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Martinez passes out their plan Carson Aldridge MI Anza Jackson Baker Thomas blackboard and iboga danske riding Borzello Katie Chang comes to Chowdhury Emanuel Copeland lily and Dempsey grace god Lucy Dumbarton Gianna filardo Samantha Wadley our dough Kirk Hoffman Kelly Jankowski quail ooh Alicia Marcus Ethan Powell Connor podcasting Emma Sayer Emily Schwab Rebecca Bross Ausmus in Joshua Via Crucis rather than distinguished academic honors [Applause] on behalf of the principal Robert Smith at the Technology Center to page it is my pleasure to introduce the column co-ack as their senior year her teachers have said many wonderful things about Nicole here are just a few Nicole has shown her passionate abilities in early childhood the last two years she is always involved to prepare for doing her work at the preschool classroom she is a positive influence and comes with a positive attitude nicole has shown skill and patience with our preschool children and was a dependable and compassionate student teacher the call has always been diligent and self-motivated to accomplish all that a set before her she has a quiet force in the classroom that has shown to be a responsible role model for the rest of her teaching team we are so proud of Nicole and all her accomplishments so far and are so excited to see her journey to become a teacher continues congratulations [Applause] [Music] good evening my name's Willie Williams and that's why privileged to teach music in to be the fine arts department chair at South High School when Carson Aldridge Dominick Balsamo Babbitt and Isaac Rutledge and Samantha selectivity please come forward [Applause] the instrumentalist is a national publishing company based in Northbrook Illinois that also provides awards for seniors and music these awards began nationally with the establishment of the John Philip Sousa Ward in 1963 and gradually branched out to include the lugar Armstrong award the National School choral award in the national school orchestra award each of these students will serve to receive a desk visa certificate and their names will hang perpetual plaques in the music suite for all of us to consider in the future for each award I'll mention a few former Award recipient recipients and describe their current life activities their words to describe the traits associated with each one but I think it's in the actions in the lives of the previous recipients that the nature of the award is truly defined according to band historian Paul Byerly John Philip Sousa is truly an American phenomenon from the turn of the century until just after the talking film era in 1927 Souza's band was the pop music in America for several years the man 400 concerts here Susan's philosophy play the music people enjoy and play it really well is a hallmark for bands and other performing ensembles excellence to this day the first recipients at South High School in 1967 where Alice Anderson and suma control the 2011 Award winners Suzanne segredo earned mobile performance degrees from Illinois and Northwestern and they went to London to earn another performer certificate and oboe performance the 2007 winner Judy Hensel is the band director middle school band director north of Middle School in Yorkville Illinois this award recognizes outstanding musicianship leadership and dedication to the school band program please join me in congratulating me 2019 John Philip Sousa woman Louie Armstrong is the progenitor of the organized jazz follow the airport in New Orleans bears his name he won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award monstrously he is without a doubt the most influential musician from our time and culture first given at South High School 1974 to Ricky Wilson the Louie Armstrong jazz award it's selected my seniors and recognizes their musicianship creativity of character and jazz performance or what we sent in in 2010 Matt Kowalski graduated with a Jazz Studies degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester New York and is working as a professional musician in the Chicagoland area the 2011 recipient Elliot build graduated from Temple University and is a freelance musician in the Greater Philadelphia area after study with Carol Stafford please join me in congratulating the national school of quarrel award is the highest honor for high school formal performers first given at South High School - Mary Maguire and Brian turbo in 1982 this award recognizes musicianship leadership and dedication to the school choral music program the 2013 Award winner Ellie Walsh rock studied education and biology at Valparaiso University is currently teaching science and Ferguson Missouri the 1999 Award winner dr.
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Meir Rico up to the board she's a member of the citizens oversight committee and that committee has been in place since the passage of the 2014 bond it's a requirement of the bond that we have a Citizens Committee that watches to see in particular very happy to received it I'm happy to inform that it states that as a unified is meeting all legal guidelines we are very excited about the near future projects most of the past projects had to focus on replacing crucial underground facilities on heating ventilation and air conditioning systems they also focused on fencing that not only made our schools have nicer curb appeal would also make them safer for our students the next set of projects we will actually be able to see for example the Asuza class don't hide marquees and the track and field of construction and cold high schools we will also see more fencing and modernization being completed at other schools I have learned that the process to modernize and beautify our space is all along and that there is a lot of work involved as a parent I am very grateful that our wonderful school district gives us the opportunity to be involved at every level and that it is preparing our children for successful futures I spend a lot of time at the schools and at meetings with a lot of you and I know that you have the best interests at heart for our kids I know that the children of our community and that my children and in great hands as a committee we are very grateful to dr.
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Frank P Kars is a choir director across town at North High School the 1983 Award winner dr. Vince Walsh Rock previously taught music in district 99 and it's now an assistant principal for counseling and student support services here itself please join me in congratulating your 2019 national school called Award winners [Applause] the National schoolwork assured was introduced nationally in 1968 and first presented at dgs to bethe Chevrolet 1982 it is the highest honor that can be bestowed to a member of the high school orchestra to recognize excellence in plane leadership and contributions to the ensemble our district 99 Orchestra selects one we sit in here at south and one recipient at North the 2010 Award winner Michael Brown studied violin performance at the New England Conservatory of Music is now playing professionally on the East Coast the 2012 Award winner Lisa Salazar graduated from DePaul University in Greencastle Indiana and is now working in marketing and communications with the Chicago Children's Choir the 2014 award winner and remove Alina studied chemistry biochemistry at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago please join me in congratulating your 2019 South High School in Nashville school orchestra wore better [Applause] what janela Guzman and Michelle cravaack please go [Applause] Elizabeth Goldy was the staff the company's here itself until the 1970s she was a stunning musician and performer a teacher to all her death in July of 2001 they'll be performed in pre metered venues in the Chicagoland area it was a rebound concert piano player in the region additionally Goldie's daughter Elizabeth was an amazing visual artist and garnered numerous national awards for her work after both he's passing money's accrued in a scholarship fund dedicated to her memory deceivingly allocate a portion of those funds to the recipients of this award this year we recognized two outstanding seniors one a music in one individual art with an honorary from the goldie ii scholarship fund additionally a perpetual plaque hangs outside the finance office dumping a salt remembering the legacy of these outstanding students please join me in congratulating the recipients of the 2019 goldie seco memorial scholarship [Applause] good evening I'm Jake Kimball I'm the math department chair is my honor to present the gold math Awards tonight the actual certificates will be presented in class to students tomorrow so they can be congratulated with their classmates as well as mr.
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Kaminsky and mr. mark Bommarito for the informational presentations for putting together the reports for our meetings and for answering all of our questions thank you very much thank you very much all right and that was just an information item as well unless anybody has questions for facility call okay we are moving on to item ten point three we have the capital facilities program update there's a PowerPoint bring it up please so each year we try to bring updates to you throughout the year particularly in spring as we approach the summer work thank you at the end of the summer or early fall as we recap what's been accomplished during the summer and then what is going on during the winter the first couple years of the bond project most of the work happened in summer and that where there were things like underground utilities roofing projects that really cannot be done when students are are here in our classes as we've completed those projects and move forward we're beginning we're getting closer and closer to the stage where we actually start working on classrooms and that is something that we can do during the school year as well as some fencing that we can do and some outdoor projects so we're going to talk a little bit about what what things we've been working on what's in progress and where we see possibilities for the future so if we can go to the next slide and I guess I can do that these are projects and estimated costs these are in progress so it was mentioned just a little while ago that we're getting closer and closer to actually getting the marquees updated for the two glass and analysis of high school Dianna Rojas is still here she probably remembers the roofing project and air conditioning and fire alarm and that's an example of the fire alarm was something that typically we would have done a later in the cycle but when we take these projects want to prepare them where you are required to get state approval and the state in their wisdom and that project decided they wanted us to do fire alarms early on so we had to modify the project a little bit which um sometimes changes the cost as it did in this one we worked on Slauson kitchen you Rebecca Hall if you've been here for a while a couple summers ago we redid much of the kitchen we had planned three phases and we've completed two of them first and second this summer or rather the stamp this summer Antonia will be very busy there will be underground utilities going on at his school that's a major project with trenching large trenches and then smaller ones in between classrooms and dirt everywhere dirt piled up every place we're also planning on starting pretty soon some additional fencing field fencing is what we call it it's the the back part of the field and our dalton Magnolia and Slauson and we've been designing and are getting closer to updating the section of the fields over Susan high school and Gladstone this will this will give them a artificial turf field that can be used either as football or soccer as well as a track around it and the track is a little bit wider than what they've had I think it's an eight-lane track rather than a six-lane track so that'll give them some more options before they have competitions if there are other projects looking at fire alarms at a number of sites and looking at the lis portables to upgrade those as we move forward i'm saucin the element of the classroom modernization plan has been in design as well as I'm improving the technology there the lis underground replacement that some of these are still a ways off they're not yet quite ready and then eventually the Center modernization and you can say I'm sorry but at the bottom of that that slide there is a subtotal right now for projects that are into the design phase we're designing them or they're bidding or they are already in construction that's the forty five million dollars and as you recall that bond was a ninety two million dollar bond so that's about half of the work right there off of the bond the next slide shows some projects that we anticipate we'll be able to work on in the future and so looking at Downton clashing organization the lead cross modernization paramount and then upgrading middle schools in terms of their data capabilities the fans that we are using are come from two sources the first one is what's called geo bond that means general obligation bond that's the measure cable that was passed by the voters for 92 million and the state in passed a statewide initiative to match funding now they don't pay it's not a dollar two dollar match it's about it about a 25% match so that we have been actually working on completing all the the documentation that we need to be eligible to receive funds so we expect they will receive up to twenty four million which will extend what we can do so right now we've spent about 32 million on projects that are complete another 45 all the ones that are in progress on stage of the progress we've got another nineteen point six projects and then right now for right now a total of 97 and you might say well how are we gonna do that out of that 92 million well five million of it would come out of that 24 million that we expect us to get from the state so we're very grateful that the voters of the state passed that some other projects that have come up under discussion that we have not yet decided exactly which ones we're going to do and in which which order we're gonna do them one possibility is Adult Ed with their move expanding the parking lot for them looking at the two high schools to reconstruct their pools looking at the two high school gyms for modernizing them we have the old schoolhouse at Lawson middle school and the fencing projects have actually been doing in phases so the first phase as I was just talking a little bit about it is what's called field fencing that's the perimeter along the backside of the school the sides in the back the second phase is the front side of the school that's the steel more decorative fencing the third phase was having some more schools for the field fencing in the face is going into schools particularly some of the large amount of high schools and doing about the interior fencing and getting that up to speed to a couple other needs that people have forgot to identify is looking at the locker rooms it's Lawson and Center in particular looking at film rooms at the two high schools the auto mechanic rooms and trying to use the construction plans that we have to really to be to come home with the instructional programs that we want to put a place for our students and then the decent work to continue to work to improve the drainage in Azusa high school so thinking about timeline so the plan right now is just to start fencing sometime later this spring and that's that this is probably a longer project that will go on into the fall I won't be completed completely in summertime and the next slide just shows a picture of a current fence as well as a rendition of what the fence would look like and let's see is Laura still here no Clark no ok so this is Dalton elementary school and you can see our older fences are quite dilapidated but we were putting in better quality better grade fences with security features they're higher and the openings are much smaller they're half the size that makes them they're more difficult to climb they're more difficult to cut through and so they write a greater level of protection next is a sample of the decorative fencing that comes typically in the front of the school and then some projects we hope to get started this summer one is the underground utilities at Paramount and then they're working on the two marquees now you'll see that a shifts down at the bottom down page all of these projects are always dependent on what happens in DSA which is division of state architect we are architects design the projects we are required to submit them to the division of state architect for approval and that typically takes quite a few months in six months is pretty average so sometimes the people get a little frustrated why is the project started when we thought it was it's because it's still in DSA we're waiting for the final approval if they're looking at it and saying gee you know I think you need some other changes or you want you to go back and redesign this those are all things that we need to do another project this is an example of the underground utilities that this happens to be Center but a paramount will look somewhat similar and this is drawing a rendition of the two marques the is a high school marquee will be near the front entrance of the school on Cerritos the gladstone one will be on the corner of Enid and arrow the is that the lettering that's just about that that's a good question that's just a sample actually these are digital boards you can actually have photographs of students or staff members they're very the eye changes all the time you can have it rotating through something yeah think of some of those things you see on the freeway those changing yeah that's what it's like yeah the high one is it gonna be right directly where it is behind that bowl necessarily no and one nice thing is actually they will be on you say one side of it there'll be on both sides so the people for example Gladstone people will be able to read it whether they're coming from the east or the west they'll there'll be a it'll be two sided so that's nice they're projects that will start a little bit later info to winter are looking at the parking lot for adult education that's a sample there if I was spraying so these are projects that would take a little bit longer the track let's get started and track it'll take most of the year and I have to think sandy carrying was here a little while ago thank her and also I'm Chuck Shore because there was a lot of work there was TT athletic directors at the school's working with the coaches for the different sports to determine what should be done and and making the necessary adjustments in terms of the classes and what part of the field they would use and they all actually to a person agreed yes please do it during a school you don't wait for another summer try and get it going with me they said you know they'll adjust so they're very excited about it and here's an example of what as a high school field looks like right now and see if I don't hear is the football field this is Cerritos and this is baseline right here this football field is going to be slid a little bit over a little bit closer for two reasons one it's closer access for a DA access but also then the shop that goes over here so you know if by any chance shot put ball goes off the wrong way it's just going to go too you know won't go here we're people I'll go through the fence so based on we'll still be right here and then this will slide over a little bit and a Gladstone their their location is right here they didn't really need to move it there just slide it down just a little bit to make sure that we leave space for future bleachers for portable bleachers that most schools what they're doing that [Music] Slauson modernization we are we were planning to start it in summer we don't know for sure it has not come back out of DSA so this may not quite started beginning a summer like we were hoping we'll be watching to see what TSA says and if they require us to do any extra work or or gonna rethink what we're doing will adjust to that and so just to clarify for all these where we see this asterisk and it says depending upon DSA we have already submitted everything that we can do on our end and it is in these instances the ball is completely in their court and we're waiting here back that's correct now some of them have not yet been submitted because of timing but they all have to be you know and we have to wait for a DA's approval before we can move forward and this is an example of how you can do a school modernization during the school year what the colors show is a phasing what could be phase 1 2 3 so for example in this in this particular plan this kind of from tan color right here that in our initial plan is phase one which is summertime so it's summertime you can do the front entrance to the school you could redo this faculty parking a lot on the side you could do the basically the quad area they have some restroom upgrade this won't happen if this is the old schoolhouse and that's to be determined what happens there but this is the entrance to from the south side of the school and two classrooms that are there themselves now if DSA approval comes a little bit late we won't be able to do all of this and summer time so they would end up doing make a decision about what's essential to do this summer and what can wait till another summer so these is this initial idea but it's flexible depending on how the timing is once we finish this some production of this week then when the school starts start with these pink buildings these classrooms here would be phase one and what happens during phase one is that whoever's in these classrooms have to move out of their classrooms into some empty classrooms so each school that's going to go on their modernization has to identify where some classes so this this happens to be one here another one there and I believe they have five they say if five rooms are gonna get modernized at a time and then five places where people can rotate through after those rooms are done they come back and another five another color goes and that's how you rotate through so when you're under modernization you always have to keep some rooms empty to Lao teachers to have a place to move while their rooms are being renovated and that's how they do it during the school year otherwise you would be taking all too little multiple summers to do that so it's a very speed you know so any questions about those one of the things that that mark mentioned to you early and I just wanted to share this and just to reinforce it is that the world's my construction change from time to time and continue to change and as you know if you Navy but if anybody has lived in a house for a long time and you want to remodel it the rules for remodeling and the roots for rules for getting your house is what's called up to code have changed over the years the same thing for us in education too and so sometimes when we go to GSA they will say you know what we know you said you're going to do this part here but we also want you to do something else that was some code that got changed over the years and those are things that we have to adjust to and that will impact the timing of what we're able to do any questions in terms of starting the summer when when do we anticipate that construction will start well right now we anticipate that the underground utilities will start hopefully the day after school gets out that is what we try to do the fencing I'm not sure on the exact start time of that mark do you are you feeling aware that I don't have it okay but it would be around kind of the same time the fencing fencing can be done during the screen but it's much more efficient easier to do it during summertime so awesome though has not come out of TSA yet so we're not we have to wait and see when that when that will start okay so for the board I'm Adrian you and Gabi you're new generally we have a board meeting like a study session tour of the facilities during the summer so I just wanted to get a sense from the board tonight so we could start planning out from the summer when that would be the best time for us to have that meeting so I know last year we had it in early August had it before in July you know when Gabby comes actually can weigh in too but in terms of like you guys have schedule constraints I have some in August so July with end of July and July would be better for both of you so many things I believe he said inquiry about July 30th that's a Tuesday though the last Tuesday in July that works okay maybe well we can do calendar I just wanted to get a sense for people so late leaders late July later July is better ok so there's three of us that later July is better so we can ask Abby to distance just to make sure I'm Jerry and then and that would be that would be a morning meeting say nine to 11:30 I was to avoid some of the heat because we you will wear closed-toe shoes you'll be wearing you know jeans and you know hat foot to protect yourself on the Sun and be ready to climb over mounds of dirt and walk on boards that are stretched out over trenches things like that all right so and then and then Linda just in the past that it really had been focused just on the tour but I but I know because we have we really haven't had a chance to sit down with with our two new board members and just comprehensively go over where this whole projects been um so I would like us to have a more extensive meeting that day to be able to do that at that point I think looking at our our schedule the next month and a half I'd rather not do it during this whole budget time and then just so you know we're talking about maybe doing it next you would hold off and do that in July well no I think we need to have some kind of discussion study session but I think the comprehensive overview okay works better there thank you okay all right um so we'll move on unless are there any other questions no okay so we'll move on to the El Cap proposed modifications to El Camino board president board members superintendent cabinet community we are here today to present to you a proposed draft budget of our actions and services for our El Cap but before we get into that want to do a quick little unveil of a product that we have been working on you all received a little packet like so we do have one that the audience if somebody wants to see it but I just want to walk you through what this is and this will lead lead us into this into tonight's presentation so we are looking at our updates that we do to the community we're looking at the documents that we provide for our community and we are always pushing ourselves to say how could it be better how could be more transparent how could it make more sense and so this is something that we have been working on so he's gonna want to walk you through this our al cap is it constructed via five goals and so what we did is we created one sheet per goal that gives you a snapshot of that al cap goal so at the very top is the most important thing which is the actual goal so here and go one the goal is increase to an achievement that this is what we're after right this whole section of the out cap this El Cap one this is the whole purpose of this section of the out cap and look in the goal one right and so below it right front and center are the data points or the metrics on how we are going to measure our success towards this goal so if we're saying that student achievement increased student achievement these items below in the metric section this is what we are gauging to ensure that we are striving for or moving towards this goal now I will tell you that in regards to the metrics there are some metrics that are required by the state of California and some of these metrics funnel directly into our California dashboard and so I just want to note that so what we are after what is the big goal how we are measuring that and then below are the actions and services the things that we do to affect these metrics to reach the goal yeah so just kind of a quick dirty one-page outline a snapshot of each of our goals and so we're thinking of incorporating this into our update section that's why you have the different colors this is the way our updates right now are currently organized in our updates so it's easy to to move through and so that's why these aren't color coordinated to match our updates so we're looking to incorporate these into that or some other fashion but you just wanted to kind of preview this so today we're gonna be walking you through a spreadsheet that talks about these actions and services below so today you're not gonna be seeing quote-unquote the AL cap okay so today it's about these actions and services the things that we are doing to affect the metrics to ultimately affect the goal and so I just want to give some some big ideas on this spreadsheet so that we could navigate to that we do staff we do have staff here ready and available if you have particular questions on particular items but I just kind of want to give you a tour of what this is and how we got here so this is another piece of information that we are very proud of here in Azusa where we try to make our Al Capp transparent you can find all of this in our Al Capp our 200 page document but to navigate that is a little difficult and so we have created a spreadsheet to kind of make it easy to navigate so a couple of big big items a big big things in this in this document number one you will notice that there is a big item in goal number two seven point two to be exact where we are proposing that the Dual Immersion program now gets funded through the out cap so in item seven point two you will see a big green item there right 1.7 million dollars six hundred nine thousand dollars so that wanted to point to you that this is this is a big pushin you will also notice as you go through the document there are other areas that are green which with signify increases in that area so on the front page right right away right in the front page under 4.1 you'll notice that there are two green boxes two items that have increased most of the other green items are because of the adjustments to staff so staff get step and column and so as we are looking at their step and column as we're looking at getting the most accurate numbers at this point in time these green sections right here aren't because this is an accurate representation of the staff moving forward to 1920 so number one there are there are some greens one of them is because we're moving the Dual Immersion program we're proposing to move the Dual Immersion program into the out cap and number 2 staffing that represent what that staff will will will be in the year 1920 okay I thought you said 7.2 I don't see a 7.0 that is page one two three four five page five yeah okay all right so big idea number one there are some greens because of the greens there are some Reds and so Reds signify a decrease in those particular sections I do want to talk about the Reds and how those came about we did meet with all of our Al Capp leads a one on one in meetings to discuss their al cap to discuss their areas to discuss their actions and services and to ensure that they were recommending decreases in the budget that would still allow them to do the things that they needed to do and so when we see Reds they those Reds are not arbitrary cuts we did meet with staff again one on one and met with them one I want to discuss their their areas and their actions and services and to get recommendations from them so that's item number two right we have increases and we have decreases item number three you will see some areas in this al cap that are highlighted orange these orange sections I do want to walk through them because these these are our differences and so I just want to point them out to you so on page one you will notice that five point one is orange and that has been taken all the way down to zero this is a leftover from our mariachi program as you may know this year one of our teachers from Foothill Middle School took over the program we added him to the program and because of that addition this line item this five point one is no longer is no longer needed and so we are suggesting to just delete this five point one and because we do have staff now in the Mariachi then the four point one covers any particular needs that we might have with the Mariachi program if we skip two pages and we move to 12.1 to our new board members your first day you have to approve a recommendation for history social studies and so 12.1 signals that we are adopting history social studies next year and so this signals an increase of one teacher on special assignment to support the implementation of our brand-new history social science curriculum training professional development professional learning for next year if we just flip one page I'm going to movie to 16.1 you will notice our two oranges there the first orange is a 3/3 our instructional aides that used to say 4:3 our instructional aides it's important to note that this is not a decrease in staffing this is just a decrease of one paid out of the out cap the fourth instructional aide is would be funded out of special ed funds you will also notice that there is one FTE Tosa that one FTE Tosa that used to say 1.5 FTE toeses for a quick second there it seemed as we were going to be able to work with the selpa to hire at OSA that we would share half in half but that never matriculated and so that is just that that's just a fall off of that of that so we never had that point five it was something that we thought we were going to be able to do again it never came to fruition and so now that's just the one FTE total that we currently have so again that is not a decrease in staff okay that is correct that is correct that is correct that we are not sharing with cellphone if we turn the page one more time I want to point your attention to one point two you will notice that 5 ft e TK teachers is orange that used to say 6 ft e TK teachers but because we don't have a class on street or a mountain view next year that's why that decrease is there we go down the same page on five point to where it says eight resource teachers again this is because we don't have a class on Street at a mountain view next school year and that's why that new number is there we turn the page one more time even though we already talked about this this is orange because this is an insertion here of nineteen Dual Immersion FTE teachers you will notice that the preschool Dual Immersion teacher is is orange as is the to preschool Dual Immersion instructional aides the reason those are oranges because those are increases as well right now we are working to open a preschool Dual Immersion and a TK Dual Immersion at Valley do and so that's why that is orange because those would be funded from here as well as they were in the past these two positions were funded in the past out of the outcome if we flip to pages I want to bring your attention to eleven point three in eleven point three you see a little line that says three assistant principals this is orange because they see this used to be two assistant principals and so this recommendation is to increase that by by one to be funded out of the out cap now that would be the addition would be for Sierra high school we turn the page one more time 27.4 you'll see that it says fun 21 percent of total cost of community liaisons this is not a change in funding or a change in what we plan to do just the way we had it worded in the past was confusing and so we just we just changed the wording so that it's it's more straightforward and transparent 21 percent of the total cost of community liaisons will be picked up out of the out cap so is that 21 percent of school site or is it still based on the need right because you put some in before that where there were none before right so then still the same way or is this 21 percent per school site 21 percent of the total cost yeah so that was number three so number one was the insertions which were the green's staff and dual immersion if I can just summarize really quick number two were the Reds again we met with each I'll cap lead to discuss reductions number three were the oranges the the the the the new things are the different things in the out cap and then number four I want to wrap up with the pack Plus which is was part of my comments this morning I'm sorry since morning earlier today so I want to I want to point to two specific areas in the out cap that the pack plus as we went through this we did spend gosh four or five hours on this you know just going just answering every question just try to be as detailed as possible and there are two recommendations that they made and those are reflected here and so I want to point those out so that so you know what they are on the first one is on ISM is right on page one and that is item three point one in item 3.1 you will notice that there is a decrease of $10,000 originally that decrease was $25,000 when they looked at this they said wow look at the number right below that the number right below the 40,000 that's 40,000 as well and so as they as they talked about that visual and performing arts they they felt that there needed to be equity there that the visual arts you need to have equity with the performing arts and so the recommendation was to make sure that those two budgets were we're equal and so that's why you have 40,000 and 3.1 and 40,000 and 4.1 which is right below so that was recommendation number one recommendation number two I'm going to take you way back on the in the sheet and we are going to go all the way to the second to the last page eleven point four in eleven point four you have something called tkk one hour gap originally this was completely cut so this was a sixty three thousand dollar cut they had really good discussion just really speaking about the fact that they are representatives of the school sites representatives of Els representatives as a foster and that even though they personally might not have a TK or a kindergarten student that they had to push themselves to really think about the fact that they're representing all parents and so at the end there was consensus that this had to be this had to come back you will notice that though right now there's a 13 and 13,000 dollar cut again this is because next year we will not have a class on street and we will not have a mountain view and so those are two schools that no longer need to be serviced and so therefore we don't need that that amount because they had two recommendations that increase the budget then the conversation had to be well then we just we just increase the budget by you know sixty thousand dollars where do we take that sixty thousand dollars from again lots of options came out during the the the course of the day well let's take sixty thousand from here or let's say 60 thousand Premier what if we take thirty from here thirty from here at the end of the day a very creative good solution that everybody applauded and liked was thrown out and said if we take sixty thousand dollars or whatever that that total is it's around sixty thousand dollars what if we just take a percent of every line item and reduce it by that that way a it's equitable you're not saying sixty thousand from this line or thirty thousand thirty thousand from here number one it's equitable because it's on a percentage basis so that is what we did the percentage ended up being something like point one eight so less than one percent it was a just a micro it wasn't it was nothing major and then what happens when it's connected to a salary though because that I wasn't disappear that's correct that wasn't touched so anything that could not be decreased was not decreased so anything that was a salary or a contract something like that that was not touched but even after all of that it was one about one tenth of a percent that that every other line item saw somewhere around there so those are the four talking points for today that we wanted to share with you and we wanted to be available if there were questions comments suggestions high-fives anything like that again we have staff ready to to answer if you have any questions any questions I'll just state my concern in that is I'm I'm not I'm not sure that I'm comfortable putting all of the di teachers in into the Supplemental concentration so I mean I think but we still have to wait for them maybe you guys to come out this and looking at the state budget but I really think that we need to think thoughtfully about what that means in the message that's sending to to those classrooms so I just I just want to put that out there right now so there's not surprises later on coming down the road any other questions no okay well I mean I appreciate the process I appreciate the fact that our pack plus committee members dedicated a lot of a large amount of time right and we really am I know that they invested their time and we at and I really appreciate that and I think Adrienne you're you're you're an alumni Gabby you're an alumni too right so I think it just speaks volumes to the engagement that we that we have in our district so thank you art doodle and Jennifer and all the other stuff that work on this all right you say one more thing because I fail to do that I wanted to publicly thank Jennifer especially lika and Sam for with this iteration this final iteration that we've been working on so thank you thank you our dude oh and your staff and also the parents and staff teachers and that are all involved in making this happen thank you we're all your work all right so moving on we'll move on to the consent calendar it's anybody wish to pull anything off the consent I know would go faster anybody want to put it pull anything off the consent no is our motion make a motion to approve okay please there's motion but I'll and a second by Gabriella please place your votes motion passes five zero four zero okay and well we can I'd like to congratulate Kent stout who will be the assistant principal at CI high school next year education we're looking forward to all that you're gonna contribute we're gonna make you look really hard okay moving on we have item fourteen point one professional growth award is there a motion to approve that make a motion to approve fourteen point one second motion by Yolanda Rodriguez pina second buy a drink we or any discussion I just want to congratulate all the classified employees that took the time to take this class to get this incentive to better their skills in their work place thank you alright please place your votes motion passes 4-0 moving on we have item fifteen point one oh yeah a B 288 college and career path access pathways agreement with citrus Community College this is an information item is it was it supposed to be action the item is requires two presentations to the board the first one is as an information item and then we'll bring it back as an action item okay any questions about this item all right moving on we have item 15 points you ratify improve adult education affiliation agreement with express pharmacy is their motion okay motion by it give it a are they on a second by Adrienne career any discussion seeing them please place your votes question passes for zero moving on to item 16.1 first reading of new and revised board policies and administrative regulations related to personnel AR 4217 point 11 board policy 49 19 point 21 and a are for two to two and four policy for two to 31 any any questions yes I have a question on the VP for two one 9.20 one professional professional standards I just noticed on wala I'm asking on on the second page which is engaging in any conduct and endanger student staff others including but not physical limited violence threat or possession of firearm I'd like to know nowhere in here that I see because now in the 21st century then we should add social media cyberbullying because it happens I'm sure but I think we should put it in this policy because I think we should add it this time I'm not sure if we're working on it or yes one place where that's possible is if you look right on that page if you look at number two so just on the second page of this policy number two says engaging in harassing or discriminatory behavior right in there we could add including on social media toward students parents guardians etc yes all right great we'll make that change so this is information so no action is required this will come to board on consent next week and so with that the meeting is now adjourned at 8:50
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wall shock remind us it is not easy to get good grades in a math class and these students have done this at my debt in two days and seven consecutive semesters so when I call your name please stand Thomas black [Applause] sorry I said it earlier Ryan was hello Denzel hazlit Gianna filardo Mina blah Ryan co-ed Quinn goes as in Paul excuse me even Paul midgel feel all Bree Vernon and Rebecca of course Ausmus [Applause] I'm Michelle Sullivan I teach ap chemistry and the research club sponsor clear dgs I'm pleased to be here tonight to represent as the Science Award recipient gold and platinum science Awards will receive a certificate which will be awarded to them by the science department and the recognition breakfast on May 15th without further ado I'd like to invite the following silver science Award winners to please stand face the audience and remain standing please hold your applause until I'm done review the names of our recipients Juanita Mejia I'm Alisa pakusa Marc Willis and I say join me in congratulating the silver science award winners but it seems like we already have now I'd like to invite the following gold science Award winners to please stand please hold your applause Thomas Blackmore Sam Briggs Emmanuelle Copeland's Lucy dumper Denzel I slit Nicole Fajardo Nina glowy Tim lamb ragu Kodiak Willy warlock Tyler name Ethan Powell I'm a seer Elizabeth cirno Sanchez and Minnesota and Mikayla about Nova the honor of the gold science award is presented by the DTS science department to senior students who have completed at least five courses and science and maintain an overall GPA of 4.0 or butter and a science GPA [Music] [Applause] good evening my name is Jennifer wolf I'm that ap biology teacher here at Thomas I would like to invite the following platen of Science Award winners to please stand to face the audience and remain standing Brendan ours Hama Chaudhary Christopher cause Leon grace curry grace dodge an ela heart Jennifer Lopez Christopher major Samantha Martinez Nicole holnar Jillian Palladino Connor pochutec Richard her audio no de carne Lori the honor of the platinum science award is presented to the dgs science department senior students who have completed at least six courses in science and maintain an overall GPA of 4.0 or feather and a science GPA of 4.0 or better please join me in congratulating the plaque and science award [Applause] Lucey done for please join me on stage [Applause] the National Association of biology teachers sponsors this award to acknowledge success and to encourage and motivate students to continue in the field of biology this award is presented by the dgs science department to one senior in Advanced Placement biology who has demonstrated outstanding achievement and a strong commitment to excel in the study of biology the National Association of biology teachers recognises her academic achievement in the biological sciences Lucy Science Teachers comment that she's an energetic engaged student who is always ready to help others better understand some of the more difficult aspects of the topics being presented in class she uses her background in all science disciplines to help make sense of the biological concepts in front of her in addition to her achievement in academics Lucy was on the varsity volleyball team and is a member of the National Honor Society please join me in congratulating [Applause] with Samantha guano and Heath and Paul please join me on stage [Applause] I am pleased to announce the winners of the Fermi Science Award which is presented to the dgs science department to two exceptional students who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and a strong commitment to excel in the study of physics to succeed in physics you have to have a high tolerance for frustration because physics is sometimes incredibly frustrating until you get it and when you finally get it it's so obvious that you wonder why you didn't see you right away both of these students have cheers cheerfully persevered through many of those kinds of frustrations and mr.
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Z shared the following notes about these physics scholars Sam's ability to understand and apply a topic is unmatched she sees physics everywhere she goes even walking through doorways and her uncanny ability of puns gives her limitless potential in physics we since exemplified by this Fermilab award Ethan has a unique physics intuition that allows him to take the model and break it down into its fundamentals by doing so it usually causes him to recognize where the model is no longer fit that's allowing him to stumble upon and figure out another typical these aha moments make him the perfect candidate for the Fermilab award these students will receive a certificate from Fermilab and a copy of Stephen Hawking's brief answers to the big questions additionally these award winners will be invited to attend and ask the scientists behind the scenes guided tour of Fermilab please join me in congratulating Samantha Gallardo and Ethan [Applause] I would like to invite Christopher major the Illinois Association of chemistry teachers sponsors this award to acknowledge academic success and to encourage and motivate students to continue in the field of chemistry this award is presented by the DTS science department to one senior who is taking Advanced Placement chemistry and has demonstrated outstanding achievement and a strong commitment to excel the chemistry Kristopher science teachers comment that chris is an engaged diligent student who continues to strive for academic excellence in chemistry Chris plans to pursue Chemical Engineering at Michigan State University and is undoubtedly deserving of the Illinois Association of chemistry teachers award please join me in congratulating [Applause] [Music] the iota signifying organization promotes professional development and personal growth of women in chemistry in their native fields through recognition public outreach and the coordination of supportive networks Emanuel is a talented intelligent young woman who the chemistry and continues to user comes through background as a student researcher in addition to her academic achievements a manual is on stage crew a member of the DTS research Club and a National Honor Society member the I notice signified organization or rather the aroma signified before where I was announced to any young woman in chemistry serves to promote the advancement a women in chemistry by granting recognition to women who have demonstrated superior scholastic achievement and high professional competence and Emanuel does just that please join me in congratulating [Applause] I would like to invite Brendon our state to the stage [Music] [Applause] the Illinois Science Teachers Association excellence in science award this award is presented by the DTS science to Berlin to a seniors was demonstrated outstanding achievement in all areas of science and shows a strong commitment to science Brendon science teachers comment that it appears he really enjoy science and is always willing to cut up other students he is lightning fast but behind the scenes you can tell the butts in effort to complete assignments and connect ideas Brennan has oppressed me in class with his perseverance and positive attitude he's they're an integral part of research but for two years now as the research Club webmaster he has really helped the club to grow today he has presented research twice in collaboration with Lewis University in addition to his achievement in his academics and the dgs research club Brennan is in Key Club Rushmore and a member of the National Honor Society he was selected for this award not only for his academic excellence in science but also for the intellectual creativity he exhibited in class and through his independent research his achievements speak for themselves he is a true scientist Brendan receives a certificate and an Excellence in science model from the ISDA [Applause] good evening I'm tired of the tree the world languages department chair and it is my pleasure to present you the individual language Awards with Lindsey Mejia married Nepali ransom [Music] [Applause] each year the world languages Department honors a senior from each language those excels and isn't her studying throughout the four years at self these students have not only demonstrated strong academic performances in their language classes that they have also been involved in various aspects of our programs from our honor from our clothes in under societies to special opportunities such as our national exams tutoring peers and aiding for world language class each of the students chosen this year has demonstrated a great deal of diligence and hard work in his or her study of language and culture I am pleased to present the Award for Excellence and study in a ow - Lindsey Mejia in French - Mary Mohini in German - Sarah groom and in Spanish [Applause] evening everyone I'm ready to cast this and I'm the athletic director here at South and I'm here tonight to present our male and female athletes of the year this award is presented to a senior based upon their athletic accomplishments both for this year in their career but also on how well they demonstrate the core values of Downers Grove south athletic program those values of hard work discipline teamwork confidence character academic success and love of the game I called four nominees from our head coaches and every person our program has the opportunity to vote this is one of the most important words the athletic department can bestow I think everyone here tonight believes in the privacy of our core values there are attributes of leadership that determines success in its broadest sense this award recognizes the strength of character athletic ability and represents the respect these athletes have earned on the within their sport but throughout the Mustang athletic program please come out of my states to receive your reward when I call your name our female athlete of the Year Andy Carlson and this justin sports man we got a tie for male athlete of the year so our way of athletes of the year please come on up man thirsty and any student [Applause] we have now reached the pinnacle of our full-name tonight outstanding seniors in each department the outstanding senior awards are the most prestigious awards presented at South High School this recognition is based upon service and demonstrated leadership as well as academic accomplishment within the department's four year course of study the names of these students yet to be revealed have been a well-guarded secret different from our presentations earlier tonight we will not call students to the stage first for these honors the speakers will present the information of the honorees first saving the names for the final words spoken this is where I get to enjoy while we're depending the auditorium enjoying the recognition of students have earned the outstanding senior display case in the a hallway outside the counseling office has been updated with the pictures of the students to be named shortly those pictures will be prominently displayed until next year on the same evening hold up holding a place of honor and distinction that's how high school I will know the display case will be relocated this summer to a temporary home for the next year and a half until its permanent location in our new Learning Commons is erected within two years without further ado please welcome miss Valerie Moses the department chairperson for a career technical education department will present awards to outstanding seniors in business education family consumer science good evening many students who graduate from Downers Grove South understand the value in preparing for college degree business by taking in too many business education courses as they can student has taken a variety of business courses including introduction to business keyboarding computer science one and consumer education not only has this year's recipient achieved excellence in all classes but the student has also been actively involved in the DECA program qualifying for the state competition during their senior year we all know successful business leaders possess at the least integrity character passion perseverance and a commitment to excellence these characteristics are highly evident in this student inside and outside of the classroom their work ethic and teamwork were apparent as a member of both varsity football and the varsity volleyball team for this student is always about the good of all and making sure everyone is successful a recipient has always been the type of student to go out of their way to ask how someone is doing or to help them in any way possible as a member of the National Technical Honor Society the student has shown their continual dedication to the field of business and academic excellence teachers have commonly praised the student for their ability to apply the skills learned in various classes to complex real-world problems his ingenuity focus and problem-solving abilities are sure to afford him many opportunities to be successful in the field of business as our recipient continues his pursuit of preparation at the University of Illinois we can only assume he will do so with the same kindness he has supported his fellow students and teachers of damage bro Solomon there is only fitting to award the on earth career technical education outstanding business education cedar for the 2018-2019 year to Josh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hard-working determined and dedicated where the words that came to mind when considering the 2019 outstanding family Consumer Science student of the year the staff chose their distinguished student based on not only academic ability but also an extraordinary character the student has a thirst for knowledge a commitment to excellence and embraces a challenge our student is extremely dedicated to pursuing a dream I'm working in the early childhood education field and has taken early childhood care child development two years at TCD in the early childhood education program this person has been an exceptional representative of the type of student the CTE Department for frequently going above and beyond course expectations when working on her lesson plans she would challenge herself by undertaking difficult lessons and making them accessible for three to five-year-old children she was able to self-advocate and would often try to accomplish tasks independently this student even took on the hardest task of designing and creating her own developmentally appropriate activities her high level of work often inspired other child development students and she was willing to lend a helping hand to her peers through all their work the student demonstrated a positive and pleasant personality the student has been a leader of FCCLA for the past two years during that time she brought home the bold mountain and children's literature for regional and state competitions she was awarded most outstanding at the regional level this young lady will continue her pathway of study by 10 Illinois State University to major Miller early childhood education I'm happy to announce the Career and Technical Education Family and Consumer Science senior of the year is there [Applause] a career in engine engineering and design is all about creating solutions to solve real-world problems it offers a chance to combine creativity with engineering expertise these students studied research and develop ideas for innovative products that the systems used to create in this year the engineering and design area of CTE is awarding a person who set an example of everything an outstanding senior should be this student is described as intelligent hard-working kind motivated and a leader district 99 offers for Project Lead the Way courses for future engineers and our nominee has taken three of those courses principles of engineering civil engineering and architecture along with engineering and design in all three classes this individual discipline exceptional work ethic integrity respect for others and was always very conscientious about the final product and the work involved to get there one has to list ingenuity is a trait of this individual as well when his team was involved at the college of dupage engineering competition they were given the task of designing and constructing something that would protect an egg from a 50-pound weight their winning solution place the egg in a location where it could not be found while completing the engineering career pathway this person finished numerous offends placement courses including AP Computer Science accomplishments of damage group south include Illinois state's pallor maintaining a 4.4 and above GPA being a member of the skills you as a club National Honor Society and the National Technical Honor Society this honor student or fifth place at the SkillsUSA State urban search and rescue Robotics Competition engineering design staff take this young man as a devotion for learning and he will continue his national first chosen career pathway of mechanical engineering at Purdue University it is a pleasure to award the outstanding senior in engineering design to Jackson [Applause] [Music] please welcome to the podium miss Tracy Sebastian English communications degeneration presenting two awards in communication [Applause] good evening this series outstanding senior communication has not only been an exceptional student within our English classes over the four years but has also impressed teachers while completing three communication courses during senior year including advanced journalism TV production one and TV production two both of which had to be traveled over to north to take each day beyond all of that the student has also been a valuable member of the blueprint newspaper staff as well mrs.
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Wong the blueprint advisor advanced journalism teacher says that the student is an incredible writer and a very talented filmmaker the student creates awesome podcasts makes creative and informative news packages manages the news video with grease and authority and overall has a great eye for visual storytelling mr. LAN went on to say that the student is not only thoughtful with what stories are told but is also very careful about how those stories are told other teachers reflected at the time they had the students in class and said that this student exemplified strong communication skills in a variety of ways the student came to us each day with questions to deepen her understanding and she clearly thought about all the conversations in class she was a leader in discussions and teachers were impressed with how she tackled ideas that challenged her rather than dismiss liked that were contrary to her experience or unfamiliar for her the student asked questions and probed for details until she fully grasped the concept and then made up her mind the student is a thinker and a natural communicator in this serfs are very well our reader has earned two best of snow awards for her storytelling being written DS and other being a video beast snow with the National School newspapers online website and they received numerous entries from all over the country so this is quite the honor mrs.
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long truly believes that the student would make a top-notch producer in the future joking that she was able to make a shot with kombucha and chips work at a journalism sectional event that she can do just about anything I please you know that the steers outstanding senior today occasion Award winner [Applause] the major goal of the Department of English and communication is just this students in their development as articulate and effective speakers and writers of English and a foster in them and appreciation of classic and contemporary literature this year our recipient in which is a student who has demonstrated excellence in the development of all of these qualities is someone who has had a positive impact in our classrooms and with their peers first degree in excel in the English classroom or in eighth and every semester of every course the zoomit completed not only the four required courses through the honours and Advanced Placement track but the student also went beyond that and took dramatic literature film studies and winter expression along with AD literature during senior year although they're demonstrating her passion and interest in our content mr.
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Jia Kara's our Sabine's ap language teacher described a student as a natural student of literature in the humanities an enthusiastic learner who gravitates towards reading selections and writing projects that challenge one's intellectual level he said that when he spoke with the student about writing the student naturally disgusted as a tool for exploration of the abstract idea that lay beneath the various accents of our culture the student was described by multiple teachers as being a homo unassuming figure teacher said the student had a personal interaction ambition loved doing anything that we do in the classroom reading discussion writing but she also very much worked with her Paris naturally and engaged in the discussion they described the student as an ex collaborator in the classroom one who raised personal opinions to the table but always looks to incorporate everyone's ideas and voices mrs. Rubin who actually nominated this student also the head Nick Fletcher teaching student or Vedic literature and film studies this year and she said that the students critical analysis skills of writing are top-notch so that this students insightful curious money made her stand out right away the student's ability to ask probing questions and challenge norms was invaluable the classroom discussions mrs.
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Rubin was so impressed with the students abilities and insights as she asked the student to be a student director of the Black History played this year even though the student had zero experience with theatre the student did not hesitate she said yes immediately took on the opportunity to learn and grow and to expand her knowledge of theatre in the director's vision she took the lead and she did not disappoint me with gratitude appreciation of her genuine interest in her content as well as for her outstanding contributions to our English classes I enthusiastic this year's outstanding senior award [Applause] Williams finance partnership for example organ music performance it's with complete joy that I described in the present to you all here this evening our outstanding senior in music as a human the student body's the highest standards of ambassadorship and musicianship in every action taken this person represents family school and community through the carry interactions with every human being encountered this person is aware of self and others and is compassionate to those around in every situation it helps that this human is also a world class musician performing all styles of music at a high level an alto saxophone flute piccolo and earning his spot in the ilm be a dish about jazz bands in the fall of 2018 district 1 is one of the most competitive jazz districts in Illinois with nine students are in spots out of more than 60 audition candidates as a leader decision is unparalleled and calm demeanor affability and a positively infectious attitude these traits inspire all those around him to a high level of performance and frankly to a higher level of human interaction as a performer in the marching arts this student is grown artistically in both fall and winter stretching performance talents and skills to participation in our winter guard the student has a wonderful sense of humor another trait which increases his affability with everyone he honors I'll be extremely proud to one day call him a professional college next year he will study music education in Illinois State University please join me in congratulating Year 2019 an outstanding senior music [Applause] [Music] it is with extreme exuberance that presented describe to you this evening our 2019 outstanding visual arts senior this new displays the traits of creativity organization drive and intelligence in exceptional ways day in and day out in multiple art courses the thought of kindness that accompanies every human interaction it makes the time the students better itself even more remarkable visual art is not the only academic area in which the students plays excellence in fact each and every academic subject is treated with curiosity and diligence a daily schedule that's loaded to capacity is navigated with success because of distinct skills the student has with time management with self-awareness part of the impressive time management includes planning works of art in extreme detail creating sketches researching theories and ideas and exploring how the purpose of the piece connects holistically to learning into life the sense of curiosity planning and research will be a part of the fabric of ongoing success of this new departure from South High School the student continually serves as a resource and inspiration to other students providing technical feedback thoughtful conversation and ideas of inspirational work the feedback loop goes both ways for this student as she continually seeks feedback from others when considering the work of art great issue from all sides it's a combination of all these traits that will continue to pay the pathway of success for the students UT parts of South High School next year she'll attend Williams College studying something interdisciplinary that will likely clewd art or art history please join me in congratulating you 2019 outstanding visual arts here [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is with an extended condition that I described and present to your outstanding performing arts senior the student is renowned for passionate involvement in all aspects of theatrical production in the classroom - both on and off the stage intentional immersion that anything created that related to theatre is a hallmark the student leaves in the theater classroom again Salim this passion and immersion is bathed in humility there's no aspect of the and reproduction not worthy of consideration or supreme effort it is unique combination of passion humility and complete immersion that led to a trajectory of ongoing growth as a performing artist innovation will lean class warmups is founded in deeper connections for the participants innovation and set design is founded not in the coolness of the design but in the versatility provided to the performers into the production artistic depth and insight is leveraged to challenge both patrons and performers to an unparalleled in consideration of the human condition as the theatrical journey of the student continues this and passionate involvement will continue to benefit more and more people as a circle of artistic influence expands whether stage managing a restaurant whether directing her acting whether building or designing the genuine love of theater amazing attitude the decedent student is what makes her stand out next year she will continue her study of Performing Arts studying theater and film studies at Illinois State University please join me in congratulating Year 2019 outstanding performing height senior Delaney [Applause] it is my pleasure to set tonight's Award for outstanding senior mathematics the student behind her has excelled the honors math classes - all four years at TGS you're doing with math three honors as a freshman a culminating in calculus 3 - North Central College this past fall these classes were completed with a math class GPA of 4.6 in addition this individual has been a four-year member of the math team for DTS now it goes without saying all of the students in this room have an abundance of work to complete both in and out of the classroom you are all involved in numerous clubs sports and activities that take a credible amount of dedication an organization to manage our awardee is built different mrs.
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car painter man team head coach describes our honoree is an active leader of the team who's highly respected among his teammates and mr. King a math coach and his BC calculus teacher describes his student as genuinely interested in understanding the mathematics that he was being taught not simply interested in a news many points as possible however beyond has worked in the classroom Maxine shares a trait with previous outstanding mastered Morgan says cherished by me above all others it is his willingness to volunteer time to help his peers as a to I mentioned that our awardee was in calculus 3 the course follows a college headman and that it does not every day mister clarin who was the students teacher for three years ago and for me that during days when calc 3 was not in session our recipient was a volunteer tutor in his honor freakout class this year the last two years he has also given over 140 hours of his time to help his fellow Mustangs in the math Resource Center through both of these endeavors the student is given approximately two hundred 200 hours of his time to help others get through their own mathematics difficulties it is undeniable that this recipient tonight's award justifiably could have used these resource time and off days and count 3 to focus on his own work in fact we all live commended him for being so dedicated to his studies or he chose to give to others instead and still found time to excel at his own endeavors is because of this work both in and out of the classroom his dedication to his classmates that I am truly honored to present tonight's Award for outstanding senior mathematics [Applause] [Music] please welcome to the podium mr.
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Scott Lang while the chairperson for physical education education good evening everyone it is my great honor to introduce the outstanding senior award for the physical education department for the 2018-2019 school year in order to be considered for this honor a student must first be recommended in to our leaders program as a freshman once they are chosen from our leaders trainee class they then must lead for at least four semesters and receive all A's as our winner has accomplished all of these feats and also demonstrated excellent communication skills athleticism the ability to help others and a willingness to assist teachers they have truly stood out amongst an incredible class of senior leaders one of their former teachers had this to say there is someone that always takes time for others every day they bring their positive outlook to class someone who is always ready to help talk or just listen to their fellow students another teacher had this to share their daily initiative attitude and interactions with the students in class they provide an atmosphere for learning for the students that fosters independence maximizes participation and encourages students to challenge themselves personally I have not had the pleasure to have the student as one of my leaders however I have had the opportunity to see them lead for other teachers and witness all of the extra things that they do to go above and beyond the expectations of our PE leaders they have an energy and enthusiasm that is contagious their ability to lead is natural and their willingness to put in the extra work is unmatched in my opinion he exemplifies what it means to be a student leader it is my distinct pleasure to recognize this year's outstanding physical education Award recipient [Applause] [Music] [Applause] described as a cooperative reliable kind-hearted and open-minded student I'm told that our Faculty's expectations for this young scientists future successes are boundless before we look to the future let me tell you a little bit more about what the student has accomplished during the past four years this science scholar consistently demonstrates his superb ability to understand advanced high-level scientific concepts he's great attention to detail when hearing out experience and works fluently with technology and data analysis in April he presented for the second time at the is used in research symposium current President of the DGS research Club this has conducted independent scientific research in both the fields of chemistry and physics he worked in conjunction with Lewis University graduate students for the last two years focused on enhanced water remediation with the potential to provide clean water to developing countries he is a leader in the green energy engineering Club and of our dgs cork neck team performing modern particle physics research in collaboration with Fermilab he was described as both a mathematic and a scientific type II yet each of his teachers shared examples of how he helped disappears whenever possible in the classroom as a peer tutor and even at the Museum of Science and Industry said before it's difficult not to be excited about the students future his more immediate future includes special access to Fermi's Minos tunnel to conduct an additional muon testing soon after that graduation and then off to the University of Illinois to major in material science we are confident that his natural abilities his strong understanding of the way the physical world works and his intellectual curiosity will all contribute to successes well beyond what any of us can imagine I'm proud to announce that this year's recipient for the outstanding senior in Science Award [Applause] presenting the award for social studies Esposito there's incredible importance of teaching our young people to be critical and analytical thinkers but there is a unbelievable importance to teaching them to be critical and pathetic and involve members of our society our recipient of the outstanding senior award has developed and demonstrated these skills and dispositions over the last four years in impressive ways our standing senior is someone teachers described as thoughtful a one who plays attention to the world around them one teacher noted that this student presented well-developed ideas and reflected on material in class another carried the sentiment forward by explaining how she or he were they was mindful of those in the room taking account of the positions and feelings of others another theme that emerged when discussing our outstanding senior teachers is that this person is a truly good student she or he were they our describe Miss Marian Athos as an excellent student because of the way they both understood the material and because of how this student made it a point to help peers in class that we're struggling to grab some concepts this kindness and selflessness transferred outside of the classroom as demonstrated by involvement and snobol is both a participant and your leader each year we're presenting this award especially in the years and where I have not caught the recipient I asked myself what makes this student outstanding social study student it took no time at all to find the answer to this question when hearing from his rubbing she explained that he is someone who has genuine interest in learning and I am impressed by how much knowledge is gained on our political system growth from his hard work in class and reading on his own he is a critical reader who thinker and does exactly what we want our social studies students to do be curious make connection and challenges thinking miss Polti she further described him as someone who was willing to challenge other students assumptions and anon had the serial manner to help push their thinking and mr.
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Crider talked about him in awe as one of his top AP US history students our outstanding senior has taken 11 semesters of social studies over the last four years it was an important member of the 2018 my campaign a mock debate for the Caxton campaign he currently serves as co-president of both politics Club and Model United Nations ladies and gentlemen our outstanding [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the Department of Special Services is proud to recognize our choice for outstanding senior tonight Trista bran has spent the last four years developing and embracing the skills needed to achieve success both in and out of the classroom this student utilizes them to supports available in school to achieve at a high level when I asked teachers to describe the student the words motivated intelligent involved positive hardworking and self-advocate were few the adjectives shared our outstanding senior has a genuine care for others this individual is always respectful of staffing students and will help others at any cost the hard work of this individual has helped to push and encourage others to reach their fullest potential our outstanding senior has taken time to understand their learning style and make decisions on how to approach classes based upon this information the outstanding special services senior excels in the classroom he manages his time well and recognizes the importance of persistence and in his work he prepares for assessments and truly shows the desire to master the daily learning targets regularly reflecting on his understanding additionally this student works well in group settings he's not afraid to ask questions or offer ideas he treats his teachers and classmates with kindness and care he is the positive role model for others in the class and approaches his work with a positive attitude in addition to his current academic load and ggs the student spends half of his day at the Technology Center for 2-page taking classes in computer information systems and game design he is involved in many extracurricular opportunities including Spanish club Adventure Club and Caribbean soul our ups evening senior is able to manage all of these classes and activities while still demonstrating a strong work ethic the recipient of this award embodies what it means to be an outstanding special services student and that news this love advocate and a role model for fellow classmates he advocates for himself and others around him he is always reflective he understands recognizes and appreciates the sacrifices his parents have made to allow him to receive the education that he has he respects his parents were motivating him and pushing him to work harder which gave him the individual determination to be the best and everything that he has done after graduating from diverse works of high school the student plans to attend to the College of DuPage and is considering studying health information technology it is with great honor that I present the outstanding senior for the DGF special services department [Applause] last but certainly not least [Applause] there are many students that have the talent desire to learn another language appreciating the value of being able to communicate with people in other countries and understand their cultures admirable it is less common however it who had the privilege to teach a student is passionate ambitious and hardworking as this year's outstanding senior in world languages well the department gets together it isn't always easy to describe this year however it was different this senior was a shortest discussion I've had in my 12 years at TGS the name was mentioned and everyone agreed that hands down this student was the worthiest of the award the student has shown great enthusiasm wrote the passion and dedication in his or her studies of languages academically the students strive to study languages is more than impressive she has studied two languages in our program Spanish and German her motivation to move forward in German is extraordinary she said in a German one class for no credit and began participating as sure by other student soon she was getting perfect scores on assessments she continued with German courses and is now in a team in addition she demonstrated her ambition in languages by continuing from Spanish through regular to AP Spanish there are a few students who continue to AP Spanish without the preparation of the three honors course let alone accelerate her language teachers were described her as thoughtful insightful methodical and discipline her Spanish new teachers - no - fern said she is one of the brightest I've known in my time as a Spanish teacher and his distinguished amongst her peers in our department we really had students take more than one language she is not only taking two languages but excelling in two AP language courses at the same time and what is even more amazing that she is also she also speaks fluent Spanish so that is four languages perform in German teacher frost at said she is a study in contrasts in the best possible way while she tends to be quiet and reserved she is very much nervous taker and upbeat supporter of her cares to find an eight-year-old who is calm intelligent poised well-rounded and diligent is rare to find one who is also a pleasure to work with and helpful to other students is rare to find all of that in a young lady who also speaks four languages is truly exceptional this dynamic and bright young woman plans to use her high school studies and cultural experiences to continue studying language in the college and incorporate them into her future career international relations for her passion to learning and desire to pursue her love for and talent in languages this year's outstanding senior in languages [Applause] please join [Applause] puppeteers for photos and I would like to extend my thank you to all of you for your patience and attending the ceremony tonight seniors recognized your awards are in the cafeteria please pick them up when you proceed to a reception we had refreshments in the cafeteria for all please join us thank you again [Applause] you
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chairman allison buck placed her Deborah of Mexico here Commissioner Joe not copy here Colleen Crawley here David Esau here John tarski yeah any discussion of the agenda next we have public comment then we have approval of the minutes from March 6 2019 thank you David second second any discussion I'm not sure how public comment could be approved as presented that small change please just deleting approved as presented any other comments questions all right so should we move to approve with that amendment so move all in favor aye all right fabulous and was that just for the amendment or was that for the whole thing oh the whole thing about we can move to do the that debate to the vice chair I said approve as amended with the amendment and actually one of the things that we might want to think about adopting is that if somebody offers an amendment it could be offered as a friendly amendment to be just accepted by those that first moved and seconded and so if not then you actually have to go on and actually vote on that particular part so I we did it as a friendly amendment which is great we have lots of friendly very friendly thank you for keeping us so next we have our report from chair and I have a couple things to report out about things that have been going on in the interim between our last meeting Deb and I met with Robert Keller who is the communication specialist at the city and he provided us a long list of the various ways the city communicates with the public through email blasts through social media through their website etc they have some newsletters and that was a very promising conversation where we can tie in our messaging into those outlets some make more sense than others obviously like the water related stuff might not make sense unless it's a project that's water related the one caveat being that any of our communication has to be directly related to a city project we can't wiggle like and say even this artist who this piece here is doing this work now in this other city those kinds of communications are outside the realm I have to be very specific to specific pieces that are within our collection but you know even having that outlet of communication to talk about our current collection is great so we're excited about that we're also going to be doing some scheduling some smaller meetings with probably two to three people at a time with robert directly so you can get that full list look that over talk to him and that's about what that means get some media training while we're there get more information from him it'll be just a really great training and informational so we'll be reaching out to you guys to schedule those depending on what works for you guys and for Robert promoting other art that exists in the city it has to be within the city collection it can't be privately funded project that's happening we can't hype that up no and that's more of like their general purview I mean they can't even talk about transportation projects that are outside of there so it's had a question well it wasn't a question it was a comment but given that there are opportunities to perhaps if we are working in partnership with the organization that is promoting that particular piece of art then we have that angle that connects us to that particular piece so I think that what it is is just that we want to make sure that we are connecting in positive ways with the city's mission as well as with the work of this commission and so it's not it wasn't a hard-and-fast but it was something that we want to consider if we're going to put something forward to through these communication channels and sometimes there's like a little bit of wiggle room as far as you know being able to share someone else's communication something perhaps if it's somehow connected so but those are kind of the intricacies that we can talk directly with Robert about and see how we best fit to taiented to Deb's comment that we we are tasked with promoting public art in the ordinance in public spaces and if you if you read that mission it's pretty broad it's basically we are tasked with encouraging art in public spaces and not just the city purchasing art so that in fact the council wants us to do that it then seems reasonable to me that we would it would be reasonable to promote a broader sort of public art than just city-owned but well I think that one of the things that we have is we have a number of ways that we would communicate with the public there are certain things that the city has in place that are for very specific purposes but as we as we are sitting right here we have the bully pulpit to be able to say pretty much anything that we would like to around that public art mission as commissioners and it's just that there are certain channels that won't be open to us in quite the same way and so I think you're absolutely right we do have that mission and it's and that's that's this great venue that we have fear and the we can actually speak directly to the public as well and I think just first figuring out how to use those systems to communicate about our current collection and then we can move forward with trying to figure out how we can get to that broader mission so this is a first step and I'm pretty excited that we had that conversation got some great information about our website and how we can add information to that so it was a great first step in moving forward with our community and being related to the city in that way because that was an issue I mean I haven't been here for a little bit because I've been working with the Human Rights Commission I apologize in fact I'll have to leave here you know about eight o'clock to go join that meeting but when I joined this Commission liaison a few months ago yeah on that now times flying communication was an issue the source of great frustration so I talked with you know folks in the legal department I talked with staff and I've asked if we can kind of open these channels you know it can't be so constrictive and so but they treat this commission just like all other boards and commissions and they all you know go back to that you know golden book that's got all the rules in it and Christopher frost who's in the legal department is the one that you know handles mostly these issues when there are any kind of questions so I guess you know it's kind of you know there's gonna be some gray area obviously always but I think Deb you made a great point if it's before working with another artist it's not part of the you know city's collection then yes that kind of Association may be permissible you know that day I would just check with our legal department real quick and you know case by case see what happens yep so additionally um just that meeting Chris Taylor our mayor reached out to me twice with two different initiatives that he's looking to us to help them out with which is why on your agenda you see um the addition of a couple working groups so I just wanted to introduce those two items now the first item we had actually sort of talked about a little bit ourselves but is the gallery here that's in our city chambers our council chambers the agreement for that came up and they've renewed with the Arts Center and he's asking us to work with them to offer feedback and work on the following how to and promotion of the gallery and its exhibits and how to theme the exhibits to align more plainly with the civic nature of council chambers so I think this is exactly what we are hoping to be able to do to help shape this and so one of the things that we have on our agenda today is forming a working group to work on specifically that and he followed up with another email about the second floor photographic representation we have on the wall known as know your history the intent behind the project it has you know pictures of mayors and administrators but it doesn't adequately reflect every honor the full scope of our community and hoping that we can come up with a way to show the more diverse community that we represent on that wall so that group will also look at that and sort of try to figure out how we can boost that yeah I know the mayor is very interested in that getting that area outside live and up and so for sure that'd be a great great project that would probably mean a lot of support and in terms of the art in the gallery here and then a council chambers I did mention it at our last council meeting unfortunately didn't have the artists name with me at the time so didn't have time to go check and I'm still not sure who it is yet it's really cool I really enjoy it and how long is it up for at a time you know just a month because the last time the last artists had their work up there longer than that I think that may have just been a scheduling issue okay yeah they were at the end of their contract so it might have been related to that so yeah okay great thanks just a quick clarification so that the end of Art Center is rotating these two spaces already the end of Art Center is this yes of picking the artist and rotating it specifically this yeah and so our involvement would be to work with the art center to diversify the to sit down with them evaluate the program and it was this past year give them feedback and then also think about ways that it can be promoted more either through our channels or through their channels it's the photographic wall though with the Art Center no that's oh it's just this space but both of those projects are gonna go in the same working group and then also work with the Art Center to do those themes that were okay the third thing I wanted to report out about we invited the Art Center to come and present about the art that is up today unfortunately no one was able to come they're putting up a exhibit themselves at their space currently so they're all involved in that but they did send over a description which I'd like to share and and is it possible to actually get the camera on the art while we're talking about it that would be yeah it'd be great if we could maybe zoom in on that yeah that's perfect and actually if he could even get closer that would be fantastic if we could pan I don't know what your capabilities are well there's the panning that's good oh there we go we're moving in all right this is our intrepid camera people in the booth are doing a great job here so yeah thank you so much okay so this artist is Michael cool Oh ga ga ga RG or ILO so I'm sorry I don't but a Royal Oak Michigan artist the artist statement throughout history humankind has buried buried the dead beneath mounds of Earth creating memorials to their ancestors buried beneath and within mounds one finds the discarded mementos of everyday experience in this body of work I am considering the weights of these collective contributions buried the modern man as they grow into new and mysterious forms and icons of modernity throughout this body of work I'm interested in the interplay of material and content there is direct relationship between my memories of compacted trash and the use of palette knife and glass to drag paint across a surface while this can create a vibrant blending of colors in the case of mound Excel it also has a potential for creating a sludge in the case of mound Excel - this fudge is not unlike that found in the back of a garbage truck I wrote in as a child with my uncle memory and process become one within this body of work so the artist by always born in Fort Lauderdale Florida as a painter and printmaker received MFA from Boston University BFA from Southern Methodist University in Dallas has received honors and awards for his work and has been included in several juried exhibitions nationally he's currently teaching at Saginaw Valley State University and Oakland University since arriving in Michigan in 2011 he has maintained an active studio practice most recently exhibiting his work in fosston Michigan Louisiana and Texas they also include a brief description about this city gallery it's an in collaboration of the city of Ann Arbor the Ann Arbor Art Center presents rotating exhibit exhibitions in the city council chambers each exhibition highlights the talent and creativity of local and regional artists to inquire about purchasing artwork please contact the Art Center so it's nice to have that information and share that out with everyone hopefully we can get them to come and present in future meetings but and I just wanted to say that and we really appreciate the work that was done by CTN to get the pieces up on the camera this evening but in person these pieces just sing the surfaces are really well worked and well constructed the colors are great and so if you are here at the city hall and just a moment it's well worth your time to just step up and see these pieces up close the final thing I have to report to you guys is that I'm excited to let you know that Bonita has hired someone to do our inventory process she's finished all the interviews and she's hired olivia Pierce who's joining us tonight and I just like Olivia to step up to the podium tell us a little bit about yourself please I am Olivia I'm currently a mom currently it's gonna be a senior at Eastern and I'm a history and geography major so I'm working on the Ann Arbor story map so like people can look at their phones and see where all the Ann Arbor Art is located and you can see pictures and descriptions of it and like a little about the artist and see where everything is so yeah thank you does anyone have any questions for Olivia well we have her here so will this be more than just on phones can we yeah well you could see it on like computers and then all devices all devices is this on the storymap platform the ArcGIS platform Oh fantastic it would just be well we have like the base layer right now and we're just gonna make it more like user friendly and like at all the pictures and excellent and that and that flat platform if if our project is picked as one of their gallery projects would actually be seen around the world so yeah yeah it's a really cool so was the process for documenting the public art collection here going to be going on to this story yes yes because we we already have like a list of all the public art in Ann Arbor and we're like going around and taking pictures and in getting like information about the artist and the art work and writing descriptions for it and also like seeing the conditions of the art and stuff so and this goes beyond the city collection or just the city it's just the commissioned city collection well if you have any questions for us feel free to reach out to us as well Vanina has all of our contact the list that you talked about could you share them with your Commission so we have a list of all the art oh yeah sure excellent so is this a city project it's Public Works and public administration as a matter of fact this is the in the [Laughter] in turn that was promised great thank you thank you so much excited to have you all right next on the agenda is new business the addition of new workgroups so we're creating two working groups you might see today that David Xin and [Music] Connie is not here with us anymore they both decided to end their time and move on so we need to find a couple more commissioners so this working group would be the people who would be responsible for selecting people going to talking to them about the commitment and all that so does anyone want to volunteer to participate on madam chair that I'm wondering if the work group in this respect could be the the chair in the vice chair and and I'd be willing to serve as the former chair and I think that that if the work group was open enough to invite any suggestions from any of the commissioners that my experience you know in that chair seat that you understand the Commission how it works and and how to best present it to someone to recruit someone so that's would be my recommendation but of course and I'm I'm willing to volunteer myself and I think if anyone wants to participate in the process I've open to you participating we've already emailed to send ideas and names and things Robert Keller as well as publishing that and getting it out Oh about you know through our channels we didn't talk about that but it's a great idea yeah pump that out there good use of that yeah yeah because um you know while we are looking to recruit commissioners it's also an process of application and so we certainly welcome anyone who might be interested to put forward such an application and that can be found on the city's website you know they might stumble across another border Commission we're looking for you know there's a lot of agencies I know a lot of these in so I mean at least we should put it on our website and perhaps um think about well it's certainly an open process and I think the application is open at all times we might want to sort of think about what that framework we would like to sort of have people consider and apply in so great so the three of us can meet and talk about that um the other working group that we need to get some members for is the one I talked about previously working with the Art Center and the council chambers gallery as well as coming up with a recommendation for a plan for the photographic wall here on the second floor so anyone who's interested in participating in said group John thank you I can participate as well great thank you guys um we don't actually have to vote to form the group so I asked Chris about that so just we all agree we want to do it that's great old business three three items to report from the staff this stadium bridge class has been panels have been replaced the I want to jump to the third item the Jewett memorial chairs the claire de s-- will be on site tomorrow to work at the citing placing the chairs in their permanent location and the last item is the canoe fan at the last city council meeting council directed mr.
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[Music] you all right good afternoon these Donuts parents papers community we're glad that you're out here will the stop could everyone please stand and welcome our graduating seniors [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] alright did everyone please remain standing as we go ahead and have the Pledge of Allegiance it's my honor to introduce a graduating senior Jason Nebraska he's going to do 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 [Applause] [Music] [Applause] all right as principal sundown mountain I really want to welcome everyone here today to this very special event starting with our parents their community and our district the site investigated their representatives in particular I'd like to welcome our distinguished guests the board members to my right here I have Tracy [Applause] and this we appreciate you will represent in the district all right to my right I also have some distinguished members out my audience these are district directors court staff high school principals assistant principals counselors and we appreciate their opportunity to be here today and ensure this event so Vanessa and lastly but certainly not least it's we'd like to thank the teacher the support staff the counselors everyone that really makes Sun down mountain the special place it is let's give them a nice round of applause I also want to give a special shout-out to the spines and her students our town hall students that how to decorate this place also mr.
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at this time I'd like to call to order this regular meeting of the Dysart Unified School District let the record reflect that all board members are present with the exception of J Leonard please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance okay today we're gonna start our meeting with a public hearing public hearing for fiscally we let's open it up for a public hearing if it needs but the public would like to make any comments this is their opportunity anybody wishing to address the board can do so at this time we'll give it about two minutes madam president for clarification this is an invitation to address the board with regards to the budget on our website so I encourage everybody to go there if they look they look and email if they have any further questions and just for clarification when this budget when this item comes up for voting item later in the evening there'll be no additional comments at that time having seen no one approaching the border this time we'll go ahead and move forward with the rest of the agenda next we will move to we'll begin our regular meeting moving to item C agenda form an approval of the agenda form I move the board approve this agenda form consistent with governing board policy and temporarily suspend any policy with was just agenda may be inconsistent do I have a second second motion made by Christine Pritchard seconded by Jen Tanner please cast your votes motion carries next we will move to agenda item D recognitions and celebrations dr.
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good morning big Hollow today is mates out of 2013 it was 158 day of school this is WV 18 is I am wrong and I'm Stella today for lunch Derby chicken strips sweet potato tops cauliflower blueberries cookie and tomorrow for breakfast though many waffle sausage buddy brush apples orange juice ago we have some fried celebrating birthdays faith came Sydney how supper celebrating birthdays this weekend gave me an O and jump the job taught me Amos in this building we have gone to the office to pick out a rectangle yesterday's comes that question was the lottery is a hybrid animal created by mixing a line drive an animal the answer is Tiger the winner is Logan to you over come to the office to pick up your pride today's fun fact question is a marine biologist and the scientists have studies organisms that live where remember to write your answer daily and include your name and class we have a special event we have PVD is footage with a month of April the classroom start will contest where those are second grade third place mr.
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Lazarus which then falls to staff to see if the canoe fan is still available for purchase if it is so yeah it was you know everyone looks kind of surprised here thank you I was hoping to see that lushly many sponsors yeah exactly councilmember Lum sponsored by councilmember Eaton response to brought resolution that I think passed almost unanimously it was wasn't close it was 10 1 or 11 nothing to enter negotiations to purchase it I know that Commission here voted 9 nothing not to entertain and so there's a lot of you know speculation as to why that was the case and I think I articulated why this Commission thought and that wasn't here I don't think when you I'm gonna miss that meeting so I just kind of didn't to speak to much but I would like to hear what you you all think of your position and that hopefully maybe I was right and then answer your questions on that but I also was in talks with staff prior to this resolution to talk with the artists about purchasing it so you know there was there was resolutions going back and forth on this one to instruct the artists to come pick it up ASAP and then another one to enter negotiations so I voted for it to enter negotiations in fact I was trying to begin those before the resolution was even passed so but for a price I think less than what the artist was asking for initially so the artist has responded that there is a community college in Indiana or somewhere it might have been interested in it and they were supposed to get back to the city by now I'm surprised we haven't heard anything yet maybe we have and I just haven't heard it yet that whether that Community College would would want to purchase it and we so she knows what we're interested and I guess now even more since that resolution was passed so we'll know soon on whether the fate of the canoe fan because council member LOM and councilmember eating especially alum you know thinks it's a iconic and I and when in a lot of us do and I agree with her it's an iconic feature of Gala Park and that it would be sad to see it go so I'll entertain questions in comments so Ally just so we're clear in the meeting minutes from last meeting there's a full page on our discussion about which pretty clearly articulates the full conversation but I'm just gonna read the last portion so while canoe fan piece has been enjoyed for many years by the residents of the community the anti Republic Art Commission recommends that the city attorney allow the lease to expire and that miss fuller which she retrieved this piece at her cost by the contract end date it is the position of the Ann Arbor Public Art Commission that due to limitations on funding and in an effort to maintain a conservative approach with regards to art in the city of Ann Arbor not to purchase the piece the artwork will be missed as for several years the community has enjoyed and inspiring an uplifting piece of public art within the city of Ann Arbor so you know very clearly it's not that we don't like the work and that we don't love having it here it's just that we have been trying to be very fiscally responsible and conservative and our approach to public art and that our understanding there wasn't funding for purchasing such a piece so it could not make a responsible recommendation to buy work with money that we don't have which is why that and this is because of recent discussions on council regarding funding public art I think that had an influence but I think just in general the public art Commission doesn't have a budget so we can't allocate funds for purchasing art and make a recommendation for purchasing something without having any formal paying yeah are you pleasantly surprised at the resolution passed are you I mean I think if the city can find money to buy the work that would be fabulous we would love to keep the piece here the piece it was just a case of the artist having done pretty much everything wrong Oh developing a very nice piece of artwork just mistake the process and so it was really hard to recommend paying her to kind of get her out of her mistakes madam chair I I would like to pick up on on what you and David have said I think everyone would like to have the piece of art stay but I really haven't seen a majority on council encourage us encourage this commission to actually go out and and suggest purchases are quite the contrary so I think what we have as diplomatically as possible said that we are trying to respect that and that we are trying to recommend projects that are incorporated and capital projects that could have a budget and that possibly could use the same materials there building bridges and walls with and fashioning them creatively okay what if the if the council would like us to in fact find artwork and they're willing to fund it I think we are ready and willing to do so so I applaud those commissioners those council members and I look forward to working with them to find other artwork that could be as equally as iconic as the fan well I mean again I'm just the liaison I'm glad well what I heard just heard is what I said at Council on Monday and if anyone listened and watched the meeting you'll see and go back and watch it if you haven't and I do actually to see what I said and so so I'm glad I captured that essence and you know the the council members that brought this resolution to Council one has repeatedly you know it's said that the ordinance itself needs work you know they want to work on the ordinance of the Art Commission and the other council member will say that we're not gonna just give you money and say go find our tie you'll have to have to go back and listen to the reasoning but I can't speak for for others but I think it is worth sitting down it's obviously a moment of optimism and hope and if we can just kind of capitalize on that I think we'll find greater success but I'm excited that it's actually working out we'll see what the artist comes back and says we might you know not have a choice on this one but at least I know where this Commission is and why it chose to vote the way it did and I know why that council voted the way it does but it needs to send you a clearer message and work on and work on that message I'm excited that they love the piece and want to see it today yeah I mean Jane was sending us photographs on Saturday like with kids playing on it and people taking pictures of it with them and she was kind of excited about the idea of keeping it you know it gal Park and thinks it'll be really missed if it's if it's not there I think it's an exciting testament to the power of public art in our community and I think that if we can continue to promote the pieces we have sharing pictures of how people interact with them and just the joy that they really bring all these different spaces I think we can continue to bring more support to the Commission and just to our art collection and how we want to continue to promote this in our community because it's transformative and I think that we could gain even more support you know if we continue to share how that's happening with all these different pieces and thank you for representing us at that meeting and you know I hope that they didn't take that as us not being supportive of the piece responsible yeah and I respect that and that's and I saw that and that's without seeing the minutes here you and so I'm glad that's that's what what I said on Monday and I you know came at a good time so so you know it's good it reminds us that you know sometimes you know good things happen you know for different reasons if you start off and you think you got your heart set on this and it but sometimes the best things happen when you you don't intend for that it perhaps in this case this canoe thing was we'll see I don't wanna jinx it I am known to jinx things but you know it's not the contract was kind of butchered and and this and that whatever but yet we have something that everyone likes thank you you all should have the report that was circulated via email and I believe the NIDA included it in the agenda basically we we wanted to zero in on how we can in fact promote our existing artwork that and do it simply in a way that could also be flexible enough to be expanded and incur and include not just fine artworks owned by the city but also cultural assets including historic exhibits and possibly sustainability kinds of things that are part of the city's culture which is really what public art you know is all about so the art this particular group has met on several times and they're made up of Colleen Crowley Allison and myself that I have reached out to Don Hammond because he is the primary graphic designer for the historic streaks of a program which is very successful and has become iconic and has sorely missed if it would be removed and he has some interesting insights valuable ones that I've listed both in this one and and in and the previous report that I submitted on behalf of the working group basically what he's recommending is three parts a physical label at the work of art and how we define the work of art could be expanded whenever we choose to but start with our iconic pieces maybe the fan the canoe fan in Gallup Park that that label would simply state the name the title of the work the artist and possibly the date and also have a QR code that QR code could take the visitor the user to a website and that website could be any number of things it could also allow the city to allow art to be accessible to those with disabilities so that's not another advantage that that this particular aspect of the of the project would have in addition to that he's recommended some kind of a print a card a brochure whatever but three components so the the the the label would be at the site of the artwork a card could be electronically shared with various folks throughout town conventions and Visitors bureaus cafes things like that that they could incorporate it within their own sort of a promotional material and both of those would have QR codes that would allow the user to go to a website and have an expanded information base so I've listed a number of advantages they they're they're pretty obvious that you know we need more accessibility to our cultural assets this is a way to do it defining it more as a cultural asset as opposed to fine art could bring in a lot more stakeholders including this historic straight exhibit program Rader considers those pieces public art well we can welcome that into this particular way of promoting public art Don recommends that the first step is to bring these together into what he calls a proof-of-concept mock-up so it's basically what does it look like and how is it look tied together a simple mock-up of a label a mock-up of a card and a mock-up of a homepage and one page of a website but just get the design together so that you can show people that that could be done in-house if it's if if the city feels comfortable enough that the work group wants to emphasize that this particular promotional piece is actually going to be a part of our cultural assets so it just really needs to look good and that that he believes that this this this proof-of-concept mock-up would cost less than three thousand dollars if it was done professionally and it could probably be some measure in between that if it was in court if it was a part of the city the city wants to do a part of this that I mentioned the collaborators that when you get this a digital sort of component and we start identifying collaborators and sharing them this brings in more stakeholders so that they can the hands-on museum can be promoting public art while it's promoting its museum the coffee shops can be promoting public art while they're promoting their new drink that as well as those stakeholders for cultural assets as I mentioned the historic Street exhibit program and you know the live roof that we have right out here it's unique in terms of sustainability and it is it's not fine art but it certainly speaks to who we are as a city a cultural asset our rain gardens these are things that are a part of our culture they could be incorporated in some way and should be as a broad menu of of assets so our working group recommends that this Commission ask these tips the staff to explore producing a proof-of-concept mock-up for an artwork label printed card and web page either in-house or outsourced to local graphic designers to to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of producing the final elements either in-house or outsourced to local fabricators so this is a first step in exploring what the city can do and how it can do it and maybe putting some kind of a cost attached to it I would make that as a motion from our work group so what I'm first recommending that the staff explore producing a proof of concept however either in-house or outsource it to someone an RFP however they want to do it we have an estimate that it would cost less than $3,000 in addition to that evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of producing the elements of this mock-up the final project either in-house or outsource so what I'm proposing the Commission ask staff is to start thinking about this thinking first of all actually do a a mock up of a proof of concept second start exploring whether or not the city could fabricate the signs or could actually do the kinds of web work that would be necessary could create kind of the the digital brochure sort of thing the city has a communication department they have a two million dollar budget they have professional folks here they may not be have the time along with a whole lot of other things to do it so I totally understand that they have a sign shop but that's I don't I don't know those issues and I don't think our Commission should know them all we are asking is let's move this forward the way to move it forward is to develop a mock-up of a proof-of-concept we've done all the work for all the good reasons we have put forward whether that this should be done that Don Hammond is recommending that you know the next step is is to get something that you can look at to see how this looks and and at the same time start thinking about who can fabricate this or does the city want to take this fabrication out or not so I have a question and this is great because we certainly want labels that are able to interface well with the public it's going to promote our work and it may actually also eventually have some links to the online story map project as well have you or is part of this research into what these might be in other communities are there such uniform labeling with the QR codes so that maybe we could have a jumping-off point for this the city to sort of be thinking about because if it's been tested someplace else because he sits out in the weather and you know it's you know how it would be great to have a couple of examples of that to help them sort of see what it is that we're sort of heading for so I was just wondering if you had done some of that research yet or no if that could be part of this sort of thinking about it it could be but I think our work group has spent the time it can - I wouldn't know who to call and I'm not interested in calling anybody to find out I do know there are QR codes I go to Chicago I go everywhere I see QR codes and Kroger's so I know that this works I know it's seen I've seen it outside the QR codes not the issue right we can we can have a QR code for this meeting right right now but I think it's just thinking what that if there are some examples of what this signage can look like then we can actually move in a little faster I think toward you know what we might actually want this reinventing the wheel if somebody else have it rained on and snowed on and pleated on and so then we could just take advantage of that well that could be a part then of staff exploring mm-hmm the second aspect of the civility the advantages and disadvantages produced in the elements in house or outsourcing several of the works do have labels so there is examples out there of different materials being used as labels I think part of this is making those cohesive and represent a more election more uniform having these you know if you see this label on something you immediately recognize that it's part of this other collection when you see those same types of labels throughout so there might already be examples from the current collection that could be looked at and say well this one really worked or this one we had replaced three times or whatnot additionally you know we have a very various collection so there's you know there's sculptures that are in the middle of plaza there are things attached to walls and so they require different types of signage so kind of looking to the city just sort of to figure out what works best because they have the most experience putting up signs throughout the city making science and so we're kind of looking to them to get feedback as well great beside what has been working what is not working what needs to be updated so she is looking at that - great she seems like a good partner for this as well yeah first of all since John made a formal motion I will second that just so we can actually yes so I did move that the Commission recommends staff and I read it so it's in the it's in the report the recommendations of port report I'm submitting it as a motion thank you for second David any other I'm having a hard time understanding what the card is is that one piece that covers all of the artworks or is that one piece for each artwork and if it's one piece for each artwork where would it be the card is more of like a informational piece that talks about the full collection it's more of a summary piece of what all these different cards are all the different labels so the project itself is gonna be all the cultural assets so it's basically a brochure for the city public art system saying that these labels exist saying that this website exists saying you should go check them out yeah a very general piece not an encyclopaedia of all of the artwork maybe a sample a couple examples and in in parts so that collaborators could take and pick whatever suits them but it would be promoting the idea that we do have public art and we do have labels and we do have ways of connecting to deeper information on the web I support the direction we're going with this I just have to remind the art commission that we don't have a budget for this type of work even if it's only 3000 we have scraped the corners of what art money we had to get the intern on board so going forward we'd have to look at how to do it when you talk of staff doing it basically it's Bonita and I if you're going to engage communication staff we have to have a funding source to pay for their labor because our on on board already doesn't mean they are funded to work on this project I do wonder um so there is a maintenance budget correct the maintenance of art within our collection is the responsibility of the host of the art I wonder if you know having a label that identifies the piece and the artist seems essential to the upkeep and if it could be somehow when you said do we have a maintenance budget I answered to you who maintains out I did not tell you there was a budget for me when a piece of art needs maintenance the host has to go find the money to do it and I guess I'm suggesting that maybe with this is one example of where we look to the hosts to provide the funding for the labels it's something we can definitely explore as to how we do this but I don't want you to think we're gonna charge off and do it immediately we're gonna have to first of all figure out how how the heck we pull the resources together to do it ma'am Jer speaking to mr.
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Dez who is our plant manager are also getting the lighting the computers all the different things to really get this event all right at this time it's my sincere pleasure to invite dr. quick khalasar superintendent that's right beautify school district to the podium but he's always been a very strong supporter of a set down mountain and it's a pleasure to have to speak to all of you today dr. Kelly we're gonna have to do this really is a very special day now I will be very honest to say nobody knows this more than the students in front of me yes I think a place in life and what are our objectives our academic speech we want to get to point A to point B and one thing that we don't often get is we think there's a lot of one way to get there and we have to take that one way I recently [Music] a trail of ants all the way down the hallway and went out the back door and through the back area so I washed it all up got rid of them and then within about five myths they came from a different direction and they found their way right back to the same spot that they wanted to get to they were determined that they were going to get to that plate of food that was all and nothing was gonna stop them so I would clean over there they come from a different person so the point here is that there's more than one cannot wait to get to our goal and the important part is the beatsie burger and what is being achieved here today is as important as any other student in the district who has achieved go graduation you are amazing the things that you have done is that the same level that the same intensity as anybody else and I respect you for that I applaud you for them to celebrate this day with you and I appreciate also the much support that has been given to you by the staff here at sundown one thing that has been said and really until you live it and when you talk about students that's often said they don't care how much you know until they know how much you care what that means is I can be brilliant in math that doesn't matter if the students that I'm teaching you don't think I care about them these folks here at Sunday on the staff administration and all the support they care actually I think I could use the word I think they loved me and they thought their heart their soul their sweat and tears into this work that they do that's pretty special you are special and it's not just those of us here who know that eternally behind - this place is packed for people who also care about - and excited about what you're eating congratulations to you we look forward to the baby dr.
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pellis Thank You Madame president members of the board and the members of cabinet as you can see this evening we have a spectacular presence of some amazing people our students our performers and those who have accomplished some great things over the last couple months this evening we would like to start with those recognitions and I will ask dr.
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