting his chops uh probably on that all all year long I I don't want to be your house around 9:30 tonight oh no he'll be fine Windle half a mention brings it up switches hands left side the 21 Allen Lynch for three in and out we haven't heard much from Lynch on the offensive side but we haven't had to she playing great deep Wendall nope too deep fdy for the ball Lynch I'm sorry that's Allen Determan play play yeah nice to see him give we get on the board 5528 outside shot Ryan off to the right ball chipped back to chansy Johnson for HART yeah Gavin Lynch just played some solid defense on Hart tonight Hart's got to be frustrated outside in is Ryan back out to Foria under the basket he goes lays it in for's had a couple of nice drives started 5530 lead down to 25 Monda Lynch in and out ball had too much spit Mond steals it back and we have a timeout home team I think r r just wants to slow him down maybe a little bit calm him down I thought they had a little bit of an advantage there with the guy falling down yeah I know I know he's probably just saying like I don't think he Wass the way about maybe I don't know I don't know what the reasoning is maybe he saw something something he didn't like yeah um who sitting next to Brian olon in the great sweats he looks so familiar see him down there oh that's U Mr dummer Harry dummer oh he's not playing H he's injured as well he was injur during football season yeah ah okay I don't know what uh what his injury actually is uh I just do know from speaking with my son is that he he is supposed to be coming back probably in a couple of weeks oh good he's got one more year to go anyways yeah I think this there was a dummer who played earlier when he went to private school there was at least Charlie dummer and then uh and I actually went to high school with his dad no was Drew dummer that ring a bell not Drew Drew dummer I thought it was Double D who went to private school one of the dumbers a few years ago played football here in soft yeah cuz he's down at uh I think he's down at two lane these days will I don't want to put pressure on you I shouldn't have will Dumber will I'll check go call the dumbers I'll wait this is when you edit it out cuz I you're allowed not to know everything I have known the Dumber family for 50 years obviously not that one out as well Lynch outside purni short nice rebound by for Foria flies it up the floor chsky chansy that is outside Carter for three see they're starting to hit their shots I [Applause] mean time out no turnover Windle oh was it he stepped on the uh line when he was in you want so you can make some notes no I think the key for your son in nimas just stay in Focus you I know what the score is but don't lose focus because if you do this against a very sharp team you're going to lose nice shot was that Ryan I think it was yeah I mean now you know they're hitting their threes hit shots it's different different half it's not over five and a half to go it looked like it was over it's still 5536 which is a huge lead but it's down to 19 Lynch outside Jonna Windell stops hands off to churny Lynch Waits gets fouled he two shirts go red shirts against him and he goes to the line I like the way ch's played he's a hustler [Music] man [Applause] Lynch they're going to press aren't they wait they getting the wall back most likely yeah so keelan's probably coming in for Lynch the shooter rebound visitors carer brings it up baseball pass left side Ryan downlo to chansy nice feet inside Carter can't handle it he's had a problem with that basketball Mond can handle it to window LS it in and we got Luke Armstead with Chris keing going to be coming in the next whistle so stead will clear the bench yes M and I think we need him and Evan Kenny to have everybody score okay Ken was only in for a short time yeah hestad in big dude he'll take the place of churny I say he's a work in progress yes it's different to play against freshman last last year isn't it yeah exactly oh was it JV H he was JV he was JV okay yeah he's playing High post see I love that though oh don't love that though no I don't love that break away barisano Waits on the fouls [Applause] him [Applause] I'm not sure what the uh fan section was chanting there they may mispronounce something who knows shot good barisano windle's out probably for the game maybe who came back in ke I know Max click glad one of us is paying attention yeah thanks milky y I've got your back I know you can have it it hurts keing left side to Glick in the corner Kenny foul on bariso that's that's an I'm I'm tired foul he just leaned into it he couldn't he couldn't stay with him he's exhausted out of bounds neither team in foul trouble right now in this quarter into to Glick Monda right side to Glick with the right points swims it over they get it to M he tries a bomb up at the um supports it'll automatically be a turnover first three of the night for him yeah so we scored 50 against banham and we're at 57 so that's good something offensive output well they were 53 at three quarters so that's they can afford to slow it down a little as long as they don't let the other team back in the game yeah drive inside nice finish by Carter finally he got himself a good bucket coming back in is Grant Sullivan he'll take the place of Chris keing who's probably done keing had a excellent game yeah very very played well tonight Andrew fella will return for the home visitors Mohawks and coming out will be number 12 Johnson think 31's coming out as well he doesn't seem like he's happy about it 33 [Applause] [Music] [Applause] 31 shot to the basket good 40 points 7 333 to go 5740 Raiders the lead had been in the mid 20s but you sub a lot give some guys experience and sometimes you lead dwindles push off on the offense I don't know who was on H I was on uh Luke oh yeah most Dead's first actually it's a second he had one just 30 seconds go s we need to get him uh outside high up scrum tie up possession goes the other [Applause] way out of bounds play in front of his own bench will taken by Cotter hes still will be in his [Applause] face three team fouls on each team 308 to go in regulation ball comes to the back court is that Homan no it's barisano barisano dribbles right gives it off toala back up to barisano trying to work around a screen drives doesn't score in the go to the line shoot a couple I think Max Glick got him when he was going up fourth team foul on the Raiders and that'll be the help me out here scoreboard first on Glick no they call they're calling it on Kenny oh on Kenny okay first on Kenny um I'm just wondering second game of the season are both teams in full game shape or you have to work up to that you know what I'm saying is the durability there yet uh um I guess I would I would hope so um because even though we're only in the second game but it's been about three or four three weeks or so since practices had been starting um and hopefully they're running hard um you know a lot of these guys played football couple of them played soccer um so you know you know you're running in those Sports which I think is great it's not the sprinting back and forth you having basketball but obviously I think in another two to three weeks they'll be even better condition I remember I don't know who it was a football player in college I think it was college and he also played hockey and there's a trans muscular transition totally different yeah the muscles have to rework themselves don't they have to look that up blo put it in play and know something now that I think about it it was college or high school don't quote me but I know it happened and someone said to me yeah that's a tough transition from football to hockey yeah [Applause] yeah I mean if you're a good football player are you a good skater it's hard to say I mean yeah that's rare that's rare uh M to travel didn't he no foul on the floor defense [Music] [Applause] co- Captain chiny comes in for [Applause] [Music] [Applause] homman B knocked away Mal under picks it up BRS it way back out to the Raider at midcourt got it by chansy outside take it to oh oh spinner just didn't go in knocked down is hman went down the return shot and coming away with it ah the Mohawks Evan pimel is coming number three cter up in the air and good a that a great move soft spin kept it [Music] [Applause] in oh there we go kitty three-o opportunity for three point that's going to feel nice huh [Applause] yeah Glick is out Sabers back [Applause] in Spring and having completes the three-point play 40 359 Mohawks on the trailing end chansy dribbles right-handed gives [Applause] off fala having trouble with that basketball oh stolen actually omstead was grabbed I don't think the officials saw it and there's no foul called on that be an out of bounds play [Applause] instead 141 to go 60 43 they had have cut into the I think we had a what 26 point lead at one [Applause] point but you got some good experience Off the Bench yeah I me really important yeah and Mills you know they they they played a lot better in the second half I'll give them credit coming out you know you're down by a ton haven't played well at all and you come out and you hustle and you get some stuff done so sure walk away with that for the next game [Applause] Dan Su drawing the foul and here go the line oh that was a mistake that's not Dan Sullivan because I play basketball with Dan Sullivan who makes that move all the time that was his son Grant Sullivan do you know when you a certain age in the fourth quarter things start falling apart I've been doing it for years yeah no on coming out he had a nice night tonight he had a great night L score yeah he was the offensive drive for this team tonight oh I tell you you know I we'll have to look at the statistics but I bet you know five of his Hoops were layups because he was driving to the hoop they were watching him on the def [Applause] defense suin gets it back 50 seconds on the game clock that's all we need to worry about right now game in hand Raiders will go to 2 and0 Millis will drop to one and one Kenny up reverse f up that was a nice move [Applause] pretty pel inside of chansy the other chansy hooks no good rebound saber 18 seconds to go they're just going to hold the ball hopefully [Applause] yep well Bruce is great great getting back in touch with you having this thank you very much for having me you're welcome thanks for being here sir um in the second half now Kea has a a bloody nose it looks like he's got a Kleenex protection over there see it yeah hit a bloody nose in the last game I don't know what's going on it's a reoccurring injury um Mills in the second half had 34 and the Raiders had 30 so there you say they beat us in the second half good for them it gives them some motivation but the final score DOA Sherborn 64 and the Millis Mohawks 43 any final comments sir no no looking forward to the next game on Tuesday and then Friday we get back at it right you're you're on the road Tuesday right in Med and then uh we're here against Nipa nipm nip and we'll be back for next week's girls and boys games at 6:30 p.m.
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good evening everybody and welcome to East Long Meadow Massachusetts for a Friday night battle between the East Long Meadow Spartans and the Long Meadow Lancers I'm joined here by my daughter ay Weiss hi ay hi Dad how are you rivalry that's been going on for a very long time yeah a big one that is always entertaining so we're looking forward to a good game tonight uh what do you think are some of the keys here for the Spartans last game the Spartans gave up way too many offensive boards I mean the other team just had at least three or four tries every time down and they cannot let that happen again quick three right off the bat uh and again to your point in the last game rebounds really killed them uh and getting out rebounded was a problem so let's see how they do good defense there by Grace Moore to knock the ball out of out of play here and so for the Spartans we've got Talia Weiss Grace Moore Emma Gosling Kenna Moreno and and Thompson little bit of miscommunication there two girls closed out which means another Lancer was wide open yeah so much better job breaking the Press tonight though yeah so that was a three by cage for Long Meadow Alli Thompson with a quick three uh goson fights for the rebound but uh number two cage again with the rebound over to number 12 for the quick two uh coughin michon uh WI to Thompson good movement um over to Moore back to Weiss to Moreno wide open for a quick three little strong uh and looks like it's going to be black ball over the top Thompson was there though for the rebound I must just gotten poked out didn't catch it cleanly but she had the right positioning so right right idea yeah and that's what that's what you need right is we gota box out uh and carve out some more opportunities on the offensive end if we happen to miss so we're playing man here and uh Spartans um looks like a pretty even height-wise matchup nice cut by um a number 12 Co from thean uh but just a little wide on the pass there was no Spartan around there either wide open so something must have gotten messed up in a switcher pick something good pick it was actually quite a good pick uh good pass from Mor out two more for the for the and one very nicely done they're the Press is much better tonight I'm sure that's something coach heik worked on them worked on in practice with them this week right it looks 10 times better so let's see if she can get the old traditional three-point play here with 641 it's 52 lancers and just off on that on the uh free throw why the tough D up up on the front Court yeah back back court front Court Front Court gotta I know actually would be the back court right a long day so yeah and and you know that kind of pressing right after a shot like that uh so tipped by the Lancers number 14 good pass by Allen over to 23 got rebound nice board by Weiss good pass over to uh Grace Moore to Goslin to Marino back over to Goslin quick runner from a a little off balance there but she also had Thompson running the Baseline it was a little bit she was a little all over the place but if she could have done a little shovel pass there that would have been a good layup for her but good shot either way yeah so uh Spartans are little they again a little a little late on that but but she was a pretty far out for a three nice take by Thompson going hard to the basket got the left maybe they're breaking the the curse of the East Long meow missing layups well I think so hopefully and that was a good press there they had an opportunity to to get the ball and a nice pass by Allen over to uh number 23 who shall remain nameless because she's not on my roster but nonetheless a nice play and uh very nicely done by Allen there uh seeing the court well which is something that she does for sure uh tough pass good she was wide open right yeah more had her wide open just took a funky bounce so 74 Lancers with 523 to go putting on the Press I like this high intensity make them make mistakes mentality so on the court of the Lancers we've got Taylor we've got Allen we've got cage we've got uh Co M show a little pass a little bit High there uh and a not the best idea there on the outlet pass good shot by K number two for long Meadow again got to be careful with with these passes and not force it like they're so far they've been doing a good job of working it and now you see lung metal backing off which is what you got to be working on so let's see what more at the top of the key uh had you know had it picked up or dribble a little quick uh got a little crowded in the middle I think yeah arena with a good move past the defender and is fouled by number 14 I believe Taylor created a nice Lane for herself drove Hard To The Hoop she's small but if she goes hard she's going to get the call right and and I would say as well that I think the Spartans are are definitely going harder to the hoop tonight they're being more definitive they were a little uh more assertive well yeah and and not essentially you know going hard when they see that there's an opportunity and not not hesitating let's see if Marino can knock down at least one of these looks good oh in and out all right and I think a key to if you know if you're going to put pressure on you got to you got to make these free throws so 94 with 443 for the Lancers in the lead Mareno with one more here and oh that good battle on the board but came up a little short looked like almost two s meow players were going up for the rebound and yeah kind of took it out of their hands so Spartan shifting on D nice move by number 12 good d by Goslin nice outlet from Thompson to Moreno good pass back and oh good shot there but just off the front of the rim good teamwork though uh cage to the basket and foul on Mo she did go up uh again I think probably leaned in just a little bit little body she had just gone just a little more straight was almost completely under the hoop by the time she shot that that didn't even hit the front of the back where it hit the underneath part so yeah yeah and that and that is a little hard to know where you are on the court but I think she just leaned in just a little bit so KJ the first [Applause] one again really important that you get the boards on especially on these free throws right and cage Nails the second one pretty smooth there can't do anything when they make him though no all right so Goslin into Weiss back to Goslin to Mo back to Goslin there we and a cross nicely done oh tried to force it just a little bit but Thompson gets it fires off good Save By by Moore a Moreno Thompson is lining up another three made a fake good cut by good cut there Goslin fakes pump and a jumper from 12 feet or so and off the front rim so Spartans get back on D everybody's Manning up here or womaning up I should say wi closes out a bit on on Taylor nice play there by Marina good rebound um timeout fast timeout by ISAC very nicely done there he could sense a little little trouble Brewing so with 333 left in the first quarter it's 114 Lancers uh and again competitive very competitive competitive um I think uh Spartans have had a few opportunities where if they make their free throws what if they had four they're down by three points if they make their free throws you know so they're right there with them and I think also I mean you know they're they're getting some good shots it's you know they start falling you're you know they're going hard for the 50/50 balls yeah you're right here there's uh yeah you know early very early yeah plenty of time the one the one key I think just watching the flow of the game is that you know you don't want to have a run from Long Meadow that puts you too far behind you want to you know be within five seven points um the whole game so that you can hope that you go on a run to catch up Take the Lead towards the end right so so third game of the year here for the Spartans they've got a lot of home games early on and then they hit the road for many others but um we'll see again you know there's a developmental piece to this and uh they're definitely but from last game we're already seeing a large improv so yeah and especially breaking the Press not making mental mistakes things along those lines and even limiting Long Meadow a bit on the boards right yep so so we to inbound into Moreno uh that looks like more of a a press break before they kind of just come out onto the court and move around nice take by Weiss kind of pushed uh a little bit out of bounds there but no call uh definitely got nudged but um anyways not enough for a foul yeah so um a good a good idea but Jo Stevens heads to the line first sub to check in yep yep so the Spartans are a little off their game here in terms of who's got who so they were was one on Three there very nice move by cage again she's uh clearly um you their best their best scorer uh you know she's got eight points already over to Goslin back to Marino fakes the three uh over to Moore who has a nice move and right to the basket at in very nice that's clearly what she's uh capable of doing and doing clear out the Baseline and clear out the good block there by Moore again that was exactly well done it's what coach Gary's on the sideline has been telling her to do this whole time and Stevens is in for Weiss um off of that very nice block yeah and and that's um and listen she listened right so that's what you want from me players is coachable y so we have a little cont R versy here about whose ball it is uh the refs um giving the ball to the Spartans and I guess that's fine but she did block it out of bounds so I don't know there was some call there Stevens with the ball at Mid Court uh and looks like a double dribble there little out of a little out of control but it's going to happen it's okay um so we've got a aure she just entering a high intensity game lot of press you got to get your feet under spans and Lancers right so uh good fake by number 10 good d by Moore there and a foul by Goslin there must have been body because I saw goon's hand straight up I think there was body yeah so again 23 is at the line I'm not quite sure who that is uh I think it might be Morgan because it goes ingan Arena arena is the last name okay it goes in number order and the last one we got is 22 on there so yeah we'll go with Morgan sincerely apologize if that's not you but we're doing our best here a little just a little bit of information we got to get our crack staff to do better next time we need interns if there's any inters that potential interns out there and another nice job by paage uh just you know maneuvered around to get the rebound which again one of those things that just can't happen and then the n one uh as part of this so number three is coming into the game um for our good friend Morgan and our good friend Morgan is leaving we think so Moren at the line or excuse me cage at the line to try to finish off the n one and she's a little gets her own rebound though rebound again again the Spartans you know on those kinds of things you just can't one player just got the rebound twice and had three shooting opportunities and mo went to get it got a little Tangled with her own feet and went down for a travel and uh that that happens that's all right I don't know if that was necessarily A travel though well I think when you go down I you know what I can't tell half the time they call it that was an exting circumstance I don't know what I don't know what that was so cage calls out the play for the Lancers uh they're absolutely cutting through the lane quite well number 12 to the basket uh coflin misson with the drive um nice drive uh and looks like Weiss is going to check back in for somebody perhaps Stevens will see they seem to be interchangeable so first free throw with for Kaa Michonne and it's a little long uh Weiss is coming in uh and the referees are discussing something not 100% sure what it is but number three was is not in the book so it's a technical foul wait hang on let me take my headphones off so I can hear this so apparently number three for the Spartans nope not the Spartans for the Lancers waren was not in the book so it's a I believe it's a technical foul all right some free points for the Spartans hopefully well we'll see what happens here but um so so the so the deal is that uh cin show is going to get her second free throw I think or is this yeah she's getting her second free throw is that right let's see hang on unless she's unless was a technical foul okay so now now the Spartans go down and uh goin's going to take the technical so the issue was that number three was not in the book for the we think this is what we've heard this is what I the lips that I read and the murmur that I heard from up here and so all right little hard for for uh Goslin and she's going to get another one here so getting a few more points before the quarter would be nice yeah and looks good there it is Weiss is coming in for Stevens here um Okay so we've got 16 to7 for the Lancers 156 left in the first quarter um Bo to inbound to uh Moreno who made a nice little cut to lose her player and Mareno is going to Pivot swing it around to Weiss Weiss to Grace Moore is up at the top more it's a deflected and knocked away Moore straight up good defense and a nice play by cage to go up and around that was great defense and better offense basically so Weiss with the ball to Thompson Thompson up the middle cuts through drives the basket to wiise she fakes uh Gage picks her pocket um the Euro Step and rebound from coughin michon and it is 20 to7 back to Goslin from Weiss Weiss has the ball now this was the Run we talked about not wanting to let the Lancers go on yeah so uh Goslin to and I guess they call oh heac took a coach ISAC took a timeout there and understandably he's trying to stem the tide here so they've got a little bit s them down cool try and let the Lancers cool off from the streak that they're going on so I think one of the things that seems to be working for the Spartans is their ability to to drive and get to the basket um and I think that that's important and they've got to keep doing that y um I think one of the challenges that they're having is on defense they're getting a little lost right when they're pressing when they're pressing when they're and then they break the Press they're giving up the issue is the Lancers are moving a lot on offense which creates a lot of confusion for the Spartans on defense they're getting screened they're constantly cutting through the paint they either need to communicate better or they're goingon to need to change up their defense they need to pick one or the other or else the game's going to get out of pants Yeah well yeah I agree and I think you know again if watch the uh that when when the Spartans press if the lanters break it what you're seeing is there's a little bit of confusion to get there and so right the way they dealt with that last time was to just get back into a zone right and so we'll see if they continue to press which may or may not be the best idea I think for the most part the Press has been successful if anything it helps run down the shot clock for the Lancers bit I mean I definitely think that that there have been a few uh where they've broken it a little easily and and and they've gotten some pretty easy baskets so more tried to get it across to Haru who's cutting through the lane uh off a Lancer player so the Spartans are trying to mark up here and get on their players uh number 10 Taylor to the basket good defense by by Thompson um 13 fig to jump shot and should have taken the jump shot it was wide open looks like that's off of Allen's foot out of bounds so Spartans are in under the basket Weiss to inbound the pass to Marino Marino's thinking about where she's going with it she makes a nice little move off of uh to get past 13 over to Grace Moore Moore's thinking where to go with it she finds Moreno uh and into Haru and a little miscommunication there so I think she was expecting Haru to come down a little and uh Haru was looked like she was trying to post yeah so all right so Spartans are uh 21 seconds left shot clock is off 20 to7 Lancers their goal here should be to play some good defense and make them take a tough shot or or not get out get any off and that's where you got a swing Weiss collapsed down open three see I'm okay with that shot yeah right good Hustle by Weiss and Thompson no and I don't think she got the shot off no they say nope so good defense there at the End by by the Spartans all right so um again not where you want to be down 20 to7 but uh I would absolutely say that um I this Lancer team is better than than the Springfield team they played the other night yes completely agree and I think the Spartans are clearly playing better they're playing much more within themselves they're taking their time on offense what we talked about last time they're taking their time on offense they're for the most part they're swinging the ball around looking for the best option for them setting we've even seen a few good screens especially for Moore she's strong and consistent with making layups setting a screen for her around the elbow and letting her cut right to the hoop that's been successful it's something that they should rely on and honestly resort to more until Long Meadow catches on to it and then finds a way to prevent it yeah the other thing is you know more couple like on two different occasions got to the basket pretty easily and I'm wondering if you she's long it only takes her a dribble or two to get there right so I'm wondering if if you can you know begin to isolate that more and more until they stop it right I mean if she's going to be able to get past her player and get to the basket you it's something to do so uh and as just said way way better taking care of the ball way more composed and much better job taking care of the ball I completely agree and that's right and so again you know it's a good thing to tell your players also so that they're acknowledging what they're doing well and they like okay yeah we are doing that well let's keep up the good work right so now that they have that under their belt let's work on something else to improve on almost yep so Spartans with with the ball to start the second quarter Weiss is going to inbound and she's looking for a teammate she's got Marino on that you can go back over so Weiss on the get into the lane passes to Haru Goslin up oh and tried to go up and got stripped uh by three Lancers really um so Allen with the ball over to cage the question is who's got cage Weiss pops out on her and Weiss uh on the floor so Weiss sort of stumbled over which wasn't worst thing in the world um but on the floor there so no shot so especially given that uh there was a little confusion on who was supposed to be on cage um but now we they better figure this that out of any of the players on the floor you should know who you have yeah so on the inbound there again too easy on the inbound so Weiss toaru to Moore who gets uh stopped uh nice save by Allen and and gosin with the body there so I don't know about that one sir well I that was that's the call whether you know right think she got her with the body there a bit maybe a little bit basketball is a physical sport cage also used her body well yes uh she protected the ball very well yes so Thompson's coming in for got the block on it almost yeah so all right so 237 for the Lance that might be two on Goslin I think it probably is so 247 so Weiss inbound toaru to Moore okay to Weiss over to Thompson up to Marino Marino's got to oh made a quick pass there but and Allen loses it out of bounds to the hustle from Thompson and Weiss to get back there and they collapse down uh quickly on her and I think she felt that more with the ball uh it almost looked like the Lancers weren't ready for the Spartans to pass the ball and no one really moved when the ball came in the tapped out of bounds by the Lancers uh Weiss to inbound to Thompson so again here's an opportunity I think for the Spartans to try to set up their offense so more seems to be calling something but doesn't really look like so it was a good idea the back door but you need to do a bounce pass because the the Lancers hands are going to be up high anyways you have to do a bounce pass to get it under their hands right idea just different execution yeah so uh good box out there by Thompson foul by Allen uh and looks like gosin is coming back in for Haru uh I think needing her ball handling skills is important Weiss over here to Thompson to marino marino makes a little Shifty move uh slows it up just a bit um up to Thompson Weiss gets it for a layup it gets hit uh fighting underneath yep just was under enough to sort of have to pull back just a little and uh good to stay with it and get the rebound though so Weiss inbound to Moreno Mareno with a jumper looks long more with the board tries to go up nothing looked like there was some type of foul there but wasn't called why knock away but cage with the with the uh the Run Weiss reaches in to try to knock it away lucky didn't get the call on that Allen [Applause] long and uh Thompson had Marino tried to get it to her but was fouled right before that on Allen uh so Weiss out of bounds here to inbound back to Thompson again I think the Spartans need to use some clock and get solid shots yep so more with the ball now take their time get a good shot good cut there by Mareno uh more dribbles around back they need to help each other Mo with a nice drive and fouled by number 24 uh and that's yeah they're they need to be setting a few more they were setting screens in the first quarter and I thought it was working well but they've really stayed away from it I don't know if they just are for getting to set them but they should definitely go back because that will help a lot of even setting them off the ball for other people just for to get other cuts open yeah so first one for more and that looks good so 248 with 544 in the second so Moore's got one more here and again the Spartans just got to try to chip away and keep it close um we'll see how this goes but more withth her second and looks up and in very nicely done and I think he's right here to pull them back and and you know cuz their press when it worked it worked a little bit but and there's a a three-pointer by cage good board by Weiss reaching by cage nothing there Weiss coming up the court full full head of steam and kind of just tossed it away unfortunately I think she was trying to go down and around to more but got herself a little bit too far under and have a place to go so Goslin is on Taylor good defense good defense there Thompson right on cage pick coming on the side uh into 23 quick little jumper short Weiss and Allen go for it and Allen throws it off Weiss's leg uh good battle there nice effort by by Weiss so so good good block by Jin though on to make that up Moreno with the Breakaway layup and in she goes so 24- 11 here nice nice couple of baskets here by the Spartans and they're tightening up I do think good defense I think I do agree with he's decision to pull them back let them settle in on defense right have them um start there instead of coming back off of the press defense there by uh by great defense by cage come on you get wow okay so no call there Sur in uh she just stepped out of bounds too second so they called a three seconds on the Lancers uh on that play it seems like you gotta call something coach Gary being very vocal about how proud he is okay so um Goslin to Moore back to Goslin uh deflected there Moreno ball out of bounds on a you know those bouns passes got to be a little more crisp with it because there's a pick a point and pass it to the point it doesn't seem like they have any intention of where the ball is supposed to be going well I think on that one I mean I it looked like it got a little bit deflected but I also think it's just got to be crisp like you got to really you know you got to fire it especially when people are pressing so good drive by Allen very nice take there rolls around so Weiss on the inbound looks like the Lancers had backed away there a little bit but uh so over to Marino Marino to Weiss who uh skips it over to Moore more the nice fake and they call her for traveling um okay so number 21 Henry comes in I used to get called for that all the time and I don't agree with it well it's a question of is your you know your pivot foot down but but the whole point is the fake and the fake is what also throws the ref off well I don't think so I don't know well regardless he called it so we are where he's down there I'm up here right so uh the Lancers are swinging it Spartans are playing some good defense here Thompson switches over uh rebound out really good box Weiss with the board she's got a full head of steam coming down good pass into Goslin oh into the lane kicks it pass out to to Weiss and got a little bit jumbled there it looked like they were trying to work it down into the lane and I think um Weiss LED gon just a little too much and she slipped down Etc so all right so 324 left in the second quarter 2611 Lancers uh Spartans are doing a better job switching on defense uh and calling it out three-pointer there good good box out Thompson and 21 for the Lancers Henry with the jump ball and it looks like it is the Lancers ball underneath um much better job on defense for the Spartans on the inbound play as well yeah so Allen given the lane misses the bunny and Over The Back by uh by Taylor the other night how they don't call over the backs as much any we were talking about referring to the NBA but I mean we even see it in high school level so that's nice that okay and the the Lancers are in the penalty so this is going to be a one on one one in one one the scoreboard must be wrong because the scoreboard says five apparently the scoreboard I was informed only goes up to five now these days it's a little mathematically challenged oh God so thank God the new high school got approved yeah well only a couple more years till we have a scoreboard that really works anyways another nice nice free throw From Grace Moore nothing but net and uh 303 left 2612 so the Spartans are hanging in there and again chip away that's what you got to do you just want to be within Striking Distance and you know yes the Lancers are a good team but Spartans seem to be able to hang in there really nice job there by Goslin she gets uh I don't know quite what happened there it looked like she was battling for it and they uh they didn't call anything let's put it that way another three-pointer from the Lancers long rebound and good pass there by number 23 a nice rebound um by 23 that looks like that's going to should be oh okay looks like Lancer ball there go battling yep the two were battling and gosin I think ultimately kind of ended ended up hitting out of bounds almost volleyball style yeah the one thing though there on that is you got to use your body a little more so they were battling and they were she had got if she had boxed see how used her body there to to keep Allen out of the way that's what you've got to be doing in terms if you do the work initially It ultimately ends up being less wor for you right makes your life easier so Weiss with the ball up top good pick by Goslin cut through by Goslin um put up got F got got hit but no foul there um good cut though that was a nice play Allen fakes the three over to number 21 for long three Goslin steps through really nicely on a break she's got three on four to Moreno nicely done and missed the layup Marino gets it back it's going to be short again voice tries for it and and uh ends up colliding with Allen but on that uh off of Allen uh and looks like it's going to be Spartans ball good hustle here by the Spartans they're really working uh there's no quitting them for sure and so again you got to just keep chipping away here so inbound to marino marino to Thompson Thompson back to Marino for a three and it's a little strong and hit the rampart there and uh good shot though yep no no wide open three she's going to take that every time and she should it's a good shot yep it'll fall so the Spartans are settings up again 147 left 2612 Lancers um we could get another basket or two before half I think that'd be nice maybe one yeah so Weiss on Taylor uh over to number 21 and Taylor with a three and she Nails it and she shows her three that she just drained so 2912 that one definitely hurts um Moore with a corner pass to Moreno Weiss up top goes to the left hand over to Moore they need to be I think a little bit more careful with the ball I think they're being a little careless back to Moore from Weiss over to Marino and that looked like an opportunity for her to throw up a three good steal there by number 12 uh cin Michonne as Thompson started to go and then then C Shan just gave it right back to the Spartans um substitution for the Lancers with 57.8 seconds left in the [Music] quarter so need want a good shot here uh so more begins to penetrate gets it over to Thompson Thompson's got two people on her more sizes up 23 seconds left on the shot coock over to marino marino oh tipped away and Marino could have gone with that I don't think she knew she could go back yeah so Weiss goes in passes over to Thompson and it's stolen away by 13 goin's right on top of out of bounds out of bounds stepped out of bounds so the 25.8 left in the half Spartans ought to go for the last shot here 292 Lancers work the ball around get the best high percentage shot that they can so Moore brings it up over to Thompson into Goslin who fakes and gets fouled as she goes up good take that was a good fake and a good take by Goslin that's what you want get her at the line try TOA couldn't ask for something better maybe for them to use a little bit more time but yeah take what you can get right so let's see if gosin can nail these that would be helpful for sure and the first one's a little long there a little strong so goin's a very good free throw shooter so been struggling a little bit tonight though missed the two from the technical foul earlier as well yep let's see if she can hit this one and there it is good so 16 seconds left in the in the half um and two's got dribbles in um cuts across cross swings it uh Moreno's on cage with a running three that's out of bounds and that is going to do it for the half good defensive stint for the Spartans at the end they're holding them off so at the end of the first half it is 29 to 13 for the Lancers um so overall analysis here what do you think I think the parts are playing phenomenally or no that's not going to make sense um I think the SPs are playing a lot better than they did the other night um night and day the other night we were seeing these little bursts of what we thought was hope and we're seeing the hope now tonight I think they've been playing much better the fact is long meadow just has two really good point guards one of them being their main point scorer who probably has half of their points I don't have the stashing in front I would say that's probably close definitely has a lot of them um I think the Spartans are doing a great job though of boxing out and that's a big difference we're seeing is that the Lancers are not getting those third and fourth opportunities as often as the Springfield school that they played the other night was right so I think that's right I think offensively um you know when they are when they're working their offense they seem to be able to be getting the ball in it's not always the smoothest but they're getting to the basket and they're getting reasonable shots yep so I think that that's promising I think that I think it's clear that the Press you know they're they're having better defensive stands when they don't press because I think they're getting lost yes so I think it better to come back um you know the one thing they could do because they've been playing man the whole half is they could consider going to a little bit of a Zone they have to but the only issue with that is that um number two I'm sorry I'm blanking on her uh cage yes cage um she's a good three-point shooter so if you go into Zone you would have to do a two three because the majority of their points are coming from drives and down low but then what do you do about cage like then would would you do a four and one like you kind of play almost a box zone defense and then do one person who plays just man on her I mean like that could be a potential if they really want to um what about a 212 so that you have two people up top to stop that and if she gets past them then you've got the person in the lane who can ultimately head that off in any event no I don't really like that idea okay well that's f i I think that it's worth trying a little bit of of a shift I think right now look they you know they've been playing good defense um but I think that you know when you're down 16 y I think you have to ask yourself what can we do a little bit differently as part of that so yep all right well we're gonna take a break for a few minutes gonna go get a snack and uh yeah The Snack Shack is open in case anybody wants to drive on down who's listening he's gonna say there's Pizza there's chips there's yeah there's pizza tonight bad night to miss there's candy you got everything here are you really should be here if you're not here that's all I can say I what else would you be doing on a Friday night in East L Meadow this is this is it there's a great crowd here tonight by the way in any event we'll we'll be back in a little bit for the second half okay everybody uh welcome back so uh second half is about to get started uh again to remind you it's 29-13 for the Lancers uh and uh looks like they're starting with the same five that they had before and same for the Spartans Weiss Marino Thompson Moore and Goslin so it's Spartans ball to begin the second half uh and let's see again I think the second half here becomes really key in terms of uh staying in this or not uh basically you know the first first four or five minutes is going to be really helpful soone ball knocked out of bounds by the Lancers uh Weiss into Thompson uh back to way swings it across the mo more drives looks like the Lancers are in a a two three good be so Mo went for the drive um got knocked off of her leg and out of bound so uh lancer's ball inbound to to Allen Moreno's on Allen Thompson looks like she's on cage um and it looks like actually the Spartans are playing a zone now they've switched over fake and a travel by number 23 much better pressure and we think that's Arena um so so yes they moved to his own which is I I think worth trying for sure it's like heac can hear us yeah all right so more with the ball a good pick by Goslin there to try free her up as you were saying ay the off ball screen uh Goslin dribbles in the lane how it should have taken a look at the basket there Moore tries to go in um gosin fighting for the ball looks like a jump and it's going to be probably lancer's ball yeah because we got the inbounds so again good drives you know when they get into the lane they're the ball's getting knocked away and so they got to go in with that strong and when it gets knocked away you know go up with your you know you a little flail to try to get the call so they're playing a bit of a looks like a one two two uh Lancers get it in low and then out kick it out strong on the uh on the out of bounds and Allen with the runner just off Goslin with a nice rebound Tri to get it tries to get it deep um and then nice play there by Weiss to to Thompson Weiss fends off the defense and gets it to Allen Weiss with a to Thompson Weiss with a wide open three hits the front of the rim good shot though you'll take that every time uh and ball in to the Lancers Allen into cage speaking of Allen she last season tore her ACL here yeah so I wonder what it's like being back this is her first game back I'm sure playing at East meow High School got to be I'm sure a little weird so Spartans have spread the Lancers out um that was a good good defense out yeah good box out um Spartans are are attacking big time very nice pass from Gage to F the three and uh and found a wide open Allen underneath so Allen or uh Weiss into Goslin no call and a foul on Gage nice job by Thompson on the boards um so 3113 552 left in the third Weiss to inbound the ball and goes to Thompson looked like a little bit of a miscue uh Allen over to cage cage makes a move on Thompson but hits off of her foot Thompson picks up the defender Weiss grabs it oh more to Weiss Weiss to Moore Moore goes in strong Weiss follows it and drops it in good follow there 31 15 um Spartans back on d uh drive by number 23 good block good block there by more out of bounds Spartans uh the defense seems to be a little more uh you know they're not they're clearly not losing people nearly as much as they've been doing and looks like this helping a lot with that I think so I think so and on that you know you can't you can't get off at cage too much she's shown that she's got lot different moves like that that's too way too easy for her too easy and I think on that that you know that's where that's the soft spot of that zone right so people have to recognize when she gets through there it looked like Marino kind of got caught on that pick didn't know if she should fight through and follow cage or if somebody else should be picking her up while she transfers into a different zone so that's the biggest issue with the zone defense good cut by Goslin and a nice nice take Spartans are moving much better on the offensive end a lot of cutting and moving that's what you want to see there so Goslin fouled by number 14 who is Grace Taylor and Goslin is going to go to the line again so uh 33- 15 with 450 left first one for Goslin is is drained 3316 so you got to like how the Spartans are playing right now I like it I think the Zone has settled them down on defense in particular Goslin up and Nails both of them 33 17 so they're getting settled back in and it looks like they've gone back a long three from cage and she Nails it so you know when people are hitting threes like that there's really not much you can do yeah uh and um you know it's a challenge I mean there just it's just not so Weiss with the ball mid-range jumper a little short gosin with a nice hustle play gets it back in but picked off by uh by Allen Allan to Taylor Allen in the corner fakes Mareno nice dish and misses the the layup voice with the board to and tries to throw to Mareno and and misses it so again have to just settle when you get that I wish she hadn't picked up her dribble there because she picked it up assuming there were going to be Lancer Defenders right there and there was no one so then she was stuck cuz everyone else had mooved forward because everyone else isn't seeing what she was seeing so 23 again with the nice board by Weiss great pass by Weiss to Moore beautifully done really nicely done by Talia Weiss there and greaters come back hard the Euro s by cage again you know got to step up and stop her well I mean that's easier said than done you know I mean she's obviously a very good player uh and just knock the ball off of Moore's leg uh and then should be Spartan's ball off of listen there you know sometimes you just have to tip your your basketball cap to somebody and say hey that's one heck of a move right and that's what it was and you know so I [Music] mean you know they were in very good position defensively Goslin with the jumper little bit off Weiss with the big hustle can't get there Gage makes a nice play and uh she's certainly taking command of this game number 23 another three-pointer she's really missed a number of those I would you know say that that's an okay shot for the Spartans to give her y until she starts I don't she's maybe made one I believe in the beginning of the game I don't think yeah otherwise I don't think she's made any so good hustle there by Weiss to to get that ball so Weiss over to Thompson over to gosin can dribble now he's got some space she goes hard to the basket good take and a foul they found the's weak spot or by Taylor excuse me so 3819 Lancers with 259 left in the third they just need to start getting some stops if they want any chance at this game yeah and you know what right now cage is basically just controlling cage yeah and and that's difficult and it may be that you you know that um well let's see I mean again there's no magic formula here she's making deep threes and she's got Euro steps and everything else going on so Flo yeah so Goin made the first one 3820 and the second one um you jinxed her nice job Weiss goes up and puts a shot up but gets contact and nothing and then cage goes down hard um so on on that play by wise looked like there was some contact like a decent amount of contact not quite sure why there was nothing there but there was nothing there so cage looks to be okay uh and so we're going to uh have the inbound from the Lancers from Moren to cage with 249 left 3820 Lancers Moreno's up on cage Weiss on kand Michonne and the Lancers stayed in the zone Weiss closes out on number 13 good debens by Weiss right up on her shot by number 10 good board by Weiss and ripped away by Gage cage no no call there Marina with a great steal she goes in hard and a foul by number three with the body and the Lancer fans don't like it but that's called with the body folks give it to her she did give her all ball completely blocked but definitely got a bit of a a lot of body on that one so Mareno at the line for two 214 left in the quarter really need to nail these free throws down the stretch here up and rolls in soft touch by Maro so this been a good quarter for the Spartans they're hanging tough and they're playing hard probably the best quarter I've seen them play this year and another second one up by Marino oh in and out uh and good battle there to try to get the rebound but uh to no avail so it looks like they are in a kind of this one two two kind of approach uh good Movement by the Lancers nice easy jumper for hufflin M show that's the weakness though is as soon as the opposing team gets the ball in the middle it's breaks it down completely drives the lane gets hit but no call uh that one certainly could have been called but but more knifed right through the lane on that one and had a really good opportunity to score um nice board by Talia Weiss over the back of somebody she's had a number of good rebounds and Weiss brings the ball up slows it down wisely to to give it a chance to set things up gosin gets the ball in low makes a spin move another move and Falls a little short but move looks like there was a little bit of contact maybe not enough to call but yeah so 112 left in the quarter uh so clearly Spartans are are trying to work that zone and uh number 10 good board uh number 10 misses that three whce on the on the drive there's no call and and uh could have been a charge they didn't call anything Weiss had the little uh the little bunny but it looks like a timeout by the Spartans and Coach heac so 53 seconds left um and again you know they're having a hard time closing the Gap but I do like what I'm seeing from them they're really playing hard they're boxing out and get in the basket getting to the basket getting high percentage shots so listen you know the challenge of course is that you know you got to make up some ground fast here but I think they've got to just keep doing what they're doing and even though they're giving up some of those mid-range those you know in the paint jumpers I I think the Zone has settled them down a bit I agree and I think it's it's it's actually working pretty well I mean you know if cage isn't isn't going off which she is but now with that right with the left knee I believe it was getting a little shaken up on that play before I I didn't see her being as aggressive in those last few minutes than I had seen her previously maybe that's just her taking a step back they are up 20 points but could be so as the Spartans come back on the court 53 seconds left in the third looks like Moore took a bit of a shot to the nose and uh no I think she's been blowing her nose all night oh it looks like it was Bloody there but nonetheless that's gross well it is what it is so uh Lancer ball Allen with the ball and uh Spartans have a bit of a press on back to Allen good fake and misses the layup um so more got the ball uh and was given there was no place to come down and number 10 who I shall remain nameless cuz she's not on my roster uh didn't like the call but you got to give him an opportunity to uh to to to land so that's actually a foul and they are in the in the penalty so it's a one in one here for more but how would we know that because it's only at five well five will get you to the Penalty according is according to this it's seven though it normally is seven but uh in any event so more nails that Nails the free throw 4022 39.9 seconds see if she can get the last one here it's up and good so 4023 so again the Spartans are doing a bit of a three quarter press if you will Allen's got the ball very Shifty ball handler uh number 10's that the ball passes in and that's a travel on number good defense by the Spartans on so um 28 seconds left Spartan's ball into Goslin from Stevens Stevens to Thompson uh back to Stevens and she misses it and Allen gets an easy put back um Stevens over to Goslin then to more more drives gets packed and gets fouled l uh very nice take there by Moore and again you know there's clearly she's you know getting to the hoop and I think that's got to be something they keep emphasizing so nine second 9.2 seconds left in the third um and I think they you know they found a little something here but it's you know it really where they're going to get back into this game or not is on the defensive end because they're getting some good opportunities right yeah so more with the possible and one and she nails that so 4226 9 seconds left so good feeling for the Spartans going into the fourth quarter so and that looks like a jumper short and that's going to do it for the quarter so a good burst at the end of the quarter there for the Spartans picked up a couple uh baskets and and so they're down 16 going into the fourth but but um a good thing that they are clearly um playing better I really do think was the best quarter they've played they're more settled they're getting to the basket better they're getting good opportunities so the the the real question and the real key here is as you go down you know is is on the defensive end can you keep getting stops you know and and you know down there at the end of the the end of the quarter that's a that's a tough layup to give up yeah you know and so again and but what was interesting is they were just passing it's just bad decision making but nobody was dribbling and the question is you know it's okay to dribble a little right like so um so we'll see uh I think the Spartans are going to start with the ball so all right so the fourth quarter is about to begin and again uh the Spartans definitely have their work cut out for them but uh you know you want them to play better and and keep getting better as the G as the games go on and as the season goes on and and I definitely see that I think had they played like this the other night they may very well have gotten the win um but that is as they say water under the bridge so Thompson didn't inbound the ball eventually when the referee gives it to her and there we go into Moore uh Mareno sets a pick and Moore tries to dribble through that there was a lot of TR traffic there gets it to Thompson more with the fake to Stevens at the top of the key uh Marino swings it to Thompson 18 seconds left on the shot clock up to Goslin Goslin tries to go through the lane gets hit nothing right more great pass oh and and too far the just too far into the basket got blocked by the basket as we say sometimes so Allen with the ball uh they're in seem to be in that I don't know looks like they're in a a man now no and that looks like a short three Moreno Allen with the board kicks it out to number 10 and throws it between both of them so that way say you got it no I got it no you got it kind of scenario maybe anyways Weiss is back in for Thompson you having a nice conversation with yourself over there I am you want to jump in or what we inbound the ball to Goslin back to towi the Trap and loses the ball to Allen and she gets it so again one of the yeah so the the challenge of dribbling into the Trap there so Weiss to Stevens good fake go they need that's another thing they should utilize a ball fake it's so small but it goes such a long way a lot of contact here a lot of activity to Goslin to Weiss on the Baseline and she gets fouled by number three so a lot of contact they're letting them play here number on Moren so Weiss to inbound the ball underneath um so heac calls out the play Weiss looks for it right to Moore nice easy oh going to say nice easy layup but uh missed it just B so Marino picks off Allen's pass and a foul by number 11 um since when to fbl reset every quarter I thought it was every half I think they've changed it that's why I think the penalty changes a little bit but we'll have to go back to the uh we should do some research before our next game well I have to get our crack staff on that one too who is this crack who like is there other people part of this organization besides you and I of course there is okay I mean you know there's a lot of people behind the scenes that make our success possible Al and I think it's really important that you always recognize that really nice pass by Moreno thread of the needle Stevens picks it up and lays it in for a nice two so hex's calling for a press Weiss is Up on Allen she makes a little move there's three players up back to Allen down the middle uh underneath and a oh misses the layup more hits it or Stevens hits it off a goset off her head off of her Noggin that's using your head maybe not in the way that we wanted here but uh and it's Lancer ball with 5 52 44 to 28 Allen comes out and inbound ball number to cage she's long with it Weiss gets the board she gets trapped by cage and off of her foot uh tried to pass it around to look like Goslin and kind of just whipped it off her foot which wasn't the worst play in the world she needs a little bit help when trying to break the press pass good pass by Stevens to Mareno Mareno to more little behind her to Weiss Weiss goes up ball blocked out of bounds it look like a lot of body on that one but oh she might have gotten there with the body yeah but I mean when someone goes jolting in the air that typically means body but there's a lot of Breeze in here yeah I feel it so Weiss looking to inbound gets it to Goslin for the little jumper and Bam so 4430 SPS with a nice little run here baseball pass down to number 24 oh great block by Mo oh my gosh took that and cave out of nowhere she like stealing candy from a baby that yeah that was uh that that was awes was SW needs to go on the Highlight Reel so all right so 519 4430 Lancers Spartans playing with a little bit of A Renewed Energy Stevens up to gets a really nice board Weiss going in right up in and in for Weiss nice take 4432 Spartans cut it to 12 Weiss is right up on cage he's got to get back uh cage is gonna take over here does so but a little strong with the shot does the Up and Under great board by great board and Talia draws a little contact there and goes off her leg um too bad that was a good opportunity there to you thought she was coming out so uh Spartans are still pressing it it definitely seems to be working a good bit so Allen with the ball she takes it in does a nice weave around good block there by Stevens stay got to stay out on her Allen gets the ball good help there by uh more and Goslin Spartan's defense is really getting gotten a lot better good cut across there and good pass Lan off Spartans I guess so 20 seconds left on the shot coock 424 left Spartan's down by 12 good run here really playing much much better um the swing out for three and uh Weiss tried to get it good block there oh looked like a good block by Stevens but I think she might have gotten with the body so yeah good battle there uh like Weiss had that rebound but it got swiped away so 417 left here they really swarm you when you get the rebound or when there's a loose ball long Meadow's very good at those 50-50s yeah putting a lot of pressure on it and I think part of the you know part of the challenge is is to uh you know is is to recognize they're doing that and to look up and get rid of it quickly right cuz if you're collapsing then someone's open but make a good pass not just throwing it or wh around the corner a slight kink in Cage's game she missed a free throw I think it's her knee ah so she missed she wasn't missing anything before that and so again Moore's knee kind of buckled there a little unfortunately because she was in position to get that rebound easily yeah so Lancer ball again [Music] and so wide open there for cage and that's one that you know you just it's it's tough on an inbound like that and the question is you you gota perhaps know that that that might be happening but that's a tough one because you know it's just hard to get up there that quickly when you're in that so that's too bad and so that pushes the lead back up to 15 the Spartans have chopped it from 18 all the way down to 12 so so um again every possession matters here and and again I think uh you know the Press seems to be working a little better than um than originally uh you know and and and they're getting back on defense better like they they seem to be doing the original press and if they get through it then the Spartans collapse back in a better way so but you know on that inbounds that's a difficult one you're under the basket worri about giving up a layup that's also their last resort passes that outlet pass and they they are lucky that they get to put a player out there who's so consistent from the three-point so well and it appears to be one of the most high percentage shots is her chucking up I mean she's she's been money and there's nothing you can say about it other than that that you know I'd love to see her see her stat sheet yeah I'm sure she's she's got to have at least 20 I'd say at least 20 20 to 25 points at least yeah so Stevens on the inbound the L's been quiet I was I was think that she was going to score more but she's been doing everything else really well y so Weiss with the ball coming up the sideline gets a good P good break nice pass to Goslin Thompson into Stevens really well done Moore makes the spin move on Allen Weiss cuts through the lane Gosling with the ball up um and again a lot of contact there but clearly not enough to you know and the Spartans work the ball in well so cage nice move underneath dumps it off to Mich show to Coughlin Mich and ball inbound foul on number 23 interesting who we think is Morgan yeah but now I don't think it is because there was someone else that didn't that wasn't on the roster who came outon she's taking on a different identity that's all right hope that's you girl all right Weiss inbound and um nobody's breaking free um but Weiss throws it up to Mo and then Moore takes it all the way in and oh almost almost another one and that's not a bad play there to to to uh you know she has the height and the length advantage on Allen so it was good to take that one two power dribble get to the hoop easily um and you know Weiss was running out of time quickly there for sure it's a nice pass though Perfect Touch right over the bucket so more front rims the first one and uh sper down 17 here feels a little closer than that but but I think it's been a much better has y much better second half more with the second one is in all right so they're up and they're pressing so Gage cage across to Allen Allen the ludes Weiss and slides down through and sets up their offense um they swing it uh swinging around the top Alli Thompson on cage good help there by Jill Stevens knocked out of bounds by the Lancers so looks like Stevens's got a couple hands to the face on that one too yeah so the Spartans are you know they their defense and and other elements are definitely getting better so Moore's got the ball she blows past cage um had it had a lane didn't get to it Talia Weiss Dives on it and heac calls timeout uh nicely done there looks like one of the Lancers is down yeah and it may be not sure maybe number 12 is the number that I thought let's see I think she might have taken maybe taken a knee to the head or not not quite sure what happened on that but look at Diane out there the athletic trainer for the East Long Meadow Spartans she's amazing in her um very festive pants so she's gonna love that Diane has been Diane's been a stalwart at this institution for a very long time so hopefully the Long Meadow player here is okay maybe got she's lucky she's getting treatment from this legendary character yeah I I agree and uh yeah Diane knows her business that's for sure and you know obviously um the best looks like she's getting up um may have looks like she's a little bit woozy I think maybe that was a knee to the head or some blow to the head there and I think she's okay good to see so so on that last play so Moore you know Moore had a nice uh Avenue to the basket tried to be a little bit too unselfish there uh I think she should definitely should have taken it herself that that pass was she would it was very much trying to thread the needle but a little too predictable at that point too she looked it off a lot with her eyes I think if she had made it seem more like she was going to go up with it and then made the dish it would have been more likely to get through but there were already two Lancer players in between her and who she was trying to pass to so [Music] right all right so uh swung over to Weiss Weiss has the ball drives around the top of the key to Thompson back to Weiss pick by Stevens uh over to Thompson Thompson to Moore Moore into Weiss Weiss flashes through the lane goes up and is fouled the ref called it on the floor so no shots for Weiss oh it is one in one actually so I it is 5,000 is one in one now maybe maybe they do it by the quarter now as opposed to the half oh I don't like that well you'll have to take that up with the rules committee whoever changed that let's have a talk all right and there's little Mis communication see everyone's confused about it why why did they change the rules it's absurd why H the line see if she can hit the first one here up and looks a little strong I guess she is getting two so not quite sure what's going on here but uh I guess they I guess it wasn't on the floor they must have called it in in motion which I actually think was the right I agree so all right so Weiss stepping up for the next one hopefully she can nail this one and inch us a little bit closer here looks a little strong um oh so o gets a break there uh a VI lane violation by black that was a little late didn't it seem I don't know yeah not too bad I've seen worse let's put it that way so why what's it up and it's in and out wow that thing was down about as down as down can be through the hoop without going all so all got the ball uh sparts back off the press um stens oh and to Thompson to Moore Moore drives in and and one rolls around and out and uh number 10 didn't like that call but I she certainly got her with the body there so all right well let's see if more can hit these two3 left 49 33 Lancers and there you go very nicely done Ken Moreno in for Weiss who good game from Talia lot of rebounds uh and did some good really good job praking the Press Etc so second one for Moore looks short it's off uh good collapse good crash in the boards by the Spartans though I like that I like to see that so Goslin right on Allen stays right on her you could totally do this alone nice move by that that clearly is cofin michon's go go-to jumper that like 8 10f footer so Thompson over to Stevens Stevens gets hit no no call uh there's a rugby match broke out at the basketball game limbs flying everywhere and a good block there coach Allen for Long Meadow is yelling five so coach Allen actually used to be the boys varsity coach at East Long Meadow until the girls varsity coach position opened up in Long Meadow and then he made the change so feels like a bit of a trade from the Red Sox to the Yankees but could be a little bit I think that's the Betrayal that the Spartans felt Spartan family oh okay oh you were closer than I was so uh so a good pass there by cage uh and Allen wisely pulls it back makes a nice move out to number 10 nice job by Alli Thompson to anticipate that smartly pulls it back and then cage uh intercepts the ball um makes a nice play this a Moreno A little nudge there Mareno is up on her good defense from Moreno and cage goes down no foul there ball out of bounds good defense by Marino tough um 5134 with 112 left they swing it uh cage is wide open can't really do that got lucky on that one rebound by Allen swings it around cage lines up another one nice drive to the basket but short and cage is down quite sure what happened there I think she got KN in the stomach maybe wind knocked out of there all right so 55 seconds left Lancers um like I said I don't think the score is as indicative of what's G on here I think the second half was much better and you know the Spartans really pulled within 12 and and did a nice job of of cutting the deficit and playing hard you know so there's a lot to build off of this I think yeah I think the future for the Spartans looks looks hopeful it's a good word thank you really dug deep in my vocabulary for that one no but really I mean the Improvement we've already seen from last game to this game right has been tremendous so that's just very optimistic for the season gives me an optimistic approach I mean they really like tonight is a night and day from from the first game or from the second game right y so I didn't get to watch the first game I know that who they played wasn't very competitive so yeah I think lllo struggled mightily in that game and I think we also played well more with a three a little strong good rebounded by number 12 she aggressively went after that one uh and with 34 seconds left they're just going to run the clock out here uh there's a two-c difference about from the shot clock and the game clock so yeah coach Allen is telling them no shot so I guess they're just going to be holding it out and using down the clock again good showing from the Spartans I think there's a lot of improvement to be done but there's a lot of improvement that already has been done a big leap from the last game to this one for sure so we have 1.9 seconds left in this game and uh like I said lots to to be optimistic about the next game for the the lady Spartans is on the 19th at West Springfield so tune in for that one unfortunately you won't have our lovely uh narrations to go along with it hope he has fun for you guys to listen to but hey man thanks for joining everybody and uh and uh we'll catch you the next time around bye guys take care
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recognition and that will become item four under recognition time so educational program highlight will be five Etc and the other Amendment will be uh the consent agenda this will be added Bank signatures that will be the topic and that would go right underneath uh approval of property disposal so that would become item six under the consent agenda and that's in there it simply involves changing a signature at the junior high second all those in favor of approving the amend or the agenda with the two amendments as stated please say I and raise your right hand I I motion carries 70 thanks guys uh parent family and Community engagement opportunities principles if you have anything you'd like to announce of any last minute things going on this week uh or things you want to make sure that are on folks radar when they come back from the break uh feel free to come forward by the pink there you go right here on the floor no I just want to share that Junior High has its talent show and Film Festival this Friday uh we we hope to be excuse me Thursday thank you this Thursday uh we hope to begin about 115 we'll begin first with the talent show portion and then we'll finish up with the uh the Kids Studio 110 movies for the remainder of the time it's our Pac thank you Mr gland anyone else any other announcements okay um I actually have one it's sort of a comprehensive announcement um you know it's it's a wonderful time of year we have so much to be thankful for in our school district and we also recognize that it's a time that people uh experience great Challenge and we can hold both of those at the same time we know we have uh staff members who are battling some challenges spouses of Staff members we have kiddos who have uh underwent surgery or who are currently undergoing uh chemo or radiation uh for all of those challenges that are seen and unseen we can hold those at the same time as we hold our our many joys and sources of gratitude for what we've accomplished um as we wrap up 2023 uh so that will be just kind of a um a holistic announcement unless anyone has anything else uh we'll move on to the consent agenda and remember to note that Amendment about the bank signature as part of the motion I'll move we approve the consent agenda as amended second all those in favor please say I and raise your right hand I I I motion carries 70 recognition time all right we have a bunch and it's nice to see so many people here uh first up we have have girls State Golf so if I could have both of them come up and bear with us as we're getting used to this new space so Mr eising does that mean we should stand over okay room okay so we'll just lean into how awkward that is and come on over that way for folks watching they can see you too all right so as everyone knows not to recap every thing um but this was our first year of having a girls golf program and so you know one is realistic about what those expectations might entail with the first year program we're really excited to um be able to get that off the ground and what people need to understand is when a new program is added it really is a Grassroots thing so you have to give credit to um those of you who work so hard to bring that forward as a piece of awareness and as an opportunity for our school uh not only did they do all of that but then have a great season and show that that is something that we have here and that it's possible uh we also have two individuals who did very very well and so I'm going to present those certificates now this is for the 2023 Casa fora State Golf Tournament qualifier uh which is amazing for in in your first year that's incredible and is your coach here tonight and come on up there yes you're right there come on up coach you should be recognized too yes sorry sorry but it's good it's good it's good all right I'm glad you were able to be here and thank you again for just hey I'll take this on it's year one let's go right and it was a great season is there anything you'd like to say about the season or your golfers it was it was an awesome season just glad that I could be a part of it and have two really good golfers head to state so yeah fantastic all right well the Baldwin City Board of Education of USD 348 supports and promotes excellence in all school activities so on this day December 18th 2023 the Board of Education recognizes and congratulates Carson Chambers and Payton Wright who also placed fifth at State as a freshman [Applause] congratulations missan I got a bunch you already got him you're on top of it all right thank you very much all right next up we have uh girl State tennis would you like to come up tennis coach coach Ashcraft is here coach anything you would like to say about um the season as a whole about this particular tennis uh Lenny had a absolutely wonderful season for those of you who don't know Lenny she is a our forign exchange student from Sweden uh she has spit right in with the team the whole Community everything one thing that I'm very proud of with this team is despite all of the uh setbacks of learning the sport not just Lenny lny knows the sport very well but the team as a whole is recognized everywhere we go for having a very high level of uh sportsmanship and just being willing to have a good time coaches always comment on the fact that our girls are always uh following the rules and just being wonderful people so I'm very proud of the fact that the entire community of Baldwin produces such high quality uh upstanding uh students student athletes everyone and very proud of the team could awesome well congratulations and so now you get your certificate uh the Baldwin City Board of Education of USD 348 supports and promotes excellence in all school activities so on this day December 18th 2023 the Board of Education recognizes and congratulates you Lenny and is that Hegman is that hman hogman hogman I'm sorry as being a 2023 Casa 4 a state girls tennis tournament qualifier [Applause] congratulations all right now we're going to switch over to Northeast kmea that's Kansas music educators Association District qualifiers and we have so so many so what I'm going to do if you were um in the elementary or Junior High um District honor chir go ahead and come up and even if you are not here all of those kiddos will get a certificate I'm so glad you are here yes watch the cords yep and just pile on in and Miss Jacobson's here do you want to come up with the kids and is Miss n and that's okay perfect perfect all right we'll kind of separate these out from the high school um anything that you would like to say about anyk before we get started um anyk is the Northeast District so it's our entire District of the Kansas music educators Association and we had 42 students across elementary through high school just in the choir that participated so that was a really big deal really big deal and and as evidenced by this stack um what is so awesome this is not just something that high school kids are doing or even our Junior High kids are doing um this opportunity thanks to miss Jacobson um this is something that is down into the elementary school it's a really big deal it's extra work so you know you do your regular music class and this is stuff that is above and beyond um and so it's it's a really big accomplishment so good for you guys okay I'm going to read all of the names I'm going to give all of the certificates to miss Jacobson um that way everybody gets it but I want to make sure every single name is read okay all right Charles Baker Kaylee bar Rhonda bench I'm going to shake her hands when I'm all done okay wait know we can do tce it's all good yes Blake bham Lany bham Riley Brown Naomi Daniel Jacob Goodwin Hunter Harding Cheyenne King Arwin Marsh Zara Marsh Elliot Morton Tyler Moses go Annalie Neil emberlin Neil Olivia o Gabby Perez there you go Isabelle Perez Oakley show and dollar Laken Scott Hinsley Scott Grayson Spurgeon Joshua Stewart Maggie stals Amara Thomas Isabelle tuckle Claire Watkins Emma Watkins Leila wayy Kendall Widner Juliet young all right now now moving on to this stack I'll just keep on going Jay Baker Abra Dublin Isa Ellis and Jillian McLaren saw Jillian go ahead we segueing to high school Oliver me there you go hi stay up Casey oses there congratulations Anette Perez nasaden Isaac Taylor Talent Tores Liz Underwood oh hi Isaac bour hero westro Bridge all right and you didn't get one I'm so sorry oh I'm sorry I just went right past okay well let me shave your hand okay excuse me we'll dig it out of this okay so um let's get a picture of all the district qualifiers Megan did you already get it perfect all right I'm going to read this all at the same time and again I want to congratulate and I know if you notice as we were going through all the names of siblings that you heard um so that's extra work on the part of the entire family making sure everybody's doing what they need to do being there at the time on the day the travel um the extra effort it's a real it's a team effort with the teachers and the parents so thank you all again the Baldwin City Board of Education of USD 348 supports and promotes excellence in all school activities so on this day December 18th 2023 the Board of Education uh wishes to recognize and congratulate each of you from for your NE kmea District choir participation at elementary middle and the high school level [Applause] congratulations for being here tonight um we have one more you guys can go ahead and Rhonda here Rhonda jilan okay so can you talk about your Elementary State selection that just breaking breaking news today not on the agenda so you talk about that and then we'll save this for last so the elementary kiddos have to submit in auditions recording we submitted around 30 tapes this year but it's really hard to make it into that choir because we only take about 150 singers and they have well over a thousand auditions this year so we had three students that we just found out today made that State Choir Rhonda made it as well as Emma Watkins and Julia Young [Applause] yay all right thank you guys you can go ahead and take your seat um and then our final recognition uh this one we knew about just as of as a Friday um so we thought well let's go ahead and do it and this is the last I'm self pulling a selfish card this is the last time I get to do this too so I really I really wanted to give uh Jillian this award um but Jillian McLaren representing our high school also found out on Friday that she earned the All State designation as soprano 1 for kmea uh Jillian works very hard um I have taught her since she was 9 years old in addition to everything else and so I've known her for a really long time and I know how hard she works I know how much she cares about music um and she's taking it to the next level so she has a very exciting music future ahead of her but so much of that has come in the foundational effort and work work that she's done for her school and then also through other aspects musically throughout the community so the Baldwin City Board of Education of USD 348 supports and promotes excellence in all school activities on this day December 18th the Board of Education recognizes and congratulates Julian McLaren for kme All State soprano one and it could not be more deserved [Applause] congratulations right so for educational program highlight like to bring up Nicole King as well as the Andre most family they have uh they've got a really fun presentation here about the primary student stem night that took place at the primary Center recently no I don't first of all this is Andrea and this is your son Hudson who's in second grade both were in attendance at our first stem night that we had this year before I give them a chance to talk I'm going to give you a little bit of information this is the first stem night that we' we've done we've been kind of brainstorming different ways to get families to come into the building and for participate with their students and staff or community members however that may work last year we were selected by Mr Osborne for the American farmers gr Community Grant which has to be utilized with stem projects so Heidi Johnston our librarian and myself sit down and we went through and she picked out several different things that she's using within her Library every Friday they do a stem day Drew has been helping teach some of those stem items as well to the students and then we took those items um um that they had purchased and we brought them all out for this famili St night and set them out so the parents could come in and do these activities with their students um or with their children to partner with that we've also been working with baker their sorties and their fraternities need volunteer hours so they had been reaching out to me last year to find out ways that they could come in and partner with us to get some of those volunteer hours done so they started with this planning came in and I had um members come in and they put together stem bags so they took a whole bunch of materials back and they all sorted them up into their bags brought those back to me so we had um some of as I was cleaning through say we had some math manipulatives and extra things we didn't want to get rid of so we repurpose those to provide those materials to students to take home so they were basic tin blocks and attribute squares and um like the little Judy clocks that they can use different things that they could utilize at home I purchased cards and dice for them to take along with games that go with them that they can do on those activities and then so they got those bags and then we had those stem students or those Baker students that could come in and sit down and they worked with the students as well they helped me set up they helped me clean up afterwards kind of made the whole thing just run very effortlessly setup took about 10 minutes and breakdown took about 10 minutes and we were out of there so I had chosen a couple that came to come and speak and talk about their experience with it as well um we're hoping to continue doing this and maybe bring in more population as work kind of gets out and keep doing these activities and maybe build upon it to get some families the ability to come in one of my primary reasons for wanting to do this is we don't have clubs and sports and that kind of stuff within the primary Center so I want to kind of open up the doors a little more often to get families in and doing some of those things with us so this was just kind of our first little step into that water so Andrew if you guys would like to share your experience yeah um it was a really fun night I have three boys who are four seven and n and from the time that we stepped in to the room they were lock locked in on all of the um stem activities that there were and to keep a 4-year-old and a 99-year-old engaged in the same thing that has to be good um that's Quite a feat um I was impressed how many different things there were I mean I would 20 at least and we didn't bring all of them out okay um there's just so so many different um stem kits to work with I would say some of our favorites were some magnetic um cubes that you could filled with um I didn't look at the names of everything but play sticks where they're kind of notched all the way along um and you can kind of interlock them like you would linkoln logs um some things even made it on Christmas lists so I did have a lot of parents asking me for items that they could get for Christmas yeah so educational and fun something that the kids want to um do at home um so I just love activities like this because um they're fun but and they give kids a chance to be creative there's not one right way to do it you can build so many different things build again build something different um things probably aren't going to go according to plan along the way um so you have to rethink your plan and then also um maybe get frustrated along the way and have to go back and try again um so I'm excited for the primary Center to have these and for the kids to to get to use them I know that they'll really enjoy it well that's and what's your favorite thing um you were looking at the magnetic cubes I think you like that one yeah do you have one cuz I know they weren't all out there do you have one during Library centers that you really un like that wasn't out there yeah which one like kinetic sand the kinetic sand yeah we have sand they also have some programmable pieces as well so they do some coating with it we didn't bring those out but we have those as well um this is just some pictures of some of the kiddos and then I did put just a couple pictures of just a few Ian this is a very small selection but just a few of the items that we you have so they definitely differ from your old like linol mogs that you used to have and the items that you can do with them so anyhow thank you guys very much H thank you for coming up here any questions you guys have okay thank you thank you very much thank you for having a students voice invol presentation is that's that's really helpful not that we don't trust the administrator of course but it's nice to have that perspective in conjunction as well I want to say kudos to Hudson it's it's hard to get up here in general yes and when you have somebody that's willing to come up and talk at the primary ages small use so thank you it's very very brave I'm used to it and I get nervous every time so good for you I'm not on the way here I like I'm going to have to be brave well we really appreciate because it really does does help board members to understand the impact that a particular program has by having that representation so thank you guys for taking the time of coming tonight and sharing your perspective on how that went all right thanks everybody all right celebrating 348 student voices well we kind of just did that so we'll just say that was a two for one uh there weren't any separate letters or correspondences that came in this month um and so now we will move on to the hash Baldwin built Employee of the Month portion of our agenda all right all right so what I wanted to do tonight is typically when I when I provide the uh Baldin buil play of the month I generally do it in such a way that I I try to keep the the winner somewhat Anonymous here but the way this nomination was written it leaves no doubt so I'm still going to do it for the fun of it and just save the name for the end but we all know that this individual is deserving so and there'll be some some foreshadowing that took place earlier in this board meeting here so tonight the nomination of the December Baldin built employee of the month had the following to say the establishment of an elementary choir has proved a provided our younger students with a head start with vocal music much like the elementary band had done for instrumental music our winner has worked with our local Baldwin Academy of and voice to provide crossover opportunities for students to experience music and nurture their love for it all of these accomplishments demonstrate a devotion and commitment not only to her content area but our school and District the following is a list of the student accomplishments that are direct result of our Winner's teaching leadership experience and directing a BHS performance of Beauty and the Beast that far exceeded the expectations of a high school performance and I'm just going to S Subway here it was a a one of the best performances I've ever seen of of a talented group of kids that is top notch in terms of community and college level theater so they did a phenomenal job on that end a fourth grade music program that incorporated choreography and flashlights two elements not easy to pull off with nine and 10y olds and then camea State qualification for elementary choir bringing a local vocal musician to perform Jazz for the intermediate Center students as part of the unit study her influence on the Fine Arts and success of USD 348 deserves to be recognized so please help me congratulate and recognize your December bald built Employee of the Month Miss Katie [Applause] Jacobson so I went into Katie's class today when I was doing walk walk around from walkthroughs and I was in there watching and they were doing their their their vocal form up and going through the scale and I was just watching how she did things and and I I walked out and left and so she texted me she's like did you need anything I was like No just came to watch you do what you do but I will say the next time I come in you need to have this belt display yes what if I SAR it every day well think that' be a great idea so um thank you for all you do the talents that you have as both a a teacher and then a mentor to our students that does not go unnotice and the the relationship steps that you build are evident when you come back to the high school to lead those High School performances so this is welld deserved congratulations and Katie on behalf of the Balman Education Foundation and we'll get that to you uh tomorrow uh but they have co-sponsored this employee of the am mon program and so you also have a $50 little cash uh incentive prize for that that goes right yes so you can buy like a whole outfit that matches this but we will get that to you but wanted to make sure that you knew that that was coming from you to you from the balen Education Foundation as well so congratulations yeah all right congratulations on Friday before we uh whenever we we announce our winner or determine who our winner is we always try to to do it on a on a Friday come up with a fun way to let the individual know that they won and invite them to the board meeting and so this time I I gave Katie's mom a call and said you know what are you doing she go get ready to go to Target I said well got an idea how would you like to come to Baldwin and let Katie know she's one she's like I'm there so on her way down she picked up Katie's Grandma they came over and and we crashed her guitar the last out so it was a lot of fun so thank you all right moving on to the the next item um so this is the time and the recognition uh portion of the meeting where I wanted to take a moment and on behalf of the board provide some recognition and and Gifts of appreciation to PO board members who have served our district and our community greatly um and with thinking of trying to come up with a symbolic way to recognize and think our outgoing board members I kept coming back to our mission statement which is uh preparing students to posi ly impact the world through academic social emotional and behavioral success and this is this is our mission statement and it's also what our district brand is and and it's the hashtag we utilize within our social media platforms and so with this in mind we wanted to honor our outstanding board members for their unwavering dedication to the academic social emotional behavior of our students as their official terms come to a close and in symbolic nature we wanted to recognize you with these Mallet which we have engraved with the hashtag Baldwin Bild um Mr Harmon and his students uh in his Woods program uh took the engraving part uh to their to their finest and embedded that hashtag into these mouths for you to be able to put on display um and we want want to provide this to you because we believe this symbol symbolizes the important and hard and meaningful work of a board member to prepare students to change the world um so at this time I will uh provide you with your as well as a stand Smith Tony Brown Kelly well the kids did the engraving I did the building so if they fall [Laughter] apart so uh I wanted to go into a little bit of a detail here with the symbolism and those who know me know that I I like to provide symbolism with a lot with what we do and so what I wanted to do is describe um the mouths themselves and and a little bit more into what they represent the use of the the wood purple heart which is a strong fibrous and solid wood symbolizes your strength and service and the pride you have in all that is USD 348 especially our schools and our students the maple handle and the maple Mallet stand represents the long and Rich history of our beautiful community and the proudly supports and your proud support of our schools and our students so on behalf of all of us your board colleagues and our staff and those in the room I want to thank Kell bethl Smith Tony Brown Helly newfeld and Andy Parks for your leadership your friendship and your service thank you [Applause] okay let's go home we survived it's not over yet yes as I was joking before this is no uh dialed in December meeting so we have important work to do thank you for that um very touching gift I was very very thoughtful okay um excuse me sorry do we have any public comments signed up no there's not okay it is a Christmas miracle sorry I couldn't resist okay all right so moving on to our um thank you for those who came also in state thank you family members who came um friends staff members who St uh stuck around thank you very much um but now we're getting ready to dive into an audit so this is your chance to hit the escape hatch former superintendent knows I'm out of here been there done that sir all right uh moving on to section F financial report from Gordon CPA this is our annual audit presentation thank you that nobody can clear out a like a um so my name is Sean Gordon with Gordon CPA I'll go through the auto report that you have in front of you for fiscal year 2023 and we'll start with uh Pages 1 through three this is called the independent auditor report um here in this section we discuss the opinion that we issued on the district's Financial stat um management and the board's responsibilities for the uh District's financial statements and then a few more of our other responsibilities as auditor of the financial statements um page one the third paragraph down is the opinion paragraph here you'll see um um uh italicized heading uh labeled unmodified opinion on regulatory basis of accounting um that opinion paragraph pretty much says that the highest and cleanest opinion we could issue the district's financial statements for the uh July 1st 2022 through 6:30 2023 time period uh we did issue that highest inance opinion so that reflects very well on the financial and internal control management of the district's um accounting and finances during that time period uh flipping forward to page four this is called the summary statement of receipts expenditures and unincumbered cash here you'll see in the lefthand column all of the different funds of the district and then uh for each of those funds the beginning cash uh receipts expenditures and then ending cash and you'll at the very bottom of that right hand column that the district ended with 8.56 million on hand as of June 30th uh 2023 the next section forward starts on page five and runs through Page uh 13 uh these are called the notes to the financial statements here we discuss a variety of of different topics including the accounting policies that the district follows information on uh deposits and Investments involver involvement in the Capers retirement program long-term debt budgeted transfers as I said many items discussed in this section um and then the next big section starts on page 14 and runs through page 40 uh these are just more detailed breakouts of those funds that you saw on page four um here you'll see a comparison to um the prior year which was fiscal year 2022 you'll also see um on most of those pages a comparison to the budget that was adopted for those funds for fiscal year 2023 um and then the final section for it in your bound copy of the audit report starts on page 41 and goes through page 48 uh this is the government audit section anytime an entity receives and spends $750,000 or more of Federal grant money it's required to undergo what's called a single audit for fiscal year 2023 we focus on the Child Nutrition grants that are recorded in the Food Service fund so we check for a variety of things but mostly to make sure that the districts followed um state and federal regulatory requirements for receiving and spending those funds um and we can issue a variety of opinions uh on how the district managed that grant program uh so F school year 2023 we issued an unmodified opinion which again is the highest and cleanest opinion uh we can issue the district uh for that Grant Management um and and again that just shows that the Regulatory and financial management was was uh exceeded expectations met or exceeded expectations um for those uh regulatory requirements uh we did not have any Auditors recommendations to communicate to the board of education for fiscal year 23 so again that just shows that internal control management um and statutory manage U statutory requirements were met by The District staff during that time period uh we had a great audit Nate and his staff did a great job of getting us everything that we requested and answering any questions that we had uh so that is all I had if you have any questions please let me know I don't remember do we move to accept or we good we would need a move motion to accept the um findings or the audit as presented by Gordon CPA so moved second was that Tony yep okay Andy has moved and Tony seconded to um approve the or to accept the audit as presented by Gordon CPA all those in favor please say I and raise your right hand I I motion carries 7 Zer thank you thank you thanks and Nate thank you also to you and your team on that uh moving on to administrative reports food and nutrition update so last year when we were looking at our internal review of food and nutrition and uh we continue to move forward with our interal program uh Charlie and her team had come up with a variety of ideas and suggestions to implement um with a goal of providing students with with more access more more access to options as well as increased participation and we said that we would do a midyear kind of a breakdown to see how things are going so uh I do um without providing a spoiler I am very excited with how things have gone this year with our food nutrition program and uh I'm going to give Charlie the floor who's excited to share this information Okay so we've been pretty um busy in um food Department the first semester um the staff has really stepped up they've done great taken on the challenges of new items new ideas shorting short staffing um we did start out with full staff and we lost some um but we're we're hoping to bounce back there with that so um so I'll just give you some ideas of what we've been doing um and what we said we could do in June so um caterings we've been picking up some caterings from Mr Stanis and the forensics guys so we do their Hospitality rooms um to kind of keep the revenue in the school but yet provide the food for the the coaches and stuff so we have been doing those um and then um back in June I said that we were going to try to push out the fresh fruits and stuff so um secondary level has fresh fruits and canned fruits out every day at lunch all schools have them out for breakfast every day they have a choice um of at least two different types of FS that they can choose from at breakfast so we are doing that um uh we have started the garden bars they're not where where I want them to be which is considered my salad bar um we uh are putting out everything that we can for the space that we have so we are going to look at purchasing a new serving line for the high school to where we can extend those cold options so that we can have a larger salad bar um I did purchase the salad bar from our local Pizza Hut when they took it out um and I'm hoping to utilize that at the element or not the element the junior high because I think that will also help there because right now we're setting our fresh fruit up on top of the bar because we don't have room to do that so um this is just kind of an idea of this is kind of an idea of what we've got out now we're hoping to have like at least 15 small containers there with different types of fruit and veggies and everything in it um each day so um here is the cold options that we offer at the um Middle School we did not do hot options yet because we just don't have the stuffing over there yet um but we do have anywhere from three to five options um every day on the cold side for them to grab if they don't like the hot option um and then the high school we um there's the Middle School serving line um the high school we did start the second hot option and they're going very very well um we've put in some new items um we've got country fried steak sandwiches um I've started we did a loaded nut or loaded fries which the kids really seem to be taking to pretty well um we've done uh oh and we were making homemade lasagna instead of using the lasagna rolls we just had that last week and that's pretty good um and then I've introduced um dumplings so the days that we have Asian chicken for their second entree they get dumplings so it kind of ties into the same sides and stuff so um and then in January we're going to be adding um Cowboy katuni which is a new it's also a state recipe um so that we're kind of staying on the state things so um won't be starting um second hot Entre at the junior high like I was planning on in January hopefully maybe towards the end of um the school year we can get that done um and just some fun things that we've been doing um so I didn't get pictures of this but we had a pizza and Wing day at the high school and it went over crazy um it was we went through 30 lbs of buffalo wings and 20 7 pizzas that day so they really took it on and so we're going to try to do it once a month or every other month because that was a big yeah we couldn't stay up on the pizzas but yeah it was crazy so um and then at the primary Center um I do have pictures of that one uh we did Mrs Michael gives out pizza parties for when her kids get their reward bucket full so in September she come to me and says we're not eating lunch in the cafeteria that day because we're having a pizza party I said so let's take a look at that so we um put together to where the kids could make their own little pizzas I bought individual pizzas for them gave them hamburger cheese or pepperoni toppings they got to make their own pizzas and then we um cooked them and serve them to them at lunch so we got to keep our reimbursable meals and they got to have their pizza party so that's just kind of one of the things that we did there um okay so this is where I'm at here and then we also um sorry I lost my spot okay we'll just go with it okay um so then we did um Farm to school grants and then I've been working with that pretty hard uh so we've been using fresh apples from South Baldwin Farms since the beginning of school and we just got our last shipment right before Thanksgiving so we have used nothing but farm fresh apples the whole entire time uh we did the national crunch out we were part of that um for the state of Kansas and then we did um we also got some cucumbers from them and some squash and some zucchinis for our muffins stuff but um and then we did corn on the cob um my staff wasn't real keen on this because we shucked even with Mr Dodge's help there 1,200 ears of corn over like a two-month period so we had enough corn that we could serve it on three different times um and the kids really did take to that they thought that was pretty good so um and then we have our Baker Grant which this is m making pizza crust um we're still waiting on one piece of equipment they are just dragging their feet on it so I have until February to get that Grant in so I'm hoping that that piece of equipment comes cuz it's going to cut her time in half because it's a pressed to do her her rolls and her hamburger buns and stuff right now she makes a ball and weighs it and then adds or takes away every roll to make sure that we have so this way we can set what size we need and they she could just press them out so hopefully that comes pretty soon cuz that's going to help her a lot um and then the last grant that we had was the farm to school meat Grant and I'm ahead of schedule on that one um Misty and I went and picked up um 500 lb of ground beef and 200 lb of sausage links pork roast and ground sausage on Friday so that's in our freezer we're going to start using that um in January um and then um we are going to on my my want list I've got hamburger presses so I think I'm going to have enough money still to work some people during the summer and I would like to go ahead and Patty out our hamburgers and Grill them and then freeze them then that way it's quicker for us in the summer but yet they're still getting um and I think they'll taste better so um anyway so that's all of my grants and as far as me still have lots of training to do lots of things to learn but we're hanging in there so thank you oh yeah I forgot that sorry okay I think these were a lot more interesting I know so breakfast um I ran the numbers from August 16th to November 30th of last year and this year and we're up 1275 breakfasts and we're up 3,66 lunches from last year so [Music] [Applause] thanks for what could happen and and we often times here as a board make sure all the money in the school district is going into the into the classroom I think it's important for us to remember that um uh Food Services is as much uh a part of the school district and as much a part of the educational program as what happens in a second grade classroom so thank you very much it's more than just making sure that kids aren't hungry when they're at school it's about teaching them how to eat a nutritious and healthy diet and and you are making great strides in that effort so thank you thank your team for all the all the work that you put in this year thank you awesome any other comments all right I'll just pick it back on quick the kids seem genuinely very excited about especially the new items that are coming like the uh also you about the board note and chicken wing day is going to happen again really appreciate that pictures online like it was awesome it was good like I mean the kids are just really stinking excited about all all the new food options and and coming home like at least to my house anyway and and bragging about the food they got to have and and so thank you for that PR thanks definitely it's always fun to volunteer other people so you could could I mean I'm not going to be here but it could be like a package deal if you Shu corn you can have wings you know see how you could maybe thank you very much CTE visioning and programming so last year if you'll recall about this time we started the uh process of getting an idea of what students were interested in when it came to call career career in technical education so we conducted a survey and we had uh Mr burningham come up he and Mr gland and they started sharing some of their data and their findings um this summer uh we challenged uh Brandon the high school team to start looking at the career and techical education programming that we offer and with the idea of let's develop a five-year Vision the idea behind that is we're looking at when kids are 8th grade now when they by the time they graduate what are what are we looking for what are they needing what are we wanting and as we do that annually we'll always have that cycle in that process so at this time I'll turn it over to Mr brittingham and Miss Hepner to go over what that looks like hey Drew can I stand in front of that screen or do I need to be okay um I real quick I can speak to the new fur service um my my viit can speak to that I I find myself often going down at lunch and partaking so sincerely Kudos it is good good so okay so um as Mark already alluded to um we were tasked with basically creating like a five-year Vision um and what I wanted to do first was just kind of give us a general timeline of how we arrived at where we're at right now so in 2012 CTE Pathways were established by KSD all right fast forward um obviously um some time had last but in 2022 the fall and winter remember we sent out a survey to basically all six through uh seniors on possible CTE Pathways and areas of Interest which led us to the spring of 2023 when we got the addition of an act science position as per uh the results of that survey uh also in Spring of 2023 the addition of the intro to law and the current social studies course offerings um and looking at establishing that pathway a little bit further uh bring bring us to uh this past summer where we basically put together uh our team which included um all of our CTE teachers in the high school myself Mrs Hefner counselors curriculum director um Ashley tro Drew eising sat on that where we really started to like dig into the nuts and bolts of what we were doing uh which then leads us to obviously December 2 2023 our presentation right here to youall and what that means for Balwin High School I know um you've seen this before but I always want to reiterate so if we go back to like 2012 when they first laid the you know the groundwork they created this sunflower uh and if you look at the um sunflower you notice that it has seven seven career Fields right P design production repair each one of those represents a pedal on the sunflower if you notice then they started going a little bit deeper they established 16 clusters so in some of those fields right now there's only one cluster and periodically then uh they'll add clusters to those fields so if you count those you have 16 clusters and within those uh career clusters then they would add Pathways so if you look for instance if we take health science uh within this cluster there's three Pathways biochemistry biomedical and then Health Science all right uh I stole this um from the Career Cluster handbook that's on K's website because people still ask after so many years they don't understand um what CT is really trying to do and I think this summarizes it to a t CTE is organized educational activities that offer a sequence of courses that provide individual with rigorous academic content and relevant technical Knowledge and Skills need to prepare for further education and careers in current or emerging professions okay so then basically all we're doing is we're taking our core sequencing right we're aligning it to this to these uh uh course offerings and then so that we just provide some rigor so that it can lead to certifications um and those sorts of things okay so here's what our CTE team did uh Kelly said hey she had been part of a pro protocol at her previous District called Back to the Future so we went back to when we all first were a part of CT all of these teachers we said what did it look like back when we first were in this uh you know whether you know depending on where they were at in their tenure so then we said what do we want this to look like in the future right so then what our job that we first were tasked with was connecting the past to the Future so here are the things that our team really dug in and kind of pinpointed and were common themes we wanted to offer introductory Technical and application Level courses brick and mortar for each pathway uh three units for completer status and I'll get into that a little bit more in a moment uh we really looked at course sequencing uh because that will change from year to year and if you don't really pay attention you'll miss something and then you'll have to go back and make some changes there um I filed to mention uh Mr Bland um I think it was two years ago that we um got common Bell schedules which then allowed eighth graders to come into our building U and then we also send um some students down there um for courses but it's basically allowing right now um students to up as eighth graders and take our introductory course offerings I use my daughter as an example she'll be taking two um introductory courses in uh AV Communications Digital Media pathway um next semester as an eighth grader we wanted to look at three or four year semester by semester pathway plans so we give basically kind of like two tracks I guess you could say um emphasis on student achieving attainable certifications um and then workplace experience in each pathway all right so we'll try to make a little more sense of that as well I want to know um one of the things that we also looked at if we try to model like what some of the B bigger districts do they've put together some really good four-year plans right where if you're really interested you get in those um basically as a freshman which then ends with some work workplace experience um those are usually theirm but we said hey why can't we create something similar and at least try to map that out for students so if they were really really interested in something they could get in there as a freshman um but we also recognize right hate we're a fory high school we're big enough to offer offer a lot of opportunities um but small enough that we can't offer everything right so here's uh what the vision really is it hinged on three things and I first want to point out what FTE FTE means that's just full-time equivalency think about it like this we're seven period day um so our teachers like full-time equivalency would be 77s we have some teachers that teach five sths um and so really we just wanted to maximize those seven periods that they're here obviously one of those is devoted to plan period so then we're maximizing those six periods that they're here during the day so anytime you basically see FTE just think of that as periods in the day okay we also wanted to look at uh so we wanted to be efficient in that regard we wanted to be extremely strategic and effective and then we also wanted to enhance future programming okay so what does efficient use of FTE mean um so there's basically two scenarios um I'm going to use uh our first scenario business finance and business management so the first thing we wanted to look at if if a teacher was responsible for multiple Pathways we wanted to make a determination if we can meet the needs of both path pathways through course scheduling or U if we needed to go a separate route a good example of that is Bronte Batman she's responsible for business finance and business management and Entrepreneurship they two separate Pathways Tyler wolf um does Teach an introductory level course uh usually one to three sections of Business Essentials uh so once we really dug in there was a lot of overlap between those two Pathways so we made the determination hey it makes sense we can continue with these so then we just need to look a little more in depth as to offering some um application Level and workplace experience um type of opportunities for kids the second example is um that we asked would students be better served by offering one pathway with more sections of a certain class including more course offerings in a given pathway so I take Kaye tanah Hill she's responsible for our our family and consumer Sciences um she currently does uh restaurant and event management and then she's also responsible for a pathway um titled family community and community and consumer services um and so we what we looked at there and she had some exposure in her previous district and what we're trying to do um through facilities and upgrades um we took culinary 2 from two semesters to one semester which is uh recommended by that pathway design sheet I'll show you an example of that but what that allows us to do is if we run let's say just for Simplicity um instead of getting 20 students through culinary 2 now we can get 40 kids through culinary 2 and then we can uh eventually get more kids into culinary 3 so right now we have six kids in culinary 3 eventually we want to push that to 12 we want to push that to 18 um so that we can get more kids involved and then what we um also decided to do um is we want to add baking and pastry one and two so um if you go back to the FTE we've um kind of reduced the number of sections in um one of her Pathways family community and consumer services but as a result we're going to add courses like baking and pastry um so they'll have that culinary experience which is more just uh know the culinary side of things than obviously baking okay any questions so far I'm talking as fast as I can without um because Mark's trying to keep me on a time crunch uh I could go on and on so okay so what did we mean when we were talking about strategic and effective use of FTE um so we wanted to make sure that we had one introductory course One technical level course one application Level course but we needed that to add up to three units um because there's something at the state level completer status that goes along with getting certification um and so the the one thing that we really looked at was application brick and mortar and I kind of i' I kind of called this the Tom Haron effect and what I mean by that is um students want to take Tom harman's class because they build that relationship we have the ability to kind of for lack of better terms Outsource some of our application Level courses but in the end we've really found they want to be with their peers and they want to be with that person like Tom you know where they built that relationship with and so we really tried to dig in U maximizing our FTE um but then finding out that we have the ability to add some application Level courses an example of where like when we like I said when we dug into it with Tyler wolf and our computer programming and software development um we were going to add a cyber security course okay so that will be our application Level course brick and mortar so we had the ability to do that um in some of our Pathways um and in some of the others like a health science we're still um sending kids um to do things during the Yos show and so forth So eventually that will lead to some things that Kelly will talk about in terms of Staffing okay I just wanted to point this out real quick this is what a pathway design sheet looks like um in K KD's um cluster uh handbook um the reason I just wanted to talk about this you can see there's three levels of courses introductory Technical and application here's where it gets a little bit interesting if you notice like Business Essentials um it's uh half a unit of credit so that basically that 05 is saying that it's a semester it would be very easy for us to just say Okay um we're going to offer this introductory level course we're going to offer business management and then we're going to come over and offer a application Level course business management and entrepreneur workplace experience but if you add those up that only gives us two full units what the state is wanting you to do is have three units total so that's where we have to get a little bit more creative because now we have to say Okay well we're going to offer B uh Business Essentials we offer business management we offer entrepreneurship we offer accounting um we offer offer a lot of courses in the supportive entrepreneurship Strand and then now can we weave in somewhere an application Level course so that we get to that kind of magic number of three so that's where it gets a little more difficult because just on the surface you said well yeah we can do all that but if we try to get to the goal of three units for completer stas it gets a little more difficult so then one of the things um we asked teachers to do before they left for um Maple Leaf weekend we basically took our um the courses that we offered and we map those out semester by semester by semester and then year by year it looks it looks a little bit fussier um than it really is but if I'm really interested in business right um and maybe U we've had some some students that have come through um that have been wildly successful in entrepreneurship uh maybe Mrs Batman had a hand in that but if that's something they knew they wanted to do then they could enroll their freshman year in Business Essentials you the first semester or second semester year two then they could certainly pick from any of these courses that we offer year three and so on and then year four um the goal would be if they got into that as a freshman we would look at a management entrepreneurship workplace experience okay so we certainly have like a three-year tra um and then that would give us a uh completer status uh and then obviously we have a four-year track where they could really dig in and hopefully get them out to the community Community with some sort of Partnerships all right so I think when we when we think about enhancing these programs like that's where the visioning part really comes into play like where do we want to go and um you know when we talk to our teachers they have amazing plans and what it always always boils down to is how can we do it how can we be strategic how can we make this happen with what we currently have and what do we really need to make this continue and progress positively for our kids and so um you know that's something that we also look at every year is how can we continue to have these programs but also then what do we need in order for these to continue so um Staffing is always going to play a role in that and we look at um our law and public safety courses that we've started and we want to continue them they've been a huge hit but we're going to have to look at strategically um at that three-year Staffing plan um how do we then bring in additional FTE to be able to continue to support that um making sure that we can diversify those offerings um again goes back to that Staffing option as well so um it's really important and this is the the benefit of having this three-year Staffing plan at all aligns it's kind of like all the stars showing up all together and aligning perfectly um that's in order for these programs to continue to grow we do have to look at what we're going to need um in the future the other side of that is improving those facilities and um the district strategic plan that we have outlined with that emphasis on improving our facilities definitely goes hand inand with continuing to enhance these programs and thinking about what they will look like in the future and when we think about you know these new pastry classes um currently the setup we have in our culinary classroom is not as ideal for being able to do some of these really cool things um that Charlie and her team get to do actually in the kitchen that we have um so that's fun though like see this is where you know this is the the different things we want our students to be able to experience a different machine that we want to have available for them to try out so um improving our facilities is a part of that and then just increasing those Partnerships um we have we meet every year with our advisory team um that come in to support the um different Pathways that we already have established um but trying to figure out how we can continue to build those and dig deeper with those and get those kids out there for those workplace experiences is incredibly important to us so in in case you're sitting here wondering back to the sunflower where do we currently stand the top three numbers that you see here is what the state says there is there's 7even Fields 16 clusters and 36 Pathways currently baldwi high school has Seven Fields we we have um different or 12 different clusters being um done and then within those clusters we have 13 different Pathways but where do we want to go we want to be able to add something in every single cluster so that we can eventually get to a point where we have seven builds 16 clusters covered in at least 16 Pathways but wouldn't we find a c us go even further than that so we get a dream and our teachers are ready they're excited our students are ready we saw that in the data that we got last year from our the survey that we did and ultimately we are excited to partner with you guys and to continue to grow this so if we can answer any questions we'd be happy to what do we do on time Mr Dodge yeah how you do Kelly was more efficient okay okay fair fair all right I that's fine that's fair um about how many like percentage wise of kids actually pursue a pathway and complete that I I you know I was going to we always at our advisory uh team meeting in the fall we kind of break it down by numbers I think we at least and and I'm basing this just off first semester we uh because that's when we pull numbers on September 20th for count day to submit to the state for funding on all those purposes we're at about 70% of kids that are in like first semester that were in at least one pathway course uh right around 300 and some I did see um just the other day as I was digging into this uh and I can share it at some point um but it stopped in about 2015 2016 so I'd be curious as to where the data is at but it's the number of complete the number of C cert certifications um that are being obtained and all the different Pathways it wasn't as High um as I thought it would be but that's something that Mr Dodge and I have talked extensively about obviously is how can we increase the number of certifications and I think that really goes back to um this with the size that we are um establishing application Level courses right that we don't have to Outsource and then finding um certifications that are attainable um because there are some certifications that when you dig in U I remember there was like one uh Tyler wolf and I were talking about that dealt with uh uh some sort of computer programming certification and I think it was 120 seat hours well that's just going to be a course that is nothing that's solely devoted to that so um I think that answers your question that's kind of what we're trying to d uh dig into like where can we establish those application Level courses and then embed um attainable certifications in those courses um Define strategy or process from a district level to support instructor certifications to support the future of the CTE Pathways um if you go um the short answer is yes um actually Mr Dodge does a very good job of sending out emails um and opportunities for certifications um for our teachers um and I know that in the past um the district has picked up the tab for that I mean that's part of why um the state funds it additionally they recognize that it might require additional certifications for teachers um I'll use fax for example um they have to go out and get their their Safe Serve certification and then do all the things that they need to do uh in order to then have kids do that um so to answer your question yeah I don't know if there's something that's you know explicit but we certainly provide that opportunity for teachers in terms of investing in this future plan to can you remind me again I know it's going to change the state is not going to be footing the bill for certifications um and I can't remember when that is but that's just something for future folks to keep your eye on as you make decisions about I mean if you can't just say well yeah let's do that we have you have to fund it and so that's going to be part of it that's going to need to be an important thing to keep the eye on so when a student wants to take a certification test it's the district's responsibility as of last summer ju one to be which we we had we had a number of students that were got were taking their sitting for their OSHA certification that uh we we covered so and the more certifications that and we which we want Yes again that's just a budgetary item that we we want to be able to handle we just had three kids take their pair professional certification and that was um an exciting one but that's you know I think it was was 110 990 to 110 piece so just yeah it's exciting but yeah it's the money anything else I mean the reality is we could we could go on and on don't let it I won't I prom oh it's great information thank you very much it's very and it's exciting it is thank you thank you thank you perfect segue into Old business um are you guys up for getting through old business before we have a restroom break okay um so one of the things they just mentioned is just talking about how we continue collectively to keep our eye on U Staffing and facilities and those are our next two agenda items so first up is Bond study and Facilities update all right so um over the last couple of months we've we've had a a variety a couple of subcommittee meetings um with and included DLR and Lloyd and what we were looking at is you know what what are what are some options here uh looking at moving forward so um on November 9th uh we had a subcommittee meeting uh we had representatives from from DLR and Lloyd and through that um meeting what we decided as as the group the conversation that took place was just that renewed focus on the the importance of CTE and Safety and Security that was the driving for course or the driving factor of the the last attempt and uh looking at the feedback that we received as well as uh looking at the needs and listening to our staff um the the CTE and Safety and Security uh was kind of that that topic of of of conversation moving forward and through that conversation uh there was a CTE work session that was held on November 30th uh with DLR and Lloyd and we brought in our three CTE teachers uh that whose programs would be impacted there so we're looking at Mr Harmon we're talking about uh Macy hoskinson with with FFA and um Kaylee tanah Hill for uh culinary um along with those we had brand and Kelly there BHS Administration uh myself I was there Kelly was there um Mike and Nate were there and we invited a couple of our our new new board members um Jamie Cox and Lacy and drr and Lloyd led a dayong reflective conversation and just really listen to um the needs that were there and and going uh with the idea of you know if if we are going to focus on if we need to look at focusing on CTE Safety and Security what does that look like how can we we look at this this item here and and go uh and do what's best here and really focus on that um and with the idea of of maximizing the opportunity potential that's there um from that the subcomittee Met again on December 11th where drr and Lloyd brought back their initial ideas um and their scope that took place based on the conversations from that CTE uh work session and it was uh following a conversation also that um Nate and I had with Dustin Navy the following day um looking out what if we go through this and we are really focused on what would be considered a a mill neutral option if the board were to look at that and focus on investing with the CTE programming and Safety and Security what could we do to leverage that opportunity to really hone in and and put together something that would speak to the vision that that brt and Kelly are working with their staff to create as well as look at a mechanism that would allow the district to reinvest over time to make sure that we're continuing to move the needle forward and providing our our our students and staff with the the safest and and most responsive educational experiences that were there um and then uh on the 13th uh Nate Kelly newfeld and Kelly uh bethl Smith and I got on a conference called to kind of debrief that uh that piece and which leads us to all this information coming to um what would be a special board meeting um which needs to occur between or before January 8th so there there's the the Cinderella uh clock that strikes midnight with the idea that this that's that's when this current setting board's official term uh ends in that sense so um the idea there would be a work session where this board would would take place again before the E we would invite our new board members to be part of that conversation to really go over all of this to go over the plan to go over some of the options that were there uh funding wise um to to see what takes place and then um you know from that if if the board were to decide to proceed moving forward um a resolution that would occur at a regular meeting uh in January or February um with the intent to proceed with with an election but the focus is the the conversation was centered around how can we leverage M neutral and maximize the CTE opportunities and experiences and space so that we can focus on lab space and classroom space for three if not four programs all right Kelly Kelly Phil how did I do show do you guys have anything to add no I think it's just that that we were trying to be very responsive to what we heard back from like what seemed to be the the overwhelming um you know desire of the community was like hey we really need the CTE stuff and maybe we not really interested in doing the other stuff right now so I think it we really kind of focused in on that Kelly anything no I I'm eager to have that special meeting so that we can dive into it I think U I think there's a lot of information to share and and dlrs and and are collaborating on working on getting information visually ready for that and so um it's all kind of just needed discussion to be clear the purpose of this work session would not be to vote on a resolution none of that would happen until the new board if it happens at all until the new board is installed the purpose of the work session um is to go into greater detail in a trans trans transitional attempt like hey we've you know normally you don't I don't make more than one thing for dinner you know you eat it or you don't eat there are special times when it's important to maybe have two or three Entre on the burner because maybe you know this was one of those times where it was important for us to keep keep things going multiple things going on the burner being thoughtful about that timing um so that there were options by doing nothing by default would have been making a decision as we've explained before and we certainly didn't want to do that um but that would be this the explicit purpose of that work session would be to dive into greater depth on all of that so that new board members can see all that and ask questions of of current ones and to make sure that this isn't Andy and Tony's last meeting yeah that that was I know they were coming in here that he going to hit you with his hammer okay um and we know people aren't necessarily looking for another meeting but um two of the bond subcommittee members will be going off and we just want to make sure that we it's worth putting in the extra time to make sure that we are like I say stirring the pots and then it'll be the new group's decision decide which one is which one if any at all um but at least you have those options they're available it's kind of a passing of the Baton in a way from our our bond subcommittee and and I I think it'll just be good to have that focus and it and it won't be all night whereas if we tried to include it into this we'd be here till y yeah so so calendaring yeah I was going to ask when does school start again after break the 8th so the fourth is a teacher work day and then the fifth is a uh collaboration day so is the fourth okay clarification here you um the exing board members your last day is on the 8 or is it the 9th according to to KB the last acting day would be the eth in terms of prior to that for to be well that means you can still do it on the eth that's they're still working on the eth you just can't you couldn't do it on the ninth before midnight yes so we know we have a Cod on Cinderella are we are we sure that we can have it on the eth when yeah when I when I my commun a with Dr Hart was he said before the eth that's what I thought okay so that's fine we can scoot it before that I just wanted to be clear were you pushing for 11:00 p.m on the 8th and then people stand up and they move the hammer gets passed over uh no I think probably that week before is yeah going to be our best option like the third fourth third or fourth I would not recommend the fifth right right is the fourth um is that with it being a teacher workday and thinking about all that is that would you have a preference on any of that nope I I wouldn't um there there is a wrestling meet on the fourth um's see the third does not that does not uh have anything on the third it's a JV me I think on the fourth it could be memory yeah I don't know why I would know that I feel I feel like I remember because we were talking about this yeah it could it could be the third would be fine too yeah eliminate that from being an issue I'm cool and we need we need current board future board members to attend that admin team or is this just more of a I see nothing wrong with having admin here if they're if they're available and and obviously an open public meeting just just it's work meeting it's different there's no actual motions that no decisions will be made there okay so the third sounds kind of like what we did in the summer when we had the special work session you know yeah yeah and and they're helpful just I think it's good to clarify there can't be motions out of that type of meeting correct I mean other than starting the meeting cling you can't you can't make any board action to that correct the third at Wednesday Wednesday yeah time 6:30 would be live okay that works 6:30 y all right and somebody we'll let the new folks know we have two here but yeah write it down it's both you guys be F this part too yeah um yeah will we stream that meeting that may be I don't know if I don't know that we did the other work session we didn't the other one I'm just you know uh because people don't come back for duty until the 4th right right and I just want to be mindful about people's time when that's there yeah right so um okay as much as we can sorry Megan I'm in Colorado I won be yeah we'll we'll have our backup okay oh good that'll be okay so that's but that's doable to have a clerk and we've got coverage on that on we will okay we'll figure it out okay all right so January 3rd Wednesday January 3rd at 6:30 p.m.
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[Music] good evening my name is Karen Wilson Wy and a little bit about myself I've been in financial aid for over 20 years um and I've worked at three Community College and one University within that time frame and I love financial aid and I don't know people ask me why you're still in financial aid I'm in financial aid because I want to see students um you know get their college education and not have to be in debth when they're graduated and um as I said I love it I've been doing it for 20 years and it's wonderful and it keeps me on my toes every single year so we're going to get started I am here in a capacity of Visa but my current employer is r in college so Jersey just to let everyone know if you have any questions you can always call me ask me any questions it doesn't matter I'll answer any questions that you have so we're going to get started so this is he submission statement and I'm trying to go through the slide as slowly as I can because it is like 40 something slides and it's a lot of information if you don't understand something please ask as we have the slide up that way we can address it right there and then okay are we good are we ready excited get books out all right here we go so these are the goal of the financial aid office at every single School even if it's um a community college a private school or a university the goals are is basically to assist students in paying for their college education and to achieve their goals and this is basically what we do evaluate fam families ability to pay for the education costs um there's limited resources you know that you you like students stress how am I going to pay for school I can't afford this yes you can there's there's ways of doing that and that's why the financial a office they're there to help you you just have to make sure you go in and have a conversation with the with the um the financial aid office and be personal tell them your situation tell them your life story because your life story can be you getting a free ride at of school just to let you know these are sources of financial aid um it as I said it's for College University this federal aid this um the state of New Jersey financial aid this outside organization that you can get um aid from as well um there's grants there's scholarship there's employment opportunities and there's self-help through student loans the key is try not to get into the student loans because you don't want want to be in debt so there are employment opportunities which consider of the college work study student and federal work study and I also tell student it is a good idea to participate in that program because it is a part-time job for you it's good on your resume also it gives you the experience on how to balance your college career and working at the same time and with the program like that schools work with you with your schedule so you never get fired basically you always have a job and now these are some factors that will um you know help you get some financial aid your academics Athletics ability your um SAT scores your test scores your ACT SATs there's all these different types of um scholarships that's out there especially you know the New Jersey Stars program through your class ranking as well now this is a net price calculator it's on every school website it helps the students calculate the cost of attendance of attending that school so if you're not sure and you want to find out what your the cost for you to attend a school you can go on any school website and just plug in the numbers and then it will calculate your estimated cost for you based on your program of studies these are types of Federal Aid um this basically it's a gift it's free you don't have to pay this back um and this is based on the 23 24 school year award so you have the Federal pel grant you have the seog and you have the teach Grant as well teach grants is mostly at the fouryear universities not at the two-year College just to let you know but you can be eligible for the pal and the seog where the amount is changing because of the one of the new um process the federal government has implemented for the 2524 school year so it's not going to be um like the maximum p as this explained it's going to be slightly different and the schools are responsible for calculating that for you yes well the federal government changed the formula so where it depends on your household size that's all taken away out of the formula so when it the based on when you whatever you submit it in that formula when they calculate it is going to give you a negative number a zero or whatever it is that comes up and then the school is the one that's going to calculate it because it's going by percentage now so the the school is responsible for calculating based on your enrollment status what percentage of um age you will be eligible for well the the state has their own calculation based on what grants you're eligible for the state of New Jersey um and I'll go into that when we get to the other types of Grants so these are the state grants you have the tag grants um and the good thing is now they have the part-time grant for and they have their monks right there and this is basically for Community College and for your University as well so it kind of breaks it down you have the um eof equal opportunity funds you have the Nur Stars program and that only covers tuition only so students for the Nur stars have to graduate in the top 15% of their graduating class that is determined by their junior ranking and their um senior ranking as well and then you have NJ star 2 which is the second level and that's at the fouryear University and it pays up to 2500 per semester um and then you have the governor Urban scholarship up to $11,000 you have the Gus for women and minorities that is 2 for the year and then of course everyone heard about the free community college grant which is the um the called Cog um is the Community College Opportunity Grant and that kind of breaks down what you eligibility is based on your income as well okay and then you have the Garden State which is implementing I think it was this school year they implemented that so basically they're giving students that's attend for your University also to get some benefits Grant from the state of New Jersey and help them with their cost as well and then the newer thing that started as well this last summer was summer tags the tag Grant was never available in the summertime for students it's always the Federal grant so now they're making that available for the summer for students which is great because if you want to take a summer class you're able to do so as well um and there think there's six credits you have to be enrolled in at least six credits to receive the State financial aid hopefully they change it okay so we have grants and scholarship requirements so student must be must complete the application okay so you have to make sure that you do complete your FCA application or the alternative application for the state of New Jersey now the difference between that is that the federal application the student must have a social to do the federal application if the student do not have a social then they will go to the hea website and complete the alternative application to be able to get State financially to assist with the cost okay so and the student must be a New Jersey resident for State financial aid and that is based on the The Residency of the parents as well um they have to demonstrate needs and they must submit application by the deadlines the federal deadlines is different from hea deadline okay so heesa have it where if you are a returning student you have until September of that year to get your your financial aid application um submitting and all that but it's April 15th if you receive any financial aid from the state of New Jersey you must have your FASA completed by April 15th if you do not you will not get funded for that semester you got to wait until the spring semester to be funded so just keep in mind I also tell students when hopefully it goes back to October 1st for the um the opening of the FASA application get your application done before February of every year you will not miss any deadlines and unfortunately it's you know you're thinking oh I just did a FASA for this current year but you're in between two fastest school year because the school year is different from the fiscal year school year starts from July and end in June so when you think of you're doing a faster you're doing a faster for September January which is the spring semester starts in January and it goes all the way through the summer that's the fastest school year okay just keep that in mind because you're going to be doing in between um faster for two years okay and of course for the TCH for a part-time tag you have to be from 6 to 11 credits summer tag is available same thing for six to 11 credits as well you have to make sure that you are seeking a degree program you cannot be undecided you have to be in an approved degree program or a certificate program to be eligible for federal aid and also for the State financial aid as well so this kind of explain a little bit about um the summer tag so like in um the summer tag was basically estab well established just for the summer but prior it was just for fall and spring semester you were able to get a tag rent from the state of New Jersey and also the eof is a little slightly different um the range is from 200 to um over 3,000 and that depends on the school that you're going to if it's a smaller School you may get more money but the minimum that they Community College will give you is $200 for um for the eof program you must de um demonstrate educational and economical disadvantage um background and you have to complete all tasks in order to receive EOS and also to receive your state Grant as well so this is for the urban scholarship you have to rank in the top 5% of your class at the end of your junior year you have to make sure that your GPA is a 3.0 at the end of your GPA as of of the junior year and um these are the county that you have to residing to be able to be eligible for this grant as well and you have to make sure that you have financial needs and it's based on the tag eligibility criteria any questions excuse me okay so now we're at the injured Stars program as I said you have to um Brank in the top 15% of your graduation class either in your junior year or your senior year and after your first first year and moving into your third semester student have to have a GPA of 3.0 to continue in the program if you do not have a 3.0 after your first year or um you have to be College ready at the end of your first year and you activate your stars program um you have to make sure that GP is a 3.0 if not you are going to be ineligible for the Stars One and stars two okay for stars two as I said that is um the 250,000 is the income limit for that you must be in associate or graduate program based on if you're starting off for the twoyear or you're going to a four-year um you will receive um 25 annually at um the foury year at a public institution and you always have to be enrolled in 12 credits always have to be full-time 12 plus credits the only time that you can be under and go part-time Under 12 credits you have to to have some kind of exemption and the all schools have a list of exemptions that you can apply and they have to approve that before your semester is over so for example say Hey you know I got sick I was in a car accident whatever it is I can't continue on you have to make sure you contact the you know who's in charge of the Stars program so you can get an exemption so it won't affect you losing your stars eligibility okay so this is a new program that the state of New Jersey started is for the um c community college grant for which one of I for vacational um schools so if the students not say I'm not going to go to the Community College I go to vacational school you still have an opportunity on receiving the community college grant from the state of New Jersey so that's another option for students as well so these is basically the criteria for that Grant student must be enrolled in at least one eligible County vocational school um course um student must be eligible for funding within that school year um you know already earned a bachelor's degree or a social degree you're not eligible any State financial aid once you earn an associate degree you are not eligible for State financial aid only federal financial okay so and then um you have to make sure as you see the adjusted gross income and these already eligibility for that and they have the different eligible program that if you're interested in doing that you can um look at that because you have a lot of um technical school that offer culinary arts but you always get the Federal grant for that but now you can get State financially as well so the key is you want to graduate debt free in some cases you may not be able to based on your program of studies however you want to lower that debt as you know as possible as you can so these are the types of State Grant and these are the different tier this is I said the community college grant the minimum you can register for any State financial aid is six credits and you must be making satisfactory academic progress okay oops okay and as I said these are the criteria tier one tier two tier three they only before it was Prior it was um tier one and tier two now they added tier um three so anyone income that's up to the 100,000 they give them 33% of the maximum award now the the way this work the community college grant is a last dollar Grant keep that in mind last dollar which means if you have the P Grant a tag Grant and it pays everything for your total cost even though this Ona it says that you're eligible for this you will not be awarded this because whatever the cost is that this grant would have covered it was already covered by another Grant okay just keep that in mind they're not going to give you it's kind of like I call it like double dipping so you want to keep that in mind when you're looking at your Awards because some schools award you but you don't realize you're not going to get part part of it because the other grants cover this doesn't include loans if you have loans no it does not okay it's just your grants that you're receiving because it's the last dollar Grant scholarships everything is calculated into that as well now this is the um Community the um university for year college part of the grant for the seog the seog is called for the Community College the Garden State is for fouryear college is the same type of Grant it's just different names to basically explain to you the difference between a two-year college and a four-year College okay and it's the same criteria you have to be in a school in New Jersey you have to make academic progress and you have to be enrolled in um the third or fourth year of enrollment in the public or for your school and these are the same criteria of the income as well now I'm sure everybody heard about the three plus1 program yes now the 3+1 program is students coming out of high school going to a community college where they do three years of school at the community college and then they transfer to the four years to finalize to get their bachelor's degree in that one year which is basically you're saving money if you look at it because you're not going to be paying the cost of attending a four-year College within that second year because keep in mind the community college is usually two years and then you get another two years to complete your bachelor's degree so technically you're saving some money for that third year a lot of students is um to do this program and you know Community College are associated with a lot of for your University so it depends on where you want to transfer to they'll explain all that to you when you're um with your advisor as well so you have to be enrolled in um make sure it's in a degree program um students complete as a two- year at the community college and earn their associate degree but then they still continue on for that extra year that goes towards their bachelor's degree um and then they they pay the um tuition and fees the final year for the bachelor degree okay and then it you must meet all the criteria to be eligible for the tag New Jersey stars and the community college grant as well any questions okay now these are some self-help loans to fill in a gap for your your shortfalls in your tuition and costs so you can do payment plan all schools offer payment plans um just try to do if you're going to do a payment plan try to do it ahead of time because the closer you get to the semester start the more money you have to put down just keep that in mind um you can do the federal direct loan for a dependent student it is uh 5,500 for the school year subsidized loan is 35 unsubsidized loan is 2,000 the difference between the two loans are subsidized loan while the students are in school and is enrolled in a Le six credits the government pays the interest on that for you you don't have to worry about the interest however the extra 2,000 they do not pay any part of that interest so that is always occurring for you at any time and I also tell student if you you're working even though your loan is not in repayment just pay them $50 or whatever you want to do so by the time you finish you don't have a lot of interest to pay on that is the student's choice so now every year they interest rate changes and the origination fee changes for the um 2324 the if you students want to take out the loan the interest rate is 5.5% and the um origination fee is 1.57 it may seems Seems a lot in comparison to a alternative loans which as students we go maybe go to Salam discover and get a loan which you got to be careful with that because there is credit check there's no credit check for this you can get the worst Credit in the world you will get this loan as a student just um just you know that's something you want to think about because every year you do certain loans is a credit check and it's against your credit so these are um the NG class loans and it kind of explained the difference between the options that you have the terms um you have the different interest rate compared to the Federal Parent PLUS Loan because depends on the school you're going to you might have additional costs so as is um student or a parent you might have to take out extra funding and that is the parent plus loan is the parent taking out the loan on their student behalf and this is credit check every single year you apply for this loan there is a credit check on the parents okay and this loan is and the is the parents is responsible for that so um as you know the fast usually open up every October 1st with all the new implementation that the federal government have this this year um they push it back until December the end of December which is December 31st so technically January keep that in mind CU most schools are closed the last week of um December for the Christmas break so you just have to make sure that you know you keep up with that and of course the College Board that profile is open up October 1st and make sure that the ISA application also will be opened up the same day the FAA will be opened up so this is basically and I know a a lot of students already completed this as as well the um csss profile and a lot of school uses this to do recruitment um some you know cost of that and this is way how students um schools prepackage the students um financial aid as well yes okay question your son junior or senior so your application you did it for this school year which he's not going to be eligible for financial aid because he has not completed high school as of yet so the application that you need to do is the 2425 which starts September um which start of September of 2024 okay so you have to redo all that because you did it to go to school this school year which you haven't graduated high school yet so that's what I'm saying you have to be very careful because right now it's in between two different school year so the application for this year is for students who already graduated past summer yes so you did the the faster application or the college application oh that's fine that is fine yeah because they yeah they will receive your profile and all that and they will send you a whole lot of recruitment paperwork a lot of advertisement yep the faster you're going to do that um in January excuse me she won't be able to do that you will be doing the 25 26 faster CU she but this is just for information for you that's fine that's fine that's fine so this is basically um FASA and keep in mind faster stands for free application for federal student aid I've come across a lot of student that go and pay other organization $85 or hundred something dollars to do an application that is free so when you go to a website if it doesn't say free do not do it because don't pay money for something that's free and to get to the website is the student aid.gov website okay not.
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all right I have 6:30 Julie can you uh call the rooll please certainly Cara Casten here Ken Dawson here Christopher Espinosa here cherelle Fuller here Terry pavage here D Runner here and gaana hunie here thank you all right having a quorum can we please stand for pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all all right Hank it's my pleasure to turn it over to you for item number three and recogn of the state championship cross country boys Team all right good evening Boron honored guests it it's interesting to be where we are right now to be able to congratulate our first place boys cross country team from North High um and it is interesting in the fact that one of the goals this year for the board and for the administration is to get better at recognizing people and to formalize some of our processes you guys decided to win the state championship before we had that process figured out so uh not one to wait we're we're trying to figure out the process as we drive but one of the things that we definitely wanted to do as we recognized uh our students was to give our uh villages the opportunity to recognize our students as well so I have a proclamation to read from the village of Woodridge and one from the village of Downers Grove then I'm going to invite our coaches to come forward and talk about the season a little bit and then our students to come forward and talk about the season a little bit so uh the first Proclamation is from the village of Woodridge um and it says to whom these presents shall come greeting Proclamation on Saturday November 4th the Downers Grove North boys cross country team won the 2023 ihsa boys 3A state championship in Poria Illinois and the boys cross country team was led to Victory by student athletes Ryan Edington Grant schroer Philip Kiel Kaden Weber will serat Zack bender and Isaac moss and the Downers Grove North boys state championship would not have been possible without the exceptional leadership of head coach John Sipple and assistant coaches Andrew Edelman Eric buhot Alexa Harris Jillian Russell Josh Williams Ethan wood and Robbie Prescott and the achievements of Downers Grove North's student athletes High highlight the commitment spirit and pride of the Woodridge community and should be recognized and we thank the runners coaches students administrators parents and all others involved with the program for representing this region so well making Downers Grove North High School proud and for bringing the community surrounding Downers Grove North High School together during this exciting CrossCountry season now therefore I Gina Cunningham mayor of the village of Woodridge do page will and Cook County Illinois by virtue of my office do hereby congratulate the Downers Grove North High School boys cross country team on winning the 2023 ihsa boys 3A state championship and on their tremendous achievements this year and Proclaim Monday December 18th 2023 as the Downers Grove North's High School boys cross country team day in the village of Woodridge all right in the village of Woodridge and urge all citizens of Woodridge to gratefully recognize the outstanding achievements so this is signed from uh Woodridge I'll present that to the coaches here in a second and then we have another Proclamation uh this is from the village of Downers Grove whereas on Saturday November 4th 2023 the Downers Grove North boy hi Downers Grove North High boys cross country team won the ihsa class 3 state championship in Poria and the team ranked number one the entire season tallied 79 points in the championship beating their nearest competitor by 46 points and the Downers Grove North boys cross country team consists of student athletes Ryan Edington Grant schroer Philip kiio Kaden Weber will serat Zack bender and Isaac Moses and whereas Philip kiol and Grant schroer placed in the top 10 finishers and all seven team members placed in the top 50 finishers of the 236 Runners and head coach John Sipple and assistant coaches Andrew Edelman Eric buhot Alexis Harris Jillian Russ Russell Josh Williams Ethan wood and Robbie Prescott were integral in guiding the team to Victory through their unwavering support and guidance and the hard work dedication sport sportmanship talent and team chemistry of the 2023 Downers Grove North boys cross country team serves as an exemplary representation of Downer's Grove to the sport of cross country and to the state of Illinois bringing pride and recogn recognition to our community now therefore I Robert T Barnett mayor of the village of Downers Grove do hereby congratulate the Downers Grove North High boys cross country team and proclaim the week of December 18th 202 Down's Grove try outour so the whole week is proclaimed as Downers Grove North boys cross country week in the village of Downers Grove congratulations I couldn't say it better than our than you want to say a couple words about the season and invite your boys forward uh sure now these guys know you give me a mic here we go joking all right um no I do uh just want to thank uh these guys and the whole team uh for all their efforts and everything that um they put forth into the season and over the years um things don't happen overnight or by accident like this uh it takes a lot of hard work a lot of pers perseverance a lot of dedication um and it speaks to uh what these guys have been doing for for years and for some of these guys it's been four years to get to this point um and just so incredibly proud of of the efforts and everything that they've put forward um so so very thankful for our coaching staff um and for for them helping support uh Us in this effort and everything and and the parents and everything that that they bring for these guys and and the support that they've had for for the program and the team and everything and uh thank you to the school district as well and and North High it's been uh it's exceptional and you know it's and I feel like I need to say you know it it is uh it's very special season and they're all so unique um and it's we're so very fortunate that we that we ended it in this way because it's it's uh it's incredibly hard what they do and thank you for for recognizing them and bringing them up here uh really appreciate everything thank you hey don't leave yet don't leave yet I need you to introduce your Runners all right without further Ado well let's start off with uh with our seniors here uh Zack Bender [Applause] Jun here Grant schroer Soph morale will [Applause] Sarat all right do keep going yeah well coach coach we got some questions for you I'm sure uh if you want to stay at the mic that'd be great you're not off the hook yet so why why don't you uh tell us about uh uh where some of these uh seniors are actually going to be running in college oh very good uh well uh we have Ryan nson here is going to go to Missouri University of Missouri uh in Columbia there and Kane Weber is is going to be running at Kentucky University of Kentucky wow um and then uh we have two still undecided uh spots left with Zack bener and Isaac Moss so you gonna be there are people watching they can there or still be able to re-recruit [Music] it are you going to be making your way down to some of those SEC track meets and Cross Country meets ah that would be pretty exciting I'd love to do that absolutely yeah that's awesome all right we're going to bring some students up to tell us the highlights of the season but before we do that late breaking news we have just I have just learned that uh coach Sipple has been voted as the itccca Illinois track and cross country coaches association coach of the year in class three boys [Applause] cross as we talk about like we don't really uh you know we don't run any of the races so that stuff doesn't happen it only happens because of this stuff you know so I'm like these guys making it happen so can we have a couple of athletes just kind of come forward and tell us highlights of the Season what your big takeaways are so the board gets a feel for what you guys did this year sweet all right I'm off now you're off coach do I got to talk into this yeah yes no just it's kind of crazy how I we saw my sophomore we got there Junior we got third and then this year like we were able to put it together so that was that was pretty awesome but for me the highlights were just like just being able to go out of school every day and go just go on an easy run with these guys and just like laugh for 40 minutes straight so that that was my highlight and going to Portland again so and for the board members that aren't aware it's Nationals in Portland that they went to all right anybody else want to share anything all right come on up all right it's not every day you're stay champ uh yeah I definitely say the highlights are just like just hanging out with these guys and hanging out with like the coaches like they create such a just like inviting and fun environment um like we really don't like I don't know I guess focus on like our goals like they just kind of just happen because we you know we love running like the the man who like w like loves walking will walk farther than the guy who loves the destination and I don't know I I like that quote it kind of ss the first season so that's all I got to say awesome excellent [Applause] great I don't know how I'm going to follow up a quote like that no I just think that the highlight of the season was really kind of like what Ryan said running with the guys at like every single day um I mean just not even like this year but I mean every every single year the guys before us made a great environment for us and like our biggest goal is to keep that like inviting environment going to the people around us and like to everybody around us not just the cross country team I mean I think the cross country team is truly something unique and I wish that like everybody could experience something like that just the inviting environment and the I mean you go through you go through everything with every like all the entire group so it's like you form a special kind of Friendship with them just going through everything like that so it's something that I hope everybody can experience [Applause] yeah I think the I just want to pigb of B's idea about um about like the seniors like my sophomore year seniors that were there made like a really good environment for me and like taught me how to be like a better leader and I think it's like cool like this year I was able to turn around and like um use that leadership skills and people younger than me and I think that was a big H and also hang out with these guys I mean these guys are going be my friends for life so it's just cool to see like the bonds we create and just how close we get throughout the season I think another thing when K was saying like we really pay attention to like how good we're doing that the goals kind of come with it and like just the B of the whole work and just the coaching staff that we have just puts us like makes us stick to like be accountable and just like stick to what we do each and every day so that's all I got to say we yeah all right well I guess I'll just say some of my highlights Seas uh I don't know just like I kind of think about every day as like just I like focus on the present not really the future so when it comes to my goals and stuff like on the state line I wasn't really like thinking about all the work I've done I just think about all like the present and I just run my race so uh what else oh really really fun times with this group uh the cool Downs if you don't know what the cool down is after the race we go on this run it's just super exciting it's like that's that's what I that's what I uh feed off of for my races so [Applause] thanks wow I would just say my favorite part like just with this team and everything is just like like in school like just like getting to look forward to go practice after each day and then just like being able to push myself with all these guys and just like just I mean everything about the sport and um [Applause] yeah all right we got at least one more seven for seven yeah let's go seven for seven okay uh this this year was kind of a big year for me um yeah um I I haven't always been like like the best guy or like the most committed guy but this this year I kind of turned it around and uh I was I was able to kind of experience for the first time like what the what the team like um uh included like uh uh I would always always like kind of practice early sometimes and like um or or skip once in a while uh on family M but um yeah uh this year uh I kind of just been able to see like being with these guys the Friendship the laughs um just like man I'm not a public speaker wow but uh yeah it's it's just been a great ride [Applause] well on behalf of uh the entire District um I'll let Mr rener speak on behalf of the board here in a second I just want to tell you that everywhere it it showed well in a lot of different ways so thanks for all you've done as a team this year uh on behalf of the board um like to Echo those sentiments um it obviously I was out and saw you guys compete quite a bit obviously uh watching my own daughter on the girls team um didn't always uh get the opportunity to be at the same events that you were at but uh um got to be in Portland with all of you and watch you compete on the national level and I think you guys should be super proud of your performance um the quality of those teams that were out there and the fact that you were still able to compete and finish seventh overall was fantastic um the conditions that day were rough and you fought through it and it's a experience I think you guys will always remember for the rest of your lifetime and the camaraderie that you guys spoke about here tonight is something that I think will be a lasting memory that you'll cherish for the rest of your lifetime so we're all very very proud of you and wish you all the best as you go forward and hopefully we'll see you again again here next [Applause] year all right athletes and parents I know how much you're looking forward to staying for the whole board meeting but you're not required to uh if the athletes and coaches would step out so that Mrs brownie could grab a picture of all of you uh this evening that would be great and then I'm sure there's studying to be done so you're welcome to stick around if you'd like to but you're also welcome to go thank you thank you all thank you than you congratulations thank you yeah they all brought one we got some pictures iot we had all right minutes okay um I need a motion for the Board of Education to approve the minutes of the November 20th 2023 business meeting the December 4th 2023 Workshop meeting with action item and the December 4th 2023 closed meeting so moved second Terry and Chris Terry and Chris thank you very much Terry pavich hi CHR Spinosa hi charell Fuller hi Tenny H far Caston I hen Dawson I and Don Runner I motion carries we have no slips for retion reception visit over to you Hank for your items number six all right uh this evening we have uh some of our administrators here Kelly zerner and Dr Karen Taylor here to present on uh chronic absentees and I think Scott has some parts of this as well uh who would you like for me to give the clicker to Gina Gina's also involved yeah's driving driving all right so thank you so tonight we are going to report as Dr th said on chronic absm which is one component in this some of the school report card presentation that we've been doing the last two meetings so tonight we're going to talk about chronic absenteeism we'll Define it and talk a little bit about what that means we will also share some information about our data dashboards as well as interventions and what we're doing to work on chronic absis so again I know we've defined chronic absenteeism before but as we talk about it want to think about the difference between treny and chronic absence so treny and and the definition is important for the state but also for our understanding as well so chronic absenteeism includes all absences regardless of whether it's excused or unexcused and even if it's a suspension and an in school suspension too um the only time that an absence wouldn't count if it was like a long-term situation where we were providing Educational Services but those are our rare circumstances whereas treny is taking into consideration unexcused absences so as we think about how the state of Illinois defines chronic absenteeism the state defines it as a student who misses 10% or more of the school days in a year with or without cost so even if uh the student goes to the doctor the parent calls the student in those mental health days may recall hearing about the state has allowed students to take mental health days those all count what would also count is if a student is unexcused so it's 10% of the year which is basically roughly 17 and a half days 17.6 days and partial days count so it accumulates it's not like it has to be 17 full days or 18 full days but rather it can be parts of a day that come together to Total a day so a chronically absent student is a student who's missed 10% or more of a school year with or without cost it also could mean a student who isn't with us for the entire school year for example let's say the student is only with us for 150 days then it would be 15 days so you may recall from I believe the first school report card presentation that I shared with you the schoolhouse picture that is new this year to the report card and this is an example from North High School and you can see that chronic absenteeism accounts for 10% of our rating of our summative designation remember we talked about some of the other areas like Ela proficiency and graduation rates and Science and so forth chronic absenteeism counts for 10% and you can see here that out of 10% our North High School rating was 4.96 and our South was 3.62 and again I share that so you can see how it fits in with the larger summative designation and with that I'm going to turn it over to Scott all right thank you um so as you recall from our last time Gina was presenting uh or I talked about the um five Labs um went through the cple last the path and our activities dashboard um and I kind of like kind of gave you a little teaser that we'd be sharing a little bit about attendance during this time so we have our attendance dashboard and just as a reminder on that that's something that we're we're we created the dashboards to go right to our staff to use um to generate um lists of students we have counts we could just keep a good close eye and monitor um you know on our progress and where we're at so um again the dashboard if you recall from the last time I used the words like a threshold so any threshold that we have on there is really filtering in the data so for example on the attendance dashboard it's looking at students that are chronically play apps and are failing one or more classes so we call that a threshold because it's combining those two pieces together and then generating a list of students and then that's where our team with uh being led by Karen and Kelly go into and work with our staff to just do you know the intervention and the work to try to um you know improve obviously that and if you recall we um our dashboards also are set up that you can filter by different things so we can look at um like say we could pick ninth grade look at our ninth grade students that are chronically absent and failing one or more classes so we have a lot of features in those dashboards that are really easy to use and give us student list and data um and then from an equity lens we can look at obviously race low income special ed you name it um we have it in there for the data to be able to sort through and look at that um so that's kind of the attendance dashboard our Deans are heavily using that um along with Karen and Kelly um and then um I think the next slide is our chronic absenteeism uh it's the 5-year Outlook um going back to 2019 um I believe you've seen this before but you can see from last year where we were at and then obviously um and obviously we've talked about you know the The Chronic absenteeism rate is obviously going up but I think what I'm proud of is that you know we're looking at those numbers but more importantly we're actually intervening with students and Karen and Kelly will describe uh the work that the team's doing with that so we're I'm proud of the different things and even since literally like last year and they I don't want to steal their uh information but just looking at numbers reacting to it and creating those interventions so um I'm proud of the team for that so and then the next slide gives the just the comparison to depage County Schools I think it just puts it in perspective of how District 99 uh is fairing with um looking at Chronic absenteeism which obviously District 99's in the blue uh bars the Orange is the depage county average um and then the red is the state average if you look to the far right is the fiveyear average so that does you know give us a trend of we're a little lower than obviously the state and uh the depage county school um but again the numbers you know they tell you where you're at but it's really the work that you know we're doing to intervene and try to affect that you know ultimately that number but really support our students so we really want wanted to um kind of shift our Focus to what are we doing how are we intervening how are we identifying students who need us and we wanted to start first by how um students are brought to our attention for support and I'm going to rest heavily on the fact that this year more than ever um I've really truly seen a team effort with our teachers with our CS our counselors our social workers our Deans all working together to try to support our students so some of the things that we do to identify students that who are having an increase in their attendance um is our teachers like notifying us um they can do it through multiple ways sometimes it's an email to the dean sometimes it's an alpha referral um sometimes it's sending out a Deans referral the Deans also send every single Monday morning they get the previous week's attendance um and it's all of their students on their case load that have had an absence so that they can comb through to see who has an unexcused absence so they each Dean has approximately 700 students on their case load they will pull all of the unexcused absences from the week prior we also have support in our attendance office which is something that we um implemented to help um where we pull all of their tardies as well you know if a student is tardy um to class they're missing out on some of their instructional time so we have um someone in our attendance office who pulls that data so that we can intervene early and often um we do use the five Labs I mean that is a wonderful tool that just helps to identify and make sure that there's no student who's left um not receiving our support so that's generally how they get identified and then we broke them into three different tiers which we're going to go into depth on what we do on those individual tiers but just kind of for frame of reference if you're looking at a tier one you're looking at students who are less than 10% absent of their school days 10 to 19% is tier two and anything over 20 20% would be your highest level that's a tier three um and then once we identify we're doing a lot of monitoring um just kind of piggybacking on Scott and what the work that we've done recognizing that it's something that is utmost concern so we are um addressing our students who need us our Deans last year at the end took a report of all of their case load and identified their top 20% of any student with who was absent and they made it um kind of a mission at the beginning of this year to just reach out proactively and check in on each individual student both North and South which was great um it's something that you know they had never done prior and we're trying to implement different kinds of resources and interventions so that students feel supported so Dr zerner was talking about the different tiers um and this model shows us a little more indepth uh how the tiers work so it it's based off of the multi-tiered systems of support that's a common model we use um when intervening with students out of our counsiling and student Support Services world uh so the tier one level really should be meeting the needs of 80 to 85% of our students uh and so the the focus there is on things that really are building a a climate a school climate and culture of belonging um and making sure that everyone understands the impact of their attendance on their learning and on the school culture um and that we're focused really on recognizing identifying and recognizing students who have good and improved attendance so that it's what's promoted as the norm in our school culture right um and then the tier 2 level intervention again that's students who have been absent between 10 and 19% of the possible student attendance days for any reason at all right excused or unexcused uh so in the first two weeks of school first 10 days of school a student who's been absent one day is considered chronically absent at that point in time they may only miss that day so by the end of the year they will no longer be chronically absent but um so it's it's important to recognize that that's a an organic number we're dealing with kind of fluid fluidly throughout the year MH um and so the tier two level though our Outreach and our interventions become more personalized that really should be meeting the needs of about 15% of our students and the goal there is to really re-engage them with a lot of connection and mentoring so that we can bring them back under that 10% uh and when students reach that top third tier our interventions become really truly individualized those are students who who um may need interventions via outside agencies or alternative education they may need um home visits they may need family level interventions things like that so tier one um so that's the one that we're hoping to catch most of our students at the tier one level so that we don't get to a tier two or three but we're looking at there this is just some of the interventions that we have in place and really this is where um I think our teachers are pivotal and all of the support that they've given us this year with um helping to contact families to show to demonstrate impact to their to their academics when they're missing out of school one other thing our teachers are doing and I want to give a little shout out to our security teams as well is they're in the moment emailing the security team soand so is missing from my class if you see her in the hallways or in the comons make sure she gets back to class bring her back um and so I it's really impressive and they're they're looking for them um and so I really appreciate teachers Reaching Out Security looking for kids getting them back te have the robo calls that just inform the families twice a day um if a student is missing one of their periods that we haven't had a call in yet from a parent or Guardian so that will call out around 11:30 and then the last one calls out around 5:00 P p.m.
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or in addition on another side now we just heard from the speaker that the original high school now was planned that they could put on a second addition I don't know if that's true um also um this would allow for the continued use of the field house we had two speakers I think that mentioned that that's an expensive Fieldhouse let's use it um I spoke against the architectural plan for the new high school as well as the plans contained at least one large Bank of inclusive restrooms um who directed the architect to label those restrooms as such I want to ask that question again I don't think the architect came up with that on his own who directed the architect to add the inclusive restrooms I would like to know this is not the values of this community and the School District employees and board need to be transp transparent about everything my computer does not allow me to read the details on those plans it's on the September um board meeting uh video or whatever um and if everybody else's computer does the same we are left in the dark as to what is said on those architectural plans we need to be able to know what's going on um while an absurd law passed the state of Illinois this year allowing public multi-stall bathrooms to be inclusive they allow it they do not mandate it so again the question is who is responsible for this inclusive restroom designation in the new high school plans if we do not protest against atrocities it implies consent I do not consent thank you so much we're going to move on to actually items first motion and second required to discuss and approve the consent agenda some second revenue and expenditure reports are included in your board packet revenues are currently at 39.5 57% compared to 37.485215 a year ago um the district received impa fees for November in the amount of $153,700 28 for 16 new home starts um no transition fees came in the bills payable reports for both Central and Northern cane are typical for the month of December um in this month there there are two Bond payments and One debt certificate payment totaling 1.9 97 um to The Amalgamated Bank of Chicago um next after this um report we will discuss the tax levy um and then the final um information the USDA has authorized a third round of of the supply chain assistant grants um we had we were successful of getting the first two we're going to apply for this third round um we will receive right now they're they're estimating $127,000 for $125 um and it's only going to be spent on um like unprocessed Foods so there's certain limitations of things we can use it on our Dairy and fresh fruit and stuff like that so um we're going to we're going to apply for this I just wanted to clar y something with Dana said a lot of stuff is said in these meetings and they go by pretty quick um she said we received x amount of dollars $153,000 for 16 home starts um we don't usually communicate with public comment or have a discussion with it but I did want to state that we have never seen a drop in homes in our district people are fleeing Illinois with every reason to but our district they do not flee from so we still have to teach these kids and um with open arm arms and gladly so we will continue doing so and we will continue growing most likely um as we joke we don't have crystal balls but you know we have to house the kids so um so I just wanted to point that out just to clarify that we are definitely still growing second largest growing Nation or District in the state so um yeah that's it um all right Fulk yes Hil yes Nolan yes papis yes vote Yes Gorman yes motion's carried next we need a motion and second to discuss and improve the tax levy so moved second um the board memo is included in your board packet we just had our public hearing right before this meeting um we heard our public comments um we reported out our fund balances and our cash balances um and then basically in your board packet is all the resolution olutions and the truth and Taxation certificates the tax levy sheets that will be signed after tonight's meeting um once this is approved and then we'll deliver them to the counties before the December 26 deadline any questions is there goingon to be a discussion about the tax levy if you'd like to yeah definitely well I understand inflation and taxes probably go up a little bit but are we running as lean as possible we made all Cuts where Cuts can be made we can always cut programs you can cut academics you can cut Staffing probably not uh we have class siiz lists that come out with the contractual things requirements by law for IEP students so from the Staffing perspective no we're already short short Subs short drivers short lunch workers uh So currently if you look at our operational budget we're actually not even fulfilling the requirements what we need uh because you cannot find workers out there and so there's a lot of jobs that are still open in our district um so to me we run very lean we run way leaner than most districts if you look at our expenditures uh for student spending you'll see we ran very very lean I believe it's in our um our academic program tonight where you'll see how much we spend for academics versus our neighboring districts uh we're well well underneath any of our neighboring districts in terms of our expenditures so I do not think we have anywhere to cut I think some of that uh some of the perspectives especially you know these are Mid Valley districts obviously for understandable reasons similar sized and you know ecademic focus and things like that so I think you know if we hear about you know Illinois spends XYZ you know you know what we spend is going to be different than you know District out in Galina and a district in Southern Illinois and so I think maybe looking at some of that comparison so we do have some frame of reference we've talked about that I've been five and a half years at this point on the board so certainly something that's talked about but especially the context of everything that we're asking for right and saying that we need as a district and to your point I think having that comparison even a visual again if it is in today Sarah was not in your head I don't know if there's something about ours in here today it's in the academic stuff for our spending though not not relative to other districts it's also relevant though we Geneva bavia St Charles we have that in there K yeah the same districts we always compare ourselves to we continue to compare ourselves to to see where we're running yep other questions I think we approve the budget last month right correct so in order to meet the budget that's what she based the tax levy off is the budget we approved last oneth so um which is a decrease it's a little late to go against the levy if we already passed the budget I think too so all right henil yes Nolan yes papis yes vote no Fulk yes Forman yes motion is carried now we need a motion and second to discuss and improve the overnight trip to the All State ilmea conference January 24th to the 27th of 2024 so moved second Mr padari is working his way up here to talk about the conference thank you I am here Mr JY could not be here tonight not feeling well so sent me to discuss this one and in front of you you should have the agenda for the ilaa All State future music educator seminar so for the end of January Mr Pedigo would like to bring one student and we would congratulate Sabrina chernikov for being selected as the 20124 future music educator seminar representative from Central High School she'd be one of 55 students in the state to go down to Peoria and over the weekend of the 24th to the 27th attends various sessions um learning more about being an educator in the future of music education as well as seeing some of the Statewide uh Allstate Jazz and composition concerts as well any questions for mrki is this those two going on their own yes just the two people yep last year we had three I think so just based off the number of students that first St in the state make it so sounds good thank you thank you noan yes papis yes vote Yes Fulk yes Hil yes Gorman yes motion is carried the next we need a motion second to discuss and approve the school calendar for the 2024 to 25 school year so moved second so last month we uh showed you both version one and version two of the 2425 calendar our recommendation was version two still continues to be version two uh we did take it into the what's up Wednesday conversation I heard from staff wasn't a whole lot out there a couple people you received an email from one of the staff members as well as I did so you saw her concerns and then there was just one teacher at the high school who was questioning finals beyond that no other major concerns there um um we did we do have the half days which are added in still you see there um the other big changes that we did we moved the um we actually added a kindergarten day at the beginning of the year so kindergarten will start one day later we talked about that last month that we're going to talk to the kindergarten teachers after talking to them we felt that based on what they're required to do some of those materials they just needed that extra data work for service providers to be able to do some of the materials they need to do to get prepared so they'll start one day late on August 22nd as compared to 1st through 12th grade on August 21st and we removed the trimesters that we originally put for elementary um in talking to Leslie who does our Skyward uh student information system we just aren quite ready to make sure that we can adjust everything we need to in the report cards report cards are still being worked on at the elementary school level to make sure they're all matching so we are keeping that and you'll see in the next calendar invite in the next theowing years uh for trimester we're going to pull that yet but we are going to pull it for next year uh so those two things have been one's been removed and kindergarten been added just for our kindergarten parents knowing that the anxiety that comes with kids starting kindergarten would the goal be then by the end of day six the 29th that we would that as close to as there like a final determination made by curriculum to say here is the date that final you know to the middle of the week might be a little more challenging you know might just be different by by the end of Friday they'll know for sure oh there there their day that's off on the 30th right so okay they're off they'll be putting all together so they'll know when they come back so by that Monday okay Y which is after so it's Tuesday after Labor Day then that they would Tuesday be starting classes with their teacher right correct other questions maybe pepis yes vote Yes Fulk yes Hil yes Nolan yes Gorman yes motion is carried next motion is second to discuss and approve the school calendar for the school year 2025 to 26 so move second so on this calendar it's basically corresponding dates uh back and forth so it's corresponds to what it was what you just approved the only difference is we did add the trimester um in there for our Elementary staff and hopes that we'll get those all the things we need to get done done um and then kindergarten still would start one day later just like it's anticipated for this school year for the same reasons but it is the later start as parents have requested I did have a couple people reach out we we said we can always change the calendar at any point up until the start of the school year even during the school year we've done that when we've had to for different reasons obviously Co related so I think just to be clear that if especially for our CA folks and our our staff obviously if something doesn't work out well we always have the flexibility so to re yeah to relook at that all right vote Yes Fulk yes Hil yes Nolan yes papis yep Forman yes motion is carried we're going to move on to information items um Mr Steve Nelson is here tonight to go over the high school design everybody give me a second to log everything on we go quickly as possible I can talk a little bit uh we've been working we had a recent steering committee meeting here a little over a week ago a couple of the board members were present for that we had an admin team meeting uh right prior to that as well there we go U working on the overall uh consensus plan that we had there we go so we're working through those right now honing in on allotment of space and location of programs and I was asked tonight to bring some conceptual renderings both of the exterior and interior uh limited interior spaces uh constructing the Revit model for all this takes quite a bit of time so we're in the process of doing that so we kind of targeted the entry area here we go and uh some CTE spaces and the outside I can play this a couple of times we're kind of we also flipped the building based on the new site location so it's like a mirror image of the rendering you would have seen before um we had some different material selections on the outside we've started to hone in on what those might look like we're walking around the back of the building that's the the multi-story educational Tower in the center um theater was on the side we just went around this is PE and Athletics on this side as well as um an athletic entrance this will take us right up and then drop us down into coming towards the front entry this would be the main entrance educational multistory on the left common area in the center these represent what the model is structured like right now U we're kind of looking at what the tones of the colors might be um these are not all wood panels these would be simulated wood panels um wood panels wouldn't be in the budget or as durable um here you're looking at different areas of that Commons area there are some little meeting room boxes on each end there's a large stair that takes you up to the second floor an open stair here uh those yellow boxes are where the library is located um here we're panning from the large area into the private restroom area you can see those are individual stalls like rooms they are not bathroom stalls it's just like if you had a separate room for your toilet in your house each individual stall um this is in the atrium uh that's Atrium you'll see up there these are various CTE spaces around the perimeter and then here we pop up to the library we made that wall translucent so you can kind of see what's in that space but there's some meeting small meeting boxes there and then there's Windows to one corner uh library was some you know a little bit higher ceiling and some uh daylighting and and LED lighting um I couldn't get to time to talk to the librarian as to what books to put on the Shelf but we'll get to that um at some point um but this is where where we're sitting right now and we're playing around with the with the plan a little bit I'll I'll play it all again one more time and continue talking um so here's theater uh athletic space on the left main entry and core here as we're coming around then Arts Music Theater on this end of the building uh this back end here is where you find Fine Arts and and band Coral rooms um and then PE lock rooms and stuff are going to be around the back side on the right here and the Fieldhouse is on um this corner main gym is in by those uh in closer to the academic building again still basically a La Cross program we did have kind of orange shown on the outside here initially in in the concept we've moved that more to a wood tone panel it's a metal panel still um some will be insulated some will not and again that's Library up to the left as we kind of look around um to this direction main entrance there the entry is behind us so cafeteria is underneath that Library so we'd be kind of standing on the cafeteria would be behind us right now as far as the kitchen sery area just back where those stud students are where they be lined up for survery that area will seat up to 750 kids in that in that common area it's open on this end uh between that and the this Atrium space so we've shown various seating in here that could be overflow for uh lunch periods as well as group seating we would anticipate some soft seating being in here too but we kind of popped in some of the things we've already modeled and then again we're back up in the library we're trying to pick tones that are both Central colors but also what we' call biophilic colors that there's a lot of schools uh that have moved more towards natural tone colors not so many primaries and brights and Neons um they're a little more agitating long term is what the studies are showing so more greens and Browns and blues and and muted tones instead of really bright neon type stuff so with that I'd be happy to answer any questions these are conceptual they will look somewhat different by the time we get not only through uh to the building of course but uh right now schedule wise we'll be working from now until gosh I think when we enter February is through what we call Design development that's when we will be going through in more detail looking at Material selections both based on durability and budget um and we're already be already have decided mostly what structure we're looking at but the pricing we're looking at some options for a couple different pieces uh pre-cast versus steel in certain areas what's going to be less expensive or be able to be erected in a faster time frame that would save money as well so that's part of what shales mcnut their analysis will be doing um civil engineering and structure will be working more towards construction based drawing so that you are prepared to hit the ground running should the referendum pass and we'll we'll continue our work uh as you go past that referendum date but we'll be doing design development through early March end of February and uh we we also had a recent round right before Thanksgiving I was for uh Department chairs again we Revisited with all the department chairs for all the spaces and have a pretty good feel on you know needs for materials and case work and space so that's what we're kind of trying to all hone in on right now and pull out down so these are conc ceptual but they are based on the actual model of the building and as we go through we'll refine that and these will become even a little more photorealistic than what you see right now so questions from anybody I believe we should have separate male and female restrooms instead of the tell me what you want so the trend is the trend is uh private restrooms and they have lower discipline issues and I think legislation is also headed that direction so um it may not be mandated yet but I think their Dei is going to definitely end up in that direction so I'd hate to put a building up and three years later have to renovate all your restrooms but so one thing we had talked about in the in one of the meetings in the library was the fact that there were some white sheets on other districts that have done this and kind of the feedback so that would be good information for us to have I think at this level um and asked that particular organization that we've partnered with to send that to me so hopefully we'll have that in the next week or so yeah they did they did write a national white paper on it so other questions right now I think to clarify too we talked about this in one of them too you know there are every restroom is not that right showing that mixture yes right but I mean in the I think was by the theater there was definitely you know gendered restrooms with some you know single single restrooms like we have in and out between and the academic core as well should go up the levels right now okay correct that's correct I have this on a jump drive for you use the largest file that's the one I showed tonight there two smaller ones that tested other questions there's just a lot of Educators that had input on this to make sure that we did it right so it you know absolutely as you know 30 plus people on the steering committee right and our next steering committee meeting is I believe January 30th correct and our admin meeting is January 11th I believe so next go around and we'll keep moving forward uh just so you know relative to the site we're environmental is underway surveying a topo is underway we be should have that in our hands by the end of this week and so borings throughout for solicitation as well uh both for the site as well as the building footprint so we can get a makeup for bearing capacity as well as site amenities so plus we have a meeting with Kan County we do on the eth sometime in the morning of the eth yes they'll let us know what time otherwise I think we're good thank you thanks very much of change like it's it's similar similar but it's a little tweaked update director PO is here again I get to follow another exciting presentation with my presentation so thank you Mandy happy to help um so the big project we got going obviously is the high school edition um we got all the concrete done weathers knock on wood cooperating very well now as you can see we're getting masonry up um the goal is to get that thing under roof as quick as possible so when the snow actually does fly because I'm sure it will um we can keep working through the winter so we're pretty much right back on schedule with the weather that's cooperated and you know everything's going well there um we're working I've been working with Dr Mangin and Dana on uh capital projects and kind of putting that plan together updating our capital projects to make sure like I said last month to make sure we're addressing other building needs we're not singly focused we're making sure every building's getting what they need to make sure you know our our buildings are kept up with um over winter break we have a couple of just no major undertakings we're going to do a small remodeling project at Lily Lake um continue on with our district office renovation and have an electrical project going on at at the high school um generators um generators we're still working on um bid docs and schedule um they pushed back all of the generators till February of 24 now except for Lily Lakes Lily Lakes will be receiving here soon um so we'll just store that on site but I think the way we're going to have to bid this project we're going to have to put it together as a whole so I'm still working with ches mcnut on if we if it's wise to break that out to try to get some of that done now or just kind of push it back so we're working through those details that's all I got any questions thank you thank you thanks our next curriculum director Shane Berk Stephen books is uh will present the student achievement data Steph's gonna get us connected here quickly it's working a little SLO this evening St yeah it's cold it's cold that's it the first day of cold we've had in a while uh Stephen books and I are going to run through our district data this is our 2223 School data and achievement um before we go ahead and begin we're going to uh talk through our Summit of designation so these indicators were very similar to last year the numbers and where our um buildings fall those adjust based on the performance of the students that are in the buildings but these summited designations are exactly the same as they were last year noting in elementary 50% of our summited designation coming out of growth so heavy emphasis on how our students are growing over time in ela and math and then you'll see that heavy emphasis also in the graduation rate that's coming alive in the uh the high school Range so calculation this is where schools had fallen out this past year all seven of our buildings have come out in that top tier either commendable or exemplary so the exemplary statuses for CMS and CT this following year those are um 10 top % of our our schools in the entire state so really really exceptional we've uh Esther and I were able to go out and celebrate the staff and each of those buildings on the work that they're doing so again based on that the metrics that they have um set forward and the indicators this is where our students are falling out and great job overall across the district so we're going to dig in a little bit more before we do that want to talk a little bit about enrollment and demographics across the district so you can see here our total enr is just under 5,000 students um when you look across that grid you'll see where our neighboring uh our districts are that we can pay ourselves to we are right below Geneva and bavia St Charles is is much larger than us but they're losing population and we're continuously growing so you can see just an enrollment alone where we're falling out and we're continuing to grow you take down that far column you'll see where our population is looking at what is our student body make up currently so 60% of our students are are falling in that white category you'll see across the bottom there that we're top of the tier across those neighboring districts our asan population is the top across all all of those other districts in the area our Hispanic population is continuously growing we're the top there um our eel seel and one of the things that we're really really really important on is that we have the lowest bid in our chronic absenteeism so we have our students here when we look at that comparison across we have our students inhouse here as much as we possibly can we want to continue to reduce that level and then we have the lowest dropout rate when we're looking at the comparison so this just some Global um information as we dig into how our students are performing but it tells you what our demographics are across and who we're comparing ourselves to and so just on a side note understanding we are the most diverse District like we put it in just blank terms when we're comparing all those districts together that's really what it breaks down to so we'll begin here with our I cohart data so what we're looking at so third through e8th grade students will be taking our Ira no I a um and this particular one is looking at our Ela scores and so in this graphic we wanted to do a comparison how are students performing over time what is our cohort of groups of students how are they how are they moving that needle we kept that 2019 you see where they were entering in we know we had the closures we know know we had that um the event that occurred Co did happen and now we're still in that recovery um this particular last column on the far right we wanted to hone in on what are how are our students performing and what are what's that change Factor looking like so when you look at 22 to 23 across the board how are those cohorts of students they're showing positive gains in our Ela now are we to where we want to get to in some of those grades no we still have work ahead of us but we are closing that Gap we are working at new curriculum um implementation looking at our data what is it telling us and we're making those adjustments some two things to really highlight there when I look at our our fourth grade to fifth grade which is our current sixth grade students you see that heavy increase um again our seventh to e8th grade which is our current ninth grade students you see 18.5% increase so that change Factor over time in one year telling us we're closing that Gap here's our math um again our cow data of I it's not where we would anticipate it to be we know there's some some work to do um you know we can see again that column 2019 all the way across the 2023 you see we're still not there there still is work to do um last year we brought in Sp spring math which is an intervention we did it classwide now it's got some um components that we can do individualized intervention within that program but that was brand new this past year so we're still refining and still fine-tuning those pieces um you can see from 22 to 23 we did have two grade levels that that cohort over time showed some increase um so fourth to fifth our current sixth grade had shown some increase 1.7% and again then we see our sixth to sth which is our current eighth grade population of 6 increase um still some heavy area of increase that we've got to dig in a little bit more um and study to figure out what do we need to do how do we support those students do we see any trending in um grades let's say so in math right if we're looking at these percentages do I'm sure obviously we track that y I don't know about this level though third fourth and fifth right do we see grading shifts if the cohort is having more difficulty do we see kids getting bees versus like is there a shift in average grades to match some of these numbers challenge ahead of us and that's why we've engaged in the the report card work is what does that grade really mean from one person to the next person or grade levels to grade levels or building to building there's some inconsistencies it's really about refining what is that metric that's going into that grade and is that aligned to what we're expecting our students to be able to do on these State assessments this past year we we went back to took a risk um and went back to quarterly meetings where we would have um grade level staff on our Sac teams out of the classroom to work on curriculum and assessment development we didn't have that until before way back in before Co because of subbing challenges and things that were ahead of us so we went back to that this particular case we've had an opportunity to dig in to say what does it look like from an instructional lens how are you addressing if we know we have to do modeling and reasoning what does that look like in a classroom what are you doing on a day in and day out basis how are our assessments written so we're monitoring are they at that same level of expectation what is in front of them or what they're expected to do on I so there's much work to do there's much work to do with the inconsistencies across the board but people you know we've had some success already and been able to go back to having having those quarterly meetings so the hope is the anticipation is that we'll continue to see the fruit of that labor seems the largest risk is going to be at the grade school level when you have four or five yes teachers and you g to have we know there's gonna be differences and Inc capacity to teach certain types of skill sets and so on those differences and then building to building then we had them get to sixth grade and you might have had a different band of kids who have this strength and and then this band of kids from a different grade school maybe doesn't have that so that to me is going to be really important is how we're getting our age level if somebody on the team is struggling with something are we supporting each other at the at the grade levels because they have some autonomy there I think there there's two challenges here so if you take the third grade group 2022 um 2021 you try to back map them you can see they're in kindergarten first grade which is your foundational skills that they're all receiving and so try to pick up and close some of the gaps and Foundation causes a problem you're going to see the same thing come alive in the high school math uh they missed all of eighth grade and nth grade so they missed their pre-algebraic skills they missed their algebraic skills and they had to go on to continue and so we're seeing a little bit of dip across all schools we're seeing those kinds of dips just how severe dips and what kind of growth are we seeing as we're coming across there so that that's a challenge as we're watching those kids come through which we know our teachers are doing a great job of threading in um different skill sets they know they're missing to try to thre that has continue to move them in that progression but it's a it's a challenging piece that we have um alongside this we have a growing change in demographics which means different needs in our district as well so as you're trying to marry that against some of the demographic shifts that of the different um challenges that are coming in with those types of moves really just does challenge The District in terms of different ways and our staff inside the buildings U Behavior which you'll see come alive Behavior has increased in all districts across state of Illinois across um and so we're looking at student Behavior it's also trying to figure out how do we manage those instead of our classroom and help our teachers be able to do that so all of those elements are are impacting some of these things that we're seeing here not that that's an excuse we just have to figure out how to manage that and how to to kind of continue to keep moving well it's it's about pulling people those key people together to have that opportunity to talk about it so this year um in fact this fall we started doing uh articulation meetings across all all element and then also um weaving into our middle school so that we provide that opportunity like what you were talking about Dr noan is giving them that time to talk through what does that look like so if this is what it looks like in my classroom how are you approaching it and how are we working collectively together if you have a strength area let me learn from you and vice versa so staff have embraced it with open arms it's been great feedback at the building level and then it's just about circling back so what are we finding and then what are we doing about it to support our students and to answer your question about grades the challenge is this in 2020 teachers were told to not grade anything everybody gets an A in 2021 we came back and you had to watch grades again because the state mandated that all kids must pass and so we got into a into a pattern of um overemphasizing grades and so now we have to reset and get grades in line do grades match our score trends no we definitely have a disconnect between grades and score Trends so a parent that might see their student getting A's may not necessarily be meeting they might be approaching and so we have to get that back in line but part of that is just where we've been and where we're going and trying to get that back and reset and having those conversations and it's about progression so these assessments are built off of Standards end ofe standards and where the growth is and markers at that particular time so when we're reporting that information out to our families on those subset of time whether it's quarters or whether it's trimesters it's an accurate dep of where that student is on that particular time knowing the goal is there that's what has to happen to have that realignment and reset okay so now we'll dig in a little bit more so I meets and exceeds categories and then we did a comparison across um our different districts in the county that we compare ourselves to this particular grid is the the color coding is what's power so if you see the salmon they're performing lower than we are if you see it green they're performing greater than we are this particular time and then if it's white it's the same as us so again overall when you're looking at where we're performing and compared to our our surrounding districts we're doing pretty well when it comes to that is there areas of growth absolutely we know we're right in line and right behind St Charles at 61.4 we're coming in at 59 and we'll be there soon enough so it's just about how do we readjust restructure refine and have that uh you know fruit of our labor come forward in that um Ouran population is outperforming every District in our neighboring area same with our um multi-racial our IEP students 18.5 so great success um in meeting those markers at this particular time our low SS students again 44.6 highest in the surrounding parison districts math there's a little more work to do um as you can see in the previous slides it's definitely an area that we are continuingly to refine and study and find out what what do we do different and how do we continue to expand um you'll see our overall is 42.7% not where we want it to be but we know we've got to get there and we know that Co did happen as Esther had mentioned earlier that foundational component whether you hit um or missed out of those algebra uh Readiness skills in eighth grade or you are a kindergarten student just entering that did affect you and those foundational skills are going to take some time to close it's the accelerated approach how do we close that without going back do we fill that bucket in that same time and keep them at grade level expectations um you can see some real highlights there our low SCS at 29.4 again just below our St Charles um some of our other populations again our Hispanic population 31.1 just below our St Charles so we're continuing to refine we've got some work to do but definitely um roll up our sleeves and getting into it this um is our percentile so where do we see um year to year over time what does that look like and how are we performing and closing those gaps kind of similar to what that first slide was where you could see that change Factor over time how are they performing there's nobody in the surrounding area that is outperforming us at this particular time in the growth percentile so really some success there to highlight again we want to continue to push that needle not where we want to end but we're well on that way and continue to refine that um math you'll see just below some of the uh surrounding areas on our 50 53.0 and our overall we know our subpopulations we still need to continue to refine what popped out here for me was our Asian population we're at 56.9 so it's higher than where our overall is um but lower than the state so definitely an area that we Contin continuously need to refine and figure out what it is um and how do we continue to enhance that our IEP students came out top across the surrounding area our El population again 57.5 so you see some some areas of of strength and things to celebrate and also some areas that we continu continuously need to refine so as we move to the high school sat our Juniors take that class or that assessment and we got to think back to these are eighth graders in 201920 school year so as the progression has occurred this is this is our Ela subject area that's going to roll out you can see we are not um near where we want to be um we're kind of in the middle because every population within a school is a little different and so as you start going down uh the left hand side you can see um some of the areas of of that we're doing okay you know yes the S SE area we're we're doing really well but we really have to Target some of those things where we're being successful and move those practices to the other classroom to make sure that we're going to be able to progress through um With A Little Bit Stronger performance um some of these things are built on those key foundational skills that are set forward you know or beh or from the foundation and then moving forward and it is a time that it takes to have that happen we cannot ma wave a magic wand which is going to somehow gift our students because as this level of learning is occurring with a national test like this it is comparing everybody and it takes our students time just like everyone else and I think what's a better picture of what's going on is actually this slide so this is our SAT proficiency change District comparison for ELA and if you look at this you'll start to see in uh 2019 okay we're at a 50.2 you'll see that we do dip okay so we're going down but then you start seeing in 2023 we already are starting to come back now are we back to where we want to be no we're still we're still behind but then you can start to see the change comparison so 19 to 22 there's a negative4 that change that I'm talking about is 22 to 23 it's a0 6 positive at least we're going in the right direction which the overall change when you're comparing that uh 19 to 23 that's where the negative 3.8 is coming from but now as you look at that and you compare every other District so on the bottom one change from 19 to 23 when you look at the negative uh 3.8 there's only two districts out there that have beat us on that okay and and you start looking at you know the school that we keep talking about that we're trying to challenge you can see their dip in ela is almost twice in one situation so we are not an anomaly but we still aren't satisfied with where we want to be and where we need to go as we move into the math you'll see we are not doing as well here comparatively to our Ela you can look at our populations here and yes our Asian students are at 68% okay which is is phenomenal but we have to figure out how do we address the needs of all subpopulations to be able to find out what is happening why is why is this group getting material retaining material and performing with that material versus another po ation and so uh we've got multiple things going on in math and as it was shared before you know our foundational skills uh just talk about algebra alone like that skill and being able to master that skill is critical it's it's not even an option it is critical to the movement of math moving forward no matter where you go so when we move forward and our students are going through that progression how much time are we now reteaching and taking time to do that which then sets us up for when that junior level academic assessment's going to happen what has been missed what haven't we been able to get to yet and maybe we're still doing quality education but the spot where that student is now compared to where they were three four five years ago is a different step and and we have to recognize that and know that um we can't accept it as that's what we want to be but how do we continue to move forward with our students that we have and continue to close that gap down uh when we move to the comparison you'll see here we had 50.2 in 2019 we dropped to 39.3 in 2023 that's a big anomaly that that's I'm not gonna hide that I mean we have to recognize the fact of that negative 133% change okay and that we need to find out what's going on there okay now yeah that bottom row shows us that we're not as bad as everybody but at the same time for us that's a a pinpoint Focus that we need to find out what is going on to assist our students in being more successful as we move forward you know what what are those skills that are causing that to happen because we all know Ela and math we're going to use the rest of our lives daily to be successful so um any questions on those two areas this is the slide that sorry I'm gonna keep talking this is the slide that I was uh kind of hinted about earlier this is comparing our actual cost in three different categories so School spending per student instructional spending per student and operational spending per student and you can see us Central at the top and then Geneva St Charles bavia can State going going down and you can see that across the board when it comes to the earlier question on on how lean are we the fiscal responsibility that we're taking we're doing the best we can but um there's not a lot of whle room on being able to remove without it impacting what we're able to do something would uh happen so on this side of it you can just directly see the numbers and the values sorry I didn't speak up fast enough with the last slide um we're talking a six-year progression with Ela to catch up to where we were and math I mean it's definitely six years too um that drop is obviously super concerning and um just so the rest of the board knows I had a little brief discussion with curcular director director books and Matt is one of my concerns just because my kids actually in high school um they need to figure out what they're doing which is what I talk to them about um one of my main concerns is that there's no math book so hopefully you know we can find one finally um but this is nuts and the other thing I just wanted to bring up too um it's on his list to do is to look at the co is to delve in more on this both Ela and math Math's a little easier I think but to look at the strands in high school and how the kids are performing within those strands um to look at that progression throughout the years so and the one thing that we also talked about is the math one two three rollout if I just want to remind people that we are this year in the first roll out of math 3 so that backwards approach of three years ago was math one then it was math two now it's math three there is a curricular change occurring in math I'm not trying to like sure like say excuses but we're also we had the discuss discussion on like what's working what do we have to adjust are we continuing to adjust meaning math one the first time what what did we change and adjust the second time it happened what adjustments are we making the same thing has to happen to math two currently math three um all of those things we have to continue to make sure that that new integrated math approach of one two three will be successful with our students um so I just want to be honest on that I also want to point out obviously we're going anytime you have a new program or you a new implementation implementation this court is a group that missed PR algebra missed algebra one and we and we implemented a new process in mathematics if you just look at change 2223 every single District lost there there is no because every single District had the same type of students coming through this process of what was going on I honestly thought we would Faire better right because we were one of the only schools that returned yeah in person consistently yeah and so that that of course is a concern and it's just figuring out what what's going on and how do we how do we get here but also alongside this with these kids we also have a new math curriculum Elementary we're bringing through so some of these kids in fifth grade start a new math curriculum math and focus and then rolled into middle school and so we have multiple things that happen to this one cohort in our district that has an impact that's why I think it'll be interesting to go backwards to see what happened in terms of mathematics and why we're here I I this is an anomally group I hope um but it's not good for sure no and then we should have thought about that too knowing that these kids already went through that in fifth grade so that's a shame on us moment really and to speak to the man piece I know um Stephen and I did have a math sack team so the Bing of resources will go through that process process so that was just a few months ago so we'll continue that process has begun so that we can ensure that there's there's resources and materials when the students exit the doors of the classroom yes that teacher is their is their contact but when they go home what are the resources that are at their fingertips to help support them so what are those layers of support that are embedded um that process of betting that out has been done or and it shouldn't say been done is in the process um I do also want to note to Elementary we're five of six of our math and focus so we will be beginning that process and it's it's going to be something where we really have to lift the hood on the car and take a deep dive because the program that we're utilizing is very much conceptual based and that that's been somewhat of a struggle I know we've brought in some multiple things we've done some coaching we've been very explicit with standards and understanding those but that comes with some other comp components that we just need to kind of dig dig some more into and look the hood of the car and figure out what EXA be the best approach moving forward and and just one other note during that sack meeting one thing one thing that came out is um to me a sign of how our teachers believe in what they do the power of what they believe um it takes a progression for us to get a textbook we all understand that and they immediately were like but we're not going to wait anytime a student or a parent has a question you know their philosophy right now in the math department as a whole was reach out you know we're we're going to take the time and effort to help each student you know whether that's during our our our time that's built in during the school day or before or after um they were very clear like they know their expectation on being able to assist every child especially and that was math that one um to help them so this is not like we need to wait and I don't want that vibe to be out there that we are because of a missing textbook we're waiting we're not waiting we're we're still going to support kids now dayto day um and the math department uh that was that's that's them vocalizing so I just want to share that side from the Department itself like our teachers understand um especially at the high school level some of those content areas that are harder I mean I can admit myself you know some of those higher math skill courses you sometimes if you're not using it maybe you lose your Calculus skills like it it just it goes away a little bit that's an honest truth so they openly shared the fact of like when those situations come up that a student has questions specifically to math encourage the student to reach out you know a parent to reach out because they're there to assist I think conceptually that's great but I just like parents kids are busier now than more than ever so I mean agree you know yes we have AA at the end of beginning of the school day end of the school day but what percentage actually seeks that out you know it's it's as an adult that's a great thing to say and do but realistically you know I don't know the answer it's rhetorical that how many kids actually do that so you know how many kids want to spend more time on math when they just spent their 45 minute period and they're expecting to learn what they needed and oh crap I forgot to write down a note that's going to make or break my homework that night or I don't even know what to ask yeah exactly I have nothing to compare my notes to to make sure they're right so okay any other questions for us all right thank you thank you guys thank you thank you all right next on the agenda is the enrollment report so I just have it here kind of informational any questions you have for it all right thanks for highlighting that um on to for you so the for request we have is from uh Miss Casey she was asking for us to provide her with our lit curriculum uh that we use across our District kindergarten through third grade um and so we basically responded that hmh into reading is our curriculum uh that we utilize we're not adding any other programs for literacy that is our current program um and that's where we're Landing to fiveyear term that we've signed on for Ender reading so uh We've began that March of 2022 so we'll continue for five years through 2027 that concludes the meeting tonight we're uh need a motion second to adjourn Open Session and move to close session moved second Fulk yes Hil yes Nolan yes papis yes vote Yes Gorman yes motion is Cle thank you
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000 we're requesting a 7.9% increase um which is over 5% we anticipate receiving 7.2% which allows us to all new construction and then our school tax rate will be going from 650 to $624 which is a 26 decrease in theh rate so that's that's all the information any questions for move on first is Jean Meer concerned Citizen and are you stating no to the tax increase Illinois has the second highest property taxes in the country this is not higher by a few1 but by thousands of dollars this causes along with corrupt politics such as being soft on crime to make Illinois be the number one state for people leaving each year clarifying that more people leave Illinois to live in another state than any other state in this Union housing sales have fallen to a 10year low unlike the majority of the people in this room will our graduating classes have a chance to experience the Bounty this country has given to all people of any culture of any skin color that are willing to come here and work hard will our students be able to purchase homes like we have um like this generation like you guys selling or we are we selling them out with high property taxes that will put home ownership Out Of Reach for them those retired on fixed income struggle to keep their homes sure they can do a property tax freeze but is it moral to tax away what they worked hard to purchase and want to pass on as an inheritance where can citizens see and then have explained our school budgets have we really taken a good hard look at what items can be cut um start with the recently passed public relations firm obviously hired to help the taxpayers understand that we need to spend more money cut ad positions has the public really been given a timetable of selling the extra properties that we now own or the reality of selling off many of the excess Acres that were in the process of time um perhaps we should stick to education and not real estate we need to hear real discussion about this not just reassurances before I can that there is no correlation on the money spent per student and AC success and that's what school should be about is academic success Illinois spends $24,000 per student with dismal results the 2023 elois assessment of Readiness scores in math show just 42.7% of Central District 301 students me met or exceeded the standards yes compared to elois as a whole in which 27.1% of the students met are exceeded standards 42.7% seems high but 42.7% is less than half the students our rate of expenditure per student and property tax rates are not sustainable rigorous academics does not require Taj mahals bells and whistles it requires teachers hired and retained by Merit and hard work on the part of all something when you can't buy please vote to tax INE thank you the comments J good evening thank for speak it's kind of hard to comment on something after the fact because I think it's already going to be out there the next election in April March but um just want to State my comments and then we'll see what happens after so I was surprised at the last uh meeting to hear that the district is pretty for to another they're re for $195 million did some research on the K County site and looked at the referendums in K County there's only been six that been proposed for $100 million if the $195 million increase is approved it'll be the highest ever in K County back in 2019 um barington TR for $195 million fail the following year they reduced it $147 million and it did pass however if you look at bar District 220 you know it's much larger District district uh their estimated tax L for 20204 is $158 million versus I think 55 million for Central you know it's three times larger so obviously they can support more than that granted you know we have probably population generate more commercial tax revenue but the voters there didn't even want $195 million tax increase District 31 on the other hand the very limited commercial tax base places all the burden on the tax payers and homeowners and renters we're going to eventually end up paying for it as well as a taxpayer it' be nice to know how did the district come up with $195 million what is the breakdown for the buildings the field houses the stadium and so on is this information published in so that we could see it and finally you know what is the bottom line the cost per 100,000k assess property value what does come down to Dollars and cents there kind of theous why the district didn't put forth more reasonable referendum what around with 50 to $60 million you know phase approach of phase one we do something and then addal phases going forward um which shows some fiscal responsibility not bur tax all at once you know in the past you know we purchased some land Ro that was going to be for the new high school back in 2008 and none of you hear when those decisions were made so we come to find out it's not a viable site so the district back then paid 5 million for 100 plus acres we paid and now it's worth much less you know I've heard that property was sold to the district from a previous board member I don't know if that's true or not or if it was disclosed but seems like kind ofli the interest that that happened at that time in 2016 the district persuaded the voters to vote for a Fieldhouse $22 million this past now the field house being only 5 6 years old and become what the field house for the Middle School how many middle schools have in a BL at $22 million field taxpayers wouldn't vote for that today and finally um building we're building we want to build a new high school before the new addition is complete utilized so are we actually all this space and are we at an overcrowded situation you know enrollment keeps increasing but is it really pushing us to $195 million I'm in favor of Great Schools and supporting Community I will not vote for this proposed $195 million referendum I hope other concerned citizens will do likewise I'd be interested in hearing the board board's position on why $195 billion referendum is the best option [Applause] all right that's all we have for this meeting we need motion second oh wait there's a woman you want to talk in this meeting or the next one we have our regular schedule meeting at 6 it's regarding the taxes we can listen to it call does anybody else have any green cheets thank you hi this is Virginia kind of come out of the wood for this um I'm not usually I don't have kids in the district so I'm just one of those people that owns you know some little bit of acreage keep my horses there and stuff like that enjoy the farm community um there was a few things um I wanted to bring up I happen to look at the real estate contract and we've been told that um the board wants to purchase 160 Acres but yet there's four Parcels that total 307 so I didn't know what that was or if maybe I'm misten I read um the current building also the current High School from what I've been told um was in the intention of that was um it was purposely built so you could put a couple more stories on that building um that they seem to have some foresight uh for growth um and there were a couple things I I was I've listened to like the last three board meetings um kind of all in a ro but um one it was kind of interesting a comment one of the board members said about how or maybe it wasn't a board member um someone uh mentioned that they were out um other high schools to see what they had or whatever and they they went to nutrier I guess or WETA and they were talking about how they have like this $10 million a month budget but um that they they made the comment that they had more money than God and they had this great high school and I thought well gee it's kind of interesting because here we are people with modest incomes and a lot of people are working paycheck paycheck and you know are struggling homes especially at this point in time and here we are spending 195 million doar on a brand new high school that's going to be you know State ofthe art whistles and everything else so I don't know I it just kind of escapes me that you know and especially for Burlington Township being a farming Township and most of the people that I know of are are basically retired elderly people that have lived here all their lives and a lot of them are are struggling to stay in their homes even though they're paid for because the taxes are getting out hand them so I I'm just here um also oh there was a thing about the population um with the kids that how if things might be crowded now in certain areas of the schools but that um there you know as Jean pointed out um there is a decline in population and along with um kind of what they're teaching in the schools a lot of parents have told their kids out of public schools so that's another I guess point or question I have as far as all that goes and um just something I wanted to bring up and um I'm definitely voting no for this and I'm going to let everybody I know about that so thank you very much for your time now go Motion second to return second uh Fulk yes Hil yes Nolan yes papis yes V yes Forman yes motion is car around regular meeting another minut so
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right to it can okay we start the meeting with a Pledge of Allegiance please pledge of aliance United well good evening and welcome to the regular December meeting of the Green Castle School Board first item on the agenda is adjustments to the agenda Mr Gib yep there are no adjustments to the agenda this month okay um next item is public comments regarding agenda items do we have anyone that would like to make a comment on an agenda item tonight okay hearing none next item on the agenda is recognitions Mr giy Mr R I get to present two dear medow students uh one that could not be with us uh last month so our October student month and then our November student month so if I could have Addie and Cas come on up here right our first one right our October student of the month is Addie Moses uh Mrs wles class second grade and Addie here U Mrs wle writes Addie has helped a new student get adjusted to our classroom she makes sure the student understands directions and models our classroom expectations Addie is patient kind always willing to help she has been the reason the new student has adjusted so smoothly to a new school and a new teacher Addie was also nominated by multiple staff members so Addie Moses our October student of the [Applause] month case Crowder in Mrs herstein class is a first grader and he is our November student of the month and his nomination reads case is a very hardworking student he has such enthusiasm for learning he's a great role model for for others he's always kind to others and is a good friend he is a joy to have a dear Meadow case [Applause] Crowder and we have the backdrop uh set up for pictures good evening I have Miss Stevie niece here with me she's a kindergartener at ridpath and she was nominated um by Miss schlau but also by her peers which I thought was really neat so um her nomination reads over the past month students in Miss schlatter's class have said I think Stevie deserves to be student of the month and we couldn't agree more she's a great friend to everyone she's so kind and willing to help and share every chance she can Stevie is a hard worker and shows a great love of learning she's a great role model to her peers so congratulations to [Applause] Stevie so our TZ student of the month is Easton Patterson Easton is a fifth grader in Mrs Fowler's class and she wrote he's a very kind and hardworking student and a positive peer role model for his classmates he is always the first to volunteer to help adults and students I can always count on him to be patient and helpful in group collaborations it's been a pleasure to have him in class and he was a un vote from the administration and the office ladies are also very impr [Applause] with right we have Dalton m with us today and his teachers said these kind words about him he is one of the most polite kind and helpful students I've ever had in class he greets me daily says please thank you and is always respectful he always offers to help when he needs when he sees that there's something that needs to be done and he is always honest regardless of if it gets him in trouble or not so he's always telling the truth no matter what so we are going to miss him you're going to be getting a great student next year so [Applause] congratulations our student of the month it's a new student you may not know him his name is Braden bore he's a junior uh came to us in the middle of the semester this year uh our character Ed trait was citizenship and he was walking home one day and then saw a teacher working in her yard raking leaves asked if she needed help so he did that was even mentioned he did it for free and then he came back the next day and ra the entire yard so Bren bore you may not know him again only been here a couple months um but he'll be full-time with us next year thanks [Applause] thanks okay next item on the agenda is approval of the consent agenda which consist of meeting minutes from a regular meeting of November 20th the allowance of claims of financial report and Personnel reports part one and two y so Mrs RoR isn't with us uh this evening um so I'll review financial information with you uh excuse me but inside in your board packet you can see um we have a couple of uh couple of payrolls included um those amounts listed as well as our claims does anybody have any questions on any of our claims they're all relatively straight forward nothing nothing out of ordinary there those are included uh going to the fund report you can see the end in balance for the education fund 3,464 25946 Debt Service fund uh 00874 obviously that negative will turn into a positive because we know they we're going to receive our tax uh settlements this month uh retirement Severance bond fund $164,999 um operations fund $416 excuse me 03 um rainy day 2,173 24 46 and if you look at the very very bottom of your fund report you can see 7,284 28931 C then if you look at the bank fund balance uh balance report and you can see that those dollar dollar bance match the very next page is our fun transfer report obviously we know that some of those are just bank account transfers um but that does include um our education fund to operations fund transfer that will be monthly and then you can see um that some of those School La repats I transfer for that as well um outside of that i' like to recommend the consent agenda for approval I will so move second okay we have a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda any questions or discussion hearing none all in favor I I all opposed motion passes next item on the agenda is reports the first from the Green Castle Teachers Association we do not have aort Okay second the assistant superintendent report I just have a couple of updates in regards to the state assessments um the state is changing a lot of things in the next couple of years to reflect our revised standards so um they have they're what they're going to do with I learn is they're going to create checkpoints that the schools will take in grades three through eight three times in the year and then the final summited would be in the end of the year um they have offered schools to Pilot this assessment next school year as a no count so we um Mrs Eldridge and Mrs Clemens and I spoke and we think this is a good idea for our CL our students to do so we can learn about what the test looks like the logistics of the test what kind of schedule do we need to do before it actually counts toward anything so um next school year we are going to be a part of that checkpoint pilot with the state and then um for our second grade students I've spoke worked with Mr McHugh and Mr um Roberts and the state is offering um for the IAD assessment to be given to second grade students um I've talked to other districts who have done this and um they've had nothing but good things to say the data that they get from it is really helpful and informative for their third grade classes and what happens is the second grade students will take it in the spring if they pass it they don't have to take it again in the third grade um if they don't then we can use that data to make better informed decisions on those interventions when they're in third grade and then they can take it again um they've seen the schools who've done it have seen an increase in their pass rate in third grade um as well as intentional planning of classes and things like that so um we are going to go forward with that this year as well thanks thank you next superintendent report Mr gimy so I just have a few uh brief things this month um if you driven past the north side of the high school you can see that the steps leading down to the tennis courts um were for and have been replaced um the railings will go up on both sides of those um here in in short order as well um those were had fallen apart over the years and really really needed to be replaced um the building project uh continuing to make significant uh strides with that expect to uh eventually take back another additional locker room here um over the next uh couple of weeks uh continue to uh complete some of the finishes and some of the existing locker room some of the punch list type uh type items um really making progress obviously in the weight room and the wrestling room all the new lighting is up um so continue to push forward with that and then in the connector Corridor um the drop ceiling and a lot of the drywall finishes um are going up and if you uh noticed on the outside you're starting to wrap some of those walls with the with the finished Limestone so that way hopefully over the next month month and a half the outdoor Corridor or the outdoor of the connect outdoor portion of the connector can really be completed um and and finished off um and then um it's been a couple weeks now but they are were preparing the new auxiliary gy for the new wood floor and they actually started nailing down the new park floor um in the auxilary auxiliary gym today so things are moving along really quickly although obviously we'd like them to move a little bit quicker um and on that same time or same time frame um we the few remaining classrooms on the second floor of the school were looking mid to end of January to take those back that's our new Al special ed um and kind of math uh math area and then uh also with that we know that we have some additional seating area for um the high school cafeteria look at the we've got to complete the finishes and polish the concrete and we'll take back that space as well but overall things are looking good and and move along very well with that um we're trying to get through some final testing of some of the uh fire suppression system in the high school kitchen um once we get through that start up with equipment by the manufacturer and then training on that equipment so we're looking at grand reopening of a high school Kitchen on January 8th so that way we can start serving the full uh spectrum of meals to our high school kids been very very patient and then um you just the final thing obviously we won't meet again until after the holiday so certainly in our students our staff and our families a safe and relaxing holiday break okay great thank you next item on the agenda is old business and we have no old business so the next item is new business and the first thing under new business is an approval request for the permission to pay late arriving 2023 invoices yep so as is customary at the end of the year we want to pay 2023 obligations with 2023 funds and Appropriations and so we know that some of those things are going to hit us after the board meeting and so we just want to be able to pay those on time and then obviously we'll provide the board with a report in January all right sounds good make a motion I would I make a motion that we go ahead and give permission to pay the late pay arrivals of 2023 voices second okay we have a motion the second any questions pay the okay all in favor I all opposed motion passes next is an approval request for the 2025 26 academic year calendar yeah so it was kind of asked to maybe bring something uh to the board for approval or for discussion um now that hopefully the county schools are on the same page with where our Spring Break um should be like to work on extending out that calendar to to help our families and help our depa families as well um so the 2526 calendar it's pretty much just a corresponding dates calendar um obviously some things might be small changes just based on how the holidays holidays hit um obviously we know that we have to hit 180 days um you know working to start as late in August as we can but still finish uh before uh Memorial Day um so I have a calendar I'm recommending uh for uh approval okay I think it's a great idea we're doing this okay second a motion to approve so move second have a motion of a second any questions comments thanks for together yes thank you okay all in favor I all opposed motion passes next item on the agenda is an approval request for the teacher appreciation Grant yeah so we've actually distributed teacher appreciation Grant the dollars that we receive from the state um to our teachers um but as is customer each year we seek approval um from the board to provide um the same same tag Grant siphon uh for our administrators um using our local dollars because we cannot use the State dollars for that so um there was listed the amounts in the packet and seeking board approval to Mo for that same thing we do every year yep and this is just a administrator that return them to us right I make a motion that we approve okay have a motion and a second any questions or comments okay hearing n all in favor I I all opposed motion passes next item on the agenda is an approval request for some donations first being from Gary and Linda Huber fund for Cultural Arts and learning to the Green Castle High School choir band art Middle School choir band art and TZ music in the amount of $7,000 second being putam County Hospital to Green two Green Castle High School athletics in the amount of $1,740 thirdd being bread works by Bridges to Green Castle Community Schools in the amount of $500 and the last being Mary's Al Mary Allison children's trust to Deer metal Primary in the amount of $624 194 I make a motion that we accept these say thank you yes thank you very much second okay um I have a motion a second all in favor I all opposed motion passes last item on the agenda is other business does does anyone have any other business to bring up discuss I see we have some teachers going um on some FMLA are we comfortable with being able to bring people in for that short period of time yeah we do our best to fill them we have some that will jump right from one FMLA um or lead position into another um but yeah always doing our best for the ones that we can to put a certified person in those spot in those spots if we can okay anyone else okay last item on the agenda is adjournments I get a motion to adjourn I make a motion we shut it down second shut it down shut it down okay all in favor I all opposed we are shut down down thank you have a great holiday season and be careful and we'll see you next month mer Christmas you too thanks Chad
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great thanks guys okay three-year Staffing plan all right so what what I've provided for you uh in board docks is the uh copy of the freear Staffing plan from our previous meeting um what I wanted wanted to share there is oh goodness where did I go um so the the focus right now uh for 2425 is the maintaining of the expiring Grant funded position so our eser positions as well as our K Grant positions um all the four positions that were there in terms of Student Success all four of those teachers have work themselves into an incredible resource that is extremely valued within their staff and by their Administration and so the focus is on maintaining those positions um the social worker at the junior high uh which was it was I put in there that it's formally an eser position because this year we were able to move that position into at risk uh and so it's it's no longer dependent on erer funds there so that position itself is covered um the remaining uh health aids and nurses that we have are part of the the kdhe grant um they're also worked themselves into a position that there is a an incred a great need to make sure that we have health aid Staffing at every building um um and so we want to be able to maintain the coverage that we've got um some feedback that came through projections uh that that I have now that we did not have at the last meeting the projected estimates for the per student funding uh which this year is 588 um the Ganon uh ruling which states that it needs to be a threeyear average of the Consumer Price Index in terms of an increase we should be looking upwards of 5,300 and some change next year um when you take that dollar amount against the number of students that we increased this year which we'll actually get to use next year when we build our budget that amount itself almost covers the cost of these positions there um that's not even taking that raise uh per student against our entire student body that's there so I feel very confident in the maintaining of these uh positions themselves and being able to uh to to maintain where we've got so that we can provide them with that that security of knowing that we're we can move forward with this um they're all critical they're all valued and then they they provideed great asset and resource um and with that I will also tell you that the ELA teacher at the high school I put in there if sufficient funding from the state is provided um I will tell you with the the new requirements for for graduation that are coming coming down um at the state within their 21 credits they're they're wanting three and A2 to be focused and transcripted at Ela with a05 credit transcripted in some form of communication um we've got a couple of teachers that are teaching in overage and what that jargon means is they're basically being paid to teach during their plan time and they are they are covering a large student body to do so we got 130 plus kids coming up from 8th grade into the the freshman class next year here so there that's going to be an added tax to the uh or an added burden to the ELA class size um there the the need for ELA teacher at the high school it it's it's either there because we need to respond to student population or it's there because we need to respond to the uh the shift within the uh the courses we need of our students that graduate in either case that impacts this year's eighth graders because that new graduation requirement has to be there by the time their eighth graders so what I what I want to I I keep that in green why I at this point in time I want to say the sufficient funding is because of this with the legislature making their funding decisions uh in April and May and um there there's there's there's talk that there there could be a cap on the assessed valuation and if that if that cap is is low then that that means we we really got to look at the finances before we go there um if that uh if they decide to make any changes to the general fund which currently is uh levied at 20 Ms if they decide to say let's move that down to 16 Mills um then that also creates some uh some of that economic side of things so um while I believe that the funding will be there I just I'm not ready yet at this moment to to make that one a a definite there but I want to leave it there with the idea and I've talked to Brandon Kelly that this may be a an April or May item where we say okay let's go um so uh what I put in there for that particular position when we're looking at salary that the salary that's listed there is is the information based on this year's current rates um if the the crystal ball that I'm looking at right now shows that you know changes aren't going to be made uh in terms of the the 20 Ms or the um the capping of our assess valuations and I think we'll be able to accomplish this and still provide our staff with a raise but it may not match what we've been able to do this year but at least from a negotiation standpoint we'll be able to to make sure that we take care of our staff so what I also want to do is is if you look at 2526 and because this is that 3-year plan looking ahead and and and how this connects to what brt and Kelly were talking about in 25 5 26 um there's a Health Sciences teacher that they they might be looking at needing to add we've got Public Safety and Corrections um teacher that right there that's actually a history that could be uh that's part of that history social cities government which again if you think about the number of kids that are coming up in e8th grade it's it's going to be a lift that they'll they'll need to have experienced as well so if you have any questions I'm I'm happy to to answer um not really a question more of comment but um always started good comment right there um I know that we took a bit of a risk using EST funds in the first place to allocate towards these positions it's you know tying positions to Grant funds is always uh potentially problematic but I'm really excited to hear that there is a somehow it's actually working on our favorite for once here which is a really good sign here because I'd say each of these positions we're talking about here has been absolutely pivotal to our operations the last three years I can't think of a time I've stepped into the schools in the last three years where there hasn't been six kids in the nurse's office each day so it's been it's been a hectic time and these folks that are on this list here are have been hug beneficial our 100% agree and and I'll tell you you know one of their one of their most important roles that they do and in a secondary to being able to assist students when they're sick is to be able able to provide the medication that students need throughout the day that is that is a a thing that is is important and it's regular and its routine and when there's a lot going on within that office when a secretary tries to step in and do that there's an even greater appreciation for uh that side of things knowing we've got those healthc Care Professionals that are there that that can make sure that our kids are getting the medications that they need handle the kids who are sick and then also help respond when when crisis happens so absolutely and help with bus Duty sometimes that as well and and some credit and and I want to make sure we part one major piece to this that really did help make this happen here is the ability to utilize atrisk funds within the social that that kind of started getting this ball rolling and that is a large part to the work that took place with our food nutrition service when the efforts that were made to make sure that we were helping our families with those free and reduced meal applications um that took place in the work that Charlie did to really communicate with families and help that I mean that was a that was a big a big assistant differ so um if we move to approve this we're approving that that number one section on the document we're we're holding off on the ELA teacher until more information posted until we right right so what what my recommendation would be is to to approve the Staffing plan with opportunities to modify based on state funding or and student enrollment okay okay all right well I'll make a motion um I I move that we approve the USD 348 Staffing plan with opportunities to modify based on state funding and student enrollment uh Chris moved Phil seconded to approve the three-year Staffing plan as presented with the ability to modify as other pieces of information are available all those in favor please say I and raise your right hand I I I motion carries 7 call a brief recess thank you item one is virtual school review update um so a couple years ago uh been been spring of probably 22 um when when Mr Dorothy was uh in finishing out his his career uh their conversation was brought up and looking at Green Bush virtual is that a um a program to continue um and at the time I said yes not knowing enough about where we were as a district I didn't I didn't want to pull the the trigger on that one so I said yes let's continue it and then in discussions with the board that was let's spend the year to look at it um the uh the year progressed in a different way than what we anticipated and so we we put a pause on that that uh the research there so last spring um I asked the board is is this something you still want me to continue to look into um and you said yes so this year we did we continue to look into it we did we started with with our families wanted to find out from families um what interest they would have if we were to to have our own virtual programing so we sent out a survey about a month ago and we had about 148 responses and those 148 responses 24 indicated that they would be very interested and we did have 35 to indicate that they might be interested um when looking at virtual programming the way it's funded um I'm not real confident in the might be I'm most confident in the the very interested so 24 the 24 is very it's it's less than the number of current students that we have now we currently have 31 students as of our September 20 head count there that are currently uh doing doing that um and so I I will tell you the number itself is a little concerning to me um what I have found in my my past working with Green Bush and and then in in you door my previous stop you really need to have 30 to 60 full-time FTE to be able to make your own internal program work um and so uh because based on the numbers that we have we would need to have two to three employees that could operate that particular program question well sorry but you you said 24 out of 140 responses MH so that's a pretty big percentage I mean as far I mean that's almost 20% interested if you're looking at it from a sample size from a sample size yes from a sample size it would be um where I'm looking at this though it goes into the number goes at if you've got 24 that say that they're very interested and we're looking at starting up the program to to run that um I'm not I'm not convinced that number itself is is now would that 24 be reflective of of of a if you were to take that by 10 you do I think we would have 240 students sign up for our virtual program I I don't have that confidence um and so with that what I'm what I'm looking at is based on our current numbers um we've got 31 students that are participating in the Greenbush virtual programming um based on that 21 st we've got there the funding the way it works with um what is get my numbers here so a full-time FTE is 5600 um and then you've got a pro-rated amount that are part-time FTE at 2800 um So based on the current numbers that we have Within uh our virtual program we have 18 full-time students and 13 that are considered part-time the way their part-time number is configured when we add that to our 18 full-time we're going to generate about 130,000 um trying to use 130,000 which 13, 480 is what we're anticipating um that I don't believe that's going to be enough to to fund the two to three staff I don't think that's going to be enough to cover the technology cost to for the online programming system that's there um with uity or Odyssey wear you need to have something that would cover Elementary all the way through through 12th grade um to me and in conversations with our building administrators uh they they too are not convinced that developing using our own program at this time would be cost effective um based on on the the feed back from the surveys and you know do do we really do I really think that we would have that that sample size uh reflective of a of a larger number I I just don't um I think more of our students are going to want to be in person what we do find is students will will go virtual and there's a good portion that will go virtual and then they'll turn around mid year and want to come back because it's to go virtual it takes a it takes a certain mindset to be able to you have to be independent you have to be self-motivated you have to be driven to get your work done and stay on top of things um it's it's it's it's hard it it it does not replicate the the quality collection instruction provides so presently we we get funded at about the same amount of money is it costs us to contract with green Bish to provide the service yes so not we're not losing money we so so if we were to have our own virtual program we would be taking a semic calculated risk that more than 30 un likely we'd be pulling from the general f to cover it which I agree with all of that I think from my perspective as I I still look at it as a potential opportunity and you know with these open border guidelines and rules and you know if we had our own and it was the what would I say the elite in the area and we were a leader or or the the pioneer of that how many would we get over time would we have enough money to invest in it and have all these full-time right out of year one gate one no kind of like a new golf program you don't have an AE an assistant and a second assistant until you need it but I mean I would think that no different than we're transitioning with the CTE Pathways we start with some of our certified staff and try to build it within and and come up with a way of a supplemental kind of like you do with coaching you know that and I don't I I I haven't put enough thought into it to have more more ideas than that other than conceptually but I will speak to that to a survey if you're going to have a survey of 140 recipients and 24 are very interested that is to me an extremely high interest rate uh because that you know from a sample size now or you can throw the whole thing out the window and not use it at all but I don't think we can use it in comparing the numbers of what we have today versus what we could have and where I struggle Kelly is the the idea that 148 responses reflects enough of our community population to be able to to move forward yeah because just just for clarification on that point how who reserved these surveys more than 148 of these surveys went out all the families in school dist all our families in our school district so so of those and what are we talking about 800 I'd say about 800 okay 148 responded so that's um that's less than 20% responded and of that less than 20% said they would be very interested in this so so you've got to take it in context to if 148 surveys went out and we had and everybody responded to it no I agree that that'd be an amazing response rate first of all but then then then we could do the math on that and sort of say well maybe you know 15 to 20% of the of the population in Balin City or in the balbin city school district maybe they really aren't students no I agree and and the other thing that I would say Kelly I I I appreciate your vision for making an elite program uh that would be that that would be a leader in the in the field but I think it's difficult to to uh patch that kind of thing together using current personnel and having them um work on this besides the jobs that we've hired them to do and so I'd be concerned about doing that if we were really going to go in this direction I I would say we've got to we've got to make a full-blown eort effort to do it with the vision of trying to make it the best um the best program in the area to as you suggest to attract students right and I'm not necessarily the timing might not be now you know and that but I I guess I'm just in general would would like to encourage our district to keep that as a as an opportunity you know on on the on the to to continue to revisit and and consider potentially because I I do think since Co there's been a changing landscape of more and more interest in doing that and and there's there's kids that aren't participating in our District's program within our district that that maybe you know so there there's I think there's more data that could be you you know studied to considering the opportunity a satisfaction survey if like are those folks who already participating in the green Bish program content with it or happy with the programing and it and it's it's to the point you're talking about here we're not we're not asking to close a door on it what we're what the team would like to do is is look at this again in a couple of years it's we're not sure that Now's the Time for for that um there there's some challenges it's one of those what I love about our district is the opportunities that we try to provide for our kids uh and when they graduate Baldwin high school they graduate with the Baldwin high school diploma whether they're brick and mortar or whether they go through Green Bush virtual so that means they're also a part of of our activities and when we make that decision that is to me that's an investment in the opportunities that our kids get to to take but that also means when an online student is is taking is a is participating they take that break and mortar class then that's that's the take there's the financial impact on that um but again it goes back to providing opportunities for kids and to me that's where looking at this right now don't know that Now's the Time we are our admin team has has said we don't want to close the door on it we just like to try to look at this in a couple years so in the meantime would the plan be to continue to offer and contract through Greenbush so that wouldn't be disruptive I do know for a fact we've kept students and provided the opportunity for them I I just know it um it we've because of of embracing this um it has allowed kids that we want to be bald and Bulldogs to continue to be bald and Bulldogs but shift in the educational manner that just happened to work for them um so I'm glad that it's going to continue to be studied but you know make no mistake it's a huge it would be a huge financial investment because what I think might be different and I totally hear what you're saying about you know even if even if a future board decided like yeah we really want to pursue this because it involves a accreditation unlike a program that maybe can afford a head coach and then it grows and now you need an assistant coach there's not a lot of wiggle room about the the positions that you have to make sure are in place from day one so it's just one of those things to to keep in mind but I'm glad to hear it's going to be a continued opportunity and I agree with everything everybody's saying and I guess I one of the things a couple years ago that I was said to me and I kind of came when I when I came to sit on this board is you know I I thought I sometimes I bring a business view or mindset to things when it's really education that we're talking about and and that may not be positive or may be positive from a but from a business perspective I think it's an opportunity for our district to consider continuing to keep a an open look to because it it is a differentiator it's something to make our business different than the other businesses and potentially uh an investment might cost us money but what is the return on that investment over a 3 five year period with you with numbers that that are counted into the district so yeah that you know we're looking at trying to be you know relevant as as the the world and Landscape is building around us with the you know doto growth and all these other areas and and we don't have the housing to draw these kids in but maybe we have some Pro maybe we have some other opportunities that do and so that that' be my maybe my closing comment to this it's also last meeting but that that that's just I'm looking at it from a business perspective not from what it looks like today and implementing or making it happen well Kelly you I mean that's why it's so helpful to have that perspective it's an excellent point because what it was just was that just our last meeting with our enrollment study report um you know we do have a housing limitation thing and so how do you bring more students in if you don't have I mean no I I hear what you're saying 100% it's all respectfully oh yes okay questions to uh virtual school students and the Open Enrollment thing that Kelly brought up as well how do those kids count you have set caps for each building or each grade level I forget how is shaking out next year but um how does that how do virtual students you don't know either no they don't they don't they don't count be oh they don't count at all they're not part of that okay okay so they're not so I mean in theory we could have 50 kids come to register for our scho yeah the only the only reason the only only way numbers matter is that's theou that we signed with Green Bush is we we identify how many students we are guaranteeing that we will put in there and then they they build that how many space additional spaces they'll save for us and then beyond that then how many uh you know what the amount looks like when we exceed that number so that that serves as our if we had to have a cap on like you know each other grade level we have to have a cap for how many kids be anticipate being in that grade level or how much capacity we have that that would essentially serve as that virtual students don't go into the brick and mortar because the because the the brick and mortar caps are for the the inperson just seat just seats just the seats seats in the classroom okay don't hate me for bringing this up because I know we want to move on but was part of the review of the virtual school thing process for how um students are I don't I forgive me I don't not having the right word for example if you identify if if parents uh want to identify a child for special education services that's a like a collaborative conversation is it just a question of I'm enrolling or is is was there any part of that kind of Parental Family Partnership sign up was that a part of looking at the virtual school review or was it the review process simply looking the sustainability ASP sustainability aspect and I thought so when a when a family wants to go virtual with they start conversations with the building administrators and they'll have a conversation with with them um they'll they'll you know try to go through that process determining are you know this is what it's going to take are you sure you want to do this and then they work with Green Bush to to get them up and rolling and that would continue to be part of the practice then because I think that's good I mean there are many S I know I mean directly many success stories with with students with Virtual School options and also there are sometimes other social emotional reasons for going that actually might be better served by being present at school and you know I'm not here to make up those decisions for anyone but just supporting those parental conversations with staff and that that is important as part of what is truly going to be best for the students education I I while I'm here I fully want to see a virtual option whether it's through Green Bush or we get to a point where we can do something on our own um because I do see the value I I saw it firsthand through my work with Green Bush um there's students that for like you said for a variety of reasons um whether it's the social aspect the anxiety ridd of of being in a classroom um and for some students it is they they just wanted to work at a faster pace and so they they needed that option and so to me I I do value the virtual learning that that it could provide so I do want to see that happen for our kids forward thank you for looking at that okay uh legislative priorities all right so we talked last month about the opportunity of of looking at uh developing legislative priorities and from this it can create a uh an ability from the district standpoint to be able to say these are this is what the Board of Education uh has identified as as core values that are important that uh May that want they want the public to know that we that that you support and would like to see the uh those we can pass these on to legislators to be able to know that this is what we would would like to see considered um by by legislator so what I wanted to do tonight is is go through the process of utilizing this as an opportunity is is almost a transition practice here we've got this current board be able to reflect on uh the Strategic plan that has been has been built the district's uh Improvement goals and I've included those within public comment of of board docs as well as what our mission statement is and what I'd like to go through the process is just brainstorm as a group and try to come to about a list of about five to eight items at at a maximum of what are those those core value those those core belief topics um that this board uh values so in January when the new board starts we can discuss the process of unpacking those values in and do do we want to replace we want to add as the district moves forward and then articulate and Define what that looks like so um at this this point in time is just more of a uh throwing ideas out there as board when you you come to an agreement there I can jot the the item down and then in again in January I'll take it and expand upon it with with the new board and Mark our Target here is State Legislature not the not the local right right state in and I'll also preface this in the future with with the we do this I'd like to see this conversation happen in about October November so we finalize it December vers but this is just that transition time I thought it it suited better Chris do you want to make a proposal first I I always I always seem to yeah um I mean I think the the special education piece is going to continue to uh the current funding structure is going to be inous to all School budgets so I think that um should continue to be a or not continue to be but that should be added to our consideration for legislative priorities because that's obviously beyond our this board's scope of work that requires the legislature to to fund as they said they're supposed to but um so that's when I would hand up for for consideration for for our board to Advocate on that on that part that's probably going to be echoed by multiple other boards within our well probably most boards within our state agree just as a broad philosophical 30,000 foot view um local control and that can Bridge into a lot of different areas where legisl has gotten real involved in in local communities um but philosophically I don't know how everyone else feels but that's so my experiences that it's helpful to be more specific with state legislators as for br topics stay in your lane topic right I would say I don't feel like he was asking me to be specific although how much time we have I mean I can I think it's important to continue building um awareness of what social emotional learning actually is and break down the misconception that it's indoctrinating students or it's um deciding what they're going to learn but it's about cognitive interpersonal intrapersonal skill building another one that came up earlier from our presentations on CTE were related to I sounds like there's a fairly complex funding structure and mechanism to like sounds like a Year's lag time between you start start getting kids enrolled in those programs to when you start receiving additional funding for it so again I don't know the law particularly well in that in in that realm so it'd be good for me to do a little homework before January it sounds like but advocating for more pieces like um accreditation or um certification tests being uh reimbursed from the state for instance or having some mechanism for that would be un helpful because that came up in our conversation day that that used to be the case but it's not currently the case right um and if that's I think it's pretty U I feel pretty confident saying that our community wants us to encourage kids to have real world experiences and step out of high school with things like certifications or be be work ready uh and that would certainly help to um enhance that ability for those kids to step out on you know May 28 and take a job and be ready for that job or their college bway to so I want to build on Kelly's comment of local control there is there is discussion in the upcoming legislature legislative session to pass um uh statutes that limit local communities opportunities to uh increase or decrease um local property taxes and that speaks directly against local control right right and handicaps uh local boards when when we are uh when we are um trying to set budgets that meet the needs of local communities right so um this the state has a state legislators have a really good habit of um writing checks or not writing checks that we have to cash at the local level and I and and and that is increasingly frustrating um when when they don't seem to um don't seem to see the consequences of their actions at the big dome building in the middle of Topeka that's what I would have said I mean I'm always harping on it they they want to push their taxing Authority down on us and now they want to limit that so at some point they need to either recognize that they need to be the ones generating revenue or allow plus to you can't just chop it off without consequence so what I've got so far is special education funding local control um an example was the uh limiting the property assess property tax assessments building awareness of what SEO really is and advocating for CTE certification funding any others I would say more general partnership I mean the whole goal of all this when I say local control or someone else is talking about the ability to um you know the ability to build budgets the entire purpose is is again and always it's it's no one's Cancun vacation fund it's how to best educate and for those people who who believe that public education is the best shot for the most amount of kids um it would be nice for us to be able to work together on that um rather than do these sort of can kicking exercises while increasing graduation requirements but yet you know um we should always I mean I'm glad to see expectations Rising that's I think striving for excellence at every level of education is important but we we have have to work together to be able to do that uh for kids so that would be again without writing anything for you that would be kind of just a general yeah philosophical theme to get you know what else they should have Educators on the education committee you make that happen that would bece would that sounds the way [Laughter] assignment all right so i' I've added Partnerships to develop the best public education system possible yeah okay so in January when the new board comes in we'll start the process of doing the the definition side of things and move along and they may have other ideas that mention here so thanks for for letting us be a part of that you bet all right board member input interlocal report all right uh we it's been busy at the interal I think we've had three meetings since uh since we last got together as this board too uh the biggest news out of that is um our our director who's been there for seven or eight years um Dr Dan Ray has has decided to retire than this school year uh he's been amazing uh for our organizations as a whole to to have it steady leadership that had been a revolving door of leadership the previous decade basically where we'd had people there for two or three years and they would depart so uh we certain the Miss Dan we have um he's left some gigantic shoes to F which we uh are actively working on um getting as much prepared with the current board so that the new board when they take um their seats um will have as much like getting surveys out getting focus groups out doing as much homework and preparation for that as possible um so that they hit the ground Runing with as much information available to them so that that new board makes a decision on who we hired next um which brings me to the next point about this um we have a really core key timeline in which um that baton is going to get passed to those new board members and some of their first initial acts as a interlocal board member M are going to be um scheduling interviews looking at candidates uh um sitting down with interviews it's going to be very similar to what we went through for for hiring Mr Dodge as well here um but sort of times three because there's three communities that we're attempting to serve here with our in our local as well so um so it's again very similar to what we engaged in for a superintendent hire we've actually hired ksb to help us um uh go through all those applicants and and encourage um applicants from Colorado and Nebraska and Missouri and wherever else too um so and now Nationwide search for that as well but um so uh anyway so there's just going to be a whole lot of series of events there so we do have new board members coming on for our own board here but also for the interlocal those folks are going to uh get to work quick when it comes to selecting that new individual there and interviewing them as well so what's the ideal timeline for a hire uh we're looking at Mid uh February for for hiring that um we I don't have the timeline with me I left that one at home but I'll send that to um to Mark to to sh with everybody as well there's still some things items in fluctuation for instance I thought our current board members lasted until mid January turns out we you guys are expiring on on the 8th yeah you turn into dust and disappear then um so so we have we in loal has exp board meeting on the 9th which I thought you all were going to be involved in that part of as well or at least Tony was going to be he won't be elected official at that point so I need to rethink how we're going to structure that January meeting for that one as well so um so that already changes our timeline based on today's information so need to figure that part out but um yeah so long story short you were both sad and excited about the opportunity to hire somebody new there um and that will create opportunities and um hopefully re-engage all of our three communities as well and I've been really active in talking to the superintendents and the and the other board members as well to this point as well to make sure everybody's uh a breast of the of the changes that are coming on as well as the procedural process there as well um each of those other three Community or buzzville and udor have also hired a superintendent in the last five years as well so it's not a new process for most of those folks but it just looks a little different because it's a director and not a superintendent so uh there's other little things but that's a big detail that's shaken up right now and I'll continue to keep you guys informed as that continues to evolve here but um so yeah just anticipate more emails Mark to you know me hectic trying to figure out when we going to have this focus group here here and there but it's all it's all come together right other nicely with ksb's he as well so that's it thank you yeah uh education advocacy info items response to discussion from a previous meeting that that would be just a good General place card holder under the board member input so it doesn't have to mean anything it's just there um so it's the Kansas advocacy Network and I think there was only one meeting it's always on Zoom from last November to now but it they are um really advocating with the legislators um for Education Pro education public education they currently have a well every year they have a a advocacy and action event in Topeka and I'm not able to go this year I don't know Chris if you're going to go I don't know one of is even so yeah yeah I'll look at that so that it is just an opportunity to meet to watch the process um meet with committees and legislators and so hopefully hopefully one of these years there's a Women's Conference though in March 6th and 7th for ASB you speak as well or guess it's only relevant to me except the new we are we are sending a few individuals to that as well oh okay good good miscellaneous um I've got a miscellaneous item so um I've had conversations with with Kelly and Kelly um as well as the administration over at the high school this this is started a little bit last year and and this year has come up um what we are are going to be doing over the next semester is that looking into what other districts are doing regarding breathalyzers at at danas um and looking to see what practices they're using uh what policies look like there um that is something that we we'd like to to to implement um and determine you know what what does the practice look like how often in terms of how often are they used when are they used and when they're used what what's their practice look like there um the other item that we want to look at is uh the Vape wand detecting uh pieces there um it's it's still uh it's still something that the schools battle all over the United States and uh there are wands available that other districts are using um that we're learning more and more about and so we would like to see what that looks like so over the coming semester um it's our intent to to look at that and then be able to provide some information to the board uh hopefully uh seeing something that might be put into policy for both of those items as well as something we can put into our practice to help protect uh you know to protect our students so anyone else have miscellaneous items uh two quick notes um I know from the work session last summer uh assimilating a board handbook was was and is one of my duties um and I am sorry that I was not able to get it to you to for tonight for approval um I'm working on it and what I thought would be good is though we will not like we said before at our work session we won't be voting on anything but but it can be a living document that everyone can see and then if the new board likes that or maybe oh I really wish there was something in here that would have covered that you know they can approve that but at least we be a working draft of um Susan has sent me a couple things um I think three months ago it was just one of those projects because it was not pressing that got put farther and farther but I I don't want you guys to think I've forgotten so I still have some homework to do um but it's not forgotten um and the other thing I want to make sure let board members know um though it is just the smallest gesture in comparison of what I know we would all like to do but holiday treats were delivered on behalf of the board to all of the um uh the four main buildings uh school buildings but then also all the other um tech services all the uh departmental heads throughout the district and including the interlocal um so I think there was like 11 between food service and all that but they all received something um just some holiday treats from the Boe so I want to make sure you guys knew that in case somebody says something to you about it like yeah okay superintendence report all right so this uh is is not a list for the next 45 minutes hopefully this is 4 to5 minutes um just wanted to kind of give you an update typically in December we would do the ksb board policy review and then in January we would do the approval um with this being the transition time what I thought would be the most applicable and fair is put the policies for the the board meeting in January for first look and then approval in February um the early release late time or late start uh timeline uh that I mentioned last month I want to give you an update there so we've got the survey going out to families that's still collecting uh we do have more than 140 uh some responses I can tell you that but the survey is still live so I can't go over any results at this point um that will be collected through the end of this week I will be working to put together a a small focus group together of I've got some staff members involved but I'd also like to reach out to some committee members to be part of that to look over the responses there um it is it is largely qualitative because that is probably the the most impactful meaningful uh information that we'll provide um from that the idea would be to present the first look information of that feedback to the board in January with February being the month to uh approve a calendar or um if the board wishes to to move that to to March they can I can tell you at this point the the way the calendar itself is built that a late start or early release or any combination of sorts does not impact the beginning or ending of the school calendar it does not impact the beginning or ending of any of our quarters or semesters um the way we we build our calendar the way uh our teachers uh Works to do it we have an excess of hours that uh that beyond the 1116 that the state requires for the school year so basically we could any implementation of an early release would only occupy about one day's worth of that overage still give us plenty of snow days uh if necessary um so that more information to come there the PLC Plus update PLC Plus is a is some Ed you speak education jargon there it stands for professional learning communities basically the idea behind that is these are groups of professional Educators that are getting together to discuss student data uh how students are performing if we have them in an intervention to help improve a skill or improve a a gap in learning then we want to look at data to make sure that we're heading in the right direction and if we're not we can make an adjustment so that we can get them moving in the direction that we want and if we are making some growth we can determine are we at that growth are we seeing the growth to a point where we need to Mo move to another um a need for the child in some cases it's looking at curriculum in some cases it's looking at assessment writing um but it's an opportunity to look at what we're wanting our students to know and be able to do how their learning uh is taking place and what our responses will be as well as the instruction that we're providing how can we improve our instruction and so that's that's going very well we had a recent uh meeting last month and we focused on Clarity of instruction and the presentation uh was incredibly good and meaningful powerful and so in January we've got a couple of our buildings that are taking that presentation almost turn keed if you will so that they can replicate that with their staff when they come back uh so the process it's it's going fantastic Amy delosa um and her colleague Josh Lee are doing a phenomenal job with our our administrators and their building lead and their their teacher leaders um item number four the second semester survey opin piece you'll recall House Bill 2567 now requires school districts to provide parents the opportunity to opt their student in to any survey that is deemed non instructional and so you're looking at surveys uh questionaires um batteries assessments of that nature that aren't that aren't considered instructional uh for us this is where our social emotional screener kind of gets lives in that that that gray area so what we are doing back in in the summer that was part of enrollment that allowed us to cover our first semester screening window we need to do this open this up again so we can cover our second semester screeny window a parent has the ability to opt their child in um and if they choose not to their child will not be provided with that social emotional screener which we call my Sabers um and uh student can also decide that they don't want to take it and we won't provide it to them um it is it's a great way for us to get an idea of how a student is is perceiving things it's about 20 Questions worth um and it's it's it's really valuable to the teachers when the students are able to take it um and so they'll that Sur that survey itself not survey that uh questionnaire for parents to submit their opin will be going live uh 4th of January is that what we decided yeah or the third the third the 3D of January and then we will be able to hit the ground running uh the middle of January with our winter assessments and that will also cover us through the end of the school year because you it has to be four months it expires in four months if you will so um so that'll be going out there item number five uh new board member roles um and I couldn't think of a more clever way to to title that so basically um we'll be looking at what the new board coming on in addition to the president the vice president we also have Representatives at the Baldwin Education Foundation um I assume Susan you'll maintain the district site Council presence that's there um and then as as Chris alluded to we will need to fill the in second seat within the inter local are there any other roles negotiations and nego both negotiations we'll have both negotiations so what I would say to the three remaining as well as the uh two here and those watching at home um that uh we'll have we'll have some roles that we'll want to discuss and start filling um and we can provide access to training for those particularly with uh the negotiations there's great resources available through KB the professional development that they provide um as well as some of the online training that we provide as well to get that to get that moving so um and the last item is is a trophy so showcase uh Baldwin High School um so about a two months ago a month or so ago I uh received an inquiry on information regarding um donations made to the the district um several years ago uh when a former employee passed away and with the intent of those Memorial donations being used for the purpose of building a showcase um Nate and I it would have gone dated back to about 2013 2014 2015 um and so Nate and I dug through some the electronic files that he was he was using Megan went through and looked through board minutes uh were able to find anything we went visit Nate visited with uh with some folks at the high school I visited with with Gary Mr Dorothy and we were not able to uncover anything that noted that but what we do recognize is that there is a need at the high school to make sure that our students athletic and programed success whether it is uh through fbl or or um forensics or or not for uh academic the academic League we need to make sure that their efforts are showcased and so um last week Kelly and brand Gary Mike Nate and I met and looked at high school and just started looking at you know what are what are some different areas and ways we could look at at uh making sure that we're we're putting those items on display as well as coming up with a process that defines how items get cycled in and then cycle out there's only so much wall space that we have over there eventually we're going to need to be able to come up with something and so they're working on coming up with with that but I just wanted to give the board uh some acknowledgement there that we understand that there was talk of the the donations there we've not been able to find record of that but we still see a need to make sure that happens uh one individual that comes to mind is is our retiring Mr Spielman and his 25 28 trophies that uh that he's helped lead our kids through that we're able to acknowledge that um you know we we've got some some recognition there that we want to make sure that we get put on display and make sure that that gets out there so that that's also another destination area for for individuals that come visit the high school well that's a big deal at most schools I mean if you travel around to you know other schools and spend time in the hallways in between events there's it it's there's a lot of history it's very interesting uh it's not all it's not all sports it's activities and and many things I think and so well we've got we've got student interest and we've got parent interest that are wanting to to help financial aid to to see this through so um we we want to utilize this as an opportunity to to to enhance the the Showcase opportunities that that are the the activities and of our students at high school well and it tells our story of our overall educational environment and so I'm I'm excited about that and thank you for that update all right I move we enter into executive session uh with Mr Dodge and and um Mr Elliot can I sorry no that's good running out of chances but I want to ask a question back to your report if I can Excuse me yes go ahead I'm sorry I'm sorry I misread the room no um so on the early release concept how would that impact activities as far as would would would SP practices and after school activities just start early then or is there going to be a gap where that's that's part of the that's part of the discussion that we have when we're looking at what the data shows um because what the the intent is teachers and coaches would be in professional development meetings looking at the data that's there and so you're looking at the big question is what do we have what are students doing until until that starts I could see that being a kind of an obstacle is there a way is there a is that you have the flexibility of handling that to where you could allow those activities directors to fulfill that time at a different time you know so that they could so they you know because I'm thinking of Junior High Bas during basketball season whatever football season you know those kids have to ride the bus home or their parents come get them have to take them home bring them back I just could see that it's well I'll tell you the the concept that we're looking at is once a month uh versus uh you know every week or every other week um and so that is part of that question of what what will we do with and it's not just the Junior High kids student when anytime there's an early release or late start the the population that is that that has the the biggest impact is the elementary the primary and the elementary but the the what what do our students in athletics what do they do that's um students that can drive generally they're able to go but those that either rely on on a bus or or unable to we know what what's the plan for them and so there are districts that have uh classified staff that that have the ability to in some cases it's it's an after school you know dodgeball tournament or yes some activities there mentoring it could be yeah there there are other opportunities there that uh okay that fair enough I just wanted to it's a good question even like our employee the month teaches um choir to your kids after school twice a week I think it is so that to be taken into account as well mhm absolutely so that's a good question any other questions related to the report I'm sorry I no I'm sorry no I'm I didn't give enough time there okay uh I move we enter into executive session with Mr Dodge and Mr Elliot to discuss an individual employee matter uh related to the justification under coma uh for non-elected personnel and and the open meeting will resume at 9:12 yeah is there a second second all those in favor please say I I motion carries Mr wall Smith to discuss a Personnel matter pursuant to the justification under coma for non-elected personnel and the open meeting will resume at 9 uh 9:17 second all those in favor please say I I I I move we enter into executive session with Mr Dodge to discuss superintendent contract this is pursuant to the justification under comma for non-elected personnel and the open meeting will resume at 9:20 second all those in favor please say I I I motion carries spoil we need those one more time do we really true well yeah one more meeting well that way we get a gift each time you maybe like this cool woodworking thing and I'm in Jack that all right we'll call the meeting back to order sorry Andy did anyone have any any other board member have any executive session related to the Personnel report if not then we would need a motion for approval on that I move we approve the Personnel report as presented second all those in Andy is moved Tony is seconded all those in favor of approving the personnel report as presented say I I I motion carries 70 I move we approve the superintendent contract as corrected second all those in favor please say I I I motion carries thank you yes second who second Kelly I moved Kelly Kelly Kelly seconded all right outgoing board members any any words I I don't want to it's okay if not it's still streaming yeah we're still streaming it's 9:21 but I'm very grateful to have had such U smart respectful delightful to work with people on this board so thanks thanks to you all Kelly anything to ad um no it's been it's been interesting you I I've learned a lot from it and uh you know it's been uh drinking from a fire hose at times and other times wishing had more water but uh yeah no it it it's been it's been very worthwhile and and I I look at things through a different lens in a different way and understand things in a different way than I did before um some of those aren't any easier to digest gu but at least I understand why it is the way it is so no I appreciate the opportunity to professionally uh interact with all of you sitting at this table and I wish you all nothing but the very best likewise I want to wish you all the very best and I they're just I'm just so appreciative of each and every one of your's perspective and how I've grown and learned so much from from all of you and just uh you'll be Miss you'll have big shoes to Bill I look forward to the new board members um who are coming on joining as well but you absolutely will be missed Tony anything to add I have uh I've served on a lot of boards uh locally and at the state level um I can say that um the work that we did in the last four years has been um probably some of the least enjoyable just in terms of the challenges but some of the most important um work that I've done um during my my time of public service and I very much appreciate um all of you um being a part of that that process I think we I think we've done outstanding work and work that I'll always be very proud of Chris Phil I know you guys are still going to be here but if you have anything you yeah you guys are always welcome to come back to the board meetings and sit and watch no it's just been like I this is a been a battle tested group who's been through a lot and it's it's it's going to be U like was mentioned earlier big shoes to F I'm sure we got some great folks here are stepping into that Ro but hope you guys enjoy your relaxing Monday nights and not have to be minut for hours in anymore but come back and drop by any time we'll be here uh well I I thank you all um Megan Johnson we've we've been through some stuff a good board cannot function without a good clerk so I have to I have to say something to Megan um when we were trying to hire a superintendent while folks were Christmas shopping and doing Zoom meetings and we were bound and determined to get that done before Christmas so that we could get our first choice that's right I forgot about that yep tornado torn I mean yes I we we have we it's you know obviously we're not going to go through everything that we've all been through but it it is it is important to to learn from the times that you need to learn from the times and it's also important to reflect on the things that that went well and I think I'm so proud of to be beside each of you and um you you do not see before you seven identical minds and that's the beauty of it um for folks who've paid any kind of attention to things going on in other places uh spirited disagreements have become something different in a lot of a lot of elements in our society and I'm I could not be more proud of the decorum uh that doesn't mean identical thinking that means um mutual respect and professionalism um valuing the Democratic process and um I will always be grateful for that not just for how that helped me get through hard times personally and as a board president but also that example for our kids um to be able to see that whether they totally realize it or not um that civic responsibility and Civic engagement piece uh I'm I'm so thankful to each of you for keeping that that rolling um so thank you all and um did we approve the contract I mean I'm like I'm so emotional even yes so let's get back to bus and all we have to do thank you all good luck to the new board you're going to do great it's the right time there's exciting things ahead for our district and this is going to be um this is going to be wonderful but this has been a great experience and I'm I feel incredibly grateful even for the hard stuff I'm grateful for that too so um with that let's adjourn Mr Parks you do the honors I move we adjourn I will second all those in favor please say I and raise your right hand I meeting adjourned 926 thank you everyone got oh yeah meeting adjourned
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com. org.gov because there's multiple website out there that they have third party um that helps students do the faster at a cost okay so as I said it's going to be um um open up December 31st um and when you do the fastest so before they used to say um the Sai replac the EFC the EFC basically the expected family contribution it doesn't mean that this is what you have to pay when they give you the calculation so this is your estimate um EMC but the SII is what's replacing the EFC calculation and this one is based on like an a percentage of your eligibility based on what you put under faster application and that's a a formula that the government um have in their system and they're still tweaking it so it may change as we you know um in the process of processing schools are in the process of processing the financial aid applications and now um they use it's called prior prior year which confuses me as well that's okay it took me a while to comprehend that so because before you would use the prior year the one prior year taxes to do your faster now you have to go back two years keep that in mind two years so for this current school year the 23 24 is 2021 taxes for the 25 2425 is your 2022 federal tax return keep that in mind and note to yourself please go to the IRS website and get a of your tax return transcript not the 1040 from who prepare your taxes the actual filing from the IRS because school May required for you to submit that information to them at least you will have it on hand and don't have to you know do that because you do have to create an account with the IRS to get that information now the other thing is the change where it says parent one parent two on the facet application this is where it gets exciting so now everyone is called contributors to the facet the student is a con contributor the spouse is one step parent um adoptive parent they're all considered that um a contributor to the facet and the reason why they did that is that they Chang um where you did you can log in and go to the iris website and transfer your taxes over now they would automatically request that information when you give consent on the facet it's called the fit federal tax information so that's one of the second process that was that's changed on the facet as well so as I mentioned before each contributor must provide consent if not your facet will not be process it's going to be rejected so um and each country have to have a FSA ID and password so note to self again when you're doing the faster sit down with your student and both of you do the faster at the same time because the student has to put in the parent social the date of birth the address the email into the faster application okay so that's one of the new process so please make sure that you're doing it this whole step do it together um make sure both parents are there because if you are married file a joint tax return both parents have to create a FSA ID and give consent to have that income information transferred over prior it was only one parents was responsible to do that now they change all that so that's one of the new things so who is considered a contributor biological parents stepparents adoptive parents and spouse as well is included in that process because before or when you were doing the fasta application as a married independent student it's just you put your information on the FAA and you put in the taxes that you know you're married you do joint tax return however that situation is now you have to put your spouse's social date of birth email address everything on there too as well if you're not sure schools offer financial aid uh workshops it can be information session or it can do a workshop physically helping you complete the fcet application as well well it depends how you define that so you will have a household where parents are separated or divorce living in their own separate household um the way it's kind of how do I explain this um it's the person that provide the most who contribute more to the family to the family so even though the student parents are divorced or separated is the person that pays more towards their support financial aid office hands are tied cuz certain things ethal we can't tell you what to do you have to make that choice and make that determination so it's your choice because you have students who do not live in either parents household support themselves but because they're under the age of 24 they're required to be they're dependent student and they're required to add parental information to the pasta but they don't live with either parent but it depends on the parents marital status are they married separated divorce so that comes into play if you are in a situation like that and you unclear about it contact the financial aid office so they can explain it based on your personal situation because I can say one thing but your situation may not match what I'm telling you right now so you definitely want to have that communication with the financial aid office New Jersey is one of the state does not recognize emancipation for financial aid unfortunately New Jersey is one of the state that does not so the parents is obligated for financially Aid purpose to be on the fast application for the student also another note to that is that you know some students life happens don't know what's going on in their person you know stuff going on um refuse to assist their student because you turn 18 you're an adult you got to do X Y and Z not when it comes to financial aid is until you turn 24 that's when you consider independent depend from your parents for financial assistant basically you still use that parents information which means you're only the student in that situation will only be eligible for federal financial aid not State financial aid because to be eligible for State financial aid you have to live in the state of New Jersey for at least one year so if your parents is living out of state you can do it faster but you're only going to be eligible for federal financial yes yes both husband and wife have to have a fsaid so keep in mind they are um parents that's divorced living a separate household so who's provide the most support to the student has to be on the FASA so parent a not remarried parent B not remarried okay then the Susan choose who support who they think is providing more and that's the parents they use on the facet now same kind of scenario yes yes because both parents have is if it's a joint tax return both parents have to consent if it's married married fing separately both parents have to do the same thing every contribution has to do an fsid it doesn't matter because it depends on who's signing off on the fanem it depends and this is where a lot of schools is still trying to figure out what is the federal definition of that because they want everybody to do the fs ID because we don't know you don't know which parent is going to be the signer on the faster because parent one is not remarried have their income however parent two is remarried have a stepparent have children makes more money than parent one parent two is providing child support spousal support whatever they're doing so which means they're providing more support for that household for that child so that household has to be on the faster correct but that's what I'm saying that's what I'm saying who is going to be the signer you can be married fing jointly yes but a lot of students marri they married they file jointly but they don't live in the same household what if they live in the same house so you can't do that but keep in mind in the federal government might reject it because remember your tax return has two names on it okay so they want both parents to consent for having their taxes information implemented into the FASA application not just one both have to give consent and that's the safest way to do it every student have to have a FSA ID the parents can use the one ID because you that's going to be for all your student that's going to be in college and for your as well yes I'm sorry it doesn't matter is it has nothing to do who claims you is Who provided more support that's the thing um because you have parents with divorce who divorce who by the divorce decree one year you claim the child the next year the other parent claim the child they flipflop so it depends on that criteria as well who makes the most money who does what yes because each each is individual sorry to interrupt if just moving forward if we could save all the questions to the end that way we could get through the presentation because a lot of this information is can be very personalized and different people have different situations so if we can wait till the end we'll all be available to answer any questions that you have so now before students that was undocumented which means they do not have a Social Security number um they were only allowed to um they're only allowed to do the faster through the hea alternative app however they also have parents that do not have a social or they have a it number they were not able to create a um FSA ID now it's possible for those parents to actually s create a fsad and sign off on the faster if this parent does not have a it 10 number or social please put all zeros as the social to process your um FSA ID and on the faet as well and this is basically the um tax information federal tax information how the process worked you have to do you have to give consent if you do not give consent it will not get processed so if you are married or unmarried living together um didn't file taxes jointly you have to give consent the bottom line just give consent because if you don't give consent your faster will be rejected and deleted after 45 days and then you have to start all over again yeah so students have to make sure and parents please make sure that you have an email um so that way when this information is sent to you you have access to get it done within 45 days if not it's deleted and you got to start everything all over again so this is basically like the summary of when you give consent um you only have to give consent one time that's it that's the good thing about it you don't have to do it every single year so it's already on file whenever you do the FASA every year you renew it it will automatically transfer the taxes information onto the FASA application so this is basically the requirement to complete a FASA you must have a valid social and this is for the federal fin inial application the student must have a valid social security number must be enrolled in a acceptable and approved um program which means a certificate program or a degree program um you have to make sure that the student is either um a US citizen or eligible non-citizen and Nur dreamers who does not have a social um is required to do the um alternative New Jersey alternative application so basically this is the components for the FASA application all contributors as a student name social item number date of birth phone number is optional but it's always good to do that email and your career plan whatever you're trying to do and um come to school for um student the consent you have to make sure you give consent to have that your your your taxes information transferred over um and now they have like students have special circumstance schools call it professional judgment based on your circumstance um your parents may be deceased you may be Award of the Court anything like that there's a question in the fasor you answer that and then um the school will reach out to you and say hey we need X Y and Z and then the parents as a contributors also you need the social um the last name and you will need the date of birth on the email address in order to get that information as well so you need the household size um parents income and asset as well um income earned from work you have um the federal means um you know if you receiving any Social Services assistance that has to be a facet and the good thing is before you were able to list at least 10 school on the faster now they up it to 20 schools you can list on the faster application and this is basically the submission summary when the students commit completed it you know it's submitted to um the federal government and once they submit all this this information also goes to the parents so the parents can go in and complete their part of the facet as well and once everything is finalized it usually take like three to five business days for everything to be processed once the federal application is processed that gets sent down to the state of New Jersey the state of New Jersey will process your your application for State financial aid and also notify you so just keep in mind when you see NJ fam or hea in your email it's not spam it's in reference to State financial aid so now when you do the FASA a state and um they have federal and state verification this process is none that it's not like you did something wrong on the fcet it's just a random selection to select students to go through this process which you're going to have to submit documentation to the schools including your tax return transcript and a few other documents based on the school that you have to fill out that say hey we need to do this before we can tell you what you're eligible for unpackage your financially Aid so just make sure you keep an eye out um on that and make sure that whatever School you decide to go to make sure you have access to your student email all communication from schools go to the student email a lot of schools do not use personal email it has to go to the school um student email because it's more secure just's keep that in mind and you always have to check your um your account to make sure because the state will send you for verification and the federal as well so you might be submitting double documents but to different um places one will go to the federal and one will go to the state and these are the for NJ dreamers um for the fall of 24 Spring of 25 you need to go to and all the state financially and not just the NJ dreamers um the NJ fam account students have to go to the NJ fam atesa website and create another login besides the federal login um to see what they're eligible for State financial aid and you will get that in an email from the state of New Jersey once you receive that as well so you have to create your account and um apply for the NJ dreamers which is through the um State website as well go ahead if it wants me to stop talking any questions while we wait too much information you're not eligible for State financial aid if you apply for school out of state of New Jersey you will get an email saying you are ineligible because you did not select the New Jersey school mhm so this is basically um the he of the main website and you have to log into the NJ fam account once you created your um FSA ID and also student I'm old school pen and paper I got a notebook I write everything down because if you lose your cell phone the database went down where you're storing it at you have nothing because it's very tedious to reset a password and you have to call so you want to make sure whatever you have on your phone just put it on a piece of paper so that way you have it as a backup so this is for the um alternative application for the state of New Jersey once you create your account you log into to your NJ fam's account and it's the second option to complete the alternative application and for students who did the federal account you'll get the same menu when you log in however you can check and update schools your scholarship your eligibility of whatever financially the state is offering you as well everything is here if you need to change um your your communication with them and for notification from the state if you say well I didn't see this in my email you can always log in and go to notification is going to show you every single communication from the state of New Jersey that they sent you that they email to you or mail it to you it will be there for you to look at so this is basically your cost of attendance so schools have to create a budget so they can basically award your financial aid so it's tuition and fees they're Tak into cons consideration room and board your books of supplies you know Transportation all those miscellaneous costs loan fee um if you're going to study abroad depends on the school you're attending if you have daycare expense uh anything related to disability expense as well they can take that in consideration um they and um any other you know expense that's going go towards your education they have a a flat um cost of attendance which can be increased or decreased based on your situation so if you have a great expense in child care you can always talk to the financial office to see how they can adjust your budget to award you more funding just keep that in mind the key is have communication with the financial aid office at all times so this is basically explaining the SII how um it's determined um and it's interesting um it's used to basically to create that the financial aid package um um because once we figure out what your enrollment status is and do the percentage then you will be um financial aid will package um the financial aid office will package your um financial aid um and it's based on the needs and the guidelines of the um school and determined by the federal government as well and it measure basically measures the family financial strength so this is kind of like an example of what that is so um Family number one um live in New Jersey parents married fing jointly for in the household the justed gross income is 94 and the asset is zero so the way the calculation saying okay their Sai is over 8,000 which is high on the bracket because of their income and everything else that's calculated in there so they will not have any pel eligibility however same scenario but the the household size increase okay so with having a combination between four in four student in the um in college or six as you can see they're eligible for the pel grant under the second scenario and this is something you don't want to calculate the school will do it for you so that's a good thing so this is basically like a an estimate of the the financial aid needs so basically you have your cost of attendance and it comes paired between Community College State College and private college and university as well so based on the financial need and the SII it basically tells you um that you whatever you're eligible for based on that criteria and this is something you do not have to worry about is basically the school is responsible for figuring that out for you you just have to say hey what is my package let me see what I'm getting that's it so this is basically an estimate of what the circle Financial a basically is schools are different so um as I said the fter usually opens up on October 1st of every school year um and it depends on the school that you're going to always check the school of your interest website to see when their preferred deadline is to get matriculated into the fourth semester um because sometimes if you don't they'll move you back to matriculate in the spring semester some school don't matriculate in the spring they're basically matriculated in the beginning of the school year so you want to keep up on that um and it's a February to may they usually get your word letters um you know June to July is where you're going into the summer fall is already ended dur to the spring ending Spring going to summer and August is always the due date for bills so just keep that in mind it depends on the school as well they may have some adjustment based on that but just keep that in mind so this is a shopping sheet um that all schools have on their website as well and um um it's every you it's like a financial plan they call it a shopping sheet but it's it's called a financial plan they change the name of that as well it helped family um it's basically and it separates the cost of attendance and Direct Loans and all it basically separates your cost and break it down for you um and it gives you an estimate okay this is going to cost me this for a school year it breaks it down for you based on your cost of attendance some student use this and some don't it's your choice but at least it's give you an idea of you know what your cost is going to be because for example um a student can be in a General Studies program at a 2-year college and let's say it's say okay it's $155,000 for the school year that doesn't mean that's much is going to cost you to go to that school for the year that is just your budget that's created so that way every Aid every loans every scholarship that's being awarded to that student is being subtracted from that amount and that means schools cannot award you above that amount they can adjust it based on your program if you need to increase it but that's we cannot pass that budget we cannot pass that at all so you you have to basically you know say hey I know this is my cost of attendance I'm having Aid and all this other stuff on there but which is fine if you have remaining funding basically from that $1 155 ,000 or whatever that means if you get another funding coming in outside scholarship or hey you get more award Awards we can we're allowed to award you that funding just keep that in mind okay so we kind of went over that a little bit and that's um for the tag renewal is April 15 as I mentioned before April 15 is your deadline to renew your fasta application if you receive tag prior all applicants is September 15 um for fall you have to get everything done by February 15 um no February 15 for spring only students so it depends on if the student is starting from the beginning of the school year or mid school year so you cannot miss the deadline you do this is one thing do not miss this deadline because you don't want to lose up and getting funding at all so if you keep in mind say hey February March I need to get my fcet done put it in your phone let it repeat every year make sure you have the fcet done and then you don't have to worry about any other deadlines unless you get selected for verification then they'll let you know hey you have 30 days or 45 days to submit whatever documentation I'm requiring from you and these are outside resources as well to help students um fund their education there's outside scholarships there's you know Campus based scholarship as well there's different payment plans of different School the employment um College work study employment um students can't use those fundings to pay for their cost that is money given to schools for employment to pay the student workers and that's all it's for it's to pay the student workers okay so there's other options you have there as well there's private scholarship there's a lot of um websites you can go and apply for scholarship just be careful where you're putting your personal information but these are the most recent ones that most schools students is using as well and most schools have it on a link on their website for this as well if you are part of an organization churches whatever business you know that you know say hey hey I'm going to school can you start a scholarship fund for me it could be anything it can be $500 to help you pay pay for your books and now they also have the um ngj best saving plans as well um that students um do have and um it's a great way as well to help pay for your cost for school and both hea and schools offer web um workshops as I said before to help you do your faster explain the faster process um you just have to let them know what type of presentation you might be interested in if they have it and they have some videos as well YouTube videos that explains the process too as well and hea do have publication if you go to the website you can click on students parents or Guardian um um and it has the pamphlets that you guys got as well you can get all this from the state of New Jersey they will mail it to you free of cost if you want to you know more depth information about the program or the State financial aid and all that you can get it from their website and this is hea's contact information and their web page as well based on what you are interested in doing the customer service and the email for the customer here and that's their hours of operation and that's it everyone
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um as it Cycles through and that just identifies what periods the students were absent or hadn't been called in yet for um PBIS is really pushed in to trying to support good positive behavior um of course we have our traditional Dean interventions when a student is missing an unexcused absence receiving that consequence and being responsible for that as well as those tardies because I think that is very impactful to um the education that they're receiving I mentioned the Deans printing out that attendance report the alpha teams have an early warning system that comes through that Flags is something that Scott had previously PR previously mentioned and we've done a lot of professional development so that we can work together and it's a collaboration um from all stakeholders and tier two again is where we get a little more targeted with our interventions trying to build connections to get students reinvested in the school um Scott and Kelly and I and some um some of our friends in the Cs team attended trainings throughout the fall that were put on by the regional Office of Education um and one of those introduced us to the idea of the attendance Improvement mentoring group uh so we've had staff members at both schools attend a training that was offered here in District 58 and then we partnered with them and sent folks there and it was free and it's a really great curriculum that um we're ready to roll out at both schools at the start of second semester so we've been identifying students and looking for uh incentives to make sure that the students are invested and wanting to go because that's where they will not only connect with adult staff members who will hopefully build those connections but also other peers who might help to hold them accountable for making good decisions about coming to school every day or might just be the like you know it's easier for me to get to the gym when I know someone I have a buddy there and they're expecting to see me that day kind of thing in class as well um the the nudge letters are letters that uh are sent to families when a student has exceeded reached or exceeded 10% or more of the possible student attendance days that they have been absent and sometimes it's just important to call the family's attention to the fact that you may not realize this but your child went on two College visits and they had this doctor's appointment that took them out this day and this other reason and then they were sick with the flu for 3 days all of that together has me meant that they've been gone for more than 10% of the possible school days we really would like to see them in school here are the reasons and the benefits of of being in school um and then certainly the at at the tier 2 level is where our Alpha teams are meeting weekly and talking about what might we do to reinvest this student in coming to school and and attending all their classes on a regular basis and that may mean bringing the family in for a meeting um and it could be all members of the alpha team meeting with them it might just be the counselor might just be the dean whatever make sense for that student I just want to say on the the aim group that um Karen mentioned our staff volunteered like that is important piece I mean our staff is taking a vested interest in this and they volunteered to lead these groups it wasn't something that we had mandated we gave them the professional development we were looking into all options so that we can support good positive attendance and our staff has volunteered themselves to have these support groups really quick is it 17 days is the is the threshold and they don't like 16 days they don't they don't care I mean you know not they don't care but that they're not measuring doesn't trigger the Metro until it gets to 17 probably a kid who has 16 days absence at the end of the year at some point during the school year trip into you know the tier two because it's that fluid number we talked about right unless it happened on the very last day of school that would be very unusual State also looks at Chronic treny um which is unexcused absences however it doesn't impact the summit of designation it does appear on the report card so you can actually see it um but it doesn't impact the rating and are are there times where they're capturing this data like so October 1st March or is it just so there's various uploads that we have to do to the state throughout the year with the final upload being in sum okay and it's the final one that counts for the yes the school card we might be going back and finding oh there's a mistake here or oh this needs to be corrected that can occur throughout the year but ultimately there's a drop dead date and it all has to be so we can help ourselves oh yes absolutely like even though the state may not be flagging that we are um and so per semester generally speaking it's six excused anything beyond that we're addressing that sorry that's okay no problem because it's actually a really good segue as we talk about treny versus chronic absenteeism um to this tier three interventions so the depage regional Office of Education really they've been great partners for us um on all things attendance and increasingly so this year we've I was talking with Kelly about this recently we've seen even greater investment in in our schools I think they've really recognized that chronic absenteeism is a problem not just in District 99 but countywide and they've really put some energy into building building out programming to support districts and um being more responsive when we're calling them in the event of a tier three truancy intervention um so we're um getting a quicker response um the team they're called Behavior interventionists they don't call them truy officers anymore but the behavior interventionists went through the same trainings that we went through at the Roe this fall um and so anyway so that's a really individualized case because again these are the students that it should be only at Max 5% of our population um and these are the students that have missed 20% or more of the possible student attendance days uh so we need to get really individualized here and we need to be really responsive to the unique circumstances that each kid has uh and so that requires a lot of Outreach on our part that's when we're doing home visits that's when we might be considering Alternative Learning environments perhaps the length of the day in our schedule isn't working for them perhaps there's another barrier that might be better addressed in a different setting um and so individualized plans and certainly the involvement of community agencies perhaps Family Support perhaps um you know drug and alcohol intervention is something that's needed it really is student individualized Student Response here and we've certainly learned that it really does take all of us I think we're seeing positive results because we are all leaning in the teachers our support staff our security team our administrators our parents we're we're doing better about educating them and we're getting folks to lean in um because this is really not something that can be addressed in a vacuum um when you hear so often that it takes a village right um attendance really does take a village because there are so many different barriers that get in the way and uh just speaking of all the stakeholders and I'm just going to highlight a few that we've we've said that some people have volunteered for aim but like when I when Karen and I are speaking on that we're talking about you know looking at groups to create and our social workers want to create a group that have students who have been hospitalized and they hit the tier three and because that's a different set of students with a different set of needs and the Deans are creating their groups and we're looking at that impact um academically for our students as well it truly has become a focus for all of us to kind of take own ownership of so that we can support our students better before we get into questions I want to recognize a mistake I made at the beginning I left the doctor off Kelly's title and that was an error on my part uh she's recently minted I guess doctor so yes very true thank you I left that off of the introduction wanted the opportunity to correct that thank you all right so questions from board at each High School on a on an average day how many students are absent would you say or arwi and Courtney what would you say I I would be guessing at this point we can pull it though and we can just ballar I would so our average da well actually it wouldn't be a guess because we generally know our average daily attendance so this is a whole different thing we haven't even talked about and it's kind of complicated to understand but average daily attendance is a separate figure that gets reported to the state and that's um it looks in congruent when we talk about chronic absenteeism because average daily attendance will tell you that approximately the mid90s I don't know where we sit exactly today somewhere between 93 and 95% of our students are present in our buildings every day to under 50 students under 100 students so are absent a day yeah depending on each campus that guess the raw number 5 to 7% of whatever our total student body is and we hover right in that 93 to 95% of daily attendance but as Dr Taylor was mentioning somebody could be in the daily attendance counted but also count when their absent is chronically absent so like it's that's why it gets a little bit confusing um but each day we have you know so you know absolutely strong attendance right showing up but we do have those kids that need our support my point is with tier one interventions we have Robo calls twice a daily automated phone message is there any possibility that that could be transitioned to live phone calls or is that unrealistic with you know the Manpower in the offices or what but I just know if I was a student and I knew a rooc was come to my house it would not deter me from you know not coming to school but if I knew somebody had to pick up a phone and talk to a person or that person is leaving a message it gets a little more complicated and it may be just the nudge they need to get to school sure the the daily influx of phone calls and attendance reporting is quite profound and that's why there's two calls that go out because sometimes we're still recording the attendance and the teachers are still updating their attendance by the time the evening hits got it um and so sometimes you'll have I'm excuse my daughters who is senior at north um you know Megan might I might get a robo call at you know 11 o'clock that says Megan missed period 4 but she actually was coming in late to period 4 because she's with the counselor got it got it and it pulled so we really rely heavy on that second poll um but the influx is so severe that we're trying to accurately report that attendance that the live call won't happen until the dean steps in to interview got it and then Deans do live calls got it okay the other reason for the midday Robo call too is so that parents can be alerted midday instead of waiting till the very end of the day I've been that person or forget to or forget to call forget to call in that's the reminder school's public comes up on the call right like I was just calling in yeah so they do get through so um I I think I think I know the answer to this but I want to ask the question again anyways um just to frame some of the questions that I have to layer in on top of that um there is no correlation between chronic absenteeism and academic performance in the classroom no the the change now is there's a correlation between uh a student failing and them being chronic absent not other way around the other way around so chronic absen ism is not a predictor of how well a student is going to do in the classroom no it's the exact just like Hank said it's the exact opposite if I have a student who is failing they're most likely to also have trance or excessive absences okay so we we shouldn't be looking at this from a board perspective of this is not necessarily an academic performance issue issue is that fair or some you know and that's complexity so so kid remember kids that are are chronically absent that have gone on two College visits they had a minor surgery which meant physical therapy appointments took them out or doctor you know but they also knew about those things in advance so they talked to their teachers they worked to stay on top of their assignments it's not impacting them academically um more I chronically ruent student yes probably is that's probably correlated with their academic performance so in some instances people are on your radar but you're you're kind of like well we already knew that this was coming or we are you know we know that this student is going to finish physical therapy on December 1st exactly right or they were in you know they had a concussion and that knocked them out for a full five days and depending on when during the school year that happened like yeah it's so indiv ided for that is a student who's chronically absent is that student a drain on resources for d99 meaning are are teachers having to take on additional tasks outside of the classroom to make certain that those students are getting caught up I that's going to depend um truly um again just as as complex as this is because of the nature of an absence some of the students that like Karen was talking about they're very proactive and they say you know I'm having this short-term surgery like my daughter had she'd hate that I'm saying this on the on a short-term surgery she had a short surgery um but she was going to be out so she had made you know connections to her teachers to intervene and get ahead of it now does that require more additional work as a teacher yes like teachers work hard for each individual student always um but it you know attendance is one factor that causes that um but then there's the students who are Trent and maybe they're missing and now they need to make up tests and have to go down to the testing center or they they need additional support so they're going to access office hours or they're going to access the tutoring center for additional help or might be directed into a directed study to get additional academic support so it's really dependent upon the need of the individual students but it's key to recognize the fact the work that our teachers have done oh absolutely to to flip that data metric right it used to be a strong correlation that a student that was chronically absent was going to be failing and what our teachers have done through the variety of different supports and online resources and office hours and all of those things is our teachers have literally flipped that metric so it's no longer a predictor of a student failing that is like huge success by our teaching staff and our entire administrative team and all the supports that are in place in District 99 that a kid that's out hospitalized isn't going to fail all their classes you know or a kid that has a significant issue at home or there's you know all of these things that factor in why a student is out it isn't all that some of it is a student's blowing off class right but there's a lot of factors that could Le Dr zerner just said that lead into the specific reasons why a student might be out and the fact that that is no longer a defining predictor of fail goes directly back to the work of our instruction you know our instructional experts in the classroom you know I don't know I'm concerned because I saw in the uh one of your slides that it seems like in DuPage County and in um our neighboring schools and US are just like right up there um this last year and so um is is that a trend that is happening around the country or is it just from world that's a takeaway honestly and I hadn't really thought about the worldwide impact of chronic absenteeism but yes postco um but the the trainer who worked with us in the the trainings I've mentioned at the regional office um works with schools in Australia um the Netherlands someplace else Ireland and Ireland yes so all over she's working with schools exclusively on chronic absenteeism she in every training I went to identified she knows of one school that has not or that has maintained like 5% or lower chronic absenteeism postco so are they are they giving bonuses to the kids sure bonus here no I mean I you know looking at this it's element high schools it's everybody yeah it seems to be frightening how much it has jumped since Co and um you know are we also um talking to parents because some of that is Parental um you know letting them stay home you know or whatever and that two and three piece where Karen was like highlighting family meetings like we're calling entire families in with the Alpha Team the counselor the dean you know their psychologists all like everybody's coming together saying here's the impact and this is why we need our student here are they being receptive to that yes um some you know is is it helping I mean you know have we seen um maybe the numbers going down from when you guys started you know this Intervention Program yeah so I can about a year ago at this time um I was really worried I continue to be worried but um I was really worried and did a lot of work um at the tier one level that we continue to need to flesh out and build up even more but um Jill Browning and the communications team helped support our efforts with pushouts to parents educating them on the importance of students being in school every day um there's a lot of research out there about um even at third grade if they're absent this much what the chances are they would graduate from high school on time um graduate at all Etc graduate you know at or Beyond grade level those kinds of things but uh so we definitely are working to educate families about that and but there's a big factor we can't ignore here that is up until March of last year the recommendation was that if if you were homesick and you believed it was covid to stay home for 5 days right that puts you onethird almost onethird of the way to being chronically absent right so that is a big variable that has been in there the last two years that that same expectation doesn't exist this year um so I mean we might still have higher levels of illness or those kinds of things and people are responding to illness differently than they have in the past but that was a huge big blip you know if a kid was sick a couple of times uh they'd be pushing up against that that numberers so now is the people who put these numbers together are they um thinking about changing how some of these numbers are are reported because I mean if if a student is sick it it's so much better for them to stay home than it is for them to come to school and be sick so shouldn't we kind of I guess get points for that you know you know what I'm saying they are definitely topics being discussed at the state the fact that you know during the last several years as this was put into place you had several different opportunities for students to stay home um such as mental health days there's a variety of like public service days that were added but those still Factor into our metrics right so uh and then with illness and everything else the encouragement to stay home but that doesn't you know reflect in I mean okay I mean either way they're still out of school right so you can argue about what that threshold is so far as our rating but you still get down to it's better for a kid to be at school generally than not um the thing that most schools are pushing back against is what you've heard tonight is we're measured on whether a kid was there or not but not the way we look at it is we should really be measured on did we take the steps to respond did the teacher respond and try to make sure that the the tier one things were there for students that pass a certain threshold are we offering tier 2 tier three We Believe those would be stronger metrics for the state to be measuring us on of the variables that are under our control rather than ones that aren't completely under our control um but I think that that's a Nuance that comes with time is people look more and more at the data and the rationale and the reasons and those kinds of things right now this is all still pretty new in the concepts of how we're looking at data as a state and I would imagine that it would evolve over time I think that's really important that even if they are sick because we are focused together on it we're bringing them back to a sense of belonging so they don't feel overwhelmed and they don't want to you know not want to come up to school again because I feel like I'm too far behind so really working on the intervention piece is vital well I think that uh like um Dr E had said is it really makes a big difference when our teachers and and staff work towards helping that student get back on track and I think that says a lot about our district and I think you know I hate to say this but I think we deserve points or whatever for that you know because because it's not like our students are failing because of it correct they're they're thriving um and and that I I don't want to make that an okay thing either you know because that puts a lot of burden on onto our staff so um it this is just a huge dilemma complex problem yeah yeah it's not easy do you have enough data yet that shows of those three tiers like which bucket I know it sounds like we're doing a lot and that's great and not like you don't help all three tiers but is there any enough data that says like if you can prevent tier one kids from getting into tier two you're likely to or focus more because this it's great we're doing all this but seems like a lot and it's a lot on the people in those teams and the teachers do you have enough data that informs that it does when you're looking at individual students because remember the reason why they hit that bucket dep is very dependent upon the individual so if it's a student who has I'm I'm going to use more extreme cases in tier three right you have a student who's hitting an early hospitalization but not long enough to gain support you know getting tutoring and and homebound care that that's going to jump into a tier three pretty quickly and we couldn't anticipate that at the tier one level but early intervention of course is going to stop that tier two and tier three especially when we we um kind of embrace that student if it's just a truy student we're embracing them and saying no we need you here you know we absolutely want you to belong or even not just a truy student but that student who is kind of like I don't really feel like going to school today I kind of feel a little under the weather can you call me out um you know if we like like I talked about the peer connections right if they're like if they've got an incentive a if school is a place they want to be if they know somebody's looking for them they're more inclined to kind of be like yeah I don't feel you know I'm a little tired I worked late last night but I'm going to go because I want to see Kelly and you know I know I've got a math test the next day it'll be good for me to be there for the review and she'll tutor me so we're good kind of thing truly the other thing that like Scott has set up our dashboards to look at is student involvement because that's one of the key things we know if it but students involved in at least one or hopefully two things at school sometimes maybe they won't come out of bed because they have a math test but they're going to come anyway because that activity they're involved in is after school or that club is meeting or there's a practice or whatever so should have asked the cross country team what their attendance rates were are good they were really good so so that's you know working with our activity directors to you know reach out to those students and bring them in and help them get involved is is important I mean truly it's all my dissertation was on belonging and connection it was truly it came down to the fact that students need to feel a sense of belonging and that somebody somebody really truly cares and that's one reason why I love District 99 is because I couldn't find another District that puts more effort behind caring for their students um so much so I moved my family into District 99 just so they could experience that level of support and love from their teachers and that's something that I'm hopeful for like because we're all embracing this together I do think we'll see positive results from it okay this question by no means represents my personal feeling on this but just let me uh play devil's advocate for a moment so if you're telling me as a board that chronic absenteeism does not have an impact on academic performance no it's not necessarily A predictor academic performance okay that to me is the same thing but okay but um and it's not a drain on resources no it can be a drain on resources okay okay right all right why do we care and why should the board care about the level of absenteeism that we're experiencing and talk to me a little bit about why it's important for kids to be in school because our kids deserve the best and they can't get the best if they're not in front of their teachers who are literally dedicated to their instruction dedicated to their future and dedicated to Preparing them for the future our kids deserve that our we should care because our kids deserve us to like they're they're our future so absolutely we should be very focused on this topic because our kids should maximize their potential in whatever the Avenue they're going to go down is there anything the board should be looking at from a policy standpoint to assist in this process um are there negative reinforcements available that the board's policy decisions meaning you're over 10% chronic absenteeism you cannot participate in a social club that's the opposite of what we would want to do yeah I hear what you're saying yeah like I want to hear your recommendations is is there something that the board should be doing from a policy standpoint to help you and assist you through this process or is this really just an administrative process um no I think you have and are continuing to support us every single day um throughout covid and then the after maath of trying to recover from all of that I don't think there's one policy I can point to to say this isn't supporting us you've always given us the resources we needed and the time to implement the change um to let us dig deep into into the information to figure out what to do um I don't think there's one policy I can point to to say if we change this that's going to be the magic formula I think giving us that time to implement all these interventions and the in the people to do so which you have um I'm I would say maybe in the summer I could maybe better answer that question because we're putting all of these things in place right now um but I think that it makes an impact yeah what comes to mind for me is not necessarily a policy change but uh maybe a Shameless plug or plea um in talking with the Deans about in in trying to identify students that are appropriate for our attendance intervention mentoring groups that we be starting second semester at South we're prepared we've got six different staff members they're going to partner up so we'll run three groups um and in talking with uh you know we certainly can identify on paper who needs the program but then there's the like okay but who's really going to benefit from from this mentoring group and how do we get them there right um and so our Deans were talking about providing incentives and resour and rewards for attending the group so that we can hook them in as through an incentive so feeding them um when they're there is you know students always come around when there's Pizza um but you know maybe it's also with successful completion of the the program they would be eligible to win a raffle of you know tickets to a dance or passes to Six Flags or something like that or maybe there are community businesses that would be willing to donate things that we could use to help incentivize the programming for students I guess too I like it but it's also complex because not everybody that hearing that you know how they're marking people ass is you know you want to go to a college visit or you at a doctor's appointment so how do you they should be college visits you know you may have to go to the doctor so how do you start to deal with that with a policy right but I think you could Target I mean I will say as a parent you know to your point about there's so many details I some think there's almost too much detail so when I go into Home Access Center there's like 45 different ways you can be marked at the center like it's it's a lot and I'm sure there is some reason but I think for visibility you know and I know I think we're eventually moving off that platform but it's very difficult as a parent to have visibility so way you could pop up and say you know I literally have no idea how many how many days I and I've tried to sort of investigate that because I think I fall into the bucket of need some physical therapy you might be going on a college tour and so again to your point like if there are targeted ways of little things we could do to take the burden off the actual people effort I know kids being hospitalized and that whole different thing and needs different intervention but there could be targeted ways to get this population CLE communication home maybe we could work for one subset of this group or um frankly policy or sticks in some other way to some part of the group that might just be taking advantage of the flexibility we offer like if those kids could truly be identified could we target you know I don't think at a policy level but just to allow the people and the human effort that you talk about and all that to really focus on the kids where it's going to work just a well and we would certainly love when we're making this the shift in student intervention systems to be able to more quickly identify exactly what you're you're talking about too um and sometimes when we're asked to report out um how many days has the student been absent this school year it it's kind of cumbersome to to do that in echool right now so it would really be lovely if we could just look at the attendance screen and see is there some some data reason why you have to capture all that data like I okay yeah all all the St question and then really quickly another thing is the attendance office is kind of like first off it's hidden and a lot of people don't know it's there and also a lot of um teachers like I'm not going to name my class or anything but um I've gotten marked absent because I was like in the bathroom or something or some like and the teacher like won't change it um and also just being able to have and I think another thing that would really help with the accessibility of the attendance office is for example I have 7th period off and I have fifth period off which means because of the block schedule I'm out of school at 12:30 which is awesome because then I get to take that opportunity and go work however because the attendance office is a little and I completely understand like it's especially as we were talking about you guys are just completely slammed however my mom just ends up calling me out every Wednesday so I can go to work instead of trying to go through the process of getting the early release and like all this stuff especially with the seventh period it's really hard so like I don't think I'm chronically absent but like I might be getting close just because like I leave school on Wednesdays early and my mom needs to call me out or like during my junior year I was at College visits all the time because I was trying to get all the information and I don't know I don't think that it should like is there a way to change that where it's like you you're not penalized for going to a college visit those are the same questions we're asking Goa like I there have been times where it's like like there was like a week at the College and Career Center where it's just every College I wanted to apply to was just there so I was constantly there and my mom was like why are you always at these visits like your attendance is going to go down and I thought it didn't count so my bad but that's a good point just the teachers it sound like sounds like they do but I would just ask this question do they has there been conversations with them because if you are you know in the bathroom does everybody know the importance of this because that and and is there a reason you can't change it if the person's like I was in the bathroom yeah we've done a lot of professional development and last year as W is this year and they can go change it they go back in and change it no could a mistake happen sure I mean we all we all could make a mistake if we didn't catch it but three mistakes if you're my teacher it's true though I mean I think parents don't understand either um I I thought college visits were excused they they are excused absences they are excused absences yeah you're right and then I thought excused absences didn't count like into of most yeah that's why a lot of times when we're reaching out and informing a parent that they're children are chronically absent a lot of times we know the reason and it might be apparent we've already worked with because of health issues or whatever but parents sometimes get really upset that we're reaching out because they're like but I've called them in it's like it we know we know but you're actually passing the threshold in which we we required to to reach out so it does cause some angst and confusion I had that angst and confusion yeah I I mean you have any hope that the state will change given all the things it is a we have a new state superintendent who was a school superintendent and uh Dr Smith is definitely interested in looking at these things and soon yeah but I mean it's nothing at the state level moves quickly so uh there's definitely conversations beginning around many of these metrics especially because as the board is learning they're kind of coming into fruition we're actually seeing how the data is playing out and some of the assumptions underneath like when you see a plan that says we're going to measure chronic absenteeism because the research shows previously in the past students that are chronically absent have a higher failure rate so yeah it makes sense to put it on there but then when you get into what counts and how the math works and those details now it doesn't make as much sense as it did at the surface you know at the macro level so that's kind of the iteration that's playing on across you say they're giving more points to it now than or was it not really a thing it really wasn't a thing so this is new across the board one of the nice things I think that not necessarily nice things but one of the things the state is doing is trying to get a handle on how many students are taking mental health days and so now I'm like previously we have to report that separately it's a separate cult we have to report that um because a lot of us have expressed concern that you know there's legislation giving students and families the opportunity to take these mental health days and yet it's negatively impacting our numbers and so while that's a small step I'm hopeful that over time things may change that's five days right I me third of and not that every kid takes those of course but at least they're trying to get a handle on how many days students are taking for met what's the same thing we've transitioned to with illness like if you're sick stay home if you need a mental health day stay home take care of yourself like you have that message at the same time then we're calling that same family I'm like you've been gone too much and they're like but you said stay home right so it it causes a lot of mixed messaging that that we're trying to get our arms around quantitatively um as you measure potentially the impact of what you guys are doing from an intervention standpoint are you how are you going to measure your success is it based on a drop in our chronic absenteeism do you have a goal in mind as to where you'd like to see us in the next 5 years years how how are we going to know if what you're doing is successful at the macro level the drop is probably one of the easiest things to point to but for me it's and when we get all of the percentage points on that little school house that's that's that's our goal I'm far less I'm far far less concerned about that grade than I am on the impact on the kids right that's I that's kind of what my questions were kind of meant to get to tonight um so the macro it's the number that's an easy thing to just point to but that's not really telling the story of the students and so when the Deans pulled their chronic the students that met that 20% and they start intervening proactively before they even have their first absence and making those connections it's looking at stories like that and making sure that students who had struggled in the past um who may may have had a really rough year starts to improve and they feel that success in the sense of belonging so while yes it's you know maybe some it's easy just to look at a number for us it's that's not what we're about we're looking at the individual students to make sure that they're successful and they're meeting their own individual goals and there are other quantitative metrics that tell a story more important right are for your graduation rates um our students who are involved in activities and Athletics um our senior exit surveys that give us feedback about their personal experiences as at Downers Grove South or North okay do you knowes does 58 have the same in the other feeder schools is this is this happening it's rising at yeah it's rising at all grade levels um throughout DuPage County certainly but um truly globally we've always had a higher absence rate at the high school level because parents are comfortable letting their kids stay at home for the day so high school rates of of absenteeism are always higher than elementary schools however postco with the number of people that are working from home elementary schools are seeing the numbers jump drastically because before you would have to send your kid to school cuz that was who was watching your kids that day but with the number of people that are working from home there's a lot more uh Elementary parents that are like yeah just stay home you don't feel well cuz they're at home with their kids right so it it that's part of the Nationwide trend of increases so do you think about 85% you can sort of meet with tier one we're talking about a relatively small two three yeah mhm not everyone needs a set tier one right like not every that 85% we're probably not intervening at 85% we're just encouraging positive attendance we are you know having those good dialogues making those connections our tier two and three are the ones that we're going to hyper focus on unless we're seeing a trend in tier one you know climbing into tier two into tier two we're going to intervene quickly question obviously there was a paradigm shift with the virus and the way we live work and go to school today what do you tell parents as to why their children need to be in school school cuz as a parent you know I could say well my child doesn't need to be there they're getting the scores they need they're getting the grades they need why do they need to be there what what are we saying what is the true value of our d99 education which they need to be in the buildings to experience so I have a two-pronged response to that um a student who is out of school might for a short period of time be able to continue to keep up get good grades that kind of thing um but that's you know we are not an online school and we are not intended to be and it it's not something that can be sustained over the long term and the concern about a student exceeding the 10% even less than that right is that once you've been out it gets a little harder each time to go back and the length of time that you've been out makes it harder to re-engage and the other piece is it's the high school experience right when we look back at what we remember about our own high school experiences yeah like they're they're talking about the camaraderie and their their friendships um and their activity um and they're not talking about you know the lab they did yesterday or that really cool like clip they got to discuss in English class um and so it's it's the socialization teenagers need that and their peers like as a parent of teens their peers are more important to them sometimes than their family um and maintaining those connections and truthfully that's a really important life skill that they will need to be employable later we are you know that's an offshoot of of the virus as well right we are kids stopped talking to each other face to face and they're reliant on social media and screens and the ability for teenagers even to like walk into a restaurant and Order um and look face to face with someone have sustained eye contact and place in order for their own benefit right um it like they don't know how to do it mhm I mean I taught uh US history in economics before becoming a dean and then an associate principal and of course I thought that material was the best in the whole wide world but truly it was the conversations they had with one another and the growth that they could learn from each other I can't replicate that at home yeah definitely I really can't and so when they dialogue and be able to debate and have empathy for one another and when somebody has a different opinion than I do be respectful in that engagement and that conversation is what I can't show you in a book like that has to be learned inside as school thanks I I would agree especially with the emphasis on cell phones we need every opportunity we can find to help our students with their social skills I think yeah there's just so many postco studies of what they're struggling with you know from not being in school that yes absolutely yeah there's too much good stuff happening agree I just have one final question the uh so we had 30% of our student body who is chronically absent last year um of that number is the majority of that 30% unexcused absenteeism or is it is it a good portion of it truancy a good portion was well I'm guessing actually if I answer that question um but remember that in includes until March of last year that if you tested positive for covid you stayed out for 5 days um and so much of what we saw did include excused absences um I was working with the attendance data monitoring team last spring to try to identify the the buckets of barriers that were interfering with attendance and that we looked at data and we talked to student focus groups and we could not identify common buckets because it was really you know very individualized and and across the board so we haven't seen like a trend over the last couple of years that the excused absences has grown and that's what's pushing our absenteeism R I would say we have seen that we have seen that 2021 we had 12% that were chronically Trent so that's yeah and then 2022 was 13 and last year was 15 so a slight increase in chronic treny but a drastic increase drastic increase in chronic absente excused absenteeism yep he let us know if there's any messaging you want us to do at a board level like at the beginning of a school year a letter from the Board of Education to to parents you know as part of student registration that this is really important I love that idea and we need to do this uh let us know if you think we need to uh positively reinforce kids who have perfect attendance um if there's anything that we can do to send out and reinforce this message to try and reverse that trend of growing excused absenteeism they'll give you a list of parents to call thank you there's anything we can do thank you yeah thank you both it's very good work thank you good work thank St hard work all right uh returning from last last meeting Gina provided an update of course proposals these are action items tonight the list of courses are up there this is the last kind of chance to ask any questions before we move into is an action item later this evening any questions y y think they look exciting I'd like to take some of them yes all right uh moving on to Dre the 2023 tax levy request uh we heard the board feedback last week and or last meeting and Jer responded to that so I'll let her cover the changes okay excuse me um I hope my voice will carry tonight I was sick last week so last month we presented an estimated tax levy uh for your review and our discussion and since that November board meeting we've received some additional information from some of the uh Township assessors so using that additional information um and taking into account the feedback that we received from the board we've um revised those EST the original estimated figures for the tax levy to the ones that we're looking at this evening so last month the overall increase was a little over 5% tonight we're looking at one that's 8.8% in total last year at this time what we presented to the board uh for the proposed 22 uh tax levy was about an 8% increase so just a little higher than last year um but given the unknowns um we've put together a little higher estimate just to protect the district and a reminder to the board this all get adjusted with the real numbers remember this is just a guess yeah and anybody who's property hasn't been reassessed or changed in some way will be capped at 5% what we're really trying to capture here is any of the reassessments new construction new businesses those kinds of things in that number I got my letter today same yeah I think I did too it was so once the county has all that information then they review it they process it and then in the spring we'll bring back the actual tax extension because they'll do the computation on it yeah look dog and ultimately excuse me it has to stay within the tax caps so that's going to be enough will that be enough we feel so mhm okay all right that's all that matter we're seeing uh most of our peers in Tage County are somewhere between 8 and 10 right now just to be sure that they capture everything when the actual true numbers come out all right uh this is uh up for uh public Hearing in a moment and then action later on this evening okay all right freedom information requests we have received them we fill them they're listed up on our website all right this will be an opportunity for a public hearing for truth and Taxation do we have any anybody that wishes to address the board regarding the levy Levy only at this point do you want me to open the you need to you need to open it yes yeah sorry Don yes you have an official thing to read um yeah so do we do I need a roll call to open the hearing you just open it so I can on my own okay so I'd like to open the um public hearing on truth and Taxation I'm going to have Dr the repeat exactly what he just said if anybody the board this is your opportunity hearing none I may have a motion to close the hearing on the 2023 tax Le Levy and truth and Taxation some moved second okay Harry mov charell second Char was second thank you very much Terry pavich I charell fuller hi Denny hagstrom hi haric Caston hi Ken Dawson hi josa hi and Don rener I motion carries public hearing is closed okay item eight the consent agenda um I get a motion for the Board of Education to approve the consent agenda as presented which includes a Personnel report appointments classified transfer of position classified B Personnel report resignation certified resignations classified C November Financial Pages d student tour e revised administrative regulations 5.27 one ar2 AR3 and ar4 F acceptance of donation from the M MCN develop LLC and G acceptance of donation from the Knights of Columbus Council number 16062 so moved second Terry moved Chris second thank you Terry pavich I Chris Spinosa I cherell fuller hi Jenny hagstrom hi car Caston hi Ken Dawson hi and Don rer hi motion carries I I'd like to highlight though are two donations the MCN development company helped to offset the unexpected costs of sending a State football team to state championships so that was very nice of them they provided $5,000 donation to offset the some of the transportation and the team dinner and a variety of different things and that just came out of the blue they called and said we we anticipate that you're going to have some increased costs how can we help so that was wonderful and then the Knights of Columbus are uh providing a donation uh to help out at t99 great so very good thank you uh item nine recommendations for Action um can I get a motion for the Board of Education to approve the 2024 25 course proposals as presented so moov Chris moves second 10 seconds thank you very much Christopher Espinosa hi Ken Dawson hi cherl Fuller hi Jenny hagstrom hi Trey pavich I Tre Caston hi and Don Runner I motion Carri cares um now can I have a motion for the Board of Education to approve the 2023 tax levy for 111 m890 519 the certificate of tax levy the certificate certification of certificate of tax levy and the CER certificate of compliance with the truth and Taxation law as presented so moved second car moves Ken seconds thank you Terry pavich hi Ken Dawson hi Mr Espinosa hi Char Fuller hi Jenny hagstrom hi car Caston hi and Don rener hi motion carries thank you any old business Hank uh no or any new business no Julie do we have any receptions of visitors we do have one uh we have one uh person that would like to address the board you want to provide the yes so this is the second reception of visitors which is intended for audience members to address the board on any topic pertaining to Community High School District 99 comments will be limited to 3 minutes to provide all visitors an equal opportunity to address the board individuals needing more time should submit their thoughts and writing to the board's secretary visitors addressing the board need to submit a comment slip to the board secretary and will be invited to the microphone prior to addressing the board audience members should State their full name the proceeding proceedings may be taped recorded for the purpose of producing accurate meeting minutes the board's presiding officer reserves the right to modify these protocols if circumstances warrant audience observation of these protocols is appreciated thank you we have one presenter Amanda cond yes I am here tonight to bring attention to my son Harrison cond his story he was born deaf in 2006 he received two surgeries but he still had permanent damage he started wearing hearing aids and attended a death and heart of hearing school from the age he was 3 to 5 he learned how to speak sign and read and advocate for himself at that young age he started wrestling at age five which boost his self-confidence and made him feel like all the other hearing kids Harrison learned how to read lips at a very young age because he could not understand and communicate with his coaches while he was on the map fast forward to his time at doners Grove North High School where he attended his fresh sophomore in junior year he participated in wrestling for those three years under coach Chris McGrath representing Downers Grove North and he is a three-time state Placer at North early in his junior year he started to struggle at Downers Grove North as documented by his down Gro North counselor I do have letters for everybody if you're interested in seeing it as a family we decided to find an alternative solution for him a small private school with key fewer students less noise and more personal attention for him and of course we would want him to wrestle all the academic and healthc Care Professionals in Harrison's life wrote endorsing letters on how a transfer to a small school would be best for him as a heart of hearing child Downers Grove North protested this transfer as well as the ihsa and they deemed him ineligible to wrestle his senior year since Harrison has trans transfer to his new school he has earned straight A his first quarter except for math class the smaller School setting and the attention he gets is what he needs all of his IEP recommendations transferred with him the only thing he did not get the chance to do so far this year is represent his new school as an athlete we gave ihsa a letter from donor Grove North at our hearing a few days ago for Harrison's academic counselor again his academic counselor from down Grove North endorsed a smaller school for him said it would be the best possible place for him since he was struggling where he was the Downers Grove North principal and AD Kavanaugh did not support their own counselor they told the ihsa they did not support her recommendation of this again the ihsa deemed him ineligible again we moved Harrison for academic reasons he just happens to be a really really good wrestler he should not be penalized for doing something that he loves I would like donor gor to reconsider and approve this transfer he should be able to wrestle uh we will be on channel 9 news tonight at 9: it already ran at 6 it's a great story it was done today thank you for your time and thank you for listening thank you thank you can I pass around letters yeah abut thank you very much thank you I just have a few ran out thank you I will remind the board um that the Illinois High School Association ihsa governs the eligibility of student athletes through its own process and makes all of the decisions regarding eligibility thank you the district supports all students and respects the family's decision to send their student to a school that best suits their educational needs when families request to transfer the student out of our school we complete all of the required paperwork in a timely and accurate manner the process of determining eligibility is entirely at the discretion of ihsa okay um moving on to Communications and announcements um Jenny do you have any report on l no nothing until January okay uh Hank or Charelle on sassin we have a busy week this week yeah on Wednesday yeah charel will'll be at a governing board on Wednesday uh where they will be asked to approve uh our recommendation for the next executive director so uh it's been a really good process we had some really good finalists and we're excited about who's being recommended to the governing board good I think I didn't see a location so we'll you'll be at sassad yeah at the sasset office if you need help let me know they're on Ogden okay I didn't have the time either but okay I'll refor the message sure Terry uh report on the uh Education Foundation we're meeting Wednesday so I have nothing to report okay uh can any report on iasb nothing nothing this year looking forward to next next year okay um item number 14 upcoming board meetings um the next board meeting will be January 22nd 2024 which will be a regular business meeting at 6:30 p.m here at the ASC um for the benefit of audience members uh the board will now be moving into closed session um the board will be coming out of closed session with one item uh an action item um uh for those who want to stay otherwise please feel free uh to go so at this point in time I need a motion uh from the Board of Education to go into close session for the appointment employment compensation discipline performance or dismissal of specific employees specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park recreational or educational setting or specific volunteers of the district or legal council for the district including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee a specific individual who serves as an independent contractor in a park recreational or educational setting or a volunteer of the district or against legal counsel for the district to determine its validity so moved second Terry moves Chris seconds thank you Terry pavich hi Chris J Spinosa hi cherl Fuller hi Jenny hagstrom hi Cara Caston hi Ken Dawson hi Don rener hi motion carries we're now moving into Clos session before before that I just want to say thank you you to both north and south for the fabulous um music concerts the Mosaic and the holiday concerts I was at both of them and they were very moving and our students and staff work really hard on those and they did a fabulous job I just want to say thank you and if you could pass on to the staff that it was just magnificent and um it is every year but um it's always a special occasion so thank you thank you thanks Terry all right after a short break we'll journ in close session in here
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welcome to the December 19th 2020 oh um it's all good uh welcome to the December 19th 2023 regular meeting of the an arbor Planning Commission for detailed information meeting procedures please review the full printed meeting agenda provided M Kelly will you please call the role yes noting that Commissioners Aban and S will be absent this evening along with council member dish commissioner Lee here commissioner we here commissioner Mills here commissioner hamers Schmidt here commissioner Weatherby here commissioner Clark you have a quorum thank you uh moving on to item number three approval of the agenda may I have a motion please to approve uh moved by commissioner Mills and seconded by commissioner White all those in favor please say I I I motion carries uh may I have a motion to approve the minutes of the December 5th 2023 moved by commissioner hamers Schmid and seconded by commissioner Mills all those in favor of is there any discussion of the minutes just sure just a um a typo on on the uh second section of the document where it says to look at the or please review to the video recording it just cuts off at please review and there should have been a a continuation of that and if you give me a minute cuz you're moving really fast I could oh yeah find it in the document yeah yeah no of course um tell you exactly where it is while he's pulling that up any other discussion of a minutes we'll um all right it's page six okay under Section 9B under commission discussion it says commission the commission took into consideration the proposed requests and discuss the matter further and then in Brackets it says for a complete record of the discussion comma please and then it breaks off so if it just continues there but we can approve it with that correction absolutely we can make that correction if M perfect uh all those in favor I I uh motion carries uh we're moving on to section number five next ups are reports of the Planning Commission and written communication um Council dish being present Mr Leonard hi do you have a new report I do Hello uh we had an active city council meeting uh last night uh there were several items relative to the Planning Commission I wanted to show progress on one is first reading was approved for uh a modification of two personal solar energy systems to provide more flexibility for those to be located in front yard setback requirements and that they would no longer be subject to the Mr Leonard we can't hear you sorry I think it was when Mr Leo was joining if you could yes we can please continue thank you yeah no problem uh so uh after in addition to solar energy system modifications uh amendments to the office District to create the used Banquet Hall as well as some clarification between veterinary services and aborting services uh approved on first reading uh the proposed Plymouth Road tc1 rezoning was approved however there was a modification um eight Parcels that the Planning Commission had added to that have been removed by the city council that was based on the conclusion that they had to be noticed uh at the Planning Commission rather than being added at the table um my apologies that was uh during that discussion I indicated that I thought that that would be adequate so if the Planning Commission is interested in pursuing those that would require additional action uh those were the uh PUD properties on Green Road uh that were added to that the rest of the parcels were approved on first reading and then two approvals were completed uh second reading and uh uh final approval of the site plan and rezoning for the village of Ann Arbor uh site plan amendments adding 120 addition units those reach conclusion um at the city council meeting um I think you all received a communication um I do want to acknowledge that uh commissioner so is not uh in attendance and has resigned from the commission just from a staff perspective I really appreciate her um contributions over the time uh on the commission um definitely going to be missed um hope she's feeling better soon and I also want to acknowledge uh one of our uh staff members will be appearing at at his last Planning Commission uh this evening uh city planner Chris changen is going to be retiring uh from the city early next year uh so this is going to be uh I anticipate his last uh appearance formally before the Planning Commission um Chris has been with the department for over 26 years um an absolute uh uh between him and recently uh retired Jeff Khan losing a lot of um institutional memory and experience in the city um but um I I just for Chris he's always been somebody who's willing to step in um uh volunteer take on projects and I um I definitely will miss having him around so um if you get an opportunity uh um make sure you um get all of your uh questions out to him tonight because you won't get many more opportunities thank you thank you and again another thank you to commissioner salv for her service as well as Mr Chang uh do other commissioner officers or Liaisons have anything to report written Communications are included in today's packet we're going to move on to agenda number six which is public comment this is an opportunity for persons to speak up to three minutes about an issue that is not listed as a public hearing on this agenda we'll first call on individuals present to address the commission then we'll uh call on remote participants to speak during this public hearing remotely please press star 9 if lift sting by phone or use the raised hand feature if viewing through the web link for phone access please call 877- 853 5247 and enter meeting ID 1226 City staff will select callers whove raised their hands using the last three digits of their phone number or by name of available and you'll hear an automated announcement saying that the host is allowing you to speak so when speaking please move to a quiet area mute any background sound sound so that we can hear you clearly and for either method of participation please state your name and address at the beginning of your comments is there anyone present that would like to speak at this time Mr Garber good to see you thanks CH I wasn't going to speak but as I strolled in I heard the news that commissioner Sal has resigned from the Planning Commission and uh I'm kind of shocked and dismayed to hear this um you know she's been a consistent Progressive voice on commission and uh I will personally um you know miss her presence here and um you know I can only wish her well um and I will also miss U Mr Chang's very professional uh work on staff on you know different petitions uh I give him I I respect him a lot as well so two big losses tonight just wanted to comment on that um thank you thank you Mr Garber would anyone else present like to speak this is on items that is not listed on the agenda seeing no one else do we have remote speakers I do not currently see any hands raised Mr chair give it a few more seconds okay uh we will close this public comment we will have a chance to do public comment on those agenda items each so um we'll go on to agenda number seven public hearing scheduled for next business meeting staff the next regular meeting and the only meeting in January for this body will be on January 16th there is a returning item it was already noticed and it was postponed that's the street vacation for 2845 um I believe I South State planner de Leo I'm looking at you it's yeah okay I have I just wrote South Street that's not right um and there are no additional public hearings scheduled for your next business meeting so it should be a light agenda we had one possible public hearing but uh they weren't quite ready perfect thank you we're going to move on to section 8A which is unfinished business this is amendment to the chapter 55 of the unified development code Transportation impact analysis requirements and review criteria the unified development code amendments this is amending chapter 55 sections 5.29.18 n.6 related to the traffic or Transportation impact analysis requirements review criteria um this is amendments to that section 5.2 9.8 required plan information paragraph e trans uh Transportation impact analysis and section 5.2 29.6 site plans paragraph e criteria for review of a traffic impact analysis the staff recommendation is approval so we'll move on to staff presentation uh yes and we have on hand uh planner de Leo uh who will be guiding us through the staff report and also we are joined by Cynthia readinger uh civil engineer in our transportation group uh who has graciously joined us to help provide additional perspective ask any um technical burning questions that you all have about this amendment and I will hand it over in whenever you are ready planner de Leo thank you for bearing with me I feel a little bit like a hot mess over here um your mic is a little low all right um full screen and screen sharing to here share that see did it follow all right looking better all right uh thank you very much these are proposed um this is a proposed amendment to the unified development code AS mentioned it is um two amendments to section 529 in subsections point8 and six these are related to our transportation impact analysis requirements and review criteria uh we first staff we first talked to the um ordinance revisions committee about this in the summer um and we uh prepared a diagnosis and an outline of what the issues were um in very high level summary our unified development code refers to um transportation impact analyses we refer to um traffic um and these are fairly outdated um terminology um and we are and we proposed a series of amendments to to modernize and also reflect what our staff is currently asking for specifically we ask for multimodal transportation impact analyses and we when we talk about um we don't talk about just traffic but we talk about transportation we talk about pedestrians non-motor Transportation as well as vehicular Transportation um we are putting forth tonight um two amendments uh three were were conceptually discussed but we are um putting forth two tonight these are relatively small and easier fixes um that don't take um a lot of analysis and will provide um an incredible amount of bank for our buck we will be being clear about what our expectations are for site plan submitt requirements and we will be um clear about what are expectations for review criteria the um the component that it would be missing would be the standards for site plan approval adding those adding any standards related to Traffic impact multimodal traffic impact analyses to our site plan standards we'll try to tackle that at a later date it would require a more robust conversation discussion it will require some policy decisions let me get back to my staff report again the hot mess situation um this is not the staff report that I I'm going to stop sharing for a second while you pull that up just a reminder that was a cover sheet to just remind the commission that this item had a a small uh typo unfortunately we felt like it was significant enough that we've Ren noticed because it was a change in number for the section uh the UDC that would be adjusted so the staff report that was included in your packet on 125 is the one that we'll be reviewing tonight how am I doing Alexis great thank you yeah perfect that's what I thought all right and just a second here we go should go to all right I'm going to take these proposed amend so now I'll talk about the actual proposed amendments and I'll take them out of order um because out of order they are arranged in order of the unified development code but they are not I think in the most logical order for discussions first we are proposing an amendment to section uh 529.com so as I mentioned we are already asking um applicants to provide a multimodal transportation impact analysis following updated methodology and our proposed amendment is simply to state that to strike the language right now that talks about better our proposed amendment is to strike the current language and say that site plans that propos to generate more than three trips per unit per peak hour or 50 trips per peak hour shall provide a multimodal transportation impact analysis consistent with the 2023 Institute of Transportation Engineers multimodal Transportation impact analyses um we are also proposing uh language that specifically address area plans asking that information provided um on for specific criteria so the magnitude of the rezoning will be um can be be understood and we are proposing to strike then the the following language that provides um unclear requirements we don't need to repeat what the transportation impact analysis should include when it's already in the it manual this makes it confusing about which takes precedence um over then the second amendment that we are proposing um is to section 529 6E the criteria for view of a traffic impact analysis we propose to add the word multimodal and then switch the references from traffic or parking to multimodal Transportation um in the packet is our staff report plus our proposed amendments and the diagnosis and um commentary that was provided to the ordinance revisions committee back in the summer also joining us by Zoom is um transportation engineer Cynthia readinger um I think that will conclude my staff presentation but I am more than than happy to answer any followup or clarification questions questions and I'm sure Cynthia is as well thank you Miss Leo we're going to move on to public hearing this is an opportunity for persons to speak up to three minutes about this item we'll first call on individuals here to address the commission then remote participants um to speak during this public hearing remotely please press star I and is listening by phone or use the race hand feature if viewing through the web link for phone access please call 87 7853 5247 and enter meeting ID 977 6634 And1 1226 City staff will select callers that have raised your hand using the last three digits of the phone number or by name if available you'll hear an automated announcement that the host is allowing you to speak and when speaking please move to a quiet area um and mute any background sound so we can hear you clearly for either method of participation please state your name and address at the beginning of the comments and is there anyone present that would like to speak at this time regarding the amendment to Transportation multimodal analysis seeing no one do we have anybody any remote participants we do Adam Goodman you have permission to address the commission for three minutes hi Adam Goodman 4005 Avenue I sent a message to the ordinance revisions commission committee uh back in the summer when this was first coming up um with a few concerns I'll I'll try to get through them here as well the first and and sort of most foundationally I'm not a transportation engineer but I've read commentary from some folks including luminaries like Donald CH which basically suggest that the methodologies from The Institute for transportation Engineers or it that we're we're using here both in the old version of this ordinance as well as the new the proposed changes but but they're basically junk science um and you know that these are these sort of prescribed trip generation rates are based on limited data or statistical significance and the entire premise that land uses are the only thing that generate create uh trips is is a little bit problematic about given all we know about how you know the the design of the built environment itself IND is what sort of induces or creates demand as well um the new methodology is maybe still better than the old one in terms of achieving our City's goals because at least it does consider the needs of of bikes and pedestrians and nonmotorized users um on on that front I'm a little bit concerned that we're still talking about you know even multimodal level of service still seems like it would include veh vehicular level of service to me and I would like for us to stop considering vehicular level of service at all because we have a goal in the city to reduce vehicle miles traveled by 50% you know if if developments are going to continue leading us to to widen roads then that's counter to our counter to our goals um I I would also note that you know one other thing I've I've heard about these uh Transportation impact analyses is that they're quite burdensome for developers so um I actually spent a fair bit of time uh over the last day or two reading the economic development report that the city just released was attached to the city council agenda last night um I would recommend everybody all of you read that as well it's actually a fantastic document and it it addressed this this particular this very question that we're discussing tonight um kind of on two points one was it did recommend approving these changes because they're more in line with their City's goals but also it said that we should decouple uh Transportation impact analyses and several other sort of technical detailed uh planning processes from site uh so that developers don't have to do all of this before even getting to have an approved site plan and um doesn't look like we're considering that tonight I hope we will in the future thank you for your comments your time is up our next caller is sh you have permission to address the Planning Commission for 3 minutes hello how's everyone doing today um I am reading the agenda as public comments persons may speak for 3 minutes about an item that is not listed as a public hearing on this agenda please state your name and address for the record my name is Samuel Hayes and I live in in Michigan but I do I'm sorry to interrupt you I just wanted to let you know that the time to speak on a item that's not listed on the agenda has actually transpired and right now we are on the public hearing for amendments to Transportation impact analysis requirements you can make a comment it then I'll be silent thank you so much okay there is another opportunity to speak at the end of the agenda I appreciate it thank you you're welcome there are no other hands raised Mr chair thank you with that I'm going to read the proposed motion which is the an arbor City Planning Commission recommends that the mayor and city council approve the amendments to the chapter 55 unified development code in sections 5.
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