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Stadium management also asks us to remind you to please refrain from entering the aisles during this ceremony please rise for the processional thank you Lucas [Music] [Applause] [Music] for [Music] oh [Music] back a [Music] you I [Music] Happ [Music] for [Music] [Applause] good afternoon graduates and faculty please turn and face the stage my name is Caleb hesie senior class representative welcome to Boulder Creek High School's commencement ceremony featuring the class of 2024 please remain standing for the presentation of colors the singing of the national anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance e my name is Paige van Dillan student body president please help me welcome Brandon Thompson singing the National Anthem oh say can you see by the dawn early light what so proud loudly we haed at the twilight's last gleaming who brought stripes and bright stars through the per fight or the ramp parts we watched were so gently streaming and the rocket red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through theight that our flag was still there oh say does that star Spain gold B [Music] way for the land of the [Music] free and the home of the pr [Music] [Applause] my name is Jayla Clark student body public relations please join me for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all and now you may be seated please welcome Sierra cool student body historian giving our inspiration hate has four letters and so does love enemies has seven letters and so does truth lying has five letters but so does truth negative has eight but so does positive under has five but so does above cry has three letters and so does Joy anger has five letters and so does happy right has five letters and so does wrong hurt has four letters and so does heal it means that life is like a double-edged sword so trans transform every negative side into an aura of positivity and choose the better side of life and now please welcome Miss Brittney Sutton our principal good afternoon on behalf of the entire faculty and staff of Boulder Creek High School Welcome to our 2024 commencement ceremony it is my honor to be your principal and to witness this momentous occasion for the class of 2024 it is also my honor to introduce and thank our governing board members District administrators and School Administration in attendance this afternoon as I mention each of our guests please hold your applause until they all have been introduced president of the governing board Mrs Anne Elizabeth Ordway vice president of the governing board Mr Paul Carver board members Mrs Kimberly fiser and Mrs Stephanie simek our superintendent Dr Curtis Finch assistant principles Mrs Britney Barons Dr Dean Kurt Patrick and Mrs Kirsten leine I would also like to introduce bchs teacher Mr Tony cerella who will give our faculty reflection let's give him a round of [Applause] applause we would also like to thank the Deer Valley High School air school's Air Force Junior Roc for the presentation of colors for for our ceremony we would also like to thank Brandon Thompson for his rendition of the national anthem and to Boulder Creek High School's Student Government members Caleb hpie Paige vanyan Jayla Clark and Sierra Co for their inspiration and Leadership I would like to begin today by honoring and congratulating all of you here we are as we celebrate the class of 2024 as principal of Boulder Creek High School I am humbled to have watched these young adults grow and learn over the course of these four years at bchs each year of your high school experience we saw you grow and Blossom to into incredible people as freshmen your year started online and when you finally got to campus your smiles were covered with masks as sophomores you truly began to experience High School in the truest sense with outdoor dances and finally the end of contact tracing mid year as Juniors and seniors the world was finally more open and we just watched the class of 2024 take off to new heights through leadership achievement and Community impact your high school experience was like none other you had to adapt relearn and ensure your success with uncertainty around you but you made the most of it despite the challenges the world presented look how incredible you are I am so grateful and proud to be your principal and I have learned from your Ingenuity creativity and kindness and I have witnessed your leadership dedication and drive you are a class that has learned together that you make an incredible impact I am in awe of how you have positively shaped Boulder Creek High School in your four years congratulations graduates you have completed a significant Milestone and as you cross the stage today completing this right of passage you will have opened new doors to New Challenges opportunities possibilities and new learning that will shape the world around you this Milestone represents your academic achievements at bchs and still it represents non-academic accomplishments of Jaguar Pride being prepared having respect having integrity being disciplined and working together so everyone is United these qualities along with your academic achievements have been practiced and refined for the last four years and you have been able to make choices demonstrate your skills and grow as a person you class of 2024 have exemplified community service and compassion and you are ready to Take On The World As innovators leaders and creator ERS as today is about honoring you it is also about celebrating your journey to this very moment is a day to reflect and remember fond memories of friends and classmates who in impacted your lives and will forever remain a part of your identity today is about honoring your next steps into your future it is about perseverance goals and drive not just in times of challenge but in all tasks you commit into your future and today is also about honoring those who have supported you taught you cheered you on lifted you up and stood by your side your parents Guardians and families were crucial to your success please thank your families with a round of applause another critical team member was a group of people who had high expectations for you although you may not have always appreciated it along the way they were there for you and helped you grow and learn and prepare for this very moment please thank your teachers counselors and BC faculty with a round of applause the journey here was filled with many incredible achievements and celebration demonstrating incredible Jaguar Pride at this time I would like to recognize several of your classmates for their academic successes and commitment to Excellence both individually and in representing Boulder Creek as a whole we will Begin by recognizing the top 10 graduates as I read their names individually and ask them to stand please hold your applause until all 10 have stood and we will celebrate them together Aaron Baker Lucas Riley ho Elizabeth akasaki Zoe kisy kayn mlin Meer M Maya Milner Talia Pollock Aiden Thatcher Emily Thompson Hannah alisat Anastasia bana kayen guden and PK hoppy let's give them a round of applause please be seated next we will recognize our students who have individually stretched themselves academically to reach new goals design what's possible and embrace Global Connections please stand and as I recognize you students and will applaud their achievements our students awarded their certificate of academic distinction for independent real world research and learning please stand our students who earned the certificate of Global Studies for realizing Global Connections please stand our students who earn stem certificate for excellence in science technology engineering and math please stand our students graduating as members of Honors Society organizations in English dance Spanish and science please stand our students who are in Career and Technical education completers demonstrating career ready skills for their future please stand our students who earned their seal of biliteracy for excellence and fluency in language please stand and our students who demonstrated excellence in the Arts and earned the Arizona seal of Arts proficiency for their creativity in theater choir band and dance and art please stand and lastly our students who achieved academic Excellence over the past four years by earning Renaissance chords please stand let's give these students a huge round of applause please be seated there's lots more of you that have Renaissance CTS too you guys are awesome as the graduating class you have collaborated to make incredible things happen this year you created possibilities where it seemed like there were none our Athletics programs consistently made state playoffs season after season incl including state champion swimmers Regional championships in football and basketball a state runnerup and wrestling Ling and a state champion and runner up in girls tennis our teams had the support of our student section all along with the leadership from jayac our Performing Arts lit up the stage with Incredible choir and band concerts musicals and plays and dance performances that showcased our talented Jags our CTE programs competed at the state level and won state titles our interact Club LED through kindness on our campus and coordinated food drives our BC page Mr BC pageant raised over $15,000 this year to support mother's Grace and our Student Government brought our campus together through pep rallies assemblies exciting dances and Proms and Community Service events were Jags pulled together to make a positive difference together you showed how you care about your community by contributing $110,000 once again to the make A- Wish Foundation that is $40,000 donated in your four years at bchs to support this cause absolutely extraordinary because of this excellence and Community we have developed together your work helped lead bchs to our very first A+ School of Excellence recognition the highest achievement of any school in Arizona and together class of 2024 you earn Scholarships in the millions of dollars for your future actually $15 million together amazing things happen you class of 2024 showed the Jag that jaguars persevere create and boldly make a positive difference at bchs and Beyond Today graduates it's your day to shine it's your day to stand in the spotlight and be recognized for how you have grown for all you have done and for all you can be and as you take this leap from being a high school student to being a Boulder Creek graduate remember your journey remember those who held you up and remember you will always always be a Jaguar congratulations class of 2024 I am so incredibly proud of you and I cannot wait for you to experience the Amazing Adventure that awaits you for the last time have an incredible day and make a positive difference and it is my pleasure to introduce Claudia cesi giving our senior a [Music] us hello graduates is my honored to be standing in front of all of you today to give this speech I would like to thank my family teachers peers and everyone who has helped me Reach This stage and congratulations to the class of 2024 I'm so proud of all of you Virginia wolf once said I am rooted but I floow my whole life I have tried to run away from Arizona I never truly found myself within the prickly cacti or the oddly terrifying Havas practically counting the days until I got to stand in this fairy Stadium I knew that this wasn't my forever after all a snake has to shed it skin to grow and I believe that meant leaving everything behind yet it's funny how you don't realize how much you'll miss a place until it's time to leave you don't discover just how much a diamond Sparkles until you clean off the rest there's something cinematic about high school whether it's the rush of teenage hormones or the chaos of finding ourselves within the Halls there's a reasons so many stories have been written about us yes we have enough theatrics to put a Shakespearean drama to shame but that is not why we are portray it is because high school has so many little perfects so many opportunities to find beauty in the most surprising places I know what you're probably thinking Boulder Creek beautiful we're a public high school in the middle of the desert what beauty do we have but there is so much to see here at Boulder Creek so many minuscule moments that we often miss in our blizzard of classes and extracurriculars so many trinkets we pass on the Mad Dash towards AP tests and acts so now that we finally have reached the Finish Line I invite you to take a moment to stop and notice do you see the beauty yet it's okay if you don't for I have a few examples Beauty can be grand like confetti bursting out homecoming sprinkling down like pixie dust or the Roar of the marching band at every assembly echoing the beat of our PS yet beauty can also be small and mighty like how Mr viso ends every class by reminding his students that they are loved or watching a handmade boat drift along the puddles graced by our fluffly pipe system yet most importantly bowler Creek's Radiance comes from its students and staff after all what would we be without that settle Hudd from Todd or the joke of the day in just a few months I will be attending the University of Vermont going quite literally across the country I'm doing what I've always dreamed of and leaving Anthem to create a new start however like Virginia said I will forever be rooted here and that's okay yes High School is just a blip of time if we really think about it but that doesn't mean the memories we made don't stay with us as I fly the 3,000 miles to begin school I will be rooted to the moments I share with all of you I'll forever be intertwined with the memory of balling on stage with my academic deaon team as we hoisted up the first place trophy at regionals and taking my final bow on the Boulder Creek stage with the theater program I found my family in and most of all I'll remember the teachers that helped me grow as a student and human on this Earth believing in me when I didn't even believe in myself as we leave the stadium and flow into the next era of Our Lives always remember to look for the beauty in life for typically the tiniest of jewels have the brightest shine and also don't forget to breathe because class of 2024 we did it and now for the last time have a wonderful day J and make a positive [Music] difference and now please welcome Julia Lang singing [Music] Landslide took my love it [Music] down CL I turned [Music] around and I saw my reflection in the snow cover Hills till the landslide brought me down oh mirror in the sky what is love [Music] can I sail through the changing oan tides can I handle the seasons of my life [Music] well I been afraid of changing cuz I build my life around you but time makes you Bolder even children get older and I'm getting older too oh we're getting [Music] old take my love take it [Music] down climb a and turn around and if you see my reflection in the snow covered Hills well the landslide will bring it down and if you see my reflection in the snow cover Hills the land slide bring it down oh the land slide will bring it [Music] down good afternoon class of 2024 family members and faculty my name is Magnus Crowley and I can say I've been waiting for this moment for 12 years the past four years at Boulder Creek have been full of memories that I'll never forget I think I can speak for all of us today when I say nothing was up to the rush of excitement that we're all feeling today is when our new life begins as if we were freshman again as we enter adulthood I would like to thank my parents for raising me with such strong leadership skills and for teaching me never to back down from a challenge I would also like to thank my teachers who have taught me so much over the past decade of my life from teaching me my ABCs all the way up to solving algebra functions but more importantly for teaching me that with every difficulty lies opportunity without further Ado allow me to introduce coach Tony cerella who will Who will deliver the faculty address thank you Magnus graduates loved ones distinguished faculty members and colleagues it is an honor to be here with you today to celebrate this Milestone I stand here before you looking back on four years of Legacy we've all made together in the four decades I have been teaching and coaching there have been many lessons I have passed on to our students but in my opinion none more important than these top three graduates number one hold a vision of what you want your future to look like number two stay the path and embrace the journey and number three trust the process because although it won't be easy it will be worth it in the end graduates four years ago you held a vision of what you wanted your high school career to look like you were excited about the beginning of a new chapter you were looking forward to forming new and meaningful relationships well I can clearly remember your first year of high school navigating through a pandemic attending classes on zoom and limited sports activities I would venture to guess that it was far from the vision you had hoped for but you were resilient you accepted your new normal you fought through the adversity and you marched on making memories to last a lifetime and I couldn't be more proud of you in a world that seems to be constantly changing trust me that there will be other obstacles but in order to remain resilient I offer you these constants that have withstood the test of time form meaningful relationships with family and friends build Bridges don't burn them Express gratitude each day be thankful for the things you have not angry about the things you don't have and develop a sense of purpose every one of you has a purpose and your mission is to get on the path and find your purpose graduates stay the path the path will not be all roses and rainbows trust that there will be hurdles along the way so be strong for there will be good times and there will be bad times be courageous for there will be times that you are encouraged and times you are discouraged and most of all be patient because at the end of this journey you'll find that we all have a purpose one of my favorite quotes comes from the famous football coach Vince Lombardi he says winning is not everything but the willingness to prepare to win is the only thing so trust the process graduates for many of you the journey is just beginning you will leave here today and start a new chapter as you search for your purpose in this lifetime as you begin the process I offer you these words of wisdom don't make the Journey about finding the perfect career there are many great jobs with unhappy people don't make the Journey about making the perfect salary there are many high-paying jobs with unhappy people people make the Journey about finding yourself and your purpose and that will lead to meaningful work it has been my experience that true joy and satisfaction comes when we first find ourselves we wake up with a purpose each day and we impact someone else's life as you walk out those doors today graduates remember to number one hold a vision number two stay the path and number three trust the process congratulations class of 2024 now go make a difference thank [Applause] you and now please welcome Addison Han student body secretary the class of 2024 we began our high school experience in masks on block schedule and our first day of high school was on Zoom we've grown through four years of unprecedented and unpredictable times but it's those special moments that have left us with the friendships memories and education to succeed in the future our teachers and staff have emphasized the values of Jago Pride since August of 2020 in our time at Boulder Creek High School will leave an influential mark on us forever we've grown IM mature grown in our relationships and most importantly grown in our intelligence these were the years we dreamt of and now in the blink of an eye time really did fly by like no one believed when we were warned four years ago although this may be a farewell speech this is not the end to the class of 2024 this is only the beginning and I cannot wait to see what the future holds for each and every one of us no matter where we all end up just remember once a Jaguar always a Jaguar thank you so much and I am beyond thankful to have delivered the farewell speech for our graduating class we the graduates have a request of our audience during the reading of each graduate's name we request that you refrain from blowing air horns and other noise makers we the class of 2024 won each of our classmates names heard we do appreciate your enthusiastic Applause and thank each of you for being here today and now Mrs Sutton thank you to Claudia for your profound thoughts to Julia for your wonderful performance Magnus for introducing our faculty speaker and to Mr Cas Tony cerella for your words of wisdom and to Addison for her farewell president of our governing board Mrs an Elizabeth orway on behalf of the entire Boulder Creek High School staff admin Administration we present to our governing board the graduating class of the 2024 graduates who have met the standards set forth by our state and district and it is my pleasure on behalf of the governing board as its president to accept a graduating class from Boulder Creek High School for the year 2024 eron Cohen Baker Lucas Riley Salonga ho Elizabeth emiline Miko iaki Zoey Tatum kisy kayn Matthew mlin Maya Elizabeth Milner Talia Lillian Pock Aiden Kennedy Thatcher Emily Grace Thompson Hannah Adnan Elisa Anastasia nicholet basana Kaden Joseph gof PK Hopi Sarah davidof meline Jessica Jade bear Faith Ashley persley Paige Samantha van Dyan Cameron Christine 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think about and [Music] knows been shaking I love it you go crazy you take all my inition baby's you take me places that up my [Music] please rise for the processional [Music] for [Music] to [Music] oh [Music] w [Music] oh [Music] a [Music] oh [Music] all [Applause] welcome graduates family and friends to the Dear Valley High School commencement ceremony for the class of 2024 my name is Josh Lee senior class officer please remain standing for the presentation of colors Gentlemen please remove your motor caps e please remain standing as Mrs meline Ramos performs the national anthem as ASL interpretation will be signed by Amber Lopez and Natalie Moses oh can you see by the dawn early light what so proudly we ha at the twi light last cing who brought stripes and bright stars through the perous fight or the ramp parts we watch were so gently streaming and the rocket red glare the bombs bursting in gave Pro through the night that our flag was still there oh s does that star [Music] spangled yet wave or the L of the free and the home of the bra [Music] [Applause] my name is Sarah hatm senior class officer please join me in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all you may now be seated thank you Miss Ramos for the beautiful rendition of the national anthem Amber and Natalie for the ASL interpretation and to our Air Force Junior Roc for the presentation of colors at this time I would like to intro introduce the principal of De Valley High School Mr Paul [Applause] roselli welcome to this commencement ceremony of the Deer Valley School class of 24 I would like to introduce the distinguished guests on the stage with us this afternoon governing board president Mrs an Elizabeth Ordo governing board vice president Mr Paul Carver board members Mrs Kimberly fiser Mrs Jenny paperman and Mrs Stephanie simich our superintendent Dr Curtis Finch and our Skyhawk administrative team assistant principal Mrs Elizabeth Harris assistant principal Mr Jr crumland and assistant principal Miss Stacy [Applause] Spencer this year's seniors have the top 12 grade point averages in their class please stand to be recognized when your name is read McKenna Brown Grace leav CA Williams Katie hakaba Marcus Messer yolina Goku Tyler Hart Gian polus Amelia Shoemaker Zachary L Kevin Shephard and cash SEL please join me in a round of applause for your top 12 academic students you may now be seated the class of 2024 also includes 10 graduates who not only are receiving their high school diploma today they have also graduated with their associates degree from Rio salato College through the dual enrollment program at Dear Valley High School please stand to be recognized when your name is read Gracie bethers Leah Callahan Amber flesher yolina goou Tyler Hart Marcus Messer Nia Mitchell AA Rizzo Amelia Shoemaker and Brinley stus please join me in a round of applause for these college graduates you also may now be seated at this time any graduate who has enlisted in in the United States armed forces please stand to be recognized your courage and bravery is Honorable thank you for your commitment to protect and serve our great nation we wish you a safe journey please join us join me in a round of applause of appreciation you may now be seated this year's graduating class has exemplified dear Valley's tradition of Excellence you have been awarded over $1.9 million in scholarships and awards several of you reive the Arizona state seal of Arts proficiency and an Arizona state seal of biliteracy among you are the only AP Capstone candidates in our entire District you participated in breathtaking visual art shows drama dance and choir and band Productions your wi Ensemble received Superior with distinction at the states Festival the highest rating an ensemble can receive as a school you received Dear Valley High School's First a rating from the Arizona Department of Education as athletes the last four years you have won several region championship titles culminating this year with a 4A boys basketball state championship once again tradition of Excellence graduating with you today as they retire and start their next adventure in life are Mr Bob Goss and Mr Sam cardinal we thank each of you for your years of service at Deer Valley Community to the Deer Valley Community and the impact you have made on all of our students we are also saying goodbye to several families that have left lasting legacies moms dads grandparents aunts and uncles we appreciate your involvement in our school community and are thankful you have entrusted us with your students now I look out at you and see a group of graduates to be proud of each year I get to witness students Crossing this stage with personal knowledge of obstacles overcome battles won in order for that individual for you to receive his or her diploma all of you have at least one person that was essential in your being here today some who were able to attend today and some may be unable take a moment and with gratitude in your heart I want you to think about their influence that influence was imperfect but you can plant it in your heart and nurture it use it as a guiding principle in your life it's a principle of love love is a relationship of imperfect interactions that build trust between two your experience at Deer Valley has been imperfect you can look back and find many things that you can Rec critique I encourage you as you commence on your path that you take the few moments the teachings and the Rel the relationships made here to build upon now go forth and impact the world the way that we know that you can now it is with great pleasure that I introduce Gracie bethers our student body [Applause] president before I start this speech I just wanted to say thank you to my entire family but especially my mom for guiding me to where I am today with nothing but love and support I couldn't have done it without you and I love you more than words can describe cribe class of 2024 I know your families were very important in your journey as well so if you could please give them a round of [Applause] applause now hello to all of the faculty friends family and fellow students who are here today when I began thinking of what message I wanted to give I was overcome with sadness feeling this towards our journey of adolescence coming to an end the sadness of potentially never seeing the people I grew up with again and of high school coming to a close but mostly the scary thought of not being a kid anymore let's Rewind 2012 the year we started kindergarten I remember being so excited to meet my teacher and new classmates to learn new things do crafts and sing songs but in reality I was just excited to grow up I was excited to be a big kid going to school without my mom those feelings of excitement didn't end as I realized I had lots more growing up to do I was now excited to be a cool sixth grader going to school on the upper level of our school that was what I was excited for but I got there and I was still unsatisfied I was excited for more the next best thing Middle School the awkward stages as I would would call it looking back meeting new people my age for the first time in years overwhelmed with unfamiliar classrooms and teachers who Focus Less on having fun and more on getting work done after learning about high school and all of the teenage perks I was still focusing on the future excited to grow up even more I was excited to learn how to drive dress up for prom and get my first job our eighth grade year got cut short and before we knew it our freshman year began began through a screen not what we were expecting at all I began to miss my friends going to school in person and yet again I was excited for the future this detrimental period of our high school career was tainted and a lot of us struggled to regain motivation and unnervous social interaction but we did it we overcame that time and started to feel like normal high schoolers enjoying fun like sports games Spirit weeks school dances lunch with our friends friends clubs and so much more yet I was still excited for something else we were all still excited still eagerly waiting for today the day when we would be free from adults telling us what to do homework late bells and bathroom passes but why were we excited why have we always been excited for the future and not living in the moment time is going to to pass you without forgiveness your parents will get old you'll begin working a full-time job and lose free time maybe you'll have kids and watch them grow before your eyes change is inevitable living in the now is the only thing that you can control enjoy every single moment even if they seem small enjoy family dinners getting ready with your friends hanging out with your siblings shifts at your unserious job enjoy it all stop being excited for what's to come because it's going to pass you and you're going to realize you missed out on living in the moment just yesterday we started high school and now that it's over in the blink of an eye realize that everything will become a memory and to soak up every second along the way don't spend your time wishing or waiting act now live now and enjoy now thank you congratulations class of 24 and I wish you luck I'm pleased to announce Mr gos with today's staff inspiration congratulations you Skyhawks are almost graduates only a few minutes more let me make an analogy about your high school experience as a Skyhawk and the true life of a hawk Wikipedia States quote in the Hawk's early life it is fed by its parents until it leaves the nest end of quote to this point in life Skyhawks your parents families teachers and friends have fed and nurtured you your home school and neighborhood supports for about 18 years have allowed you to survive and flourish as you have prepared to leave your nest Wikipedia quote when it flies the hawk flaps its wings rapidly and then uses that momentum to Glide smoothly and gracefully through the air past observations have indicated that Hawks can easily adapt to any surrounding end of quote at Deer Valley High School you tried your ability at math English art PE History Science maybe even Spanish with each course you flapped your wings with a vigorous maybe awkward effort at the start systematically you adapted to many different subjects methods and teachers moreover with each class you gather the necessary momentum to succeed and make your way through the required requisites for graduation quote Wikipedia Canadian bird expert Luise LEF announced the scale of Bird's IQ Hawks were named among the most intelligent of birds in the principal's conference room there hangs a poster called a portrait of a Dear Valley graduate this poster states that your diplomas and transcripts testify of the districts and the schools belief to the rest of the world that you graduates all of you here today have achieved the following number one being a community contributor number two being an effective Communicator number three being intellectually curious number four being a problem solver number five having a sense of self and others Hawks are among the most intelligent birds and Sky hack graduates are among the most intelligent and successful of young people Dear Valley and and the world expects a lot out of each one of you quote Wikipedia Hawks can perceive an image at the distance much greater than that of an average human a hawk has great vision they can focus on small things like a tiny Mouse at a distance of a mile or more small details are often important in the life of a hawk these Small Things become details that provide to the hawk daily needs Hawks also soar high above the ground they can see from Horizon to Horizon unimpeded by obstacles blocking the views that hinder those stuck to the ground they can see the beginning to the end Hawks therefore can also focus on Eternal long-term goals you Skyhawks also need to continue to view and focus on shortterm goals or small but important steps to surviving and flourishing on a daily basis but like a hawk use your vision of a far Horizon as your mind's eye foresees the image of how your decisions and actions of today impact and lead you to your planned future quote Wikipedia the hawk migrates in the Autumn and in the spring migrate means regularly going from one place to another notice that the hawk migrates on a regular basis in other words makes efforts towards progress and a better situation at least twice a year you are now ready to migrate away from your Nest maybe you will migrate to a university a job a career a new family and many other worthwhile goals just like in high school your one-time awkward Wings will gain momentum and smoothness as you migrate to your next and your next and your next worthwhile goals and your next steps for progress and new Endeavors use those qualities on the district poster to be a community contributor to Be an Effective Communicator to be intellectually curious to be a problem solver and to have a sense of self as well as a sense of others as you start to migrate augment your vision increase your wisdom it's time to migrate Skyhawk kensen being a Spanish teacher I had to get at least one Spanish word in there kensen means commence or get started ready on your mark get set go Skyhawks take flight and [Applause] soar please welcome to the stage Christian schi singing Little Wonders [Music] Let It Go Let It Roll right off your shoulders don't you know the hardest part is over and let it in let your Clarity Define you in the end you only just remember how it feels our lives are made in these small hours these Little Wonders these twists and turns of Fate time Falls away but these small hours these small hours still remain [Music] let it let your Tres fall behind you let it shine till you feel it all around you and I don't mind if it's me you need to turn to will get by it's the heart that really matters it's in the end our lives are made in these small hours these Little Wonders these twists and turns of Fate time Falls away but these small hours these small hours still remain all of my regrets will wash away somehow but I cannot forget the way I feel right now in these small hours these Little Wonders these twists and turns of Fate yeah these twisting turns of Fate time Falls away but these small hours these small hours still remain yeah oh they still remain these Little Wonders all these twists and turns of Fate time Falls away but these small hours these Little Wonders still [Music] remain they do [Music] good afternoon my name is Gibson or senior class officer in Alma moer is a dignified and serious piece of music that is both heartfelt and emotional it symbol Dear Valley High School as a loving mother who knows and cares about each student who has been nurtured within its walls ladies and gentlemen it is my great honor to present to you the Deer Valley High School concert choir performing our Alma moer graduates please rise for the singing of the alma MO [Music] will [Music] together to [Music] valy together [Music] graduates you may now be seated good afternoon family members staff friends and of course our graduating class my name is Sarah kennet it is such an honor to be a part of the intensity and emotion that has overflowing in this building going into high school we were faced with many unexpected challenges that opened our eyes to new uncertainties every day and taught us to never take a moment for granted still we kept our heads up ready to face each day with determination and dedication to my senior class we will carry ourselves to the ends of the Earth with perseverance and we will only strive for better you may be wondering why only better Sarah I want to be the best because we can't set limits on our greatness we can't set limits on our achievements in the world we need to strive to be better once you reach your goal goal of becoming a doctor or a lawyer I want you to ask yourself how can I be better we are not the limitations people set for us but the opportunity we provide for ourselves but please do not misunderstand me in order to know greatness in your mind first you must find greatness in yourself your soul Dr Seuss once said sometimes you'll never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory for most of our time we counted down the days until summer vacation winter break or even to Wi the bell ring I've heard this quote before but it never meant much to me until this very day in between counting down the days high school taught us a lot my mentality towards High School wasn't always sunshine and rainbows as I'm sure it wasn't to a lot of you as well but little do we know that yal MX plus b wasn't the only thing we would learn from it it taught us that life goes on you could fail the biggest math test you have ever taken or break up with the person that you thought you were going to spend your life with but guess what we moveed forward and we grew we also learned to find joy in positive negative big and little I could talk about that forever but as we are aware this graduation is about our future so I'd like to take my last few minutes to talk about it this moment the one that you're sitting and living in right now is the one you've been prepared for since day one now Our Fate is in our own hands some decisions will be easier than others and we find ourselves asking am I making the right decisions for my life stepping into the future is scary but we must remember to give ourselves Grace one of the hardest tests we will face is remaining true to ourselves especially when facing challenges my only request is that you face those challenges with morals and values that life has taught you this far stay honest stay humble and stay hungry for Success lastly we'd like to give a big thank you to our families that make us better my mother taught me that perseverance is everything and to Chase my dreams despite the challenge and I want you all to do the same so to the class of 2024 and everyone that came here to support us let us celebrate our accomplishments cherish the big and small moments and look forward to our beautiful Futures thank you and [Applause] congratulations please welcome back Mr Ross Kelly thank you Sarah for your words of inspiration now comes the moment you have all been waiting for I would like to remind everyone to be courteous during this portion of the ceremony so that all family and friends may hear the names being read the use of noise makers are not permissible please hold your applause and expressions of Joy until all graduates have crossed the stage it is with great pleasure that I introduce to you the governing board president Mrs Anne Elizabeth hway all right pres you president orway I'm very pleased to present to you Deer Valley High Schools class of 2024 they have met all the graduation requirements set forth by the Deer Valley Unified School District board and the State of Arizona and on behalf of the governing board as its president it is my pleasure to accept this graduate graduating class from Deer Valley High School for the year of 2024 now staff now staff please take your positions for awarding of the diplomas graduates please stand I wish you all the best of luck with your future plans oh that's later sorry sorry sorry sorry all right first row if you please make your way to the stage McKenna Mary Joan Brown Grace Lee leev Saia tamama Williams Katie Jean hakaba Marcus Owen Messer yolina Robin gokl Tyler Joseph Hart Gian Amir pus Amelia Mark Shoemaker Zachary Benjamin lond Kevin James Shephard cash Alexander Soros Joshua David Lee Natalie Fay msas Sarah Talib hatim Amber Rose Lopez Gracie Isabelle bethers Christian August shleby Gibson gun [Music] olich Zen promise Mack Sarah Rose kennet Nia Nicole Mitchell Olu toyan timyo aipe Leslie Marie Laura Mada [Music] darville Amelia hope Lee Sophia Grace wera Alexis Christine lefave Jacob zavo [Music] ABA Charlie Taylor Allard Legette Elise Christina AO Benjamin Michael Lewis Za Adam Aubrey Rose laba [Music] aaan Angelo aaan Roxana Lea Gutierrez Latifa alera Lane lelli Jane lelli Hussein alabadi Liliana hernand Luna Giovani Alba Jesus Salvador alcarez gamees hamsa alrai Jasmine jwes Nicole Al Ava Elizabeth Alvarado tan Jamari magic Abraham Jacob Ambre Wyatt Tristan Malloy Burns Angel Manuel AA Bryson William Ray Martinez Lilian Elizabeth Anderson Ethan Luis Martinez zahem rashan Archer Jacob Ronald McClure Mitchell Eugene armrest Michael Nathan McDougall Ariel Elizabeth armo pton Colt McGriff Vanessa Marie Austine meline May mck Brianna Mar Baker Faith Victoria mckillop jacobe L Barlo Liam Shane McMillan Alana Bautista Reuben Saito Mita Jordan Victoria belan Jade Cameron maner Nathan Charles [Music] Benson Micha Denise minera Antonio Tomas barard Rojas lavenia Belinda Rose Miranda Dion berari Lucas Charles Montoya Destiny Rose Blackford Diego Morales Vasquez Mason Tyler borst Carly Marie Murphy Jordan Allen Basa Hest MK Brooklyn Amari botco Elliot David Nagel Emelia Bolis Seth Rogan naron Dominic Christopher Bowers Abigail Erica narboni jir Walter Bracken Diana Romanova Nam Namo chance Christopher Bryant Anna Lizette Neil Adrian Israel borquez Gavin Daniel Nelson Mason Jeremiah Wilbur bashang Shelly Latrice Newton Jacqueline usel [Music] Cabrera Daniel knock quinnn Leah Callahan Nathan Alexander nitki Cody John Edwin Campbell Samuel [Applause] n Logan Evan Campbell Danica Brook noker Kayla carasco Alec goo Ohanian Genesis abene CIO Alise Rose Ohanian Lori Griselle CIO Kaye Elaine olenberger dilia Katie Carter Ryan Ramone Olen Hunter Michael Matan cadil dianara aneros Lopez Raphael chakon dielli anos Lopez ad Sebastian chalos Kyle David orandi James David Chavez Sophia Louise Ortiz Samuel Jean Chavez Aries 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James [Music] wrist Xavier Alexander imup pero Sophia Rosemarie Rivas Dylan Keith English Ava Marie Rizzo Jillian Grace Eno Ryan Axel robless Romero Romo excuse Mark esca kobos Aubrey Michelle Rodriguez moisa Olivia Lynn Evans JY Lind Roy Janai Shamar Evans [Music] mallister Marissa rubac calva Serene Jazelle Ferris [Applause] fuori Janetta sabini chassid Danielle Feist Juliana Bella sacon David okame Fernandez Priscilla signs Ella Rose [Music] Fernandez Connor John sakata Joshua Carlos Fernandez Lilian Solace Cody Michel ferado Owen Michael cassic Camila Sophia Figaroa Gabriel Eric Salgado [Music] roblas Francisco ariberto fimbr Miranda Sanchez Baka Amber Marie flesher Asher Taran sendic Ashley Nicole flesher Drew Robert sandon Aiden Luis Fletcher Joshua David Sergeant Emily Ryan [Music] Foster Xavier Damen saso Isabelle Lorraine folk Isaiah Ferris seia Abel Santiago Franco sto Elijah Dar Scott Caitlyn Michelle frus Isabel [Music] Sano Ava Grace thunderer meley Briana [Music] Serano 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Turner Donovan Joshua Hargus Lana maren Turpin Wyatt Martin har na e viig Eden Marie Hartman Victoria Isabelle Valdez Caleb Von hartmark Cadence nle Valenzuela Fahad Sabah Hassan Michael Alexander van Veen Braden James Hedrick Bryce Alexander Van Camp Tatum Elizabeth heler Umberto Valera Rodriguez Alexander Torres Hernandez Travis Andrew Vasquez Laney Michelle Hernandez Solano Eliana and Valena Sarah Michelle Herrera Christina Nicole Wald Robert Michael Hicks Christopher McKay Walker aony Joe Marie Hill christalin Siera Welch Alana Christine Hughes Tyler Lee W J Nia Janice her [Music] Haley Briel West Lucas Michael iy James Marshall wheeler FY Issa Zachariah David whitear Elijah Ninos jaro Benjamin James wils Bryce Edward Jennings ailano Raina and Marie Williams Alon Joseph Johnson Tyler James [Music] Williams Curtis Anthony Johnson Christopher Ric whitv Edward Lee Johnson Khloe Cheryl Woodley Grace Ellen Johnson Isabella J Walcott Javon Michael Johnson Kenna Yuko yosimura Aiden John Jella Daisy Leah yonen kin Shay Jones Kylie Michelle young Oscar Warez ianz Kinsley Carrington [Applause] Judson helvin kacos Kyla Gail kiry [Music] Taylor Kimberly killer Jaden Robert Kelly Church Asher [Applause] [Music] kishu Austin Scott Kong Michaela kybert Daniel Nicholas [Music] cormeny Jacob Thomas [Applause] Kiger Merrick Kelly cun now graduates please stand I wish you all the best of luck with your future plans family and friends thank you once again for celebrating the special occasion with the class of 2024 now graduates you may now move your tassels to the left side of your Mort boards graduates please exit the stadium the way you entered family and friends please meet your graduates outside of gate three this concludes the graduation ceremony for the Deer Valley High School class of 2024 [Applause] [Music] we'll wait a to picture [Music] Alla Mak I am somebody I can deal with the bad nights when I'm with my baby yeah oh yeah I don't just hold anywhere I like like you're 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hands clap clap clap clap your hands an Olympic ring and you get to pick which team gets Five Points what color ring you going with color blue and number number one gets the points [Applause] [Music] all right who can tell me in what city these Summer Olympics are going to be help this summer three francis3 [Music] somebody tell me the name of this [Music] movie Ghostbusters that is Ghostbusters five points number three now I've got a question for the entire student body if there's something strange going on in your neighborhood who you going to call [Music] give go ahead and tell me how many without looking at the wheel how many rings are on the Olympic flag team two that is correct five rings very good [Music] that's okay what is the name of this movie [Music] Top Gun Top Gun is cor for team number one and I'm going to give you a chance to gain a little more points I'm okay mind the Olympics again okay now what device do they use to start the the Olympics whether it's the winter or 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three 10 points next spinner seat in this sport there is a header a kicker socer that would be soccer there go number one next turn [Music] the name of this TV show let's see how about this one three you got it right that's correct very good Five Points te number three all right give [Music] it USA have a seat what do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution the bill of right that is correct the bill of right girls are rock all right give it a wh clap clap clap clap hands clap clap clap clap your hands I guess bound to get another TV show here my effort what is the name of this TV show team number one yes that is correct Five Points game number one we now have 10 points we now have zero points you have 25 all right keep going here we [Music] go and have a seat for this people PR I would like to know uh who signed the Declaration of Independence with the large John that is correct joh [Music] world people again okay uh who was the most famous person at the Super Bowl that was not a football player he Taylor you answer that very byy good [Applause] job everyone let's see how you're doing now now you got 30 you moved into the lead 25 here you guys got nothing here this is this question is just for you you got to think about it okay if talking about roosters okay play that rooster play that roosters Channel that's our rooster right now this is a relatively real area so I'm hoping you know this okay if the temperature is above freezing above freezing on average how many eggs will a rooster lay Day Zero Zero it's good couldn't get it I thought I could Tri you got it 10 points you are now on the board very good all right give a [Music] SP on over here let's see what we got which color would you like to aim for your lady he's going for blue all right [Music] lights and she hits it you want to join the team play the last two questions you take a prize for the prize all right you have won a Frisby and the choice of contestants to get the points who'd like to give to three gets the points come on now we got 35 points here 10 points here 30 points here in the [Music] world USA all right in what state will I find the Grand Canyon team number one point team number one all right couple of followup questions national monuments where in uh the country would we find Mount rushall what states that is correct very good one last question we're going back down to Arizona was the Grand Canyon formed by water or IC tea water that is correct by water next let's see what is the name of this movie let's see how [Music] about three [Music] Titanic very good five points for King number three I will give you a bonus Five Points team three if you can tell me the name of the actor that was the male lead in that room team team three get that is correct five points for team number one all right oh I number three I gave number one okay so you have 65 points you are the winners of this round 10 points right here 4 ladies all right some medals for you there guys we have medals for you as well a little bit smaller St buteless time the wheel [Music] of who would like to see the teachers play around yeah let's teachers some teachers up here all right who's playing come on down and the one that's pointing everyone else oh [Music] yeah let's get here get there [Music] CH are you a teacher you both are teachers you're both going down there yeah all right [Music] CL I want everyone here to put your hand in the air I'm sorry I should have your right hand everyone put your right hand in the air wait me like you just don't care now stop like you do listen to these instructions very closely if you were already a contestant behind the booths answering questions put your hand down if you already spun the wheel put your hand down and finally if you're not wearing any deodorant please put your hand down we're going to pick three people a freshman South Jun fresh in the wheel got a freshman there spin the wheel purple purple shirt come on down how about a sou to spin the wheel all right let's go with did you do anything yet up there Junior a junior oh man how about this one of the Maron shirt right there in the Arizona sir yeah we got a lot of Arizona questions we're got to get you involved so teachers your so we know you're going to have no problems answering these questions what's really going to boil down to is who will get a chance to answer question which means Whoever has the fastest hands will have the advantage of this game so we're going to play a game to determine which teacher team has the fastest hands when I ring the bell which sounds like this first team to light up we know you got the fastest hands and the advantage now do not getting confused with the buzzer that sounds like this you're listening for the Bell that sounds like this you all understand ready get I got to bring the you instr yeah yes you do you have the follow instructions too tell you what so that nobody jumps the gun everybody put your fingers on the silver Edge right here silver Edge both hands there we go 3 2 1 that was the buzzer listen for the bell all right got take drastic measures one hand on the head the other hand on the hip the hand that is on the hip move to the kiss you so much you love your students oh yeah team number one the medium Fest hands right there BP got it all right ready to go sir so you guys have the advantage now since you guys are in a disadvantage we going give you each of five point Head Start so you stand a Champs here okay yeah all right let's get that wheel spinning here we go it's people so we're going to play the people game this is where Robin will Clay song and you guys have to guess what person they're singing about is it's not who wrote the song or who is singing the song who is the song about that's the h s here we go number three right in there who do you think say Caroline Sweet Caroline or sour Caroline Sweet Caroline of course now it's time for beater High School karaoke you know the words join in sing along here we [Music] go 10 points that all right very good next spap clap clap clap clap clap clap your hands clap clap clap clap your hands CL wow you just won an Olympic ring and you give the points to the teacher team of your choice what team are you get points to two get points job all right [Applause] [Music] next what color are you aiming for just going for blue all right can you hit it here we go you team going to give Five Points to two in two get Five Points far we got 15 here 15 here fastest hands but no score right here all right give it a world I don't know how this happen name this number one what's what's the name of the movie satday night you got it there you go all right five points for team number one they're on the board yay now the movie Saturday Night Fever had a theme to it was the theme Water volleyball crochet club or dancing team two dancing is correct Five Point all right and to check it in the scores team three has 15 points team two in the lead with 20 points team number one they're on the board with five the team with an least amount of points gets to choose how many points the last thing is going to be wor so you got five they got 20 how many you want to make it work up to 100 go 95 95 it is all right here we go you guys that game show that TV show called Dancing with the Stars right we got a real version of we call it dancing with the teachers each one of our teacher teams is going to come out here and struck their stuff on the dance Flor fors and then you guys are going to vote on the best dancers after each team has had a chance to dat so here we go team number one bounces out here with endless excitement here they come come on guys you got this you got [Applause] this [Music] attitude oh look very [Applause] good all right good job you two very good very good classic you coming out here okay we have more classic p a little twirl here don't break any arms don't break any arms all right good job guys all right let's see what the ladies come up with here oh we're bringing in surrogate dancers oh my gosh additional dancers here here we go woo got the worm wave all right right very good ladies all right get on back all right we're going to take the volume L with a zero by Applause how many people think team one was the best answer how about team twoam three I think team two got there we know the the highest score in the the medals all right way to go thanks so much yes all have a seat thank you so much a winning teacher King come on here I I want a post interview with you guys right up here so we're to get wiser and smarter can you give students advice how to be wiser and smarter uh being good human being that's a good one how about you do your homework every night all right thanks a lot guys you guys can take that seat we've been playing St with us the We Are W we love stay we got4 we'll see you next everybody hey come on back up here say [Music] all right here we go we got to give we got give a off so come CL One Last Time thank you [Applause] juniors are out we're going home you [Music] grou profam for well those are you guys two yeah yeah exactly all right good which which a shirt then I realized Tom only without shirt just way out of I want for for [Music]
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Friday Friday Friday wild cats Friday May 17th It's the Final Friday of the school year it goes so fast we're going to talk to some more wild cats see what their highlight of the school year is and what some advice they may have for incoming wild cats all right wild cats come on last Friday of the Year let's be on Friday funay you've been W two All Season all right way to stop I'm here with Kevin Jenny what you're in school are you guys uh freshman I graduated yesterday congratulations chat back for an AP test today yeah you sound excited about it it's our last Friday of the school year can you believe it goes so fast what was your highlight of this school year M to be honest please be honest I don't even know football games what piece of advice we've been having all of our eighth graders visit this week what piece of advice would you have for new wild cats in the fall as they start their Journey here at West Chicago High School just pass your classes don't fail any of your classes yeah you'll regret it if you do a piece of advice you just graduated four years goes quick what piece of advice would you have for those freshman just do your class work and with that you can pass the class just do work and you can pass the class all right wild cats I'm here with Jana Ava Olivia what year in school are you guys we're sophomores sophomore sophomore she answer her for all of you okay they're sophomores about to be Juniors can you believe it halfway done with high school Final Friday of the school year what was your highlight of this school year the homecoming pep rally was really fun English class with Miss Cen and Jana all right English class gets a shout out today leaving after finals into winter break winter break finals halfway through the year celebrating all right we've been having our eighth graders visit all week what piece of advice would you have for them to get their freshman year off on the right foot even though finals seem to be half a year away start preparing for them early don't wait till the last minute to for them organize your things and make a lot of friends don't be scared to take honors classes they really weren't that bad listen to the sophomores they're halfway through high school they're ready to be Juniors thanks for the highlights and the advice all right wild cats I'm here with Anna what year at school are you I'm a freshman congratulations on getting your first year of high school under your belt hopefully it's gone well what's been your highlight of your freshman year probably homecoming the coming week and also the soccer season she's a soccer player played on Varsity this year had a great season we've had our eighth graders visiting all week what piece of advice would you give get involved with the school cuz it's it's a good way to make friends and just stay connected make friends stay connected get involved great piece of advice Friday fun oh no eye contact got no eye contact there that's a no all right Wildcat I'm here with Maha Maha what year in school are you uh I'm a junior right now Junior right now one more week and then you're a senior you excited about that not really okay most people get excited to head into senior year Maha wants to say a junior what was your highlight of the school year our football team went to playoffs for like the first time in 20 years first time in 20 plus years is a great highlight we're going to go back to back in the fall I feel confident about that what piece of advice would you have for a freshman class as they start in August go to class keep your grades up go to class keep your grades up is that simple all right Wildcats I'm here with uho what year in school are you I think I'm a sophomore you think you're a sophomore have you been here 2 years I think so about to be a junior you excited about that sure what was your highlight of the school year the AP exam wow AP exam enjoy his AP class and the AP exam what piece of advice would you have for a freshman class as they get started in August absolutely study like I cannot stress this enough study hit the books and you'll do well thanks amilio all right Wildcats I'm here with Leo vul what year in school are you sophomore halfway through high school can you believe it has it gone fast yeah what was your highlight of this school year probably high school baseball you a big Notre Dame baseball fan yeah I'm more of an Iowa guy but I like hearing that I went to Iowa we've been hosting our eighth graders all week what piece of advice would you have for them for their freshman year show up to your classes and like do homework half of life is showing up show up to your classes and you're going to do fine all right wild cats I'm here with Bella what year in school area I'm a sophomore halfway through High School you excited about that uh yeah you excited to be a junior um yeah what was your highlight of the school year I don't know probably helping out with sports helping out with sports being a part of the Wildcat Athletics team we had unprecedented success this year what piece of advice would you have for our freshman as they get started in the fall do all your work and don't put it off to the last minute hey Wildcats I'm here with Maggie Maggie welcome back to the show what was your highlight of the school year doing cross country this year and this was my first year in cross country that was really fun tried something new she had a great experience what piece of advice would you have for our freshmen as they get started in the fall do lots of activities talk to a lot of people get to know people you never know get out of your comfort zone never know what might happen it's probably going to be a good experience try some new things great advice Maggie all right wild cats I'm here with Jania what year in school are you 10th grade 10th grade what was your highlight of your 10th grade year I think probably getting to do like shows and stuff with my friends shows and stuff with her friend she was a star in Mean Girls just a few weeks ago on the stage everybody saw it loved it what piece of advice would you have for our freshman as they get started in the fall stay out of drama there's like not like the club not the drama club she's endorsing the drama club don't get in arguments with people for stupid things stay out of the drama yeah yeah rise above it thank you Jan great advice all right wild cats I'm here with Milli what year in school area I'm a sophomore you're walking into school with a guitar today do you always bring a guitar to school no why do you have I'm auditioning for a musical later best of luck what has been your highlight of the school year probably all the concerts I've done with choir entertaining the masses what piece of advice would you have for our freshman as they get started off in August just be yourself don't try to change yourself to fit in that's great advice be yourself you'll find your group great advice all right wild cats I'm here with MacKenzie Emma Gana what year in school are you guys freshman freshman freshman freshman they got through their freshman here it's the last week of school looks like you all stopped at Duncan on your way in give yourself a little boost here on this Friday what has been the highlight of your freshman year probably meeting new people and like I really like the football games were really fun oh the football games are really fun and all the teachers are mostly nice all the teachers are mostly nice I think that works meeting new friends and like meeting new seniors because most of my friends are seniors and that was really sad to like see them all leave expanding your friend group so a year ago you guys were in eth grade we've been hosting the eighth graders all week what piece of advice would you have for them as they get started on their freshman year talk to your teachers like make sure you have a connection with them it will just help you to be like a better student overall actually talk to your teachers we're not that scary we're just like you just older don't go into your classes thinking you're overly confident and thinking you're smarter because you will probably have something that you are going to struggle with be confident but not too confident you're going to learn some more stuff go to academic support it's not that scary don't be afraid to reach out and ask for help oh you got another one you got another one take the advantage to retake test take the take the advantage all right we offer retakes here take advantage of that it's going to help your grades we want you to do well they've had a great freshman here you guys will too all right wild cats I'm here [Music] with little buggy they mowed the lawn yesterday we got some bugs flying around our about cats I'm here with summer summer we're heading into summer you're finishing up your junior year about to be a senior you excited about that yes what has been the highlight of your junior year probably prom it was a magical evening always an excellent event been having our eighth graders here all week what piece of advice would you have for these students as they start their jne at West Chicago High School get involved do sports do clubs Don't just run around the school get involved do sports do clubs Don't just run around the school unless you're a part of a sports team then you can run around the school for practice but don't just be running around the school thanks summer have a great summer all right wild cats that was fun great to talk to so many of our students seems like a lot of students had a great school year have an amazing summer finish strong next week with final exams and we'll see you in the fall [Music]
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e e e it is 7 o' we're going to go ahead and call the meeting to order please so and can start off with a roll call please here ad H here Andy is todayy moy here Greg Meyer here Lisa Schumacher here Tyson search here gives us a quorum if you all stand with me and recite the Pledge of Allegiance please I 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 Li and justice for all perfect thank you so much all right welcome visitors we have a big full house tonight I love to see that thank you all for joining us this evening do we have any public comments you go ahead and stand in front so we can all see you and state your name please I believe we were told that it was supposed to closed we're having CL I believe that's what sure yeah no problem we have to we have to give an opportunity for everyone to speak in public so but Clos is perfectly fine we're we have you guys scheduled so uh oh okay we can do it then I'll leave that up to you soes matter I can't take your I depends on what you want sure how it works if it's Personnel it needs to be closed right any other public comments all right hearing none we go on to our next item with is correspondence any correspondents going around I don't believe so I don't believe so okay perfect move right into the business section of our meeting with our consent agenda Mr C if you could walk us through that please yeah you've got your minutes and your we had the executive session SS and the open regular minutes and the special meetings um you got your financials all of that other stuff uh resignations we have Sarah RoR middle school nurse has resigned at the end of this school year Savannah hunzeker who's a freshman volleyball co- coach um also resigned and Brad goer our district Treasurer he's been on since 2020 is um stepping down come July 1st uh Mark Jensen who is the chief School business official at freeberg is the recommendation he is there District Treasurer who would be our district Treasurer as well he's a Community member um that is going to be perfect because he knows the job uh we've got Mike Hall and Laura Simmons split splitting the cross country co- coach at the high school and Colin wburg is uh replacing Savannah huner as the Freshman volleyball coach co- coach um then we've got a lot of Summer workers lots of names there I want to add Sam Herer onto that as well um as far as the student workers they get the minimum wage but there is a lot of movement this summer we are moving a lot of rooms at the middle school we're going to paint a lot of areas at other rooms um there's just that's why there's so many student workers you also have to be aware that our student workers God love them they um take weeks off to go on vacation and they don't always um show up so there's more there than will'll be there every day it's a balancing act uh we've got the vacancies of school nurse par professional and Eagle Zone um we also are always looking for Cooks we've got a retirement that we celebrated just last week or this week they're all blending together and um we're always looking for drivers as well and we need an eighth grade assistant baseball coach to replace Mr Mount who resigned did I mention him in the thing Brody Mount 8th grade assistant baseball coach resigned um you can add that to the resignations given that the uh consent agenda would be recommended to be approved as presented perfect thank you Mr gry any questions comments concerns hearing none would anybody like to make a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented I'll make the motion thank you Kelly do I second I'll second Tyson seconds all right roll call please yes H yes Kelly moer yes Craig Meer yes Lisa Sher yes Tyson search yes perfect motion carries unanimously all right go on to item uh six which or seven excuse me which is our Communications reports and presentations the enrollment report is in your packet anything substantial there and move on then to our administrative reports and we'll start with our Parkview Mr Dugan thank you welcome Parkview has been very busy busy uh months of April and May like I'm sure all the schools have been uh pictures worth a thousand words there hold on 4,000 pictures 4, pictures there we go uh first one left there that's our girls in the Run we had 43 third and fourth grade Parkview girls that that participated in the girls in the Run program this spring uh the program teaches girls about Fitness healthy choices reaching goals friendship and self-esteem uh it concluded with the practice 5K in the park we had staff and parents out rooting them on um and they had their official girls that run 5k at Forest Park on Saturday uh huge thank you to the coaches Mrs Elliott Mrs vulmer miss hentis miss leafer miss King Mrs Meer Mrs KY Mrs M and parent helpers Emily Ludy and Jessica M that next picture is the uh from the art show we had a fantastic showing for annual Park art show Mrs eld's artist showcase Bloom into art featuring collaborative Mosaic Planters an installation tiny art shows Circle weaving along with clay pots I don't know what a lot of that means but that was for Mrs overfell then our next one is the field day students participate in the end of the year Field Day competition between grade levels events included football Frisbee throw soccer ball kick relay race uh and other events Mrs Wheeler's third grade class and Mr carousel's fourth grade classes both earn the most points for the grade level which starts to become a big deal with competition but the kids had a lot of fun uh then also we had the Kona Ice truck um that all students and staff got to enjoy um that comes from the the chocolate money that we get in the fall we get a lot of money from that fundraiser so we're able to to buy everybody uh snow cones on the next slide picture in the middle is a picture of an interior classroom in our basement uh students and staff went into our safe place which is in an interior room in our basement during the severe weather last Wednesday students and staff remained calm and quiet while transitioning to the park VI basement um students brought books and Chromebooks with them to pass the time at the end of the day I'm very proud of Staff supervision and student cooperation during the 50 minutes um I was told that that's one of the first times we had to do that which was shocking to me that we haven't had a a siren tornado siren going off during a school day but um we I feel like we were pretty safe and the kids were calm um yeah we was in good hands um then we also had a different grade level events the donuts with Darlings there's not a picture of that that's second grade they invited parents or buddies into to enjoy a donut and read a book uh third grade did deer day drop everything and read they had U parent parents and buddies come in to read a book and enjoy snacks and then finally our fourth grade wax museum Myers so I'm Donna Myers I teach fourth grade and I was just gonna have you stand next to LY Lyn web I also teach fourth grade so we're just going to talk a tiny bit about the wax museum um this is a fun activity for the kids every year but it does take a lot of prepping and we start like um early like well probably late January early February working on a paper where the kids research a famous person and they go through the writing process and find out um when they were born what their childhood was like um their training and their accomplishments and then we put it all into a paper they type it um and then hang it in the hall and then we kind of give it a break for a month or two and then we go to the second step and then we work on the process of changing it from third person to first person and so we take each of those components of the essay and practice changing it from F first third person in a first person from from a biography to an autobiography and then um by we take the greeting they start off with the greeting we practice the greeting we change it over um we go through the birth the claim to fame the childhood um character traits that make that person why we put them on the list pretty much um and also uh a lesson learned from that person and we put it into a speech and then they practice and then they practice and they practice and practice and practice and and we work on contact and we work on um just making sure that we're talking loud enough and um and and slow that's slow yes so um and I think they could probably recite it in their sleep at this point so should we go so we have two kids to come and present Emily would you want to go first just pretend that that's your butt in there yeah we're going pretend that to your button she's going to come and press the button okay she's a wax character she's got oh hello let me introduce myself my name is Laura Engles Wilder now I will tell you about my life I was born on February 7th 1867 in Pepin County Wisconsin I am best known for being the author of many books and for having a literature award named d as a child I grew up with four siblings whose names were Mary Carrie Freddy and Grace Mary was blind and Freddy died when he was 9 months old my life on the Prairie would Inspire my later stories I became famous for riding the Little House in the prairie books surprisingly I did not start writing until I was in my mid-60s my earliest writings were for local farming Publications I was very courageous and hardworking I made sure that my farm was kept safe and in order I also made sure that my family was happy during tough times I hope my hardships and difficulties have inspired you to never give up when obstacles stand in your way later on in my life I married Alanda Wilder and gave birth to Rose Wilder lane together we overcame many challenges sadly I passed away on February 10th 1957 shortly after my 90th birthday thank you for coming and never give up [Applause] good day I'd like to introduce myself my name is Walter lias Disney but I by Walt Disney I was born in Chicago December 5th 1901 I'm famous because invented the multiplane camera my contributions to animation and entertainment I live the beginning of my life Chicago but moved marshalling Reser i 4 there D care pigs and got inspiration I did not go to school until I was 7even when my sister was on the two train ran through mareline and inspired Disneylands M sh it also Me Like Trains when I was n mov to Kansas City there I had to work at 3:30 in the morning to Lear newspapers I made Disney Studios Disneyland a college dedicated to the Arts and most BL camera I earned seven Emmy Awards 26 H CB de award I receiv received the most Awards in the year in most oors made contributions to animation air anti-aircraft unit sem my stot I made training videos for armed forces I was the first person to make nature documentar they help to educate people on nature and animals hope you learn to keep moving forward wi than yourself sadly I pass went December 15th 1966 I hope you joined learning my live life if you can dream it you can do it [Applause] that's all we got for [Laughter] Park great job good job all right Lissa you got to follow that again I was say I don't these tough acts I got to keep following um so I'm going to start with some shoutouts but it's May and so I um wanted to shout out our um new teacher class for this year um so at the high school just kind of going across the top we had Zach danani Lindsay uh Brody and then across the bottom Kirk Julie uh Megan is actually at the middle school and the high school and Kylie um at Eagle View we had Olivia uh in the middle is Kayla she was shared at Eagle View and Parkview uh Kim was at Parkview and then across the bottom are our Middle School new teachers this year um Mandy Marla um Michelle sorry Chloe and Melanie um but I think one of they've done a lot of things and they've done a lot of great things while they're here but I think one of their biggest accomplishments was when I was pulling these pictures I had to keep going back to my notes going going really this is their first year like no no I have the wrong group like they've been here more than once and I think that just goes to show that they came in jumped right into the district um really acclimated themselves and have all made like I said big contributions and help to the district um and especially for it to only be nine months later and they don't feel like the new teachers um is exciting so just wanted to give a shout out to those 16 individuals that have been with us this year um I wanted to give an update so if you remember it of our last board meetings we had the eighth graders come and talk to you about their books that they wrote for their third grade buddies well this week they took their books to their third grade buddies um and Chris and I went over walked down to watch them and listen to them read um and they were everywhere they we were like oh look they're in the hallway and then they were in a classroom and they were in the library they were spread out all over um and I don't know who had bigger Smiles those eighth graders or those third graders they were so excited about it um everything that those students shared with you when they were here at the last board meeting um just I my heart was like full like you know you have one of those like okay it's not a great day I've got all this to do and to watch that happening in person rather than just hearing about it was like okay this is now the best day ever we can keep moving on so just wanted to share with you that Chris and I got the opportunity to see that in person and it was every bit as magical and amazing as as those eighth graders shared with you um we also got back our preliminary um uh I scores from 3rd through eth grade for ELA and math um and so we're looking for a lot of Blues and greens um on these charts and so this was our um Ela scores these were our math scores so very exciting um but then we've been tracking the cohort data so the colors are you can follow the color code and see how the students are doing and progressing um and so there are obviously some great celebrations when we look at this it also starts to give us some data that okay we need to start focusing in on some certain grade levels on what's going on is the curriculum not matching the standards do we need to reorder the way that we're teaching it so that we ensure that we're teaching those essential standards um we've been working I've been sharing with you that we've been working on the power standards the essential skills and so now making sure that that is built into those lessons and the assessments will that start making data but we're now getting to to the point that we have enough data to track it um but there were a couple of things that when I opened the email and I started going through all of this data and compiling it um I literally yelled out loud in my office um when I saw that our sixth grade math students I was very excited our sixth grade math students 78% of our students in sixth grade math met or exceeded on the test and 80 1% of our 8th grade ELA students met or exceeded on the test um on top of that in that 81% 30 students exceeded on the test which um if you ask the kids if you ask any teacher that looks at the scores um the state of Illinois has upped the scor so they take here's what this testing system says you should score and because the state of Illinois has upped the level for an SAT score they then had to up the scores for everyone else so to say that a student in Illinois meets or exceeds on the test means they are outperforming even other students that meet and exceed in surrounding states because the state has changed the data um so a lot of celebrations from this but one in particular that I wanted to share um in 8th grade this year um miss bman and miss kleene uh challenged their students and said if 80% or more of you um meat or exceed on the test then you can pour ice water on us when we find out and if you remember I said 81% of them met or exceed we made it to get to 80% year they don't do D ice water on them and we got to 81% [Applause] team ready [Applause] so obviously those eighth graders were really excited to dump ice water um but this is just one example of you know our teachers work so hard all year to teach our students prepare them for the standards and what's going on and um being prepared to take the test because just test taking skills in themselves is a whole other thing that kind of is not really talked about but is just as much a part of it but this also shows how much our teachers work to motivate our kids as well um and that's one of those things that you can't train people to do it's just inherent and um I think there was a lot of motivation that happened around the district this is just one example um but that's because we have some of the best teachers around so just wanted to give all of them a general shout out um but very excited about the scores more to come when they're not preliminary data awesome I my son I thought that was comes home and I'm like what what' you do at school today nothing there was no this is the first I even knew about this like difference between boys and girls you know they'll come home and the girls will tell you everything boys don't tell you anything that's F that's all I have perfect thank you so much all right and our onto our superintendent report all right um I can confirm Mr dug and the uh severe weather every building handled it so wonderfully it's always good to know that when emergency strikes people jump to what they need to do uh I was at the high school and Mr gagan said that was the second time in my career here that we've ever had to you know actually huddle in place I said really and that to me was shocking um I trust but verify and Donna Worsham over at Eagle viiew who's been here for a long time uh confirmed J and she said in 1996 there was a big storm and she remembers it cuz it went through the their family farm um but those were the two times so uh I am glad to say though that everybody sat there for a good half an hour they were respectful they were polite and no one liked to be in those hallways but um everybody was safe until the all clear was done uh other things that have happened we had rev TR if you buy food or pay your fees online rev TR is the system that takes the money rev track had a bit of an issue or I should say Skyward had a bit of an issue we don't know exactly what happened or how it happened but um anybody that had automatic deposits for their food service started seeing frequent and numerous withdrawals into the account and it wasn't hitting our account and so we also had issues of parents who are paying off their fees for their kids graduation and our secretary saying well no you haven't paid I paid today you haven't paid you I I I you know and anyway um Kimberly Kim Gibson Trent mafy and lur lauke have worked hard gotten that all Back Together made sure that the monies got refunded the checks got sent um and I believe the Rev track and Skyward issue is now resolved uh payroll went live talking about more electronic things everything seemed to work with that we will be moving toward electronic time cards and starting to do online uh vacations and leave requests so that's going to be a good thing we're going to go slowly the full-time custodians will start the electric time cards in July and then we'll start with everybody else over the summer um the student workers and things that are working this summer if they're an aid or the cooks like Mrs hour is working custodian this summer U they won't be electronic yet they're still doing the time cards and we then transition but in next year we should be completely electronic with that uh we had a meeting at the parking lot and that should be opened soon the punch list was created they're down to fixing the drain that got broken um and there's rails going on those stairs but that will get done soon and I believe that uh people will be able to start parking in there soon um it is the end of the year and it has been crazy and you you know you have a severe weather your payrolls not working rev tracks going but you do get those moments where you get to go down a hallway and watch just a bunch of eighth graders with third graders reading to each others and and it just it's a wonderful um jux to position I also want to say that graduation is the Sunday we're looking forward to it it's set up in the uh field which I believe it will be hot but we will be out there according to weather we're also set up in the gymnasium um should it be a rain date we will will have a special board meeting prior just prior to graduation uh I have to admit as superintendent I failed in adding an agenda item on here to approve the testing of the materials for the new construction so as they start construction part pouring concrete you want to make sure that you take some of that concrete and get it tested to make sure it's adequate um we got the information in late but it didn't matter because I didn't have it as an agenda item and so um um it was within the 48 hours so I apologize for that but there will be a 10minute meeting in the high school office just before graduation and the only action item is to approve the quotes from the uh material testings and that was completely and utterly because of my oversight and I apologize for that um that said I cannot believe that Tuesday is going to be the last day of students they just the days go fast don't they so um kind of like with the new teachers it's just you take a moment and and and review the year and just okay that's all I have and just add to Mr gr's report so the meeting the special meeting on uh Sunday before our deal is open to the public maybe we like to attend it's going to be at the high school this time again it's it is a procedural type meeting we figured we're all going to be together anyway so we'll keep the ball rolling but it is a public meeting if anybody wants to attend and and witness that uh that much fun yeah all right all right move on to our items for Action the first one is the approval for the state FFA convention trip on June 11th through the 13th 2024 life's always about dotting eyes and Crossing teas we've gone to the state FFA convention since I've been here this is the first time it's being brought to the board for approval um my recommendation is to approve it we've got uh Lucas Schneider who's actually going to be receiving his State degree that is a um they they have to keep logs through four years of their time in FFA and so that's quite the honor I believe I talked to his father and I believe Lucas is planning to keep his journal that they do for FFA the next two years so that he can get his National degree as well but he's going to be honored at the State Convention with all the other students that have done this again it's a small group um but since it is an overnight since it is far away Mr Reeves was like we haven't done it before like no I don't you know you look at back in agendas so this will be a yearly approval item I requesting that they get a go to the state FFA convention right now my only question is it says 12 students is that bus capacity again or do we only have 12 it's just that the number that wants to go so if we have more than 12 we we would have more than 12 going perfect okay good right any other questions comments concerns would anybody like to make a motion to approve the Illinois State FFA convention trip I'll make the motion you Lisa every time go ahead I think Lisa Ed out on that one all right how about a second I'll second it thank you noran all right um money or no money I guess yeah roll call be yeah because there's buses and stuff all right perfect let's do a roll call please Adam hin yes Andre oops sorry Kelly Moyer yes CG Meer yes Lisa SCH yes Tyson search yes marer yes all right we're going to continue with our procedural type stuff and B is the establish of the public hearing date and time to amend the 2023 2024 school budget yeah at the end of every year we have to amend the budget um you approve the budget it's tentative budget and now we're at the end of the fiscal year and so we uh need to have a hearing to approve that um budget we will put that budget on display on the 20th of May which is just after the this weekend and um then 30 days later at the regular meeting of June 20th 2024 at 7 pm my recommendation would be to start that meeting with a budget hearing followed by the regular meeting me questions comments concerns hearing none would ibody like to make a motion to establish the hearing date and time for the amended budget I'll make the motion thank you Kelly second I'll second Tyson seconds all in favor favor I I any opposed any extensions perfect unanimous all right IC is the approval of extended extend the term of the mvic employee benefit pool yeah the Mississippi Valley Insurance Consortium better known as mvic does our employees benefits and our property casualty um insurance this one is for the employees benefits I do not know how long we've been with mvic but I know that we've been there with since I've been here we did have a subcommittee meet and look at other options um and mvic has a just a really great history of rates and claims um I know everybody thinks their insurance is the worst but U it's insurance I join if I could so there you go uh the recommendation is that we extend this and again it's a yearly thing but they do a three-year term we could get out next year if we needed to um so we're not locked into it but it is a three-year and it's part of our pool right questions comments concerns hearing none would a like to make a motion to approve the extension of the term for adic employee benefit pool I'll make the motion thank you Tyson Adam seconds a roll call please Kelly Mo yes Greg Meyer yes Lisa shoer yes Tyson search yes Marine fried yes Adam H yes all right and hand in hand with that is letter D which is the privil to extend the term of the Miss VI property cash espcially pool this would be for our property and our bus fleets and our trucks and things of that nature um we've been with mvic as I said for a long long time and the rates are very very competitive and good the recommendation is that we would continue with the property casualty pool as well any questions comments concerns we' like to make a motion to approve the misic property casualty pool extension I'll make the motion Thank you Lisa second call second Kelly seconds roll call please Craig Meer yes is yes Tyson search yes yes Adam hkin yes Kelly moer yes all right since we're going to be a member of Miss Vic for another year or three we need to appoint a Miss employee benefit and property and casy pool board member any volunteers historically it has been the superintendent Chris groy so Chris Grody yeah recommendation would be to appoint the superintendent Chris Grody at as the um board member perfect let anybody else wants it right right and we' like to make a motion to to uh volunteer Mr Grody for the position I'll make the motion thank you second I'll second Thank you Lisa all in favor I I any opposed any extensions perfect motion carries all right next is the app which is approval of our second reading of the stien for job descriptions and I did get some feedback from um employees we met with the association and went over this so let me summarize some of the key changes under qualifications for pretty much every job description it read experience and knowledge of we changed that to knowledge and or experience of so you might never have played basketball but if you have knowledge of you don't need the experience so it's knowledge Andor experience um we also changed at the bottom May 20 24 would be the updated date uh a varsity head coach was missing from the packet and that was brought to my attention and so that has been added and then in yearbook there was a portion that said that they um that we that the yearbook adviser would supervise students at all times and that just isn't what happens because they send the s the kid to the games to do it and the Yearbook advisor is not there so we changed that to coordinate and communicate with students and volunteers regarding all events so it's more of a coordination and communication and if there's issues the yearbook and the administration will deal with that but um given those job those uh changes to the job descriptions uh I would recommend that you approve the second reading of the stip and job descriptions and again I will say this as I said it last time these these job descriptions are for us to list what the minimum standard is for the individual to get the stien that's in the contract and the next time that we negotiate um the association and the board side have discussed that we really need to start looking at those percentages and what the duties entail and and all that so um it's not at this point to change any of the job descriptions or just to get it down on paper so that at the next negotiations a more uh deep discussion can be occurring that's all also reason we do several readings of it so we can digest it correct it improve it that sort of thing before it gets final so any questions I don't have a question but I do few comments so the essential functions portion that reads very similarly across the board I take exception with quite a bit of it because I don't know how you measure it qualify it Define it you know like physical physical ability to perform all necessary upper and lower body movements things like that what what does that mean you know I I Leave Myself questioning with some of them well what what does that mean how how what does it do if someone can't how do you tell them they can't because there's really no standard and they're the same for every single one I understand a band director needs to be able to do upper body movements but why lower you know what if you know there's just a lot of that then I'm like I don't I don't really understand some of the essential functions the performance responsibilities I think are nice I think they're good but to be honest the essential functions are exactly the same in each and every one of them and they were the legal ease that was advised to be put in there um if we want to go through and and try and parse those out I'd be more than willing to sit with you and and and do that um so we can table this if we want take a deeper look at those because if it's not quantifiable or definable if you then I don't really see the need for a boiler plate essential function if they're not unique to the position he's got a point that's a good point yeah that's good point we can make the motion with that removal um was that necessary for a Workman count though table it and so we can get that I know that it was language the lawyers wanted to have so um I don't know the details as to why and so maybe it'd be wise to table this and get more clarity on that yeah I don't know that we should change something if you know until we truly understand why it's in there okay so I'm reading the board has a consensus to table this until I'll make a motion to table it until feature board meeting Perfect all right do we need a second or we just yep no action it'll just go over to June 20th perfect thank you for bringing that up all right next one is the approval and implementation of the second reading of the board policies press issue4 and I received no feedback or comments regarding these and so the recommendation would be to approve the second reading as presented questions comments okay right I'm getting the comments so just as an FYI so a lot of this there is a lot of updates through the state on harassment and you know things with equal employment and you know sexual denial of equal employment opportunities on the basis of race color national origin Etc that there was a one comment that read through probably 15 times through these it was just it's an update in some of the state's legal ease um I will note that sadly we will need to make some updates to our compliance managers if this is for the 2425 school year because it's listed as Miss Smith instead of assistant superintendent um so unfortunately we'll have to make some changes there at the due time so I don't know if we want to approve that change effective when the assistant superintendent rooll turns over or if we'll have to come back to do the updates we can come back and do the updates later there's numerous um policies that have Miss Smith has Mrs Smith has the coordinator she was doct I'm reading we will remove Mrs Alissa Smith and replace with right it'll need to be changed with Miss KY Dr KY so I guess since she's still here are you good with continuing as is and then we'll change it when yeah I just wanted to make note that you can change it now when I'll step back anden to the rest no chance no chance we would have no we're handling complaints until June 30th other than that I didn't that was um and then there was one question I had on 250 board member term of office one point and there says the term ends four years later when the successor assumes office what if there is an instance where there's not a successor if if a seat goes vacant is the person not allowed to leave you can't stop a person from what would happen then is the the seat is void and then the board has I believe 30 days to fill the seat they post it and then they interview the people that would like to do it and they can fill the seat and if the board fails to do that in 30 days I believe the assignment goes to the regional superintendent to assign um okay it it was just a very definitive statement with no qualifier so I was like says the only way you can leaves when a successor assumes office I've seen board members leave typically when they move out of District they will abandon the seat and then if it's midterm you get appointed you're missing his point he's he's saying that if no one is is elected the old board member is not required to leave this says you're you can't stop somebody from retiring you can't stop somebody from leaving they can't hold but can you make them leave is his question can you make them leave um it is extremely hard to no that's a different poliy you can do that the regional superintendent we collectively can so would you like to table that one or are you good with it good as written okay and was my moral legal Compass so all right any other questions or comments concerns hearing none would anybody like to make a motion to approve the implement the second reading of the board policy press issue 114 so it needs to go on the July agenda to change a list out of everything right yes okay right I'll make that motion thank you Adam D second I'll second all right roll call please mared yes Adam hunkins phy Moyer yes CG Meer yes Lisa shemer yes yes tyon search yes all right that concludes our business section of the meeting thank you all very much next item is our discussions which will start off with our facility study I just want to apologize one more time for my oversight of not adding the material testing um it's frustrating for me but um as soon as these students leave we will start uh the site improvements and you're going to see start seeing some changes at that high school so it's exciting Adam or you have anything you have anything no uh as Mr gy said we did a walk through today on the punch list for the parking lot there were some minor items that uh we we're very thorough I want to thank the city of Columbia for their assistance in all this they had three people there today um both City engineers and a city manager and uh or I'm not sure what Mike's title is but anyway they they've been very on top of everything and and helping us um make sure that nothing is overlooked and uh we got a punch list we're holding the contractor to the fire make sure that it is completed and completed right and we're going to have a great project or a great product when we're all done so not a whole lot else happening on the other front is there at this point we're just like we're just think we will start seeing Fen and stuff for the new project after school is out so in before the next board meeting for sure oh yeah next week Tuesday is the last day kids so yeah in in approximately a week people will start seeing construction fence and other barriers and some movement around the high school campus um as we begin some of the prep work for the construction and remodeling effort um so don't be surprised if you go to drive through the high school and you're directed one way or the other uh depending on what's going on at the moment and I know that summer schedules and Logistics have been altered so if anyone that's going to be on campus through the summer for whatever reason just uh follow the signs or barriers or go where you're allowed um and don't be surprised that there's construction happening so I know there's a limited number but there won't be the entire parking lots open and there's they'll be moving stuff in and out throughout the summer so you remind me of a key point and that is the front doors that people typically will enter to go into the office at the high school will be um fenced in because they're working on the front of the building and so the new front office will be back behind by the park stairs in the gym there is the door I don't know directions but the um the door by the gymnasium that is the closest to Route three I'm Des to the park so it's the one closest to the park will be the main entrance not on the rout 3 side the other side it's on the park side but on the park side it's closest to the wall the academic Wing it's not yeah because there's two doors and it's it'll be this one it's the one that's got the actual ticket booth where um you used to enter and there was a ticket boot there so yeah basically drive around the back side of the high school yeah it's on the back side it's on the back side look for an open door and last thing on this also so the parking lot is nearly completed however we have no handrails on the steps coming down which there never been any but probably it's never been formally used either exactly so um I I think the the official parking lot is going to be closed for the graduation this Sunday so probably find a better place to park CU there's still barricades up and it might be a little hazardous with no parking yet though exactly right so we're not sing yet but just all right Perfect all right let's move on to individual board member comments um I'd like to can we go back to new hires Kim of having them attend the meeting that we are hiring them at instead of doing it at the beginning of the next school year when they've done been hired can we see faces of the people we're hiring at that current meeting please not well we did it we were doing it for a little bit and now we got away just whatever the the hard part is is is the board meetings are sometimes not available for the person and so then if they can't show up they feel bad and then it it looks bad on them and so it's kind of awkward so what we've done is we have one event one time in the summer that um everybody comes and you get to meet them and we do the pictures and everything but it is I I I understand M Schumacher's point you know they're voting for people that they haven't met yet and and so it's really whatever the board wants to do we can do we've how about if we invite them and if they're available they can come and if they're not they can let us know would we still want to do one big event where we do pictures and everything for the yeah yeah so both we do both yes yeah both okay right any other board member comments I have a positive one perfect I have a third grader who did the book with the eighth grader and it was like she carries that book with her everywhere she goes she loves it so much fantastic so that was really good good thank you thank you for sharing that anyone else positive works too we're going to end on a positive note there look at that perfect all right board members prerogative you guys all heard me talk way too much already so I'm going to spare you more uh we do have an executive session this evening and we're going to do that for the purposes of appointment employment compensation discipline performance or dismissal of a specific employee of the public body or legal counsel for the public body including hearing testimony on a complaint lodg against the employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity pursuant to 5Cs 1202 C1 that would anybody like to make a motion to adjourn into executive session I'll make a motion thank you Kelly dor second I'll second ignoring roll call please yes Adam hkin yes Kelly Moyer yes Greg Meer yes Lisa shoer yes Tyson search yes time is 7:47 um everyone we're going to the executive session so we do have to ask you to excuse us if you would please um I don't think there's any and then we'll call them in when we we'll call you in once we get it going yeah okay e e e perfect we are back in Open Session uh as a result of the executive session we have no action items on the agenda only item left is a motion to adjourn we' like to make a motion to adjourn I'll make the motion thank you Kelly second I'll second perfect everyone's keep on going all right all in favor I any opposed all right cludes the meeting it is 9:17 p.m.
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here here thank you please stand for the pledge allegiance flag United States awesome up next we have two stars and I was just Star Struck when I saw News 8 I believe Dr Solen it was wow so I'm GNA pass it to our stars of the show Ella Paul and Andrew Elliott to report away please all right thank you so um there's been a lot going on in May so far even though we're about halfway through it and we've still got a ton ahead of us even though there's less than a month school left so first um the Career and Technical education classes have been going on a ton of field trips uh for about three hours during the middle of the day these trips were to Hartford Wallingford and most recently Waterberry they're very educational and oriented towards students prepared to enter a trade or career in engineering manufacturing or architecture on Friday next week British literature classes are holding the future Festival this is um which I'll be participating in a culmination of a year's Long work dating back to the end of last year when we were when students were given um a book to read whether it was 1984 by George Orwell or Al this huckle's Brave New World students were assigned to topics involving utopian and dystopian societies set in 2050 and the task was to show off what everyone's view um of society will look like in 2050 and connecting them to today's world and comparing the both of them in of creative way and various classes are invited to come throughout the day to view what everyone is doing and obviously all of you are invited to come check it out um AP exams have been going on since last Monday there's been a lot of preparation and anticipation for these as they can determine for some students college credit opportunities and finally on Monday May 20th uh CHS will hold the post High School shirt day uh this day is usually on May 1st which is the college deadline but since deadlines have been moved and there's been a lot of field trips exams and other scheduling conflicts we moved it to May on Monday May 20th and we also organized a picture of the entire senior class with their shirts on um these shirts can show whether you're going into a trade to college going straight to the workforce the military and um whatever else there is out there and this will be a good way to encapsulate the moment with everyone showing off their plans whatever they may be so like Andrew said first of all hi everyone and second of all there is so much going on at chure high school so much excitement um last week the unified classes had two awesome opportunities on Friday May 10th first we had an author visit she wrote the book planet earth is blue which is written from the perspective of a non-verbal student with autism and it was a really great opportunity for students in the high school to hear her perspective of writing this book to give a voice to a marginalized population and then the unified classes came in and did a workshop about building their own book character and practicing their public speaking skills and then that night there was the unified theater show which kind of had an out of this world theme and everyone got to they the groups wrote their own scripts and performed their parts and moving on we have had lots of field trips recently with it being getting close to the end of the war um the year the Italian group went on a trip to tra galinis a restaurant in New Haven the unified group went to downtown Cabaret in preport I actually went on this trip and lots of our teachers and administration came kind of as a recognition of all of the unified classes that go on throughout the year so any student that participates in a unified class was invited and we had a great group the show was Cinderella and the unified students loved it a lot of them fell asleep on the bus ride home it was a really really great event um moving on to some of the other ones we have our ECE health and education and urban communities class going to volunteer at a food pantry tomorrow to get kind of an inside view on what go goes on in communities close to us that might be struggling they did a food inventory at Big Y recently and now they're going to see the differences between what it looks like here in Treasure versus F food insecurities in the inner cities and lastly coming up the week after next the music groups are going on an optional trip to go see Back to the Future on Broadway I'm very excited to go on this trip um also we had senior prom last weekend which was so much fun we had the whole senior class and some very enthusiastic and awesome teacher chaperon come to be with everyone at Arya and it was a blast we also have a lot of other opportunities for seniors this week to recognize everything that we've been through at cheser high school and the accomplishments first of all we have Awards night on the 21st which is actually the same day that students for one of the first years in chesher are being offered to take a biliteracy exam in multiple languages so that's an exciting step that if students pass this exam they can get a stamp on their diploma which is a really great opportunity for future job Seekers and students to place into college courses for languages in college and we also have the honor cord ceremony on Friday the 24th which is another great way to recognize student accomplishments in specific Department areas and also next week we have B1 day which is kind of a really special event that's been going on at cheser high school for a long time to focus on bringing the Community together and participating in a lot of activities to kind of build that atmosphere and this year we're trying a new program where we have two days worth of kind of sentimental activities leading up to our culminating field day on the last day and those two activities will be one the video where people are talking about how to make chesher High School a more inclusive and community-driven place and the second one is focusing on ways to give back to the teser community so there will be community building activities like making tets for local animal shelters um bracelets and letters to send to people in nursing homes or in children's hospitals and planting flowers outside for a garden that will be maintained by the life student life skill student classes and that is about it wow It it's a busy time of year it's actually my favorite time of year but it's also an emotional time of year especially this year any board members have any comments for our student reps Mr gripple just wanted to say you guys look great on TV I know thank you thank you fabulous well awesome go ahead and do your thing and we're going to see you don't go too far right okay um but we'll see you again obviously June 6 sadly last time all right on to well Dr son all your as you're presenting the cave student leaders y good evening everybody thanks for that warm welcome um the the suspense is getting everybody that's what it is so uh I am as uh Miss Rosenberg said very excited to share this evening with you some special awards that we have for students in our community each year the cab student leadership awards cab stands for Connecticut Association of boards of Education the cab student leadership award program includes seventh and eighth grade students along with high school students who exhibit exemplary leadership skills two students from each School in a cab member district are eligible to receive the cab student leadership award School principles are asked to connect with their staff and solicit names of special students who exhibit leadership skills based on the following criteria willingness to take on challenges capability to make difficult decisions concern for others ability to work with others willingness to commit to a project diplomacy ability to understand issues clearly and ability to honor a commitment so high standards for young adults and as such we are thrilled to recognize four very special students here tonight uh and I would ask that after I read all the names if you could come up to the podium we have certificates for you and we'll take some pictures to share on social media so from DOD Middle School Armen Movic I hope I said that right and Shams aay God and from CHS Ella Paul and Andrew Elliot congratulations guys come on up spe [Applause] B [Applause] next item is our reports on our standing committees um oops hold on I skipped a little ahead it's actually our consent calendar so I'm going to pass this to Dr herrian I really skipped ahead before we go to the consent calendar are there any audience members that would like to go to the podium and speak congratulations guys have a good evening no seeing no audience members to the podium we're going to move on now I'm going to pass this over to Dr herin for the consent calendar I believe we need a motion right just a motion just a motion hold on to read just a motion you got it yep I move that the chesher Board of Education approves the consent calendar as presented you have a second Mr perini and then take a vote all in favor it's unanimous motion has passed and Carol has my signed copy with her okay next I'm going to uh amarie for the curriculum committee report thank you the last um committee meeting of curriculum was held on Monday uh May 13 2024 and we have three items to discuss this evening the first being an approval of an outof country field trip um this field trip does require Board of Education um approval because it's an out-of country trip accordingly the chesher high school teacher uh Miss Barker has requested permission to take students to Soul South Korea in November of 2024 the superintendent does recommend approval of this request and I'd like to give you just a little bit more information on it um there will hopefully be 10 students um in addition to visiting historical sites the participating students will present their research to a Korean team at one of the local schools um they will have an opportunity to visit schools in South Korea and obviously to do some sightseeing um the cost of the trip is $4,290 which right now looks a little bit um steep we have a few students who are interested um in it and we hope that once it's approved by the Board of Education parents will be more um in included to um allow their children to participate we're looking for 10 students and um there is possible options for for us to partner with other schools this again is a program as part of Aces International 2024 United States Korea research and education collaborative are there any questions that myself or Marlene can answer for you how many do we have now if what's that how many interested parties do we 10 well is itated for 10 handle up to 10 right now we have one or two um who've expressed some interest and here's some additional information if anyone is interested in viewing it um if you recall earlier this fall uh Miss Barker was here with students that were talking about their research and Vin was sharing some of his knowledge and um the that same that's the same program that wants to go to Korea any board members have questions comments no nope so we do we do the motion here first or you want to keep going the motion is that the chesher Board of Education improve the participation of Cheshire high school students in the educational field trip to so South Korea from November 16th 2024 to November 23rd 2024 is there a second Dr heran all in favor of the motion it's unanimous motion passes thank you the second discussion at our um curriculum meeting on Monday um was a executive summary by the science chesher curriculum Council um they presented a summary of The Five-Year curriculum review that was shared with the full um CCC in March the theme of the presentation was to bring the Next Generation science standards into the now so they actually crossed off the next and put put now generation science standards the committee emphasized the overlap between the expectations and the ngss um and the district priorities around complex thinking social emotional learning um and the district definition of high quality instruction also shared some data with us around the ngss assessment um we showed areas of strengths and some areas of need so the priorities for future work include fully aligning Curriculum maps units with the ngss standards and including pacing guides um articulated content practices and Concepts and facing out the TCI as an elementary resource and reviewing Pathways into the courses that are offered um in the high school any questions it was a very um thorough review and Well Done by the science chesher curriculum Council questions from board members Mr gripple um before I ask the question our budget meeting from last week that was not executive session right no okay I just want to repeat before I ask the question because so um Miss Solano uh you made a statement about when we were talking about adding in the uh the stem program how there was going to be sort of a realignment of the science standards so this program that you reviewed sort of went over how that is going to be incorporated and how there's going to be adjustments made or is that sort of the gist of what happened um I have to say that the the presentation from the Department really did not touch on the science coaches because that was not something that was um a for sure while they were going through this process so they were they were really reviewing their curriculum their scope and sequence where the alignment was what instructional practices needed to shift what sort of resources they would need so the name change is it a name change or is it a new um I don't I don't I guess new curriculum or is it a new uh because you had you had mentioned that what we had before was sort of a stop Gap and now we're sort of moving into a more of a thorough understanding of what we need to do yeah I think when the science standards came out it took it's taken quite a lot of training and understanding to make sure that people not only can understand what those standards are but that can apply them I think um TCI is a resource that we years ago before I was in in central office position we had purchased um as a stop Gap measure teachers wanted a resource felt they needed something to get them through we didn't think it was the best resource but it was the best thing that we had at the time and so they recognize that and are ready to phase that out I believe that the science coaching positions that we're going to put in um that is going to help phase out the TCI because these folks will be working hard at some other areas of incorporating the standards and so it will make it easier to not rely on TCI anymore thank you any other comments from board members Miss Lano what what's the acronym stand for oh gosh it's it's it's a company name um something teachers no yes it is Teachers College interal it's just the name of the company the brand yeah the resource we're using I'm glad to see well we're within the fiveyear review cycle anyways and then we're just updating and elevating our programming teachers curriculum curriculum okay I think what we saw um in their executive summary was a real through line from kindergarten all the way through to 12th grade so I think once the coaches do come in they'll be able to assimilate into the structure that was shared with us on Monday thank you well Mr will the uh the new program will that be an offshoot will it fit into the new curriculum that we're implementing or is it just going to be a separate its own entity no it won't be its own entity the vision for this is really to bring in two positions that serve as both a coach and a teacher and that teacher will get into the classroom and co- te with a current fourth and fifth grade teacher so that they'll be really elevating and helping you have somebody to partner with on science and the coach will be able to take some of the lift off doing some of the leg work and the setup and organizing those materials and really we're seeing this person as a resource to help with that so if we started in fourth and fifth grade and really build capacity around our fourth and fifth grade teachers to teach science we're not sure how long that will take but then we could move to a different grade level so it will be sort of like hand and glove with with what we've got it will will not be separate it will be in addition to um and eventually replace some of the old practices thank you you're welcome so there was no old business but there is some informational items yes so I shared with the curriculum committee that our um our evaluation committee met or was sharing with them on Monday that we were meeting yesterday and so the team the committee met and we really put into onto paper a lot of our plans for the evaluation for next year because as I've shared with this group before teacher evaluation in Connecticut is changing there are new guidelines part of those guidelines eliminate the rating scale of teachers and um there's also gives us a lot of freedom to really stretch our thinking and to focus on teacher growth around pedagogy and so we we've been in this process for two years I'm looking forward to the committee presenting at the next curriculum committee meeting our final product the curriculum committee with their blessing then would bring that to the board for your final blessing at which point we would submit that to the State Department of Education for approval the the group overall is very excited about the possibilities we have for growth the possibilities for collaboration peer feedback learning walks and really teachers driving their own learning and have having a eony about where they want to grow in line with our district objectives around complex thinking and social emotional learning and we see this as a way to truly bring to life our definition of high quality instruction across the district so we talked about um the um a teacher evaluation plan we also shared a little bit about our plans for CWI for the summer and lastly talked a little more in-depth about the science teacher science coach positions um brought everybody up to speed we did post those two anticipated positions this week and I I'm already Fielding lots of phone calls and emails from internal staff as well as external folks any questions from members of the board Dr heran Define Lots spoke to someone today yesterday or hundreds no not dozens not dozens I would say I've had probably five conversations um in the last in the 24 hours with internal people who had had more had more questions about you know certifications and what it would look like and what the schedule might be but but per the contract we're only allowed to publish it internally among our teaching staff for five days after that we can publish it outside so those responses are just from the people who work for us and we do plan to publish it outside yeah we have two openings it's uh when we want to make sure we cast the broad net for this great thank you anyone else anything else Amry great thank you on to our finance committee Dr herrian thank you um so I'll be reporting on our finance committee meeting of the whole held on May 9th so basically during this meeting uh we needed to Dr Solen reported to us that the Town Council had adopted a budget that reduced our budget proposal by 525,000 um and if possible we wanted to look at two scenarios and they were presented to us one in retaining the new stem program that we've been talking about tonight uh with the two coaches and um and one that didn't um after wow lots of discussion I would say yeah and um going over sort of those positions in some detail lots of questions asked and answered um we also looked at other line items that um Mr Mariana and Dr Solen had put together to um to you know different line items where we could uh see where we could reduce uh our initial budget a little bit more I think it's important to note to everybody listening that this budget process comes to us pretty early in January and we get a number that then goes over to the Town Council and has to fit into the town budget um a lot happens between January and April and um we expect some movement and we get more information as we do go through the months closer to the end of the fiscal year [Music] um we decided to bring to the full board a proposal that we will be putting forth tonight and I have a question does the proposal need to have the line items not for this motion not for this motion oh we were hoping Adam would read the line for us we did that at the at the budget meeting so apparently we don't have to do it tonight okay so um with that I would ask for the motion thank you um uh moved that the board treasure Board of Education approve an operating budget for the fiscal year uh 24 2024 2025 of $89 m542 69 as appropriated by the Town Council representing a reduction of $525,000 from the board of education's approved budget is there a second Mr Aki comments vote to approve all in favor of the motion it it's unanimous motion passes thank you everybody that was lots of good work to get to where we PA from January yes yes um next I am throwing some information over to Mr Mariana to report thank you if you wouldn't mind thank you Dr harrian good evening members of the board I I do want to say that the budget process begins in October for some of us so just wanted to get that out there and we have just one more revision to make to the budget book so so we'll be done in miday the finance report for this evening the board members do have it in their package the the finance report itself is pretty straightforward this evening not a lot has changed since we reported last month in the report through April 30th um we expect to close the budget in a in a very balanced format on June 28th that's when the board meeting is to make the the uh approval of the final entries we are in the midst of a meeting every two weeks as we you know get closer and closer to June 28th we have a long list of summer projects and request for purchases that uh we've received from the principals and the department heads and we're working through those and those will be entered in in May and June as encumbrances so that we could complete our summer projects and make our purchases over the summer just two things that I did want to point out that are in the body of the written report one is that special education outplaced tuition the we last month were over budget by 480,000 and that picture improved in the April report will be over budget by about 305,000 is the projection at this point and the reason is that we did have one student that was outplaced that actually moved out of district and so we were able to release the funds that had been previously encumbered so that that does help us um as we balance the budget and then for the Food Service program um as we close the year it looks like we'll we'll be at $20,000 that will'll pay to the Food Service program for the unpaid balances that we haven't been or haven't been able to col collect from parents of students um as I had been reporting you know throughout the year I thought that balance would grow more but with the work that our food service staff has been doing to just remind parents that they owe payment we've held it at 20,000 so that's about what I expect will be closing the year out um and then we we can continue to try and collect those balances over the course of the summer the um I think that's it for this portion of the report before I move to medical benefits so if there's questions I'll be glad to take them and can I just ask especially for the food balance like some of our seniors that may owe is their process or any risk to them not participating in anything that because of it or no no okay there was nothing we could do to um you know you know withhold giving them their diploma as an example that is just not permitted you know so what we do is we you know take every step we can to try and collect those balances you know on the other side of the coin and it's not going to offset 20,000 but some of the graduating seniors that have funds left in their food service account we notify the parents and they actually can donate that money to the Food Service program you know which we then can use to help offset some of the unpaid balances just speaking from that parent who forgets to go on my you know impa there there's plenty of reminders so we won't let you forget for too long you know where I am anybody and Dr herri yeah I wonder if anyone can either you VIN or Jeff can you speak to um my understanding is that the legislature is has passed now um taking that reduced lunch to all of it being free lunch yeah that's my understanding that if through this latest budget process like I haven't seen the finalized Governor signed laws yet but my understanding is that if you qualify for reduced lunch that you will be now provided free lunch so what kind of an impact does that have on our budget do you think was 160 kids there's 130 kids in chesher it actually doesn't doesn't impact us doesn't impact our budget um because we get we get paid fully for those reduced lunches and there's a whole claim process but doesn't hurt us at all if if that well we know the legislation passed the governor has 15 days I believe to sign the legislation and if he takes no action it's automatically approved so we do anticipate that will pass um and then in line with that this year breakfast was free for all students that's not the case next year so next year the only funding that the state is providing is to take students who are eligible for reduced and they are now being subsidized by the state and they won't pay anything at the counter which I don't know to me it's a step forward so yeah and just as a point of clarification outside of the school lunch stuff that with respect to holding uh diplomas or anything like that the law does allow school systems to um impose sanctions against pup who pups who damage or fail to return textbooks Library materials or other educational materials but not school lunch money so if you blow out your Chromebook we can hold it you know but for school lunch money we can't thank you Mr gripple um I don't know if you just answered this question Vin or it jarred my memory but uh someone had asked me can parents pay additional monies into the um school lunch program to help alleviate the balance like to to make a donation because obviously the the people who aren't paying their balance are most likely suffering some sort of financial hardship can parents in the school system make a do make donations to help pay down the balance is owed for those other families well what I said that they can do at the end of the school year if there's a balance remaining they have a a positive balance remaining in their account they could donate that to the school and and we would use that to offset non-payment of other students but if they want to just send a check for $100 towards the Food Service program that's not something that we've done when that's set up for that just the donation of unspent funds in a students's lunch account but is that is that a matter of so let's say I had a $50 balance in in my son's lunch account is at the end of the here does something come out to say where I can check a box and say would you like to donate that is that how it would go exactly the way it works so that would all right that's and we do you know a lot of parents do donate the funds back instead of us writing a check and sending to that sending it to them from the Food Service program are we selective as to who we offset though well it we just take let's say we're GNA write 20,000 we're going to pay the Food Service program 20,000 um we actually would if there's $4,000 that food service program wants to allocate we would actually only pay them $16,000 but we don't apply to specific students student accounts well it just comes out of our operating budget correct yeah thanks man next item just as so just to followup so if someone wanted to do that they would have to do that before June 30th or like does that check box show up at some particular date no they could do it until they make a decision because that balance stays in their students lunch account until they tell us I'm donating it or until I want a check they just carry over until next year yeah right if they have a graduating student though they there may not be any use for the funds but if they don't spend it and they have a student in the system it does carry over okay all right thank you you're welcome minimum wage Vinnie do you want to oh no that's been in there I'm just I've just been carrying it that's that is built into what we've expended this year and Tim's not here to ask about the energy prices so we can move on anything else an beyond that I believe Mr Mr masan is going to go on to the um medical benefits yes I will so this month April the claims were 1, 281,000 so about um 81,000 higher than our budget of 1.1 million however if you're looking at the report and you look at the top section you'll see that stoploss reimbursements year-to date are 337,000 and that increased from last month's 67,000 so we received an an additional 275,000 in stoploss for large claims and so the net result is for the month of April our Reserve balance actually increased 78,000 and so as we end April our Reserve balance is 1.999 million about 1.82 months worth of claims so I know I've said this you know to the board members before but I'm always happy when we receive stoploss reimbursements because it helps increase our balance the problem with that is I'm currently on the board of CT Prime and we're going through the renewal for next year and the renewal is not looking very good for the other for all of us that are CT Prime members which includes you know eight other municipalities and Boards of Ed so it's always Bittersweet for me we're getting stop-loss reimbursements but then you know we have to pay in terms of higher premiums in in the next renewal and that's what we're in the midst of the renewal for CT Prime this year our performance has not been um negative at all but we do have quite a few of the members this year that their losses exceed the premiums that they paid and that's not that unusual that's happened to us in several years since we've been with CT Prime but it is a you know a trend that's not only in municipalities but um in in corporate plans as well where you know we're seeing extraordinarily High claims you know increasing those stoploss payments and increasing the stoploss premiums and you know there doesn't seem to be anything that we can do other than shop um look at our plans make adjustments to the plans the the cost related to Services when someone is very sick um or has some kind of surgical procedure or is having some type of joint replacement is it's that cost continues to rise so we're dealing with it as best we can you know we did build a 15% increase into next year's budget for a stoploss premium increase I think we'll be above that but we're not done negotiating that that'll take place through the rest of this month into early June and sorry for that bad news but that is the medical benefits report you got to tell it like it is yeah well I was thinking though maybe we can have L Paul do the medical benefits report in the future because she makes everything sound really happy and bubbly I I just can't do that singing well you know I think that's a fabulous idea uh anything else Finn that's it thank you very much thank you that's it an I just can I just make one more comment Y if you want mind um I uh neglected to make this comment during our our uh motion for Budget reduction but I wanted to thank Mr masana uh Dr Sol and your staff for being able to find those uh reductions but also being able to uh fund that that stem program that we wanted from the beginning uh because we know that's that's important to do so uh thank you for that yeah I think I didn't make that very clear so thank you for bringing that up Adam um Miss Solano Grant activities for yes so in your pack sorry thank you in your packet you have a listing of all of the yearend grant reports there are two columns one for last year and one for the 2324 school year so I'm going to walk you through that and give some examples and a general overview of what these Grant funds are used for so if we start with Title One funding that supports K through One support staff at Darcy in dittle that is mostly used for salaries and Staffing we also used $110,000 this year in Reading supplies which the teachers were ever so grateful for in title two teacher support most of that goes for salaries including defraying the cost of a curriculum coach we spent about $1,000 in supplies we also spent money on Consultation Services around getting social emotional learning into academics you've heard us talk about um Mike Anderson as someone who we respect and teachers value getting coaching from title three which is about English language Learners and there's also an immigrant portion of that Grant about $10,500 has been spent on professional development and coaching from an ases consultant who's provided both teachers and administrators with um learning around helping multilingual learner students but also on culturally responsive classroom practices about $1,000 has been spent on multilingual learner supplies you know novels and books that students of different languages um might be reading um translation dictionaries things of that sort to help support them we've also defrayed the cost of the summer multilingual learner immersion program that we offer here um in the summertime within title four which is for student support an academic enrichment Grant we have defrayed the cost of some of the consultation for the curriculum writing Institute and we're able to pay for a a number of teachers salaries to attend that in the summer in the Perkins grant money is spent on training and conferences we did send a teacher to the inovative School Summit in New York City this year pays the cost of the stien for the FBLA advisor and the DECA advisor also supports the business department with curricular updates and some curricular revision we have sent folks to professional development courses we've spent about $3,500 on transportation for field trips you heard Andrew Elliot talking about the many trips that students have been on recently around town for um well not in and around town but outside of town as well both for the trades um and for career related activities we've spent a great deal of money on supplies and equipment things for the digital media course like Nikon cameras and Equipment um for robotics for Motors and sensors lots of money spent on manufacturing equipment and supplies we bought a 3D printer um supplies for the engineering and CAD course we've really that that's a very nice Grant and um we've really gotten a lot of mileage out of that it's really helped afraid a lot of the cost of the um expensive equipment that we have in use at the high school um let's move on to the idea Grant as you can see that's one of our larger grants at over a million dollars we probably are spending nine over 980,000 on salaries in that category we spent about 13,000 in inservice training if we look at the preschool handicapped grant that is paying for a prek special ed teacher it also pays for consultation evaluation for things such as speech and language services that we need to provide for parochial and private preschools if you look at the transition Support Services money in that category is spent on field trips technology equipment we have um residents dorms at qu that we help our students who are in that transition program and it def phrase the costs associated with expenditures there if we look at um adult education that includes funds that we pay to Wallingford now that Wallingford is providing our um providing for our mandated programs and in the PEC Jones funds you've I know heard us speak often about updating classroom libraries with appropriate texts this year we were spending that money on grade two and grade three classrooms and then in our Smart Start program that is paying the cost of the uh salaries associated with the Smart Start program so just an overview for you I'm happy to take any questions questions from board members Mark and an this is my first time through this but with the number of salaries that we're paying with these grants are these grants recurring this is something that we're going to get year to year that's going to be there for us these are very common grants these are year-over-year grants we're not always using them for the same salaries but they they certainly hope to fray the cost yes yeah are these worked into our operating budget this is outside of the operating budget thank you just off of what Ann was asking do we take like we have the 3D printer out of one of the grants but the consumable items come from where though to replace especially with the ink and whatever you know we need yeah that the when I look at that Perkins Grant it is inclusive of so many things so it's everything that goes into the the use of the 3D printer when that is expended either we would need to pay that of the operating budget or we would need to request it from Perkins the following year so it kind of depends Sam on what the things are and yeah thank you sure any other comments from board members no so I have a call for a vote to approve the grants no oh okay I'll just add that these are entitlement grants the ones I've talked about are not the ones that are competitive grants that we look towards so thank you Adam um so the grants um that you that we have that are recurring do you have to make an application every year for these yes every year so good job to you and your staff for making sure we keep the money flowing right thank you it's a team effort for sure yeah you do have to trigger it with like an intent to apply early before the new year though Perkins at least yeah Perkins you have to trigger intent to apply yep thank you um we're on to policy Mr Aki thank you um policy committee met on uh May 6th we spoke at length on our equity and diversity policy we are we have a we're value winning uh a lot of the language and implications of that language um that Dr Solen has shared with all of us we're still in a first reading on that because we changed uh I believe we changed a significant part of it so that is still uh on our first reading um we have a transportation we spoke about uh changing our transportation policy policy updating it eliminating some some sections um do we want to spend more time talking about that or Dr Solen could you just tell everybody where they can read all these updates sure so if you log on to the Board of Education page on the chesher Public Schools page um there's a policy section directly at the top of that section right in the middle it says policies under consideration for the 23 24 school year and then it's got each month's agenda so you can click on things if you want to go early in the year things that have already been adopted or if you want to go on to our most recent um reading the meeting the various policies are linked right there so you can see really where we've made changes in them strike out everything is right there very publicly available for folks to read thank you and uh we spoke about the adult continue education policy in the second reading um again clarifying some some of the language in there um but no major changes since the first reading questions or comments from board members Mr gripple um I first wanted to comment on the the transportation policy I think a lot of the changes there were are worthwhile and that um perhaps uh um new and current parents should probably review it because there's some decently big changes in there some simplify a lot of things and um some may have an a direct impact potentially um I don't know if we'll have it in well we might have it enforce for September or I don't even know how that would work EXA if that would take take effect for next year but because we'll have the the second meeting for June June so should yeah we might want to just publicize cut I will I will add that the policy changes I don't anticipate it's it's going to change anything that we're already doing so we're not going to move you know the lines of Transportation that's not the intent we just want the language of the policy to line up you know with with some reality so I don't anticipate if that policy pass is changing any of the routes or the any of the walking distances so I just I did want to get that out there so for for the most part because since we're changing everything to one mile essentially at least for K through six um that's sort of in practice already for the most part so it just sort of alleviates conf confusion and conflict that may arise for next year right right all all issues sent well years over basically so they've all been s solved already I guess and the thing the the policy those are maximum walking distances you know so a mile for elementary a mile and a half for middle and high school those are maximums just generally speaking we're well below those maximums and we apply the policy you know quite reasonably for all parents so now just to clarify were you guys sending out postcards cuz I know that's a big change right that we're going to email we haven't been sending postcards for a couple that still policy we're doing them correct yeah we've been sending emails the last probably three years at least instead of doing mailed postcards but we would put in the Herold social media things that the emails coming so people know to expect it um yeah and lastly uh the equity policy uh we spent a significant amount of time probably I don't know at least 45 minutes an hour at our last meeting revising the policy and uh I know that um uh we uh did pause the uh first reading for additional feedback from the board and I wasn't sure if there was any additional feedback I will say I do like that you did spend a lengthy amount of time on the discussion and and I appreciate too that especially like Tony gave us suggestions on where to go to for clarification from cave um so I like thus far what you guys have done Amry did you have anything else add so that one you guys are going to moveed for a second read is that where we're at with that after the next policy committee okay yeah Goa any other comments Mr Roy for policy oh I think we're good hey thank you thank you we're on to outstanding committees um Mr perini do we have any cave announcements uh not really uh I had mentioned informally couple meetings ago that uh there's a Foya case uh being uh discussed uh ruling has been made there's going to be a um a case I guess court session on May 22nd long story short um it may have depending if the foil ruling stands it will have implications for Board of EDS and how we enter into executive session when we invite a superintendent uh it's it's a really weird situation it was so weird that um both cave and caps wrote a joint Amicus brief and have petitioned to be a um intermediary in the case so uh we'll we'll by time we meet in June we'll prob some clarinets uh but nothing we have to necessarily worry about just it's makes things a little harder for us for executive session which I don't understand uh and I I didn't attend the legislative wrap-up session yesterday from cave so I expect Patrice or um someone will send us a summary Everything Has Changed Jeff that someone probably already knows but other that no it's been kind of Qui since legislation kind of died down but thank you for asking thank you um actually Dr s I was going to see if there did we have anything that came out of the Personnel that we discussed um uh no we would items no nothing that would uh come here we have a we need to schedule another um meeting for my evaluation and then hopefully there's a motion that comes out of that okay great thank you hopefully hopefully I get welcome back to be determined um okay approval of minutes if you can take a quick peruse and then we will call for a motion to approve the minutes of April 18th and May 2nd 2024 meetings any edits revisions I know Carol do we have to split up or can we clump oh we can okay so I would make that motion Dr herrian please I move that the chesha Board of Education approve the minutes from meetings held on April 18th 2024 and May 2nd 2024 is there a second an Marie um any additions or Corrections that need to be made none all those in favor are approving the minutes or the motion as read unanimous thank you purple tunnel over here yeah I know awesome Mr gripple are there any correspondences sir I have received no correspondence well thank you and then uh I'm going to move it over to Dr Solen for the superintendent's report a little disappointed that our large crowd left I know this exciting moment but um I you should amend the agenda next time you know people are they don't want to wait for it so I'm going to go home and get comfortable and watch it at home but um couple of really quick things speaking of watching from home uh I know Mr grippo already mentioned seeing Ella and Andrew on a special report Channel 8 did uh regarding social media and Adolescence it's actually really well done Vin and I were talking about this earlier today too but um if you want to check it out if you just go on the channel um website and type in Google or Evis in the search bar Evis is a reporter there or social media maybe chesher it comes up and it's a two-part series that they did again really good Worth to watch um we even talked about showing it to our students because it was really that informative uh so there's that um if you are chomping at the bit to get more chesher public schools and the media uh on Tuesday the 21st of May channel 3 did a special on the Darcy circle of security program those of you who've been around a while have seen that at our showcases in the past uh that will be Tuesday afternoon next Tuesday 4: to 6:30 sometime in that window they'll be airing that uh piece so something to look forward to last but not least uh I just want to take a second to shout out um Marlene salano uh Kim desert jod Rhoden Christina Sherwood our administrators and a team of folks who completed the kindergarten uh versus transition evaluations uh if you remember that's really been a a Hot Topic this year you probably seen that in the news recently as well um Marlene uh kind of brainstormed uh and came up with a a really neat plan to provide transitional uh opportunities for kids that were on that cusp and she just that with that team completed the evaluation process U Marlene you want to talk at all about that I just want to tell the board and and everyone here how what a wonderful opportunity this was this committee was made up of Moira hoo a recently retired speech and language therapist Christina Sherwood from special ed Su and disio also newly retired from Special Ed and and the folks that Jeff mentioned everyone felt so good about this process we completed the early application to kinder early admission to kindergarten screenings process today and we utilized three really important sources to support decisions um we these decisions were made with the greatest of care and the best interest of each individual student and I think that that was because of what you all allowed to happen and and pav the way to happen for what was in the best interest of each individual child so we analyzed the results of the early admission screening that was conducted in person at Darcy school we studied the parent input every parent was given input into this um we reflected on the details provided by the child's preschool program through a standardized questionnaire on self-help social emotional skills which really gave gave us a true picture of the whole child after meeting and reviewing all of this information placements have been determined and today um individual phone calls have been made to every family if they weren't made today they'll be made tomorrow I think the key takeaways are we had 31 students that requested early admission 39% were granted admission to kindergarten and we feel really solid in in our our placement 15 of those students about 40 8% were identified for the transition program and we had about three who were so on the fence that we needed to have further conversation with families to to make that decision so it was just an excellent experience and one that everyone feels really good about and I I feel like here in Cheshire um I'm really grateful to have had this opportunity and I think the kids are going to be in a great place yeah just the idea that we made personal contact I mean these these are families with probably their first child uh in many cases entering our school system and to see the care that they received and the uh painstaking efforts that were placed in providing great information for families to make the best informed decisions uh is is rewarding um can you describe the question or the instrument where you got it from yeah yeah this is a tool that is able to both look at child find through special ed to identify students who may be of concern and those conversations will be happening it also sort of identifies that gifted range so those were students who certainly um were above you know where they where the cut scores needed to be um and we just didn't look at that one thing we looked at their gross motor skills their fine motor skills um ability to count recognize letters how they um separated from parents the kind of conversation they had their speech families were asked about language development um they were asked about you know can they tie their shoes can they put on their clothing um what what are their peer relationships like how are they around adults the schools were asked similar questions about their social emotional State you know um and and how they are with other children at school there was also an area on on each of those to write additional information that families thought or and schools thought that we should know about those um those questionnaires for preschools were hand delivered by Kim dessert um so this was really a very high touch so have we used them in the past I mean where did they come from they're they're a standardized measure it's a it's a tool it's a kit that we actually purchase that we use in District for um our preschool screenings but we as I said um in the in the past months we looked at a lot of different screening tools and really came to know that this one was going to be the best for our needs great thank you we haven't done that every year obviously I mean just for the transition program this year but um and that's it for me no but we we've not done ever done screen SC before we've done screenings but not looking at uh transitional versus K that came about when the state law moved to you had to be five before school started as opposed to January 1st and the law required that a screener be done for for students if they want understand that I was just yeah that's there is just to clarify there is a kindergarten it's called the Kei that we do once students are here but we have not screened kids for entry previously this was just to comply with the law also I have a question about the smartphones going back to what you were talking about earlier do we have do we have a policy on cell phone use or smartphone use in schools or do we need a policy on that do we need to start thinking about that I think it's something that we're um ever more conscious of every day day um and that schools right now dictate and teachers dictate what um cell phone use looks like in the classroom but uh or not cell phones are not in the classroom you know so um you know whether or not that moves into a a board policy uh I think that's something that we could explore probably over the summer yeah what I think what I think about is maybe the teachers would like some backing for making policies about because it's not easy we have it at the University level and yeah you know it's we had a a conversation with our administrative team about this today and some of the challenges not not only that teachers face but parents face right um and the idea that well the questions they have about Safety and Security in a contemporary world the challenges they face um well I don't want my child to have a cell phone but every other kid has one so I don't want to be that guy um right and then there's also all the research on you know what it means to have back on young ladies and everything else adolesence around social media there it's becoming increasingly more difficult to find positive uh you know support for cell phones and kids thank you something for us all to think about I started with only one comment now I have more um so uh firstly I definitely support uh examining the uh a uh cell phone policy after hearing that statistic of what checking your phone 450 times a day or whatever it is I don't think I check mind that much but maybe but you know we talk about vaping we talk about drugs in school and that dopamine hit that you get from checking your phone is just as potent as uh doing drugs potentially so it might be something that we shouldn't look at even you know going up through through high school because um I'm sure that kids are you know we used to you know pass notes in school and now it's probably I don't know whe they air drop or text or whatever they're doing all day you know that might be definitely something to look at um though I'm sure it gets more complicated the older student gets um secondly so the transition program this is the kindergarten transition right so I thought we weren't going to I thought the whole point was to not assess kids and that we were just using that hard cut off and that anyone below that age or whatever was going to be in the transition program so when did that change so the law DET the law dictates that any parent who wants their child to be considered for early entry to kindergarten that we must come up with they call it an assessment I would prefer to call it a survey oh okay oh so that so that never changed we were hoping that was going to change yes in the legislation there was a lot of movement to make it just a hard cut uh that didn't pass the legislation um so we're still required to screen okay well then that was Yan's work then definitely to come up with something because I know you guys are really hesitant to have to do that and it looks like we need lemon lemonade out of lemons yeah yeah and then so Jeff said you uh you said that your your report was completed right for ask write the read what happened uh don't stop um nothing in short nothing happened legislatively um so I guess now it's on to next steps with sde and you know we'll work with them and I'm not aware of a path or a process that's been delineated to move from either limited or partial um to full compliance um so you know it's a it's a common question and concern among superintendants across Connecticut and you know like most things we'll figure it out um to steal from Marlene we're we're still really I can't find enough sugar to make lemonade yet but we'll figure it out well again as I've said all year I I believe that we've already figured it out we're doing a great job so that uh I don't think there really is anything to figure out any other board members comments questions thank you Dr Solen there's no old business on here we'll move on to new business um uh Chairman's update I really just have a comment um I I just want to thank board members technically this was kind of my first Finance uh budget year as a chair and um I do appreciate the the structures we have in place and um the Lively debates Adam spreadsheets um definitely help in the end um so I just want to thank you all and you know hopefully we did get what we needed for our students in the end um so thank you all of you um up next we have upcoming meetings so June 3 we will have a policy committee meeting at humiston boardroom at 7 o'clock um we do have a Personnel we did not set the date right Dr ToBD humiston also June 6 our regular business meeting excuse me this will be our last and hope and the two student reps are coming back so this is a celebratory meeting yay um June 10th will be 7 pm.
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oh Maria oara I'm here Rick Ry I'm here Gary Ary here Amanda Buchanan here Dennis Bender here uh Mr goodro will you will you please lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of un United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you Kylie do we have any public comments foring to close session we do not thank you um for close session these are the items we are going to be discussing people Personnel expulsion cases exposion number 23 23 to 24 and exposion number 24 23- 24 conference on litigation government code section 54956.9 subsection a current litigation 10 cases cvds 1 190717 2 2 956 c i vsb 211 1303 222 0303 221 8676 222 7023 230 4865 231 4073 and 23221 71 government code section 549 54.5 subsection C and 54956.9 subsection D subsection D and subsection e subsection 1 anticipated litigation one case 2020 2105 Public Employee discipline dismissal release reassignment transfer leave title certificated and classified employees Public Employee appointment resignation retirement reduction title certificated and classified employees number five conference with labor negotiator agency negotiator Dustin Conrad employee organization Apple Valley Unified Teachers Association number six conference with labor negotiator agency negotiator Dustin Conrad employee organization California School Employees Association number seven conference with labor negotiator agency negotiator Nelson employee organization unrepresented conference with real property negotiator government code 5495 6.8 negotiating parties Matthew schulenberg Appo Valley Unified School District Number Nine security matters government code section 54957 consultation with Appo Valley Unified School District chief of police number 10 superintendence evaluation I need a motion to go into close session second all in favor any opposed thank you we'll be back after about right about 7 o' e e e I'm calling the meeting to order roll call Maria okara I'm here Rick Ry here Gary RC here Amanda Buchanan here Mr Bender had to leave but he was here uh Pledge of Allegiance I'm gonna have that young girl here can you lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance please that's for us you just have to you can do it got you come on I help you stand up stand right here by me that's turn the mic to her IED Al to the flag the United States of America and to the Republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible good job thank you so much good evening everyone and thank you for being here before we get started I would like to say that the board appreciates and supports our educational Partners input at our meetings engagement by members of the public and Civic matters is a Cornerstone of our democracy everyone should have a chance to express their opinions within the guidelines the board has established for its meetings so that we are able to conduct the meetings effectively and efficiently during the meeting there will be time for the public to comment on matter not on the agenda in addition members of the public May comment May comment on specific agenda items after I as your board president ask for public comment on an item until it is your turn to speak or if you are here just to observe the meeting please refrain from any behavior that prevents others from participating in the meeting or that disrupts the board's ability to conduct the business of the board once again thank you very much for taking your time to join us this evening and to be a participant in this duty of serving our students and our educational Community I see that the we have a full house today but we are going to start out with um pausing for a moment of sign Ence to remember an a USD family member Crystal Weaver thank you very much we're going to go on with the uh student Representatives uh it looks like today is our last day of hearing you present to us so I'm kind of excited hi hi Des a premere ishmail [Applause] soles only is well I was going to say you guys didn't have to adjust it this time don't I don't have a speech so I'm going just say whatever uh I hope that's okay uh well good evening I hope you guys are all doing well and everything and uh I don't know what to say really but there's a lot of people here and hi everybody you guys are all staring at me make me kind of you know but I hope you guys all have a wonderful uh summer and everything it was really nice talking to you guys this whole year and letting you guys know everything that happened throughout High Desert Premiere and I really enjoyed being here and before I walked in Mr Bender outside he he told me he's not going to be here and the only reason why he would ever want to be here was because of me and I kind of made me smile and I was like Dam like kind of felt that but uh I just want to introduce the new high desert uh Premiere uh representative I think that's what it's called uh it's Marissa I don't know your last name so I'm sorry but there she is I'm kind of short thank you thank you good even good evening everyone I'm Marissa Dy I'm currently in 11th grade and I'm looking forward to being a senior next year I'm excited to meet all of you and spend the next year sharing you all the wonderful things that we have at Hiers a Premiere thank you thank you well it was nice talking to you guys I hope you guys all have a good rest of your uh summer and everything all right see you guys [Applause] later Renard Hills High School Hannah [Applause] F good evening executive cabinet board member and attendees my name is Hannah for the junior class president at gr Hills High School and unfortunately that is the last time I'm introducing myself that way and I'm kind of sad toight I'm supposed to be telling you all about my plans after high school but unfortunately I'm a junior and I have a year left instead I'm going to tell you guys about my summer plans and then introduce you to the representative for next school year this summer I plan on working as well as attending the ca ala girl State event at Sacramento State University this summer I was chosen as the grand Hills representative and I'm super excited in July I plan on touring some colleges and attending a 4-day overnight program at Cal State University San berino otherwise I plan hanging out with friends and just enjoying my last summer in high school I think it's time to introduce the next Granite Hills representative who will be delivering these updates to you next year she's super smart super talented and I think you might know her I'm GNA call her up now good evening executive cabinet board members and attendees my name is Hannah for and I'm the governing council president for granite for next school year I look forward to speaking to you all again and I hope you have an incredible summer thank you for all that you do for not only Granite but for the entire District none of us would be where we are tonight without you as as always BR Great lead the way thank you Apple Val High School Sophia [Applause] Brandt um before I start Marissa was your name right yes okay don't ever let them make fun of you for adjusting the microphone because they did that every single month um and you get used to it and you own your height and be confident so yes all right good evening members of the board and attendees my name is Sophia brand and this is the last time that I will have the honor to speak on behalf of Apple Valley High School as line president being a representative this year has come with huge responsibility but the skills memories and friendships I've made are irreplaceable thank you to the members of the board for giving me the opportunity to make you laugh make you adjust the microphone for me and make you realize how much better Apple is than Victor though I didn't have to push too hard for that last one I'm so grateful to have you all as positive role models in my life the passion you have for education truly inspires me and my time this year has helped me realize that I want to be a part of a school board or at the very least work as an educator in my in the future now I am so excited to pass the microphone on to Eden poo who will be the line president for the upcoming school year I've only known Eden for a year but in that short time I've observed someone who is first and foremost full of kindness she's shown her dedic ation to ASB by always offering a helping hand and a smile I'm so extremely proud of her for stepping up into this role and I can't think of a better person to lead our class and school Community next year congrats Eden and I can't wait to see what you [Applause] accomplish thank you so much sopia that's so kind and I'm so excited to see you graduate okay good evening members of the board and attend my name is Eden poo and I would like to thank Sophia for being such a great role model and I know I have big shoes to fill I feel so honored and grateful to be taking on the role of a abhs line president for the upcoming Academic School year although I've only been to the school for two years I've never felt more included with the school and their community and I'm so excited to get more involved and see all the plans come to reality and I'm delighted to work with you all next year to better the relationship between Apple Valley high school and our community thank you [Applause] thank you so much um board comments Amanda Buchanan all right thank you guys so much for coming and sharing and welcome Mera and Eden um well and Hannah part two [Music] um you know I feel like as I was kind of reflecting back may is like the December of the education world it's like when we get hit with like everything um but congratulations to all of our seniors that are going to be graduating and I know we all look forward to seeing all of you guys walk across the stage um as well as all of our eighth graders that'll be promoting to to high school coming up um and our kindergarteners and all of them um I also just wanted to acknowledge like May seems to be the month when a lot of our our staff members in the education field are acknowledged for or we appreciate them so our classified staff are coming up our certificated staff we already May kind of kicks off with um May 1 is our principal's appreciation day um and I was able to reach out to a couple of our principles um while I was down on my wasque visit um so I kind of got to reach out to a couple of them and say thank you so I just wanted to say um to all of our staff you know you guys are all so appreciated so thank you so much um I did make it out to a few of our sites throughout this month um and see some great musical presentations at some of the the elementary the middle the high schools um and it's just been fantastic there was let's see ukuleles although my college roommate corrected me on day one it is in ukulele um so I saw that and then um just a lot of different bands um choirs so thank you parents so much for sharing all of your your students Talent with us and letting us on the board come and see their performances so thank you very [Music] [Applause] much Mr Ry i' just like to kind of echo those same sentiment sentiments I just want to congratulate students and the staff throughout the district for the outstanding work they're doing on the on the various end of the year activities uh some of the things I was I just a couple things I was able to to visit this last month went to that at Phoenix Academy to The Living Museum and I always appreciate you know parents or or friends of the district if you have a chance to go visit the various living museums it's always a wonderful opportunity I always learned something there the students always teach me about these fantastic people in in our previous history a couple of the people that that they taught me about one of them was was Will Brown who was an American Aviator teacher and a civil rights activist and she was the first African-American woman to earn a pilot's license and she was also the first African-American woman to run for Congress and she trained she herself trained hundreds of Pilots and several of those Pilots went on to be the famous Tuskegee Airmen of World War II who did so much to break racial barriers and so on and so I appreciate the sixth graders uh for for teaching me that uh another great American figure they T taught me about was Lewis laimer who was an American inventor one of the things he invented was an evaporative air conditioner and I think all of us here in the high desert can really appreciate air conditioning so I was very thankful for that he also I I I learned improved a a better way to refine filaments carbon filaments for light bulbs and he also worked with Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell so I just just uh want to commend the students there at Phoenix Academy for the outstanding Living Museum that they did also had the chance to go out to to Ranch overie to the mini farmers market that they had there and the teachers were teaching the students about the the the different types of fruits and vegetables and what are some of the power fruits and power vegetables you know for for different types of health and so on and they're really getting the the the students excited about it healthy diet and all of them were so excited to be able to take home certain types of fruits and vegetables and so on so just want to commend everyone for their hard work there uh as as Miss Buchanan was saying there's Lion King performances going on throughout the district there's Little Mermaid performances going on throughout the district uh all throughout the district our students and our staff are just working so hard and so I just want to again congratulate everyone for the outstanding work that they're doing there there is a lot of things going on at this time of the year but it's an exciting time of the year that there we're always um so excited to participate in and for our student Representatives you know we we this is always kind of a Bittersweet U meeting for us because we feel like you we we've kind of adopted you as as as our kids you know you you feel we watching you grow this year has been such a blessing all three of you and and Ishmael and and Sophia we wish you the best we we we know both of you're going to be tremendously successful and this is kind of a rare occasion where Hannah you get to come back again so we we get Hannah 2.0 next year year so we're we're we're looking forward to that and we're looking forward to seeing uh Eden and Marissa next year also and and getting to know them better so so just just again want to commend all the students and staff throughout the district fantastic endof thee activities uh that that have been going on and we know that you're going to continue to finish strong so thank you very much for all your work BL thank [Applause] you Rick Raley uh thank you madam president I just can't believe another year has gone by uh where's the time go and to the young students who come up here and give presentations it's I gotta Echo what Gary says too you know you come like uh like our uh our kids you know we watch you guys grow and become public speakers it's not easy to get up at the podium and give a presentation every week or I mean you know every month uh I commend I commend you and we're going to see a lot uh we're going to give out some awards here shortly and we're going to see a lot of you guys on the week of the May 28th and the 29th when there's the graduations we'll see you on stage so I just want to give you H my appreciation now for what you guys have done and accomplished and every year it seems like the students that are graduating are becoming U you know are are going to be great citizens for the community and for the country so thank you [Applause] I'm going to start up by thanking the uh student uh speakers um as Mr Ry and the rest of the uh trustees stated uh you've grown up in right before our eyes and we have uh seen you uh mature uh not the kind of maturity we are looking at but maturity that says you're ready to go and see the rest of the world um and we can't wait to hear what you are going to become um and wherever you go remember this is home uh come back and share with us the good things that you have learned and the things that you have taken from here that has helped you um in your journey uh this uh last this month the month is still young I had the distinct opportunity to go out to the schools and um acknowledge the teachers who have who have let you into their minds because basically that's what teachers do they come in and they open their minds and they tell you to take it h and you most of you do take it but it was great to acknowledge those teachers who have given five years 10 years 15 years 20 years 25 years 30 years and 35 years um it's a great Testament for what what we have to offer that somebody is willing to work for 35 years on in the same business same district so I have to say thank you to all those teachers who wake up every day and show up at school to play attorney doctor engineer a mom dad you name it that's what they play every single day they don't know what to expect but they do it with such dignity so I am really appreciative of those teachers and the classified Personnel um when May comes um because I am a teacher at heart when teach May comes it is one of those real difficult times for me um because in in August we're all excited to get these students we all want to learn as much as we can then May comes and you are saying goodbye you're saying goodbye by to those memories you're saying goodbye to those students who have become your kids you're saying goodbye to things that you have learned from your students as a teacher I often tell my students I may be your teacher but you are more more so my teacher uh so um I'm hoping that when you leave here you'll never forget the values you've learned in Apple Valley and never be afraid to say you are from Apple Valley cuz I still say it that I'm from Apple Valley and even though you look at me I don't look like Apple Valley I am Apple Valley I thank you all so much for taking the time to come out today um to acknowledge your children because we are here doing the business of your children thank you so [Applause] much Mrs Nelson as you've heard there's a lot that goes on in May and um it seems that every night last week or the week before there was a dinner down the hill celebrating some administrator or staff member within the district that was um awarded for the work that they do um we were able to participate and celebrate Bethany Thompson um who's a teacher Apple Valley High School Vanguard prep and um does some instructional coaching here at the district level and she was identified for the expanded learning um County recognition um specifically about Esports which we all laughed about because that's only a little bit of what she does um but she helped the county get that expanded and we as a district were already doing it so we were thrilled to be there Delma Evans from Phoenix Academy was also nominated and was recognized as um an expanding learning um County recognition um AXA 12 which is the association of California school administrators region uh 12 Equity administrator of the year was Marana Torres our very own who um Works to have our family centers um everything you can think I mean the list of things that that woman does in this district is pretty amazing and so it's it was um wonderful to celebrate her I was able to attend Grant Hills High School CTE firsttime CTE Awards um they did a wonderful job in the students being recognized I think you'll hear about some of them tonight and then the next night was senior Awards um last week Valley Virtual Academy that's here on this property had a um spring social the students were here they got to gather they in a Virtual Academy so they're not in class together and it was an opportunity for them to have some social time together and then um last Friday night I got to attend Granite Hills High School spring dance recital actually that was Thursday night and um you guys have heard this before I take my husband on dates to school events and he got to come and watch the Granite Hills High School um spring dance recital and was very impressed with all of the work those students have done um this week we were partic we um celebrated our brand new teachers who had finished their um induction teachers get hired but they still have to clear their credential um this room was packed with teachers within our system along with our support providers and it's a big deal so um we were thrilled to see them all together um and then we also on Tuesday had our Esports competition our district has um Esports teams throughout the district and they always bring me a t-shirt to put on during the competition and I put them all on and so I challenged anybody that was there to punch me knock me down I shouldn't say punch me but I was joking I had so many layers on and then as I come through I take the shirts off to match whatever team is up um competing and it's just something that I love to watch these kids celebrate and um this year it came down to yakoma and desert NS Elementary School compete and yakoma took it for a second year in a row so I think they're going people are coming back next year um with yakala in their sights and hoping to take that trophy home with them um then we did walk through classrooms this morning um at Vanguard had a wonderful time visiting our dual language immersion classroom in kindergarten I see Miss PR back there her little guy was in that room and um they were speaking Spanish and just having you know a an end of the year as they all entered um with not having two languages they're they're moving along that that Spectrum doing really well tomorrow evening for the board don't forget if you're available um shot graduation at Phoenix Academy 6 pm and then um I'll get a chance to recognize um our student Representatives but I'd like to welcome Marissa um and welcome back Hannah and Eden so we appreciate that you're here thank you [Applause] Union Representatives uh California School Employees Association CA I do not believe they have a representative tonight no okay the board May approve the agenda as is or ADD and uphold items from the consent agenda for discussion and action I need a motion move for approval second all in favor I any opposed now for why we are here recognition and presentation you decide to CL yes okay Sophia check it out she has to adjust it I know the board's going to be standing quite a bit tonight but if I can have the board joining me in front of the Das as indicated as they're lining up I'd like to um call each of the representatives up that spoke at this Podium at every board meeting that we had and I'm going to start with Hannah because she will be returning next year so come on up [Applause] Hannah so I'm just going to read a few things that Hannah has done in her three years at Granite Hills High School she's been a mock trial Captain for three years link crew president ASB class president since freshman year she participates in theater and I've watched her perform School site Council and she's on the superintendent's advisory and what I love most about Hannah is that the first time she was up here speaking I called her Aaron because there was another Forge that stood at this Podium as a representative for Granite Hills High School for two years and we don't have a lot of backtack presenters and so for the for girls to both have done that is pretty remarkable in this district and so I just appreciate Hannah for that first time giving me Grace calling her Aaron because we had spent two years with Aaron and that I didn't do it again I don't believe no the other thing I'd like to point out about Hannah is that not unlike the other two that I'm going to speak about tonight she started in this District in preschool and has been in this system since preschool and so I think that's pretty amazing that we have a student representative who has gotten their entire education in one district and there's not just one of them there them tonight so I'm proud of you um Hannah and I am glad that you talked about your summer of fun because since you're not graduating and else that is about that we have a certificate in here from the board and then this is your summer of fun um gift and this is for your parents thank you [Applause] yep next I'm going to do Ishmael Solis [Applause] so come here so Ishmael followed Angelique last year and Angelique was our speaker um from High Desert Premiere which was the first time we'd had a monthly speaker from High Desert Premiere and because of the great success Ishmael picked up the The Paton and carried it this year and while I know that he wasn't super excited about getting up in front of the board to present what I'll tell you is he is extremely kind he's caring when um one of our board members lost family members he didn't leave that night until he was able to give her a hug and just check on her and what I know about him is his heart is deep and when we started student advisory at High Desert Premier Academy we spent a lot of time together didn't we ishma yeah and he was always open and honest about the needs on that campus about the relationships that the staff had built with him and the other students and because of him they have things like umbrellas at tables for shade they have school colors in their windows so that when they look they they're it's representing their school they have a spirit week and they've had field trips and I will never forget that field trips bulletin board when I was working with them and I said but you have been on Amazing field trips as a school and he goes yeah but Miss Nelson we didn't pick those who picked them and I said I don't know we'll talk and I asked what they wanted to do and they wanted to go see things that they had only seen on the computer in a book and so some of those activities took place and while we have all of the educational activities and field trips they got to do some of those wonderful events and um locations and we're just so proud that you found your voice and um he's also an elop um student worker for us and he works at Ranch overie which was one of his elementary schools yeah Mr Cron's over there and so just like I mentioned with Hannah he has been in this District since he was in kindergarten he's attended Ranch of birie yakoma Phoenix Academy and high desert Premier Apple Valley High School for a little bit and high desert Premier Academy and we're proud that he's graduating and we look forward to watching him flourish he wants to be an architect so we're very proud of [Applause] him no no lat we'll talk oh you have to go say what about the board they love you and if I can have Sophia come up to the [Applause] podium I got a hug before we start so you guys all have seen Sophia um in action she's key she's been Key Club president ASB line president I'm going to leave this one for last she'll be attending UCI and is on the dance team at UCI so we'll get to continue to not yet that's on Sunday oh well I think you're going to make it okay like here here you're she's trying out for the dance team W I hope I didn't Jinx that no I don't think so um she ran a successful Hispanic Heritage Month at the school she took and passed numerous AP exams she's a seal of biliteracy graduate in our district she's an honorary scholar and a valedictorian but what you may not know about Sophia is she's also a small business owner and I didn't know that either until I got to go participate in her business and learn how to Mac and I'm old it's not easy and she was patient and there was a bunch of us and so I just am so impressed with this young lady and what I know she's going to do in the future and I know that there's been talks about did she go into a stem field or was she gonna follow her passion and go into writing in English and all of that and I just encourage her to do whatever the passion is so that it's never a job right it's a passion and a love and I know you are going to be extremely successful so we expect I know that the board made the comment about keeping in touch in the bag later you'll find that there are four cards pre- addressed and stamped and you decide it can be one a year while you're in college it could be one a semester it's your decision and you can just say fine and send it but we want to know what's going on okay okay this is one per college graduation that's oh she just said one per college graduation that's pretty I love it and it would it would not be right for me to recognize these students without recognizing their parents because without them we would never have been able to have these lovely wonderful students representing their schools and so um each of them has a card for their parent as well because we just feel like we are so lucky that we get to share them and so you're going to get to hear a lot about other students here in a few minutes and all of you that are parents out there cheering thank you because you're the reason they're here as well thanks [Applause] okay now for the audience participation component of the evening yep okay um I may need some help from Mr goodro and Mr Powell if they help keep me organized that would be awesome and so we have some student recognitions tonight these students as you know you heard all the list of things that were going on throughout the month of May and the things that were happening um from for them as uh the board members and superintendent but you've also been there as parents for all the different Awards and some things um are awarded in big ways and some are small but we really um appreciate the chance to honor these students and the special things they've done we love the fact that there's multiple ages of students so they can hear the things that other students are doing and be sort of like challenged to do those things we also get a kind of a glimpse an early glimpse of what we're going to see in the years to come and I know there's some of these students who are seniors I've been doing this uh meeting for about 10 years now and we've been saying these names just about every year and so we get a chance to kind of see just the Excellence in our district and recognize and thank you and the way that the evening will go is we'll call your name you'll come up and get your award and uh go down and shake the hands of the board members and Mr schulenberg will guide you down to Mrs Nelson and we'll get you grouped up in like Awards and there'll be a picture down there uh with Zoe Widner and she'll uh make sure we get a group photo so if parents you want to get a photo of your child at the end they'll be down there um in front of that backdrop with the International Children's Day sign or any moment along the way and we'll just kind of keep sending groups of students down as they group up and do that and it'll be a wonderful evening so um feel free to move about the room uh you've probably been standing in front of various award presentations and taking photos all week um but this is another chance to do that so starting off with the skillsusa um gold medalists we used to do the skillsusa um everyone who was U went to state but that group got too big then we did the everyone who medled at State and then that group got too big these are all gold medalists um many of whom if their competitions allow it who will be going to Nationals in Atlanta and so uh if you'll come on up and get your award and we can kind of clap form as they go for 22nd elevator story Emily [Applause] Martinez action skills Caleb manol CNC programmer Ethan Ashen brener right here buy I know all about this one for the Creed Amelia green customer service Grace Davis graphic Communications Sky Becks introductory weldin Aiden Black job skill demonstration Brooklyn [Applause] hickey another job skill demonstration in the open Cal category Melanie Alexander Wade medical assisting nelli Vargas [Applause] nurse assisting Taylor four practical nursing Cara Sanchez Teamworks we have a team of four Alejandra Flores Cody Pratt Omar Morales and jardo [Applause] Zapata thank you yeah nice work this this Teamworks is a big deal the first time I went to Nationals Victor was there and it made me so mad I was so glad Apple Valley won this is fantastic these students are going to go and build within a few days they're going to build essentially a tiny house inside of uh [Applause] building screen printing technology giovan guardado web design two two students Cadence Lopez Ariaga and Sierra [Applause] peek congratulations and our welding fabrication team returning team of three Jacob Lawler Judah Morrison and Travis Osborne [Applause] one more round of applause for the skills [Applause] USA while they're finishing up um we'll just mention again those students are most of them headed to Atlanta in the summer to compete as uh representatives of vapa Valley Unified School District on the national stage and um I we as with their advisers know this they have real shots at getting um a placing in the top three in the nation they're just fantastic students the next group is science fair um this is a process that is a Real Testament to not just of course their intuition and curiosity but science fair is a real um uh Testament to just sticking to something and doing the all the hard work of getting through the process of um fulfilling all the obligations that science fair puts at them at the county level and so these students and their parents really kind of went through quite a bit and made it and uh were recognized for that we want to celebrate them tonight so we'll go um in order here starting with uh participation at the county science fair even arganbright or Evan arganbright [Applause] Braden Bean bronze medal Logan Kat [Applause] nesso a silver medal and also recognition in the lemelson early inventors prize also seventh grade from City bow Aiden Christensen [Applause] bronze medal Lily [Applause] doell okay and if you could uh stick around for just a moment we do want to get a group picture with the board after the end of this silver medal Noah Davy [Applause] bronze medal Morgan [Applause] Elmer silver medal Avery janowitz [Applause] bronze medal Jacob hoso for rch birie sixth grade Zula Jimenez Cerna bronze medal Andrew Jones Vanguard seventh grade participation Sarah lens [Applause] Rio Vista fifth grade gold medal Shelby [Applause] McGrady that's our highest place there at County well done Shelby bronze from cull Audrey McGrath silver Vanguard Adeline osley from cityo grade seven Owen [Applause] Powell also great seven cting bow Christian [Applause] Rodriguez fifth grade Rio Ruby Thomas sitting Bowl seventh grade Nolan web and Mona yapu some special scholarship recognitions tonight um we know that lots of you had senen your Awards last night and the week before and so there's lots of scholarships we've just uh got a small sampling of some special ones that we wanted to recognize a 100% full scholarship to the University of Notre Dame The questbridge Scholar Leticia Gonzalez coming from our local community the rotary four-way speech contest local winner Lilian Madrid the rotary danced over music contest District finalist anarie Bell the lyx scholarship uh local nonprofit um scholarship award winner aara ayara [Applause] Miller rims Avid scholarship and Hispanic heritage scholarship finalist Mia Espinosa [Applause] Rim's Avid scholarship Brooklyn [Applause] Gentile futurist scholarship a local futurist Foundation scholarship award winner Maria [Applause] Munos English language Student of the Year from our high schools from APPA Valley High School Kevin gallano Diaz [Applause] from granny Hills High School NE win and from High Desert Premier Academy David Ramirez the directing Change film competition is a competition that um allows students to make a film that's a public service announcement about mental health the first place winner in the state competition this year is the um Team um from Apple Valley High School Gabriella Calderone and Jos [Applause] gutiz Apple Valle Unified School District participates in a new Statewide award not every District does this but our board has given us the go-ahead and we have a really remarkable group of teachers who make this uh possible um and this year our town mayor participated in one another member of council um students have to pass a test with the Constitution and then demonstrate Civic engagement to earn this state seal of Civic engagement from high Des Premier Academy Moses argues from granny Hills High School Alysa [Applause] bright from Apple Valley High School Alysa [Applause] Cromwell from granny Hills High School Anna [Applause] Dunham and also from granty hills Balin Silva [Applause] Basera well done Future Farmers of America is an important Statewide organization a Career and Technical student organization allows for leadership development we have students who earned the state degree this year it's an important award and we want to recognize them start with um the state degree winners Lauren abadi a Aid Hannah Bray Trinity cisos Kylie Graham [Music] Drake Jarrett Isabella O'Hara Faith [Music] robba Juliana Tomkins also earning a state degree and a regional officer Colt Nelson [Applause] section region and state award in sheep production and just an outstanding young man Lawson [Applause] seor job Lawson well done section award and chapter officer Justice Thomas [Applause] we also have some local competitions that our local industry helps us put on they bring students in to demonstrate skills there's some of the same skills and skills USA there are some who won both Awards but our u local students from Apple Valley high school and Granny Hills High School produced amazing results in the welding competition our the first place team was Aiden Black Jacob Lawler Judah Morrison and beel blasquez and I'll mention while he comes up and make him try to make him blush Jacob was also recognized as the outstanding welder in the competition um hands down he's just a a wonderful young [Applause] man one more yeah good job there was a hackathon competition these were teams that were randomly selected but team the the participants that um won first place two of them were from Apple Valley Unified they are on the first place team Aiden [Applause] Conrad and Chase housworth there was a medical competition and the Granite Hills High School not very proud the very proud Granite Hills High School team that won Ashley maganis Maris manosa Sophia Milan and Zariah Sanford [Applause] similar the EMT competition from Apple Valley High School Samantha most and Trista [Applause] ragner in Bakery sweet genius competition first place team Alysa Aurelio yenia Delgado Serena Toya and Katie [Applause] Olstead winning at the district level and moving on to the county the County Spelling be eighth place across the county Amir Harvey and fourth place Leilani Sato thank you spelling finally we have a unique um sorry one more two more the ABCI program with the Apple Valley Center for Innovation it shares a campus with uh Phoenix Academy we have students who act as lead dosent who help make sure that when families go for stem night the entire system runs with very smoothly they act as leaders and gather the adults explain the various science displays and make sure the night runs smoothly students who were um volunteer student science dosent for this year graduating class Kiara canola msas Alexia Cruz Allison Diaz Melanie Gutierrez Nicholas Young lilan Madrid and then finally our construction industry education design build competition these students go down to Orange County they're given um some criteria and U tools and materials and actually they bring their tools and they go down and compete with schools from all over this uh Southern California and they have a limited time to build uh in this case a shed the 2024 best of show in the open shed category unbelievable accomplishment Joshua kit Gabriel Montoya Omar Morales Judah Morrison Alexis navoa Kenzie oens Cody Pratt David Rosado Ethan schaer and Mason zner great job one more round of applause for these students [Applause] and I think if we could before you leave if we could have all winners report back to the uh same place where you had that group photo we'll try to squeeze you all in and get one last photograph with you get your parents up there and we'll take a break after that so please join us for one last photo right now so cool one more photo down there and we'll get you out of here all for know that is really C they do [Music] okay you know who we didn't get grab her [Music] know have a good night see you later bye yeah remember years it's like I could even imagine like I know well everything [Music] hold good seeing you though hi Rick Jerry do where do we know each other have here [Music] I'll have the superintendent contact us yeah Jerry you spell that with a J okay perfect yeah I will have somebody contact from the yeah it's a lot of money okay I'll be numberer for Mr scher's presentation I just went wash my hands I need to go back to so we're g go back to that I wanted this to be done we're going to start shortly all right we'll get restarted here in just about a minute kids again make us proud okay your mic might and then yes it's so cute all right Jason will you tell me when it's time to start all right thank you so much almost as fun as the student awards yes this has been fabulous and at this time we will have the clerk of the board to read out any action taken in Clos session all right so in Clos session the Board of Trustees took action in support of the following recommendation from the superintendent approved the compromise and release agreement between the Apple Valley it's on op Val Unified School District employee 4512 and that was on a motion by oara second by bender and it was unanimous vote 5 in Clos session the Board of Trustees took action in support of the following recommendation from the superint attendant approved increasing the Health and Welfare Cap all unrepresented employees certificated management School registered nurse exempt classified management non-exempt classified supervisory confidential employees to 173 17,300 effective July 1st 2024 effective July 1st 2025 the capital return to 15,000 and that was on a motion by Buchanan the second by RC 50 vote unanimous and those are the only two items Madame President thank you now we go to discussion information lcap by Mr Patrick Scher thank you I just have a brief presentation to kind of uh give some context to the binder that you now have before you it is uh the draft in its current version of the um 2024 to 2027 lcap and it essent but it is written for um one year but it does have a three-year cycle and you'll notice that and so I'm going to give you a bit of background on its development and the process and then um kind of give you a highlight of some of what's in there and so uh again our mission just to make sure we're focused on that has been the start of each of our elcap community advisory discussions no matter the audience including our students and just a reminder of the elcap process that we're kind of always in some stage of this it has been uh the characteristic document of my tenure in the uh Apple Val Unified School District uh upper management in the at the district office it's always been there since I've been there and so I always think of myself in one stage of this or another there's been a new addition in the statute which requires a February report a midterm review which we did on February 1 this year and we'll do subsequently each February here on out and so where we are now is um bringing forward a draft document we will be submitting to a public Hearing in June and then uh depending on how that hearing goes B with whatever feedback we hear at that time then we'll submit it again at the second June meeting for approval to the board and if approved then it goes to the county and then the County Office of Education then has their process to review and approve and once approved our budget's approved and we move forward and start monitoring outcomes uh in implementing the plan a quick review we had a five goal really became a six goal lcap um over time in the in the last iteration at this point what we've done is we've taken the first three of the four board goals the um already existing document your direction for the system and we have aligned the lcap to those three so we don't have to take the board goals document like we have here and try to build some strange crosswalk into how exactly the board goals align to the elcap the community advisory committee was thankful for this alignment it simplifies our plan and so you'll see that throughout we now have a three goal LC cap for the majority with Goal four and five now will be Equity multiplier goals which are not yet in this document but will be shortly what we've done really through this process is lots of student advisories you even hear the students up here talking about those um meetings they really appreciate that time and so we've met with lots of students in Elementary and high school level um District advisory committee has met three times we talk to our leadership um and get planning and input from them we do a survey the youth truth survey in November and we got a um several thousand almost 8,000 responses from students and remember we're not surveying all 13,000 it's only grades four through 12 and so we got almost every student responding um we also have several hundred I think we had 600 responses 650 responses from staff and about 1,200 responses from parents we give all those indicators back at to the groups they get a chance to review that data and make recommendations and this year we included School site councils because the equity multiplier schools had to get those plans approved by their School site councils which is part of the reason for the delay they took those to their school site councils most of them on May 8th and I've just recently gotten Direction on exactly how those feed into this plan so that will come to you in a subsequent but much shorter addition to this document I promise you that won't be a ton extra to read the plan components you have before you there's an annual update that is a review of the old lcap what was spent if there's discrepancies why were those goals effective and those actions were they effective so that's all a review of the prior plan and you'll see a tab in your folder that aligns to the uh review it's an annual update that upate update is for the old cycle so it's a review of the finality of the 21 to 4 plan that just ended the new lcap then begins you'll see introductory material of reflection general information about the district the engagement of Ed of Partners when I gave presentations to the board all that's in there and has to be by Statute then you'll see the three goals with metrics aligned to those goals and then action items within each goal then the a lengthy section called increased or improved services that I'll refer to in just a moment and it will end with a budget table with all the financials for every item in June what will come will include also a budget overview for parents which is essentially a two-page simplified view of the budget that shows its relationship with the general fund um lcff funds and the subdivision of those funds that are known as the supplemental and concentration Grant funds and I want to talk about that for just a moment you'll see the sentence in this plan many times that says in the act actions that the action is principally directed to the English Learners Foster Youth and socioeconomically disadvantage or low-income students it's a phrase that must be in any item any action that we want to use and say that it's contributing to the increased or improved services and therefore qualifies to be a component of the supplemental and concentration Grant funds which we must spend in whole or if the carryover if we have to carry any money over it reduces our general fund the following year and increases the monies that are in the supplemental and concentration Grant so the more it grows the more it's kind of a categorical program and so you want to be sure and expend those dollars each year and you can't just spend them you have to spend them with these justifications and so our percentage of unduplicated pupils is right about at about 75% of English Learners Foster Youth and low income they're unduplicated meaning they even if they're in all those categories they only count once and they must be spent on items principally directed toward those students however you can have actions that are districtwide or schoolwide and yet still principally directed to those students so for example we have an increased busing system in our district that we use supplemental and concentration Grant funds to pay for it essentially allows for us to reduce the walk distance and allow students to get a little bit easier path to school families report um it's an important goal for them we find that students who have access to Transportation are able to come to school and although it's principally directed to those students we do not bar any student I've have you know and part of my task in writing this document is to make sure I can find research that says that opening up transportation in that manner is good for all kids and yet benefits the students who need it the most and of course as you can imagine the students who ride the bus and needed need transportation to school are uh large portion of them are unduplicated students so it works to our advantage to do this and that's just one of the many examples in our system of a unduplicated cost so the goals the the way this works is we have now those three safe and nurturing learning environment is board goal one and within board goal one now we've moved the actions that align to that and those are the six before you here I won't read them to you but those are those six and so this has anything to do with student um campus climate the metrics on the right are important many of the metrics that are listed are metrics we must measure think California school dashboard and all the things that are on the dashboard those are required and this year you'll notice as you go through this document you'll notice that not only is the districtwide results for things like attendance and chronic absenteeism those are listed but this year the the state um requirement the State Board changed the requirement so that we must now also list The Chronic absentee is and percentage for every student group and every student group at every school where that student group is in the red the lowest indicator and so you will see the name of a school and then a two-letter abbreviation for the student group and then a percentage for example for chronic absenteeism and then you will track over to the Target for 2027 and the school sat in this room and used a Target building tool and set a Target to get themselves and those students from the red to out of that designation and often into the yellow or green which is a three-year Target remember but they broke that into three chunks and so by they have a a target for next year but they also have a 2027 Target which I think is awesome right and so we'll be reporting based on that Target to you in February moving on to goal two it's more about student achievement and academics and so this is where all of our professional learning um our extra programs for students like the career in Technical and music and art programs and programs like Avid the ELD program now is inside goal two all the after school and all our interventions and class size reduction the board also adopted the Cradle to Career road map that road map allows us to set the targets for the academic achievement I had to redo this slide so it was a little zoomed in but for example a priority metric now within our lcap is reading by third grade right and all the benchmarks that lead to that and so we're looking at I ready scores um very carefully now at every indicator Benchmark um there's a quick dashboard where um Mrs Nelson can look and see even the participation rate for students in uh taking the I ready exam on their way for example in second grade so that we make sure that we're gathering this data to report to [Music] you and finally goal three family engagement all the family targeted goals are in goal three you'll see that there and the metrics there are different right the metrics there have to do with the survey um and we are required by Statute to do a survey but we are so thankful we have one that lets us break out some individual questions so we've um selected some careful questions you'll see the actual question and the scores from this year's Sur or the 2023 survey in there questions like I feel part of my school's Community or I feel heard by my the school administration and so you'll see all of those metrics in there and we can break that information down by um whatever is reported by um students and parents so if parents indicate to us um you know what group they're with we can give you that data back it's all Anonymous so we don't know who they are but if they any demographic data they choose to share help helps us guide discussion and I mentioned these Equity multiplier schools we have three schools and one program goal four will be high desert premere Academy and Apple Valley virtual and they'll be combined in go four for a couple of reasons one they are likely to always get this funding as long as it's it's in the budget because they have a very high Mobility rate Equity multiplier funds are awarded to schools who have over 75% low income students and over 25% students that are considered non-stable which has to do with the number of days they attend that particular School versus another they're there um not they're there less than something like 75% of the days well those two schools have a highly mobile population and I think at for example hi as a Premier Academy the non-stability rate was over 70% they're unlikely to drop below 25% and so we want to leave them in goal four we don't think they will fall out of that designation and they're doing similar things with their funds they're both going to add a counselor to their school program and they're adding intervention programs the funds are not targeted toward reducing Mobility the funds must be targeted to the students in any indicator in the red and so you will see in those metrics when you get them those students relisted that you've already seen as in the red for whatever indicators they are with the caveat that Apple Valley virtual Academy has no student groups in the red because they are this is their first Year's worth of information and they have some groups that are too small to be indicated it's a very small program Phoenix Academy and the small special education preschool program are goal five they're both together because the special education preschool program is actually located at pre Phoenix Academy it makes good sense to put them there and they are only um barely qualifying as far as Mobility goes and so they very likely could become more stable actually would be based on this year's data and they may not get this funding every year now whatever they've been given will carry over and they'll get to spend it and move through the entire funding formula for the year that it's been awarded but if they if they do not earn the funds because of that indicator or that particular Mobility number then we will move goal five off but we won't have a blank goal four so that was the logic for it being the last School these funds must supplement not supplant any existing programs so we can't take something they're already doing and pay for it with Equity multiplier funds these must be new additional either programs or people some talk about metrics you'll see lots of discussion in the in the elcap about metrics we are very concerned about the student groups across Ross the district that are in the red or underperforming or or where we feel like there's a gap that needs to be addressed so were our parents and so again we sat in this room and for example um because the district English language advisory committee was so instrumental in having their uh what used to be our goal five which was about English Learners and making sure that they saw the power of that goal now you'll notice all those things that were in goal five are here the count the translation programs the ELD program they're in other goals now but the the way we've reorganized this is that we still want to be making sure we're reporting those metrics for those students and so we don't lose sight of the power of making sure we're focusing on those students here's the other thing they asked for the district English language advisory committee said we really want you to also make sure and Report data for the African-American students in every re action which I thought was awesome and the reason they said is because they know the power of making sure we're measuring and paying attention to something and so we um we are cautiously and carefully moving forward in this new goal structure and although we like the alignment we know it's really going to be critical to measure and monitor the performance of all student groups and so that's kind of the background of the change our next steps are as I said a public hearing on June 6 and and a submiss submission for approval on June 13th and those correspond to um the budget process that Mr schulenberg will Shepherd us through as well so I've given you a lot but time now to review that document and I'll be able to answer questions about it either here but of course subsequently during the hearing or anytime in between so I'll pause there any question from any board member yes m W I have a question I'm not understanding goal four and five is there I understand that it's encompassing our Equity multiplier schools what I'm not understanding is there's no traditional gold language uh or I've not seen it it's not in there okay yes thank you you'll see your tab ends at goal three I have not included goal five or sorry four or five but you will see language that comes straight out of the template that will say something like Apple Valley Unified School District um will increase attendance decrease absenteeism and decrease suspension rate at High Desert Premier Academy and Apple Valley Virtual Academy that's all it'll say understood okay and it will say that it's non-contributing because these are not snc dollars and it is a School site Focus goal it kind of just has to live here because there's no other place for it to go and I'm actually thankful because I write enough plans like I'm kind of glad they put it in this same plan but I appreciate the question because you're you're right it will be a non-traditional style of goal it'll be pretty conscribed to just those schools and the actions would be school level only actions that we'll have that have already been approved by their School site councils right and it encompasses all the all the things they're going to do exactly right and it will be only those schools goals okay yes thank you and but I apologize they're not there I I really I just got Clarity on exactly how to bundle these a couple of days ago and haven't been able to write that into the template in the way that I felt comfortable presenting but it will be there prior to the the hearing okay thank you and I can send those out ahead of time so no it's okay I just didn't understand the new the new look of the lcap and okay thank you thank you I'm just learning this too this is a definitely a new component what else any other question I don't have a question because I have to first read it understood I'll expect them in June yeah um thank you so much thank you um item number two in discussion information to review the results of General obligation Bond Community survey Mr schulenberg do you have any comment regarding this discussion uh yes thank you president par I I do have some brief comments uh as we all know a successful General obligation bond process does involve many activities uh some occuring some occurring simultaneously and others in succession uh if you recall we did begin this process almost two years ago with the intent of targeting the November 2024 general election we onboarded a consultant to conduct a comprehensive facility needs assessment and uh assist us in formulating a comprehensive facility master plan with the intent was to have this plan serve as a real foundation for successful General obligation Bond program uh we also did assemble a strong Geo Bond team including a financial adviser uh Bond counsel communications consultant and our polling consultant um several months of work have brought us to this point and as you're aware the general obligation Bond Community survey was the next piece of the puzzle and was ly completed by the team at True North research a review of the polling results was verbally provided to a superintendent and cabinet earlier this week unfortunately the polling results do reveal a current local climate that is not favorable for passage of a Geo Bond at this time in addition to that our facility master plan is still in development as I work with our consultant to refine that and given this information at this time I would recommend to the board that we do not continue targeting the November 24 general election for for a bond however I do want to stress it is necessary that we do continue to develop our comprehensive facility master plan and continue to consider future election cycles for a possible General obligation Bond thank you thank you any question from the board I have a question what is what was the percentage of favorable responses as opposed to unfavorable responses as they as the polling consultant Works through uh they test the positive response at several points the most important point being the final uh survey or the final question in the survey um with 520 completed responses uh for from U registered voters within Apple Valley which was considered to be an excellent sample uh gave the consultant about a 95% level of accuracy we pulled at 51% positive response well that sounds like a narrow magin that's so any other question thank you so much Mr Kylie do we have any public comments as provided on our public comments cards speakers are requested to limit comments to a maximum of 3 minutes if more than one person wishes to speak on the same topic subsequent speakers should limit their remarks to new information only public comments shall be limited to a maximum of 20 minutes per item we do we have one thank you Angela Powers thanks hi uh good evening Schoolboard members and members of The District's office my name is Angela powers my son attends Rio Vista Elementary School uh my son loves school he loves to learn loves to spend time with his friends and he loves his teachers he's currently finishing up third grade this year he's nine years old as most parents do when their child comes home from school I ask my son about his day last week when he got off the bus his reply was I had a great day Mom I was only punched in the head twice today other days as comments have been I was told by one of my bullies that you and Dad don't exist and I should kill myself or I was winning a line for music class and the student in front of me turned around and punched me in the stomach these are not the only things that have been said or done to my son throughout the school year by students each time I talk him through what happened asked if he told a proctor or a teacher nearby to which he usually responds yes as a teacher myself I trust the school to properly take care of these issues the few times I have contacted School administrators about the bullying issues the reply I get is well maybe if your son wasn't so weird that's actual statement by one of your administrators on more than one occasion well maybe if your son wasn't so weird my son is autistic he has a 504 and he has a wonderful support system at home he is aware of the fact that he is different and that he processes information differently that sometimes he behaves differently from his peers but he doesn't let that stop him from being happy kind and lovable towards everyone he meets in fact if he was here tonight he would say you are all his best friends it's unfortunate that while my son chooses to meet each day with joy and kindness he has met at a school he is met at school by a culture that not not only accepts bullying as normal but provides a safe place for bullies to thrive and practice their bullying whether they be students or administrators Rio Vista has been a breeding ground for bullying for many years if not decades it has unfortunately become an integral part of the school culture which is evident in the fact that so many students feel safe to both physically and verbally assault other students all over campus while School administrators blame the bullied child I am not the only parent who ask to console their child when they get home from being bullied I know that the Proctors and teachers are doing their jobs and Reporting the behavior but the bullies have learned that there are little if no punishments so they are not afraid to hone their craft at school too many times after a student is sent to the office for bullying they are return to the classroom with a snack and maybe a light metaphorical smack on the wrist the fact that my son was physically assaulted at least twice by the same student and still had to spend all school year in the same classroom with that student who assaulted him speaks directly to the flippancy with which riov Vista school administrators treat bullying issues I understand that school administration and the district office live in fear of the California dashboard numbers and that fear has severely hampered the way in which students receive consequences for violent actions but something must be done thank you not only is this legal issue where the school district is at risk of a class action lawsuit due to Seth's law but it's also a safety issue suicide is the number one cause of death among Elementary age students and those students that are driven to such action cite bullying as their number one reason as mentioned before thankfully my son has a strong support system at home but what about those students who do not have that luxury what are you doing to support your students who are vulnerable to the vicious abhorent attack of bullies and Bullies who are protected by their school administrators our students should not feel like school is something that they need to survive our students deserve a public education that allows them to be safe thank you very much um as you know we give three minutes to uh public comments and we've allowed more than three um what we are going to do is we am going to pass this back to U Mr um Scher to look into it because it's a student issue um and then get back to us on it if that's okay with you thank you very much it's more than a student issue thank you thank you board comments Mrs Buchanan no comment Mr Ary Mr Raley none and I have no further comment Miss Mrs um Nelson okay here now we have the discussion action session we need to approve the certificated and classified Personnel actions as listed I need a motion second any discussion all in favor any opposed approve the recommendation for requested leaves as noted second in favor I I any opposed no I approv the recommendation of the administrative hearing chairperson effective immediately exposion case number 232232 24 so moved second any discussion all in favor I exposion case 24 2023 I need a motion so good all in favor I consent agenda it is recommended that the board of trusties consider approving a number of agenda items as a consent list consent items are routine in nature and can be enacted in one motion without further discussion this procedure conserves meeting time for a full discussion of significant issues consent items to be approved in one motion are item 1 through 29 any a motion so good a second all in favor I we do we need to go back into close session to finish out your observation evaluation you want to go back and no we've given it to her okay we've given it to you good with that okay can I get a a motion uh no no no um I have a future item request yeah I was going to get to that okay I thought you were doing a motion no I'm not um future items do any members of the board have any future items um I just wanted to discuss as a board um do we want to consider for our June meeting um discussing it's been a year the June would be a year for us to discuss if we wanted to consider um raising the compensation the 5% again so that it would be effective in July because we did it at our June meeting last year so that it took effect in July so if we want to discuss it we would need to put it on our June meeting are you talking about board compensation yes yeah I that will be on the um agenda planning with um the board president so I'm glad you brought it up but it is we had said last year we would bring it annually okay I wasn't sure if we had to request that 5% wow okay there being there being no further business to come before the board of trusties it is recommended that the meeting be adjourned and need a motion second all in favor I thank you so much for your time
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Deaf culture, we have to hug, not high five, right? Okay, hi everybody. If this is my first time being here at PSD, oh my goodness. I've been to Arizona, but never on this campus, so wonderful thank you to our sponsor Sorenson and to PSD for inviting me to come talk to you all. My sign name looks like this. It looks like jumping. Why do you think my sign name is Joel? Because when I was growing up, I didn't have a sign name. It was just j o e l, right? But in America, we've got four letters, right? J o e l. And if you're four or less, like my brother Jed, j e d, we just spell it. If you get five letters or more, you get a name sign. But as I traveled the globe, I've been to 103 nations and people say, "Oh my god, ASL, you spell too much.
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Like said, we've seen these kids perform. We also went to state with them they're really, really something to see and they have a lot of talent to share with us. So thank you so much for [applause] [song] hello, I'm, and this is the continental, this is the first year that has... We are, they, we have to know [song] school, all eyes, so in viy [applause] [song] and [song] you [song], your imagination [song] [applause], anything you want to do [song] [song] [ applause], so [song] what a wonderful [song], a wonderful [song], pass for the rest of your [song] day [song], wonderful passing me for the rest of your days [song] [song] pass [song] [applause] [song] the [song] [applause], and finally, we have, we have [laughter]. [Song] [Applause] [Song] Now is a Time To fall A to walk all and [Song] The CL be the and Now [Song] you my Into the [Song] Be My know that you are over [Song] me as My as my god I Trust in you to Show The Way for me be [Song] [Applause] [Song] you my watching over me I with the e To The M with the e To The Rising and with the e my like an e I will fl [Song] The Like will I [Song] will you are Over Me [Song] Upon The [Song] ST Like an Eagle I will Like an [Song] E I'm G [Song] s i will [Song] [Applause] H Hello everyone My Name is Isy I'm One of the music directors here at Continental I get The Preparation of teaching 4th Grade Music as well as Middle School orchestra and JA B So These Students up here are Part of Our 5th orchestra Little about them Me A We and Year to Grow with learn their instrumental techniques And I I can tell you to see how far they have come.
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curriculum committee at humiston and then June 28th 7:30 a.m. Boe fiscal meeting at humiston boardroom and then we have morial Day weekend off so the district offices are closed Dr her you have a comment I have a burning question fiscal meeting I know the question Donuts yes we will provide Neals as customary it's in my contract with drinks don't push it oh Disney World awesome um then we have the 2024 promotion graduation schedule and I believe we did get an email about tickets earlier from Lori Bron from the high school from the high school yeah so if you have not responded to Lori I think um please attend um it will be very emotional for me I'm going to hold back and not cry um and that would be June 11th for Chapman 8:30 a.m. do little June 11th also at 9:30 a.m. Norton Elementary at 11:45 a.m.
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Enough with the finger spelling." But what can I do? I was never given a name sign until the year 2016, when amongst my travels as a way to respect people from around the world, I thought, "Why not? I'm jumping all over the world." So, that's my name sign. Your name sign has to have a purpose, right? So, I'm here to talk about deaf people from all around the world and in my travels, what I've experienced. Before 1995, I met a woman who was deaf here and who thought that there were no deaf people around the world, that deaf people were only in America. We all know that that's not true, but that It me think. Growing up, watching TV, when I saw travel shows, they were all hearing, they were all speaking, there was no international signing, right? And so that made me decide I wanted to be a world traveler, because deaf people are everywhere.
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The beginning of the year, one day, we and PR work. PR puts PR for you. Today we have Rock and Native American. So without fur orch [applause] [ song] [song] [song] [ song] B [ applause] [song] [song] [song ] [song] [ applause] Let's give it more time. The fifth [applause] exiting stage. We have our middle school beginning orchestra on to this stage, and they are a group that me two to three times. We are an elective class that we have here at continental, and they have just started on instrument experience. Between May one to two years, and just like the fifth orchestra, I've learned how much program usage. So they have prepared for you today. They have [song] and on. More group. They have been really well about knowing their instrument, getting with their technique. We most students are Spring Break expiry. Where must [song] over them?
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Highland at 1:15 p.m. humiston School 1:30 at St Peter's church and then DOD Middle School at 8:30 a.m. um at the Chester High School field and then Chester High School 6: p.m. that evening so if um for those of you that are connected to a school if you can attend that'd be great to support the schools as well and that's it if um there's a motion to adjourn thank you Mr Rey second Mr gripple all in favor to adjourn unanimous we are adjourned
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Some Sometimes people think that, oh well, there's there's no deaf people in over there, maybe there's no deaf people who live in the caves. Oh, yeah, they do. I promise, they're all over. This is my brother, Jed. He's deaf. I was the um founder of DeafNation. And the purpose of DeafNation is this. Last year we held in Mesa our DeafNation Expo, and that's been 21 years of these Expo events all over, so that businesses can set up their wares to share, plus you could work for the government, you could set up a private company, you could work for a school. We've got deaf people running and leading businesses. And so I set up this Expo as a way to share all of that information, and admittance is free. I don't ask for any money. I just ask that you support our deaf economy and deaf businesses.
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And that is called the deaf ecosystem. Where we're supporting each other. Why would we not to reject them, but why would we put our money into hearing businesses first? We should support deaf businesses. Now to talk about my travels. So, anyone know where this is, or what the name of this country is? This is the name of a country. It's in Asia or in Africa, rather. Starts with an N. Not Nigeria. Nepal. Starts with an N. This is the shape of the country. I wish that America was able to have the same type of sign so that I could show you exactly where I live in America. But, alas. This is Namibia. And they are famous for their head dresses. And unfortunately, they were saying, "Well, I can't do it. I can't do it because I'm deaf." And I was like, "No, no, no, this isn't true." So, I went in my 4x4 and I went traveling out into the the bush and I found this deaf family.
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Give them [applause]. Point for class. So next, we have our charming orchestra group. This is the group that I played for our zero-hour classes. That means they come in twice a year. We were very early in the class, and they don't get to do this because they love music and want to get it right. This is one of the groups that really deserves recognition. All the program they did this year. This year, this group has played at different community events. They recently performed at an Arizona Band Orchestra Directors Association Festival, which is really great, especially for middle school. So we are very proud of all the program they did. And they accomplished so much in just one year. So let's give one more [applause]. [Song] G M [Song] A [Song] [Song] H [ Song] [Song] H [ Song] [Song] [Song] [Song ] [Applause] [Song] [Applause] K [Song] [ Applause] [ Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] K [Song] [Applause] [Song] [Applause] K [Song] [Song] [ Applause] [Song] [Song] [ Applause] [Song] [Song] A [Song] [Applause] S So Before We last one that we just played Fantasia on From Thailand some The Students At The Beginning of the year really Challenge The Stuff giving US is too Easy So I threw That at them and I didn't Believe they would get done By The End of the year but they Did very proud [Applause] have you is Hunter [Song] [Song] [Song] [ Song] [Song] [ Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [ Applause] as Students ex The Stage We will have fth B Now BC [Applause] [Song] Da [Song] [Song] [Song] [ Song] [Applause] JA [Song] H [Song] [Applause] Let Give More [Applause] [Song] Time So This Is Stage by this Little about they Also Once A We Just like orchestra and i So proud of the PR They Have Made Year H to see of them Again next Band [Applause] [Song] Vai [Applause] [Song] [Applause] [Song] H Hello Again I hope you enjoy This Is Our continental Concert Band they are a le School E graders and We want to celebrate So Can I have mye [Applause] PR Hope you enjoy we for you help stents Remember said We anm So I Hope you enjoy olym A [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [ Song] [Song] [Applause] Da [Song] [Applause] [Song] [Song] [Song] sch [Song] [Song] [Applause] [Song] ni [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Applause] [Song] la [Song] [Song] [Applause] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song ] [Song] [Song] [Song] than and Final Is The So on way up cle Are [Applause] Go [Song] Go to [Song] das [Song] Pi [Song] [ Applause] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Applause] [Song] [Song] [Song] [ Applause] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Applause] [Song] [Song] [Song] [Applause] [Song] Out next Little about Group So This is my very first year at continental teaching the jazz band and it has been such a great experience getting to work with students to see how they grow throughout the year and as prog throughout the year.
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Typically, they do not have western-style clothing. They wear their cultural clothing, but deaf people can communicate with each other across language barriers, right? Hearing people who speak English and speak Mandarin are just at an impasse, but when deaf people from around the world meet each other, it doesn't matter. We're somehow able to communicate through our gestures. And so, that's what I did. We started gesturing, and if you want to watch the video of how that works, there's videos online, but any language, a deaf person just has to go to school first, right? But, this person never went to school, which broke my heart. So, they were I went and gathered some food and some gifts to give to this deaf person just to bless them. This is in Mongolia. Does anyone know the sign for Mongolia? The name of the country is Mongolia. Does anyone know where Mongolia is?
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