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ratification public meeting in our regular meeting for Wednesday November 13th 2024 we'll start off by opening up with our ratification public meeting Dr Brown yes I am going to um read the agreement between MTA and the board so create a tiered Mentor ECA system as as follows a mentor leader for 1,000 Mentor level one mentoring a teacher with over 5 years of experience but new to the corporation $250 Mentor level two mentoring a teacher with less than five years um a new to the corporation for a $500 stien and Mentor level three mentoring teacher going through Bloom board or a transition to teaching program for a stien of $750 also creating Dramatics evening programs for the junior high sixth grade two positions for $100 7th grade two positions for $100 eighth grade two positions for $100 adding Elementary Unified sports two positions at $518 removing the high ability coordinator from the scale because it's going to be paid through a grant adding the E coordinator one position for $650 adding a high school assistant swim coach for the boys and girls team um adding $234 to their entire pool for $ 4,832 is the total for their assistance dual credit $518 per person not per class compensation which is in appendix a we're addressing compression for years 1 through 20 as presented by our Administration with an average increase to the base of 3.3% and you can see the attached compression plan teachers with 21 plus years will get the average increase of $1,811 added to their base which is the average of all the increases and you again you can see that attached in the compression plan additionally all teachers will receive a $1,500 stien on top of those base increases for adding language to put deadlines into Lane change notifications so the first deadline is the first teacher day in August and the second deadline is the first teacher day in January for them to change lanes updating appendix A1 with the following note at the bottom A1 is used in instances where there are no teachers already employed with comparable experience in education SI day donation adding language um to allow unused sick days to be donated to the sick sick Bank upon retirement Insurance appendix B insurance premium holiday language will be added that explains how a premium holiday will be implemented in the event the school corporation's health insurance provider declares an insurance premium holiday in addition the school corporation has picked up the 2% premium increase in their health care costs so asking the board to approve um those changes okay thank you Dr Brown is there any public comment on the master teacher contract okay seeing none we'll move on to the vote entertain a motion to approve the collective bargain agreement with the Madison Teachers Association make a motion we approve 24103 with a motion do I have a second I'll second with a motion in the second is there any discussion see no discussion on signify by saying I I I any opposed motion passes okay at this point in time we will adjourn the ratification public meeting and call to order our regular meeting before we start I'd like to have a moment of silence in memory of former MCS board member Deborah dorton who recently passed away thank you I ask each of you to join me in the Pledge of Allegiance if you would please I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all thank you okay we have a couple of special recognitions tonight uh the person will be a seetal certification which is a certified education technology leader and if I have a representative from seed here could you step forward okay I'm a little shorter so um hi my name is Cassie Goin I'm a board member at the Indiana CTO Council which is the Indiana um Wing or branch of the um National Organization called Ken um which is the Consortium for school networking and Ken's purpose and our purpose in Indiana here is really to uh support Chief technology officers directors of technology and one of the ways that we've been doing that as an Indiana Board is um supporting and um providing professional development learning um to our Indiana Tech directors and CTO and one way we're acknowledging that and able to recognize them is through them taking the seetal examination and passing it and we like to come and talk a little bit about what that looks like I'll pass it off to Nick for him develop to develop that a little bit more um but we are super proud to honor Josh today with this certification thank you for your time tonight um the cedal certification has only been earned by a few Tech directors in the state and I'm a education technology director in Columbus Indiana uh also working with the board and state organization um and we just come from a lot of backgrounds so I was a science teacher 10 years ago um and Josh has different backgrounds than me and so does Cassie and education technology is just a little different from everything else so this organization kind of helps ensure that uh we have qualified leaders in these spots and Jos has exemplified that uh he has dedicated himself he has many more years experience than I do um but has continued to learn and grow as an individual um and we're proud to announce that he has earned his cetl certifications I believe it's the first in Madison so help me congratulate him and of course you know we're technology directors but we're giving out paper weights for awards um he does get a catification but congratulations thank you for having [Applause] us thank you [Applause] now if I could have Jacob Bay our school safety director to step to the podium please hello and uh thank you for the opportunity this is uh very exciting for me um as a director of safety uh but it wouldn't be possible if it wasn't for the the school board and Dr Brown um youve showed that you put safety as a priority and we're able to put the best practices in place for safety uh so uh starting last year we're able to have an SRO and never building uh this year we amped that up and are covering uh extracurricular activities uh just wherever our kids and students and their families are where we want to be present and and be there for them uh so I'm going to um re read a little bit about an incident that recently occurred with uh Travis Conover one of our school resource officers um this is the call for service um log that's from our uh central dispatch um that happened that day so uh kind of setting it up it was October uh 10th Travis Conover um was working in extracurricular event for us um that particular day our soccer sectionals was approximately 4:10 p.m.

and the next regular board meeting will be December 11th 2024 at 6: p.m. and will conclude by our superintendent's report okay I have quite a few things so hang in there um when I um discussed this with uh Pamela Smith she said that was okay because this was all stuff that needed to be said so first of all um Harry Potter first of all I'm just really proud of the work that our kids did um the this the students the stage crew um just the amount of work and certainly Mr Kelsey the parent volunteers um just an incredibly uh well done performance and um I was just really proud of all the work that you all did best high school performance I've ever seen in my life um veteran State programs all around the district some um were even just yesterday U but certainly the high school had a great program uh the junior high and high school students were were just completely uh respectful so well behaved engaged um and certainly our veterans that came it's just a very proud day our fall Athletics um as you all know I'm a little bit competitive and um three championships and two championship matches that were just we were on the edge of winning both of them as well so to think about our fall Sports having nearly five championship teams um is absolutely incredible and I certainly want to thank um those student athletes um our coaches and of course our athletic director that worked really hard um to do that winter sports seasons are beginning so looking forward to that and of course the turkey shootout Go Cubs Riker Ridge um is having a fair on Friday um we invite you to that um Kathy Stoner and the deputy team I am so proud of you not just today but every day what you do for our kids and for each other right it's just a very special place to be um and you even brought the teacher of the year with you you go how you leave her I couldn't also congratulations to Katie Dryden in our central office uh she's an HR specialist she completed um certification with iasbo many many hours and was recognized by them with a letter um as a human resources specialist certification so congratulations to Katie also of course first congratulations to our fabulous IT director Josh Taylor appreciate everything he does every day and he keeps me out of trouble when I make those phone calls and say now what do I do um also Travis Conover um how special and incredible to save um a person's life and he literally did that um also congratulations to our new and old board members Dustin b and David story appreciate you both who's the new and who's the old I'm not going there let me say also also want to remind our employees uh we have a districtwide trivia night for employees next Friday 11:22 7M at the junior high and come prepared to um get second place thank you to Judy Brooks and the cafeteria staff for the Thanksgiving meal that they're preparing tomorrow at High School also a big thank you and let's like sincerely mean this to our board for the raises and stiens that you just approved for our staff tonight um we're talking $1.9 million so appreciate the fact that you committed that and those resources um to our staff also um want to thank Mrs brims students and the edpr class for coming tonight um and for those watching online you had to wait all the way to this moment your code word is lawn mower again lawn mower is your code word for class Happy Thanksgiving to all um I certainly am very grateful for our students and our staff in our community um it is a great place to live and work and be and we have much to be grateful for thank you thank you Dr Brown entertain a motion to adjourn i' make a motion to adjourn with the motion is there second second when a moot with a motion to Second all in favor of gerit signified by saying i i g has been struck

good evening and welcome to the Greenfield Public Schools school committee meeting for Wednesday November 13 2020 2024 6 o'clock pm this meeting is being recorded by gctv if any other persons present are doing this the same you must notify the chairperson at this time I don't see any um secretary geneve will you please call the role yes member Goodwin here member Childs here member seon here chair Johnson mad here Vice chair Martini I'm here online she's on Zoom I don't see her yes I'm here great thank you secretary Den I'm here mayor dorer okay so all present except for mayor dorer we have a quorum great Quorum I'm being call to order at 6:01 PM um so I want to just say up front there's um new language in our agenda that was put in at the request of the town clerk it says no discussion or comments will be entertained unless requested upon by the chairperson of the board or committee I request all of your comments I want to hear from everybody who came to talk to us tonight uh public comment will proceed the way our normal policy is which is each person gets a two-minute turn uh and so um we'll start with the people to um we'll start with the people in the room and then we will move to the folks on Zoom Susan Farber do you w to we're doing two minutes I'm sorry we're doing two two minutes yeah our policy says two minutes at the last meeting we all right we we have been doing three minutes uh but we found out that our policy said two minutes so we decided last meeting we would continue with the precedent of three minutes and then start again at this meeting following our policy two minutes thank you thank you I'll speak very quickly if it's two minutes I have been closely following the public discussion at city meetings and on social media about safety in Greenfield schools unfortunately most of what is said is one opinion versus another opinion it's not about evidence that demonstrates what makes schools safe I would like to commend the school committee of a few years ago for doing their homework and doing an extensive study of all the evidence and then making a decision based on this evidence that sro's would not offer an effective way to make schools safe I would also like to commend the majority of the current schools committee to support that decision I will also ask those who are shaming the school committee for this vote by saying the school committee doesn't care about the safety of the students because they voted to not do the same study they already did maybe those shaming didn't bother to look through the extensive study the school committee did likewise I'll be happy to supply all the evidence that supports what I'm about to say 80% of School shooters were bullied in their schools armed police in schools were school shootings have taken place have not lowered the number of injuries or fatalities all students feel safe in school where there is virtually no bullying because they are taught how to be active bystanders when bullying occurs in person or online and the bullying stops they are taught to do this by teachers and trained counselors students feel safe in schools where they are taught conflict resolution skills and I won't go through all of them here now they are taught to do this by teachers and train counselors in advisory programs each year each adult adult is trusted and accessible and when conflicts occur all the adults in the building are trained to sit down with the students who two minutes thank you sorry hello hi welcome Jes Lea 8 Deerfield Street Greenfield um I want to um say thank you to the superintendent for responding to um the email um in reference to the uh response that we got from uh Desi and the state auditor's office regarding um the unreimbursed expenses it sounds like like Greenfield is already doing everything that it can um in terms of looking for funding but the second part um of what was important in that response is that these expenses that Greenfield has absorbed for many years are in fact State mandated expenses that the state is supposed to be paying and that they haven't funded an any line item at the state level since 2001 um some of those expenses are now part of um the student Opportunity Act or the special education circuit breaker but um we've been absorbing these expenses for years and it has affected our ability to effectively compete against charter schools and other school districts for funding and that's important um which uh brings me to the other um part of my public comment um amoris pelum uh Regional school committee last last night joined us in uh the advocacy to look at uh school choice and Charter School uh Public Funding and we have had um success in reaching out to some legislators to set up meetings with their constituents on this specific issue but it is slow going um we are hoping to have one member of the Greenfield school committee uh join us in a zoom meeting with Senator cumerford on uh November 25th so I if someone might be able to get back to me on that that'd be great thank you thank you hi there thanks for having this meeting I'm Skyler uh Lambert and I live on High Street in Greenfield um I'm here to speak in opposition uh for placing an SRO in the Greenfield Public School System uh recently the communities that career Coalition administered Health student health surveys to 8th 10th and 12th uh graders in Franklin County and the North quaven Region and I really think that the surveys reveal some key findings for this discussion um primarily the re the CCC report shows that in the categories of bullying and substance abuse black students fell into the lowest range as defined by the US Department of Education meaning they're at higher risk of being bullied and are more predisposed to substance abuse uh it's also notable that latinx students also fell into the lowest range for substance abuse um furthermore only 51% of students agreed with the statement students in my school treat each other with respect and only 46% of eth graders agreed but the most troubling data is in relation to empathy only 41% % of students agreed with the statement at this school students talk about the importance of understanding their own feelings and the feelings of others 45% agreed with the statement at this school students work on listening to others uh to understand what they are trying to say that's less than half of students um the answer here is clear helping students engage in active listening and engage with their own emotions are key to solving some of these problems and creating cult of respect these Solutions don't require law enforcement but rather folks in the helping Fields social workers counselors Human Services Workers let's open our hearts and Minds to Alternative Community Serv service Safety practices grounded in human well-being and anti-racist principles it would behoove the Greenfield school committee to investigate practices that reveal root causes and address cycles of harm and Punishment thank you good good evening uh John McGee Green Street um I am a proud GPS parent and as such I want to just say thank you to the school committee um for all your hard work thanks to the school staff and administration also um I would like to comment on the debate about putting police back in the schools um I have studied police for years and knowing everything that we know today it makes no sense to me to put police officers back in our schools um it is magical thinking to assume that one cop across a handful of schools is going to make all of our boogey men go away and the sad truth is that we are all vulnerable there's no shortcut around the hard work of building safe and caring learning environments um I'm proud our school committee chose in 2020 to do what they can to opt out of the school to prison pipeline um I'm also proud that we elected folks who are serious about making our schools more inclusive and welcoming and taking care of kids even when they make mistakes uh let's invest in training school Personnel in those skills uh my understanding is that um uh superintendent patod and her predecessors have not yet taken significant steps in the direction of restorative practices but uh I'm eager to hear the update tonight I hope that we're making progress um I encourage you miss patno to work with the school committee to implement a restorative justice program to resolve conflicts peacefully and stop cycles of harm um I also hope that we can improve Communications uh between the school district and families it sounds to me like from the complaints that I have heard um when there's a lack of good information it creates space where rumors can Thrive and trust is lost okay so anyway thank you all and carry on thank you my name is Susan WTIC I live on Forest Avenue as a former teacher Al be at one who worked in that profession many years ago I can honestly say that the amount of time that I was trained trained in age appropriate and culturally appropriate discipline for my students was minimal I taught High School in East Harlem and the upper west side of New York as this was a period of major school overcrowding I taught in Auditorium balconies and cafeteras while another class was sharing the space rarely did I have a classroom students often came to school with knives in their pockets and occasionally guns I was never taught how to deal with disruptive students or even how to ask a student to give me their weapon while I do not assume that the Greenfield Public Schools are in the same category as the conditions of the New York Public Schools when I taught I am uncertain that teachers are given much more training and discipline than I was I know that when teachers do not have the tools to discipline students for normal student to student or student teacher infractions and there is an SRO on the premises there is a tendency for teachers to ask the SRO to provide the discipline and that often leads to the beginning of the school to pipeline I would like to suggest the greenfields public schools invest in a significant effort to train all teachers and administrators in age appropriate and culturally appropriate discipline and that this training be rigorous and thoughtful after this training has been instituted and the results of it fully evaluated then it would be worthwhile for the school committee to review the safety situation of the Greenfield Public Schools and determine if an SRO is appropriate my guess is it won't be thank you hi um I'm Andrea Michael I live on James Street uh in Greenfield um I am a parent of a sixth grader who is at Greenfield schools um and both my children went to Elementary School here um and both of my nephews graduated from Greenfield High School so while I'm not an expert in SRO I'm not really an expert in safety and I don't have a lot of Statistics to read I have been around our schools a fair amount and I I've talked to a lot of the kids who are in our schools and I have not heard a lot of concerns about safety except during the pandemic um my son who's in sixth grade I asked him do you feel safe at school he said yes um he's not he's a kid who probably would feel safe so I'm sure that there are kids who don't but um I he said he would be scared if there was an officer at school um and he really was confused as to why anybody would think there would be and a need for that and I I frankly am also I don't I in in my profession which is product management we um spend our time like my expertise is find out what are the problems talk to the people who have the problems figure out the best Solutions and think about how you can best spend your Capital to solve those problems and I'm not really seeing that in this discussion as to is there a problem what's the best solution it seems like people are just jumping to a conclusion about what the best solution should be based on I really don't know what so I'm I I I I know we did a lot of studies in the past I think those were good and we should just refer to those and stick with what we decided a while ago hi everyone I'm not here to talk about an Sr but I have something to say anyway um I'm stilla Verlander I live on 18 Pawn Street um so I recently just got off a meeting with some Massachusetts climate groups and this was brought to my attention and I really think that this would be um very important to implement into our schools so I just want to put it on your radar so the Massachusetts clean energy center is launching a green School Works uh program which is set to decarbonize K through2 school buildings this prioritizes title one schools um like our which so this would apply to our district um and there's over $50 million in funding I it may be like way over that but the numbers got kind of mixed on the website um I believe that this would be most impactful in cases of solar and charging ports for electric school buses um I know that the city has looked into electric school buses however charging ports looked like it would have been an obstacle so I believe that this would be important to um use for charging port money um the money for this program is non-competitive and the applications for this open in January um I think that this is very important I work with many climate resilient uh groups especially focused on education and this is a rare opportunity that I think we should definitely take advantage of as soon as possible um I think this is something that would be most applicable to the schools that are higher in energy uh usage like the Middle School Newton uh four corners and Federal Street uh our high school is uh pretty good about energy usage but also I feel like solar panels Ely be um useful but I just wanted to put that on your radar uh thank you I come in peace I'm also not here to discuss the SRO um what I am here to discuss is um thanks to the superintendent and the assistant super superintendent for um a ton of hard work that they've been doing recently um I thought you guys should be aware of the fact that communication between the police department and the school department is probably as strong as it's ever been uh a lot of initiatives are underway all thanks to the superintendent um we've met several times now we've had great conversations every initiative underway is keeping the student and faculty safety in mind so um a couple things just took place today I'm not going to get into the what we're doing in terms of securing the schools for obvious reasons but uh they're really good steps um I I do still support an SRO but again I'm not here to talk about that that's just my side of it but again I appreciate it Karen for all your work Stephen um and I see no reason why it won't continue so I think at this point in time with the communication going on between us uh the schools are probably as safe as can be right now so just wanted to pass that on thank you hi I'm Rebecca Moretti I live on shaik Street I have a four-year-old at a and an eight-year-old at FSS and I'm really confused as why everybody's angry all I keep hearing is people are mad and Facebook has apparently blown up I'm not on Facebook on purpose so I don't hear all of that but I'm still getting rumors that don't seem to be substantiated in any actual fact um as far as I can tell all of our schools seem to be safe and I appreciate that FSF has a focus on being friendly safe and successful and my child keeps coming home with little green waves and she's excited to go to school she loves School my little one can't wait to get there and she can't wait to come home what I would like is more communication so that I have any idea as to why people get mad and I want real information not rumors I don't know what the solution to that is but I would like some sort of letter that comes home to the parents in a way that I can access it without being a Facebook parent I get the newspaper so I get the obeds which have also been very angry but again there's no actual facts in those those are just opinions and I want to know what's actually happening so that I can be angry or not based on what's actually happening thank you hi Molly Merritt uh solar way um I'm a Greenfield parent and I plan to send my child to the public schools I strongly oppose uh the idea of police presence at GPS in 2020 the school Community came out decisively against school resource officers after hearing testimony from many students especially students of color about the threats harassment and intimidation they faced National statistics show that the presence of SRO has been linked to increased arrests of students for non-criminal Behavior as students are often referred to law enforcement for typical behavior and small infractions the school to prison pipel line is particularly devastating for students with disabilities and students of color um we may have problems that need to be addressed in our schools but instead of trying to solve these problems with methods that are proven to be harmful we have an opportunity to think about what might create a school culture where students can resol resolve conflict before it comes to a Breaking Point restorative justice programs such as the highly successful and effective Palante program of hoolio give students the tools to bridge differences solve interpersonal problems and create safe School environments uh one police officer in the school will not create a needed culture shift it's tempting to have a simplistic solution to a complex problem but we need to do the work of creating districtwide conflict resolution and transformative Justice programming materials already exist that we could adapt please work to build a robust restorative justice program at GPS I am not alone in saying that having such a program would make me excited and proud to have a child in our district hi oh uh yes so I'm here about the SRO issue and I would like to express my opinion and that I am very much against an SRO in the schools I Echo what everyone has said before me in particular what John said about embracing and supporting children even when they make mistakes and as Molly also pointed out just before me um police intervention is proven to impact um and harm students of color in particular and putting them on a road road to involvement with the criminal justice system and um finding solutions that are holistic and get at the deep root of the problems seems to me something that makes a lot more sense so and also thank you so much for all your hard work and for some those of you who were on the committee in 2020 for making that really um Mindful and thoughtful decision so thank you I'm from grei good evening Doug selwin Forest Avenue um want to Echo what what people have said uh to this point and won't repeat it and again Paul uh jablon my turn today I think laid out a pretty clear plan for some things we could do what I want to suggest tonight is that now that ballot question two has passed and that we are no longer um required to do a forced March of our children to um high stakes testing at the uh end of the year we have the opportunity to refocus what we offer our young people in schools we can focus more and what engages them what matters to them what gives them a sense of hope and possibility and connection we can pay more attention to helping them to learn about taking care of themselves and each other to learn to listen to think critically and calmly about the ideas of others and to care for the community we can help teachers to become more skilled and practiced at working with children beyond their subject areas which means more consistent paid professional development we can help our schools pay enough so that the core of Educators can afford to stay and develop a culture and community that welcomes all the children we can bring in more social workers and counselors and folks who can help the community learn to develop the supportive Community we would like to see it's an opportunity we have and I hope I know we're doing some of that now but I think we have room to do more and I think that will address the safety concerns that we all share the other thing I want to say is what Stella said earlier the CL the climate resilience program is something that I really hope we can join with thank you and thank you for all your work good evening hi uh my name is Andrew petan I'm on Cleveland Street um thanks for the time to share my perspective perspective on the school resource officer um all of us here are lucky to live in Greenfield a safe town and a safe region um and we all want Greenfield Public Schools to be places where students feel safe supported and empowered to grow uh schools should nurture the whole child academically socially and emotionally in recent years many districts across the country including Greenfield have turned to sro's to maintain safety on campus but the question we must ask ourselves is are SRO truly helping our students or are they reinforcing har ful systems that disproportionately affect um our most vulnerable populations school resource officers often do the opposite of what we might Hope by creating a culture of fear and Punishment rather than understanding and healing research has shown that the presence of SRO can disproportionately harm students with disabilities students of color and poor students increase criminalization of minor infractions and escalate conflicts I have two children in our school system both have ADHD one has autism this means they don't process information in a way that an authority figure might expect they can be impulsive and often more time to understand what is being asked of them and more time to respond if a police officer is present statistically this makes School less safe for my kids and for many kids just like them there is hardly a shred of evidence that demonstrates the effectiveness of sro's in fact much of the research concludes they are highly ineffective at making schools safer they are simply the illusion of safety despite the community's best intention therefore instead of policing our students we should invest in restorative justice practices because there is ample evidence that it works restorative justice builds empathy accountability and conflict resolution skills helping students heal and grow from their mistakes skills that will help them throughout their lives it Fosters supportive it Fosters a supportive environment that prioritizes social and emotional health over punishment ensuring every child has the opportunity to thrive let's choose healing over harm and transform our schools into spaces of care not criminalization thanks thank you if we're done with public comment in the room we'll move on to the zoom um if you wish to speak um from Zoom please enter it in the chat I will start with the first person who requested to speak that's Patty PTY y O'Neal with two L's on Glenbrook Drive hi um uh I also wanted to comment on the SRO issue um I did uh attend the public safety um presentation with the like um pres where the SRO presented uh their experiences and uh also the meet and greet and I thought the sro's um who had been working as SRO and the ones who were wanting to all seemed like very caring um people um they spoke about um supportive roles building relationships with the students um befriending them checking in and and mentoring and and just kind of showing up um which I thought was really great and surprising um I'm still not sure why um these kinds of supportive roles couldn't be um provided in a nested in like a community institution rather than a police institution where um there is a lot of uh there's just been a lot of traumatic experiences for people um it's it's not an institution that has the best track record of accountability um I would be worried about like like maybe these SRO would be um nice to you know really top tier thoughtful engaging people um but what if uh SRO who came after didn't weren't of the same caliber I've I looked through Reddit about this topic and it seems like it can be a mixed bag sometimes like you have these really good people who could be like these um SRO that I met um but there have also been that's time paty okay well I just hope that we can um support the community to fill these roles and like someone else mentioned it sounded pretty good thank you thank you next is Melissa Webb on Grove Street my Melissa web Grove Street I'm on my phone so I don't know if video okay there unmuted um I was just calling because I know we're also discussing budgets and going to PTO and we also have the fifth graders coming back into the elementary schools I know one of our focuses has been to increase more um music are in gym time and I just hope that we can really keep on that path to have um you know a one fulltime person for art a one fulltime person for music and a one fulltime person for Jim and all three of the elementary schools and that possibly we could talk about bringing back those programs into AEL on a reg regular basis thank you thank you next is Charity if you can say your first and last name in your town hi I'm charity o um Lyon Avenue in Greenfield um I am a licensed school counselor and also the parent of a newborn who will be in the green for public schools eventually um and I just mostly wanted to to affirm and appreciate the school committee for engaging with the topic of SRO so thoughtfully and in particular for standing by their 2020 decision to remove the SRO position um like so many before me I agree and understand the evidence that points to really immeasurable harm that happens when SRO are in our schools um but I also feel a sense of frustration about like just sort of the cyclical nature of this debate it we spend so much time focused on SRO in particular we've the school committee has done such a wonderful job reviewing the evidence and making a decision I would love to see us move forward using our imagination collectively about what safety could really look like beyond that topic um I think there's so much that folks have named around restorative justice transformative Justice that could really lead us in a Direction that's far more productive and supportive of our students and our community um and I really want to sort of reiterate the idea that we should be listening and taking our cues from the students themselves what would make them feel safe um what are they noticing in school that's working that's not working um I'm really curious about how we can continue to get their input about this topic um so yeah I just I want to reiterate how harmful I think sros are and thank the school committee and encourage all of us to come together to figure out what safety looks like beyond the sort of carceral complex that we've been discussing so much thank you thank you Crystal Cleaver okay sorry just trying to find the mute button um hi I'm Crystal Cleaver uh 45 Russell Street you guys heard from me last meeting so I won't take a ton of time um but I just um do want to say uh a few more words I I talked last uh month about my son and about my concerns about having us arose in the school um I stand by that but I I also just wanted to mention that after the meeting last month hold on I'm on the phone sorry um the family that spoke about their child being assaulted at the high school was um in the lobby and I um you know we are in a particularly sort of like us them time in history I think and I felt really um moved by what they said and how abandoned they felt by our school system when their child was hurt and I am a social worker in in the community and so I went out and I spoke with them and offered my number and said that I could try and help connect them to any kind of supports or services that they needed I don't know if that was offered by the school system or not but they didn't feel like it was offered by the school system they felt like they didn't they weren't heard they weren't responded to and so although I am on the opposite side of the issue of that family I do think that we need to um think about uh how we're responding when violence happens in our schools and make sure that families um because that child was hurt but that whole family was hurt um that whole family walked away traumatized and um you know I wasn't I'm not in the school system I don't know how it was handled I know how that family felt like it was handled and I know that when you're in a moment of trauma sometimes your you know your thinking brain goes offline and so maybe they were offered supports but they weren't able to take it in in that time and so um I'm hoping Hing that that incident gets looked at um I'm hoping that there's a review of that incident and that we think about how things could have gone better for that child and that family um because I think that incident is part of the reason we're having this conversation I don't know that a school resource officer could have changed the outcome for that family but I think that there are a lot of other things that could have happened in one second buddy um that could have happened for that family to walk away feeling safer and better about their their child being in the green Public Schools so thank you thank you Ella um hi Ella Condon Precinct 8 in Greenfield Ella can you spell your last name please for the minutes uh c o n d n thank you um I wanted to thank the committee for their 2020 decision of pulling the SRO and for holding that line recently but I also wanted to Echo um Charity's comments that I think we need to move Beyond this conversation and really start looking at alternatives to an SRO and how we can better support our students when they are in times of emotional distress thank you thank you Maddox okay yes and you're madx sprangle spr n gel yes you got it um I don't live in Greenfield but I am a mental health provider in the Greenfield Community um just want to thank you for making this space accessible to folks to join in the conversation um my training and experience has taught me that safety is something that's created in collectively practice practiced commitments to behaviors of care acceptance and skills for managing emotions and this is something that's created by staff by parents by students and by all of us in the community so the idea that safety could be provided by one individual through the threat of punishment or Force it's it's misguided and it's dangerous um and it's also a missed opportunity so instead of spending dollars towards an SRO salary the money could fund Collective skill building volunteer opportunities and that would offer a safer and a better social return um Greenfield schools have an opportunity here to invest in foundational skill building where an ethic of care is the priority and I just want to Echo uh what Char said about including students in these conversations they are bright thoughtful people who also can really reflect and mirror back the treatment that they are being shown by the adults in their lives and also what Molly said about local school districts like the Palante program in hoolio who have experienced doing this work thank you so much thank you Andrew Vernon Le in sunet square um few things one SRO I do nothing against SRO I don't believe that we need them in our school district but I confident that something work needs to be done in our school district given some incidents that happened against my son uh two I am fairly confident it's on the agenda so speak to it um I think it would be good for the school committee to consider I believe that business manager position is through a vendor um rather than an actual School District employee I would like to have the school committee consider making that position through Public School employ rather than a rather than an outside vendor not that individual position anything wrong or inappropriate um but just that in my opinion should be an actual employee thank you thank you um Eve you have two minutes to share public comment if you wish oh that' be great um I'm in my car on the phone I'm Eve B an b o d m o v and I'm a resident on Shadow Street in Greenfield I'm just going to try to summarize my letter because I'm a wordy person but I will say this um I speak to as a parent former a parent of a former Greenfield Public School System uh long respected careers at the social worker and as a child and family therapist I listen carefully to the public safety Commission and to the Asos who are great uh when they spoke on October 23d um and I listened carefully to what they said and how they are effective in their jobs all of the skills they have and all of the ways they understand and work with kids do not require a gun so I want the spring the Greenfield Public School System to give training to social workers or guidance counselors or teachers or vice principls the same level of training that the monu usro guys have because um that's what we need we need transformative Justice and we need good social workers because that's what we do I've been a social worker for over 30 years and once a gun is involved it's a different conversation and instead of getting cooperation you get compliance and you get an escalation of threat and that's the worst thing you want to do to a kid who's disregulated um I will also say that uh I've in my career I've I've interacted with law enforcement in a number of different ways uh from being on the northwest District Attorney's high-risk team to running an abuse intervention uh program um to working with clients with pretty significant disregulation and the single most effective way to address violence or the threats of violence is to engage to find out what people's concerns are to find out what their needs are to help them feel seen and respect that's time okay thank you is there anyone else on Zoom who wishes to speak I see the mayor's joined us for the minutes welcome mayor all right thank you for the public comment we'll move on to recognition of Angela morsy welcome Miss morisy um Angela morrisy is the building monitor at Federal Federal Street Elementary School in was recently awarded the communities that Care Coalition Mike Fritz Community Builder award Angela was nominated by the Federal Street PTO and her nomination highlighted her positive effect in uplifting Spirit as her greatest strengths as a positive role model for our students Angela's dedication compassion and commitment to inclusion and equity have had a profound impact on the students at Federal Street Elementary we are certainly grateful for all of our hard work and dedication to Greenfield Public Schools and want to congratulate and honor her tonight congratulations thank [Applause] you yay Angela thank you okay um I guess I'll just use this moment while I have everyone's attention to just say how proud I am of the work that I see our Federal Street Community doing for our kids every day um looking around just this room I see several of our PTO members here our principal Kelly halin is here tonight um and I just in this time where everybody seems so at odds with each other and so concerned about what we're doing for our students I want to say that what I see every single day in our school is people doing every possible thing they can to work together to uplift these kids and to make them feel safe um not just in our school but beyond to know that we're really here for them um in any way that they need us so for everybody listening please just keep your hopes up and don't think that nothing is being done because there are a lot of people working really really hard for our kids thank you we'll go to Kenzie next we welcome McKenzie pollen who's a senior at Greenfield High School and she's here tonight as well to be honored today Mackenzie had a letter of intent ceremony at the high school where she has made her commitment and accepted an athletic scholarship to fut to further her academic and athletic career at maram College this commitment has allowed McKenzie to fulfill her dream of playing Division One softball and Coach Kay and I did a lot of history uh lessons today and we think you're the first softball player to go division one um ghs family friends and administrators join mcken at her National letter of intent Signing Day to celebrate her hard work and achievements this achievement however did not come without sacrifice she has done hard work and much dedication to the sport of softball McKenzie has given up on many adolescent experiences to pursue this dream and we want to recognize that while challenging the reward for her is the Fulfillment of this dream the greenwave nation is very proud of her and excited for Mar maram College to welcome her into their community next year [Applause] congratulations I just want to say thank you so much it's an honor to be here tonight and I want to thank Miss patod for making today so special thank you Shane Tumi will you come up I have the pleasure this week three ghs seniors were nominated for the Franklin County superintendence award adiana kluf Jake Gardini and Shane Tumi this award recognizes one senior from each Franklin County school who not only excels academically but gives back to school and community and builds a positive culture I had the pleasure of interviewing all three students and had to make the very difficult decision as to who this year's award winner would be I asked all three candidates the same questions and my last question to all of them was I've read your resume I reviewed your transcript I read your guidance counselor's recommendation I've asked you interview questions about your school experience but what is it that all of that doesn't say about you that you wanted to share and it was Shane's response to this that really addressed the characteristics of what this award represents Shane said to me quote a lot of folks thinks think it has been an effortless Breeze for me but that is not inherently true and implies a disconnect with the people around me the truth is I very much care about the world about this school and the people that have been in it with me some of them since a I have met some of the most interesting people in Greenfield during my school experience and I'm really grateful for Greenfield Public Schools and all of this my ultimate goal leave the world better than I found it and I learned that here it was those words that said to me congratulations to Shane Tumi on being the award winner we look forward to celebrating with you at the tech school on December 5th congratulations feels very weird sitting at this table as opposed to over there I just want to address that um I want to say thank you to miss Paton for carrying out the interviews um I have as I said I've been in Greenfield Public Schools my entire life since a um it is no secret as I've seen sitting over there um Greenfield Public Schools we have our issues we have our challenges but despite all of that I am still incredibly proud to say that I have spent my academic career at Greenfield and will get to finish it off at Greenfield High School I'm grateful for the people I've met the teachers who have coached me along the way and for the opportunities that have been provided so thank you all [Applause] okay so you're going right from being honored to giving a report we'll now hear the report of student representatives to the committee all right putting on the new hat um so we're going to begin as we always do with student council um on October 11th the student council sent 18 students to the WC fall conference in minog where they got the chance to meet with regional student leaders from other schools and attended a variety of workshops likewise on October 26th the officers of the ghs student council attended officer shop at Worcester Technical High School this conference is Statewide and was intended to provide current and aspiring student council officers with networking opportunities as well as skills and ideas to return to their home councils as of the writing of this report the student council was finalizing preparations for our November bonding which will be a lockin at ghs only members who meet set participation and engagement requirements will would be able to attend and we will be doing a variety of uh activities games and workshops since then we have carried out this event and it was a huge success um we give kudos to everybody who showed up and stayed up all night for 12 hours and we had a really great time we're also currently planning for the upcoming Spirit weeks penny wars and our November prep rally which will occur the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and for Key Club Key Club recently participated in the stonely Burnham trunk retreat with over 150 local children attending and completed another ghs campus cleanup we are for our annual Turkey Trot in November and our donation and participation in the Festival of the trees and Salvation Army initiatives um one quick addition it's not on here but we do have some athletic recognitions we want to go over so first off JHS Jr Dylan brevik is the school's loan qualifier for this weekend's state cross country meet at Devon so congratulations to Dylan um elderen ketun Jan I'm very sorry for mispronouncing the last name uh made all states for girl soccer she is one of 27 girls in all of Western Mass to be recognized so both of those are incredible achievements and we applaud them both drama club drama club has continued to meet and welcome new members as we prepare for additions in mid November we are very excited to start rehearsals for our play the somewhat true tale of Robin Hood after Thanksgiving break French Club is preparing for our coffee house event on Thursday December 5th um during the first week of December discounted $5 tickets will be on sale at JHS lunches and tickets at the door will be $10 additionally that this year's t-shirt design will be made by French Club senior Mack Clark Library Club hosted the fifth annual ComicCon last Wednesday over 50 people were in attendance for fun sessions including live action role playing basic comic structuring and spooky stage makeup there were also there were some incredible entries to the cosplay contest and everyone had a great time we thank the Greenfield Public Library for co-sponsoring this event um next next up is a book to movie event on Friday December 6th at 5:30 p.m.

over March h post PL Alle amen United States of America to the for stands one na indivisible poost [Music] right than forward before we sit down could we just recognize our veteran um you know because we celebrate Breen day this week and we just take a moment and thank God for them serving and serving our country you may be seated Al Terry pres Michelle Kate hereis here Dr bronin laurenita here here Julie thank [Music] you the board welcomes public participation and ask that the speakers please limit their comments to 3 minutes speakers may offer objective the comments of school operations and programs that concern them the board will not per permit any expression of personal complaints or defamatory comments about Board of Education personnel and students nor against any person connected with the tambur public school system thank you did anyone uh want to speak or come before the board and did not sign the the paper oh everybody is good okay we move on down the agenda Julie the consent calendar motion appr consent calendar ser13 and14 ased in ACC minutes facility [Music] 24-13 and 10344 thank you motion made by Julie could I hear a second second second by all in favor could I hear all motion still care anyone from our educational staff here [Music] okay so we we students right hello my name is Ariana West hi and I'm Al good evening word of Ed members cabinet and community members thank you for allowing me to represent and speak on behalf of the alternative Cent for EXC Melissa lasi in the Ace journalism class would like to invite you all to check out our first articles of the school year and the alternative times the alternative times can be accessed at Ace alternative times.com and on Twitter at a Al times Ace would like to invite you all to our annual Ace Thanksgiving dinner which will be held on Tuesday November 26th from 10:30 to 12:30 the ace Thanksgiving is our way of saying thanks to the community for all the support that we have received over the years this event is made possible in collaboration with abitch culinary program and donations from St L on Friday October 18th Melissa lasi danela Esposito and DJ gimz took a students to Gerald dine R Dodge poetry festival at the p Center in New York New Jersey students had the opportunity to experience life poets and spoken word poetry as well as participate in writing workshops including meeting weeks with celebrated poets and writers one of our students senior Joseph sopia went to the microphone and recited an original poem at the festival the next event we want to talk about is the project during our Flex times a students led by Daniel danela espito Diana dinaro Melissa ly have been creating dream catches to bring to the cancer center this is our third year in the just a little bit in the seventh a care school project the dream catchers will have supportive and encouraging student written messages for the cancer patients caregivers and staff to read we expanded this year by collaborating with p Elementary School's first grade class when on Monday November 4th 10 a students joined Miss chimal's class to create watercolor feathers and messages to complete the dream catcher project Ace students and teacher Representatives will deliver the dream catchers from paper feathers to crack here before the Thanksgiving holiday lastly Ace is beginning preparations for annual dinner with Santa this event will take place Saturday December 14th from 3: to 6:30 the event will incl pancake dinner holiday crafts photos and photos with Santa the event is hosted by a students and staff thank you for allowing us to share what is going on with our Ace family have a nice evening stay healthy and remain Ace strong thank you very much thank you I'm going to turn it over to the super [Music] good evening everyone uh we do have a presentation today we're going to go through um part of what's under the superintendent report I'm going to ask assistant superintendent Kelly trz to um present on a couple of our goals that we have set forth for chronic absenteeism which is our part of our school climate goal as well as an update on our positive intervention uh and positive behavior intervention and support um which is our school clim goal for from three and so while we're moving ahead of a little bit to the superintendent report because it is a presentation want to to have it um presented at this time so with that I will over to Kelly thank you um so this evening I put together it's a two-part presentation uh the first will focus on our chronic apps andm um in particularly our lead program we have been uh for several years now the proud recipients of uh grant funding to help us to provide supports to our students to improve our attendance rates at school um that will be the first component of the presentation and then the second one will move into the positive behavior supports and intervention you will see here um I do want to knowe Cara Watson W's name is also up here on the presentation um some of the data gathered for The Chronic absenteeism is something we regularly work with her on and so I wanted to definitely make sure that she received uh credit for some of this as well um so the LEAP program just to remind you guys the leap stands for learner engagement and attendance program it was created um by the state department in the spring of 2021 um as a result of um addressing students AB absenteeism as a result of the pandemic um we noticed a couple of things students were not coming to school and students were disengaged in learning um sometimes present but not engaged in the learning and other times remaining outside of school um so the leag programs the premise of it is to create um a home visitor program and so essentially it's building Rel relationships and connectedness with students and families to help to identify the why so not every student is not coming to school for the same reason some of them are experiencing homelessness others are experiencing mental health disorders others are experiencing um you know Tor in the home um sometimes in illness different things and so it's really trying to identify why make a positive connection with with a staff member at school and then to really support and assist that family with improving uh the students overall access to to academic opportunities the core values of leap and this is really important and I think um speaks to why the district has seen we still have worked to do but we've seen some nice improvements um is we made it a top priority uh if students are not here they cannot learn so we need kids back in school um and I know that was uh definitely emphasized by uh superintendent casmiro um you know from our opening uh student remarks to opening uh admin Council to our conversations with uh the Board of Ed and and parents in the community um you know in addition to being physically present they need to be engaged they need to understand the why the purpose um they need to have voice and some choice in their education um for the leap work getting students really re-engaged back in academics um everyone has to be involved it has to be from the first person it might be our safety Advocate that's reading a student walking in the door in the morning um all the way to the nurse that might be taking care of the skimy when a student falls on the playground to our um admin assistants that are answering parent phone calls calls and kind of talking about sensitive information on why a student may be absent from school uh to teachers reaching out and really you know asking you know I miss so and so why aren't they in school what can I do to help um so it really took a team effort I think prior to the pandemic a lot of this work was done primarily by um building principals School nurses and people Services support and I think since the pandemic not that teachers were not reaching out I don't want to make that indication but really they've increased their efforts in doing so we've seen really really positive results really relationships are Paramount to success students need to feel connected engaged um not just with their peers but with the adults we need to be honest and have conversations some of these conversations are really difficult when you're talking to a parent of a child that has missed 30 or 40 days of school um there's an automatic you know kind of tension in the room right that that's a problem and but we're here as partners and so this is not in a judgment um way but but how can we work together to support and then lastly um evidence-based decision- making looking at our data looking at the success that we've had sharing those successes amongst the district um we've really created a culture and climate amongst our schools to share listen I tried this it was wonderful this is how it worked or I tried that and it bombed and probably stay away from that try something else and we all kind of um have have participated in learning together um what works for one school doesn't always work for everyone but we've kind of shared and said why reinvent the wheel we can all do this work together so this is just a reminder uh the bar on the far left is from the 20189 school year so prior to the pandemic we're around a 7% chronic absenteeism rate uh chronic absenteeism just as a reminder is missing 10% or more of school days so in 180 days school year if you attend if you weree if you were supposed to attend school every day that would be 18 or more absences so it's a pretty significant amount of time um throughout the pandemic we spiked um you know in the 2122 school year um it took over you know 23 between 23 and 4% quite high and we have seen um a regression you know uh in the in the number of absences over time but we're definitely not back to our pre pandemic rates um so we're very proud of the reduction that we've we've had overall as a district and there's some even more significant bright spots in certain places um and then we have some other areas that still remain challenges that we're working on uh this is just a breakdown um by grade level uh far left is kindergarten all the way over to far right um being grade five and this is what we mean by uh D you know evidence-based decision making if you look here what we noticed is that our kindergarten first grade families were really our families where we saw an increase in The Chronic absenteeism particularly after the pandemic and we needed to work and intervene on that we we realized we need to re-educate families we had spent the better part of the pandemic saying if you have a call for the sniffles stay out of school don't come we don't want to see you and so that was a culture recreated for really good reason during Co but postco it's like you know a little sniffle that could last weeks we still want to see that child in school and here's the impact and here's what we're missing and I'm sure for for many of us in the room the way we participated in kindergarten and and first grade they're very different than they are today you know very play based very um and not to say that we still don't have components of that but you're you're coming out of kindergarten knowing how to read and so if you're missing a significant amount of time that's really critical and going to set the path um you know for the rest of your academic future um Middle School uh we saw again looking at the the grade levels far left is sixth grade far right is eighth grade um and um what we saw is we a spike in our eighth graders we realized that students were uh you know in in Middle School longer we need that was a grade level we needed to focus on um and so across the board we have the greatest success right now with our sixth grade um you know some with our with our seventh grade doing really well while we've had the most significant reduction in our eighth graders that is still a population that we do need to focus on and now we're moving on to to um our high school so chronic absenteeism again left to right is 9th through 12th grade um post pandemic we saw um you know some pretty increased attendance rates across all grade levels um while we still have seen some declines what we are noticing is that our ninth graders is an area this year that we are paying the most attention you'll see those yellow bars really haven't moved haven't decreased in the way we would like to um that does include any student that is classified as a nth grader so just bring that to your attention if you have not had enough credits to obtain your sophomore year status you are still counted in that nth grade so it's not just first year high school students um but we are continuing to focus increase efforts um what we saw right after the pandemic was 11th and 12th graders needed the most work we've seen the most significant reductions there um and with our nth graders really just focusing on the Freshman Academy continuing those connections and making sure students and parents understand the importance of coming to school um this is our high need subgroup versus our uh non High need so you'll see the high need subgroup is the blue bar um and the non- high need is the orangish reddish bar um and so what we noticed here High needs is our um is our special education our uh multilingual Learners and our free reduce lach in order to be classified as a high need Student you need one of those subcategories to be identified as but you may have two orth rate um and so this showed us uh continuously across the across the district across all schools across all grade levels um that our high needs population was chronically of at a more frequent rate than our non- high needs population um proud to say we have seen the most significant um you know improvements in some of these groups particularly in in some areas but it continues to be a need um to further highlight this as we dig down to the school level data I don't want to paint the impression that it's all special education students in all schools or all multilingual Learners in other schools we actually had some schools that those populations of students were outperforming the not high need students um but we had schools in which we noticed that there were Trends and patterns in particular subgroups or particular grade levels and that's where we focus the building level work to intervene um here you will see uh this is the current year-to-date data and so it goes from the first day of school to the last day of October um and so what this is is our chronic absen ISM right here to date um we are shooting to try to uh get that number about the the 10% Mark uh we would love to be back to uh pre pandemic uh levels but we are we are really striving um to to outperform where we were last year around the 14% Mark and and get it as close to 10% as we can um what I will say here what's important to note is this this number is highly um volatile especially in the beginning of the year because it's the percentage of total days of enrollment so for example at the end of October we had approximately 40 days of school it was even under that 38 days of school let's call it 40 just for easy math if you missed 4 days that's 10% you're chronically op so as there's more days available in a school year so if you have a student that gets the flu the first month of school and misses a week they're going to be chronically absent until you hit the threshold that which students have been in school 50 60 70 days um so I do bring that to your attention here uh for that reason we monitor it by month over time so we calculate it by month and year to dat and that's really really important um it also reflects if a student moves in and only attends school for a 100 days in a given year their chronic absenteeism rate is based on 10 or more days absent um so this is something that you know we need to look at at the individual student level as well um using you know what we did in District um what we did is u a monthly District uh attendance uh team meeting so that is your uh core and extended cabinet um we made this actually a weekly agenda item on our cabinet constantly talking about talking about the successes that we have and talking about um the spots that we need to follow up on and then assigning to a particular individual who's going to do that right away so that it doesn't get you know it doesn't get missed and we don't want too much time pass um we also do a more in-depth meeting on a monthly basis where we are disaggregating the data by school on sometimes by subgroup population and really talking about specific intervention the strategies similarly your school has an identified attendance team and they are meeting at least monthly most are we meeting bi-weekly and they are doing the same work uh what we do uh to help support that work is We Run The Chronic absenteeism rates in the building um by student name so we make it kind of put it in the school's hands of if you want to focus on they have last year's data because we know students that were at risk or exceeded the chronic absentees last year or more likely to this year so we ask them to start with those families first and making connections and reaching out and following up um and then as the year progress is continuing to monitor um and uh we also break down that data like I said by grade level by subgroup population and so forth to also have those conversations with schools of where does this school need to do some work to improve this um it has been a part of our both our district and school Improvement plan so it is a goal um of every single school to reduce their chronic abente ISM rate it's been a department priority in the PBS team uh we've had a centralized monitoring um not just by the cabinet team but particularly by carer and myself um we are kind of the two people that are reaching out very regularly to the building principles to monitor how their schoolwide attendance teams are going to help them with any data questions that they have and then provide feedback that interventions that are needed um and as I had share previously that you know individual student uh data is being monitored at the building level next steps um what we've done we started some of this this year and we'll continue the work across the year uh we are adjusting some of our family L on support due to uh we are very appreciative and thankful for these funds the funds have decreased some significantly from it's Inception so we are down to about a third of the lons that we had when we initially started this this program and project we are very fortunate to have the lons that we do and they do great work um but we are sharing them across buildings now where we used to have one in every school so I bring that up is um you know we're continuing to make really really good strides on less people to implement this actual work and I think a lot of that is due to the culture and climate we've created in the district making it a focus bow at all levels um and having everyone do the work so it's not in year one it was it was primarily the lisons that were doing the work now it's a little bit of a shared responsibility on staff um we're continuing we saw great improvements um at our elementary and middle schools and we're continuing that work we're not making a lot of changes there um we're just continuing to do the strategies that work and monitor the individual student level um we did notice as I talked about previously our grade n um is an area that we are we are working with high school to increase um utilizing the Deans utilizing some pral counselor supports and so forth um to continue to focus on those students um it's it's constant it's at the Forefront of all of our conversations every time we get together with the administrative Council we are having conversations we are also doing a little bit a healthy competition we put up you know what are the attendance rates by school and we post them no one wants to be in the last spot um we also do what home visit rates how many home visits have occurred in each Elementary School each Middle School um and it te I the person remain nameless one day I posted that um information and within a week I saw a spike by like 100% like over like it was like I'm going to do this and so I think constantly bring it to their attention has really really helped kind of L A Fire around us Karen do you want to add something is this the last side not yet okay okay um continue to increase uh collaboration with our Community Partners um this is stuff that we have to make sure when we're working with different agencies throughout the community that they understand our attendance lingo they understand our expectations and they can also help to reinforce um there uh is a community Collective or collaborative and there are a lot of Partners there and I think a big part of that work has been educating other U members of our community on how important it is for kids to be at school um you know even just a simple conversation that I had with someone that was from a doctor's office they saying like oh I didn't realize when I offered the 10:00 a.m.

something happens and and so we want to encourage parents to send kids to school as much as possible assuming that they're well um and then you know of course if we see something that there a change in behavior for a particular kid we're going to alert that and likewise if any parent has a question about their individual child I would encourage them to reach out fing principal school nurse or classroom teacher and I'm sorry this is last question I noticed on your graphic it was a very um difference on the percentage was um between one school and another one I think it was K SII between MSI um one was like 4% compared to a 12% is there anything special to any of the other schools cuz I know that you mention the fact of how they have been in school but such a big percentage on difference is there any difference that they might be doing difference on one of the other so we had a lot of schools that did a lot of great things last year um our two top performing schools at at the elementary level were M primary and Mar Street school and actually at the administrative Council our first first administrative Council of the school year we add them do a presentation where they shared out some of the resources so I think we've had some nice Innovative strategies for sure um in certain buildings um but at this point in the school year a couple percentage Point variance because one absence will at this point will make a significant level of difference it's still a little bit on the early side what we're looking for is Trends and to continue to monitor that um and really provide those interventions to kids so um some of our smaller right there's also the number some of our smaller schools um as far as you know following up and intervening and so forth um so there's uh um right now I think we're we're continuing to monit good place with all buildings um we'll continue to watch that over time and I think it's really sharing out what is working in our bright spots um because even 12% when you compare it to the Statewide it's still the Statewide aage thank you um K is there anything that we've anything that we've learned in the past couple of years that could be said distinguishes uh the reasons or the occurrences in broadly speaking the elementary school versus the Middle School in a high school other circumstances that affect the child in these grade levels that that that would cause the the rates to be so high question number one number two on your slide where you reference the 24 258 or day Gater uh to to that point I look at it you're looking at 61% me and that's a relatively small body of students a specialty school why is there anything that we've been able to pinpoint that would create that that issue I'll take the first question uh if I may so with some of the older students who are chronically absent there could be a variety of reasons um some it could be work some could be illness some sometimes it uh most often it could be for caring for a younger sibling parent cannot take time off from work they could be staying home with a younger sibling who's sick as well um and sometimes it's an engagement issue and then we have to track and Fess all of that out and so that's what the the Le print is designed that contact is designed to kind of really find out the Reason Not Just Mark someone absent but to say call up and find out hey there's a way that we can support you what's going on here um as far as Ace goes you know the some of the attendance patterns that that you see there existed prior to students um um you know entering the school so there there may have been some issues prior to um prior to that but certainly um you know it is an alternative school there there are some at risk students that are there for a variety of reasons that may or may not um you know contribute to some of the attendance issues Kelly I don't want to weigh in a little bit Kelly deals with um the ace um students and staff on a regular basis it it certainly is a higher number and something we continue to work towards I will say when you look at the individual data on students we are making strides but not always to bring them below that chronic absenteeism rate um so it's a continued continued Relentless Focus I think one of the things that they're very set up to do is have a a high level of student teacher connectedness um but there are some other um other factors that are that are imping at times students ability to come to school as car mention the other thing I'll just add to your first question is um we also recognize that the elementary level the the impact of our work with families was most significant right at the K5 level or preschool 5 level um really it's the the parent that's making the decision on whether or not a child goes to school for the most part um at the Middle High School level the student begins to have a biger uh kind of voice or say or impact on attendance at school parents absolutely still have an impact on them but so we found at the elementary level really working with families um educating families um on on what our expectations was maybe making some clarifications to sa day guidelines policies the impact and The Importance of Being at school was most significant at the secondary level including the child in those conversations was most significant thank you and just as an editorial comment you I personally feel that the last couple years the work and the collaboration between the district and its Collective impact group is of excellent resources it's one of the few times that I think the district got Community Resources if I could use that word or help to to to work together and to expand your your message so that it makes it easier to to reach the the parents uh in order to help you you know facilitate resolve uh this issues you it's just very surprised at Ace you know I think they P teacher teacher ratios very low anyway so I'm extremely surprised that that number so tremendously high thank you on the uh the same page that rich uh started out on um what I don't see on there is I don't see the numbers for region inav can speak to that or why it's not on good question it is um it is not on there because they are it is considered um all data is reported back to the home school so for example um when we look at Roger Park attendance rates that includes any students that are attending uh reach I'm sorry Endeavor I apologize Endeavor from Rogers Park that goes for State assessment information as well as attendance information um so that's the way that it's reported when we report it to the state we certainly can dis at by that building um but that is the way that it's reported to the state which is why this slide reflected that Ace is reported separately which is why we see it as a SE okay and so for the um the high percentage for Cas um and I know that this is the year to date for this year was that an improvement or was that an increase so we are seeing improvements small improvements in in aids with with some of the attendance rates right now I think with the 60% rate or 61 I apologize um at early in the beginning of the school year I really do think at this point in time it's something that we're monitoring on the individual student level it's it's too soon to say is it better or worse than last year because it it because any student that has had about three to four absences is going to trigger into this number um as the school year progresses and certainly we're we're continuing to work to engage families but it isn't an area that we're continuing to focus on so at this point I I can't tell you this year is better or worse than last year but that we're continuing our efforts to that and so with that percentage does it seem as though we might be putting more resources into that population at Cas that we should be or that we currently are that we would think that that would be an important place I think we should pour in some resources we should always use data to inform where we put the resources okay um so am I correct in that um the focus for this has been mostly um Elementary so let me just say so I'm thinking about the home visits uh the the leaon in the schools um so we have done it uh K8 and I'm sorry K12 in different capacities so um last year we had aaz on in every single school middle schools high school elementary schools we had it everywhere um this year we have like I said a third of the number of liaison right now most of our Liaisons are working in the elementary and middle school level and we are working with our Deans at the high school level to to intervene on this including home visits correct okay um so my last question is so for the focus you you talked about um specific Focus being on grade nine for at risk students um you know some of the um I I would love to know exactly what that means so when you say Focus what are some of the strategies that are in place um to see Improvement in some percentages um so if we're talking about grade n specifically um is that that was your well that was on the next step so when it says specific focus on grade n support um to at students what does that look like what does it include um I'm very familiar with the tear I'm not sure that other members are familiar with the tears um but what does that mean what does when you say focus on grade nine to support at students um so in care if you want to um one of the things that we did I know is additional Dean support up there is that is something that is needed um to make sure uh what we're what we're providing uh to the high school working with them on is uh data Broken Out by individual students so we're starting to look at trends of who are the students that aren't coming we then are developing uh plans at the student level to say who is the best point of contact to reach out let's identify why that child is not coming to school is it that they're struggling academically is it that they're struggling social emotionally is it that the parent need to make more resources to overcome something in the community and then developing individual plans so the the premise of of leap as far as engaging in those home visits is to do a data review so that you're making databased decisions based on student performance then to reach out and build that connection with student continue start with the home visit continue to engage in those conversations so that we can continue toide the feedback to that family and work to support that do you want questions about the PBIS or just absentee right now well I that's I'll leave that to to our board chair but um just to round off a little bit what Kelly had talked about um just to add so it's outside of Lea in terms of the supports in nth grade the Deans are primarily a a conscientious strategy around grabbing that ninth grade um component so we've done work um with CT rise which is um professional development and learning for the nth grade teachers around um supporting students to keep them on track graduation so the student goes off track in grade N9 and that they could be off track because of attendance so that's that's one huge component where they fall behind in credits the likelihood that they'll graduate in four years is is not good because of the demands of the credits um and so I know that that I3 team as well as the high school looks at the incoming data from the middle schools too to black students who have also been critically absent so it's a um it's an opportunity for them to sort of preassign case loads to the Deans um at the high school to work and Target certain students who might be more at risk than others that's part of the focus in the ninth grade um outside of the leap are the strategies that they're employing in in the ninth grade as a team teresi um Ong that ninth grade uh absentees and R does anything stand out the excuse for being absent is IT jobs is it family or is it just a culmination of a bunch of St um just kind of from my experience speaking with different students it's a it's a variety of different things it's a little bit of everything that you just listed um you know some of it is engagement some of it is responsibil outside of school work family um life stressors there are some um definitely disengaged um maybe mental health uh that is interfering so it's a little bit of everything which is why um you know when you ask what are the interventions they really are individual to the student I I wish that there was an answer to say every ninth grader gets this and magically attendance will improve um unfortunately it's not as as easy of that and that's why the the leap is really at the individual student level how are you intervening to make a difference did you have a question Mr yes I wanted to pick up this subject getting back to is comment I think about it thought it was very important and that has to do with the reaching Endeavor I tend to think the and as Kelly said the fact that the data goes back to the child's students home school to me is insignificant because relative to three four five kids going back to Denver High School the effect is be minimal relative to the that the percentages but this is a special program and if we could look at this impact and has similar to the way we're looking at Ace as being a specialized type type of type of schools I think that would be important to us to see the progress that the the program is is making uh we're striving and we put these students there for the benefit of one Behavior situations but also Al equally as important uh more importantly is to educate them but if we find that they have a 60 or 70% fente rate then it's another question that says okay is this particular program effective or what can we do stuff like that so I think segregate that body separately would be important to have sorry that's something we can definitely do the other thing I think we would want to look at is many students and and this goes for Ace as well are transitioning in there at different times of the year so this is the attendance rate from the for the full year from the first day of school this year it might also be helpful to look at what are the total number of days they were at the specialized program and how many of those days did they attend I know it's a unique situation because of the the timing um but you know you can always break it down you can say it it's predicated based on 6mth or whatever some some criteria we came up with but I I think the data would be extremely important in inform so that's definitely something in a follow up um I will just say as well and I'm certainly happy to provide it I just think we also need to look at time there versus time before there because sometimes we do see and as any of you that have sat on expulsion hearings right now any student that has been through that process until we hit the 100 day of school would automatically flag for aonics and students we just have to keep that mind you know the more we know the more we get educated and the more questions absolutely um quick question and and this is coming from um Bas I know that we talked about this in the past but how do the exposion hearing that we're being having middle school high school that keep you on uising does these affect the numbers on the chronical OB yeah so any out of school suspension is considered an absence so every 10 days of every single kid that goes out 10 days at school um is also PS into that category um so 10 days would be it depends on the point in the year so any child that has had it has had a five or more day out of school suspension at this point in the year also falls on our list because we've been in school under 50 days for a student that has had a 10 day out of school suspension for the whole school year you have to miss 18 or more days right but 10 days is a significant number they're very likely to be on this list and at this point in the year they absolutely would because 10 10 days is more than 10 school year at this point so we can actually say that every single year our numbers will be basing out some days from September to December get really get affected on the amount all hearings that we might have so any child based on the amount of time that yeah so any child you're seeing at an expulsion hearing um has been out of school 10 days for suspension and that affects and reflects it does thank you did you still have a question not on the absente no no one else has to go sir okay M on [Music] PB question um [Music] I'm on the second page sorry for the PBIS under how it there it says focus on explicit teaching of expectations to students and that's been one of our um consistent over and over especially with our conduct code and um so just as we talk about ident ifying G positive behaviors I'm wondering how much Focus during this process is put on the our District's conduct code and um looking at it from that responsibility point of view for the student and um we talk about being respectful being responsible to be safe how how much are we pushing again when we have our hearings you know we're hearing um has have our students been exposed to the comat code and over and over it said yes at the beginning of the year at the assembly um posted in every classroom um I'm wondering if that should be if we should look at in including that more often in more situations than just on those occasions I agree with you completely um what I will say is that this uh even though the training started last year the roll out to the staff was was this year to the whole school was this year and one of the things that the um trainer has done is ask each individual school to look at their data because expectations like we have common expectations across the district but what we are seeing is um some patterns of things that are occurring in different schools right so it may be for example at the elementary level that um you know we're seeing an increased number of disciplinary actions at recess because students are not following the expectations and so utilizing the data that's coming in um from from teacher reports office writeups disciplinary actions you know those types of things even nurses incident reports if we're seeing you know a child getting injured or things like that and then having the having the school have an intentional focus on if this is what the data is saying where are we going to intervene on that and it's a it's a continuous process because as we know right like let's just say we intervene I'm just going to pick like hallway expectations right we've noticed a lot of discipline happening between the changing of classes at the middle school level what we may see is a reduction there but an increase somewhere else uh maybe now it moves to lunch in recess or lunchtime so then we have to work on expectations there so it it really is constantly looking at what what are we seeing in front of us what is the dat telling us where do we need to intervene because the tier one is making sure that we're teaching all kids to lesson um the instances and then for those individual students if it's one student that not everyone needs to review hallway expectation if it's one child that is having a difficulty with that and then how do we intervene with that so I hope that that helps to answer your question but it's an ongoing realer process to um continually focus on what are this what are the kids presenting with where are they making gains where are some areas that they are displaying so weaknesses having the assumption that we as the adults need to ret those expectations so that students can be successful can I ask you question um so for the I don't know if all the members are familiar with the tiers it might be helpful if we at some point given information on te but if I'm not mistaken the PBIS is more individualized um kind of for student I mean it can be used across the board but generally um a student that comes with a behavioral issue consistent the goal is to create a systemwide approach to how to respond when things do happen so it's really the it's a framework that all all staff in the building from the secretary to the teacher to the nurse to the custodian um that they're all engaging with the same level of expectations and kind of coaching around This Is How We Do school here this is how we behave here and so yes while it can go to the individual um followup supports it's generally um a systemwide framework for for the support that we so everyone's on the same page with it yeah so um everyone's using the same vocabulary the same words the same expectations the same message um and so it might be helpful to know some of the uh tier one tier 2 even tier three uh I apologize this is going to sound crazy but is there just one student code conduct for the whole system the whole District or is each school got a different not each school but there are some differences between the levels okay age appropriate okay age appropriate all right cuz I'm going to the DHS PTO Monday and I had asked they had asked me what we should uh what I should talk about I'm glad I recommended student C contct that up correctly and I I just want to add to that we have made strides at the high school for example I know the middle schools will do a beginning of the year kick off it's pretty common that they go over this Dakota contact but we actually built in some components in that freshman exploration course for the Academy is um how to be successful at Denver High School how to be a successful student that references the kode of conduit but also the expectation and it's more of an extended conversation that builds over the course um so that because we noticed that a big one of the biggest areas where we can see infractions is in the ninth grade students come up to the high school uh it's huge they're you know this is they we're navigating a very big space there's all new students and uh new friends and new faces and um it is the supervision is much more challenging there given the size and the scope um and I want to point out that our long-term strategy here there's a short-term strategy that we're doing on the daily but don't forget the academy is to get to a transformational space where we have personalized um learning communities with students so we have this largest high school in Connecticut um the goal is we're going to break down into seven or eight differentes so that I really get to know you have a team of teachers who are thinking about you talking about you they notice when you're absent they're communicating with one another um and and it's a little harder to kind of fall through the CR in those environments and so the long-term game on theem is really about wrapping that student in 360 support College the future but also whatever their social emotional needs might be as well and so I just want to point that out that that's the that's the long game is to get to that place where we're have more personaliz theing Mars if I can also just add that's also why we did move away at the middle school level from a cluster model and did move back towards that because we noticed that students been more cross clusterings they didn't have common teachers a smaller learning community that we saw an increase in Behavior so last year we did not have a a clustering model or teaming model at the middle school level that was followed with Fidelity doents some individual meetings as far as instructional programming and this year we have moved back it's not a 100% perfect system sometimes students do need to cross cluster for a particular need um but we have found that that has helped with those small my own comment is and I've been I said it 3 or 4 years ago that at some point the discipline code need to be reinforced so that students and parents will understand the rationale as to what happens you know during the expulsion and just the student send it pass it on the wall doesn't mean a thing to him and and someone can read it and tell them you know go on the the computer do you think he would go on a computer to look at it no so I think we have to have to take a step in in saying that we need to do more than just the beginning of school year okay because we see now that that's not work okay so uh that was my only concern and as ours um get larger I hope that we would look at some some type of strategy to maybe make that possible and and I Tau this three or four years ago 5 years ago and and and we're back to they get it the first day of school in the backpack and we read it once a year that's it yes J I just want to ask to you Miss Cooper um and maybe this is something to take in consideration um something that know and every time they would go into a hearing none everybody like they say yes we read it we know but they don't know anything about consequences they don't know what's going to happen they don't know I mean they know they will they will get exp they will be expelled they will be expelled out of school but they don't actually understand that um it's their education it's their future is one year out of um the premises is um not being able to go I mean they they understand like not games not premises after anything happens and that's when they start thinking oh so this something to take consideration about maybe it's also given them all the facts what's coming up if if they engage and even if they could get into this um horrible fence by bringing in um um to G and what happens is what is the real consequences of women drops to school um yeah anything I mean go and maybe the police officer can go and say listen um when this happens you might get this or that or even explain to them that it's the whole future that they have in Jeopardy I mean even to the parents because I noticed that many of them yes um know they don't want no now parents want their child to be in that situation uncomfortable situation it's on to it happens that they realize that oh my God I should have PID more attention oh and I think that's the way I think that we should express it to their that this is what it's going to happen to you best I agree we all I think we all agree with that I think it's something that we're going to continue to build down through our messaging and work with the parents thank you so we going to move on down the agenda there's more question our standing committees stand Comm want report here [Music] policy obviously had a great presentation this evening from Eric hes from the school and state finance project um and and uh we don't have another meeting scheduled until February 12th but I'm going to look to schedule something before then because I do want to pick up on the conversation we started at the meeting before then which was uh going over some talking points and figuring out some Community groups uh to work with to try to share some information get our faces in front of the public and make sure that they know who we are and what our mission is for the community do the other committee sure for policy committee we met last week on 116 um we will see that there are two policies that are on the agenda this evening for reads um and then we also had an initial conversation about uh the cell phone uh consideration of a cell phone policy uh districtwide which um there was a uh an ad hoc group that was assembled uh which included um teachers parents board members administrators and robust conversation about what uh what they're seeing happening in schools with students um and what the impact is for education so the next policy meeting that we have scheduled again I don't think is until February I'm definitely going to look to schedule another meeting um in December and then again in January I think that's a committee where we need to have monthly meetings so that we can stay on top of uh we're trying to do thank you Mr J five minutes the next meeting is next Tuesday the 19 thank you do you have uh our next meeting isn't until January January thank you okay action items okay AC I'll make a motion that the Board of Education except for the the first reading policy 32711 non-aps education fund as recommended by the policy committee and in the court sub 24-15 motion been made by Kate can I hear second thees any questions motion has been moved in second all in favor could I hear I motion's okay okay action item B teres B policy 24242 ien compensation central office exempt staff parenthesis non-bargaining unit employees close parentheses motion that the Board of Education accept for second reading and adoption policy 24.2 I comp compensation central office exam staff parenthesis non bargaining unit employees close parenthesis as recommended by the policy Committee in accordance with 24-1 196 motion made by uh Teresa can I he a second to motion any a question concerning that motion yes I just have a comment about this uh we did make amendments to this policy based on the conversation we have with the policy committee and so you will see noted in the exhibit 24-1 196 that in the first paragraph we've crossed out the last line in paragraph one um and then we've added a statement to uh paragraph 2 and I just want to make sure that everyone is aware of those changes before we take the okay any questions this all in favor I right hi oppose motion so Carri superintendent cour okay so we have two major items on the superintendent's report accomplished so thank you Kelly for the presentation um we do have some wonderful news um our accountability index results have come back in and while we're going to be having a full presentation on our district data um if you recall the last curriculum committee um Mr Chris Ro came in and talked about sort of the makeup of the accountability index and how the numbers are are comprised and so in the second meeting that he'll come back with Caro wanzer as well um we'll talk about our district data relative to our latest results um in that though we received some information around um some areas where folks have done an outstanding job and I'd like to highlight King Street primary had some overall great Improvement so they were noticed as as distinction um and what they do is they basically rank uh the growth uh growth rates across the state and they kind of take the highest cut and they say okay you guys did a better job than most so they they distinguish you from the others so it's a wonderful way to um give some back linkes to the teachers and administration that are working very hard as well as the uh support staff that that go in to provide professional development and to help complete some of those um those efforts um Western Connecticut state Western Connecticut state Western Connecticut Academy of international studies um received a distinction for high performance and high growth um in their High needs population concerning math which was great so it was nice to um some of the data had dipped down they can't it we come back um so we're really proud of those math achievements and then Mo Street School received a distinction for high growth in their High need students in math as well which was great a lot of work there Ellsworth Avenue school again high growth in the high KN students and math so um if you've noticed there been a lot of focus on try to bring up some of the math in the last year or so in particular so it looks like some of those efforts have have paid off in those schools and we're quite proud um there are some other schools that did a great job with there's some great pockets of growth um but if you had if you still had an achievement Gap and an outliner they wouldn't um they would classify you as a school of Distinction so um we'll talk more about that in the curriculum committee meeting and do an overall presentation so you can see how all the school is faired where we are where our Baseline is and that'll help us create the road now for where we need to go next okay and um just in your handout packet um you will see the preparing for Teacher parent teacher conference packet that was distributed to everyone districtwide from the office uh the Family Resource Center um that went out in Spanish English and Portuguese and that just provides parents with some extra tools and resources for getting ready for those conferences we want to encourage all of our parents to come out it's not too late to grab a slot um if you still haven't done that um we want to make sure that we get our parents out to the schools our elementary schools are meeting uh this week for conferences then our middle schools will go the week after and then the last one to go is our high school so again we enourage everybody to come out to the schools and to sit down and talk to your teachers about the CH your child's progress um we covered chronic absenteeism and positive behavior support um the last thing I have on the list here is U looking forward to the cape um the C convention meeting that's uh be starting tomorrow and Friday uh Kelly ches and myself will be going up together on Friday um our board members will be going um tomorrow um which will be wonderful uh it's going to be uh I think very uh very helpful for us all to be together um there to learn um what's on the horizon legislatively and where some of the um where some of the efforts are being had across the state and then very last thing is that we have a career for date for de High School of December 12th uh we are currently still looking for uh industry Partners to come and partner with us and um attend that career fair so if you know of any businesses um that could would want to participate we're looking for professionals that are are interested in engaging our our high school students asking questions talking about their industry and their business uh what they do and how their work impacts um the community so uh please help us out with that pass along some information um and Mike cig um could certainly help um get anybody registered we have a link and a brochure that's going out through dsabc but also through the chamber um and we're trying to register more more folks so we're we don't have as many as we have this time last year so we want to make sure that we have a robust experience for our students on the toall question where is it going to be it's going to be at the high school this year Dan's going to um utilize the gymnasium spaces before that it'll be a little bit easier the transportation was very tricky going to the dome last year I love we love the space of the Dome and how spread out out it was was impressive um but the logistics of of moving that many students in multiple waves across the school day was a little bit difficult so um he we're thinking we're going to try the gym the gymnasium set up this year and see how that goes and we can actually also open it up to other grades as well um because it's on site the high school so it makes a little bit easier um to get the kids down there what's the time uh at 9:00 9 yes 9 to1 but we need we need participants so friend businesses businesses yes do they do they have to be Danberry can they be Beth sure yeah as long yeah and if they can if we can identify where they fit in the any one of those cies we're trying to you know make sure that we have enough representation in each Academy section so yeah definitely do you have specific criteria or do you have any specific side that people can go and see their qualifications or requirements requirements to participate yes um it's just if you're are an area of business and uh you want to showcase your your business these are the future employees of them in in the area so you have an opportunity to build a relationship build some excitement um exchange with students it's we're hoping it's a mutually beneficial experience for everybody participants that U that you know were with us last year raved about it we're like I can't believe this was amazing we learned we got just as much out of it from them as as we think that they got from us so um they just have to be a business uh who's willing to engage with kids when they come on I think that I use the wrong way instead of requirement what would be the logistics for the day um how they can find about um where we be time that they should be there to set up and so on we'll send out the brochure that has a QR code with all the registration information in there and anybody who's interested will get sent out all the the nitty-gritty details for the setup of the day thank you thank you is this what um the time when they decorate their boots and over the top to attract student they certainly can it's helpful because kids will swarm to a more attractive booth area human you know we tend to that's just like we would um we the kids love to get uh what I call swag so the businesses have things that you know pens or highlighters or little trinkets uh the students certainly love that and it's a draw which is the intent of those types of items to get to engage in a conversation so we do encourage that um the kids like it we the candy not so much we did a lot of cleaning up last year so that candy rappers can stay home but we'll take everything else okay and that's it for the superintendent's report today I will be very brief I attended City Y PCO and I express my concern about uh them expressing my concerns I'm trying to think I don't remember what night it was this report the upcoming budget for Border B and to and Erica hay but there she did the same presentation that she did tonight and I also asked um as we was meeting to talk about the disciplin and to express their their concern as representatives in the school about disciplin that was all got here the uh the only thing about Citywide p and they my misunderstanding and I thought as a representative from the board when we attend PTO meetings as representative for the board we are supposed to go there and sit and find out what that particular School needs and bring it back to the board and all I hear at City wi is fundraising Bale get it and maybe that's what they're supposed to do but I haven't heard anything educational wise that they w and say well this school needs um you know wipes this school need tissue this school need no it's all around fundrais and so is that their main goal I mean that's generally a certainly a strong component of of what how they support the school relative to the school's Ro so school is trying to bring in some enrichment or activities to support learning or an interest in the school um the PTO usually spearheads a fundraising campaign arounds but it's no it's nothing educational in here that you know that I I see that but anyway that that's that's one problem that I have uh committee that we have on the board uh it's very important I know we can't be at all the the meetings but it's very important uh that we have a qu to take care business we have five people on the committee and I know as I said earlier we can't be at every meeting but at least let the chairperson of that committee know that you don't plan to attend because it throws us all off we don't have a COR so I'm just asking maybe I'm preaching to the choir church but you know we need to wake up people and say it's very important if you on my committee you know come and at least let me know that you're not coming that's all I have to say so if there's not now executive session we need a motion to go into execu session I don't think we need to go into executive session um I can speak about the contract in Open Session and uh there's any specific questions I can't address just because of the sensitive nature I can being F offline okay okay no okay do you want to talk about the contract sure you need to speak into the mic because we're sitting out here and that blow is blow and we can't e all right I'll see up um so I believe everyone was shared the uh Master service agreement for Aeros security uh we spoke about this briefly in our sit's meeting few we High School um so basically what this is is is you know we we've spoken in this uh in this body before about some of the challenges we've had with recruiting safety advocates in the district our current budget allows us to have 42 that is one at each Elementary School and the early um the uh Early Child Care Centers uh three at each middle school and then 15 at the high school um 42 total the best we've been able to do at any point relative to that number of 42 is 35 um we are currently at 34 so despite uh you know constantly doing interviews bringing people on they either back out or they turn out to just not be a qualified candidate we can't get that we can't get that full Staffing that we need so we decided to go out and uh interview a few different staffing firms just like we do currently with with substitutes around the district we're going to be doing the same thing with safety Advocates um sort of on a long-term sub basis while continue to try to hire and uh round out those ranks of safety Advocates to a total of 42 um this is hopefully a short-term solution um I I it's not something we hope will will extend for you know for a longer period of time uh but it will be here as long as we need it just to make sure our schools are safe our teachers and our kids are safe so Aeros security uh is a company that uh is based on Long Island they uh work extensively through Connecticut uh uh New York uh they're in New Jersey they're they're they're really sort of the the standard um in in this region for school security they staff specifically for schools they train for schools they they have folks that have worked in schools so they're they're really topnotch when it comes to this type of work um through anou with the teamsters we have been permitted to uh hire up to 10 um private security guards to supplement our ranks um just to make sure we keep that total number at 42 and as we are able to hire more we will reduce the number that we use from Arrow and if we suddenly have an exodus we'll be able to increase the number just to make sure that we you know that that we're at full Staffing so um the uh we have a sort of a twoe window as we're going to downshift or upshift if that's about the amount of time it takes them to bring folks in and out uh they have a pretty good core of of people that they've recruited a lot of ex uh law enforcement former military um and they've got these people sort of on you know on the books and then they can you know sort of grab them from other jobs and plug them in they they kind of keep a really good pool of applicants at ready so they're pretty Nimble and if again we don't need them they'll be able to put someone somewhere else they just need a two we notice the contract itself can be terminated in 30 days so um if everything changes the wind shift or you know whatever we go into a new contract next year it turns out we're flooded with applicants um we only give 30 days notice and the contract dissolves and you know we can go back to what we really wanted do which is have a full staff of safety here in are question for Mike we're not going to get into calling see asking questions about which food is getting them you know there specific question that you going to ask yes um I know that we talk about this when we wear to the high school I just want to make sure of when we are I mean the district does not cover any of the UH responsibilities right but I understand that these individuals that come in they will get a higher um uh rate right how are we going to compensate those individual we're trying to actually hire people how are we what's the strategy that we're trying to use in order to hire and not to conflict with what we already have with this company because rate is a lot much higher than what as an organization we have offer yeah so so just to clarify they're the officers aren't they're getting paid very slightly more it's it's it's less than a dollar I believe and that's just the way the math works out um we pay the agency a higher rate because there's an agency fee they have to cover Staffing and all their internal costs so our rate the agency is higher but they're they're very close rates when it comes to what the what the uh guard The Advocates are getting paid yes Mr M do we have an estimate annually what at least the the this would cost us for the 10 yeah I have um I've run a few different scenarios um I can pull one up here for you um basically we're at 8 and and this number could go up it could go down um if you would mind could I send that to you offline cuz I the num yeah okay thank you appreciate it um also in a contract do we have to specify that the the officers are not armed or they just implied uh no that's that's specific to this contract once you bring in that issue with everything changes the insurance the rates everything everything changes so that's the other thing is a comment I had like not looking to give you more work but I think it would be helpful to to us and for future board members that a proposal such as this transportations or any contracts there'd be some sort of a summary of what we're looking to do the philosophy behind it in this case here the reason for it uh and the reason for that is is is twofold many people are not going to read perhaps understand the leg Le in here so to the large part I think we lose the audience as to what you're looking to do to to V on this the other thing couple of 3 years from now there may be changes in this group and like we've heard around the table in many cases new board members will come in and say gee I wasn't here for that and so I can't help you you know that subject that issue still exist but I don't have any background on it because I wasn't here for for that reasoning and if we had something that was documented at least they'd be able to have a an idea of the philosophy behind it in this case here to the points that mik was making so you know i' would like to recommend that in the future we start to develop something like this so that we have it embedded in the philosophy so that it helps future board members we have that as a reference guide to go back it is to why we did those things it's a good suggestion yeah so there's no other discussion so we need to make a motion yes okay I need someone to make a motion some read the read the motion to motion that the Board of Education approve the master service agreement for school security security as presented second second about Julie all in favor I I motion so car need a motion toour ask one question yes of Kim um there's been a lot in the paper about um the former principal at Westside oh do I just wanted to ask do we do you can't do it they forget it motion to by second

you ready yeah right uh we'll Now call the regular meeting of the trustees of the bar School District to order at 6 p.m. we have four of our five trustees uh in person over here today um today we will have in close session we'll have item under item a conference with legal council uh existing litigation pursu to government Court section 549 9569 subdivision d sub division one one sorry and then student discipline or other confidential student matters at code section 48912 subdivision B and and 20 USC section 1232g uh and atmc will have conference with labor negotiators government code section 54957.6 under we under item D we'll have Public Employee discipline dismissal release complain government code section 54957 um at this time are there any public comments on the close session items all right seeing none we will adjourn to close session e e e everybody uh good evening once again uh we'll now reconvene to open session uh we'll begin with a F flag salute trusty jenez would you lead us in the flag salute today please stand and flag again I pledge Ali to the flag of the United States of America thank you for that um Tran can you help us with the district m statement today please the Bera Union School District provides all students the skills to become lifelong Learners and successful 21st century Global Citizens thank you for that and trustee Miss boak can you please read the nor for the Board of Trustees please the bar Union School District Board of Trustees agree to focus on the best interest of students at all times be respectful listen openly address problems and process process not persons keep each other informed maintain confidentiality work toward the future learn from the past equal participation from all members stay on task thank you for that um item D is disclosure of action taken in close s uh close session Dr ftis on that please yes with respect to agenda item 2A conference with legal counsel existing litigation the Board of Trustees approved the settlement agreement with a vote of four o for resolution of a dispute regarding special education services for a District student based on an IEP for Educational Services and attorneys fees for full waivers of any and all federal and state special education claims against the district thank you for that uh next item is adoption of agenda I have motion to adopt the agenda I move to adopt the agenda second moved and seconded all those in favor say I I I agenda is adopted thank you so much we don't have anything under recognition ceremonial U are there any public comments on the consent calendar agenda items today no only um are there any questions on the consent calendar if not I'll entertain a motion in the consent calendar I move to approve the consent calendar I'll second that been moved and seconded all those in favor say I I I I consent calendar is approved next item is uh comments from the public on non-agenda items we have we have a few we have 10 all right so we have 10 speakers today right okay um and have 11 all right that's it one more perfect thank you uh we have 12 speakers today uh we usually assign maximum of 20 minutes to the topic uh so we'll reduce the time to 2 minutes per speaker is that okay with the word all right all right so sorry before we I call excuse me before I call for the first Speaker I'll go ahead and read the speaker conduct for all those who wish to address the board during the public comment periods speakers are requested request to state your name and affiliation for the record each speaker will be given two minutes today to address a board five minutes per organization in a maximum of 20 minutes per topic speakers are reminded to communicate with respect fairness and courteousness to each other and to all present we ask that you not use the name of any any District employee in your comments the board welcomes orderly communication from the public with that let's call um Jean isant isant two minutes wow I did use my stopwatch at home and check myself out so I should be able to do this my name is Jeanie aizan and I'm a former ruscin teacher uh I'm here to speak can you all hear me okay excuse me I am here to speak with why Ruskin should stay open besides having a very strong academic program with many qualified teachers and administrator Ruskin has a science lab as a unique program that offers students an opportunity to learn science using Hands-On techniques which has proven to be a most effective and engaging students to learn about science it's my understanding that rusin is the only elementary school that has such a lab in 1996 and 1997 I took on the role to raise the money to build the uh building there the science lab and um it's the building that stands here today parent donations Community donations excuse me fundraising and grants paid for the building it was built with metal framework covered with Zeo to match the rest of the school it opened in November of 1997 no District funds were used for the building funds to help pay for the two science coaches have been raised each year to help pay for their uh salaries by parent donations and fundraising this average is 45 % of both their salaries and the rest is paid out of the Ruskin uh general fund the rusin community of parents have recognized the benefit of the program and have helped support it for 26 years the science lab is part of the culture of Ruskin and its Community why not allow more students to bet that benefit and opportunity if another nearby school was closed and Ruskin remains open students that were transferred to rusin would also benefit from this unique and valuable program if rusin is closed that would be the end of the rusin science lab students will no longer benefit this would be a loss of a quality program that is avoidable rusin needs to stay open and if I can just add I was very excited about building helping raise the money to build it I've watched it got bu getting built and if any anybody has any questions and would like to talk to me personally another time I have a binder with pictures of it being built and I have a a binder of every single donation that was made to build it so thank you for listening thank you appreciate your comments thank you so much the next speaker is Jan Janet Yu hi good evening everyone my name is Janet U I'm here to talk about a couple of solutions to help minimize school closures um yesterday we were in this meeting where we talked um a couple of board members had mentioned trying to find solutions to minimize um impact on students family and the community um the two items I really want to bring up is the closure of mopas Christian school and having open enrollment mopas Christian School sits of course as you all know on property that belongs to B USD with its pending closure I I'm wondering if we have asked their families where they plan on sending their students to school I definitely do understand they're a parochial school and it might be hard maybe to sway families to move into a public school system but um I think it's still worth asking um from my understanding the partner school is Kings Academy which is in Sunnyville when I did the like Google Maps it is 11 miles away through traffic we all know how hard it is to drive to Mountain View at 7:30 in the morning so there might be a lot of parents who can't make that commute um yesterday was also mentioned that they have not paid rents in the past two months and I so I do wonder if there's a way to survey their families maybe even in lie of rent I don't know the numbers I don't know if that's even feasible but realistically are they going to pay this rent would we have to take them to court um so in lie of uh having them pay rent we can ask get them to ask their families where they're planning on sending their students what might attract them to come to a bu USD school is it a stem program is it an arts program something like that and we can encourage um mpus Christian School to um have them strongly urge especially those who cannot make that commute to consider going to be USD on top of that we would be able to hopefully absorb some of their teachers um if we had additional enrollment um I I know that sometimes with um private schools teachers may not have teaching credentials and I know be USD has provided um emergency credentials or emergency whatever for them to be a teacher so with this knowledge we can figure out open enrollment to better fill our schools right thank you thank you for your comments next speaker is uh Nolan fan uh admittedly it is my first time speaking in front of a board so hopefully I sound formal enough I'm Nolan fan I'm a student at Pont Hills High School and I'm here to speak about my experiences at Ruskin and CRM and why I'm assuming they're closing so oh man why is the timer not started okay I'll keep talking uh sorry about that uh so my experience as at Ruskin I actually graduated from Ruskin five years ago now admittedly I don't remember all that much about Ruskin as a whole but I do remember that they had an excellent science lab it was the only science lab that I remember and that the teachers there were very nice they were very kind with me even if I accidentally popped one of their balls and in honesty they had a very good playground they had pretty good food and yeah that's all I remember from ceron rusin at sierant since I graduated from that school two years ago now it was a lot more fun even though it was over covid during my sixth grade all the teachers were pretty adaptive they were all very nice I even had like a technical issue on my end my teacher was like okay just talk to me after they're all really nice so as to why they shouldn't close my experience reflects maybe a couple hundred other students that all went to Ruskin and sea I know a lot of them personally and a lot of those students would probably agree with me in that you shouldn't close these schools because they're really good I'm pretty sure they're also overfunded but admittedly there are many things that could go better but those are all so minute that they shouldn't matter when it comes to boards decisions and also that a lot of students would that c this that if they went to these they'll probably also ask why would you bother with these they're so in they're they're not important enough for us to be talking about this and also where are you going to send these students if you actually close down these schools if I was in third grade and Ruskin shut down where would I go the next closest option for me is Noble which is not close enough so yeah think of the inconveniences and that's all I have to say thank you thank you for those comments and next next speaker is Kaya Yan thank you for board members and uh District super intend attendance my name is cayen I'm a rasing n mountain mom uh I'm going to talk about uh uh rasing and uh besides the science lab many speakers as already mentioned and the uh rasing school is also one of the largest School uh in our district is has the most 24 permanent Clos rooms uh uh 24 classrooms so it has the capacity to welcome new students so I think we should make it a welcoming um school not a um closing school right uh I just use uh a nearby school as an example right if we move students from rasing to nearby uh Cherrywood that means we will p p we we will put students we will pull students from permanent classrooms to pable classrooms why would we do that to uh our students when we have a well equipped school and we abandoned it and move students to other uh schools in relatively poor conditions right we have the brand new playground we have the brand new softball uh field we have the newly uh renovated law and after one years we close the school right people will question uh the boss ability and the district ability to make judgment right to make plans and um yeah another Point okay yeah for the uh M immersion program uh like our other programs we said many times they are relocatable right so uh I think uh we didn't invent M immersion program we have examples uh other districts do right we just follow them we don't need seven years to know how to run a Mion programs they should be mature enough after 7 years to be relocated thank you thank you for those thank you for those comments next speaker is Teresa CIO K yes Teresa hello my name is Teresa Creo I am a former student of rkin and sieron and I am a current rkin parent um my parent bought their home in the beras community 50 years ago Unfortunately they were not notified about any consolidations or closures however we did receive flyers in the mail about straford schools and St Victor schools holding open enrollment this spring with that being said I think we need to counter this with our own open enrollment and this will also give a chance like um Janet said if mita's Christian School is closing this gives us an opportunity to absorb their student and their teachers um I think an open enroll policy an open enrollment policy will also show you where the families would prefer their children to attend school which school in the district and um if you guys are concerned about how we would manage this we can also create a community or a committee of community members and of parents because as you've seen in the past couple of weeks there is a strong parent present that are very interested in keeping all of our schools open um there has ALS there also has not been any kind of um fundraisers I remember as a child in um brkin we would always have holiday fundraisers I'm not sure why that stopped but that may be a consideration to bring some kind of funding back to the school um and if we don't consider an open enrollment policy and we do close schools um this will affect the property value we were told by a real estate agent by $100,000 which will also in turn affect the property tax value which will also affect the funding that goes to the schools um the schools have great academic programs such as the science lab which the science lab was in the process of getting funding for agricultural program to teach the childrens about agricultural um and we're are looking for Solutions where this um will help us in the long run because Clos closing schools now is a temporary solution it's not a solution and thank you thank you for those comments appreciate your patience uh next speaker is uh Venice can hi my name is Venice thank you for the two minutes I am a mother of three children who are currently attending Raskin ceremon and pitmon Hill this tree school have the best location and allow walking distance and ourself do not blend on low enrollment but you need to invest in attracting new students allowing open enrollment promoting and marketing our best performance school I believe our concern parent here are very willing to help in promoting our best school in berasa closing school to save money forcing students and families to find new school to attend is never never a solution next according to the California Department of Education outl the best practice guide for potential School closure which the first step is engaging the community however basas Junior School District feel in the first step because as a resident of berasa I do not feel engaged I do not feel involved no newsletter no flyer no survey no case study about screw closure at the very beginning the only newsletter I received was the flyer and newsletter about no scw closure I think sorry to say that I think our concern Community here is doing much better than b USD in engaging the community last Raskin and ceron are the con last okay Raskin and ceron are the Central and part of our neighborhood School site provide indoor and outdoor spaces within our communities to get together School building and classroom are a critical part of the teaching learning experience especially the science lab building in Raskin which create the most value teaching learning experience for all students my children always came home to share with me what they learn about science and I benefited from learning science with them together last no glucosure thank you thank you for those comments next speaker is PR Krishnan good evening and thank you for the opportunity to address the board my name is pra I have a kid in Raskin and an ex seront parent I was impressed by the thoughtful discussion and public engagement during the study session the idea of converting pedmont medal into k28 school is a fantastic opportunity to enhance educational outcome by consolidating other Title One schools into pedmont middle we can ensure that our students receive the targeted support and resources they deserve as for elementary school discussions there are some additional questions that I have on budget relocating Ruskin science lab involves significant infrastructure cost has the budget accounted for the expenses of moving and reestablishing the lab in a new location kids in Raskin have had access to these Labs from kindergarten or transitional kindergarten if the kids are displaced then as per the superintendent's office the boundaries might have to be redrawn causing some kids to lose access to these Labs that they've always had how will this that be addressed the Raskin lab is a community funded initiative supported by the school denying Community Access would be unfair as it would deprive them of the benefits of their Investments Raskin has the highest number of kids walking to school moving them means more cars on the road which is neither good for the community Community nor the environment while I don't want to dwell on the negative aspects I agree with the boat's suggestion to focus on Constructor feedback parents are increasingly seeking stem and steam programs for their children Raskin science lab is one step towards that by allowing students to learn through experimentation we can foster a deeper understanding of science especially for our non-english Learning Community Hands-On learning has been proven to significantly boost academic performance not only that Mi is a special program and we must wait it accordingly bringing in mi students into Raskin will also give them an opportunity to spread their wings into a bigger Community to add to this rascan has more classrooms that are vacant and can accommodate more students and as somebody already mentioned Why move kids to a portable when you have classrooms that are and in rkin thank you for the opportunity I appreciate it thank you for your comments next speaker is Bobby [Music] Evans hi my name is Bobby Evans thank you again for the opportunity to speak I'm still recovering and processing last night's meeting let's talk long-term growth and stainability it makes much more sense to keep a campus such as Ruskin open due to its larger sized campus as it could support higher enrollment should the number of births and attendance rise in the future the district needs to ensure and accommodate this potential growth I just want to reiterate as a homeowner paying property taxes which helps fund your public schools why would you not notify us of these issues the district is experiencing and get us involved and no we have never received um any surveys or anything to get our input please reconsider slowing these decisions down and listen to the community on other solutions to help you achieve your goals thank you for your time thank you for your comments next uh next speaker is Tang FEA good evening B members uh my name is t I'm a parent of three children attending roskin and sount uh thank you for staying late yesterday to hear opinions from the community today I would like to share my thoughts on school conation first urge the board members not to close our top performing schools doing so we send the wrong message to the community suggesting that our school detri does not prioritize academic performance it has taken decades and and multiple generations to build the strong reputations of Raskin and sount but only take one wrong decision to spend them I believe none of you want to be responsible for that second closing schools will negatively impact proper values home owners and property value Revenue further straining the district financial situation we also make our district less attractive to young families compared to neighboring districts like meas and many many families will leave if these two schools are closed lastly I'm concerned about one comment from board member yesterday regarding special consideration for the Mi program the consolidation committee has discussed and agreed that all programs are relable based on Criterion 13 if the B believes the committee's report is flaw or is incomplete it should be care for reviewed or rone the board should not suddenly prioritize one spe specific program at one school and use it as a major factor in decision making on the other hand roskin science lab is completely funded by the Rasin Community if ruskin's closed it's unlikely that the program will receive sufficient funding at another campus thank you thank you for those comments next speaker is Susan Lee hi my name is Susan Lee and I wanted to thank the board for your service um I'm a parent of a student at seront and we he also attended Ruskin closing your best academic schools violates your mission uh providing highquality education to each student camont and Ruskin are your top schools and have been since my husband went to varasa schools 40 years ago we were actually denied an intradistrict transfer to Ruskin as um as well as other parents and even various teachers were denied transfers interdistrict transfers to Ruskin we all chose to send our kids to private school instead of a different baras of school why not allow open enrollment accept all transfer requests to increase enrollment numbers when the Evergreen School District closed schools recently they prioritized academic quality and desirability of the schools why are we not doing that our consolidation committee members didn't even know that they could weigh the academic quality criteria more heavily until the October meeting our child did end up going to Ruskin later and is now at camont because we bought a house in that neighborhood now many people have said that you know Ruskin my my child's favorite part about Ruskin is the science lab and the fact that there is it's providing a private school education for free science lab is not only not movable because of the building but the families who are willing to donate and fund the science lab many of those families will go to private school if you close Ruskin who is going to pay for the continuation of the the science lab at a different school I do um Advocate turning peont um into a TK to 8 school my kid was in a tk8 it is safe pedmont has the facilities to keep the elementary school students and the middle school students separate the traffic is actually better over there than camont um thank you for listening thank you for your comments next speaker is Jesse Tang good evening board uh my name is Jesse I am a former B USD student current homeowner and expecting parent who moved here for Ruskin and sierant I understand that we Face the reality of declining enrollment and budget constraints my humble request is that among the many valuable things the board is solving for to please consider options and actions that maintain the district's highest quality School environments while I know that student transfers to bosd schools are currently closed I believe that if we did open trans transfers back up many parents such as myself uh would be drawn to rcan and sieron academic accomplishments some programs and community-built science lab I appreciated hearing the board's questions and efforts yesterday to make this situation uh which is tough as much of a net positive as possible for the community please consider balancing decisions that address urgent short-term needs with ones that keep this District an attractive place for future families please keep both Ruskin and camont open thank you thank you for your comments next speaker is danu hello everyone this is Demi from SAR Middle School my daughter just graduated from Rasin this summer I'm happy that she's a girl but doesn't have stereotypes about learning she loves math and science thanks rasing for always supporting her to explore the learning world and let her believe that girls can do anything just like boys this summer the rusing team just won second place in the mass League National Championship among 81 schools across the United States she was one of the members I don't know how to convince you not to close our best schools I just know that I'm so sad and disappointed at this time because we are still talking about if we need to close our best performing schools I believe that Ras king and the Sion has always been great schools with good reputation and it took decades to build the reputation if rasing or Caron is closed I don't know whether I still have chances to tell people that Ras and the thereon used to be great schools I don't know whether I still have a chance to tell people how proud I'm of being a parent at school and the cemon I want to mention that our schools have famous Al uh alamon including the Yahoo founder Jerry Young and the rasi is the only one school that received the Blue Ribbon reward in our district please don't let these two schools disappear on the map thanks thank you for your comments thank you everybody for being here and for your thoughtful comments today really appreciate it I'll leave this here um all right we move forward with our next item on the agenda item number 10 is reports and presentations uh first on the list is enrollment predictions Dr ftis thank you this evening I'd like to welcome our demographer Tom Williams he um comes to see us each year to share with us our demography um projections for the next several out years which he'll do again uh this evening thank you Tom it's good to see you thank you she'll be running the show for me thankfully next slide please this summary is essentially straight out of the report um the three key things are the history and what we're projecting going forward the history at the top is the total enrollment in the bar Union School District compared to the current figure is forecast a decline by 181 to next fall over 603 years and nearly a thousand students in five years as significant as these reductions are they had a slower rate than the loss of over 900 students in just the three main pandemic impacted years of 2019 to 2022 a key difference between the enrollment reductions from 2016 to 2019 and in the projected amounts however is that the large eighth grade classes graduated in those past years while the expected decline occurs mainly due to small kindergarten totals you think about that for a minute you had a lot of much larger um eighth grade classes going out than sixth grades classing is coming in for several years until recently you'll see that in a pending table you also had uh kindergarten decline going on but not nearly as steep as happened in most recent years and based on the birth data that kindergarten decline is going to continue going I'll show you that in the later table but that because of that now I go to Bullet two the pending losses are concentrated at the elementary level accordingly projected reductions for next year are by 160 elementary students and just 21 middle school students the cumulative projected declines in three years are by 513 elementary students and only 96 secondary students the cumulative projected five reductions to 2029 are by 726 fewer elementary students which is declined by 20% almost or the equivalent of one out of every five current elementary kids and a Dro by 261 for the Middle School total while some resident by Resident I mean where they live not the schools they happen to attend by some resident student reduction is forecast for every elementary school there are much larger declines expected in the Majestic Way Lan View and Rushen regions these three attendance areas areed to have between 73 and 128 fewer students three years from now the main reason for this is these schools have significantly more resident students in the Upper Elementary grades who will be graduating in the middle schools than in the lower elementary grades with ongoing low incoming kindergartens expected and I'll show you birthday supporting that um the smallest resident Elementary School total however should continue to be in the Toyon area with the projected tk5 total has only 190 students in five years next slide please this table is one table in the report but I split into two parts to fit clearly on the screen this first page shows the historic Trends the next page will show the projected numbers I'm going to focus on four columns in this table TK K 5ifth and eth as well as the numbers of the bottom you see the numbers in the bottom right have you going down by had you go down by 70 kids on average per year at the elementary level from 2016 to 2019 that's pre pandemic and 76 kids at the middle school level annually during those years since there are twice as many kids in the Elementary grades in the Elementary grades the middle school grades that's actually a faster rated decline at the middle school level then then during the pandemic both those numbers more than doubled but still proportionally speaking was a middle school total that went down more per grade since and then in the last two years Middle School total on average has gone up 40 kids and the main reason for that is in the e8th grade colum you'll see back in 2016 for example you had 898 eighth graders about to graduate and 798 fifth graders are going to graduate into six that's 100 student difference a year later you had 850 eighth graders about to graduate and 7 56 fifth graders about to graduate in again about 100 student difference differences became small the next few years but still was significant when we got to 2021 again it was 764 in 8th grade and 665 in fifth grade again about 100 student difference so those differences of the amount rolling out of into sixth and out of eth were significant what happened in the last two years is you had much smaller eth grade amounts graduating out and you actually have larger fifth grade amounts graduating in for example in 2022 you had a class of 653 e8th graders and a class of 688 fifth graders or or 25 more 35 more excuse me in in fifth grade and eighth grade that's why your middle school totals went up this year the numbers are basically balanced and for the next few years again you're going to see relatively small amounts coming out of Fifth versus graduating from 8th and that's why a very small change is projected for the next three years at the middle school level at this same time at the elementary level we had TK which represented a three-month birth period from dece September 2nd To December one from 2016 to 2021 from 2021 to 2024 that went from three birth months to nine birth months that means you if all other factors St stayed the same the number of kids in TK should have tripled but we didn't triple 111 to 333 we only went to 252 so even though we had a big increase in the enrollment in TK in proportionate terms per birth month you're still going down so even though that helped your overall enrollment not decline by as much at the elementary level as otherwise would have happened we're still getting fewer kids per birth month in TK than just three years ago even than just two years ago does that make sense to everybody so even though that number went up it really on per month basis is going down and once that becomes 12 months then the per month base is going down means the TK numbers will start going down as well then in kindergarten which is the gray shaded column you were in the 700s from 2016 to 2019 the 600s in 2020 and 21 and only the 500s since then fact you fell all the way down the low 500s in the last two years that's going from the 700s to the low 500s in a fiveyear time frame and based on the birth data I'm going to show you in a little bit and I'm following the table you're going to even be lower in the next five years in kindergarten so the growth in kindergarten is about to stop and then go the other way I mean excuse me the growth in TK is about to stop and go the other way the growth the decline in kindergarten is going to continue and you're going to have larger amounts gradu out of fifth that's why the elementary numbers are declining much worse than the Middle School numbers does that make sense to everybody okay now remember that uh that 2024 number I only have 539 in K and 540 in first all other grades have 600 plus when we roll those small 500 numbers forward and keep projecting lower kindergarten numbers you'll see the next table please prog progress this is what happens those blue shaded numbers are the 500s going forward and they don't actually reach the middle schools in the fifth projection year so that's why the numbers are going down so much more at the elementary level than the Middle School level you have lower uh you you'll peek at about 290 in the TK numbers and those may be optimistic numbers by 2029 and you have K numbers only in the 400s in fact that they're in the Low 400s by the latter part of the projection period remember only five years ago they were in the 700s and now I'm projecting the lower half of the 400s um and then you got all those small numbers in K graduating forward to the rest of the Elementary grades the net result you'll see down at the bottom is for next year I'm projecting 16 few fewer elementary kids and only 21 fewer middle school kids even when we get out three years it's 5133 elementary kids or more than one many of your schools currently versus only 96 few are middle school kids it's when we get that that fifth forecast year that we start having those 500 numbers hit the middle school if I had projected this numbers out any farther the Middle School numbers would start coming down more significantly as well as those blue numbers went through all the middle school grades does that make sense to everybody next slide please and this is what your enrollment has done since 1994 you had a slight tick uptick from 22 to 2023 as some kids came back from private schools and homeschooling and having temporarily moved away during the pandemic but since thing went right back into Decline and unlike what somebody said last night your net difference from two years ago to this year is still a decline not a big decline but some decline if it hadn't been for the growth in TK it would have been a more significant Decline and I see no reason to expect that Trend to continue based on all the data I'm looking at next slide please okay again I do all my analyses based on where your students live not the schools they happen to attend and only when I'm done with all those analyses do I come back to where they might be attending so I deal with what I call the resident projections which is where your kids live not the schools they have them to attend as everybody knows some schools get a a lot of kids comeing in like Cherrywood because of the man do the Mandarin program and Noble because of the parent participation program and that's why that attending J column has 276 kids being added to Cherrywood and 40 kids being added to Noble and the other schools all have uh for the most part significant declines other than Northwood um some have much smaller declines uh and then at the bottom you'll see there's other TK 569 that's the incoming in District kids you accept from outside the district parents uh staff kids Etc and that factors into those numbers as well but when I talk about the resident numbers just in the last year Brook tree lost 32 kids Majestic Way Lost 26 kids Vincy Park lost 29 and Noble lost 25 and uh you obviously extrapolate that out by a few years those terms in significant numbers with what the birth data tell me is going to happen in kindergarten and those attendance are and the rest in the next 5 years you'll see that even going out three years in that rightmost column I've got Brook tree down by another 58 Lane view down by 109 because there's much larger classes graduating from fifth G kindergarten Majestic Way Down by 128 basically every single attendance area is down significant amounts of the Northwood and you know Cherrywood and Summerdale are not as much either but they're also much smaller numbers to begin with the numbers in blue show you what your resident projected numbers are in 2027 you'll see Toyon is only at 190 Cherrywood is only at 223 uh then the numbers become larger than that rusing up to 288 Majestic weight of 300 Etc so those if you talk about attendance boundary changes are probably the numbers you want be focusing on more than where your kids happen to be going across attendance boundaries today next slide please and at the middle school level again I'm not projecting nearly as big changes in the next three years but I am projecting Sion to be down by 118 because the kids in that attendance area now in grades 3 four five is which versus what are now in the tenness area grade 678 whereas moral partly because of new housing and partly because of those differences between 35 and 68 actually has a gain projected but the big changes at the middle school level becomes more significantly in the fourth and fifth forecast year and if you look at the blue column again you'll see that morals got 663 Sheron has 574 and pedmont is still the smallest at 539 despite having less of a a decline than Sierra mon so that means two of year middle schools be have less than six 600 kids and the third only around 650 kids a lot of districts consider more like 800 to be a pro a desirable number for Full program and I don't know if you want to add to that or not Kevin okay next slide please okay again I do all my analyses based on where your kids live that includes by housing type um I create in the first study I did for your District way back 18 years ago or whatever it was um I broke your District up into a bunch of planning areas that wherever possible represent homogeneous housing types by housing types I don't just mean attached versus detached I mean bigger homes versus smaller homes more expensive homes versus less expensive homes um smaller Apartments versus larger tow houses Etc not because I care if a kid is Rich or poor but because I want to see where the numbers are changing more and evaluate the likelihood for those differences to continue by degree so this table shows what I'm finding by those situations and what I call the relatively affordable and intermediate attached units with attached including apartments condos tow houses plexus and Duets I'm going to focus on just the K2 numbers because that's the most important number for me in the past and going forward and you'll see that just in the last three years these units lost 36 kids in K2 or 16% does everybody see where I'm looking on the table um that's significant in a three-year period and 9% of that was in the last year alone if we go down to what I call the upgraded Tas which are the town houses and the uh apartments that have more secure uh parking and things like that you'll see that they're down 19% in the last three years in K2 these are all every single of these categories going to show you have significant losses in K2 in the last three years and I always say that the more consistent a trend is across housing types the more like it is to continue and if I had just had one category having an ex strange anomaly outlier in your District's case you're going down in K2 across the board in the last three years and those are mostly post pandemic years some districts have those numbers come up instead next slide please when I get into what I call the mod moderate sfd again you're down 16% in K2 in the last three years when I call the middle income sfd you're down 21% in the last three years next slide please and in the most expensive detached housing year down 12% in the last three years that's the smallest drop of any of the housing categories however that's a net difference that category actually went down 14% this year alone so you have severely declining K2 numbers across the board no matter what the housing type no matter what the income level and for all areas of existing housing combin you're down 177% in K2 in just the last three years those are pretty dramatic differences and in total numbers since 2021 you're down 312 K2 kids and more than that in K5 of course in tk5 next slide please these are very complex numbers to try and explain in a board meeting but I try to evaluate how each class of students in kindergarten is graduating forward through the grates kindergarten to First and first to second and second to third what I call cumulative advancement rates are what if those rates continued for eight years what the population in first grade would be excuse me seven years in first grade would be in eight years later for example uh in that top row in the top left cor right corner you'll see a 1.03 that was the rate from 2016 to 2019 and the most affordable units in the district that means if those rates had continued for seven years for every 100 kids in kindergarten there would been 103 kids in eth grade that's a very high rate for that category you'll see in most districts the normal range is from 0 6 to 0.95 so you're actually gaining better kids in that category than most districts then the pandemic hit and the numbers collapsed and we all know that every District did this the rates if they had continued from 2019 for seven years you would have lost 50% of the kids in kindergarten by the time they got to e8th grade then since the pandemic ended the numbers bounced back up significantly but a lot of that is just a pandemic post-pandemic rebound neither the declines caused during the pandemic or the rebounds that happened since the pandemic as kids came back from private schools and homeschooling and having temporarily moved away are trends that are likely to continue so you'll see that even with the declines I showed you in the last three years you had very positive accumula r gains since 2022 those rates are unlikely to continue so for that reason whatever little positive things I saw on the data in the last two years they're probably not going to continue does that make sense to everybody okay next slide please this is even more complex slide than the last slide but it's probably the most important data to discuss this Compares what the birth date birth were in the 95132 zip code to the number of kids you had enrolling in kindergarten 5 years later from the 95132 ZIP code this table doesn't show the other ZIP codes in the district because they're mainly in other districts so you get the minority of the kids from those zip codes nonetheless I did put 95131 and 95133 in the appendices of the report but this one shows you a trend from a huge chunk of the district and I think that trend is applicable to the rest of the district as an average as well and if you look at the orange column you'll see that the bursts from 2012 to 2018 were all in the 400s the burst correlating to the current kindergarteners was 399 essentially 400 Down Below in Orange the burst for the next four years are all in the low 300s you're going from the 400s in some case the upper 400s to the low 300s in a couple years fact for next year we're going from 399 to 336 that's essentially 20% lost excuse me but essentially 15% lost that's a that's a huge decline one year and the numbers don't get better the smallest numbers are in 2023 326 so any hope that the birth data was coming back up post pandemic is not showing in the data the second thing about this data is the rightmost column what is the correlative ratio of of those births showing up in your schools five years later in kindergarten and back in 2012 to 2014 it was the 80% in fact it was 89% in 2012 for showing up in Fall 2017 that's an extremely high ratio showing up in kindergarten when factor in kids going to private schools in a lot of districts those numbers are much lower than that in the past then during the pandemic years the rate fell down to 76 and 77% which isn't surprising because some families moved away between when they were born and when the pandemic hit but what happened in the last three years is when down in the 60s and as I say in the report the main reason for this in my opinion is the Stratford schools mil Pedas they presented some data to mpus unified a year and a half ago that showed their schools only 41% of their students are have miletus uh postal City addresses and that includes your part of milus so the part that are actually attending miletus schools from uh um City from milus excuse me attending Stratford schools from meus Unified School District is less than 40% most of that remaining 60% probably probably almost all are coming from beresa that's in kindergarten and I can't see that as a fact but I'm sure it's when they say mo the r remaining kids are almost all coming from San Jose you're the nearest part of San Jose uh and so when we go from an 89 percentile corative rate or an 88% corative rate back in 2017 2018 20 64% correlative rate for this year that's a huge statistical swing as long as the statford schools are there I think you're continue being in the low 60 percentile correlative range so you're talking about a much lower correlative ratio against much lower kindergarten numbers for the next four years and Beyond and that's hard numbers that's not an opinion and that if you look in the bottom right what's that mean for projecting kindergarteners from the 95132 ZIP code that means we're going to be going from being in the 400s to being in the low 200s in the 95132 zip code now the quar of ratios don't get impacted nearly as bad in 95131 and 95 133 but the birth numbers do the same thing they're collapsing and a big factor in that is young families are having a hard much harder time foring to live here the cost of housing until the price of housing goes back down which isn't going to happen it's still going to be hard for young families to move here next slide please okay new housing everybody thinks there's a huge impact coming from new housing and it is a beneficial impact but it's not a huge impact the new town hous has built in recent years there were 339 of them and they're a they have kids for a net of 0.12 or about one student in every eight town houses that's not that dissimilar from what I'm finding in similar districts um again young families can't afford to buy them when we get into apartments and condos they're a little bit more affordable in town houses but they often tend to be Studios and win bedroom units which obviously can't have many kids so we're only averaging one student in every 20 new apartment and condo unit built in this District so out of 1,644 units built in the last few years in this District we got a total of 83 kits now that's still a positive that still helps some schools a lot like Northwood moral but it's not a huge Factor on the future enrollment now you've had no blow market rate developments built in this District in recent years so I brought in a couple samples combined samples from Sunnyville and oako school districts and just to as comparative purposes regular affordable housing which we call BMR or blow market rate is aver about one student every four units so if you have such a development built here that's what I would apply to that development and then if you have single occupancy there's virtually no kits so you wouldn't even pay attention to those bottom line projected new housing next slide please in mainly Mark R tow houses you'll see I'm projecting 420 in the Northwood and moral areas that's why those numbers go up otherwise I'm only getting 48 in the Vincy Park in moral areas and only 32 in the Summerdale and pedmont areas and I'm not projecting anything in developments are five more units anywhere else in the district when I get into mainly market rate apartments and condos Vincy Park and moral is getting 160 and Summerdale pedmont are getting 345 but again those are only averaging one student in every 20 units so those are not going to generate huge student numbers and then I do have a BMR nonso development propo projected um in 2028 and 2029 um down near the BART to South of the BART station and uh that'll help Vincy Park numbers but Vincy Park isn't one of your smaller schools does that make sense to everybody bottom line is new housing is going to help a few attendance areas but not the district as a whole next slide please questions and you need me to go back to any tables thank you for the presentation any questions specific questions on the board I did have a one question from your experience um are there any school districts at all I remember reading uh article a while ago about I want to say doublin Unified I might be wrong but maybe you know uh that their enrollment enrollment increased um last year or in the past couple of years do you have any anything to share if I ignore what happened in TK and everybody added kids this year in TK because the additional months and also there's some IND a that more parents of TK eligible children are being willing now to enroll their kids in TK as it becomes better understood so that's going to help thatg grade a little bit um that number is still more in flux in the other grades because of that but aside from the growth in TK was mostly caused by the extended period every District I'm aware of lost kids this year okay now I only have data from maybe 30 districts right so I I'm sure there's a couple out there that buck that um let me rephrase that aside from TK Sunnyville added 38 kids this year everybody else lost significantly in K or K12 or okay okay thank you for your presentation thank you for being here Mr Williams appreciate itk you next item on the agenda is measure U construction Bond program update I I find this thank you uh we invite Tony kisto our director of bond facilities to provide our monthly status of existing projects good evening everyone um we'll start out with the first picture is um of the new PA systems that we have at all the schools well at so far Morel and now pedmont and again I'll go over the projects for measure you give you an update and kind of a timeline um so again so the projects we've completed since last month is the fire alarm at Majestic Way it's actually complete we just haven't turned it over yet to us but it's all ready to go and they're going to turn it over on Monday we also completed the PA project at pedma um projects that were bid were the public address systems for brooktree and Ruskin and also the gynasium cite electrical work that'll actually come to the board in December for recommendation for approval um projects in progress the HVAC project at the 1376 the old district office that's on schedule and that should be completed in March the pedmont window replacement the shop drawings are in and they're going to start actually replacing windows at the February break um security alarm they actually started Noble replacing the security alarm on Monday they should have all three of those schools done by the end of winter break basically the first week in January um exhaust fan project again that's on schedule they completed all the exterior roof fans except for one they just didn't have it that'll be completed in at the Thanksgiving break and then also that project will be completed by the end of the winter break as they're going to actually work in the Thanksgiving break and the winter break to complete everything else because those those units are basic Bally in the buildings um Monument Monument sign projects that's almost done we're actually kind of doing the punch list Tri to make sure that everything's okay um the comprehensive infrastructure renewal and utility assessment project the lighting is done we're just doing a punch list for that also we found out since this that some of the units for the Portables that we're going to replace are going to be in so they're going to do that over Thanksgiving break I think it's three of the schools pedmont sierant and toy on um projects in design the warehouse replacement that's actually at DSA right now the fire alarm replacement projects for those Toyon Vincy Park Northwood those are actually at um DSA also we're planning on doing Vincy Park this summer and the other two probably starting in September um and then again the comprehensive the HVAC system replacement those are all going to go to DSA in January and February again most of that work's going to happen next summer um the Solar projects those are actually in DSA again those will happen next summer um security alarm repacement we're just waiting kind of to get the first the last three done and then we'll move to the next ones same with the public address um we'll start walking some more schools and then we'll do those as soon as the rusin and Brook Tre schools are done fencing projects were still in design with Cherrywood Morel toyan and Vincy Park and then the last bigger project is Vincy Park that exterior wall replacement is going to happen next summer same with the perimeter fencing and then the exterior door office Rec office reconfiguration and the pod storage reconfiguration and the Ada scope that's actually going to DSA in December and we'll probably do that the summer of 26 and schedule for each of those projects and then another picture of the wonderful PA systems um any questions thank you for the presentation any questions the comprehensive project I just want I'll just say comprehensive project can you remind us what what all Sites they doing the hedback is it specific so we're doing um Noble replacing most of the units yeah um Morel we're replacing a lot of the units Brook Tre we have we're changing from a central plant system to indiv individual units same Majestic Way Toyon we're putting in package units and again getting rid of the central plants and also for Summerdale so those are the projects we're doing and then there are some miscellaneous mechanical units like for the Portables that we're doing throughout the district okay thank you thank you for your presentation today perfect next item on the agenda is superintendent report Dr fentis uh thank you I just uh want to wish everyone uh here and those that are viewing a Happy Thanksgiving we have that upcoming in the next week or so so taking a good opportunity for all of us to express our our gratitude and spend some time with our our families and also just want to highlight our schools continue to have lots of family connected events um we are in the holiday season and so there's quite a lot to go visit and see and participate in I know um had the opportunity to celebrate uh dewali with the Cherrywood school they did a great job and I know a lot of our sites celebrate various um holiday traditions during this time Majestic Way this Friday is having their uh Multicultural event and extend their event CommunityWide so uh I know um we look forward to participating in all of those uh fun spirited events that our schools offer thank you thank you Dr f is any comments on or announcements from the board I had a quick thing to share um also I want to take the opportunity to wish everybody a a Happy Thanksgiving um in a happy and safe holiday season I had a quick thing I wanted to share uh uh with the board I had an opportunity to visit uh moral Middle School uh this week uh spoke with Dr Spain over there regarding U mental health and wellness uh they I know we are a lot of our students are facing some uh challenges with that um and they they have a uh they're taking a proactive approach uh to uh student mental health and wellness and they're putting together a fair uh on Tuesday um this coming Tuesday uh during the lunch time between 12:22 and 12:52 p.m.

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who have they picked a cro cro fun fact cro was actually in lucina's reveal trailer back in Smash 4 Wii U can't say I'm a can't say I don't know much about prom he's an echo fighter of Roy with I up special okay so yeah he might use that a lot cuz oh wow going right in for it he's throwing out those forward airs throwing out all those hit boxes he's running all over the stage pretty crazy going for down airs oh he's he's evading all of his moves oh wow oh wow he called Robbie out on using his neutral special what the crap nice counter that was a good counter I'm very scared oh nice grab that is a nice grab I'm really happy about that um all right it feels like crom is a bit too fast for incinerar to handle so that could be a well the thing about it is that cinor is moving all around oh he could he could have used his up special he wasn't in freef fall and fun fact you could tell if a character was in freef fall or they have their double jum uh based on their character animation yeah mhm oh punching the counter right there crom does also have a counter but that's to be expected with most Fire characters except for like Robin and bth yeah I think those are the only two off the top of my head for sure yeah all right up smash doing very good work for crom he he isn't really going with the up air afterwards but he does go with the downer and a forward smash too he waits out he waits out oh gosh up special from in okay nice grab sending him up can he take his can he take a can he take a stop he's close he's close oh and there's prom on the floor he didn't do anything oh close so close back air from cro so close a special thing about crom's back air is it actually turns him around too yeah which is pretty cool so he can constantly go from back air to Forward Air like very seamlessly which is pretty cool all right so as you just saw there we've had a bit of a stream update we were actually in the corner during that match so that's pretty cool oh yeah for sure I'm pretty happy about that so I wonder who they're going to bring in next it could be it looks like Scott it's look like it looks like it's going to be Scott and you can also see up there we have the chat now yep hey Morgan I know we already said hey but you're right there that's pretty cool all right and we've also got the screen down there so if you guys want to watch the action and watch our faces at the same time it's very convenient and looks like we're looks like we're going to be bringing out pyro mythra heck yeah Scott's coming back oh yeah he ain't going to leave it on two self-destructs he's going to come back with a vengeance oh yeah for sure and py mythra is one of the greatest characters to do that with oh gosh he's going straight for the up airs though oh my gosh prom was in face he ran right to them oh and an upy from Mithra 2 wow oh from pyro I mean this is an exciting match already yeah it's very very fastpaced you know I'm pretty excited about how this is going to turn out I got a good feeling about this one like cr's at 80% our guys at 25% I'm excited oh yeah for sure oh but back here into a forward smash but Scott does the eye out of it in time that's good uh crom using his up special on stage even though we weren't even anywhere near him don't know why he did that maybe just did In the Heat of the Moment maybe all right this game is a lot about maybe just clicking the right buttons and that could have been really easy Miss input mhm that's true and Miss inputs are not the best in this game you know especially you have to be precise you got to be precise all right okay crom trying to counter but he wasn't even anywhere near the attack oh an up special coming right on him it's like what Sethro did do incar that one time but the sword is on fire this time so wow oh yeah for sure okay crom trying to keep his distance he's only going in once he gets a from him but if he but he's looking around for opportunities to get more hits oh and that opportunity did perform well oh and a side be good job building up CR damage oh forward smash into counter no that's not good oh and he teab bagged oh shoot this crom means business oh no this Crum this Crum this crom means business oh my gosh uh forward smash oh and a side special that's pretty good too up special into that that's pretty good too all right launching off side specials oh but an up air from crom he's using up air into up air into Forward Air was a nice true though he's a neutral special running off trying to trying to approach he tries to run up and counter that didn't work Scott was unfaced I don't know why he's rolling so much yeah that is not good all right using yeah pirate time it Scott doesn't really seem to use Mithra all that much and Mithra is faster than pirate oh and kooing the Crum that's pretty good oh I thought I thought Scott was going to teabag on him you know like he did you know yeah we're not about all the bad manners you know yeah we're we're we're we're good here you know I beg your pardon all right using up special but crom air Dodges out of the way um Scott seems to use a lot of roles and as we mentioned that is not the best idea considering running would be even faster than air Dodges oh you got to grab the ledge it's not just the fact that if you fall uh when you're below the ledge you just die it also it also means like you can't use any any um any attacks when you're falling you got to focus purely on your movement to make sure they don't hit you all right down air oh he countered the up smash oh and a down air just missing Scott's down to his last stock and we're down to our last player if Scott loses the other team wins I think I think Scott can take this uh guy's last stock for sure me too Scott's a very talented player for sure he has a lot of potential right now mhm oh crom trying to find this uh trying to find a good opening to take him down oh nice here we go 84% I think I don't know I feel like cr's at kill percentage now so one good up smash or up special or maybe even a for smash could kill right now oh a down a counters it oh but he T it so close that yeah he teched it wow and just took no damage oh nice counter if you don't know what teching is if you play if you press the Shield or air Dodge button before you hit the ground from a devastating blow your character will roll out of the way and gain invulnerability for a set amount of time oh yeah oh and a four yes good job good job Scott good job Scott look at him he's dancing spinning in his chair he's confident in his abilities and you know what I tend to agree I'm very for sure for sure I'm very confident in his abilities I feel like good things are coming his way oh and look at the oh no it's bird boy from Discord who told him about it well it a little bit of lore about bird boy over here hopefully he doesn't care um the thing about it is blue J uh one of our Varsity players we'll see him later he tends to play um he tends to host this online tournament called the Sasha slam which is basically an online Smash Bros tournament yeah bless you thank you thank you we got tissues on standby um one second oh and it looks like our opponent picked the Sethro where are the tissue we got we have this go oh look the tissue Lord he's blessed us thank thank you tissue Lord you burned your dollar all right pyro jumping off the stage Scott's looking as ready as he'll ever be he's doing this baby oh Scott getting the first hit Scott gain the first hit good job I'll explain more about what I was explaining previously maybe after the match I don't know you'll you'll just have to wait and find out oh yeah all right Sethro using his neutral special again dang look at him go he's running all over the stage using all the hits he can at his disposal Shield that good job good job good job so the thing about seph Rod's chargeables is the fact that they can is that the more you charge them the more powerful they are but the less speed they have oh yeah for sure so yeah I'm pretty excited for how this is going to go ooh pyro pyro almost jumping into it oh my gosh seat's already got him up to 127 and he dang seph's got the advantage here to make a decision he walked seph just walked into the sword good job seph you're doing it nice nice hit nice hit this is close oh and another hit he's at 98% oh oh close close oh the range on that sword but unfortunately seph Roth has more range all right Shield okay I guess he didn't need to he was out of range all right a side B okay that time he needed a shield he was in okay sending him up he's going to use a upy good job St look at him he's so happy with himself good job I I mean he's like over there he's over there you can't see my hand it it's it's it's it's it's over there it's over there there you go that way you could see my hand all right can can Scott take this a second stock from this separo I think he can he's playing flawlessly okay a forward throw from Sethro oh no oh seph and another forward throw what oh and he's sending out his side B which is those purple balls I mentioned earlier oh oh boy what's he going to do he's jumping around he's trying to find that opening but Scott is Scott is intently looking oh there we go he gets another side B does not punish it though zro goes for the punish but he misses it too he takes more damage oh something get Scot get another St he hits him right into the jumbo TR can Scott take the third stock oh my gosh this is so hyped oh no oh no a dash attack wow that was great play that was crazy absolutely crazy great plays by Scott P yourself on the back Scott cuz I can't your amazing that was took two stocks from his one stock that was amazing that was so crazy I am I'm all right I'm excited oh yeah for sure next up thank you for Ben Davis next up Varsity versus Hobart yeah so thank you Ben Davis for playing with us you you got some good Esports players oh yeah for sure for sure all right so now it's time to go through the varsity names of the roster so we have our team captain Jaden AKA blue J we also have Eli also known as exploded we have Tristan known as trzy D we have Izzy also known as rainbow Moonlight and Kamar also known as Corlin yeah Corlin yep oh and it looks like we have an interview by Scott himself Scott himself and also rest of the JV the rest of the JV team cuz we forgot to mention this is actually our last week on the F split if I'm yep yeah the last week on the Fall Split so we're going to get the whole team in here um come on in come on in yeah come and wave to the camera if you like there you go wave to the camera don't flip them off please we don't want to get taken off of you before we even mzed actually can you let's get camera so we can ask the questions there we go there we go anyways so yeah how have you guys felt with the season you know you got yourself a win it's pretty good that was the first game we won was amazing that's that's pretty good I'm I'm I'm happy with that I'm happy with that so what was going through your mind when you took two stocks with with your one stock against that seph Roth I was surprised exced excited feel like I could actually beat him oh yeah for sure that's good I would understand that you get hyper you know you get that tension building you're like I got this man so Adriana what would you say has been the greatest Improvement of the team since the beginning well I say we our improvements are like we've been practicing and we some of us try new characters and they actually turn out greater so we stick with new characters then yeah so like it's like we have more Improvement like more like oh I I think I'm better at this person so we switch Yeah there tend to be times um where you pick a certain character and you're like oh I really like this character to the point where you don't want to try any new characters and you end up blocking your creativity cuz you don't end up playing with them you know yeah so definitely spreading out good mhm you have any other questions I think you took all of mine all one of them what is cornbread cornbread how would you what would you say is the biggest difference from this match versus your first match that you guys ever did uh opponents are a lot different difficult more difficult mhm and they have a better uh team captain mhm yeah than most all of the other teams we faced so far yeah and we didn't have any lag so we could have won oh yeah for sure oh where's Ash uh he's working on game more characters for the switch you want me to go get him I W take that personally okay on game other way oh dang there we go did you take his cornbread with him yes no he put his cornbread down now that's corny okay anyways um oh my gosh question okay what are the questions so how did you feel this team was compared to the first team you guys ever faced um the first team we faced um the first team we faced was really good because we think they cheated and put a varsity team in because it was preseason so I'd say they were a little worse than not not preseason not preseason not preseason um I'd say I'd say we did bad compared to the actual first season match yeah that tends to happen but there is another split you know yeah hopefully you guys can improve on that um I think you guys will you guys have some great potential um one last question how would you guys say um the teamwork has improved over the first ever match you guys did M uh a lot better now yeah I'd say pretty well I mean we've gotten to know each other a little more I mean that's good that's that's kind of natural also like um watch over other matches and figure out what works and we move it on for next next rounds if we have to yeah that's good that's good it's like for example last week um Scott was able to beat a king K rule on first match and we had to face King rule in second match so I sent like hey we should send Scott in since he beat king K rule last time yeah so I was like I was being like um strategic yeah like I was like I was observing and figured out what to use like figure out okay if this works we need to do it cuz if it works it works you were playing to everyone's strengths yeah yeah that's good that's good that's good that's that's what it takes to be a good team all right I think we're done I think we don't have any more questions we will take a break and we'll 5m whoa [Music] a [Music] a [Music] n [Music] pap [Music] a [Music] a [Music] a [Music] [Applause] [Music] stress on you guys all right so so welcome back welcome back to ihen 24 25 week six of our regular season final week of this season uh but today uh we're going to be kicking it off with Varsity that's right our Varsity players are going to be coming up so in case you just in case you forgot about them let's go ahead and remind you so they're facing off against Hobart um Jaden is the um Varsity Captain who is also known as blue jay Eli who is um arguably one of the best on their team is also known as exploded Tristan is also known as trzy D Izzy is also known as rainbow Moonlight and kamora is also known as gorlin and like I said they will be fighting off against hobar um they have gone undefeated along with our varsity team so they could give our varsity team a run for their money but I believe wholeheartedly in our varsity team that they can beat them the stage that they will be playing on though is called town and City and um of course the loser of the first match gets to pick the stage for the second match and like we said before um first person to Four Points wins and each point is towards each player eliminated all right so lookie there it looks like their first pick is a king K rule versus a king DDD and we forgot to me oh jeez Eli you can't see it yet oh okay you couldn't see it but it was zoomed like really far in on his face and I kind of wish they kept it that way uh you'll see his face cam soon soon um yeah there he is he's the guy in the black hoodie not ripping the Esports Jersey but we'll let that slide yeah heck yeah all right Eli is a well-known player of King DDD he has done quite a few things in Esports he's taken a lot of names and taken a lot of Victories over people which I guess is the same as names all right so so yeah they're both playing uh King K rolls down smash can bury them but he only seems to be jabbing oh oh and in four til wow I wonder how Sam feels about this cuz Sam plays King K rule oh okay okay yeah we didn't mention uh Sam Sam is a player all right Sam is a player on our varsity team and he plays o that's a good hit that's a good hit and his gamer tag is m135 don't ask us why it's called that he it just is well hello hello weing that's okay okay what's up you get to see firsthand at the match looks like Eli's doing a good amount of damage look at that we got a new person well not yet not yet they they they don't see us and there we go there is our person this is kamora this is kamora yes otherwise known as Corlin oh Eli took his took his first stop good job Eli good job Eli that's good uh one thing I'm surprised uh Eli has not done is used King ddd's neutral special which basically sucks stuff in like I'm surprised he hasn't sucked in King Kroll's canon ball or crown and shot it back at him he's always just trying to dodge that was a good punish by the king K oh and he jumps over it oh and then he uses the suck move oh dude he air dodged oh but he does recover from it air Dodges can be detrimental if at the wrong angle oh boy oh a grab oh nice grab nice grab oh good setup good set up oh for tilt yeah you want to stay away cuz King K roll's propeller can even hit you despite him being below the stage it can hit you all right a back throw and a neutral special King K Ru is trying to cover the skies with projectiles tries to cover the ledge with his belly but fails miserably oh nice punish nice punish by Eli oh boy oh good job Eli good job smacking him he's smacking him all the way back to the town in town and City cuz they're currently in the city portion yeah that's one thing we forgot to mention so town and city is basically two different two different stages at the same time it's the town and the city we're currently in the city area and about like I don't know 20 seconds after 20 seconds passed the the platforms go away and it transitions to the town area and the platform layout is different so if the platforms go away you'll know hey now we're transforming into the oh there they go there go the platforms now there are no platforms to save them if they fall over oh but oh nice there we go is he going to spike no he isn't and now we're back in the in the oh good hit good hit by oh jumping over the crown oh there's a Gordo in the air oh doesn't hit oh oh nice punish Crown good job Eli that's amazing now that's how you Crown the king that's what I'm saying yeah it's just like a chess match and now King DDD has his biggest fan come up to him that's pretty cool that's pretty cool as well so cand I do need to ask you how do you feel about your chances of winning the match um well I look at my team's stats I think we have a really high chance of winning that's good that's good that's what I'm saying's on his game today everyone's on their game today we're all playing the same game oh yeah yeah their confidence level through the roof wor mhm and go better yeah oh yeah and I wanted to ask you guys do you do you know of a special place that you can go to hang out with your friends and it's completely free what is it it's called the garage and it's one of our sponsors for today's stream that's crazy yeah so special thanks to the Moose what to the Moose as well check out the garage here in town on Main Street it's a cafe Game Room music venue for the Youth of bluon to hang out it's really fun they got a karaoke venue so anyone can show off their singing skills let me tell you as someone who sings Beyonce in the shower I do really well up I do really well up there m you were handed a mic so you can commentate with us let's go okay we got an inkling okay looks like the inkling is doing a good amount of damage dang King DDD is covering nice nice grab nice grab all right shielding ni grab throw oh side special that's good oh B oh yeah Eli's trying to cover all of his options with all of his Aerials he needs to be very um very um strategic with how he uses his aial oh nice I wonder if he'll realize if he gets the inkling to hit his own bombs it will take double the damage that's really good but the thing about damage as well is the thing is the thing about inkling the more ink you have on your self uh the more damage you take from inkling attack so inkling trying to get as much ink as she can on the king DDD so they can do the most damage they can you know yeah oh nice grab nice grab nice punish but just like hero inkling ink meter is also limited however when it does run out they can hold uh the B button and charge it up oh and they can also use they ALS go can press a side Direction on the control stick with that side special El needs just to hold down and kill this special you can get one stock that'd be great oh they're probably going to send in Jaden after this oh shoot oh shoot and a forward smash so close so close yeah 131% it's not bad at least our stocks are quite even at the moment crazy at least our stocks are quite even I'm very very excited for it all right so far it's one1 one to one but by the end of this we'll know who one oh [Laughter] yeah thank you thank you and speaking of thank yous uh quick shout out to miss Van Mater thank you for thank you for letting us use your art room uh really cool if you take an art class at uh bluon high school you'll be in this room just without just without the the script and two really awesome people oh yeah I would love to have you guys in the background of my art room commentating as I teach you do that one day I commentate and be like there she goes she's talking about angles Ricky cheats on his homework Ricky doesn't cheat on his homework we got Little Tex text box looks like Jaden's up next looks Jing o oh shielding quite often that's pretty good and inkling is taking the initiative and destroying all of Jaden's landmines so that's that's something I try to prioritize as well cuz Jaden can get a lot punishments off of those land those those LS they are annoying they can do the two hits collided that's pretty funny J isab is yellow so that possible yellow ink could be hard to spot yeah hard to spot so if if it's like right in the middle of her forehead you won't be able to tell yeah the engling might think that Isabelle is covered in the pain and goes for an aggressive attack yeah that would probably be okay and Jaden used to actually play Isabelle with a yellow colored shirt so hey maybe that might be a good tactic next time yeah that is a pretty good tactic nice yeah see there good good hits those ly rocks again so I'm talking Jen sending inkling to go shopping that's pretty good all right Forward Air uh I mean Isabelle's Forward Air is fine you know like oh yeah it she can quickly pull it out and basically cover all her surroundings with it you know it's to pull out barely has any lag Jaden are already getting the inkling to 68% that's true and what we and what we haven't mention is that inkling also um inkling also no not inkling Isabelle also has the ability to pocket certain projectiles that includes inklings ink bombs so Jaden can essentially pocket that ink bomb that oh wow oh good hit that was strategic um Isabelle can essentially use the ink bomb against inkling themselves which is pretty cool yeah and like we said before that does double the damage to her mhm and Jaden loses his first stock but that's okay the inkling is already at 89% yeah yeah uh we usually call them Lloyds you know those things that um that Isabelle digs them in the ground but one thing you may not know is a previous coach of the east of our Esports here at bluon High School Mr Brooks used to call them urinals and the reason for that and the reason for that is cuz there I say they look like fire hydrants dogs pee on fire hydrants it's not a very obvious Isabelle is a dog yeah yeah hopefully those weren't peed on when she fires them out of the ground oh no hey it could do do some like extra damage maybe poison damage speak of damage wow inkling trying to go for the combos down throw into up air dang oh Jaden throwing out his fishing rod that's also a really planted planted a Loy you need to be you need to be aware of that oh boy she scared to go over there yeah she tried to throw a bomb to uh destroy it but Jaden just pocketed that bomb throw it back out o hits the shield and bounces off oh boy the inkling was ready for that oh oh no oh Jaden gets out of there just in time oh good hit hits the hits the up you get hit with the lloy and it's like it's it's annoying you got to try like it takes a good 20% as well well yeah and you have to watch as your character slowly floats to the top of the screen you get a second to think you're like did I really just do that yeah it's like the moment of shame I really just fall for that as Isabel comes to just hit you with a high damage dealing move speaking of high damage equally oh nice fishing hook wow J Jen's classic Jaden saw Jaden saw how much can he get out o he barely he almost gets out almost gets out oh nice H fishing down throw into Forward Air into up tilt dang Isabelle has a lot of weird moves for her tilt you know she brings out a broom she might bring out the squeaky Hammer if we're lucky I saw earlier yeah you must have been lucky but um as Jaden called me before me and Eli before the Batman and Batman or the Batman and Robin he's pretty much Batman right now yeah he's pretty much doing it he's just doing this he's doing amazing right now and just like Batman the perfect 111% oh the perfect 11.1% inkling please just.

5% goes away now I'm very happy about that and if I'm correct Sam is our third and their Joker was their third third last player now they're on their last player and I'm so thankful Sam managed to take that stock without losing one of his exactly I'm very happy with that I'm also extremely happy with that there are two of us left oh boy and you have never gone in have it have you today uh no I haven't but I'm I'm I go next week we're vibing next week there is no next week we're doing a scrimmage with Blackford oh no not Blackford if you don't know the lore of the Cyber Tigers we went to uh we went to State against Blackford they beat us and hey Blackford no hard feelings we respect good Smash Bros Bower teach blockford it's King K rule versus Bowser again what' you say the new band teacher Mr Berlin used to teach at Blackford wow I've heard pretty I thought you said a teacher was banned no no now Sam was able to get almost three stocks from the Bowser last time with just two so let's see this could be Revenge but it might also be it might also be for the Bowser as well good block good block ooh that fire oh forward special neutral special yeah I'm reading him that's oh he's un moving that was a perfect read that is absolutely crazy looks like Bowser's getting in some good hits so is King K oh man so is Sam he's like get away from my crown you jerk shoot some shoot a cannonball shoot your crown shoot a Canon nice SBE oh no that's a back air neutral special oh he jumps into it dang his legs were spread when he hit that one jeez o that had to have hurt that had to oh nice oh back oh neutral special back air back air side special no he goes in for a grab I keep trying to think of what Sam's going to do and there's the side special in a neutral special and a side special and a neutal special nice oh good job Sam taking two stocks hasn't lost one yet oh don't don't drink don't don't drink don't cause commentators curse it's a real thing it is a real thing all right neutral special side special neutral special again oh Dash attack wow he's reading them like a book back here 71% already tries to grab neutral a for speci that was close back throw back here on oh tried to spike tried to just barely missed it oh good counter he's going to do a backer or something I don't know oh but a oh grab but Sam does have two stocks left and the Bowser's at 13% mhm down throw done it I thought that would have done it he almost wi it oh up good job Sam Sam so that means we're going into our third match going into it yep it's one and also one thing we forgot to mention is Holden actually used to play with the with play Smash with the black bird player that beat us uh to a pulp might I add uh Dr stin yeah yeah that was a pretty crazy that was a pretty crazy match though I really liked it I've heard about it there's much lore to be learned I haven't heard about that fight yet I've heard I haven't heard any of that fight yet actually no well there we go in a nice Circle talking a little bit handing the contr going in first again all right Sam might we we might want to hear some words from Sam we might after that crazy win mhm oh boy Hobart is giving us a great run for our money though yeah so it's one to one it's like the motion controls on the weed they one to one oh boy I think we definitely have this though I think we got this yeah I'm I'm very excited do you think our opponents are going to counter pick a stage they might they honestly might I don't think they will though because like um they ended up winning on Town and City so I think they're just going to leave it at that I guess time will tell yeah so Aiden I do need to ask you have you played any other Smash Bros games other than smash ultimate no this is probably probably the only Smash Bros game I've played and I I know a little bit about it no I don't I don't know much about it but I know a little bit about it okay okay yeah Smash Bros games are fun they all have their own unique perks to them and it looks like they are doing a counter stage Pokemon Stadium 2 is one of my favorite stages to play on so going to be pretty good PS2 I thought it was Nintendo switch I love the PS2 oh King K rule is back he's back for more yeah apparently Sam inspired him to come out either that or uh Tristan scared him into not coming out yeah or or maybe it was like combined like k k getting the first hits that's okay yeah oh boy I think this oh I think this king K was learning from Sam oh a counter counter that was a good counter oh no oh he air dodged but he gets back to the ledge not to mention this King K the opponent team's Captain oh wow okay okay Eli getting in some good hits oh a spike but that's the thing about spiking King K Ru you can't really do it that well cuz King K Ru has a hit box above him when he's recovering all right down throw into up air that's pretty good that's pretty good forward special forward special again oh oh it doesn't kill that doesn't kill what forward smash no and there it is is he going to oh oh that's crazy oh he tries to counter it oh tries to hit him oh no hitting him over to the left side of the stage hitting him in the forehead wow ouch going into your forehead oh nice hits nice hits he's almost at [Music] 200 oh oh and a grab and a down throw that's never good unless you're our opponents of course yeah all right oh good job good job get first stock off that's good this King DV is rolling more than Sonic does and that's saying something all right up tilts dang this King K rule knows a little bit about up tilts you know yeah he's been on both ends all right down smash doesn't cover it cuz King kru hits from above oh okay nice hits nice hits Shield neutral air out oh those are some good hits coming from Eli back air all right tried for smash oh just a tad early on the forward smash oh and he does a grab too yeah the king k r did a pivot grab so he didn't end up grabbing I think he inputed grabbed them back throw a bit too quickly yeah either that or he inputed the back before the grab so he turned around and grabbed oh oh nice hit nice hits forward special the is really even right now this is really even Dash attack for King K rule it's got a lot of super armor on it by the way we touched on that a little bit with Lil ma but King K rule also has a that's close that's close he's also got a lot of power behind locking in Eli's locking in all right he's locking oh oh the almost killing him wow oh and a back oh a really risky oh for throw forward throw forward special forward smash oh oh right in the toe but since King K rule countered that Gordo it hit Eli instead oh and oh good job Eli good job nice job T back can Eli get this third stock come on oh with the hit he's already at 20% kind of a cool name they got the brickies I like that's a pretty good name I like that name I do Eli is got 42% but he's stacking up the percent on the opponent uh on the opponent all right a side special but he inhales it wow they're playing a little game of tennis a bit of lag what was that it was like w in anticipation oh oh oh oh oh nice hits nice hits that's good neutral special Forward Air oh but gets hit anyways air up till up air forward special hits him nice oh forward special again o it's like tied back up it's so scary who's going to get a first a good to kill any of these guys Eli oh no oh my no there go the good job Eli good job the fake out the absolute fake out that was absolutely crazy [Music] absolutely they're going crazy in there they are going insane in the other room I shall go get the words of wisdom from great Eli again that is perfect thank you that was amazing that was AB great show of skill mhm I'm pretty happy with that I'm also I have more words of wisdom to gather Y how do you feel about that faked out game I want to stop cutting it so close the Y oh they want to save they're they're pulling us what what have my mistakes been everyone's oh yeah they're hyped they got good morale right now they got good they Eli jump off jump off so close imagine if his leg just broke right there I'm like I'm going to jump off the ledge that would be a that would be a crazy um thing if they added that mhm like you could take fall damage in this game yeah that would be awesome like a little April Fool's thing mhm down the Forward Air and now he's got aren oh no a dash attack and a forward smash oh tries to two him if you don't know uh when you grab the ledge there are two frames Where You're vulnerable so if you can hit someone at the right time when they're on ledge they'll be hit off the ledge because of oh good hits are coming from Eli get hit hits the side be back hits Joker side be back and then hits Joker almost breaks the shield wow that thing is p within and I don't think he'll be able to he Rec he recovers and attack again oh and he oh no he tried to time it yeah this Joker is in kind of a weird position back to but he should have our now and now he and now he's got a counter and a better recovery and back throw and a back air and a down air and an up special oh nice good job Eli getting the first stock off the Joker up tilt up back air oh forward almost hit almost hit oh and another one oh but they hit them there oh and gets back up that's good oh we go kind of get in the same positioner called him out on that counter takeoff good job that's good Eli's taking like five stocks so far that's absolutely insane to think about this is like a Sam situation right here Eli's just bringing this home oh but the Joker is trying to bring it home to him home to him he's trying to bring it home himself I guess all right four four throw oh my C so close dang close but so good dang Jaden seemed to be getting heated I couldn't tell if he was excited or angry I'm assuming he's excited yeah he should not be angry Eli took five STS yeah that was an insane show of skill by Eli Corbin has yet to come back so I'm assuming she might be coming in she might be coming in next I don't know her experience um her experiences with oh it looks like it's trizzy it's dzy all right apparently I I seem to be live now hello I have a microphone uh first of all uh Eli five stocks almost half their team good stuff dude what you have to say oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah yes very good all right um before we get into the next match thank you everyone supporting us this means a lot this means the world to us bird boy 73 you're the goat uh what do you have to say before this match good luck to the opposing team shall I take the microphone back yeah take back okay and we're back but anyways Tristan's getting set in his seat he's puffing like a good old uh trzy train trzy train he's puffing like a trzy train trzy has been training huh Jaden's been muted yeah Jaden was muted when I gave him the microphone H don't worry he probably screams so loud we could hear him in here oh and the Joker runs off he The Joker running up again he tried to attack he tried to and that's happened to me before I've accidentally done that all right taunt Little M taunt and an immedi and a forward smash oh flurry of punches nice Jabs nice Jabs oh up look at him J is so happy right now oh his arms are a bit too short to reach the platform so up smash won't work um oh tring with the jolt hay maker oh oh he get on oh nice hits and a attack tries to grab does not work oh well oh okay he's close he's getting there okay he almost has his KO he almost has his KO using the counter to get back to ledge trzy is stinking in five Dimensions dang oh got KO pun he has his KO oh but he grabs it and back throws him oh they both counter each other oh fun fact uh KO punch cannot be countered it can it will break through your counter oh and there's a two frame where's the oh good hits coming from trzy oh well poisoned oh he's been poisoned again dby oh if he did that would have been it cuz Joker forward smash there oh now he's got aren oh now he doesn't have any fear anymore now that he's got his big brother aren to back him up oh no okay that's fine that's fine Tristan has him at 110% just to let you know our son is not his big brother just just pointing that out all right trying to trying to call joker out oh smash suck it right like a book nice he rolled right into that all right perfect plays from Tristan and good plays from the Joker too oh yeah really good plays from the joker as well yeah it is not easy to take out Eli trust me I've tried oh yeah for sure I have tried oh boy the only person that can really take out Eli is Jaden I've taken out Jaden before though hey maybe you can maybe you can take out of Eli then no I tried to on Saturday after the Smash Bros tournament yeah I tried to take him out I did not right oh that's okay though it just shows that our varsity team is just so powerful they are very powerful actually I am so ready for next year when we get Deacon Yates oh that guy is crazy he is like he is the reason I feas the mega mind of smash br oh boy looks like they're bringing in the inkling inkling okay uh we got two very fast characters now these two characters differ cuz while Little Mac has terrible aerial inkling fullon relies on those Aerials so I would like to see how it plays out hey inkland says you know what that's pretty formal just hey hey how you doing yeah how you doing little mac you're going to punch me or something cool I'm going to shoot you all right oh and they're apparently going to dash attack them too wow all right he jumps out oh and a Dash attack wow D oh and another down oh nice does a SBE into forter wow this inkling wow look at him go oh he has his KO punch he has his KO punch oh but he missed a he missed it just barely oh trying to counter okay Das attack oh trapped he's trapped oh boy that's okay that's okay he's got one stock left he's got one left if he can get one stock off that'll help Jaden yeah do you think Jaden's going to go against the inkling oh yeah I mean Jaden's played inkling quite a few times I've seen him yeah but oh he's trapped oh he got out he got out oh nice Dash that's good and Das Dash and a forward special nothing okay tries to grab and goes for a another grab if one grab fails grab him again and again he just has him in this corner oh those are the good jobs and inkling is almost out of ink inkling is almost out of ink oh yep and there they go they recovered some of their ink that's pretty good he just need to pull off this one stock he has the KO he has the KO a you missed that's least trist's got a nice smile on his face he's leaning into it you know he's in this yeah he's really oh oh no that didn't kill him W I am now picking up on what Tristan's doing he's charging up his KO punches just to waste them to get the inkling confused o yeah that inkling is certainly confused populating the inkling but dang inkling is reading these counters like a book he's going for grab so much Tristan needs to decide whether to go for counter or grabs counters or actual hits like he can't go for one or the other oh good job sock him right in the back of the that's one stock down get out can he get out oh he got the one stock he got the one stock though mhm and an amazing display from Tristan an amazing amazing display I wonder where he's heading off to he just walked off Cam he's probably going to the bathroom or off camera oh there's Jaden Jaden's coming in here's what I can tell you Aiden uh here's what I can tell you Aiden um there is a bathroom off camera so he could be going there yeah for sure MH all right um yeah Blue Jay I think is going to be going up cuz he I've seen him play inkling in the past yeah he's in the chair and it is taking a little bit okay he went with he went with his belt it did take a little bit for him to decide which would be so yeah it was I think Jaden has got this though I think I think that both are equally in light in weight so they're probably equally as fast so I think I think Jaden has a good chance here but it could go either way yeah another hey from says hey okay all right all right both getting in some good hits all right uptil uptil up air not working that was a nice string can he get out here got out he got out using all the Aerials he can oh nice ooh tried to hit him with the party popper neutral air all right a lot of grabs coming out from this inkling they really seem to like that forward throw that's for sure yeah yeah that's good all right now forward smash they really like to do a lot of forward stuff mhm yeah they do like to do a lot of forward stuff oh good hits by Jaden I wonder if they're also fashion forward yeah with how much forward they do all right they're both scared to approach each other well yeah approaching could potentially mean more damage and looks like the inkling timed out the oh Jan Jan get getting him over 100% oh nice fishing hook nice fishing hook oh oh and a for smash that's that's okay that's okay he's at 119 Jaden still has two all right um all right inkling is at a very so any of these hits could kill from Jaden the throws 100% a killing percentage mhm I see what you did there I see all right a forward there and a Ford special come on all right a Forward Air down smash does not do anything this inkling is being very cautious and there's the stock that's good that's good J just needs one more he has two stocks to get one yes oh down smash Jaden gots this Jaden lots of good hits coming from the ining but Jaden's retaliating right into the ly trying to get the fishing hook off couldn't get that quite didn't get that quite okay he's dodging he's dodging Jaden isn't using Lloyds as much Jaden is not actually that was his fourth Lloyd he's placed this entire match yeah usually he places about double that he tries to make sure there's always one at the field hey maybe he's trying to make sure that he knows that he isn't going to place a Lloyd every single time yeah oh and another bomb thrown inklings way oh grab him right out of the roller I guess I guess this inkling should know never start the paint roller like a distance away cuz fishing Ron can just catch you right out of it oh he almost landed on the landmine yeah landed on the land mine get it I think I'm picking up on Jaden's strategy with the Lloyds he purposely placing them so the used is the rolling pin over them and just explodes cuz it still does damage mhm just to mention that Jaden can grab the inkling out of the pain roller animation with the fish oh Jaden getting Good Hits on oh oh tried to get him with the fishing hook couldn't get that quite yet oh ooh 145 for special he was trying to oh being cautious zling is being very oh oh oh out of Shield that's good I don't know what is B's main out of Shield thing is you need a move that's fast and covers a lot of grounds oh J oh the celebration Jaden oh my God Jaden has had so many flipping pop offs oh that crazy oh shoot it appears the back of this marker is a pop off too oh shoot ohd boy looks like Jaden's got uh super fans in the chat that's why he is the goat a bro I'm actually spamming blue J right now lol I don't think blue jay is going to answer sorry we'll make sure he we'll make sure he receives the message there is also some text that's pretty that's pretty dark that I can't see really well yeah yeah I can't really read it well I can see it I just can't read it yeah looks like they have one more player so sorry whoever's comment that is UN under that one actually no it it appears to just be a service message it appears to just be a service message yeah oh we also got Jolan Morgan hi Daddy this is a huge game you're doing great wow someone's got fans someone's got fans sure for sure it looks like we're going into the next match here we go Bowser okay all right here we go it's the Bowser still mhm all right it's the Bowser a lightweight versus a heavyweight Jaden really needs to be on his guard today going out in style mhm let's go out try to blaze the glory speaking of blazes oh he read him he read them already mhm oh oh trying to trying to get the fishing rod but Bowser just Bowser just Shields that's a good way to deal with fishing rod just Shield oh fire he's in the fire 34% off of that one fire blast and two forward airs all the way up to 60% oh no all right down here for the oh turn him around nice oh and he landed right on the land mine right on the Lloyd back here back here tries to go for an til I wouldn't recommend that but oh boy all righty trying to trying to get him oh trying to coer him make him the same exact percentage oh no oh no got a higher percentage he's going to need that percentage really get the kill wow he's currently doing that he air dodged but Jaden did not punish all right yeah Bowser's fire breath can also destroy the land mine oh boy so Jaden really needs to be on his toes it's it's as if it's as if the land mine itself has a certain amount of health and if you do that much damage the land mine goes away oh Jaden getting the hits off oh he get there he goes he isn't popping off yet though the battle is only oneir over all right Forward Air Forward Air instead of following the Bowser and falling all right all right Jaden Los a stock not not too bad I would really like to see Jaden finish out this match you know oh yeah for sure this would be a really good thing you know oh right on the Lloyd right on that Lloyd the Lloyd's can be very detrimental all right forward throw all right turning turning Bowser around that's pretty good I know if I were J still at0 is at 0% oh 2.2 2.2 there's two numbers and they're both two two numbers that are two oh yeah oh bows a 1 2 3 4 oh oh no not what a coincidence oh for throw I mean looks like this Bowser to get SC super armor for you this Bowser's starting to get worried I oh that's close trying to go for up air I would not recommend doing that against Bowser especially since he has both his down air in all right H doing really good all right down throw air this is their last guy so if we win this we win the match down though he rolled right into it he's get the pressure oh he's put in on that pressure Bowser doesn't know what to do he ran right Bowser's at 111 can J oh oh does a neutral down do attack for neutral going to be the move they're worried they're worried right that's close oh there we go no oh Jaden's celebrating like he knew he was going to win good job oh there we go there we job and we win there we goar are we going to bring them in for an interview get them get the team in for an interview we might need to move the camera though hey Varsity let's go camera uh oh thank you C Smith go cyber Tigers we see you and we appreciate you yes Smith they here the varsity Here Comes The Varsity come on in come on in come on in everyone's invited we got the KO man Eli Jaden good job everyone all around good job good job ni job thank you Jer yeah Jer there we goity and there's the there's the coach well if he's you come on come on there he is wow great performances everyone Great Performances that was great that was great yes yes yes it was amazing I'm proud of it so Jaden as a team captain do you think your team did well today oh we did amazing go go after that you're supposed to like cheer after that come on yes uh thank you this was a really uh difficult match hobart's a great team very nervous going into it but we got the victory everyone here played amazing on both sides thank you so much for the support in the chat this one went crazy bird boy 73 the goat uh who's that jool and Morgan the goat Kurt Smith uh he's a coach in here the goat there was also like a gamer man or gamer boy or something someone else is in there he's also the goat there you go you're all the goat hey bird boy said you're the goat yeah yeah yeah you got correct you got fans you got fans you got fans dude show them that I pulled this Pokemon card with my sister and her fiance Jesus shout out to both of them I use this as a reminder to what I do this for not just myself not just for everyone here but for everyone who's ever supported me ever thank you all so much yeah yeah undefeated Fall Split that's what I like to see looking so I do need to ask you guys um when you're playing at the level that you guys play what usually goes through your head when you're like in a match you know uh just pure Focus just locked in I don't really you know think you know you don't think about like where they are or what you could I think about where they are and like what I think they're going to do but like outside thoughts just completely you know disappear you got to have that factor that just lets you lock in what would you say what about the rest of the team what goes through your guys' heads who who's going to take the mic it's literally just what's he going to do yeah I I usually recall back to past experiences that's why training is like extremely important I I always have to make sure that I know if if one person is in this position and I'm in a different yeah then I'm going to know what to do because I've been there before and I made a mistake and then I learned from it I think that's the most valuable part that's good that's good learning from your mistakes is really good this side I I just try to like oh learn during matches see what I can like uh block and then try to punish yeah that's good that's good that's good that's that's really good is he try is he I think the team did really good both teams yeah was really how would you say the team has improved since the first regular season match compared to today mhm how would you say they improved say they improved um I would say immensely these like these are not the same players that we started with this is insane everyone is performing at such a high level I Am So Satisfied with everything the job is not finished that we still got the spring split the postseason and hopefully state finals where I hope we can continue this momentum and we can finish the story finish the story it's just beginning what about cook what about cook what do you have to say uh incredibly proud of this team they played an excellent excellent Hobart team today credit to them that was that was incredible matchup really um so the fact that they lost the first game and then still came back to win the second two makes me really proud to see that just just showing that never give up mentality John Cena would be proud if he was seeing this for sure yeah they start off that second game and they felt strong and they they just performed and they they just rolled through it um and did an excellent job against a really great hopeart team yeah and I think yeah I think they're really improving and from uh preseason we lost our first preseason match I think and uh you know that lost both yeah and I think that that kind of uh panicked us a little bit but this team has just gotten better and better oh yeah for sure over over the course of the Season here so it's been it's been a pleasure to see it's I enjoy watching um and they're just so talented I could be more proud that's good that's a good mentality to have mhm yeah and I think it just goes to show like the results just speak for themselves yeah when was the last time you guys lost the game this year uh when when was preseason 2 yeah at the very start yeah at the very start yeah and yeah those didn't matter those was a preseason yeah now look at the matches now mhm so much improvement so much much improv I'm so proud of everyone here it is it is awesome of course yeah so this ends the Fall Split we still have uh spring split as well so there's still work to be done you know celebrate today but we'll get back at it next week and continue practicing yeah very excited very excited for the future yep I was kind of nervous for the team once you lost me so yeah I thought we were for sure done next to you when they lost sorry um but yeah um if you don't have anything else to say and you guys don't have anything else to say you want to shout out your parents grandparents pet dog pet cat I I little siblings I don't know I mean family does mean a lot to me so mom dad sister Jesus brother grandma other Grandma Nana ant son everyone I am so glad that I have so many people in my life that support what I do I would not be here like living my best life if it wasn't for everyone here I am eternally grateful I owe you guys everything so yeah January 13th that's when the next split start J shout out your cat Eli hold on I so my cat yeah yeah she's pretty cool and she scratches me oh no no no wise words wise words cats are nice yeah I believe it's uh January 13th do we start again that's a weird time to start the spring split in January the outro read the out outro dude yeah read the outro all right let's see here let's see here thanks for joining us this evening that concludes the Fall Split of our year-long season we'll be back for the spring split in Jan starting January 13th yeah that is right weird weird time to start the spring split you know winter see you then get hyped for the future peace peace yeah [Music] n [Music] it's

and special deputy and school resource officer Travis Conover went on duty to work soccer section was at Madison consoled high school at approximately 4:23 p.m. dispatch put a call out to the Madison police department uh to a call on Clifty Drive near the high school they advised that a male subject was down in the construction area and CPR was in progress officer Conover wasn't uh sent to that call um it was MPD however he had his radio on he had all the necessary equipment um he knew he was close to the scene and he didn't hesitate uh when Duty called he immediately went and Route and arrived approximately one minute later um knowing he was that close he thought he'd be the first officer on duty and he was uh on scene he exited his Patrol vehicle and got his school issued AED and immediately took action uh at the time construction workers were performing CPR as officer conver set up his AED MPD then arrived and took over CPR with the fire department a Good Samaritan a nurse with in kdh arrived a short time later and also assisted um after officer Conover had his ad uh hooked up um it actually delivered um a shock at approximately 428 uh to the male subject and we'll just relate uh to him as male subject uh as a respect for him and his family um this uh regained a slight pulse for approximately 15 seconds before it faded away uh second shock was then given the pulse was reestablished and their able load the subject in the ambulance to receive further medical assistance um we followed up approximately two weeks later um the male subject at that time was back with his family recovering we followed up again this week and he's actually back at work um so just knowing uh whenever you you put on the uniform in the badge um and you never know what that next call may be and just knowing hey when the time comes are you there ready to respond uh Travis he'll say it's just part of his duty part of his job but he's answered to call for us time and time again so I can't be thankful enough for having him on our team and just showing once again not only have you gave us a full team of safety officers and sros but giving us the equipment that we need such as a school issued AED at all times so that's how we were able to put that into use and to save a life so just uh can't can't thank you and you all enough thank [Applause] you and uh real quick uh Sheriff Flint was going to be here tonight um the award he has won't be in until next week so he'll be getting a life saving award at that time and tonight he's getting a making a difference award [Applause] okay I'd like to ask our Deputy Elementary School principal Miss Kathy Stoner to accept voting please welcome thank you for asking us to come tonight to speak about our school Deputy Elementary I'm I brought several of my staff members with me today because as you know we can't do what we do on a daily basis without a team of dedicated professionals it takes all of us to be able to do what we do so I appreciate them coming with me tonight yes this summer when I was getting ready for a new school year knew I wanted to do something positive to start um the new school year so that the students or the teachers sorry would have less stress have a positive outlook and maybe have a focal point and so I decided we needed to come up with a mantra and so the Mantra we came up with is upward and together I chose upward because that's what we're always trying to do as Educators we're always trying to move upward looking for growth that's what we're doing as a district right now as we're aligning our arrows um to to try to make education for all of our students Equitable across the board uh so upward just means that we're advancing I also chose together because I wanted the teachers to remember that they were in this together that even though there would be times of stress or uncertainty that we were all there together especially with our professional learning communities that they would have a community of Educators that would be there helping them along so when we have our staff meetings or we have um presentations I always CL include our Mantra upward and together the teachers like to add and chocolate so we often say upward and together with chocolate because we all know that chocolate makes everything better so I wanted to talk about a few things tonight that's kind of unique to our school and one of those things is our basketball league and our cheer program our basketball league and our cheer program is ran completely by our parents it's available able to our parents because you know we are some distance away from town and so it's nice when they come home from work that they have a close place to take their students to play basketball basketball or to participate we have 22 cheerleaders that are in our program ranging from PK to fifth grades we have 71 basketball players and coaches our league started on November 1st it will run every Friday night until December 13th as I stated our basketball program is ran completely by our parents with numerous volunteers I need to give a shout out to Ashley shudy for parents Square she's worked really hard to get that pushed out on our Corporation and this is one of the ways we can make sure that our basketball program runs smoothly I asked the basketball president what volunteers that she needed to run the program each Friday night I created that on parents square and we shared it out and every week we have those volunteer positions filled by our parents in addition to our basketball league we also have a t-ball program and a softball league in the summertime it again is ran by our parents with their t-ball and softball board with parents and volunteers are from the community who are part of that board depending on the summer we have anywhere between 150 to 200 kids that participate in that program and up to 20 volunteers and this is a picture of our basketball or not basketball our baseball field that's just up past our basketball gym another thing I was excited to talk about today was our club days and I'm going to have our stem coach Jennifer colen come and talk about that all right good evening um last year a deputy decided to introduce Club days um and the idea behind Club days is to carve out some intentional time during the school day to allow students to experience different um stem fields or fine art types of fields um in the form of a club last year we kind of set it up in a station rotation model and we decided to do some improvements with that this year um and the students had choice in which club interests um were more most personal to them so they each filled out um kindergarten through fourth grade each student filled out a form and selected their top three um choices and then we placed them into groups um again K through for mixed groups with a staff member um who was also interested in that club um so again it's kind of carved out during the school day we plan on having four of these throughout the school year um and students can switch clubs each time if they choose um but it was a big hit the students were very excited that they got to choose what um was important to them um we had the baking club was a huge hit they actually were able to make enough um treats to serve to the entire School population the next day so they was a lot of Pride there um and then of course listed um there was a a really good variety um and I think every student left um with a lot of excitement and there was a lot of enthusiasm from the staff too because they were able to really put into their personal interest into the kiddos so thank you to add on a little bit about about what Jacob said about having SRO in our building I think that's a fabulous thing this picture was taken by a parent of mine in the carrier line she took it the morning after there was another school shooting in another state and she stated that she was so glad that we had officer Shan Stein there because she felt comfortable with leaving her student that day and as you can see numerous parents also talked about how much it means that he's there and they feel comfortable with their students and their safety he's not only there though for the safety he's also there for the mentorship he has really developed strong relationships with our kids it's been really neat to see we even have some little kids that you know sometimes in the morning they don't really want to leave their mom and dad but if officer Shan Stein goes to the car they'll get out for him because you know I guess he's way cooler than some of us are I also wanted to talk a little bit about our celebration of learning several years ago we stopped having Awards day at the end of the year and we decided to have Awards day four times a year one of the reasons why we do that is because that gives the students multiple times to earn an award so if they don't get an award they want first nine weeks they have three other nine weeks to try to earn that so with the help of our Deputy fire and rescue and um they have provided US money so that we could give the students brag test tags so as you can see in the picture all the students have a necklace and on the necklace are the tags that they have earned either for academics for attendance or maybe for a club they have joined all the students have at least two tags they'll have a birthday tag or they'll have a tag that indicates what house or what team they are on in deputy and I have a teacher that's going to talk a little bit more about that in a few minutes so they hang displayed in the classroom so they can proudly see of all the work they've done that year and then on Wednesdays they get to wear their brag tags during the school day throughout the presentation today you're going to see some examples of those brag tags and when the students can earn those Megan McVey who is our first and second grade math teacher is going to talk a little bit about our Garden Club good evening board thank you so much for having us our Garden Club started last spring and we had 18 students between prek and four sign up and so it was a great turnout for the beginning our plants were donated by the MCS a department and during their recess time the students gave up that time to go out and clean out the beds and get the beds prepared in order to get the seeds planted and I've never seen kids so eager to pull weeds it was great we ended up after that creating a summer signup sheet through parents square and I kid you not it was so great to see the turnout we've had great success because every day that we asked for our family to show up they did they showed up and we provided Mrs Stoner and myself provided them with a checklist of all the things that they needed to do and none of our supplies we left it outside our supplies was always there and if they needed something they would reach out and we would replenish it so that was really great to see Upon returning to school our plants started making produce so then during their recess time students went out and they harvested what we had grown and those kids were so excited to go out and pick tomatoes or pick cucumbers or watermelons and what was even better was that they were able then to provide that to their fellow classmates during our lunches so our goal again for this year is to reach out maybe even make some more raised beds so we can even increase more of our plants that we plan to produce for the next season and invite more kids to come so thanks again for having us I also want to take a few minutes to kind of give a shout out to my staff and our I learn scores you can see two s on the board the one on the left is from 2023 the one on the right is from 2024 and we are that red dot and that red dot shows how we do compare to other schools with similar demographics of Deputy Elementary you can see from 2023 to 2024 our DOT moved up so we increase in our scores we were first percentile and math we are in the fourth percentile for ELA now those were the scores when you compare us to schools that are similar similar to us so how do we look when you compare us to all the schools in the state of Indiana and when compared to all the schools in the state of Indiana we were in the top 2% for math the top 12% for ELA and for students passing math and Ela we were in the top 6% that made us the top performing Elementary School in Jefferson County and we're ranked in the top 40th in the state of Indiana that brings us to our goals and our first goal is attendance because they certainly can't learn if they're not at school and this is one of attendance is a difficult goal because we teach elementary age students who they get sick a lot they haven't had time to develop their immune system and you can see in 2018 and 2019 our attendance wasn't too bad but then covid hit and our percentages tanked uh so we've been working working really hard to get those percentages back up and in 22 and 2023 we've been able to increase them but we're still falling short of the 97% so we have several strategies that we try to get the kids to want to come to school uh we have probably four or five teachers or staff members in the morning welcome the students as they get off the bus or get out of the cars we'll play fun music uh we also have seasonal decorations right now we have a big turkey outside that they really like the PK students think it's a chicken so the prek teachers have been talking to them about turkeys there's an example of our brag tags as well they can get a brag tag for perfect attendance which is difficult to do because we're talking they didn't miss school nor were they tardy but we also understand that that's going to be difficult for some because you've got doctor's appointment you have sickness or maybe there was a death in the family so we also give an excellent attendance award and that's for students who achieve a 97% for the weeks we continue to do our attend and engage program which is ran by my school social worker and so if she sees a pattern of absences like maybe they're absent every Friday or on Monday she'll reach out to the families to see if she can help increase their attendance or maybe their attendance is starting to get a little out of hand and they've missed several days and she'll work with them and come up with a plan to try to increase their attendance our second goal is Ela and I've asked my science of reading teacher amand deer to come and speak about that good evening and yes Kathy owes us lots of chocolate tomorrow yes yes she does so um the state of Indiana along with the literacy Cadre um set a goal for our state that 95% of the students in third grade would pass the I read by the year 2027 so last year Kathy and I sat sat down with my TSS from the state and we aligned our goals so aligned our Arrows with the state's goals in order for us to reach that same goal in 2007 or 2027 um as you can see Kathy had already put up there some of our scores um from previous years and these are our grade three and four I learn passing percentages and if you notice the past couple of years they were lower than they were in 24 um I like to think that our teachers collaborating with our coaches not only me but with the stem coach as well um has created the rise in that percentage because teachers working together in the classroom reflecting upon the student data I think really makes a difference some of the strategies to achieve this goal are listed up here um with the science of reading and the coaching not only with the science of Reading Coach but with the stem coaches um when we meet for coaching Cycles we actually sit down together with the classroom teachers and we look at the student data and then we plan our lesson and throughout our time together in those Cycles we reflect on the students progress and we monitor that progress throughout our lessons together and at the very end we reflect upon what went well what didn't go well did the students hit their goal if they didn't what interventions need to be presented and and applied and if they did hit their goal how can we enhance or enrich that that learning that's taking place this is going to lead nicely into our PLC time so thank you very much for giving us that PLC time this school year to in order for our teachers to have that collaborative time together because during that PLC time they're also going to be asking one another in their groups you know what do we want our students to know how are we going to know that they know it and then what do we do if they don't know it what do we do to accelerate that learning so I think our coaching model has set us up really nicely for those plc's um this slide is just an example of some of the data that we have collected from some of our coaching Cycles together the top um are the preassessment data and the bottom or the post assessment data so if you see the first one there is on um the goal where students will ask and answer questions about what they're learning and reading and at the post assessment you see that there is absolutely no red the yellow has has really shrunk and there's more blue and green which is what we want to see in our student learning it really jumped up and and we were super excited and then um this the next goal was students will find author's point and the facts that support the author's point and again the whole part of the pre-assessment was yellow and then by the end of it we had really gotten in some blue so they went and excelled really nicely in those goals so Camille crem my first and second grade ELA teacher is going to come and talk about our interventions and then some of our reading programs thank you for having me tonight thank you a bit taller um yeah so first of all we have interventions which I W was a teacher at deputy and then became an interventionist for a little bit and then kind of got to move into a teaching position again and I love the changes we've made to interventions this year I think pushing our teachers into our classrooms has really taken away the wasted time going up and down the hallway with our students and they're getting a lot of focused intentional time with teachers and small groups um and they're they're showing a lot of growth we're starting to see that in our data and it's really exciting um they're hearing more than my voice which to some is a blessing I think and when we're all using the same language and and teaching the same things so again I think that that's part of our success but the interventions have come a long way you can see two Awards students can earn one is honor rooll and that's in the regular Ed room but the Improvement award really allows those to be recognized that maybe they're not exceeding or meeting at everything but they're working really hard in interventions and they're still showing the growth that we want to see so there're still able to earn a brag tag even if we aren't meeting it on honor roll the next slide is about AR and a deputy we love AR because our kids love AR and we have brag tags for that we set a reading goal with each student and it's it's really fun because they're getting excited about learning they're finding vocabulary words and showing us things that they've seen in their books that we've talked about in class and uh Mrs Stoner gets them really excited on Monday morning she tells them how many books we've read as a school and how many words we've read and they always are wowed by that huge number for the word count um so they get really excited and then we also reward them in our classrooms when they um pass a test or meet goals and then we also reward them in front of the whole school in the gym so she we will put names in a bucket when they are reading every night and she will draw names out of the bucket and it's like Christmas morning because they get to come down get a coin and they run up to our book machine and they put their coin in and pick their book and they get to take it home so um the kids are loving it we're loving it and it's fun to see the excitement that they have as well and one more thing with our books and Bubbles U Mrs Stoner was able to get a bubble machine for her office and you can see a picture of how cool it looks um students came can earn this reward through meeting AR goals and in their classroom but they can also earn it through behavior and when they get picked and they get to do the books and bubbles with Mrs Stoner I can't even make it to the classroom and they're already planning when can I go how long can I stay and it's always man I hate that we had to leave so um the students really love it and it keeps them reading so it's academic and they don't even know it they just think they're having fun um so we have that as well Carissa wouse our pk4 teacher is going to come and talk about our house system I am actually our pk3 teacher but that's okay um and I am a house Council sponsor along with Mrs McVey so our house system um contains three houses it's am um Sabio and valeroso go valeroso our house system helps students build community and belonging um foundations through positive interactions that they have and those interactions may be um collecting items for flood victims or angel tree or food drive that we're currently doing for families that may be in need during Thanksgiving time um and we also participate in a lot of different activities in all the spirit weeks that we get to do throughout the school year so they get to interact and build those pos positive um relationships through that our third and fourth grade students are eligible to run for our house counsel they have to give a speech in front of their student body and then they also present posters that are hung throughout our school and then they are voted on upon their house um so once they actually are in student council then they um get to make decisions for our student B such as the rewards that they achieve for um the attendance goals and our monthly house competitions which they love doing and that allows them when they do the house competitions it's a lot of it's a lot of competition yes but it's a lot of fun and so they um gain mentorship through that and Leadership and it's all the way from pk3 all the way to fourth grade so it's a great way for them to build those skills and take them with them so that is our house wanted to talk a little bit about how Madison Consolidated Schools support our staff and allow them to grow professionally it's something that I think we do a really good job with when I started teaching about 35 years ago at a neighboring Corporation they walked me to my room and said there you go start teaching so let me tell you it was a learning experience and I'm glad that we've come a long way since then and we give our teachers more support than that I'm very proud of my staff I have several staff members who have taken advantage of the opportunities that have been presented to them my pk4 teacher that I was um indicated a little bit ago uh Katie who is not here she is in the bloom board par education par educator program where she is working on getting her Elementary license I also have a sped ISP teacher or ISP who is working on um the par educator program in that where she has signed up for a six-week course uh where she can learn how her role at our school can help our special education students R plc's has also been an EXC excellent way for our teachers to grow we've been spending the last 13 weeks working together learning what plc's are how they can be effective what roles we'll play in the plc's uh and these are just some of the things that we've done in the last 13 weeks as as the teachers and the staff members have been working towards um implementing our plc's when we come back from winter break uh so they've been learning how their pacing guides and curriculum guides can be good resources during their PLC times they've worked on um the assessment calendar how to set goals for their students um they've also learned how to work collaboratively and how to give feedback and to receive feedback from their colleagues here's an example of one of the activities that we've done during the PLC time just an example of how they're working together to solve a problem giving each other feedback seeing something that's not working trying different ways they were given uh spaghetti and marshmallows to build a tall tower and if you know anything about my staff they were very competitive and were wanting me to get out the yard stick to see who actually had the tallest tower but during that time they were building relationships we've worked together for a long time at deputy and so our relationships are strong but relationships have to be cultivated and they have to be supported and so I enjoyed watching the teachers not only get into deep conversations talking out problems coming up with Solutions but I enjoyed watching them have fun and to laugh and I could see that the relationships were growing even stronger which is only going to help the foundation when we start our uh professional learning communities in the in the winter I'm going to ask Jennifer to come up one more time to talk about our future plans which involve stem certification all right I'm back again all right so Deputy is making um really great strides to integrate stem um learning for every student um we are in we are on the path to seek stem certification from the state um with our goal is for next year I'll get to that just a minute I kind of skipped ahead sorry um so that is definitely something when we um created the club days that was part of the reason why um is to give students more more of those stem stem exposure stem opportunities um so for this year we have come up with some goals to help get us um closer to that um we're going to we're working on creating a district level stem Advisory Board um which will be made up of Staff Administration and Community Partners um we have been doing a lot of coaching Cycles the teachers and I um in order to integrate stem meaningfully um into each curricular um subject lots of science lots of math and some english too so we've been working on um lots of Cycles there one thing we are looking into is um how to increase computer science opportunities for every student we will continue um improving our club Day activities and offering those for students um and and then we're also looking to increase some commun Community Partnerships um through Club days and some other activities as well having some um some community members come and speak as guest speakers or help with some of our coaching Cycles as well um we have started a stem curriculum map but we are definitely in early process of working on that um so all of these things which seems like a lot but we're going to work on for our goals this year in order to apply for stem certification in the 2526 school year all right to conclude our presentation tonight Dr Brown wanted us to talk a little bit about our story and I wasn't really sure what I was going to say about that this year but I kept thinking about this picture we took of our whole school and I thought this is our story story our students are our story the experiences they have why they while they're at Deputy is part of our story their achievements they're going to earn while they're at Deputy is part of our story and the growth that they're going to achieve is part of our story because after all these students are why we do what we do and why we continue to strive upward and together thank you [Applause] ladies on behalf of the board we really appreciate you being here tonight um I think your passion and dedication came through very clear and our students are very lucky and the deputy Community is very lucky to have you out there uh the numbers don't lie your percentages are on the uptick in the top 40 that's uh that's all great news so we appreciate you being here but most of all we appreciate what you're doing for our kids at a deputy thank you guys very much okay we'll move on to the consent agenda 24105 approval of the agenda of the November 13th 2024 regular board meeting 24106 is approval of the minutes of the September 5th 2024 Schoolboard meeting and work session of October 2nd 2024 regular meeting and October 28th 2024 ratification public meeting special board meeting and executive session 24107 approval of claims 24 4 108 approval of financial report 2419 is the approval of construction payment which are as follows Precision construction and Contracting LLC pay app number nine for the tennis courts 71 two is the ton corporation pay app number seven for Cub Industries 25,980 32 and the third one is ETC Systems Incorporated pay app number five Cub Industries 1,425 24110 is the approval of the Personnel Agenda 111.1 addenda of personnel report 24111 is a approval of the grants and donations which are as follows Madison Consolidated Schools Liberty Christian Church donated $500 to assist with owed balances on meals Deputy Elementary received um $912 from the lick Branch Baptist Church to be used to fund an all School field trip to the Derby Dinner Playhouse Mike A's LLC donated $200 to be used to support the archery team the Handover flea market donated $200 to be used to support the archery team and Madison Family Dentistry donated $300 to be used to the archery support team or archery team Madison Junior High eln pal donated uh $100 to Esports to the Madison Consolidated High School jws Corporation donated ,000 to the swim team steinhardt restoration LLC Ser proo donated $362 to the football team the shoy family fund donated $50,000 to the growing mines Farm stop Midwest Tu Mills LLC donated 10,000 donated $10,000 to the boys basketball team an anonymous donation of $865 to the Athletics and $135 to the boys golf team 24112 is approval of field trips we have a request from Jennifer Cornelius to take 12 High School anchor Club NHS and student council students to participate in the making strides walk in Louisville Kentucky on October 20th 2024 we have an overnight field trip request from Chris sandland High School boys Cross Country Coach to take 11 cross country team members to Shelbyville Indiana October 25th and 26 2024 to compete in the cross country regionals and thirdly we have a request from the Shelby Eis AG teacher to take 10 7th and eighth grade fa a students to the North American International Livestock Expo in Kentucky in Lille Kentucky on November 15 2024 Dr Brown I recommend that the board approve with one motion and one vote the consent agenda items 24-105 through and including 24-12 as presented entertain a motion to approve the agenda I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda 24-105 through 24-12 thank you Mr store and a second I'll second with a motion to second is there any discussion see no discussion all in favor signify by saying I I any opposed passes public comments no okay move on to the action agenda 24113 School Board election of officers for the remainder of the 2024 calendar year Duty Mr Scott resigning as vice president of the board uh we must elect a new vice president to finish out this year I would uh nominate David story to fill the vice president role which will be vacated your secretary role right okay you want a second yes please a second just checking you usually ask so okay we do have a motion a second is there any other nominations seeing none all in favor of David story assuming the vice president role for the r remainder of this year signifi by saying I I the opposed congratulations David vacating the secretary position will I retain a motion to fill the secretary position for the remainder of this year entertain a motion I'd like to make a motion uh secretary Dustin Vince okay is there a second please I'll second with a motion the second is there any other nominations okay see none we'll close all in favor of Dustin b assuming the role of secretary signified by saying I I the opposed Mr V one month and you're look at me take notes moving right up the ladder here toward toward the head of the table congratulations thank you 2414 approval of the supplemental pay resolution for teachers contract Dr Brown we are seeking approval of the supplemental pay resolution for the teacher contract the resolutions authorizing MCS to pay the supplemental base payments to the teachers as presented entertain a motion to approve make a motion we approve item 24114 thank you Mr Scott is there a second please I'll second with a motion and a second is there any discussion see no discussion all in favor of approval of 24114 signify by saying I I any opposed motion passes 2415 approval of pay increase and stien for classified hourly classified salaried administrators certified salaried employees and substitutes who meet incentive criteria Dr Brown yeah we are requesting ing that the board approve an average increase of 3% to the classified hourly classified salaried administrators and certified salaried employees we were also requesting that some salary adjustments to some individuals and new adjusted pay scales due to equality or Market adjustments and the fair labor standards act f flsa um as presented in your packets we're also seeking approval to give classified hourly classified salar administrators and certified salar employees a one-time stien of $1,500 this stien will be paid as a separate pay on December 12th 2024 substitutes will receive a stien amount based on the number of days they have subbed as of October 31 2024 the stip will vary depending on the number of days um that they have subbed for us so we want to reward um their longevity and work with us so asking for those um items to be approved thank you Dr Brown entertain a motion to approve 2415 I make a motion to approve 2415 thank you m hansy we have a motion is there a second I'll second with a motion and a second is there any discussion see no discussion all in favor of approval of 2415 signify by saying I I any opposed 2415 passes thank you 24116 second reading and approval of the following revised MCS policy Dr Brown I'm seeking approval of the following revised MCS policies MCS policy 1520-1730 point0 employment of personnel for extracurricular activities MCS policy 5200 attendance MCS policy 5 34.1 student concussions and sudden Cardiac Arrest MCS policy 5350 student suicide awareness and prevention MCS policy 6320 purchasing MCS policy 75402 web content apps and services MCS policy 8210 school calendar MCS policy 8452 automated external defibrillators aeds MCs policy 8455 coach training references and ihsaa Reporting MCS a poli policy 9130 public complaints and concerns board will entertain a motion to approve 2416 I'll motion to approve 24-16 thank you Mr B and a second I'll second with a motion in a second is there any discussion see no discussion all in favor of 24 116 signified by saying I I I opposed 24116 is approved 24 117 the second reading and approval to resend MCS policy 63201 purchasing using online reverse auctions Dr Brown yeah I'm seeking approval to resend MCS policy 63201 purchasing using online reverse auctions as presented entertain a motion to approve 2417 I'll make a motion to approve 24-17 thank you Mr store and a second please second with a motion of a second is there any discussion see no discussion all in favor of approval of 24117 signified by saying I I he opposed 24117 approved 24118 the first reading of replacement of MCS policy 5136 that's okay I'm seeking approval of the replace replacement of policy 5136 personal communication devices as presented it is a second reading thank you entertain a motion to approve 24118 make a motion we approve 24118 thank you Mr Scott is there a second please I second with a motion as a second is there a discussion see no discussion all in favor of approval of 24118 signifi by saying I I any opposed 24118 is approved 24119 approval of course curriculum guide Edition for Madison Junior High School Dr Brown yeah I'm seeking approval to add engineering Essentials grade 8 for a high school credit 7199 to the junior high curriculum guide for 2425 this course will be available to eighth grade students for the second semester and at this time only one class period will be offered with a maximum of 25 students students will travel to Mr Neil's classroom at the high school to attend this course and it will be available both semesters for 2526 so asking for approval of that course very good entertain a motion to approve 24119 I'll make a motion to approve 24-19 thank you Mr store in a second with a motion and second is there any discussion seeing no discussion all in favor of approving 24119 signified by saying I I the opposed 24119 is approved 24120 approval of partnership commitment between MCS and Southwest or Southeast Indiana Workforce investment board Dr Brown yeah I'm seeking approval of the partnership commitment between MCS and Southeast Indiana Workforce investment board the purpose of this agreement is to create a partnership to successfully Implement and sustain a comprehensive career coaching and navigation framework the comp prehensive career coaching program is financed using a grant from the Indiana Commission of higher education the career coaching program creates business industry and education Partnerships committed to achieve the mission of the Indiana commission for higher education to ensure that students prek through 12th grade explore engage and experience activities focused on employability skills through classroom activities so asking for approval of that work very good entertain a motion to approve 24120 make a motion to approve 24-120 thank you Mr B is there a second please I'll second are a motion is a second is there any discussion see no discussion all in favor of 24120 signify by saying I I I any oppos 24120 passes 24121 approval of the memorandum of understanding between Madison Consolidated High School Madison Junior High School and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Indiana Dr Brown yeah I'm seeking approval of a memorandum of understanding between Madison consolidated High School Madison junor High School and big brothers and big sisters of Southeast Indiana the purpose of this agreement is to create and confirm an effective working relationship between big brothers and big sisters of Southeast Indiana our high school and our Junior High the Big Brothers Big Sisters program will provide a professional program manager to implement their evidence-based site-based mentoring program which has been shown to affect positive changes in School attendance attitude self-confidence and avoidance of risky Behavior behaviors so asking for approval of thatou entertain a motion to approve uh 24121 I'll make a motion to approve 24-1 121 thank you Mr story is there a second please I'll second any motion a second is there any discussion all in favor of 2421 signified by saying I I any oppos 24 or 121 is approved 24122 approval of memorandum of understanding between MCS and safe passages Dr Brown I'm seeking approval of theou between MCS and safe passage the purpose of this mou is to outline the collaboration between safe passage Inc and MCS to provide healthy relationship programming to students at the junior high and high schools the programming aims to educate and Empower students with the Knowledge and Skills necessary to develop and maintain healthy relationships asking for approval entertain a motion to approve I make a motion to approve 24122 thank you Mr chansy second I'll second with a motion and second is there any discussion see no discussion all in favor of 24122 signify by saying I I any opposed 24122 is approved 24123 approval of Indiana Institute on disability and Community Indiana Resource Center for Autism memorandum of understanding Dr Brown I am seeking approval of the Indiana Institute Institute on ability and Community Indiana Resource Center for Autism memorandum of understanding we're seeking approval to enter into an agreement with the Indiana Institute on disability and community Through the Indiana Resource Center for Autism for when an individual with autism spectrum disorder presents challenging behaviors that are impeding their learning in the educational um setting the Indiana Resource Center for Autism staff are available to provide on-site consultations on behalf of specific individuals of all ages with autism spectrum disorders in a variety of settings including early intervention schools homes and adult settings the Consultants from the Indiana Resource Center for Autism from Bloomington Indiana provide in-person observations Staffing to share ideas for evidence-based practices to implement for a student with autism time for phone calls for staff and family members review of records and preparation of report to summarize their observations and propos strategies to assist us with support So asking for approval of thatou thank you entertain a motion to approve 24123 I'll make a motion to approve 24-1 123 thank you Mr stores or a second I'll second with a motion and a second is there any discussion see no discussion all in favor signify by saying I I any opposed 24123 is approved 24124 approval of letter of agreement between MCS and Smith Associates Dr Brown yeah I'm seeking approval of the letter of agreement between Cs and Schmidt Associates in the amount of $63,000 which would be paid for with the grant that we received for the Early Childhood Center preliminary work as for the design and cost estimates for the new Early Childhood Center asking for approval of that letter of agreement thank you entertain a motion to approve 24124 I make a motion we approve 24124 thank you Mr Scott is there a second I'll second with a motion in a second is there any discussion I just had I just wanted to clarify or confirm um so we are just doing for the design work I just I didn't get to I looked at a little bit this afternoon um since we just got it today and I I guess the with the phases listed in here we're not approving these no it's just it's just the work to um do the design give us to inform our decision making on a Next Step basically so it's preliminary design well we get um are we going to get like um Blueprints and stuff like that like an actual design it'll be big picture so once once not not terribly detailed it'll be big picture cost estimates um preliminary design work and then um the board will make a decision at that point do we want to invest more to get so will there'll be another Vote or absolutely yeah okay to move forward okay so I just wanted to make sure that that's we're just voting on this part um and we don't still don't know what our because you said Jason might come and talk to us again exactly what our capacity correct is okay yes okay and the preliminary design work takes into consideration or a recommendation from Schmidt and Associates what can and can't be utilized that's existing at e today correct they will evaluate the current site and so like if there's like once we get that and we if there was any changes that could still be like we want to add this or we want we can still do that after they bring those to us yep as long as it fits within the scope of our financial correct ability correct absolutely so it's as fair to say this is just a starting point yep and the next again just to reiterate it is funded through our grant so it's a no cost of the taxpayers at this point okay entertain a motion to approve 2414 we've already got a I'm sorry I apologize we need is a vote all we need is a vote all in favor signify by saying I I I any opposed 241 24 is approved 24125 approval of memorandum of understanding between MCS and New Albany Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation Dr Brown yeah I'm seeking approval of theou between MCS and New Albany Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation to provide services for new drivers in order for them to obtain their necessary lure the cost of the training is $2,500 we're asking for approval so that we can get our best drivers trained very good entertain a motion to approve 24125 I'll make a motion to approve 24-1 125 thank you Mr St is there a second please a second with a motion a second is there any discussion see no discussion all in favor signify by saying I I I any opposed 24125 is approved move on to reports and we'll turn it over to our student representative miss m Moen sorry good evening um I just have a few announcements to share with you all this evening first I want to congratulate all of our fall athletes on their great Seasons boys and girls cross country Advanced to Regionals and boys tennis had a great season um boys soccer girls volleyball and football all made it to the sectional championship game and I want to extend a special congratulations to our boys football team on their record-breaking great season um and congratulations to girls soccer boys cross country and girls golf for their sectional Championship wins winter sports have also started so be sure to check our athletics schedule for swim meets and wrestling meets um and boys boys and girls basketball games in the upcoming weeks congratulations to the cast and crew of Harry Potter and the cursed child on their performances and the junior high is putting on their production of Alice and Wonderland 7 o'clock tomorrow night and Friday night and 2:30 on Saturday um it's at the high school auditorium and be sure to check that out they always do such a good job and Mrs belock does such a great job leading that as well I also want to give a huge shout out to our AP US History students um the MCHS choir and band and Mr Wier and all of the other people who helped with our Veteran Day program on Monday um it was really really wonderful and I've heard a lot of good um things good comments about that um and also a huge thank you to all of our veterans um turkey shootout is also coming up at the end of this month so JV games are on Monday November 25th and the girls and boys varsity play on Wednesday November 27th and it's hosted in Madison this year so be sure to be there and cheer on our girls and boys basketball teams as they take on Southwestern um I also really want to remind our students to activate and check their student Square accounts um and be sure that you're checking your email there's a lot of information coming through that so we want to make sure that everyone is up to date and the dailies the little announcements that are also posted we want to make sure you're checking those as well and those should be going to your emails um Thanksgiving break is from November 25th through the 29th for all Madison students this year and I hope you all have a fantastic month and fantastic Thanksgiving break very good thank you thank you move on to uh yes the public comments and we'll ask Miss Sharon Gray to step to the podium please thank you um again I'm here standing to represent the word of God to be placed in our school systems for the children to able to express those that are in faith in Christ Jesus not to be ashamed to be able to express that in our schools um I'll be leaving the Madison area we'll be moving away but I do pray for this school system and all the school systems in the world God has given us another chance with the current Administration coming into um the White House to acknowledge God not to be ashamed of him to stand up to speak his word to love him with all our hearts I love the the systems that you're doing but if we honor God first you have no idea what a light and what a beam you would be in the community and so with that said I just want to um share a couple of verses from Psalm 85 mercy and Truth are met together righteousness and peace have kissed each other truth shall spring out of the Earth and righteousness shall look down from heaven ye the Lord shall give that which is good and our land shall Increase righteousness shall go before him and Shall Set us in the way of his steps and I pray this for all of our children are the generations coming up the ones that aren't even here yet so that the generations that are here can be a light to them because we are his light I just encourage everyone is in faith in Christ to just stand just stand and speak his word and be an encouragement to one another thank you for all your time thank you thank you m gray okay we'll open it up to board member comments and we'll start off with the Dustin um I just with Thanksgiving around the corner and things we heard tonight just some things I'm thankful for being a board member in this community I wish uh officer Conover was still here I was there that day I was on the scene when officer Conover showed up and I don't think it can be understated or overstated or whatever the words I'm looking for but he saved that man's life like uh I called ome the next day I know some of the people at Oma um with respect to the family kind of offic M said I won't go into detail but that AED and that uh and om's safety response if not for them that gentleman would not be here today so huge what Travis did that day and and thankful super thankful for Travis and and everybody the sro's and everybody so please relay that to Travis for me officer McVey for sure and then deputies uh presentation just the things you guys are doing that kind of didn't you know what you're doing with those students in terms of I just took some notes here you know you're building a sense of community in them that's huge uh so uh socio emotional skills the things they're learning by doing the Hands-On The Pride they're building the life skills those are all just so dramatic and so big so thank you Deputy for what you're doing uh with those students on a daily basis it's just a small part of what Madison schools provide in our community to everybody so thank you officer Conover thank you Deputy schools we really appreciate all of you miss Jodie I also want to thank you guys that's it's one of my favorite things when the schools start coming in and talking about what they're doing um and things going on and it's every time both I think I don't know two or three times that you guys have come it's just so inspirational what you do and and the family feeling that that you promote and exude um it's just awesome and so I thank you for um not only being here and letting us you know just a small piece of what you guys do but just thank you for for doing that for the kiddos because um you know it means a lot to to those kids so thank you um the other thing I wanted just to I mean we get donations all the time and a lot of donations to Deputy you know which is again you know just the community that's supporting supporting you guys um but we you know every every month we get tons of donations but um some ones that weren't weren't on here um that came out this week well one of them came out this week and one earlier um Jason Jason Schaefer and David couch paying for um our high school kids to be able to come to the girls and boys basketball games free of charge and then um I think today or yesterday Industrial Supply Company of Madison stepping up and also going to pay for our elementary and our Junior High kids to be able to come to those same games so um you know just supporting um our not just our athletes but you know the band um the the theater production Harry Potter was amazing um and so you know just giving all that support to those kids I just want to thank the community for you know stepping up and doing that because it does really mean a lot for everybody good thank you David run out of stuff and going B congratulations to Josh and Travis um do you want to speak a little bit about Deputy you know we always talk about Community pulling together but I like to see those country communities you know going together that many parents involved with those organizations you know keeping the sports going that's amazing and we're talking a small community inside a bigger community so what those kids are going to get out of that is great I have to admit I'm a little jealous when I see pictures of cucumbers in August coming out of your all's Gardens and stuff but you know next spring if you guys need any I always have extra seed please reach out because I will help any way that I can with that because I love the gardening program I love the the club days the cooking that is all the basic stuffs and they're grabbing on to that so what's that going to do to them when they get to Junior High what's that going to do to them when they get to the high school so keep up the good work I'm just like Jody I love it when the schools come here and speak so thank you guys very much thank you David Michael um yes Deputy U the team thank you for coming tonight I will say thanks to Facebook um I'm able to kind of keep in touch with what's going on um I was very much in tune with how the garden was going this summer uh based on Facebook post so um a significant amount of time and energy has been spent by the MCS leadership and this school board evaluating the need for an early learning center earlier this evening we voted to spend some of our grant money to secure design early Design Concepts and cost estimates this data is critical in determining the future of this project after sharing some information at the last board meeting about the Early Learning Center I have heard or read a few concerns from local residents about not wanting taxes to increase just to be clear this project would not tax or increase our tax rate due to our ability to Su success successfully pay off previous and existing debt in essence we're going to be funding this on our own no increase in taxes the current proposal for the new Early Learning Center is to provide space for 300 children ranging from basically birth to four years old we have an opportunity to build something really special for this community to support the hardworking families while providing Early Education opportunities for their most precious commodity this seems like a logical and practical solution thank you thank you sir well I feel like Dustin looked at my notes down here before he said what he was going to say in his public comments but I'll just Echo what he said because he did say it very well um in the month of being thankful for what we have and we we are very fortunate to live in the community which we do and and being a part of this board and a school corporation is H is is truly an honor but I think it just shows here tonight with our with our folks from Deputy about deputy and about what all our schools are all about the again the dedication and and passion and love that you guys have for our kids is U is is crucial for the success of them but also for the success of our entire community so we can't thank you enough for for all you do and for our entire staff uh tonight we awarded uh Josh and Travis recognize them for uh doing outstanding work and we're very proud of them but that could be any any and all of our employees at our school corporation because we know each day you give it your all to our kids and and again it's it's very much appreciated and that's certainly what I am what I'm thankful for so having said that I will remind everybody that there will be a work session on Thursday December 2024 at 4:30 p.m.

physical to a family like the impact that it has um and so just being more mindful of kind of each other's FR that's it for our two minutes thank thank you Kelly I just want to jump in for one second um first of all the the amount of work that is happening across the district in this area is phenomenal and that there it's really been an all Hands-On deck all handson deck project um and it's not just really the the building staff so um I was able to meet with all of the all of our bus drivers um just uh about a week and a half ago and I I asked to attend their regular staff meeting there was quite a few of them so their bus monitors and and the bus drivers and they're a great example of first point of contact UM of the day for a student and how important that first Contact is saying good morning smiling um hey I missed you yesterday you weren't in school you did take the bus are you good everything okay and so those are really important um person-to-person connections that you make to relationship that signal to kids it's important that you're here we missed you I'm glad you're here today um I'll be making the rounds with the custodians I they're in the same boat right there's so many kids that have great relationship with the custodians uh particularly our our our boy population um all of those things when staff all staff pays attention the cafeteria workers safety Advocates they pay pay attention to when students aren't there and they comment and they say Hey you know we're glad that you're here it makes a huge difference with students and you never know how much of a difference it makes uh for some kids in particular depending what they're going through so I just wanted to add that and then before you transition to the last one um I want to compliment you and car wanser I went to the um superintendent Network meeting and I was approached by at least three or four superintendents who and I didn't go to the state presentation that you guys went to because I couldn't and they commended um on the job that Dan BR put together uh related to the leap attendance data the progress that they made and the they thought the presentation was I would also thank you very much thank you um yes we were just to add that could we let her finish our presentation please just to add to that we were acknowledged as some of the most significant improvements in attendance rate across the state particularly of the urban School District so like I said while we still have work to do and we don't want to lose sight of that um we are making some really good strides and one of the things that we does really well is um is does a network of there there was a 15 districts to start losing track just over 2022 something like that now um in what there's monthly meetings where there's strategy brainstorming sharing so um you know one of the things we're trying to pick brains on is what are you doing for your high school kids because that's an area we're still struggling in that's an area many school districts are still struggling in um but we were able to share some resources um that we've done at more specific resources at the elementary and middle school level that have been attractive um the next part in this Segways in um really nicely uh it's kind of a counterpart to the attendance is our PBIS work uh PBIS stand stands for positive behavior interventions and supports um it's a research-based framework uh to really help kids feel safe um and you know have an effective learning environment so they want to be engaged in school um what we have uh it requires training of everyone um just as Cara acknowledged with the attendance work it takes everyone it's a systems change effort it's an approach to learning it's an approach really an approach to to community building in the school to help kids to engage kids and families to engage um the goal of uh of PBIS uh is to improve uh students it's not just their academic but social emotional behavioral uh skills as well it teaches kids so it it takes a very uh teacher directed or explicit approach of if it assumes it's based on the premise that if a student is not following a rule um it's because they don't know how to do it they haven't been taught they haven't been reinforced enough so it really takes a an instructional lens um when it comes to teaching some of these behaviors it focuses on rewarding students for doing a preferred task or activities so when they're compliant with the behavioral expectations that there's an incentive or a reward and those rewards F fade over time as it becomes rized and routined with kids it also acknowledges that some kids need more frequent reinforcement of these skills so they need more explicit reteaching um they need more frequent reinforcement systems um and they need need an additional level of intervention to do it and that's all built into this framework um it's organized into teers of support so all kids get tier one and then students that need a little bit more support get tier two and then a little bit more than that get tier three and if you're in tier two you get everything in tier one plus two and same with tier three um it it teaches um you know be respectful be responsible be safe is kind of the Mantra motto of PBIS all kids have to have to be present they have to be engaged they have to be connected to their learning environment in order to to learn and what are some of the benefits um you know most obviously is reduction in behavoral episodes so ISS OSS expulsions um but more importantly I think is an improvement in student engagement connectedness to school and and really an increased focus on learning uh for anyone that's been in a classroom if students are off task disengaged engaging in in behaviors um that cuts down on the instructional learning for all kids in the environment and this really is built on the premise that if we can eliminate those to the greatest extent possible we will have more time to focus on the the work that we need to do in the academic areas so all students can Thrive and be successful what we did in the district is we broke this down um into uh a couple year plan um so last school year in the 23 24 school year um this was done for the ka8 schools um each school had to identify a PBIS team so this is a team composed of leadership composed of teachers um uh composed of other uh people Services support staff and other school members MERS that are critical to the work each one of those school teams received uh six full days of professional development um that was done by cir uh and that training uh taught them how to implement a tier one PBIS model in their schools um so there is a lot of resources and materials um from uh PBIS to help schools to build systems and structures but there's also the flexibility to recognize that the way in which each building does things might be slightly different and that's okay um but here are the expectations and how does it fit into your school and so that work was done kind of as the Preparatory work last year this year our schools are rolling out it's like a trainer of trainer models everything that that PBIS team learned last year they're now rolling out into schools this year great focus on that um in the beginning of the school year the month of September a lot of professional development time built in to allowing them to set the framework and and to um uh you know teach what they learned in this training to all of their colleagues also emphasiz emphasis on data and reviewing uh student data in the building not just academic but behavioral data and providing feedback and setting some goals around how we can make improvements in both of those areas this year those same teams few changes um but for the most part the same teams um are now receiving tier 2 training so when you have all the structures and supports in place and one of our children is still struggling with that what can you do what's a higher level of intervention and how do you create structure and system on that um and then going into next year um it will be uh another and this year is 5 days of professional development next year will be four or five days we're still working out the details of that and it will be tier three so again when a child needs even a higher level of support with that how do we develop more individualized uh plans for students when they are really struggling um to make sure that we can teach them the behavioral expectations reinforce them in a positive way and then Monitor and keep down and make decisions moving forward so um we're very excited about this work we were actually able to do this work for the district through um the Ida Grant which is our special education grant as a way to reduce um some of our referrals to special education for students that are struggling with the needs um and so it's it's been a great um a great initiative and I think has been widely received um ac across the district thank you Mr Janell one need indeed and then Teresa in that order um I have a quick question um and it's based on The Chronic um does um every single school I would say um Elementary Middle School and High School do they all have the same guidelines for um stay at home when they sick because I mean it's different I can really as a m that the same as a 14 years old saying he sick as a five years old saying he sick and and the nurses usually have a different approach right so there is a a districtwide sick day guidelines um and I know they were shared earlier we can certainly send back out a copy so it is the same across the district what I do think though that you point out that can be different is that there is a parental element of choice where you know um an older kid might be complaining of you know the stuff he knows and and we'll be more inclined to send them younger kid will need an extra day at home so there is definitely some element of Parental Choice there um uh but but the guidelines from the district perspective rather the same Okay the reason why I bring this up is because um I'm not sure like as a mother I'm not sure if every parents knows or they whereare are the guidelines that they have because um like I said um if your child you think is sick and you feel that it might be a little warm but it's not I mean it's very difficult for a parent um sending home and then they receive a call you have to come and pick out your kid when they thought it was okay to send them in so I I think it's um for parents I mean we have to reinforce the information that we provided them because many of them they are confused I mean if it's cough um many of them don't s all um someone saying it's okay but when they realize it's not okay um just s in I mean I'm just to U understand because like I said it happens to me and as a it can happen to anybody with the same situation sure thank you so one of the things if I could just add to that and certainly I I appreciate your comment and continuing to reinforce that message is something that we need to do districtwide um also part of the work of those attendance committees is having that identified individual reach out about a particular child and have conversations particularly with the school nurse for example um you know one of the things I think you know 24hours fever free without fever reducing medication is is standard across the board and that is something that we do something need to remind families um but there are definitely times that you know we've all had it as parents right your kid seems fine in the morning and by 10:00 a.m.

um that'll increase um awareness and honor the mental health by learning more about the resources and coping skills to support the students so it's a it's uh a targeted proactive approach inad of waiting for an incident to happen uh and then uh you know try trying to talk the students through uh their challenges um they're they're bringing all those resources there and hoping that students would open up and uh uh you know be uh feel free to uh talk about um any challenges they have so uh I won't be in town uh so if any of you are available uh I'd request uh you to please swing by for a few minutes um and see if you can uh support their uh that that fair I think it's a it's an important thing in uh today's day and age to focus on our students mental health and uh Wellness um other than that I don't have anything else to add to that all right moving on to where be the next item will be under review and review and action um under superintendent list I have Santa Clara County committee on School District organization 2024 election Dr ftis yes that is at this time it's the opportunity for the board to elect uh members of Trustees Within in our County uh to be part of the Santa Clara County committee on School District organization uh for district four and uh for the atlarge representative so you see there there are no candidates um for District Two uh for district four you have two candidates to elect one and then for at large representative you have one candidate all right thank you um any recommendations from the board on the candidates for District 4 I would like jod Mirad and of course the at large representative is only one person that's Mr Gonzalez Albert Gonzalez it's up to the board agreement with J Mirad okay yeah me too so I'm I'm in agreement with j m so do we conduct a vote for this yes so I would I would uh say uh trusty boak has a motion uh on the table for Jody mad and Albert Gonzalez we would need then a second and then a vote second okay it's been moved and seconded all those in favor say I I I thank you so much the motion carries 4 to zero um next item on the agenda is board policy 0410 non nondiscrimination and District programs and activities Dr FES it is recommended the Board review and approve board policy 0410 non-discrimination in District programs and activities for a first reading uh this uh policy is bring being brought up to date with new federal regulations that um provide updated language related to Title Nine thank you are there any questions if not I'll entertain a motion on this item I move for approval second it's been moved and seconded all those in favor say I I I my motion carries 4 to zero next item is Bo board policy 0510 School accountability report card Dr FES it is recommended the Board review and approve board policy 0510 School accountability report card for a first reading and uh this is an additional uh requirement based on the population percentage uh of individuals we serve in our community to have translation um done for these documents okay that's a good one uh any questions if not I'll entertain a motion on this item to approve second it's been moved and seconded all those in favor say I I I motion carries 4 to zero next item is vot policy 1114 District sponsored social media Dr f it is recommended the Board review and approve board policy 1114 District sponsored social media for a first reading again uh this just provides uh updated language as recommended from the California school boards Association to uh District related activity social regarding social media okay are any questions on this item um if not entertain a motion on this second it's been moved and seconded all those in favor say I I I motion carries 4 to zero vot policy 13123 uniform complaint procedures Dr fenes it is recommended the board review and approve board policy 13123 uniform complaint procedures for a first reading and uh similar to the initial policy this is updating language uh to the uniform complaint uh process uh related to new federal regulations um affiliated with Title Nine per if not any if there are any questions if not I'll entertain a motion move for approval second it's been moved and seconded all those in favor say I I I motion carries 4 to zero um next under Business Services we have resolution 24-7 authorized temporary borrowing between funds of the school district Dr quentis it is recommended the board adopt resolution 247 authorized temporary borrowing between funds uh within the school district which authorizes uh the superintendent or design to approve temporary borrowing between funds of the district and I'm going to have Mr Franklin explain further yeah so this is a resolution that most districts have just for emergency purposes to be able to borrow cash between funds because of the cycle in which school districts receive property taxes um and then payments from the state for um general fund purposes so we typically get um tax revenues twice a year once in the late fall and once in the spring and so you know if if you also remember to that the state sometimes defers money they did a deferral this past um year where uh they deferred payment from June to July so this is just for for purposes of being able to temporarily borrow between funds because if you remember we have fund 17 and fund 20 which are Reserve funds technically a resolution is supposed to be in place to be able to borrow the cash between funds and the county office hasn't required that in the past but um it's standard practice to have a resolution like this in place to show that there is um the ability to borrow and it's short-term borrowing so there's stipulations that they have to be repaid within the same fiscal year essentially how does the repayment uh how does the repayment work is it so we just transfer the fun the funds and transfer there's a transfer in if cash is low and then the transfer is uh back at the end of the year or or even sooner once the cash is received so for instance we should be receiving um uh property tax uh payment um probably around % of our our property taxes within the next uh month or so and so if we had borrowed cash that would be a time when we would repay the the fund and those funds those transfers um those are all will be in the audit uh you would see that in the financial statements if we did borrow right Goa thank you if there any questions on this resolution if not I'll end it in a motion I move for adoption second it's been moved and seconded with a resolution we'll go with a roll call vote Miss Gomez yes president shason I trusty boak I truste Jimenez hi trusty N I thank you uh the resolution 24-7 is adopted 4 to0 uh next item is comprehensive School site safety plan review Dr FES it is recommended the board approve the comprehensive School site safety plans for Brook tree Cherrywood Lan view Majestic Way Noble North Northwood rusin Summerdale Toyon and Vincy Park Elementary Schools as well as maril pedmont and sier middle school and the district office we have Dan Norris here who takes the lead in coordinating with our school sites in the development of these plans um that were required to uh approve annually good evening um as roxan said I'm here to present our school safety plans for the 2425 school year and and it's kind of a difficult presentation but I'm kind of going to go through the the key features of the actual safety plan itself so with that said BD students deserve to feel safe and secure in their schools free from fear and harm a safe learning environment is essential for academic success social emotional development and overall well-being our district is committed to providing a safety a safe and secure learning environment for all staff students students and visitors to achieve this goal we have implemented a comprehensive school safety plan that addresses a wide range of safety issues there are seven key component components in our school safety plan um the first one is that each School site has a dedicated Safety Committee composed of key stakeholders including administrators teachers parents classified staff and community members these Community uh committee committee play a crucial role in identifying the potential risks developing safety plans and imp implementing their safety measures regular safety assessments and drills are conducted um the assessments and drills to identify potential vulnerabilities and to ensure that all of our staff and students know how to respond to emergencies these drills include fire drills earthquake drills and lockdown drills collaboration with law enforcement and First Responders is um we maintain a strong partnership with local law enforcement and fire and the fire department regular communication and collaboration with these agencies help us stay informed about potential threats to the develop and to develop effective response plans uh mental health support we recognize the importance of mental health um in promoting school safety our district provides a variety of mental health services and including care SAS and mental health Mondays security measures we have implemented a variety of security measures to Pro protect our schools including controlled access points security cameras and Incorporated a guas check-in system emergency preparedness we have developed comprehensive emergency plans and Incorporated IC training to address a variety of potential threats including national disasters active Shooters on campus incidents and medical emergencies parent and Community engagement we believe a strong partnership between schools and Community is essential for our safety school safety we encourage parents and community members to be active participants in our school uh in our safety efforts and this year we recently updated our our school plans to further enhance our school safety and also to be in compliance with the government um assembly bills we have made recent updates to our safety plans which include um enhanced C campus security measures these policies out these policies this policy outlines the procedures for ensuring Safety and Security for students staff Vis and visitors and also includes regular security assessments and drills as well as collaboration with law enforcement another policy that we have uh implemented is medication administration and healthy health and health monitoring this policy uh includes procedures for safe and effective administration of medic medication to students suffering from an opioid opio opio overdoses and conditions um also sa employee safety this policy has been added to ensure a safe and supportive work environment for all staff and has adap adapations for individuals with disabilities in accord in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act this policy has also procedures for reporting and assessing workplace VI violence and threats and with that said on behalf of the bosd Safety Committee I would like to present you with the school safety plans for the 2425 school year they're right there for Mr shason Design when they're done thank you for the presentation and I assume those safe plans are also available online uh yes for site or is it so we have a um a part of the safety plan that we do Post online um it's there's a confidential piece and then there's a public piece so we we do post that online right as far as the drills uh go I'm sorry does the board have any any questions from anybody thank you so I'll ask my questions there um as far as the drills go you there were couple of them you mentioned the fire drill earthquake and so on there's active active shooter drill also that you that you we we call it a lockdown drill so keep it uh yeah that's fine um okay uh that's good I I had a question about uh the the uh uh uh in in on our school sites do we have uh do we happen to have a defil do we have and we yes we do we have multiple and actually our middle schools we have them in the gyms in the multi-purpose rooms and in the office areas perfect and we regularly get trained and make sure that uh whoever is in charge who is coordinating the efforts know how to use it and when to apply and so on correct so the the instructions are pretty clear on the the unit itself and they're inspected and updated yearly on top of that and do the staff um also uh undergo CPR training I think that's a requirement right yes some of the some of our like our our grounds crew and I believe our bus drivers they all have are required to have the CPR training perfect okay thank you for the presentation thank you for answering the questions appreciate it there is no um there's no vote on this oh we need to have a motion all right are any questions on the the um on the comprehensive School site safety plan if not I'll entertain a motion I move for approval second it's been moved and seconded all those in favor say I I I motion carries 4 to zero thank you so much uh next item under Education Services we have compliance and Improvement monitoring for comprehensive coordinated early intervention services plan and presentation for 2024 Dr FIS it is recommended the board approve the compliance and improve Improvement monitoring for comprehensive coordinated early intervening Services plan and this evening we'll have a presentation to provide the board an update from our director of curriculum uh Nicole PES good evening esteemed trustees Dr Fuentes and executive cabinet it is my pleasure to have the opportunity to uh provide you with a brief uh presentation and overview of the um coordinated oh there's so many acronyms here are we ready because they changed the name um so you're you're gonna be seeing here the SIM for cace or SIM for Sig disc um a addendum and um Sim is the department from the California Department of Ed education um that is the compliance and monitoring um and sigis uh refers to significant disproportionality am I doing this wrong cim down there we go um so this evening um I will be sharing with you data from beresa on our significant disproportionality and data that we reviewed that informed the development of this 2024 plan uh I will outline for you the 2024 de plan development process um what's required what that entails share with you the measurable outcomes and the related activities identified in the plan and end with really highlighting the alignment and the systemic systemic change that SIM for cace um stimulates for us so disproportionality is very complex it exists in many forms and at various levels of the education system over representation of ethnically and listic linguistically diverse students in special education programs is the primary area of focus in most districts so for baresa um we have been identified as significant ly disproportionate for a number of years and so how do we become significantly disproportionate the state identifies through a complex ratio system um that there's a maximum ratio of three and so when when the state looks at various criteria um across many factors we're identified as disproportionate if we exceed that risk ratio in one year if we exceed that risk ratio for three consecutive years that means we are significantly disproportionate and so when identified as significantly disproportionate we are required to create a plan to address it and so what you see across the top in the blue um are the ratios all the way back to 2018 and so um we have been significantly disproportionate um for some time and so this um shows us that for um students with specific learning B disability our Hispanic students um we have been significant we have been disproportionate more than three years so we are significantly disproportionate in the identification of Hispanic students for specific learning disabilities and this was from 2223 the 2324 data showed us a new area emerged and that we were over the ratio for our Hispanic students um with discipline so we need to be watching that monitoring that and planning for um intervening with that now we were also identified as s uh as as disproportionate for our Hispanic students um identified with other health impairments so that was a new category for us as well as the discipline and then again um which has been the case for several years Hispanic students identified with specific learning disability so for baresa we continue to be significantly disproportionate for our Hispanic students um qualifying for special Leed services with the eligibility of specific learning disability which prompts the 2024 plan um that you you have this evening the Department of Education um is allowing us to um submit an abbreviated plan and they also provided 10 hours of technical assistance support to us the 2024 plan really is an addendum and it builds on the 2023 plan um and so what was required of us is that we gather an analyze updated data since the time we developed the 2023 plan that we review our policies practices and procedures we engage in the root cause analysis to make sure that what our updated data is telling us if we still think those root causes are accurate and we have to update and identify our Target population for the plan and we refer to that student group as our success Scholars and once approved um I will submit the plan to the Department of Ed so the process for developing um these plans has not changed um over the years it's a for step process We Gather and inquire um around information and data we anal analyze that data and the root causes we create the plan for improvement and then we Implement and monitor and throughout that process um we really are compelled to apply a cultural lens throughout each step so just some updated data from the last time um I shared uh cace um information with you um as part of this plan development we looked at data comparing 2023 versus 2024 and just the number and percentage of students um with disabilities and so what we see here on the um table on the left are the number of students and overall we increased um the number of students um receiving services for special ed by 120 students and you can see the breakdown by ethnic When comparing um the years our highest increase were with our Hispanic students um and our Asian students and then we had decrease um as well the chart next to it is that data in percentages and we look when we look more closely and specifically at specific learning disabilities as the eligibility comparing 23 to 24 um what we see here is that there were 13 additional Hispanic students identified um with specific learning disability and among the other ethnicities there were decreases in the number of students or the number remain the same and overall there was an increase of five that is incorrect it says one but if you look at the last um number on this chart the difference was five so there was an overall increase of five more students with specific learning disabilities and then we took a look at Chronic absenteeism to compare 22 um to 2023 um because as we know if the students aren't in school we cannot adequately meet their needs and so we really want to pay attention to um what this data is telling us um so that we can intervene and support our students to be in school and so from 2022 to 2023 um the good news is The Chronic absenteeism rate declined for all groups um but you can see here the significant um percentages of student groups and their chronic absenteeism rate and then we looked at this data by school and ethnicity and for some reason in this slide deck imagine a red line going across um about the middle of the chart right below ruskin's blue line and that would be 50% but what this tells us is that um for all of our schools um 40% or more of the um chronically absent students are Hispanic overall 407 of them out of 6 90 which was 59% were Hispanic compared to um the data you see for our other um groups 18.75 Asian 7.2 War excuse me two or more races Etc and then we looked at suspension rates and looking at 22 versus 23 the suspension rate overall increased from 1.4 to 1.60% that was 90 students um in 2021 22 and 103 in 2223 and the rates increased uh 2.8 to 3.5 for our Hispanic students and 3.2 to 4.6 for our students with disabilities and when we looked for at 2324 for suspension data by school and ethnicity the highest number of uh suspensions occurred in the middle schools the highest number of suspensions by ethnicity were Hispanic 77 which was 55% um and Asian 38 was 27% and keep in mind that our um demographic or our our Hispanics make up approximately 26% of our student enrollment sure [Music] y yes uh those are specific student incidents yes so they've doubled so there's a there's a handful of students that were being suspended over and over yeah thank you and then we are to look at our policies practices and procedures as part of our plan development and I'm pleased to sh share that all of our board policies were reviewed as part of the 2023 cace plan development and they are all the board policies and administrative regulations are current and as I shared when we look at the data and we do the analysis we also went back we looked at the root causes that were identified both in our 2022 and 2023 plans and um through analysis and discussion with our Ed uh leadership team as well as our education Partners um we determined that the root causes um remain the same and that we would continue to hold those as the root causes that we are trying to address and so they are that we um that there's a lack of capacity for the hard conversations around systemic racism bias and lack of culturally relevant pedagogy and we continue to work on that there um is lack of consistent implementation around mtss our multi-tiered systems of support um but I'm pleased to say that we have made a lot of gains in this uh root cause um but we need to continue to focus on targeted academic interventions Behavior interventions um and English language development we have work to do around implicit bias and a lack of understanding of the Dynamics of race culture the family and Community which we believe leads to barriers um with parents and caregiver Partnerships and um understanding and responding to Hispanic student behaviors with appropriate alternatives to suspension is is another root cause that we continue to work on can I interrupt you in the previous slide yes uh can you elaborate a little bit more on on those last two items um well I'm not sure what what implicit bias I know what implicit bias is how does it apply to our uh teaching staff and general staff uh are are we are we are we uh drawing a conclusion that they have a somewhat some kind of a bias towards uh Hispanic specifically Hispanic students and it's is it widespread and is it happening with teach teaching staff teachers and staff of all Races uh including we have a sizable uh population of Hispanic teachers too and staff members as well um and the second part is a failure to understand respond respond to Hispanic student behaviors I'm not sure what what that exactly means I mean what what uh mean student is a student uh I don't know what what is Hispanic student Behavior as opposed to as opposed to what yeah good questions so part of the data set that these root causes were um built from came back in 2020 2 and we reviewed them again I said in 2023 and we did extensive work with um qualitative data focal groups with parents with staff um with teachers and um in terms of implicit bias the the truth is we all have implicit bias um and as we are continuing to to learn and grow with the work of Dr Nikki Elliot and our work with culturally relevant pedagog o um recognizing our implicit bias and and seeing how it might be impacting the way in which we are serving or not serving students at certain times um and we heard from parents that and particularly for this one we heard from parents that um from their perspective there seem to be a lack of understanding of cultural differences um and um that that created some barriers to Partnerships um perhaps not feeling like they know how to navigate the system for example or get their needs met and so we continue to explore all of these um root causes and they're they're very complex and they're intertwined um the Hispanic student Behavior one um what we noticed is that there were instances there are instan and there's data where um students are not necessarily receiving the same consequences for the same behavior and and it tended to be um our Hispanic students were suspended or disciplined at higher rates than non-h Hispanic [Music] students and and the the uh conclusion or the inferences uh because of those cultural differences uh you're not able to identify whether it's a for lack of a better uh way to describe it it's a Hispanic Behavior or is it like a like a Defiance or something like that um I'm trying to understand specifically uh specifically what what why why we are focusing on that that Hispanic student Behavior piece so I I I hear your question go ahead oh go ahead it's just our students react to certain things and basically get in fights and do things that are inappropriate School sites and for the most part as Mr nwin pointed out at sier last year a lot of our Hispanic students were over suspended because of these uh fights and ongoing issues and so at the time our our um assistant principal wasn't reaching out to our student uh services coordinator Mr Carol to ask for advice on what were some things that we could do specifically for other means of Corrections and so now we put into place before anyone gets suspended the principls have to call and chat with Mr Carol and offer up some advice on what we could do to help support these students before rushing and suspending them I have a question what type of interventions so far that have been especially in dealing with the student the Hispanic students student Behavior the type of intervention yeah Dr McCurry was just explaining that piece right so we have um a couple of online tools now so when students do some of these um behaviors they have to go through and watch some videos take a little quiz uh write some essays there's some restorative practices that are being um practiced within the middle schools we have some of our assistant principles who have gone through these um professional development sessions and are able to work with our students in addition to our school social workers and so these are the things not only the district that has to provide but the you know all districts within the schools or within the state have to provide specifically to help support students because this isn't a ber assd issue this is a Statewide issue and so some of the um policies and procedures that we updated are very specific to how we work with students especially um before they're a before we do suspend them there are things that we have to do and put into place um before that is considered are home visits included in this intervention yep and we just had a training I want to say about six months ago on home visits and positive relationships um Miss Pera will also talk about school Liaisons so there's lots of different things that we're putting into place specifically to help support some of these root causes and looking at the data specifically on um overidentification of students for special needs thank you thank you and so as part of the plan uh we identify a Target population that um we refer to as our success Scholars because uh we want to uh Focus the interventions and the supports and really measure measure the impact and monitor the impact on a specific group of students and so um our Target population our success Scholars um are uh majority of them are Hispanic latinx and black African-American students for with two groups group a um at all elementary schools um they are second graders who were identified as first graders in our 2023 plan we're carrying that cohort forward so that we have more time with these supports and interventions um to really see how they impact um the student group um because these plans are a very short window 27 months and we really don't get 27 months but um so the decision was that we carry the groups forward and continue with the same group of students um to monitor the impact of the support reports and interventions um another criteria for the students um is that they were below Benchmark in reading and a chronic absenteeism rate um 10% absent 10% which is chronic for Group B this is our group that we're really focusing on around the behavior um challenge that we just talked about um and this is specifically our middle schoolers um that we're working on these interventions not that they're not happening at the elementary level but the students that were monitoring for this plan are our Hispanic black African-American students at all three of our middle schools who have been identified um our 2023 plan we had identified um students as well from the three middle schools so the sixth and seventh graders that were identified last year have matriculated to seventh and eth grade they will continue to be part of the success scholar group and we will identify new sixth graders um since our eighth graders left um and uh we will be doing that with principles um in the next few weeks also chronic absenteeism is a criteria and students who have had one or more Behavior incidents since the beginning of the year so um that's the criteria but a student doesn't necessarily have to meet every single criteria so um we're trying to really pull in students who do meet all of those criteria but we may have a student who meets most of them but is not chronically absent but we still want to provide some supports um around the work in the plan and then the measurable outcomes and activities um given the current data the analysis that we did um it was determined that the measurable outcomes and activities from our 2023 plan we would continue um for 2024 um so the measurable outcomes there are three of them and the first one so this plan would go through September 2026 the first one is around the work that we are um engaging in and gaining great momentum um around systems of support and interventions for Reading Writing and ELD which would Le lead to a 10% yearly increase in the number of students reading at or above grade level I'm pleased to share that when I did our recent um report our progress report to the state for our 2023 plan um we are on track to meeting that Target so that's exciting measurable outcome number two we will create asset oriented schools and classroom communities that are safe caring inclusive and affirming that lead to a 20% yearly decrease in the number of Hispanic latinx students [Music] suspended and number three by September 2026 we will build parent and caregiver Partnerships that lead to an increase in parents and caregivers sense of connectedness to the school community and perceived ability to navigate the school system and we will measure that through pre- and post survey [Music] data and just to highlight some of the Key activities under each measurable outcome so for measurable outcome number one are tiered systems of supports and intervention um there are three key pieces related to professional development and that is um professional learning to um ensure the implementation of tiered language literacy supports and interventions prior to assessing students for special EDS so what that means is we want to make sure that we equip our teachers with um a robust toolkit of interventions and supports that they can put in place um before we would move forward and consider um assessing students for special education um High leverage strategies for integrated and designated El and professional development to help um us really understand and distinguish the differences between um the struggles that may come for students around language acquisition and understanding the difference between language acquisition versus language or learning disabilities um and so there's some professional development that has happened already but this plan calls for it to continue um as well we want to um establish and train staff and then monitor the implementation of our um SST process our student study team or Student Success team process and um we have program reading tutors to support intervention at all of our elementary sites so those program reading tutors um will be working with the success Scholars and other students and who are the pro what was the program reading tutors yeah who are the these students or what no they are classified staff classified staff okay yes and uh as far as the professional development uh opportunities are concerned are these mandatory uh to attend or is it still um on this thing is it mandatory we'll prioritize them for the the teachers and staff that are specifically working with our success Scholars um because that's how it's um funded in this plan and so we we just have to make that happen whether it be on the professional development day or through release days um but the it is in the plan that we're going to do that so somehow the the material will reach them yes one way or the other yes thank you and then measurable outcome number two again this is around our um uh efforts to reduce suspension um this is well under way implementing tiered system of behavior and social emotional supports and restorative practices um training and implementation of positive behavior intervention supports PBIS that is happening at every school um and continuing to do walkthroughs and coaching sessions focused on strengthening culturally relevant pedagogy and practices and then last but not least um our efforts to um engage with our parent and caregivers to strengthen the Partnerships um we are developing and implementing um a plan for how to do that we're working closely with the County Office of Education and Mr Carol uh leads that work um we have school Community Liaisons at each Elementary School and each Middle School um and they um we will be providing and continue to provide um site based as well as um District um Care Family caregiver workshops and it's also going to be um some effort around increasing representation on deac and our cace education Partners so we want to grow those um those committees and increase the um parents and families members that are on them and then I want to CL with really kind of shaping the work of cace or SIM for sigdis that it is really about making these small changes within the system to affect the many so that we can see what's working um continue it expand it grow it strengthen it and what's not then we know it's not and so um what's exciting to me about this work is the opportunity un it provides us for systemic change and within all of the work that's happening to build out our multi-tier systems of support I have every confidence that when we strengthen this system we will no longer see the same Trends and patterns that we've been seeing so thank you any questions thank you for the presentation any questions from the board uh thank you very much thank you for the presentation really appreciate it and for answering our questions all right um we [Music] are um is there is there a we don't need to approve this um yes do okay is there a motion to approve U the cim C's plan move to approve second it's been moved and seconded all those in favor say I I I motion carries 4 to zero um next item is Bond program build Corp Inc changer number one for bid b02 2023 24 LED light replacement project phase two Dr FES it is recommended the board approve build core Inc change order number one for bid B2 2023 24 LED light replacement project Phase 2 this is a credit back to the district for approximately $50 $50 that's a lot that helps I can buy one cheeseburger with that any questions the motion on the move to approv Second been moved in second all those in favor say I I I motion carries 5 to zero are there any requests for staff followup at this time any items for future agenda I do have an item for future agendas I know um with the possibility of potential School closure consolidations we're going to have some vacant sites uh I'd like to see a presentation um maybe not in the near future but sometime during the next calendar year on what our plans are for the sites uh and also as a part of that process uh I'd like for us to explore a potential staff housing uh for our employees uh to contribute to a part of their total compensation package like something similar to below Market housing thank you anyone else okay seeing none I'll uh any a motion for adjournment at this time I move to adjourn second moved in seconded all those in favor say I I I I meeting is adjourned at 9:04 p.m.

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probably just fired at at your house so sorry about that buddy oh if we don't see you tomorrow at least we'll know why oh yeah I should go get a word from Jaden as he's celebrating yeah go get a word from Jaden I'll bring the microphone so you guys can it's family friendly yeah just oh it will be I'll make sure profanity yeah but what profanity would he have to say after a situation hey Varity you got to work for the stream I got the microphone all about that growth mindset you know even if you lose Wast famous words of jadden oh it's a joker Jer a joker something a lot of people may know may not know actually play Joker quite often oh yeah I remember him being really good a joker yeah I beat him as Joker once his nest but he doesn't play Joker nearly as much as he used to all right so Joker is kind of a complicated character you may notice above his character icon down there he has a little bar over there and what that bar basically does is it summons his Persona I guess yeah oh oh uh before we continue what did Jaden have to say uh Jaden very much screamed into the mic I heard that that was a a very loud scream yeah considering the tetris match I'm not surprised oh my gosh already at 42% the Joker joker I'm not going to lie the first time I heard someone say Joker's and smash I thought like from Batman yeah we got Batman versus The Joker oh yeah a joker oh my gosh oh yes and Isabelle can also uh pocket that um can also pocket that uh that side special thing that he throws out and what that side special thing does is it poisons you anyway oh Jaden Jaden might be getting the first stock here soon oh boyy that's oh he went onto a Ledge hopefully he can get the first dock oh fishing hook the fishing rod the hook loops around the stage to get him that's really good you can't be on the leg the the Lloyd the Lloyd not the bomb oh good punish good punish Jaden's stoving at 10 and a half% yes oh my God expected he'd even use Z me I have no idea why he didn't oh man this Joker is like really quick he's throwing out all the Aerials he can oh yeah this Joker's quick on his feet there's a reason Joker such a high tier in this game is cuz he's broken oh yeah Isabelle's broken too have you seen the things Jaden's been able to pull off oh and a party already at 78% I know Jaden has even lost a stock which is a good thing if he loses a stock I'm I'd be sad and you do not want to see me sad based on the stats that we were collecting earlier Joker is one of their okayish players they're King K rule Fox and I believe there was one more but it's not clicking uh oh oh Jaden sadly uh the smash team did not win state last year but they are coming back stronger than ever and he's hungry for the win after he after the loss last year but I believe in him oh that's that's close that's close yeah Jen I would clap but I got a mic in my hand job J taking stock from The Joker at one stock almost getting him down to two almost taking down two stocks yeah it it was pretty close though I had a feeling J I thought that Jaden was going to like pull through in and like take him all down by himself and speaking of Jaden is he actually runs a Smash Bros tournament online to get even more practice yeah and I think he in initially started it to memorialize his dead cat and honestly if I died that's how I want to be a memorialized Jordan Jubilee that's because Jaden called his the Sasha slam after his cat Sasha a pretty sad that's really sad to hear R to we're sending out tristany D is relationship with Tristan okay well don't know if this is loud on stream but we're actually dating sorry sorry sorry my bad uh yeah so yeah look look at Tristan he's he's locked in he's playing little Channel your inner peanut bro come on trist oh Tristan getting the first few hits off the dodging L Ma has a lot of super armor so he could he should use that to his counter and a forth or forth special up smash missing he's playing rather aggressive today well that's a good thing with lowc he has a lot of super armor on a lot of his special attacks he's fast and he has really good ground Mobility ooh that was a good hiter trying to get him off stage it's weird like little mag is low tier in this game but Tristan is proving that even low tiers can win oh yeah they can also Dodge really well wow ooh okay okay oh he thought Joker was going nice recovery oh nice hit nice hit Tristan kind of looks like he's hyperventilating down there puffing out his cheeks a bit oh licking his lips he's ready he's got this oh and his game face that's his game face that's his game face hey maker oh oh oh and a for smash just the flurry of punches setting him all the way up oh but oh the Joker Joker retaliating can Little Mac pull it off little left on The Joker can Tristan Do It Tristan is talking while he's playing that is impressive he's laughing while he's playing he is doing all of this so casually multitasking how is this he's stress relieving oh no he's off stage now the thing about Little Mac is he has terrible a really bad recovery oh jeez oh oh but at least Joker was able to get him high in the sky oh not even L Max up special could do that he got his game face back on he's not going to let that slide yeah maybe he was getting a bit cocky after he took that first stock yeah maybe can never be too overconfident in this game cuz something like that in the snap of your fingers they can change really quickly oh yeah you can go from about 30 to about 70 in one hit move instead of punishing that counter wow the counter went through the stage wow oh no Tristan you got to get your game face on man come on Tristan you got this put your head in the game and get a game with the flurry of punches come on oh no oh oh dang oh he's already air Dodges oh shoot jumping in the air oh no little side now his KO punch is slowly charging up oh yeah up till up special oh no for SM side up B no so close so close one stock from Joker but still that's pretty good you that's not bad that's not bad that's not bad I wonder who they're going to send out there's two possible chances it's it's like Sam I think or you yep Sam or you or there three chanes actually I don't know um Izzy is a bit aggressive I don't know if that would be a good play considering honestly oh no it's Sam it's samk R is also a bit of an aggressive character but here we go Sam has been playing very well today I wonder if Sam's got his game face too I'm pretty sure we'll be able to see it oh yeah for sure I know with me I have my own game face oh yeah same like I just bite my bottom lip like that's what I do everyone has their own game face the camera just zoomed in on it zoomed in on Jaden for a second Jaden's not it's Sam that guy in the blue hoodie yeah yeah there's Izzy in the background adjusting herself in her chair but now it's time to get adjusted to this match all right immediately throwing out uh projectiles Joker absorbing that very nice uh because because his counter isn't necessarily a counter well when he's by himself yeah see the thing is when Joker does down be without his Persona it charges up his meter faster than normal it's like a reward like hey you knew they were going to do this so here's some some more meter for you yeah but when his Persona aren is present yeah aren I wouldn't allow this guy near any lighters if I were you yeah Joker is just the definition of arson he is there's an ongoing joke in the varsity team stay away from Joker he'll try to burn your house down Joker jokes I you may have a joke but I have a joker my joke is Joker than your joke oh smash to oh come on Sam you got this just pick but the point is with arson his down be becomes an actual counter as you saw with little mag that's okay that's okay that's okay that's okay he's got this going for grabs going for grabs oh oh the celebration from Sam and the Sam in the cam celebration Sam in the Canam put who can Sam two can Sam two can Sam in the cam Sam in the can Sam celebra it's a Sam can don't know if anyone else can hear it but they're clearly celebrating in the other oh yeah for sure I wonder if there's a I'm going go get words of wisdom from Sam from that hopefully he doesn't shout into the mic hopefully no offense to Jaden but I don't like shouting into the mic that that could Hur the what is your comment using heades make sure to like our stream And subscribe please it's really commentary for the K and it looks like our opponent is bringing out [Music] B AA in there interviewing s Jen could do all WR no wonder no wonder I said Ash there's a Bowser in the steam yeah what what what is Sam said his very very wise words Jaden lied to me in the straightest face possible too yeah just kidding Jaden never lied to me and then Jaden yelled I can do no wrong Jaden can do all wrong he's Isabelle I mean Jaden did lose so yeah hey but that's not bad everyone loses everyone loses everyone loses everyone wins and everyone loses they might have saw earlier matches instead of the more recent ones may have oh oh nice nice where does this Bowser rank like out of all the play you know in terms of strength this could have been the fox that they were talking about could have cuz we're both on our last players and they're winning by one stock oh oh he's pounding him with projectiles there was the crown coming from his back and the cannon ball front oh what a Smackdown Smackdown like WWE oh yeah definitely like a WWE Smackdown oh fire breath I know Jaden likes WWE oh yeah WWE is pretty good I've never anyone excited to watch the match between a Mike Tyson and what Jak Paul yeah I think Mike Tyson I think Mike Tyson might win oh Mike Tyson's definitely going to win I think Esports is like the only good job like other yeah Sports Esports is like the only type of sports I watch oh boy Sam putting in the work oh breath oh nobody lost his crown able to escape and he can't throw his crown without his crown look at that he just tried just tried to throw his crown but he doesn't have a crown oh no Bowser got the crown oh but he dropped it right next to him oh this Bowser is actually pretty nice yeah he's like here let me give you your crown you me let me just grind you up with he's almost at 200% do you think um you think uh King K can get up to 200 ooh nice hit nice hit let's hope he just stays at this percentage and just never gets hit again oh it's sucking up his in a ball who oh Bowser got the and he also got the side is okay that's fine side B is Bowser's at 43% I think Sam has a good chance here ooh nice hit nice slap side B is what's known as a command grab it functions basically the same as a grab uh meaning it can go through Shields um the but does like twice the much damage mhm oh oh and a counter nice counter nice counter countering that oh nice ball nice counters if you can land them I don't like counters be the Bowser's worst nightmare can't counter so I might be out of luck oh went about oh that's good okay one Sam has got this Sam you Sam has got this for sure he has his game face on he's also he also Sam is locked in Sam is locked in oh nice block on the fire breath tried to get the oh jumping over the dash attack Bowser trying to end this quick oh and a oh going to grab and a side the damage is building up on Sam that's okay that's okay oh the neutral special firing him over there oh Sam's just firing trying to be as cautious as possible which is good we got two heavy weights going at it they could both deal out a lot of damage and take out a lot of damage so they're trying to just build up their damage build up their opponent's damage and knock them out oh that's that's big that's really big come on oh sh him in him into the cannon he almost did oh a that's that was a close one that's close one then that was quite the close one you know Jaden out that is just game one we have three in total potentially two more potentially we still got this one we still got this for sure all righty looks like Eli might be coming up first wow immediately looks like he's definitely gonna be I think he's definitely playing DDD all right that's just his main guy yes sir but that was a close match I think if they played it just slightly differently though I think I think if they fix up some um like a few loose screws I think they can win this easily I think we got this oh yeah I wonder if we could go to the camera of like the actual cyber Den where all our players are hanging out you know yeah maybe see them talking strategy a bit you know and there they are look at all of them and then another thank you to the Adams Wells for the internet and if you're looking for a nice fast internet for TV or phone go check out adamswells.com that is adamswells.com yeah Adams Wells is freaking awesome did you hear we had a Smash Bros tournament here recently yeah yeah and they helped sponsor it also I know we haven't given a shout out to them uh but if you could go back to the Cyber Den please uh good old camera guy I do want to give a quick shout out to that guy in the black hoodie over there who's helping run the stre with the headset on yeah he's doing pretty good and also the man on the laptop in the background coach Cook he's also doing really amazing good great guy great guy great coaches great coaches yeah really great coaches and he is not in the room though but also coach Smith he's also really good he's also really good and now without further Ado it's time to begin the second round of this match I'm excited they got a they have a shul I don't I don't know much about this character he basically okay so shulk's stick is basically the fact that he has monado Arts so basically those are attributes that change his all right there are five of them in total there's jump speed Shield Buster and smash but he doesn't seem to be using them and that's fair cuz while all of his monad increase a certain thing yeah like Buster for example increases his attack it Al They also come with decreases they also come with decreases so while it may improve his attack it decreases how much knockback he can do and shul is currently taking this King DD wow he is currently fighting and one thing we have also forgot to mention is the fact that if our team or their team loses that losing team gets to counter pick a stage now as you can probably tell we didn't counter pick a stage we really like this stage I wonder why we didn't counter pick I don't know I bet Jaden said that we shouldn't well he is Captain so hey yeah hey he sometimes has the say in whatever in whatever happens and you know it could be good it could be bad and you never know shul is using that long sword of his to his Advantage but it does look like the map was it does sound like the map was a purposeful pick it just seems like we just really like this map there we go King DDD struggling to get on the ledge shul sword is just hitting every Gordo away that he tries to hit at him oh boy using all the aial he can he's got he's got neutral air and Forward Air he seems to be using those a lot cuz they have really big hit boxes yeah um I feel like shul could try and use speed a bit more cuz it increases his air Mobility a bit maybe as for king oh the map Choice was on purpose okay so they must be really confident in um this match so I'm I'm excited to see how that confidence translates to their game for sure for sure it definitely seems like this shul is doing really well but it looks like um Eli over here is just oh tries to change to jump monado to get back to Stage does not work so he only uses monad when he's in danger good at least dddd put him in DDD danger all right shul using a wide range of attacks to cover thege on the edge what is he supposed to do there's nothing much he can do oh there's smash oh oh yeah so what smash does it in it increases his knockback but decreases his damage so it kills at really low percent but they if they aren't at a low enough percent it isn't good uh speed is pretty self-explanatory it increases his speed but it also decreases his attack and defense so you have the ability to do more attacks they just don't deal as much dang shul is using all of his Aerials to his Advantage but let just seems like he's spamming at this point yeah and and I don't know what to do I don't know what I don't know what much Eli can do but he does seem to be getting quite a few hits on him oh he's got shield on he's got Shield oh no but Shield also does decrease his attack a little bit so that's pretty good yeah it just seems like Eli can't get away from The Ledges and if he does if he can it's like he gets put back right on The Ledges ooh there we go that Gordo hits that's good come on Eli take another stock he's at 92% you got this don't go for a forward smash it takes too long to charge up all right come on Eli Eli being very ner Eli being very strategic oh good job good job taking that second stop really good from Eli and another Dash attack Smash and a goo and a Das attack oh my gosh he's getting the hits on second wi he's dead oh oh Jaden jumping out of the look so confused oh my God hold up we got to go get this commentary on his oh my God com super sweaty right now he must have a on his it is your commentary that was insane that was crazy done I don't know how commentary time how do you feel about the fact that they SD you should have used jump mode he was living yeah he had he had jump mode and he could have selected it to boost himself self even further towards the stage and he there you gave him an opportunity to rec and he didn't take it I missed a [ __ ] a shs sour spot and he died a shs Eli is super sad about not getting a spike you're going to hear uh Eli's input for the first time I yeah I have the feeling there's going to be a lot of like look at the team morale the team morale just looks amazing right now what's up what's Eli's wise words I said he could have used jump mode he ripped me of my chances of getting a spike that's good that's good well yes he could have used jump man but he didn't yeah well you know just a simple mistake that like I said earlier one of their Captain oh no no no no no that's not good Captain one of two mens there are two captains on the team there's one Captain with two mens the King K Rule and the fox okay so this is this is the king krule player okay that just seems like a weird combination of two characters cuz from what little I know of the two characters they do not play alike although they both have counters oh okay so that must be why they picked Fox he can use a lot of Speedy moves and get through Eli's defenses assum he moves correctly look at that he's throwing out attacks lots of oh nice grab nice Gra nice grab grabbed it right through all the attacks Eli need to be using Shield really good up till up till oh and two up tried to do nice for nice he missed oh well Fox missed there Captain tried to pull the Infinity uh combo oh a jab block too n man that's crazy and that's why techking is so important oh good hit Eli that's a good hit oh boy down smash oh smash oh oh wait oh he gets back to ledge he gets back to ledge it's the Firefox it's the fir Fox man oh oh but he Texs it wow oh dang look celebration on his chair can hear the celebration in the other room oh oh try oh up smash coming out of nowhere he saw the that was close that was close he shielded and up smashed Eli got the fox down to about 100% but that doesn't really matter cuz he didn't lose a stock the fox tail looks very fluffy it does MHM looks very petable just just want to put it oh boy I wonder who's going to be on next I'm thinking little man cuz there are like two fast characters oh okay two fast characters oh pzy D oh it's your hubby oh don't say that that's cringy oh but he does pull out little Ma so that's I'm surprised he didn't use the white one Oreo creamer boy he does he's using the white one the Oreo one oh he's being creamer boy oh he is Jaden father's creamer boy father what does that mean does he like train him like a Sensei oh no Jaden's just father creamer boy trzy D okay you must never make the same mistakes that your grandfather when playing Little Mac although at that point he was Big Mac all right okay okay Tristan trist going all over Mac does not like Big Macs yeah yeah that's good they put a lot of put a lot of weight on you but they're tting maybe Tristan Tristan might be able to get one stock off of here he's almost got his KO punch mhm oh nice he recovered just in time he's over halfway there oh oh okay but he made it back he made it back good good good good it sucks cuz little Ma has such a bad recovery so he can't really get too close from the ledge I don't know why close to the ledge I don't know why Tristan was just standing there letting the laser hit him in the face all right down throw refle it oh he read him okay uh for smash oh oh SD SD look in the camera he doesn't know what's going on he has his KO move never let your opponent know your next move that's why I never know my next move right [Music] Franklin silence silence oh good job W look at two stocks good job no flipping wait how Jaden super excited Jaden's hyped in the background he's slapping his chair all around ear to ear grin up till up the celebration it's just like oh and up string that was a good string by Tristan it's just like what fox did to Eli all those other oh good punch good punch oh trying to about halfway he tried to counter but he didn't read them all he didn't read them uh beat him well enough oh no use a neutral a oh no a grab through the counter you can't counter a grab and that's okay that's okay he still got two stocks you still got him Eli's giving some advice from the sidelines yeah that's good that's good whispering in his ear a little bit Tristan seems to be agreeing mhm oh punches good jobs good job uh up smash oh and up tilts there's a lot of up going on around oh yeah for sure that was one of my favorite movies by only way R team is going is up oh down into for oh down til turn around forward smash oh oh good job cation now we got to get that commentary look at that wow doc Lewis must be so freaking job Tristan I'm so flipping happy that's amazing Wow Let's Go Jaden how do you feel so far they're doing so good us us you know got to clarify got to clarify he's proud of this team he very much is yeah fun fact uh one of our coaches Joo before Tristan hit that KO punch he goes what is that KO punch to and then Tristan just it's right there he's like that's what it does it looks like we're fighting up against the Joker again oh Joker's back for more what was Tristan's wise words his wise words was in the most monotone way possible Jaden like let's go oh Jaden what and then I asked Jaden how he feel so far and he says in all caps they are doing so good I mean us not them oh Jaden the little little little Trash Talk ass CH dude but but even we try to keep it overly positive here we do we try to keep it and trist's already getting the Joker down to 62% oh man can we talk about the oh never mind I didn't call it in time I was going to mention the 0% oh Tristan smash what's he going to do joker now is a counter so Lil Ma has to be very aware and hobar is giving us a big run for our money though it's very scary oh there yeah and that thing one thing I didn't mention is that joker SBE actually poisons you so it damages you even after you're out of the blast okay he's got his KO punch oh okay oh oh Tristan okay that's fine Tristan already has him down to 86% oh no forward Smash down forward special oh to grab right through his attack good job good job reading him good job I don't think we've ever mentioned uh how super armor Works no we haven't would you like to talk about it yeah so basically what super armor is is it works like armor in real life it can go a certain point without breaking it and basically while that armor lasts uh Lil M cannot Flinch AKA be taken out of this forward smash you know yeah yeah but if an attack does more damage than that super armor can take then the super armor doesn't work out yeah oh using a counter and he's got his KO oh he tried to run in for it but Joker was ready Joker's trying to keep above the ground he's fting where Little Mac hates to fight don't don't rush up over him let him come to You Tristan let him come to you but there is a thing KO punch can time out oh why is he why is he shooting Tristan asks to the air oh nice nice oh no oh this is close this is super close come on get one more stock oh down speci oh but he counters that oh down come on oh nice recovery nice recovery every time Little M goes off the edge it's like it's like nak so it's so scary oh nice good job oh but he's not dead yet and he's got our sun now oh oh oh trist dude taking two stocks from The Joker this is so crazy imagine if he takes him down can he take the third one oh no he's up at 132 134 136 excuse me excuse my voice o if he plays very care that's okay that's okay whatever rushing off two stocks taking out that is huge took out the took out the fox and he took two stocks out from the Joker what an amazing show what an amazing show of now the question is do you guys have words for them they're doing amazing right now they are doing incredible right now they're doing amazing right now I have very high hopes for them and that's an incredible with three no four exclamation marks oh yeah for sure incredible they're putting in they're putting in um Sam they're putting in Sam let's see what Sam can do let's see if Sam can take that last stock from The Joker I believe he can I believe he can too why does that kind of rhyme a lot of things rhyme a lot of things in a a lot of different places yeah I like Indonesia and finia all right Joker going off to fania down there and now he's ready he lost two of his stalks inia so now K Ru is ready to fight oh and it looks like Joker is too look at him go got the poison oh nice nice and he's already got our said at 50% oh Sam's putting in the work up there wow he's at 50 oh but he counters Sam's that's 59 and Sam literally rolls he stops drops and rolls into that long song that's like we put in the work we or we put in the hours we put in the work and we take what's hours why is from The Rock M oh he's so close can he take that last stock he grabs Joker grabs okay that's oh the hits Collide oh in the grab and he wins good job good job Sam that 119.

attendees committed myself as the chair board president alen Paris um board commissioner Anthony Santiago and board commissioner Tanya Suarez from Administration it included assistant superintendent of curriculum Jania kovich assistant superintendent Marjan Geral assistant superint attend shahada and high school principal um amen hamda the committee members introduced themselves and there were some new board members and students added to the committee so we all introduce ourselves the committee discussed how we can ensure a welcoming School environment for all students students mentioned that they noticed a ton of diverse clubs around the school that advertised for them to join other student also mentioned that there should be more faces of students in advertising online the committee discussed the impact of students sport schedules and how it impacts their ability to join and participate in clubs some students Express frustration with their coaches and the lack of flexibility in regards for them participating in clubs the committee discussed potential roadblocks that stand in the way of students participation in these clubs one major ro road block that was highlighted was Transportation some students rely on the bus after school and if they stay late they might not be able to get a ride back home next up the committee discussed involving the middle schools in the in the diversity and inclusion meeting everyone's response was positive and thought it would be a great idea and then the meeting adjourned at 12:05 p.m.

Rec for the you have my board my do and then it's e e e live on here um we have adjourned executive session but we are going to take a 10-minute break we will resume the meeting at 5:40 e e e you can hear it okay yay um okay we're going to resume the meeting um per the discussion in executive session I would like to make a motion to direct Annette and um Maria to present information uh um with examples working with Michelle and Deb R AG's um to present examples of things that can and can't be done with a meeting confer for asdb as a state agency um and have that presentation preferably in January if possible so we can then move forward with the discussion on whether or not to move uh to create an age policy I've made a motion do I have a second I'll second all those in favor say I I opposed hearing none motion carries okay I need to go back to my okay um item 6.4 discussion and action item approval of superintendent rikan's performance evaluation do we have any questions comments ly I think we're on a break no we came back at 5:40 um if you look at the video they're back okay all right I'm moving on to 6.4 again discussion and action item approval of superintendent rikan's performance evaluation any comments questions otherwise I will entertain a motion to approve uh I'll make a motion to approve uh superintendent rikan's performance evaluation I have a motion and a second all those in favor say I I I I I opposed hearing none motion carries 7.1 information and discussion item introduction and possible discussion of policies b a a i G A IMG and JF Maria Murphy director of policy and government relations good evening board president kifil members of the board superintendent rikman assistant superintendent staff and ASB Community for the record my name is Maria Murphy I'm the director of policy and government relations you have the um policies redlined before you I have not received any public comments or any questions about them these are for a first read so they will um hopefully go to consent agenda in January but at this time I'd like to make myself available for any questions if there are any any questions for Maria yes this is Lynn go ahead Lynn I have a question about JF yes ma'am okay um I would just suggest that we might consider uh where we're requiring uh me prior to placement that we also make sure that there's a current evaluation because when we have an me often times they just review old evaluations and you don't always have current information I'm getting a terrible Echo that's why I'm I can certainly take that under advisement and go back to my subject matter experts to see about adding uh that in and again as I previously mentioned it is a first read so we still have the ability to make revisions if need be yeah Maria this is Lynn again I'd be happy to talk to you too just from being in the field and sitting in on a number of the situations thank you ma'am I'm very happy to take you up on that absolutely great just just some suggestions from some of the situations we thank you any other questions for or suggestions for Maria thank you Maria thank you moving on to I just want to make sure 7.5 discussion and possible action items schedule possible work study sessions for febru February and April of um do you want us to take out our calendars right now or do you want would you would it be possible for um Leticia to pull us for available Thursdays I I don't know if I have the acdhh board calendar Katie do you have the ACD Board calendar I would lean towards this we're actually looking at um February and April so I would assume typically we do them on the same or Thursdays Le and Wendy's mics are not hot I think U mine is on now I believe mine is on now so I'm looking at the H cdhh website and on the calendar I don't see anything added to the calendar yet so would the is this and is asking about this Katie saying yeah I don't see anything there yet so could we tentatively schedule for the second Thursday in February and the second Thursday in in April for work study sessions this is superintendent rikman yes I think the second Thursday should be okay okay um so I'm going to go ahead and motion that we schedule work study sessions for the 2 Thursday and the second or the 2 Thursday in February and April 2025 do I have a second on that motion thank you commissioner Sano second I have a motion in a second all those in favor say I I I oppose thank you hearing none motion carries all righty moving on to 7.6 discussion and action item election of 2025 board officers pursuant to policy this shall be held at the last meeting of the calendar year any discussion any nominations I would like to Nom nominate Su to remain his president and Linda saying I second that that nomination um I would like to unless anyone else is interested I would like to nominate Britney to continue in the um secretary okay seconded we have a motion in a second for um the chair and the secretary position um for Su and Britany all those in favor say I I I and I I opposed hearing none motion carries 88.1 call to the public call to the public on non-agenda items uh we did get a submission of a public comment on a non-agenda item from Carmen roess is she are you here Carmen would you like to come down and comment or I can read it for you okay happy to have you hello hello there my name is Carmen Roes would you just move the mic a little closer thank you yes my name is Carmen robas and I'm from Sierra Vista and um I'm just trying to find the the comment thing that I did so sorry about that so I guess I'll read first and then I know there's some facts about which you probably already know that three out of a thousand children are DEA or heart of hearing and then imagine how many deaf children are deprived the fact that the brain has no preference for language input as long as it has a strong language Foundation this is language acquisition and this is sign language so on my comments um well my son elas he's a twin he's just turned six and he's death heart of hearing and he has a CER in the right ear and a hearing a in the left so um the thing about is that he can't attend asdb unless he's a residence there because there's a 50 mile radius and that's the transportation policy so I'm just and the thing about it is that he can't attend unless he's actually at the dorms and he can't do that he's he's been trauma traumatized and his mom passed away when he was just barely two of breast cancer and and being at the dorms is not a an option so uh I'll just go ahead and read what I had put in my comments and it says my name is Carmen robas I'm here to fight for my grandson elas roess Lavato and I I will not accept to give up fighting for him because asdb has a policy that is causing languish deprivation which means that he's not getting he's not my they're not giving my grandson a chance to grow in language this causes severe social and mental health elas needs language acquisition I am here to protect him and asdb needs to change the policy so my grandson can grow and i t an teacher of the death can do so much because he needs full immersion in ASL in a direct instruction of ASL in the classroom the policy states case by case so I'm fighting that he goes to asdb without going to the dorm because my grandson has lost many things in his life he has a twin whom they adore each other and they need each other after their mom died from breast cancer I can cannot take AAS away from his twin brother which would traumatize him more than ever so please change your policy so my grandson can grow thank you thank you thank you kman thank you for coming up and sharing your story okay thank you so much thank you and moving on to 8.2 discussion and possible action item agenda items for the next regular board meeting scheduled for January 16th 2025 in Phoenix any ideas for I have a question for uh Su um did we have something about the ELP for the Early Learning Program for the next board meeting or is that separate for the work study to that's my question I'm not sure if that's a separate item for the agenda or the work study so they are planning to present in depth in January and then after that if we need to consider another work study we can do that all right thank you for that clarification okay um if nothing here you can always contact myself or Anette to add to ask for something to be added to the agenda can I we we did we're just having a presentation from Maria about the I we we voted on that yes so that will be on the agenda as well um as well as the Early Learning Early Childhood learning okay okay all righty moving on to 9.1 action item adjournment this is Lynn yes I move to adjourn this meeting I know you're all surprised I have a motion to adjourn do I have a second seconded thank you commissioner Seno I have a motion in a second all those in favor say I I I hearing none motion carries we are adjourned at 5:58 p.m.

um call to or or excuse me attendance or Ro call President Melinda saski Charlene Diaz here Fred rushon here I ziki here would you please stand and say the Pledge with me no comma right NOA okay to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation our God isible with liy and justice for all better yeah felt better um do we have any citizens present I don't see any of those yes no that's that's Kate oh that's that's Cassie oh Cassie rather yeah that's Cassie Cassie and Sons uh call to public we don't have any of that so I'm going to move on to the adoption of the agenda how about donations donations donations oh my gosh what are quartet dry erase fors is that just it's a brand name okay yeah my wow Cory Bird is nice of him yeah and this is through a foundation that uh his family has yeah yeah yeah very cool we should have worn our shirts they should they uh the shirts the 40 shirts uh their staff shirts they look like baseball jerseys uh and with the Fox Creek colors and they have the staff member's name and a number on the front and the back very cool and so uh someday someday Jen and I are going to wear ours and go up to Fox Creek and be of Fox Creek I'll have to talk to Cory about the school board members to get me a shirts you maybe we need some too well I think we a big thank you needs to go to Corey Burgess and j& D ice cream or ice yeah for snow cones oh my gosh wish I'd been there thank you very much and I'm sure that donations have been made that probably were missed and Community is really fantastic with with taking care of yes okay I'm going to move to the adoption of the agenda I need a motion to adopt the adopt the agenda as presented I make a motion we adopt the agenda as presented I'll second motion all those in favor I Melinda saski I Charlene Diaz I Fred Rushton I Barb ziki okay M superintendent um okay so you have m M reports there uh if you have any questions about any of them I'll try to address those can you do the the student monthly totals for me the cumulative yeah yeah please just want to make sure how we're doing here um they look High um uh but we are reporting uh we have our folks have included in the reports this um this year some things that not necessarily were reported in the past so you'll notice that I put for October down at the bottom I put High attendance violations were reported at Fox Creek so they there were 50 students so when I looked at their count originally it was their their two counts were higher by 50 and uh I went back and looked at all the other sites and nobody else was reporting those in their report form so I didn't think it was a good idea to only include the bus writeups for one site and not for all the sites so I took Fox Creeks out um is but they did in the past I mean they did so you notice the red line just above so part of the reason the numbers are inflated is look inflated is because we tend to have we tend to have bus ride ups at all of our sites every month and so it's kind of a mixed bag here that they were included sometimes by some schools and not other times um uh when I get a minute I'll go back and look through the reports the previous months and take out the bus ride UPS so we can see what our numbers really look like now is that the reason because I noticed the individual Fox Creek report for October they had 189 listed on that one and this one well add 50 yeah so that's that's what I'm saying that's the difference because I was because when I looked at him I you I was wondering what the difference was so and then once in a while at Fox Creek and the middle school on their individual reports you might see a couple of kids in from the two grade levels that so Middle School might have a couple of disciplinary things for seventh and eighth graders that are in their special program but I don't have seventh and eighth grade listed here for that site yeah and and for Fox Creek when you look at their individual report you might see some things for fifth and sixth grade one or two um and I just don't include them because I don't have those grade levels and I figure one or two at each of those sites is not going to make that much difference in the overall um just confuses things um so um and then for coyote uh since we're including those this year of course that is uh only our grades 3 through eight that are in the um uh uh Life Academy not any of our preschool and what exactly is a High attendance violation uh a High attendance violation this is a high oh high attendance yes so if they are uh if they're absent oh my goodness we just talked about this today um excessive amounts of abs and it's and and it depends on where we are in the year so we're almost halfway through the year so students who have more than nine absence well technically students who have more than seven absences right now which is half the number that they are allowed by law to have which is 10% of the number of days of school so 15 is our 15 is anything over 15 for the total year yeah is considered excessive absence okay so at this point if they've got more than seven it's excessive absence okay and if they happen to be kindergarteners if they hit nine in uh this semester uh uh they're out I mean because uh kindergarten can't kindergarteners can't make it if they've missed that much school so and that's in our policy we we you know we didn't make that up on a rainy Saturday um it's in our policy and it's based on experience that we've had in the past with kindergarten so excessive absenteeism is a disciplinary violation we don't deal with it as a disciplinary thing in in that sense but um some of these particularly for the junior high it involves tardies as well so uh if we have kids or ditching okay ditch you know Kid ditches one period yeah you know that's an attendance issue for that class it's not an attendance issue for the day but it is an attendance issue for that class and uh so we have to look at those you know we kind of have to look at those uh differently I will tell you we have a new uh we have a new school re resource officer for all of our sites other than Fox Creek we we still have Officer James up there um excuse me it's officer Chapman uh he's been in our community a long time uh his kids went to our school or kid child one child maybe two um and Jen know knows him as a parent um and he just started about 6 weeks ago um uh our principals and even our uh instructional coaches when we had an instructional team meeting yesterday uh all pointed out and supported the idea dittoed when somebody said how much they appreciate our new SRO um uh he's out in he's out in hallways he's at lunchtime and and keep in mind he's for the whole rest of our district and he serves some other some of the charter schools as well so he's on campus he's visible um um uh and yet he's doing what we need done and he's already started with some truancy uh referrals to the you know to the Trent court so um uh really really we really appreciate the fact that uh that he applied for this position and and um got it and is committed to the community you know he's been here a long time and um uh really is committed to the community and and so we appreciate having him okay thank you is the nature of uh the infractions just just looking at the total numbers on the right we're we're pretty consistent with all the schools except Fox Creek and Fox Creek is well over double the the rates of infraction is that just because of the student population and feeling their oats and getting themselves into trouble pretty much Junior High I think that's part of it the fact that they're Junior High um they were also the ones who or they're also the ones who you know push the limits a little more than other kids do um they're also I mean I think I I think there are all kinds of factors spread um I think this year particularly having um having um Miss vote move up from assistant principal so they have a new principal for them a new principal um they have new assistant principal so it's a new Administration so a very typical thing of Junior High kids is we're going to test do you mean it and and uh you know that's part of what they've been doing is testing us um so uh you know I wish I could promise that those are going to go down can't promise that because we're going to continue to be um um try to be consistent with how we deal with things I will tell you that one of the things that was reported today in that little conversation about phones and backpacks our incidence of um Vape problems has dropped almost nothing awesome almost nothing um and um uh Amanda has had a year ago at the end of October she had had 13 hearings already this year she's had four great so these numbers you know could be a bit misleading too because the kinds of infractions are not as serious the ones we had right at the beginning of the year at Fox Creek particularly um remember we had the conversation about the difference between fights and aggression um assaults okay um on on uh for kids when you hear kids talk about it they use that term for both of those things you know oh so and so and so and so had a fight well it might not have been a fight because it might not have been a two-way thing um the other thing is when kids talk about fights and Report Court fights frequently they're talking about an argument a verbal argument oh so and so and so and so had a fight no they had an argument for us we distinguish between those things in our discipline reporting but in the conversations that kids have and people have the word fight kind of is the synonym for all is is the word for all of those things and so we want to break that down so that we're talking about and so we can report the difference um uh I'm I'm happy to we've had way fewer fights at any of our campuses than we had last year good we have had some aggression some of the assault kinds of behaviors um and those have even dropped off in the last month knock on wood uh because we were consistently tough okay and none of them ended up on social media that's awesome okay none of them uh and that's because they didn't have cell phones that may have been one of the best decisions we've uh I think so made this year I think so and and the um uh and the incident the number of of news reports from all around the country since we did that indicates that more and more and more not just individual schools but the school districts are doing the same thing uh because they're noticing and it's not just because of the fights and those things it's the distraction um uh I was uh I was up at Fox Creek uh two days a couple of weeks ago because I had some things I needed to to do some things I needed to do up there and the second day I was there before school started so I went out and sat on a bench by where the big boulder is which is at the center of campus and so kids arrived and they're walking around and it was so refreshing to watch them and listen to them have conversations and talk with each other and joke with each other um and nobody had their face in a phone which is what I saw a year ago so uh uh they're beginning to they're having to relearn or for some of them learn social interaction that's not on a on a device and that's part of their education too absolutely absolutely and I will tell you I sat there and just smiled the whole 10 minutes because it was uh it was refreshing and fun to listen to them and and they're silly you know they're Junior High kids so they're silly and they're uh whatever so it was fun was fun more about discipline no or any of the other reports um so in my miscellaneous okay I will talk a minute about Den okay so uh uh the den project uh two weeks ago we were told that the houses would be completed by tomorrow uh that's not the case they will not be completed by tomorrow today in a meeting that we had with the gcon folks uh they're saying that by next Friday that the project will be done uh we will see um so uh but you can if you want to go visit the project uh during the daytime please don't go at night somebody might report you as being trespassing and we don't need you to do that but if you'd like to go up in the daytime go there the fences are down uh the streets are done the street is done um and at least you can you know at least you can look at the houses uh from the outside but if you go in the daytime uh Oscar is the superintendent and just introduce yourself and say hey can you know can you walk me through one of the houses um the uh uh the the stucco the colored stucco is on and uh that made a big impression big Improvement and how they looked because of course they were the icky gray you know uh for a couple of weeks and um um Jen Jen I went up with me on Friday it was the first time she'd seen it and so it was it was refreshing to me because she hadn't seen anything and she said oh these are cute and they are they're cute um the uh appliances were supposed to be here this week they won't be here until next week but we're moving along and then related to that I will tell you that uh I went to the um I I regularly attend the Chamber of Commerce government and business Affairs committee and they always meet on the same day that we have our meetings and um so today when I went um uh the Association of Realtors reaffirmed that they will write a grant to help us with landscaping and then uh one of the people who works for the Realtors uh is in the Colorado River women's Council leadership uh class this year and uh so she told me that she wants uh they're supposed they always do a project a community project and so um they're going to propose that their little team does uh their proposal will be that they help us with the Landscaping so we're looking at Hardscape we're looking at you know not live plants we're looking at at Desert you know a Desert Landscaping kind of thing so um so that's that's nice to know that some of our Community Partners have hung in here hung in with us for two years to to uh to go go forward with that part so and uh I will be meeting with an individual uh at the site on Tuesday the 19th at at 3:30 and uh we'll we will be walking the houses and looking at some of the other features of the property if you would like to join us uh please do so okay two 3:30 on Tuesday yes Fred can I bring my wife absolutely because every time we drive by she comments oh look they got this oh look they absolutely bring her along cool yeah thank you yeah uh for thqu foot houses um I will tell you when I started teaching I would have been ecstatic to be in a house like these um uh you know they're not very big but they're big enough and um uh they are cute little houses inside and out so um meet me there yes so if you plan to come let us know let us know on let me know on Monday so we can post a a possible Quorum oh okay yeah okay love to have you be there okay really want I think other question I have off of yours is um anything going on with our facilities air conditioning or anything like that uh well the needless to say the the uh facilities people have been busy but it's not been quite as crazy as that as it was for the first year and a half or so uh our project out here with the sewer um the actual sewer uh there will be some work at the end right over by coyote Canyon's uh Drive uh but because it's kind of out in the drive that's going to happen over at Thanksgiving break and then uh once we got that all replaced we started finding um Mark actually brought me a bucket that about this much of the bottom was full of shards of cast iron because the plumbing in the in the 200 Suite the old district office was original cast iron and it is disintegrating uh because it's probably what over 50 years old excuse me 50 to 60 years old it's disintegrating and now it's filling our new sewer so so we're having to dig it out you know so uh we did put out bids and and even though at some expense I felt like we can't risk all the work that's already been done we can't risk damaging all the work that's already been done by not taking care of the problem over there so we will be replacing all the plumbing that's in the 200 Suite reconfiguring those restrooms because now we don't have large numbers of people over there so each restroom will just be like a one person you know a one stall restroom so commercial toilets commercial sinks and then new Plumbing um uh to to get that all fixed and that will happen either over Thanksgiving break or over winter break um um when you know when we have the time to do that and as expensive as it is to do that we are saving thousands of dollars because we have a certified plumber on our staff and so we're not having to pay you know we're not having to pay a service for somebody else to come do that so all we will be paying for are the materials now we will have to pay for somebody to come excavate because oh I'm sorry because we don't have the equipment to excavate and then come back and fill back in but the actual ual Plumbing work the actual renovation in the restrooms will be done by our facilities people both the plumber and our Carpenter so um uh you know so it won't be anywhere near as expensive as it might be otherwise um at our in terms of school facilities uh division they have essentially approved finally uh repairing all of the places in the district that um where we have concrete that has raised and and the dangerous stuff so if you've walked our campuses you'll see areas on the sidewalk that have painted numbers and painted whatever um that's a long slow process it's been a year and a half already in the in the works um but that will be coming those those will be done um uh and everything else is just let's let's maintain what we have okay right now it's taken us a long time to get there if you noticed on this month's report Cass if you'll pull up the M the um the work ticket yeah if you notice up here ABM is gone all of the ABM work was finally cleared last month in uh in um September so from now on you're just going to see the work orders that are ours and um that's that's refreshing kind of fell off the the page there didn't it the graph yeah well well it's you know it's dayto day I mean so what I'm saying is they're way way down yeah and and you know some days so you're looking like at October 2nd and 3rd you know we didn't have many things come in and we didn't close many but that's probably because they were working on some big project that day and uh and so they didn't close any others because they were that may have been when we were working on Plumbing out here I don't know but then we have other days where lots of things come in and um and days where we're actually clearing more than um more than are coming in U they've also figured out that when the when the work orders come in um so first thing in the morning so uh usually between 6:30 and 7 Mark is meeting with the facilities people he's meeting with the plumber the plumbers helper the the uh Jesse the HVAC person and our Carpenter and the landscapers and handing out work orders from the previous day or you know whatever um but one of the things now is that when a new work order comes in during the day it pops up on their phones so if they happen to be at Sunrise and a work order comes in from sunrise and they're already there and they have what they need they go take care of it right then uh so some efficiency is now built in simply because we have better communication excellent okay thank you for pulling that up because I'd forgotten about that piece any other questions for Dr Stewart okay thank you that's all I have board member updates obviously Fred's been visiting schools Kudos Kudos what did you learn well a couple of things I went to Sunrise and um I happened to show up just around lunchtime and I saw the principal out there hustling back and forth in the cafeteria taking care of things but you know what what I did see was a lot of Hands-On stuff um when I was in the classrooms I visited um oh miss mlan I think the librarian oh I think it is oh no the secretary office secretary secretary she introduced herself as an assistant principal but maybe I misunderstood maybe she has aspirations no she's retiring but uh but she was very nice and we went we went through uh I think three classrooms there and I was really impressed with all of the um teachers and and the staff that was there there was a couple of classes that had some aara in there as well but the kids the one thing I noticed at both the schools at Sunrise and and uh Diamondback when my escort whoever I was with was Miss mlan at Sunrise and um um the principal Miss mccorkel Mrs mccorkel thank you at uh at Diamond Back all the kids would get up and run over and hug hug them and that just told me the kind of time and effort that they and and assuming the rest of the staff is following suit are giving to the kids so their education is not restricted to ABCs and one 123s they're getting a a I believe um some interactions and some loving and stuff that they may not get at their homes that's right so I was very very impressed and the one thing I was really impressed by is that um I'm pretty sure it was D was it Diamond maybe it was sunrise but they just um got their safety systems in where they have the badges and they can do the entries right and and um it was I was really really impressed with both of the facilities and how um their their safety systems were so far different from when I first came to the board um but the the what I what I got the most of it was uh seeing the kids interact with each other and interact with the and I I got some hugs too I got to tell you I liked it a lot so it's uh it's kind of exciting to see that kind of a social atmosphere being generated there and kudos to all the staffs I think they're doing amazing work I especially got to meet the maintenance guy at Sunrise he happened to be there at cleaning something up in the cafeteria and we had a nice little chat but he seems very very uh personable and the kids would do the same things to him they'd come up and you know so again I I really like and appreciate the atmosphere of the social engagement and the interaction and we hope to start seeing that refle in those surveys because you're witnessing it even if it doesn't show up there yeah go wor the time well I got had the privilege of reading a a book at the Desert Valley to a whole go of little under under two feet tall people well some of them were taller but yeah and actually having a couple up we was on kindness um Cassie basically put together a program because it was World kindness day or something and uh it was really kind of kind of a fun thing to do especially when those two little kindergarteners tried to help me up off the floor but it was it was a lot of fun it was a lot of fun to do so yes um consent agenda moving on 3.0 I need uh need a motion to approve the consent agenda or to yeah approve this I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda as as presented I'll second that motion all those in favor I'm Melinda soski I Charlene Diaz I Fred Rushton I barbar Zuki okay moving on through all these Pages um oh here we go it's pink again item 4.1 policy baa evaluation of school board board or self evaluation second reading are there any comments questions about this no can I have a motion to approve it I make a motion we approve B uh baa evaluation of school board in board self- evaluation I'll second that motion all those in favor I'm Melinda saski I Charlene Diaz I I Fred Rushton I biki item 4.2 bbba board member qualifications second reading are there any questions or discussion that we need to continue with this I need a motion then to approve the policy Madame President I make a motion that we approve policy bbba board member qualifications as presented I'll second that motion all those in favor I Melinda saski I Charlene Diaz I Fred rushon I Barbara Zari item 4.3 policy DJ bidding purchasing procedures this is a second reading of this one also is there is there any further discussion or questions I need a motion to approve please Madame President I make a motion that we approve policy DJ building or I'm sorry bidding and purchasing procedures I second it all those in favor I Melinda saski I Charlene Diaz I Fred rushon I'm sorry II this this this part of the whole meeting is pretty boring' already discussed all this stuff point of point of order question mam president is it possible since I think that we're pretty much all of the same of the same mind and this is a second reading is it possible just to approve them all as a batch or do they need to be done individually they have to be done they have to be done individually okay all right good that was worth a try I know okay item 4.

in the second floor heing room ashon Town Hall 101 Main Street Ash Mass 01721 this as public hearing can we join via Zoom conference uh please the attached plenty board agenda for this link the Plenty board uh will hear the petition of the town of ashon requesting site plan review and design review per chapter 48 section 6 of the Ashen zoning act in chapter 2 8 excuse me 282 9.6 design review plans and 9.4 site plan review of the astion bylaws the applicant is proposing to develop a dog park the dog park will be divided into two areas um depend depending on the dog type Andor size a 16,000 ft large dog area will be included in a 2,000 ft dog area for small dogs both areas will be Pro uh excuse me properly divided with chain link fence chain link fence will be surrounded by two areas um with an appropriate entrance site plantings will be installed according to the proposed Landscaping plan the site will include a 20 car par uh 20 car paved parking area in an infiltration Basin for storm water control the area will be developed excuse me the total area will develop excuse me the total area of development will be 1.47 acres and will provide the community of Ashland an additional recreational space for residents and their pets the property in question is located at zero MBTA access excuse me zero um Memorial Drive um that is a mistake uh assessors map 13 lot uh 138 and is located in the rail Transit District uh part which to be heard uh should submit comments to the Ashen planning board ahead of time into or appear in public please note that within your packet we did receive one email um which is provided too um with that said before I hand it over um the town of Ashland as I said has been working on this and we have um first and foremost um we have yolan Graves here from the dog park committee um also we have Cara Terell of the dog park committee um Town assistant Town manager Jem ball is also on the call and she will help represent this application as well as Michael rner Michael rner uh has been working with the town to design the proposed dog park Michael and his team will be draw walking us through the proposed site plan which is in front of all planning board members and I will be happy to share that online IND allow Michael to share his screen to allow that dog park for a presentation with that said would anybody from the ashon dog park like to step forward and add anything to the introduction of this project okay assistant Town manager Jen ball would you like to add anything to this project before I ask Michael to introduce this project and go and uh review the site plan uh hey Peter I'm sorry I couldn't unmute can you hear me now yep I got you I made you a co-host you're all set right thanks um so thank you for taking the time to hear this um this project has been going on for a number of years um we've had some fits and starts with our uh designer and so we have um worked with the the the community group that has been working on it for and Yolanda can probably speak to it a bit more in the room in care as well for a number of years um to bring this to fruition Michael rner has put together a a plan that really takes into consideration the site um and all of its um sort of uh topography and so I can turn it over to him to sort of explain um all the features and go through the plans thank you Jen uh Michael I am making you a co-host which also gives you you the ability to share your screen good evening can you all hear me uh yep we can hear you loud and clear wonderful thank you good evening um everybody my name is Michael Radner with Radner Design Associates a three Alli Drive in Dam and I I do have a brief slide deck I'll take you through which is U not all of the sheets that are in your plan um but I kind of picked out the most significant ones and a few pictures and examples of um what we think the dog park is going to look like so uh we'll get going with that and um the site I think that a lot of people are aware of this let me see if I can zoom a little bit make it a little bit bigger for you um is north of the Middle School site on Memorial Drive you can see the Dunkin Donuts here along uh uh 135 is just off the screen to the right um and this is uh the site uh right here and um this is we started on this last winter that's how long we've been working on this so I took some pictures last winter and this is the condition with the uh Middle School fields on your right and the site is on the left and you could see sort of various types of vegetation and here you can see that there's um thankfully the snow has help us helps us show the Topography of the site um a little bit you can see some of these rolling conditions in here here we have some Eastern White Pine and then back in the site is kind of like uh a lot of um Pine and and um oak trees and and it's a wooded site um there's some areas that have you know sort of 8 to 12 inch caliper trees and a little bit further in there's some larger caliper trees you can see uh the topographic conditions in there and I I only show this uh because as we uh as the town uh prepares for uh there or we're in the process of a Grant application with the Stanton Foundation uh who funds A large majority of the of the construction and the design of this project and um the grading of the site is a significant um factor in how we in in the cost of the site and how we design the site plan and so forth so I'll get to that momentarily this is a a picture of there's a uh existing uh oil line easement that runs through the site um Jen could talk about this more but basically it's an abandoned um oil line and um I don't think I'm going out on a Lim gen by saying that that Shell Oil is is in the process of releasing the um uh the rights to this so that we can um work in the site that is correct yeah um this is uh our topographic survey of the site and basically the area that we're talking about is inside this buildable area in here which is really defined by the existing uh wet lands that kind of surround the site on three out of four sides and um we we have been to the Conservation Commission we had one hearing there which we've believe we've answered uh many if not all of their questions um we were just waiting from a a a file number from the D before they could close that hearing but they have reviewed this they reviewed the uh storm water on this um and provided their comments so um and you can see the topographic lines in here which indicates you know the the sort of ups and downs of the site and um as I was saying as we go through the process of getting our funding from the Stanton Foundation one of the things that they um require or like to see and it's just good design is that we have a basically flat site so that um when there's a lot of paw traffic if you will over the site that um we minimize erosion it's um better just for the um environment and for the dogs to to basically run on a flat site um more easy to maintain etc etc so this is a nice little color graphic that we put together that shows um Memorial Drive down here the vehicular entrance to the site parking for 20 cars and this is a a paved parking lot we do have we will have pedestrian access to the site there is a sidewalk on the south side of Memorial Drive that runs the length of Memorial Drive so there will be a new crosswalk in this location here um with a a pedestrian activated um signal so that when you go to that location you press the button and the lights Flash and you can cross um a sidewalk along this edge of the parking lot and then I'm just going to zoom in a little bit here um this is the large dog park on the left and that's about 16,000 square feet I want to say it's maybe 150 ft long on the from end to end um and then the small dog park is 2,000 square ft the the whole large dog small dog thing is little bit of a term of art it's not necessarily determined by the size of the dog but more of their personality if you will um active dogs kind of like tend to go in the larger space and and little shy dogs like mine would would like to stay separate from those big dogs um and have a little more more quiet experience so um then we have a uh storm water infiltration area here we have some landscape buffering along the front of the site and then along the uh West and North sides of the site um this is a planting strip that was um talked about with the conservation commission which where they had a concern of basically dog waste being in this area and providing some protection to the wetlands uh uh around this area and and it's we're calling it phyto remediation um basically it's a planting strip that will help um interrupt and absorb some of the dog uh urine and dog waste before it gets into the wetlands um you have an erosion control plan in your packet I can certainly uh answer questions there we have a construction entrance here we also had I don't know that Peter mentioned we have Nick KC also on the call is a civil engineer from Highpoint engineering who helped us um put together the engineering plan for this and the storm water report as well so here's a little more of a a technical document which has a a materials plan which just describes the materials and I do want to talk about the fact that this area here is um the surface of this is going to be what we call Rice Stone it's kind of like PE Stone it's almost the same thing um it's going to be surrounded by a 4 foot high uh black chain link fence to contain the dogs in this area so what we have here is this this area here sort of along the parking lot is a cleared and graded basically flat area inside the fence line and then we are leaving natural the back part um over here there are some larger trees back here that we'd like to save it's already relatively flat here so that we think we can take out some of the underbrush and the smaller trees here and put a layer of wood chips down here and still have a successful uh surface and just to show you what that would look like this is um uh we also did the Framingham dog park if you've been over there this is what the rice Stone looks like it's a it's a very finely grad uh Stone it's very it's rounded and it tends to be soft on the paws of the dogs um and it you can see that the stone is contained it's set slightly below the level of the um concrete um walkway and we have a um we'll call it like a TX decking on its side kind of area here that contains the stone and keeps everything in place so that's kind of the the look and the feel of what you're going to see out there um there's grading plan in here you can see that the Contours here indicate a very flatten surface and then everything is pitching basically from east to west even the parking lot uh is U um uh surface drains uh all and a curbless parking lot here and the water flows uh into a series of basins that would fill up in a big storm over overflow into a structure and then um exit the site at this point over here and I'm I'll we have Nick on the call also and I'll get to him in a moment um and he can talk about the storm water design uh there is a landscaping plan in the packet um as I mentioned we have a series of larger plantings along the front of the site um this meets your bylaw in terms of providing landscape between the parking lot and the street um some uh eastern white pines here to kind of screen the storm storm water facility um and then you could see our phyto remediation plantings along the back edge of the site um in this location and then some details here you can see um this little section of what that Rice Stone area would look like so that the stone is contained within the dog park this is our phyto remediation planting with a little bit of a burm um there and you could see the the fence and the composite TRX board here and then just some other um pictures that will have some seating these are the you've seen these doggy doggy po or doggy pot I don't know how they're pronounced uh the trash receptacles for um that will have the waste bags in there and these are going to be several of these around the site um and then a water bottle filler um two of them actually within the second site it's a condition of the grant that we have water uh available at the site um here is the utility and drainage plan and I I'll just let nick uh I see Nick is here if Peter can you let him unmute yeah nick uh you're a co-host so please feel free to unmute yourself hi everyone Nick cond from High Point engineering we were the civils um on this project so to um get into some things Mike was talking about um so the drainage for the parking lot flows from plan east to west and there won't be a curb on that end of the parking lot so it'll kind of flow Overland into that sediment for Bay what happens that'll fill up the sediment will settle and then it'll spill over into the infiltration Basin and the infiltration Basin was sized for 100e storm um and it provides about um a little over a foot of freeboard and in a 100-year storm event there is very little discharge um to the surrounding Wetlands um via that that outlet control structure the remaining the remainder of the site is that Rice Stone surface and also past the r Stone surface it's kind of left as a natural wooded area so there's very uh little runoff that that will be generated um in those areas so the the site does comply with the storm water standards um and yeah that's that's about it for um drainage design goes so there are some bubblers on site and so we'll have to tap into a water main on the opposite side of Memorial Drive and that'll be a 1 inch one inch line we'll be providing a um water meter back flow enclosure right at the entrance you can see it labeled there thanks Mike and yeah that was that was about it for hypo one scope for this project any additional questions on drainage I can get into it more technically thanks Nick um that concludes the presentation um hold off just a minute um so I just wanted to um I just wanted to note um it's been a few years but Michael and I have worked on a project or two together it was quite a few years ago now I don't know if if you it's been I I didn't know that you did that you did dog park so it's a it's good good to see you again um so just one question that that I had first that this is also um these are labor planning board and Conservation Commission has it been through the Conservation Commission or is it doing simultaneously so simultaneously yes um they did file with both of us just way the schedules worked out they have already met with conservation okay and so this is are the plans we're seeing approved by conservation or in process or they're in the process right now uh as noted they don't have a a d a DPE file has not been issued so they did not close the hearing yet but um but yes this project was presented to the Conservation Commission okay great and and I'll I I'll add that we there were no uh issues I mean I think we we answered all of their questions in that hearing so we we didn't we walked away we didn't have anything outstanding unless something comes up between now and the next public hearing so what was the document you were mentioning Peter that that you needed a d excuse me a d file number oh okay that was one of the elements that you they the Conservation Commission needs to close a public hearing so I think Mike in Michael in his presentation noted that they're waiting for a d file number okay um and then they'll most likely move forward with limited with limited um concern from the Conservation Commission but um myself Becca Solomon um with you know we've been meeting with Jen we had a tech review meeting on this um with the DPW so we've all you know it's a town project we've all kind of you know kind of it's gone through the the normal process that any project would um regarding vetting okay great thank you Marcelo yeah I mean this not not much to to nothing really to object about this project but uh just one question maybe for the civil engineer at I I understand how the the drainage of the parking lot drains into this kind of sediment filtration area and then into catch basing uh typically on on every project I remember that that that we approve um private projects parking lots we we always ask to have um areas of of planting that that that filter that sediment or or gas spillages or salt sand um I don't see any any any plantings there is is is that something that that that is possible or has been contemplated um maybe the engineer can so so I I'll I'll take a first shot at this thank you for the question um so the the area if I go to the planting plan uh what we're what we're proposing right now is a grass filter strip is that first filter before the water gets in into this sediment 4bay and then within the footprint of the 4bay and the infiltration Basin is a native uh seed mix which is going to have a mix of of grasses to to uh filter the water and absorb the water and that that seed mix is um a combination of drought tolerant and and wet um tolerant um species no I I think I get it it's just that there's no no planting shown there and and we typically ask all private projects to I mean it comes time and again I I don't have any specific complaint but this is going to be kind of experience as a like a like a ditch isn't it that you it's not nothing else than so you're talking about having plants like within the in water well usually I don't know if I don't remember the ter but the the the design Review Committee always comes up with that recommendation for every parking lot that where that this curb L just like this one but for the water not to just go into a ditch and just leave the sediment there but just have some plants that little plants that I guess usually are used for for that purpose of filtering the water before it goes into the catch bacing so I I don't know if that was contemplated at all yes so is I guess so the question is is the catch Basin just like I guess how does that function talking yeah I'm sorry are we talking about this this area here as a yeah filter before it goes into the bbay OR you suggesting that that that's what I'm referring to because I think that's that's how we have requested a lot of projects to do okay okay well we can we can certainly um look at extending we do have some plantings here and you can see this these are um tall grasses and perennials and TR um that are extended into part of that that we could look at extending it along the whole length of that yeah so does that from your from your standpoint Michael does that make sense of the water draining off the parking lot going through like a filtering kind of I don't want to say burm but a filtering strip of plants before it goes into the holding area I think I think that's what yeah I think that's I think what we don't want to have is uh Nick's Nick will correct me but we don't want to have we don't want to have a burm there we want to have allow the water to flow off the pavement and directly into that or Bay so we just have to make sure that the way that it's graded is that we don't have like a buildup of thatch there that's going to impound the water at this western edge of the parking lot right so that we're not impeding the water from getting where it wants to go it's just helping to filter it before it gets there so I have a question Rel that so that that entire Basin is because we paved a parking lot like is there other things I think that's what it looks like I mean is there other like per there's peral Paving like is it if you if we did other you know compacted stone and you weren't Paving it would we have to do all that cuz I like it's a wooded area right and I mean the dog Park's Great love the start out so people aren't um thinking I'm against the dog park but I like this is the kind of one time to take a forest and make a dog park and try to make it to the best of our ability so I I don't I don't know that that's like the best design a paved parking my question was related to katees which is does the Grand application require a paved parking lot uh the grant the grant making Authority does not require a paved parking lot we the discussion that we've had with um people from DPW and Engineering are that they felt that a gra we did talk about a gravel parking lot and they thought that it was not maintainable in the long run they thought that this would the paving would be a a much more stable um long-term solution rather than having to come back you know every year every other year and repair ruts and so forth because I think there's going to be a lot of uh turning movements in here as people back in and out um so but but we did discuss it and and you know the town DPW and the people that are going to maintain the site had thought that that asphalt paving was the best solution so I I mean I have some comments I guess that have nothing to do with the presentation um and I really appreciate the presentation I think that anytime a client comes to a team this is exactly the kind of presentation that is expected so thank you so much I think it's great um I think my my comments are more for the planning board and kind of my reaction is as a dog owner and a lover of taking my dog outside um which is that when I travel to a city I find that City dwellers are looking for natural space like you go to New York people want to go to Central Park and avoid parking lots and paved spaces and they want shade for their dog especially in the summer I can tell you if someone who has walked a dog in Ashland State Park in the middle of the summer um in the heat you want to be in the shade my dog actually could make it all the way around during heat and certainly would not enjoy parking lot in any way uh many dogs are not comfortable in parking lots on their paws so I can tell you for me living in Ashland seeing a project being proposed in a wooded area I don't feel comfortable with that as a dog owner um and there's so many parks in the area whether it's in Framingham Sherburn um that I take my dog to that have gravel parking lots where I would much rather walk my dog than what looks to me like a playground for kids rather than dogs so I very much appreciate the project and I think there's a lot of effort that came into it and so I for one am having a hard time even having an opinion because it's so late in the game the project is sort of cooked there's a lot of thought that came into it on a site that's fully wooded that's very natural um and I think the process is so far along that it's very difficult for me as a planning board member to even have an opinion that can be receiv expected by anyone who's been involved in the project um so my comment on this is what a wonderful concept and idea and how I wish we as a planning board had been involved way sooner so we would not take public land that's fully wooded and turn it into a paved playground for dogs when so many of our dog owners as you know prefer natural space like ashon State Park to walk their dogs and be with their dogs so I'm sure that this is very subjective and there's dog owners who will love this space more than I do but I can tell you I really wish we had more input way earlier in the process because I think it's a beautiful idea just not in the right space are you are you um trying to understand are you concerned about the material all the the the stone the rice Stone on the dog park area is that I mean I'm I'm just looking as a matter of policy we're looking at a wooded land owned by the town that we're choosing to Deforest put a paved parking lot because it's quote unquote easier to take care of so that our wonderful dogs can be in what looks to me like an urban space I'm making a comment aesthetically that I'm not sure this is consistent with what this planning board would have maybe thought about had we had the Town come to us earlier in the process to say hey these are some of the sites we're thinking about surely there's got to be a less um forested flatter space that the town owns so again this is the kind of thing Anna says that everybody then says well this was already pre-thought and how dare the planning board have such thoughts and so what I'm going to say is very very straightforward I will not be voting on this project I will not stand against it because so much work has come into it but I also can't approve it because to me taking forested land that belongs to the people of Ashland to turn it into paved playground for dogs just doesn't sit well with me maybe if we made it for kids I would have a different opinion maybe if children were playing there I would have a slightly different view but to me a dog for me as a dog owner is an animal that appreciates natural space and frankly love trees to pee and do other business with and so personally I have trouble with kind of having an opinion on this project this late in the game I really wish we had been involved sooner and I know that sounds very harsh and so to be clear I love the concept and the Heart of it which is let's give our dogs more space to play in I think that is so important I just wish the town had come to the planning board that actually plans a little bit sooner this late in the game to even have this opinion is probably like oh my God how dare she even have an opinion so I will have no opinion as a vote I will just share my view that really this process process again and I keep seeing this with every town project we come to it as a planning board by the time it's already pre-thought precooked and everyone loves it I I think it does have a very long history um which I'm not it has come before um the CPC so we've seen it quite a while ago um with some of the funding mechanisms um Yolanda are you approaching the microphone because I think you've been involved from a long time so yes um so there's also many Ashlin residents who have been involved if even though it's the first time I don't to Beed even though it's the first time before the planning board so so Yolanda in actuality this is not the first time it's come to the planning board I believe it might be the first time that all of you as members have seen it so a little history uh as a me and so Yolanda greeves 127 Prospect Street uh I'm a member of the Ashland dog park committee it is a committee who said we want to create a dog park in town and probably eight years ago they got together and they said can the select board appoint a dog park committee and we were based on how other things have worked in town volunteer committees sometimes can get things done a little bit sooner so we didn't as a select board we did not create a dog park committee we said to them if you guys want to do this do some work they got some volunt tear together as someone who heard many times from people that they were upset with how our state park was being treated like a dog park and dogs Parks you know dogs would be running loose and there was erosion on certain things when these people came to me I said great start working on it uh We've looked at numerous sites since we started this process like I said probably seven or eight years ago and one of the first sites was was over at the Cadillac paint site it was in a neighborhood we talked to the people in the neighborhood they said no we we really don't want it there another site was over by the animal shelter our our animal control over by by Public Works off of Ponderosa road with the Riverwalk going in there people are like no we don't want it there uh we looked off of Olive Street uh a couple of parcels there and again people are like we don't want it in the neighborhood it's going to add to the traffic so when the town purchased this property I forget how long ago we did that it was determined that this could be a great location for a dog park understanding that we'd have to take some trees and things like that but the support from the community as we started talking about this site was you're going to save the state park you're going to save some of the um running down of the trails because the dogs are running loose and here is a location that yes we'll have to take some trees but we're taking only part of them and like I said probably six or five or six years ago before I believe most of you were sitting as planning board members the committee came to both the planning board and the select board to talk about creating a park at this location unfortunately because of timing and other things that were going on in town this particular project kept getting put on a back burner and put on a back burner and there's an organization called the Stanton foundation and they grant money for dog parks which we've been working with them and getting information and the kind of dog parks they see Framingham is a Stanton Grant dog park they again the town has to put in some money and then you get some money from the Stanton Foundation at the St at the Framingham park there is a paved parking lot near their near their park and other dog parks have paved parking lots uh so I I hear what's being said that you guys haven't been involved in the process um but there was information brought to the planning board previously so if we knew if we thought we should have come sooner we would have come sooner but there was no indication in regards to the process that after that initial time that we came and said what we wanted to do when we got some feedback and we got some positive support that that going this detailed into the process that we needed to come to the planning board um I think the the the park itself has been made a hair smaller than what we originally wanted because of the Topography of the land and we want to with work with the conservation agent and the Conservation Commission we are keeping part of it natural the other issue that has been brought up is keeping it clean and being able to not just have the the the the Refuge from the animals just go straight into the ground and out into the wetlands so that's why you have the the base and the rice Stone in the two areas that are there um the other issue and why it's been why we're bringing it forward now is the Stanton Foundation is about to shut down and a year and a half ago uh we had thought to put this on the back burner as a town project and we were and it was notified that the Stanton foundation will stop granting dog park funds in 2025 if we can move this project forward we will possibly be one of the last Comm communities to get the foundation money and right now it's about half the cost of this dog park we are hoping to get about $225 to $250,000 from the Stanton Foundation to help pay for this dog park the other portion CPC was very kind they reached out to us and they say hey we hear you're working on a dog park we sat before them probably about a year ago and I think at fall town meeting last year the um CPC said we support this here's funding for it so again I I you know I hear what you're saying that you feel like you wanted to be involved sooner um and all I want to do is give you that history but also let you know that I I don't like saying this but we're under our time crunch so I mean again every town project comes to us so far on my personal time on this planning board I have yet to hear a town project where we don't get the message that this has been sort of pre prev vetted there's nothing for us to worry about and there's no time but to say yes so so I'm kind of can't speak to other ones speaking speaking conversation a little bit here so U that's all I have to if you have any other questions I'm I'm here to answer them thank thank you as well as other members okay do you have a I will say that if we're stuck with this because it sounds like we're stuck with this to me it seems like we should be minimizing the parking lot there's no need for it it's not required by the grant um and I think we should do everything we can to maximize tree coverage and not get rid of so many trees okay is any other comments from the board yeah um I I so the I I definitely have heartburn with Paving Paradise I let's face it that's what and and we it does not have required by the grant so I I there needs to be at least a conversation about that but I also think I mean this board I I don't want to entirely speak for the board but I've been on conversations about trees every time trees come up we all say we care about trees so I feel like part of this um discussion has to be what it's a town project where is the town going to mitigate and plant some trees we can't keep taking down trees and not doing something to replace them and I I don't think we're ask I'm personally not asking to go out and count tree for tree I know that's not practical but to do nothing is not acceptable it's not it's not acceptable to do nothing to mitigate that I I just want to Cle back because uh several things can be true at the same time and I I it doesn't happen very often I think Anna made a a very good presentation of of of of of some facts that that are that should be considered and Kate just runed it up I I think what I think the idea of the do Park and has been you know discussed and everything it's great and and I think this there's a lot that probably is going to be very successful uh but what when I started talking about what we usually request from private developers and uh and then we had the sustainability not the sustainability committee coming with a with a tree ordinance that we discussed several times um one of the discussions was okay so everything we're going to require from citizens uh from the residents of Ashland is going to be required for the town and like no no no the town would have an exception I objected to that so is it's more like like a philosophical point of I I think that that the project is great but but I think that there is the there is a base requirement that we ask for the for the residents that the town should be should be held to the same way if it's a tree a tree replacement I think it's logical to us that the town let's see how many trees are going to take because on all of the projects when they come up and say we're going to take some trees we are the first one to take you have to put twice or three times the amount of trees you're taking out so I think it's fair to us the town to to to do their put their share on on what we ask the residents to do in In fairness so if there's a chance that that we don't have to PVE these up I get it that it's easier to plow and and and maintain that's better for for the maintenance folks um if if if it could be done in a in a more natural way I I I would be happier uh but but I think in in in in general in the general sense the things that we uh ask the residents or private citizens to to to provide on projects and Landscaping wise or drainage or or parking should we should we should be consistent Diva I think Anna said it very well um not sure how much more I can add to what we just heard because when this presentation started um I was just surprised at the location that this was chosen um thank you Yolanda for the history because I think that was really important to understand understand that you have visited other sites and then you've landed with it what I was surprised is the community supporting the location and saying let's clear clot all these trees and create a dog park which just was contradicting to all that we've been hearing for all the other projects that's been coming to the board um and I'm also curious about how this small 1.47 acre of land really works with a bigger scheme of things of our comprehensive plan what is what is planned for that kind of that location how does this really work there's no residential neighborhood as such for this dark Park what is that bigger scheme of things happening and I'm curious if there was any thought or any conversations about how this ties to your bigger scheme of things of comprehensive plan can I answer okay um so as part of an open space and wreck plan that was worked on back in 2017 there was discussion about people wanting a do Park here in Ashland uh the current comprehensive plan we haven't gotten into the details details of what is going to be built once we have the comprehensive plan completed as we speak to the community we've gone out in farmers markets numerous times in talking about about the dog park we've had fundraisers about the dog park a lot of that happened before the pandemic but there was huge support we had members of our dog park committee at the farmers market this spring I'm this summer and again when people people who own dogs and even people who no longer own dogs but who used to own dogs who heard about this and have supported it have asked about it um in regards to the parking lot one of the reasons another reasons we're having it paved is this is an it has to be an ADA Compliant Park meaning if I am someone in a wheelchair and I want to take my dog to a dog park I have to be able to park my car take my wheelchair and go to the dog park so I think that's one of the other reasons it's paved and you know I I'm all for sustainability and trying to use surfaces that are that are more permeable um but as we know sometimes those cost more so because of our storm water requirements here in town we have done what we you know working with our de developers and our designers to do things to mitigate that storm water issue we can add more plantings if you're concerned about the number of trees that are being removed we can possibly add more at the front um but again part of what the Stanton Grant requires in regards to the area for the dogs is as flat and as clear an area as possible and if you look at the plan there's a good quarter of it that we're not taking as many trees down we're only going to take some of the smaller trees down right thank you I mean not we have another speaker okay sorry Mark you are coming to speak right yes I am but I want to make sure this is open for public comment okay thank you Mark the son 1119 Main Street I'm on the fense about this and I'm not fully against it and I'm not fully for it I asked the question in the conservation meeting one time and I couldn't get an answer about the uh any structures are going to be built there that's has nothing to do with here for this my question would be it's Town land yes how much of the town is going to take responsibility and we to take away from there rest of the town's responsibilities in case anything happens like winter that happen that's coming up soon and all that and the year after it's open is that going to be taken priority or is it going to be as duly noted to do because it's off the side of a road and it's on Town land which means town is going to be responsible for care and custody of it how is that going to work sounds like Yolanda can answer that question for you so as part of our work with the Conservation Commission and conservation agent is we have been requiring ired to create what's called a maintenance plan and as part of that maintenance plan uh the park itself will be taken care of by volunteers and we have a number of people who have spoken to us and said once the the park is up and running when they bring their dog there they're willing to help out as well as uh you know residents who use the park will help take care of it we've worked with Public Works they'll plow it in the winter and it'll be the last priority of plowing there's also been conversation that depending on weather we might close the park so that it doesn't get tore up as much otherwise the maintenance in inside the chainlink fence picking up the poop potentially replacing mulch potentially raking out piece the the the rice Stone as necessary we have a maintenance plan where volunteers will go and make sure that the poop bags are removed from inside of the park and put outside in a in a in a barrel that the DPW would pick up just like they pick up part um the trash from different parks in town um it's not more or less of a responsibility on the residents unless you are taking your dog there and want to be part of maintaining this dog park and um there was another question about what else is in that neighborhood so right now it is just if you're going up Memorial Drive we have the trail trolley Brook Trail is there and also uh we've just uh at our select board meeting we were given a presentation by the metro west YMCA so between the Dunkin Donuts and the trail the new Metro West YMCA is going in there and you know they know about the potential of the dog park and it's one of those things that they are going to connect Trails so that people can leave the y go to the trail and go to the you know so it's it's going to be a connected area and again we've heard from people that they like the idea of it being there it was talked well maybe don't add parking one of the issues is we had potentially said well okay we won't have a parking lot because there's the school across the street but they didn't want us to use their area as a parking lot and because of the size of the park and the ADA compliance is again some of the reasoning why we're going with a paved parking lot for the dog park just for the dog park um and again that's just some of the rationale behind that so I don't know if that helps but thank you thank you J don't Jen yeah Jen Ball but before Jen speaks I just wanted to make note that this project does require design review so any comment from Marcel of that storm water run off into that Basin or trees um we do have to make a we memo um regarding um design review comments for the design review committee so with that said Jen ball you have your hand up up so please unmute yourself yeah so I just wanted to also just follow up on Yolanda's comments um as part of our funding mechanism through a CPC uh I believe that the motion had us having a maintenance plan so we've been working on that with the committee and that would be signed so that we'd have the shared maintenance um to Mark's point about sort of priority I think yoland to outlin most of um all those points um and I think you know at for for plowing it would be we would still do you know Street School schools municipal buildings sidewalks and then some of the other parks and then dog parks so that's the it's it's on the um tertiary sort of priority list for them so you know two or three days after a storm all right thanks Jen Mark do you have another comment yes I do kind of gave me a quar of an answer about that but still it's going to be your responsibility of the Town maintenance and the um Public Works people you're going to spread them out to do something that has nothing to do with the residents and the residents are more important than what the dogs would be at at this moment in Winter and I'm only talking winter season when the snow is there and they got to do the roads and back rows and stuff like that so the residents would need should get more a say of what the world should be like that the dog happen to find land to to poop on because dogs don't work the residents do and they need to get out to do that and the rols needs to be done thank you thanks Mark um this obviously has you know uh come up through CPC when they were asking for funding and I I believe then it went to town meeting about that funding um was that a year ago yeah year um so it it has been out there and um I I don't see the problem that some of you are saying and maybe because I I have disagreements about some of this as well and I'll kind of repeat some of um some of my points on having to do with the trees because I agree too as we've discussed before no one you're not going to find a person in Ashen that says I hate trees let's take them all down down maybe in the fall when they're covering your leaves with yard with leaves maybe yes but if you start to say okay trees or YMCA trees or new school trees or dog park you're probably going to be taking some of those trees out trees in themselves no one wants to get rid of but we we have other things that we use and want in our lives as well and some of those you have to take some trees out to create them and sometimes frankly there's not a a good place to put them if there is in town but it would be putting them in someplace that's an open field but we use those Open Fields as well right so it'd be great if we can plant them somewhere else um but we would have to figure out where is open space without trees that we don't use for something else personally I think this is a good site it's going to be tucked in between the ym CA and the trolley book Trail and and the solar field right in that little piece of land and there's a lot of other still forested area behind it that's going to re remain forested area um I think that it it would be great if there'd become some kind of solid peral permeable paver that would allow that water to seep into the ground but it it does need to be accessible I remember that conversation with the CPC and also the big point the big thing is not allowing the the water to leave the site and it's not it's just going a few feet over and then soaking into the ground that way as far as the dogs got I I have a dog too that loves to to run this is a completely loves to go in the state park this is a completely different environment for that this is this is about socializing and playing where the state park might be really about being with your owner this isn't about being with your owner dog parts this is about being with other dogs where the owners are being with other owners and the dogs are being with other dogs and while that state park is great and and while you might need some shade definitely when you have those 90° days um I can tell you on a day like today you're really looking to get out in the sunny Parts where there's where there's no trees and be able to warm up a little bit so I think there's it's about looking at both sides of this um and um I think that this is something a a dog part is is something that a community of our size frankly I think people have been wanting it for a long time both not only dog owners to to be able to go someplace with their dogs um but um people people in the state park who would rather have as many dogs as possible get out of the state park um I'm not saying that's going to happen but it'll certainly alleviate I I would think some of the some of the congestion I'm not saying this is perfect and I think it's great to go to the design Review Committee um get some other ideas about plantings are there a few more trees that could be saved in a more wooded area what's the downside to that but um but otherwise I I think this is a I think it's a good area for it I'm I'm surprised at the the feedback actually um so that's my statement on it if there's any other comments from the board will take them if there's any other comments from the public will take them but obviously this will have to go to the design review is there any way like the people want the dog park I don't have a dog anymore I think the dog park having nation's great is there any way because there like that that drainage is a lot of money and work and Grading and like comparing that to some kind of permeable pavement and I just wish I want I want our town to like not always say next time right it's expensive like I want us to at least really really really consider that and like that's the town that we say we're a green Community we have this like Net Zero by 2030 and we always keep kicking the can and I I I'd like to at least try to get what that cost difference is and it shouldn't like cost is important right it's public public and private but like I want us to have values I want us to live the values we say and it's kind of frustrating to get those kicked to the side right about permeable Paving and about tree replacement I do not think they all have to be on the site I I cannot believe that there's no places that need trees in town or what if we said the trees and you offered like there's whatever somebody wants a tree in their yard that replac like I I think we like we hear over and over again to our community sustainability I I think I probably am more passionate now being part of the comprehensive plan that came out very clear in those surveys so I just I just I just hope we can do better I think um and then I have comment so I we started our project checklist there was a technical review meeting do you have the date and then we didn't get a memo yet are we getting a memo you know what I think that's just something I'll circulate that out I think it's just something that we just forgot to add into the package tonight but we'll take care of it with a memo and we'll circulate that out with a date off the top of my head I do not recall okay so that and then I'm just keeping the notes it's so technical review We Said Yes it goes design review um conservation yes I I don't know that we necessarily need it's always us parallel making sure it's covered it sounds like it is but if we want that um I I'm not sure we need traffic but I'm kind of just going through our list if anyone thinks anything about traffic there um I mean we can think about that as we talk about parking since we're talking about parking yeah no I'm just going um the I guess if the uh drainage got through conservation it does not need to go to gcg but I I don't know because we usually often every time have gcg look at drainage calculations M if if the board would like we can send it to gcg G uh you know it you know Becca is the most thorough conservation agent in the state of Massachusetts um and I can say that she's reviewed it she's worked with myself and and Michael to design this plan and and there seems to be no uh red flag at this point okay I'm and I'm kind of just going through so it's I I will just put no and if that's what we're saying not needed third party review I it depends how we all feel about the parking I I do have three comments I don't know if you want to keep going through this um I'm just ging to at sustainability checklist we kind of talked about I that's it on this list so if we those are the things I I mean I'll say as a dog owner I've been hearing a lot about a dog park and I've been very excited but not once did anyone say oh it's going to be on a wooded surface with tree removal I honestly imagined it would be natural whenever I heard about it that was my assumption so unless we've done a survey of people who've been excited about it I don't think I'm the only one who would be like really that's what we're doing um I will say that you know I'm not an ADA expert but what I'm finding online really quickly the Ada does not require paved for ADA compliance you can have gravel surfaces it has to be firm stable and slip resistant and apparently gravel is one way to do it although it's Technical and tricky but the idea that it has to be paved to be ADA Compliant seems to be f although again I'm not an expert in ADA compliance and I don't think any of us are um so we could maybe get a legal opinion if someone wants to explore that but I'm not seeing any kind of understanding that you can't be ADA Compliant in fact I've been to I believe municipally owned or nonprofit owned or perhaps even state owned properties where there is no paid parking lots so it' be shocking to me if that's considered against federal law um the other thing I'll say is uh ultimately there is a parking within distance and while someone of the school may not like the idea that is part of our Resource as the public and so I think that is a natural solution to have some gravel that more natural space and if people want to use a parking lot it's not far other comments from the board yeah there's two people oh sorry I was going to get the board first Okay no Okay then we'll take the comments online uh first with their hand raised Michael um please unmute yourself yeah so um it's a good healthy discussion thank you uh I I just wanted to add a little bit of I'm going to make two com well three now that we talked about ADA um in reverse order so um I I actually am an expert on on handicap accessibility and um and I'm the town's consultant so I think you can pound on me not just as an advocate you know on working on behalf of the dog park but for for the town as well um it it's true that it it is not a um technical requirement of the Massachusetts architectural access board to have a paved parking lot they do they require a p a stable surface I have never done a public parking lot that hasn't had pave handicap uh spaces I just haven't done it and I would be um I would have to think about putting my stamp on a plan that just had gravel parking for handicap access so I'll just I'll I'll leave that there for the issue of um permeable Paving um and I can we I can talk with Nick uh and the Civil team about this offline but in New England we typically don't do permeable Paving for vehicular spaces because they tend to get clogged with salt and sand and they do become a maintenance issue um they have to be vacuumed um by a special um equipment a special truck um I don't know that Ashlin has that um or you would have to contract it out so um we do permeable Paving all the time for pedestrian spaces because it doesn't have that uh the amount of grit that you would get from tires and and and um salt and sand um and then I'll say the last thing and I'm going to share my screen one more time um just to give you a little context this is uh Park in Danvers that we did which is almost kind of the same approach that we're we would like to do in ashline which is half of it is this open area and here you could see that Rice Stone again and the concrete Paving um and and this is the wooded area this was the area that was to be preserved so I did this probably I want to say 10 years ago and this is what it looks like this year this used to be a fully wooded area and you can see what happened is that you know we let the dogs back there and all of a sudden they're trampling on on the roots you start to get exposed roots and exposed Stone here and you start to get erosion and this is a very flat site what we have in Ashland is not even this flat in the wooded area so I get a little bit concerned about preserving more areas of where there are trees and and what happens to that over the long term um that said uh you know we certainly can look at things like adding um more trees you know in in and around the site or maybe even inside the um rice Stone area to provide a little more shade um you know there are certain things like we can we can sharpen our pencil and kind of go back and look at the design of this to try and mitigate some of these uh concerns so I'll I'll leave it at that I like that approach I I I think what's being proposed is reasonable I think they should go to design review and we should ask for especially the planting part because they are there's more experts there that than we are on that and just to hear their opinion uh but but I think the the idea of of maybe just of course this was a a first pass without this feedback but maybe some trees can be left or introduced um I think we'll make it get better yeah I agree I think there's a there's a um there's there's a middle ground here I think that's anytime you look at sustainability it's that choice between do I cut my trees down so the solar panels work yeah or do you know like you said there choices to make there's choices to make and of course it's a dog park so it's it's not like the YMCA right it's a different kind of level of choice uh but but but it goes back to what we said before like everybody gets really excited when they're going put a new regulation to get the citizens or the residents to comply with this and that and then we're going to force them to do but then when it's a town it's kind of different so I I think this approach would would get a more balanced uh kind of side that that's that's that incorporates a little bit more of I think you want to be careful though like even when we're talking about the the public private I mean I guess the the two buildings we've been doing we did we the school and the public safety building which are both public buildings and a lot of trees had to come down for those projects to get them in right oh yeah um and you know more trees like I said than we then obvious like I'm not sure we'd have space to replace them maybe if you're giving away to private citizens that were you know putting or or medians on the streets like we've talked about before sometimes yeah but I I think that also you know we we we we're talking about a tree bylaw and I think um you know it wasn't clear coming out of that conversation if those trees can be replaced one to one right and how practical that that actually was so that I would just want to make that comment I think Jen ball has been waiting to speak can I speak yeah hi um so thank you can you guys hear me y y okay so thank you for all your comments um just to sort of build off what Michael was talking about I mean I think the other um piece so I think to Anna's comments about sort of the envisioning As Natural as possible that's certainly something that the dog park committee had also hoped for and so trying to find the balance between um the the the topography and and what we have to work with with the site um but then also with the grant requirements and again with um you know with ADA compliance and again you are correct in the fact that like you do not have to have a paved site however we do still also have to think about the capacity to maintain that with our current Staffing levels and so you know the gravel often times does become rutted um we have some issues with the Riverwalk at Ponderosa we that um stoned us with basically a polymer That was supposed to kind of keep it all glued together and be compacted um but with a good with a good rainstorm you end up with a lot of divots and you have some issues and so just making sure um we can certainly look at it but we just have to also think about long-term maintenance that was one of the push backs I think from CPC is to really think about how we keep this um because obviously we can't use that type of funding for maintenance um in future years so again I think it's like a real Balancing Act I completely understand your point um a real Balancing Act of sort of you know all the requirements that we're trying to meet all right Anna I mean I I definitely appreciate that I think that that's the nature of this kind of work right every everybody wants something and it's hard to make everyone happy and find a perfect balance and we got to sort of weigh our values I suppose you know I'm thinking about ADA compliance is there a way to make that parking lot truly for ADA compliance alone and allow handicap spaces but the rest of it is gravel is there a way to make that parking lot way smaller but allowing a handicap van to get there and maybe those of us who who don't require that can actually use the school parking lot and walk um how how there's so many different ways to approach it without necessarily just aiming for frankly efficiency and cheapness for the sake of a grant that we now have a deadline of a month so um to me that makes me really uncomfortable when we're being asked as a planning board to figure out those really tough balancing design related therefore we have jurisdiction decisions with so little time to do the right thing it it it frankly makes me really uncomfortable because I very much appreciate that a lot of people have already put a lot of thought into it and have done their very best to make lots of people happy so by the time it comes to us we're between a rock and a hard place or gravel and pavement and and it's very difficult to to be helpful I just want to also just make one more quick just um for the parking across the street um that isn't actually a parking lot so there is no curb cut um it's like people have just sort of parked there on the field I've talked to the school department they potentially have future um expansion plans for that that it would no longer have ability to park so it wasn't just like no you guys can't park here that's not convenient for us they're planning um for future sort of expansion um on their campus and so it is part of the school's property I think it's also frankly important to have um even if you're not Ada to have um parking available for older residents and residents with young children and who might have a hard time parking far away and yet making it to the to the dog park so I think there's there's again a variety of citizens and a variety of residents we need to to think about here um is I see Jen is do you have your hand up again Jen Okay so I think we want to um maybe take this one comment but then look to see um if we're just ready to send it to design review if we want to create a memo about that maybe we do to summarize this conversation um and then let um let design Review Committee take a look at it so it looks like Helen so yes we have one hand up uh miss Helen Nicole uh Helen I'm going to ask you to unmute and introduce yourself with your name and address you are now uh unmuted Elliot Circle so basically Trish uh just made my full point because I I wasn't really exactly sure where that parking across the street was but I did want to mention that for older people especially for older people who may not be um in possession of a handicap clock or going that far with a dog and across the road especially in the winter time uh might be very very hazardous and actually a problem for them to be able to do that so I just wanted people to take that in consideration when they were thinking about that that that was my point Thank you thank you okay so um let's look at um creating one of our typical memos about this obviously related to the relevant issues um of things we wanted to would want them to look at that would include um obviously the main one is vegetation but it could also vegetation water run off um do we wanted explore the idea of Designing that parking L slightly differently so it's not so much pement well I think we'll we'll we'll put um obviously the the paving they should they that that's part of what they look at anyway but they can look at the paving they are I mean we can tell them to I want to make sure we're agreeing to tell them to look at the payment yeah we can we can put it on there is there a way to find a middle ground where part of that is gravel and part of it is payment minimize some of the payment I I I'm kind of more in an agreement with you than not Anna but I don't think that's practical in a on a parking lot of these size I think once you have a construction of it's it's a very small lot I'm not sure that that would be but they they should look maybe they have good ideas I mean let's explore it it may it may not be worth it it may not it may be more worthwhile to save some of the trees and and add plantings than it is to care about the parking lot I agree but I say add it to their list I mean I agree and I was confident with the um engineer that things will be looked at based on the conversation so I think we're in pretty good shape that way CU you're talking about one accessible spot if you you have 20 cars you're literally talking about one access yeah we may be stuck with the parking lot my question is let's explore yeah whether we're stuck with the parking lot if there's other mediums of kind of is there a way do this the parking PCT yeah okay so we will be looking at um I don't know when the design Review Committee meets next so I'm going to work with Alvaro obviously we'll iron that out um the planning board has one meeting in December we could always schedule another meeting in December if I pull up my calendar um obviously the the next meeting for the py board is going to be on the 28th of November we will not be meeting that is Thanksgiving um with that said um our next meeting in December would be the 12th at this point and and I'm confident that the design Review Committee could meet between now and then to discuss this yes so why don't we so we should then uh we we should move it to the we will be U moving to the 12th yes right 12th of December yes unless unless for any reason I think two weeks is actually puts us at December 5th we could if we would rather go December 5th well so the shot clock on I believe if I did this right is March 4th of 2025 we we are hearing that that's not practical I'm just saying so if we put P that in December that that is it that's the one meeting say we're happy and I guess because that depends on the grant right I think yeah no I get it that's why I'm talking about but it's kind of the same thing like do we want to give us just one meeting for MBTA Z before the town meeting like I feel like we should try to um possibly have another one so then there's the 12 that can happen for or do something because otherwise like we don't really need to talk about it we could hold the meeting on the 5th and we could hold obviously invite the design Review Committee we could have a joint meeting it's not out possibility I think that's fine but that would be fine but I I don't think we're talking about a very complicated project here I I think if the design review is going to have a look at the few items it's like three items y I don't I don't see why we could not bring to the next meeting and be done with but but um where do people sit I'm thinking about for other reasons as well just looking at our schedules quick where do people sit for December fifth um would everyone be around at that time and the 12th both for days right we would I think well I think we'd go the fifth and then we and then see if what we have for the 12th or the or the 19th or another you know fine for me because right now we would only be meeting now and once in December and we would be done for the year if we move it to the 5ifth we at least have a possibility for fitting in something quick if we need to was that I have a potential trip but it's not confirmed yet so okay in Ence it's postive the fth is fine so look look at the fifth deer do you think the fifth is good for you yes okay and that but but you said that that would be as a tentative depending we have to continue this to a date and so I was looking to continue it if possible to December 5th okay and let's take that earlier date and if we get our work done we get it done but if we don't we have have opportunity to have that second meeting if things aren't resolved we we're not under the same pressure yet not throwing away this potential grant money which I think would be really stupid of us to do so okay so do I have a motion to continue this until December 5th oh wait oh sorry Michael just just to make note Michael do you think you're free on the 5ifth to to join the next PL board meeting yes okay thank you thank you I'm sorry for include you on that one no good good call I'll make a motion to move the site plan review and design plan review of the dog park project to December 5th all right your second okay and a roll call vote Marcel I Katherine Jers guy and Trisha Kendall I do we have uh there anyone well I guess there's anyone that wants to to help put together this memo I always like a second pair of eyes on it usually it's it it's been Marcelo typically unless anyone else okay everyone's okay with Marcelo all right so we put something together and um we'll get that to design Review Committee all right thank you everyone from dog park thank you all right next on our agenda is the MBTA community's question and answer but I think um I think we have some I think if I if I'm if if I'm right um in understanding that you had come for the our agenda item about the discussion of the 40b project is is that right right and in general um I apologize that's on our that's on our agenda because we want it on our agenda in case we want to discuss it at any time so we don't have anything specific about that but we'd be happy to hear your comments and answer any questions you have about it before we go to our our MBTA agenda item okay hi uh Paul flarity uh I own the property adjacent to th this project at 63 wavely Street uh I was a longtime Ashland resident went to high school with Mark um and uh this the property that we own small residential property was my grandmother's house our family's been there for a long time I've owned it since 1981 lived there for a while um and we have now three Apartments there which um we've been renting over the years we have two of them are occupied by family members but um you know so we we try to uh help out the family and uh the project I understand it's something that's needed in the area but we're at the end of the property that has a 25 foot buffer zone so we have an existing one-story residential house at this wall and at the door is going to be a fivestory apartment building 25 ft away doesn't seem acceptable in my humble opinion um I I oppos the changed to the uh zoning at the time I believe it was um for this specific reason and uh was assured by the planning board at that time that they would never let anything of that size be built that close to a a uh existing residential property but this is where we stand now now so I'm hoping that the developers of the project could cooperate in some manner to maybe give us a little bit more space you know be good neighbors like they say they want to be but I believe we're the only ones really being affected much by this project um so that's where we stand and I just want you know when when something's being discussed about about this project I just want to be here to hear it and you know be able to say my piece yeah so this project and Peter can jump in here um but this project U that you're talking about is a 40b project yes and that means that it does not come before the piding board it does not it does not that means it it will be going um in front of the zoning board of appeals in Ashland okay I don't know what the schedule of that is it it they have meetings just like we do they have been still all online I think they are I don't know how they'll do it for these projects coming up but Peter do you know more about that that yeah so I can tell you traser is correct all 40 BS throughout the state go in front of the zoning board of appeals what's known as a comprehensive permit right um 40b law enacted 1969 right after the fair housing market act the Fair Housing Act um that that's kind of the process it does take right Paul you and I have spoken a couple times I know I sent the email and I connected you with Mass housing so at this point Mass housing did Issue a letter of Eligibility which was issued to 61 wly Street and also 10 to 60 Main Street okay um and that happened at gez at this point maybe a month and a half ago two months ago um I can tell you and I've I I can tell you again that regarding 61 Waverly Street the applicant has not signaled to us when he and when he plans to file his full application for that comprehensive permit but that application does not go before the planning board it will not come in front of this planning board it will go in front of the zoning board of appeals I can tell you right now is you as a butter and if you are on the the you will be legally noticed when that goes out I think if you are the owner on the tax record you will receive a notice obviously you are within 300 ft and obviously you and I have been communicating over the last couple months um with that said um I'm sorry I lost my train of thought um the planning board more than likely like all towns and committee all boards and committees will be asked to maybe submit a letter of of their opinion um into a memo stating their opinion on the project or what should be looked at that will be done and I think that's why you'll see into the future that you'll see comments or this is an agenda item on the planning boards okay so I should be looking at the zoning Bo zoning boards meeting yeah and myself and obviously the big the best thing to do PA to stay in touch stay in touch with me um I can tell you right now that letter of Eligibility that Mass housing issued uh about a month and a half ago two months ago that's good for two years right that's a that's almost like a live permit that the pling board would issue right so that applicant really has two years to file a full application with us um after the mass housing did issue that letter I reached out to open the lines of communication you know softly with the applicant and um they signaled we'll get around to it when we get around to it yeah they didn't seem too interested in any oh I'm sorry oh okay yeah mine's muted I think thank you um it might be you Peter I think your laptop is speakers work was it this one yeah my volume's off I it's the mic's muted I'm looking for the speaks yeah I would encourage you while you're uh say while we're figuring that out just to when those meetings start um the process is probably going to be long it's going to be arduous and to come anyway okay yes I mean they're open meetings and I'll stay in touch with Peter um it'll probably be in the the newsletter that Michael puts online it should be everywhere that those meetings are happening but are you connected to the newsletter Paul I am not okay that's through the town managers to to through our ashon town website you can for the newsl okay should I I come in to sign up withone you can find it um and I will say that it's been discussed internally that the zoning board of appeals um not internally it's been discussed with the chairman of the zoning board of appeals that they will be coming back in person and so when these 40 BS come in since the pandemic they've stayed virtual um that will change that will shift and that will be they will be then coming back into um either most likely this meeting room um and if there's a large crowd and it this this probably not I think I'm I'm the only one that cares well so here's the thing you came to us other than pointing you towards other people I think we can take some responsibility and I can tell you that when my when we draft the letter to the zoning board of appeals I will I will suggest to this planning board that we request a buffer zone for you or some trees be trees or not this is something there's not really room for trees there may not be room but there may be room on their side of the property to plant some trees to create a buffer for you that's visual because if you have a five-story building you're staring at maybe that can be the buffer that they create and so these are some of the things that we can potentially request so that you're not staring at a building I wouldn't mind staring at a building that's a little bit further away or if they can't move it's right to the South so we will be in the shadow the entire winter but anyways I'll I I'll just stay on top of it thank you for your cooperation and uh good luck with everything all right thank you Paul thank you I see one hand raised Miss Joan G Friday Miss Joan I'm gonna ask excuse me as Miss Miss G Friday I'm gonna ask you to unmute yourself yes thank thank you um jungan Friday W Shore Road um on the historical commission but speaking as an independent resident um I have a question about the um the and something that I'm looking at the um the mill building and the 6 the 61 wav Street um I noticed in their apartments that I I think none of us really believe they're affordable but um given the fact that that's what they're called I'll use that as the example um so when you compare the affordable versus the market um see that it actually ends up the way I looked at it and I think maybe I'm wrong and so I'm asking you this question um is that the it the market does not require does um not pay any utilities and the affordables do pay utilities and when you add the utilities in the affordables become more expensive than the market but then I see a note down there that says utility um um utilities to be paid by tenants so I'm just wondering it's um both both projects have that issue so I'm just wondering if I'm if I'm crazy or if that's something that could be looked at and and you could let me know if if that's if I'm correct or if it's or other otherwise regardless I think that that's a very small difference between affordable and Market when you look at the at the number so but it's a great question I don't know if I have the answer specifically regarding the the payment of utilities um I will say um I do know that those affordable rates are dictated by the state um and those are annually analyzed uh by the by the um executive office of Housing and Community Development so um the town does not really have any control over the um quote unquote affordable units um that's dictated from the state no I yeah I I understand I agree with you but um I'm just wondering whether the developers are using some kind of a way around it by having the affordables pay the utilities and the market rate not that that was that's really my question so thank you I yeah I I don't think I have any answer I I don't think I have the knowledge to to at this point in time to answer that question directly okay all right thank you all right uh next on our agenda is um the m ta communities and I don't think there's really again we're kind of our agenda has kind of become this really really long list of things that we should do and uh and we you know don't generally get there but maybe after the new year when some of these things are off the list so MBTA communities what what um what we had intended for this meeting is that um in in your um and we'll bring can you bring it up y um I did make a very few tweaks but they're all graphic um so we can use this one so I think in number one there's both um the slides you'll see the pages of the slides this is my draft slide presentation which I'll maybe I'll be able to go to the microphone and can I do that go to the microphone and like a I won't be able to get my all my thoughts together and then after that there's um the this um frequently asked questions sheet so what um Anna had missed that meeting so she listened to the meeting and she wrote down the questions that people had asked at our um at our public hearing um most of them but not all of them were really um appropriate to be a part of um this document which is the frequently asked questions about MBTA we have to be careful because we it has to be kind of a just a factual kind of very neutral document so um uh first that list of questions that Anna had written down went to Peter and Alo and they filled in the factual kind of the factual answers to those questions as best they could then that document went to Amanda who insisted that she would be bored and that she would need something to do so I sent it to her she still wanted to do it so she went through it and um kind of massaged it a bit and then it came back to me and then and I did the same thing um kind of massaging it the things that um I felt as being on the committee for this long we really needed people to let know things I thought were unclear or not complete so that's what this is just so you know that both the presentation do I still have Jen on there no she left both the presentation and this frequently asked questions document I need to give to Jen and to Adam Schuster on by Saturday or on Saturday because that's the timeline they need it before town meeting so um oh and after that um in the book also is this chart which compares the NBTA communities to 40b projects that's not something I obviously want to get into in my presentation because it's supposed to be with MBTA but people keep getting confused about it so there's this sheet and I kind of assume in the question and answer period at town meeting some stuff will come up um Peter are you going to be at town meeting oh yeah okay so I assume between you and Michael you'll be handling that stuff that is out of the realm of the working group which is the realm I want to stay in uh so November 16th is town meeting just so those of us who want to come 19th it's 19th Yeah Tuesday Tuesday the 19th be there be square um I actually I'm glad you mentioned about getting it to Adam and I it's obviously sounds in the works but I think if you're doing a presentation you technically also have to ask yeah we're I know it's a I talked to him um I know him I talked to him um I was concerned about the amount of time we need to present because usually he's like you get this much he realizes the importance of this um um so I I think he we talked about maybe around 10 minutes of presenting personally I feel that after that you yeah people start to not be able to follow so I'm trying to keep it basic and then other things will be picked up in the questions and answers so what I thought I could do is just go through the slides I'm not going to be perfect in how it won't be exactly like town meeting haven't practiced at all I actually will because I used to do speech contests and that's how I got it right when I practiced so I'll probably practice a little bit so make sure I get it all on 10 minutes but if you see something that Trish that isn't clear in fact I'm going to take my slides up there or you can make notes on your slides too if something isn't clear you have to understand this more you misspoke here make a note of it um so that this can really be a good dry I guess I'm just um one minute I'm just going to hold on a sec um did you send the power presentation to Al on the drop I I it's just the one that you guys sent to me okay I it's fine just use that one I I have literally the the tweaks I made were tiny and they were graphic it wasn't it wasn't like a substance okay tweak so I'm just trying like oh my yeah no no just use the one that you guys sent me okay let me grab this stuff I'm sorry for everybody thank for your patience let me jump back and got drop box yeah said I brought my computer a you no I shouldn't you know draw box sometimes it's not my friend compliance the updated dos I'm going to say download and open y there it is okay you want to put on SL slideshow mode or whatever just to make it bigger okay so um again oh also looking to how it reads this obviously the auditorium is much bigger I don't know like how what point size I can get and have it be readable that's there's no way for me to test it out but anyway okay um so do you want this timed oh yeah I'm sure it won't be exactly the same but um so just to give a little history about um about the process of the MBTA and this is part of what one of you guys had mentioned about having a little bit of history in it that um section 3A which is part of 40a of Mass General law um was created as a part of another legislation to strengthen the state's economy in order to in order to create multif family housing your train stations to lessen the housing shortage so that was done um it was signed into law in January of 2021 after um an anonymous vote in the Senate and a very um High approval rate R in the in the house um and as a bipartisan effort um that was in 2021 in December a year later um we got draft guidelines were released to communities and that was followed by a comment period where the states sorry with the communities could um provide feedback on those regulations final regulations were then released in August 2022 that's a little over two years ago the first first part of that um for compliance was to sub for communities to submit an action plan to the state Peter I think that date wrong I think it's I think elro got back to me that was January 2023 it was submitted in January 2023 you I correct the state the letter of compliance that came back to us is dated March of 23 okay so the letter of compliance from the state is March we submitted it I believe it was January 31st so we knew we in compliance so far in March of 2023 correct so that same fall about six months later the ashin select board and the planning board formed a four-person working group that included Town planner Peter machic assistant Town planner Alro aspara select board member Joe manani and myself um to start working on our our mandate was to find a way that Ashlin could be in compliance with um with the D new MBTA communities law so when the four-person working group met um we oh no I'm jumping ahead here because I don't know my slides I might actually that might mean I I'm just checking something okay I might change the order of my slide I'll go from where I am but what I'm wondering if I is I have a slide later on that talks about the working group and I think it it actually might make more sense right after this but I'll think about that do you think so yeah because it says working group all right so so um keep keep this where it is Peter but oh it doesn't matter we'll put that slide ahead so um when the working group got together the first thing we discussed is what was important to us as a group what we thought would be important to Ashland and the first thing we talked about is the comprehensive plan process the comprehensive plan was fairly new in getting started at that time and we wanted to make sure we respected that process the town was putting a good deal of money into studying the future of Ashland and a large group of people was involved in that process so respecting the comprehensive plan process was important to us the second thing we wanted to do is to reuse the housing and Zoning we already have everyone in Ashland knows that we have been we have been building housing here in Ashland not only Cirrus but we have a development going up at 100 Chestnut Street we have another approved project at 501 Pawn Street and there was um a friendly 40b that was planned for a long Memorial Drive so we have been looking very seriously at housing here in Ashland and we wanted to reuse what we've already done and the third thing through those two things was to minimize the overall impact to Ashland as much as we could if there's changes in housing that's going to come out of um if Ashen is going to make changes in housing we want those changes to come out of the comprehensive plan process rather than the MBTA process or the working group so those were our three considerations going back to what is the MBTA communities first we need to go through just a few important definitions that will help it in our understanding of what the bylaw is that we're talking about tonight first of all is zoning zoning is what the planning board does zoning is what this MBTA community's act requires zoning is about what uses are allowed in our town in Ashland and where those uses are allowed so it's it's important to note that the MBTA Act is about zoning it's not about building this bylaw will create an over an overlay zoning District um this means when it's an overlay District it's a zoning District laid on top of existing zoning that allows for new use options so this will be zoning laid on top of all our other zoning that simp simply allows for this multif family development and allows it to happen according to the new state regulations a dwelling multif family will come into play here um and that is a building containing three or more dwelling units so we're required to create multif family housing sorry to zone for multif family housing and as of right these zoning units must be as of right that means that the development can proceed without a special permit it does mean however that developments still have to follow environmental regulations the building code and they still have to have a site plan review with the Ashen planning board but it is a site plan review and not a special permit so next slide is where the MBT communities are in Ashland so it's important to understand that the NBAA communities applied not just to Ashland obviously but to all the communities shown on this slide um depending on if your community has a subway stop a commuter rail stop or if you're just next to a community that has one of those it will depend on how much housing and how much acreage that you need to zone for so Ashland is characterized as a commuter rail Community for obvious reasons and our requirements are based on that designation so again it's important to note that the law the MBTA communities law requires the creation of a zoning District it does not require the housing to be built all right next slide so on this slide we're showing this is where I might get too small I might have to make I think I'm gonna have to make this bigger um so this slide is showing first of all in black the um the requirements for the MBTA first of all we're going to look at the number of acres for our communter rail community in Ashland we need a zoning District that totals at least 50 acres all right our proposal as we will show you later um totals 56.1 12 acres so just above that 50 acre threshold you can divide your acreage it doesn't have to be all in one piece you can divide it into subdistricts we have divided um our district into five subdistricts that are at least five acres each so if you divide it into subdistricts each of them has to be at least five acres half of our zoning District uh must be contiguous this is another one of the rules so if we have 56.1 2 Acres half of that has to be all in one piece one chunk so for us we have 50.3 Acres that are contiguous that's kind of just over that threshold 28.26% of the Acres have to be located within .5 miles a half a mile of the T Station we have we do that very well we have 61.3% of our Acres within 05 miles of the MBTA station next Slide the next category of regulations we have to deal with is the density for all the districts that we create the one district and the five subdistricts they have to have each a minimum of 15 housing units 15 dwelling units per acre um as we look at the our five districts they range from 15 units per acre to 30 units an acre in density we also have to create through our zoning a certain we have to allow for a certain number of units to be built so by taking um acreage and timesing it by density we understand how many units we need for Ashen we need to accommodate 15% of our housing units from the 2020 census that's the regulation as being for being a commuter rail community so our housing units as of 2020 was 7,495 we take that times 15% and we get 1,124 housing units that we need to zone for not to build but to zone for right now our proposal um would allow for 1,100 and 44 units just that's that's just 20 units over um what is um the minimal that we can produce okay next slide so which is yeah the working group so I ski that so the proposal um our overlay District would consist of these five subdistricts shown in green a b c d and e um and you can see the ones that uh the the MBTA circle is shown on the map you can see the ones that are completely within that Circle and the ones that lie with um outside of it we're going to be going through these one by on so that people understand where they are you can also see the Memorial Drive a that's Cirrus Apartments that's our 28 contiguous Acres um so that's our our biggest component of this each of the other components are five to seven acres um in size um next slide so subdistrict a this is serus Apartments along at the end of Memorial Drive um past the Dunkin Donuts up over the hill um until you get to the TR near the train station so again this is our largest component it's 28.26% so what this means and when we go back to one of our goals is that we're trying to use the housing developments and the the housing that we've already produced this is housing Ashton has already produced so we can assign a larger density to that area without actually building anything on it and though the property owners if this is passed though the property owners would have the right to add more housing there if they could um we find it very unlikely and it that would be very difficult to add that housing um there with the current housing already already in place so we're using using that asset you want show the next slide subdistrict B this is Pleasant Street I might retake those photos because they're dark um this was stretched from Community uh sorry connect Church through Burnham's um Supper Club um this stretch of land is just uh 6.86 Acres it its current density does not go by units and eight units and acre but it goes by something called floor area ratio or F which is a two by studying this very carefully we have determined that a that a floor area ratio of two actually allows a much greater density than the MBTA communities would allow at 15 so it would be um unlikely that a developer would follow MBA density at 15 at 15 units an acre to build on these properties if they did they would use the current underlying density the current underlying zoning which is already more dense um than the MBTA would allow next slide oh so subdistrict C is 10 to 60 Main Street these are the mill buildings as most of you probably know there is a 40b project that is proposed for this site um that 40b project is proposed that is density of 36 units an acre we are proposing the MBTA density at 15 units an acre so again this is a property that um is very likely going to have housing on it of some kind so we are trying to use it as a our MBTA communities so we get kind of a double use out of it in a way next slide is subdistrict D this is Chestnut Street Queen Isabella away this is the project that's currently in construction that you likely have driven by the built density of this site is 28 units and Acres 28 units an acre again it's still in construction we've proposed that it's just slightly higher at 30 units an acre um for the same reason um we feel we can add added density onto that and it would be actually very um very unlikely that um that the that the Builder would be actually would want or be able to add that greater density with a project already this far along in construction next slide and finally subdistrict e this is 501 Pawn Street that the district actually includes both 501 Pawn Street which is currently an empty lot and The Residence at Valley Farm which is next door to it so um these two lots together together give us 7.24 Acres because we have to have at least five on 501 prawn Street there is up an approved project um that had went through the planning board two years ago it's meant about about a year in front of the planning board it is 120 units of housing that is a 25% affordable project so all of them would count toward our affordable housing count with commercial and a kind of a a public um green space in the front of the building so again that is housing that we have already approved and we want to make sure we use it in our MBTA communities so that is currently to looking at just 501 not Valley Farm it is a density of 32 units an acre however the underlying zoning of Pond Street would only allow a density of about of about 22 units an acre so if that project does not get built we wanted to set the density at what the zoning already allows which is 22 units an acre and not the 32 units an acre that it's currently that it's currently proposed as a 25% affordable project all right other details other details that we in in the MBTA zoning that um whatever project gets built or that has to be um um in the zoning is uh the kind of occupants so for these um for these developments there can be no age restrictions and there um the apartments need to be suitable for families with children meaning that the the town can't put restrictions on the number of bedrooms or the size of the unit that has to be um up left up to the developer the setbacks and height um follow besides what's actually written in the bylaw which changes the density it follows all the underlying zoning um that's already in the Ashland bylaws so if it's not listed in the bylaw it's following what the underlying zoning is um that goes for all of the setbacks and height I think the one exception to that is 100 Chestnut Street where in 100 Chestnut Street if you were building all residential it would only be able to be three stories um here as that building is already built and we feel it very unlikely that it will change we have let it go to four stories in that location the parking minimum is a one space for studios and one space for one bedroom apartments two or more bedrooms be 1.5 spaces um and those would not be able to be lessened um in any way under the underlying zoning affordability um the affordable component of these projects would be a minimum of 10% we are hoping to get that to 12.5% for most of the districts probably everything except 501 Pawn Street but this depends on the um that depends on state approval of the of the bylaw so that's all I have I need a conclusion already oh you did I think it fits better there I think that's great what what time what time is it 1 minutes oh that sucks okay I have a I mean I I have a couple of marketing tricks that I think will help you or just ideas that might help you kind of shorten your points so I think the strength of the presentation is you're starting out with the concept of the state had a purpose and the purpose is to increase housing next to the mvt I think you need to start with sort of a premise what is the state after and I think you need to tell them at the beginning the state's purpose is to add housing as close to MBTA stops as possible to make it easier for people to live in Massachusetts and commute and work and live right like that needs to be said at the very advantage of ex that needs to be said at the very of existing infrastructure that's right the public needs the public needs to hear from the very start of this presentation why are we here because the state cares about having housing next to our MBTA infrastructure that is the goal right and if you start there then the public hears why we're doing this that's important and I would not I would not nobody no offense no one cares when that happened all they care about is why is the state doing this to us so you need to tell them that in a constructive way because there's a positive intentionality the legislature has a reason that is public interest oriented I don't think anyone is going to Care it for you to say these things they can just look so good to have them up there but no need to say them great idea but people really don't understand they're like why is the state requiring this the audence read it okay yeah yeah and then I think your second slide has to be the working group consideration but I would rethink the use the you you used two words I would rethink you you used the word reuse and you use the word double use I would stay away from those the reason I would stay away from those is they hint that it could be reused in some way or they hint that we're trying to get some kind of advantage in double using it I think a better term of use is recognition or credit because Ashland has Ashland has already done what the state wants that needs to be said outright we're trying to get credit for what we already did you're giving the people a sense that because their attitude rightfully so as mine is that the ashin has has already done a lot why are we still doing it okay well we're we are creating this in a way that you ashin get credit for all of our hard work in development and my last point because if you start that way if you start with those two points is every single slide you're doing a really good job to basically reinforce look we're getting credit look we're getting recognition for what's already there so this is just like a ploy because you have a short amount of time think about little boxes at Each corner and a little check Mark like a credit Mark like look we get credit for something that's already there and you're going to some of you may be upset with me the only box that's not going to get a little check mark where there's nothing there yet that is of that size is Pleasant Street but this is important because the public needs to understand this is the rest of them there's a little check mark we already have a multi family development that the state would be happy with do you see what I'm saying yeah no I I like little check mark little check mark gets you there because then you can shorten your presentation because every slide you were like okay see we're already going to right not on Main Street sure well hold on Main Street but but the 40b is coming so I think you can check that's what I was saying it's coming I think so it's coming yeah it's a 40 otherwise otherwise we would VI well you don't want to check it off because essentially it's been a for your marke yeah but that's like it isn't a deal I don't want just because someone said the application can go forward that's so we could okay so forget my little check mark idea because that gets too controversial I I took I took the check mark I mean I get it if it's too controversial that's fine but you to but we you to we're going to get credit for this housing we already have it to reinforce it app sure I mean I think for Main Street you could you could have a a half check mark a a see-through check mark in the sense that there's an application and if that project ultimately is approved I agree with 10% because yes it's a project right it was in front of us at 200 units right now it's we are minimi we we we we're zoning it for 15 units well under what this well under what's being proposed well under what's being proposed and well under what the planning board reviewed and so whatever goes there is going to have housing at a minimum of 15 units per acre so I see I I agree with an saying a half check mark just little like one of these little suckers the whole idea is there's an application that's pending correct there's an application that's pending that's under review an application under review and you can tell the public there's a check mark where there's either a An approved application or an application under review we haven't I thought the state did essentially yeah well well he did is the one you rejected they did they did submit an application upon review there was missing elements so I rejected it okay but but they are it's in the process it's in the process I think okay how about we say how about we we say the word in or we say no I I'm not saying it's a done deal I'm trying to give the public a visual that there's certain certain districts here where there's either a permanent project approved or it's in progress It's under review maybe the word under review is the right thing so you could have a little see-through check mark but I think the public needs that quick visual because slides can be important important in a visualization I mean I don't know because you have one slide at a time and and I I guess when I'm but do you see what I mean like a little yeah no I I think this is the only one and and as as controversial as Pleasant Street is it's important to be transparent about the fact that that's the only one where it's a blank one for now but the rest of them we are getting credit the rest of these districts there's credit being done so the public is coming into the presentation understanding why are we here because the state cares why does the state care about housing next to MBTA and guess what Ashlin you've done a great job already look at look at the fact that these these districts you already are on your way you've met the requirement so whatever we're requiring of you to approve tonight you're basically already de that that's your presentation yeah of the first little bit faster for the distance what about the I mean like I I feel like this is like the meat of it I can't that right I like a lot bigger I like that slide I like that slide I thought it was a very informative slide but the rest of the slides I I think people are lay people are going to be glossy glossed over a little bit so there has to be thinking any of these we we could I think we can or if they can't read it on the if they s back and can't read it can we do that like yeah you know I think we can oh yeah maybe um I think we could like like this one if you Pages what happen with this other details yeah so those two things could be a part of this is what you're saying yeah QA yeah like um yeah so do a Q&A and put obviously this in format it and have a double sheet so you just one thing off and it's one it's double sided and then you can slip that you know the to the to the you know when you Walky get a warrant you a warrant yeah but typically there's you get the warrant and then there's other handouts that you can ex hand but like we can put we can put the the just the purely information sides these and the other requir the other it can be contained on one page it doesn't have to look the slid be stapled stapled into this um I I've just related to that so A thank you for all the efforts because I think it was a lot from several people who are doing it um the select board was supposedly doing some kind of thing and it may have been this MBTA and 40b but I said make sure they that we're not duplicating that's this this is oh that was from the board yeah this is from the SL board okay and so again I went through it and uh yeah it's all yeah so it's a it's by now a collaborative effort to make sure that I just want to make sure because I found out and I said please and they said they were going to get in touch with you yeah so that's what this is so that again I don't really really want to get I I'm sure questions will come up about about 40b but at least there'll be some information but also there a question maybe the the title of the this thing yeah this gets confusing you almost need to like gray out the 40b and just no but I'm saying quick comparison between NTA and 4 if I just why do I care about EXA MBTA commun is not the same as exactly y MBTA is not 40b it's not the and then okay now I understand why I'm comp okay okay okay yeah that makes sense because otherwise it's kind of saying vote for MBTA not 40b no exactly I don't want both yeah right right okay well that was any does anyone anyone else make any notes or I mean I don't think it's helpful to talk but I did put some times where you ended them but they were like I'm looking at 11 so when you got to the when you got to the SE the subd districts they they went pretty quick they were about to like um 11 11 minutes 20 seconds to 12 minutes 36 so like they were about a minute I don't really need to I don't really need to I I shouldn't say like I mean I have it printed the size of the Acres I shouldn't I shouldn't say that right it's on the slide how many acres each one is I agree with that and I think you can kind of summarize and say I'm about to go through how many The five subd district five subd districts highlight a few and just be aware that the majority of those I think the majority what we're approving is actually what you just yeah with what said at the beginning is like we're going to go you're getting credit The five district that were created with the objectives of taking credit for what has yeah uh the the data is there and I'm going to read the first one as an example then you can get the other through or you could go through all of them but not need to explain each one I think you just need to summarize I'm about to show you the five districts that meet these requirements yeah you'll see a little corner check mark that will show you where we're getting credit check and maybe focus on one is an example like I think a good one to show them might be um well I think the Cirrus would be a really good one because Sirrus isus is the Keystone that's the best example I would almost through what I would do is I would go through a through e boom boom boom boom did you all see the check mark let me show you one of them let's go back to slide a and show you how this works use Cirus as an example what do I mean by a little credit well we build this thing and look it's already there what are the chances of somebody tearing it down to build something of higher density like probably unlikely here we go you know what I mean like check mark we get credit for it under this particular version that would be I mean you don't do that way but that way Cuts your presentation down they can still read every slide get point so there's no reason to under there's no reason really to go and understand hey it's this under current zoning and now it's this like that's it's too much detail I me I think the slides are good so I would I think would change slides okay very technical what we doing like it's helpful for us it's helpful for the S board but the Public's perspective is like world is this what's the bottom line what's the bottom line of what I'm agreeing to what in the world is it it's housing that's yeah but don't remove what you have in the slide right it's helpful information they should read it right okay if you use one slide to explain what it means they can make the conclusion about the rest got it actually because you start single time going to lose their yeah I was getting bored with myself just be like and I would just literally copy slide a and make it right under e so as you click through you go a b yeah to back to a like I'm going to walk through my five slides and come back to this first one and use it as an example like you don't have to go backwards I see what you're just double it up book It book some like you're making a point like State wants this we got credit I'm going to show you the little slides with the credit bar and then I'm back to that first slide to sort of educate you how to interpret it look at us we get credit we're done like so I have on the actual town meeting I mean related to this like there I would be shocked if there's not lots of discussion right and that's what town meeting is for anyway so that is I mean I guess it might be coming to the working group or might be at select word but if someone doesn't say I have a question for the planning board how is how is that going to be directed and to who I assume it's going to mostly come to me because I'm going to be standing I'm going to still I'm not going to be sitting down I'm going to be at the mic ready to answer any questions but there will be some if anything comes up about a 40b I'm letting Michael or Peter will take it myself Michael and Lisa me Lisa me will be here on Tuesday night uh I'll be there close to the microphone I'll probably be sit I'll probably sit right now next to be are the good time to go back to like if people live next to one of these districts then you go back to that slide right yeah and you can explain it more rather than doing so so and I'm thinking though I'm just trying to make sure it goes as smoothly as possible um so like when people came to the planning board last year they said so what about infrastructure and oh my God it's in the paper right now about drought and please don't take as many showers that really came out okay and what is this going to do and I you so that that was one of the ones I took out of the uh of of the frequently asked questions because I'm like this policy yeah this no no I'm just trying to prepare you or how are they Fielding that question that question would probably go to Michael you know but that's not my per that's not my purview right that's outside of my yeah thought the perview of the NBTA Zing no no I know I'm just trying to ask the questions to be like so it goes smooth if when these questions will probably be asked they were already asked once yeah so I don't know if um Adam will direct it to back to me but if he does I'll be saying that's not a question for me Michael can you take that questionare or Peter can you take that question or yeah we we did have quite a few like that and that's what I I but a few like that I mean maybe they were doubled up but like I said the Anna had about 15 questions that she wrote down and I I mean some of them I combined but I want to say maybe there was three I took out that this just maybe give those to Peter to review with Michael because those are probably the ones that the Public's GNA ask yeah I'll review those the original thing that you did yeah no I have the original item that I did and went through it and we can kind of go over it and I'll mention it to Michael and I'm sure we'll meet on Monday and Tuesday leading up to the meeting okay well this is really helpful thank you to if you have amount of time I think you know your turn I think taking out reuse and putting in those two words the credit or recognition yeah and yeah it is the public infrastructure and that's what the whole if you go back to the purpose of the MBTA law you know it's kind of like you got to go back and get the direction from that yeah my brain is starting to fail and I've had a migrant this whole meeting so I think all we have is meeting minutes I don't I don't think we need to do anything else tonight I know I just want to give you a before the meeting wraps up um we did get an application for cell tower updates antenna updates at 400 Cedar Street just to give everyone the heads up on that I think everyone's been through those before um and so that was a we did that for different company yeah we moved one off the top to the side remember now this is just a replacement of antenas that are on the side with new antenas yeah it's you guys know the drill uh just give everyone the heads up okay so first meeting minutes is from September 18th so this was when we had oh this was the joint this is a joint meeting uh that the plany board had with the select board um and it was for for the excuse me it was for the um goon doing the comp plan presentation to the select board so it was a Wednesday night I believe um but I think some of ever I think some Andor most joined via Zoom um but it was at the select board meeting I don't think I okay I think I know check I'll double check I know you're reading it and you're like I know I remember okay this was a um this was a week I remember there was a lot of night meetings CU I remember then the following Thursday we had a compant meeting I know it sounds like you Mo motion to adjourn I did that's what it says yeah I'll double check I'll double check on their meeting was the meeting it was a meeting on their meeting I to the one that was there it doesn't feel like you were there you I wish I wasn't there I'll check I check the film but you were powerful okay I was confused okay say and then the other one just so we can do them both at the same time the October 24th is that's the public hearing right correct I was not up correct yeah that is the public hearing so or watched whatever yes on page two of that one line 46 you might want to just that equal sign is oh yeah I'll take care of [Music] that it was funny watching the video and you guys are like oh my God there's all these people here you you're all like I just I just was so prepared I just figured oh there'll be the same three people here and you know it's all right could have been worse awward tension in the beginning like well you know I saw these people watching I saw people in the I saw people in the parking lot and I was thinking to myself oh I wonder if there's some kind of an event tonight that people are going to they were all they were all coming into come on in well these people jumped on the zoom meeting I'm sitting here like whoa is going on right now we were a little naive yeah at least I was I'm putting up defences oh man good times okay so ready should I make a motion on yeah I'm ready um I make a motion that we approve the September 18th 2024 minutes and the October 2024 minutes with the small edit on the October 2024 minut I'll second it and a roll call vote andest I Marcel I Katherine Jers I and Trisha Kendall I very efficient do we need to do anything else this we make a motion to adjourn I'll make a motion to adjourn I'll second it Anki I Marcel I Katherine jerse kend I let's get out of here oh yeah it's moving ahead uh yeah let's move it ahead I have no I have no Haven seen I think they were trying to I think it's for

members of the board in attendance president Linda Chavez present vice president Andres quo present clerk MF present member cordin alera present member Andrea Flor Shelton oh she's running late members of administration superintendent hermana presid okay so could you all stand for the Pledge of Allegiance please I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all uh let the record reflect um my uh trustee Sheldon is in the room I'm sorry Shon okay uh so uh moving on to item 103 welcome and explanation to audience any person may address the board on any item on the meeting agenda persons who wish to speak on the item on the agenda will have an opportunity to do so when the agenda item is introduced and presented during this meeting there is a limit of so right now since we have so many speakers here today uh it's up to the board if we can allow 20 speakers for one minute or 10 speakers for two minutes so I think it's better that we allow uh one minute for 20 speakers um and if there is all on one side I will give an opportunity if somebody has a comment for the other s so we can hear from both sides um and they will also be giving uh given one minute as well so the board has the right to limit the total public comment on any agenda item to no more than 20 minutes persons who wish to speak to the board about any matter within the jurisdiction of the district but not on this agenda will have an opportunity to speak during item 201 on this agenda as stated below and be before we move on to 102 Mr um trii Mr Carlos trii can you please come up and we we have um a few words he wants to say about um an alumni of alam rock thank you Madame President good afternoon members of the public members of the board I'm going to read um in Spanish um something that trust um president Linda Chavez asked me to read you want me to read in Spanish correct president please yes it's the excuse me after English and if you could do English too oh both okay thank you let us take a moment of silence to honor The Life and Legacy of Mr Bill Nicolosi a dedicated educator and Visionary who who brought the joy of music and the Performing Arts to countless students in Alam Rock Mr Nicolosi's impact extends far beyond the classroom as the founder of our district jazz band in 1973 he inspired generations of students and teachers including three of my students creating a tradition of excellence and artistic expression that remains a Cornerstone of our community his contributions will continue to resonate through the lives he touched and the vibrant Arts culture he helped build I will read this in Spanish now in graas Carlos um so we will be closing out um the meeting in honor of Mr Nicolosi who was with us for over 50 years so moving on to the discussion and or modification of the agenda the board may change the order of business including but not limited to an announcement that an agenda item will be considered out of order that consideration of an item has been withdrawn postponed rescheduled or removed from the consent calendar for separate discussion and possible action uh Trust corera thank you president Chavis um I would like to move 701 and 901 before close session I know we have a lot of families teachers uh staff here and I know that there's young children so I'd like to honor their time all so I'm going to ask the public to please refrain from um clapping shouting yelling arguing because we have uh business to take care of and because we have to be respectful to everybody thank you so we have a first and a second uh do we have any uh go ahead I would ask that we hear first okay should be okay is that okay with your second we're going to hear 901 first did you hear what he just said yeah okay is that okay the the maker of the motion said 701 I don't know does the maker does a make or I'm I'm okay with that Amendment it should be quick okay and so is that okay okay so we have a motion uh all in favor so it's unanimous so we will take before and 701 before 701 okay before item two I moved close session after Okay so we're trying to figure out right now when we should move it uh if we want 70 excuse me 901 before 2011 or before what was the other one so motion was to move it before close session after 2011 that's what we just voted on so your motion was to what so my motion was to move uh 901 uhhuh and 701 right before close session right before 301 okay so that's the order that we're going to be hearing them we're going to hear it's going to be a little bit out of order for those who are following the agenda um it's going to be 01 before 701 and 701 before 301 in that order thank you okay so uh let's go ahead and take um two go to 2011 public members who wish to address the board on matters matters not on the agenda request to address the board provides members of the public an opportunity to speak about any matter under the jurisdiction of the district but not on this agenda if the subject subject you wish to discuss is already on this agenda please provide your comment when that item is called during the meeting those who wish to speak on a a within the jurisdiction of the brown act prevents the board from discussing any item not on this published agenda but the board May refer to staff or follow up any formal written requests that are brought before the board at this time there is a one minute time limit for each speaker the board has the right to limit the total public time on any agenda item to more no more than 20 minutes and are we keeping a timer uh okay and I'm as soon as the 20 minutes are over can you please let uh me know and the board no and this is not about school closures thank you good evening as an African-American employee and constituent I compelled to speak about race relations at this critical moment in our nation's history today is Ruby Bridges walk to Freedom day and I stand proudly for the next generation of rubies the student voice has to be magnified as we navigate this point in our District's trajectory please do not silence voices speaking on behalf of our students I have been a proponent of culturally responsive teaching for most of my career and have witness its positive impact on all students in 2019 the 1619 Club was established at Joseph George middle and it is open to students of any race interested in social justice work today there are over 20 students of all Races who stood together in unity to celebrate Ruby Bridges day it's my hope that arusd remains Resolute in its commitment to black students and employees going forward it's my hope that racial Justice will be at the Forefront of decisions made and that ethnic studies Community Schools and arts education will be Central in this District thank you for listening hello my name is Adrienne Vain and I'm a teacher at Joseph George middle school I know my school's on the list and that's not what this is about what this is about is I my AC unit hasn't been working since October 1st our uh PA system hasn't been working at our school all year long and I feel like oh we're just going to close the school so why do we care about our students this also happened at Lindale lindell's PA system isn't working and there was a school shooter threat earlier this week and they didn't have an opportunity to get to each classroom in a timely manner that's not okay just because we're closing schools doesn't mean we ignore the schools that we have right now to me that's showing you showing us that these kids don't matter I I challenge you to come to a middle school classroom six period thank you any other speakers hello my name is Emi I am a former student of both uh the Lindell school and of rocket ship so I believe I do have a place to say and experienced both schools uh in regards to well disregarding uh the closure of the school given the time that we are currently in the community that these schools are in are one of our most vulnerable communities especially coming this new year and I hope that the board takes that into accountability when considering any decisions they are going to be making moving forward um I hope and I trust that you will be taking into account not only the people of color that attend these schools but as well as all of our students with disabilities that are one of our most vulnerable communities that are that attend these schools and are integral to our community so thank you give me a second let me make sure that I announce this properly um this is for public comment items not involving School closure School closure is going to be heard under item 7 point this is involving items that are not for school closures any other items within our jurisdiction uh items involving School closure will be heard in item 7.02 shortly uh so any anybody uh who has public comment please come on up on an item not involving School closure anything within the jurisdiction of alrock feel like Bob Barker up in here so I wanted to say I a proud employee of alam Rock Union School District guys are all doing the Lord's work out here with trying to move us forward this very very challenging time I think that while a lot of these decisions are being made we're not thinking about the people really kind of behind uh working behind the scenes I just want to really Center everyone here I'm to do this really hard project I want to talk about I just want to really shout out lot all the teachers who are having to deal with extreme stress right now as well as a lot of the administrators who dealing with a lot of stress right now I want to say that I really want to shout out specifically uh the principal here Russo mckinty like what principal would let people stay here until 9:00 unpaid like this awesome so thank you Miss Coy and I know it's a hard time just want to make sure the board understands what she's done for the alen Brock Community what she's done for the uh rusa makad community and while we're looking at where people's jobs might going I hope did will see what she's done and realize that I I'm just going to finish this thought really quickly just say oh yeah thank you um good afternoon I just want to also uh Echo uh what I saw at George today with all the students really learning about what Justice in school also desegregation means and it was beautiful to see you know a group of 20 students really talking to their peers about uh what it means to be United as a community and seen them become leaders so I want to give a lot of props to the teachers and the staff who organized that um the second thing that I just want to like make sure that you're aware and you'll receive an email on this uh we're opening up uh our the second uh Family Resource Center at hubber ele uh Hub hubber middle school and we just one publicly open the invitation to you all to come and be part of that opening on November 22nd at 3 p.m.

to let in a um a uh uh a crew to do the weight room floor as the athletic director you think that my athletic Master would open that door it did not um um so they're there ready to tear up the floor it's a silly request I know I'm a little cheeky with the Jingle Bells coming up right uh uh everyone at uh Cypress High School knows what I'm walking down the hall before I come in the door um I respectfully request that the board re-evaluate their key distribution process when a 21-year-old sub custodian has the keys to the kingdom right and I have a little more investment in the school um the I was told that the uh custodians that come to campus they check them out and they check them back in every day I check my keys out too yearly right and I have a little more investment um ASB has master keys uh that would do the Mulan right that would get me into that uh room that weit room um the uh you know uh uh counselors every time I've counselor seen a counselor go somewhere as an administrator as a teacher they're going somewhere where kids are there's a key already opening it so I just respectfully ask uh please reevaluate your uh key distribution in this era of AI chat GPT writing you know condolence letters writing you know uh I won't confess to it but uh birthday messages to wives um the um you know I think we've thrown away our human logic this is a simple softball considering the heavy uh topics we're dealing with but please just re-evaluate the key distribution process thank thank you Sean [Applause] all right moving on to 9.1 School sponsored student organizations this is an action item and 9.16 was pulled prior to um the uh meeting move to approve the balance the second and Aaron you get to vote with us on this all in favor I all right thank you resolutions 92 resolution number 2024 sl25 db- 07 close General obligation bond election 2014 series 2019 fund 2127 this is an action item so moved second moved and second any questions or comments celebrations okay seeing none this is a roll call vote Mr hosi I Mr O'Neal I miss Smith I Miss Guerrero I and I vote I I think this is a little cheer come on all right resolution number 9.3 22425 d-10 day of the special educator I'm going to um move this item second weed and seconded uh questions or comments on this item just um uh this is uh we serve a significant amount of um special needs students and um uh special educ educator um they do uh wonderful work and um this they are special they are very special and um and just to recognize uh Joey King who was our uh Orange County uh recognized as Orange County teacher of the year just about a week ago yeah from hope so um action item roll call vote Mr hosi I Mr O'Neal hi Miss Smith hi Miss Guerrero hi and I vote i 94 agreement Alliance for schools for Cooperative Insurance programs action item so moved second moved in second questions or comments no all right all in favor I I okay Education Services 9.5 challenge of instructional materials this is an action item so moved second moved in second any questions or comments yes I wanted to find out um from the Ed division the process um who was on The Challenge committee how were those people selected um if you could explain that yeah absolutely so absolutely thank you trusty hosi so we have a board policy that uh talks about instructionally challenged materials and in that policy it asked the person in my chair right the assistant superintendent of edge services to lead a process and to form a committee to evaluate the challenge materials and so when I went to select the committee the policy actually suggests members who could sit on that committee so it's not intended to be a large group but a small group and so I honored the policy worked with the district site staff to to find Representatives who would serve on that committee so I had two students two high school students got permission from those students parents to be able to be on the committee and read the book also uh two teachers one being a district English teacher District uh department chair and then also we had a director serve on the committee we had a site principal serve on the committee we had a parent serve on the committee uh as well and so and then I oversaw this committee so as part of the process what the board policy requires is for the committee to one read the book so we purchased books for each of the committee members to read uh it also Al required that we provide any related materials and research connected to the book and in the related topics so we provided a bunch of research for um the the participants on this committee uh we also were intentional to make sure that the materials that we provided were balanced and neutral in nature right because we wanted to make sure it's a fair and neutral process so I think as one of the speakers mentioned it is one of the most challenged books in the country so we also printed out some articles and some research connected to the different decisions districts have made and why the districts made those decision decisions so they had again both perspectives of why some districts have chosen to retain the book and other districts may have chosen to ban the book um so after going through that process um and we went through that within the first meeting uh they then were given the charge to go read the book and review those materials they could also do their own research um at their own time uh when we came back one of the um not requirements but one of the options within the committee is you can also interview the Challenger so we did have someone obviously Who challenged the book which is why it came to our attention right uh so and and I think as Mr Gallagher said it is in a school library it is not part of curriculum it's not being used in English curriculum or health curriculum it's part of the school library for a student to choose and it's currently at two of our schools uh Magnolia High School and Anaheim high school so that's where the book was was at um we brought in uh two of The Challengers or a challenger who brought another person with them uh and we interviewed them for about 25 30 minutes and just asked perspective in terms of why they felt the book need to be challenged and went through that dialogue when they left our committee spent probably a little less than two hours probably an hour and 45 minutes deliberating after we've read the book in terms of uh the recommendation that we were going to make uh to to our board uh so through that conversation and and and we had everyone sign the kind of the confidentiality agreement in terms of what was being discussed because you know people have their own perspectives after they read uh as you saw the board the committee that we had unanimously um wanted to recommend that the book be retained and not banned from our school library um so that's a recommendation before you that's a process we went through that's how we selected the committee um I have sense collected all the books back from the committee um I know you've been given copy so you can read and then pending this decision will determine where the next steps does that answer your question and then I think that's those are the questions you asked how many sites were represented uh we had one two three I think four sites represented okay both East West Central I mean in terms of the folks yeah represent the entire District in scope good representative of everyone um in some of your research um what were some of the reasons that the districts retained the book great question so I think as you heard from the number of the speakers tonight um one we found that the books uh taught and provided empathy diverse perspectives um the research that Mr gallager spoke to uh was was clear in our research too that that it provided a more holistic well-rounded student um who appreciated not only um others and potentially their struggles but also their own journey and and determing who they are as a person um there was also connections to the happier happier lives uh we also went deeper in terms of I think you have in front of you the U our lcap in our own AOH values and drivers that's one of the things that we talked about as a committee is our core values uh as a district and um again as a committee the belief was keeping the book really reflected our core values and drivers as a district uh we really do believe in whole child we really do believe in um all student voices uh students being seen and heard in value for who they are um so that's something our committee felt deeply about um and um they also felt because it was in the library is a choice students don't have to select the book If they don't want to but again it wasn't for us to determine who gets and who doesn't so um I think the consensus from this group was as a democracy School District it wasn't our place to recommend Banning a book that families and students can choose uh the books that they read and that's that's the feeling and consent sentiment of the committee uh and it was again it was unanimous and we had a pretty pretty um uh diverse group serving on this committee yes I'd like to just speak as an English teacher that I mean there are two takeaways from this one is affirming who you are and seeing your own story reflected in the narrative and number two as was pointed out to build empathy and compassion for the other and I think that we are in a Sit you know in a world right now where many of our students many of the adults are feeling othered in the society and I think that there as uh Dr Fred said that this reflects our our core values and if you think about I know we've had discussions about ethnic studies as well but similarly ethnic studies affirms our own Journeys and our own stories at the same time it builds empathy for others who have different stories than us so I think this is a very critical juncture for the district and the message of affirmation and love and compassion thank you any other questions uh no questions but comments go ahead um I want to thank the committee for their thoughtful and thorough process um and thank you for leading that um I want to Echo some of the com uh public comments that remain uh it's very important to distinguish between a library book and a curriculum book uh gender queer is a library book book not a book that's part of our curriculum uh the book serves as a tool to Foster empathy and understanding of lgbtq experiences um and I want to Echo one of the students that spoke um who said it really well um I wrote it down she said our library should be a reflection of the diversity of our students um and I think that's a very uh profound statement um and our library should serve as a resource for a students and um I would agree with the committee uh removing the book would remove the resources for our students thank you anyone else I have a comment okay you want to go go ahead um over the years I've um no one uh I get I'm going to use an old term the gate community I've been aware of that and I thought I was fairly knowledgeable uh and understanding excuse me but when I had the opportunity to read the book I became educated and I thank you for just the opportunity to read it and I don't think that um I I don't think I know I would not want somebody out here in the audience or watching uh to tell me what I can and cannot read it should be up to me and if I'm a if I'm a minor my parents to give me guidance on what I should be reading so uh I I listened to what people had to say tonight and thank you very very much and uh very supportive thank you so as a board member I recognize that gender queer provides an important perspective that Fosters understanding of the experiences and challenges faced by transgender individuals the Memoir offers meaningful insights which I believe can be valuable for students seeking a deeper understanding in of these issues I also believe that as a district we need to ensure that we provide a safe space for our students whether it be through open discussions support staff such as counselors and social workers or simply being a place that is free from judgment however as a representative of the students and parents in our community I also need to consider whether the images in the book are inappropriate for public high school campus I don't believe our community would find the images contained in that book to be appropriate for for school library for students interested in Reading gender queer I would encourage them to explore alternative sources such as local libraries or online platforms where they can access the book in a context that allows for personal disc as we build our parent Learning Academy I'm hoping that we can include supporting parents in having open conversations with their students as a future topic I have a personal story to share with you and I think it will help people to understand more what we are dealing with with on this issue of gender queer my story starts when I was in college I had a a niece come in was born she was named after me and her name's Kathy and at the same time uh one of my other family members had a had a child a boy and um he's just a wonderful human being and when they were growing up in preschool area time I would babysit them and one of the things that I observed at a very young age because I grew up in a community in Northern California you would never ever know about anything of this nature in our society so um number of years go by and they came down to see me and the purpose was to tell me that they were gay and I said you've always been wonderful human beings you've treated people kindly and I love you dearly and just go on being the people that you've been and I wish them well and I've supported them over the years so my next story is we're going to jump decades back closer to where we are now we have some very dear friends that came out from Indiana GW the husband went through school with my my husband from high school to college and um he married and they came to he was transferred to Califor to Anaheim and they came to our home and they they had two young boys they had driven across country with they were probably three four years old and they're very close in age and um so um they're wonderful family and I know that their boys as they've grown up and I will tell you they're both extremely a athletic they had bicycles that their parents met with them in in uh Spain and they bicycled across the continent to the other side of Europe and the same thing happened they B got bicycles in Venezuela and they biked all the way down to uh U I can't think of the name now but it's the very bottom tip southern tip of South Africa and the older one met a gal and she's a physician and they married and moved to New York and he's a college professor and the other boy um met a gal in Colombia and he stayed there for a while and then they came to Anaheim and I invited them to dinner and I loved his wife H and um it was just a very positive thing now now I'm going to tell you the part of the story that everybody should understand that people are born certain ways my nephew never played with balls he played with dolls and my niece never played with dolls she played with balls and so the fact that I observed that at a very young age um I just kept it up here I didn't talk about it and uh so years go on and I get a phone call from the family now living here in Indiana I mean in Anaheim it's a hard story to tell and uh the mother of the boys called me and asked me if I would have lunch with her and uh we met and the purpose of the her request was to ask my advice her son wanted to become a girl and he was in his 40s and um I listened and she didn't know what to do she was crying and my response to her was you and your husband have always always been loving dear parents to these boys and you've been very close with them traveled extensively over the years and I said how would you feel if you rejected your son on his goal because the holidays will come birthdays will come and your family will not be complete and I said based on that I would advise you to continue to love him and support him it's not the end of the story so he divorced haa and he went through the process of being a girl and very recently his father was terminally ill and his mother had invited very close family friends friends my husband and I were included and their son that now was a girl interestingly enough and the psychiatrist might be able to explain this he chose the same name as his sister-in-law but he is a name without an a at the end his sister-in-law does so the name is the same but it's got an one of of them has an a after it Diana so um we were at the house and they we wanted she wanted us to go in and see her husband and uh we went back in the living room and Diane was there and I went over and hugged her and her hair was very long and she was dressed more in a male type of costume or outfit and um I told her I loved her and I was so happy she was doing well she lives up in Sacramento and she uh raises rare birds so over the years we've gone over to see her her birds that she brings down and that story ends with her father di his F her father their husband and father died uh two days later and I called my girlfriend and um I was very grateful that she had made the decision that she did to support Diane so I can think you can understand how I'm going to vote because this has been a life Journey for me I have learned over the years and growing and I'm thinking that my telling my story will help those out in the very extreme groups that would oppose this religious groups and I have AR Ray of friends in my life that expand the entire spectrum of politics from the very religious right to the very left and I listen I don't believe everything I hear or see but I take it in and I focus on what I can decide I feel and I feel very very supportive of these people and this book I think maybe will save a life and I wish everyone well I wish everyone love that we can understand we're all different we're not born this way we're we it's a genetic thing that we are born with and that we have to understand and grow from that and I want to thank you for your patience for listening to this long story I hope that um it will help you to understand my vote thank you I neglected to read um something that was handed to me before public comments um and I was um struck by by these words but um I found out that we really didn't need it you all um you know modeled kind behavior um you told your stories um and you were respectful of everyone and um and so um I'll I'll be brief um I think in all my years of coming to board meetings I think this is the first time that this is ever um come come to this District um I like to think that our district um has displayed um compassion and love and kindness and openness um and so while we don't want to um we don't want to demonize anyone who brought this forward um because is look what it did it brought about a conversation and it brought about all of us thinking um I probably would have never read this book had this challenge not been here um so far to say though I am an ally and I've been an ally for I think since the day I was born and um you know as a trustee I did not get in this um seat to to um ban books to um discriminate um I think I'm an other and so I understand what it feels like to go to a library and really try to find um a subject or person that looked like me um or who understood um or some somebody who had experiences like me um so um I want to thank people who actually uh came forward um I'm always always respectful of um diverse ideas and whether I agree or disagree I think that um all of us here um proved that that we are in a democracy and that's really important um people that do not um have the same beliefs as us um are we need to really um not challenge them but question and talk with them have an open dialogue and if anyone out there is watching I think this really uh demonstrated that and as a school district that has um the um has been recognized um as the first democracy District um I'm very proud to sit here in the seat and and sort of oversee this conversation um I thank every everyone for coming um especially the students here um we truly value your opinions and we TR we truly value who you are all right so we're voting on this it item 9.5 challenge of instructional materials all in favor of saying no or agreeing with the committee to not ban this book all in favor I I oppose nay all right 9.6 agreement cop copious in action item move I have second any questions or comments on this item okay all in favor I 9.7 affiliation agreement poke Wars action item slow move second okay first uh this is a new aim partner I love it we're adding on to our collection is this the first retail that we've had or uh no I don't think so I don't know besides restaurants okay yeah thank you hey all in favor I 98 membership accrediting commission for schools Western Association of schools and colleges was action item so moved second moved and seconded uh questions or comments all right all in favor I 9.9 Human Resources public hearing Board of Trustees appointment reappointment of personnel commission member this um does anyone wish to speak on this item okay hearing none um we already took formal action um on this to publicly announce Paul andreon as the candidate to serve as the Board of Trustees Personnel commission appointee for the upcoming term all right and uh congratulations he's in the audience congratulations the audience they would like for you to speak Paul and your last name is Andre correct okay for the record I know spell Che wants to make an Anderson what can I say no hey I appreciate the opportunity to serve I thank you for for reining me it has been a great experience being on the commission I've learned a lot very much appreciative of our staff and our director who do a great job every day and uh thank you for your support of uh of our of what we do and uh continues I'll be glad to be a part of it continue for three more years thank you Bravo thank you than you I just like to say uh you know Paul your top quality coming from the why and um not so much retired anymore what do they say you get busier when you retire but I really appreciated you coming on uh we really desperately needed you at the time to serve um we needed some reconfiguration of the commission and you've been a staunch supporter of our uh staff classified staff and our staff uh as a whole and uh impeccable character and uh we appreciate seeing you at events and we appreciate the time and effort um that it takes um for you because uh it's basically a voluntary uh position so we really appreciate um your time and effort anyone else all right speaking for everybody tonight okay moving on uh public hearing disclosure of collective bargaining agreement with asme anyone here to speak seeing none closing the public hearing I love doing that 911 adoption of the 2023-24 collective bargaining agreement with asne action item slow move second moved in second a questions or comments no hearing none we're so happy all in favor I I all right 912 revised board policy 62031 927 70 conflict of interest second reading so moved second okay um moved as an action item any questions or comments okay hearing none all in favor I all right consent calendar anyone have anything to pull 10.10 and 10.11 move for the uh I just wanted to uh move 103 104 just for a quick comment 10 three and 104 uh so motion for the balance I heard second second okay all in favor I all right 10.3 10.4 motion so move second and second I just wanted to say I love seeing these figures when they come in under under um under bid so under budget so congratulations on these um all in favor I all right 10.10 10.1 second moved and seconded all in favor I uh oppose exstension I all righty moving on to our reports of the board I'm sorry of the superintendent thank you madam chair I just want to put a shout out to all of the staff the teachers um at admin students parents and Community but most importantly to the taxpayers for saying yes to ahsd yes to our students yes to our future and yes to a better world measures uh K has passed uh 67% in counting and it's really an affirmation of all the great work that we do in our brand AU is better than ever thank you very much bra thank you thanks I want to echo on that being h a being better than ever yesterday we held our second uh leading and learning lab visit that Jeff had mentioned earlier but I just want to give a shout out to again our team for the great work that they did it was over 120 people that were in the room mostly from the state of California but a large contingency from Oregon uh so obviously it's spreading on a national level um it's just a great great day um also I want to give a big shout out to Dale Junior hind Magnolia no Rafael and Aaron were here I don't think they still are but they were the two schools selected to host this turn this time's uh site visits in reflective learning walks and I know we take turns but they did a great job as well um so excited about the great work being done there and then also I think um Rafael said this but I want to give a shout out to our school psychologists on national school psychologist week for all the great work that they do thank you no report no comment okay um just wanted to say again um I attended the teacher the year event with many of the board members here including uh superintendent Joey King uh Dr hind Tim Reed um just thank you so much for your service and for the example that you're showing to everyone um I attended the laama the city event as well as the storing in of the uh chief of police uh Joe Guerrero um he is a great man and I actually um had a meeting with him today and so getting uh to work with them and the new partnership we have with the city of Lama as well and finally attended the Western High School CIF football game they did amazingly um Unfortunately they did not move to the next round but I just wanted to thank the entire team a Western High School football team for all their hard work and congratulations to inam high school for making to the next round tomorrow night at 7 pm I to over thank you good plug uh I just wanted to share that Dr Tess melendres the coordinator of special use services and I have started um traveling to every site uh we're conducting administrator trainings um in small groups and so we have begun that process and I want to thank uh Gilbert High School Kennedy High School and uh Western High School for their warm receptions and the Fantastic conversations we had in those small groups so tomorrow we will be at South and continuing on thank you and we honor you this the special educator um yes in that resolution Nancy you kind of told my thunder is very sad for me to you know well um I do I do want to comment um on obviously give kudos to all of our um all of our band uh directors and we had band spectacular last night and we've seen um a lot of emails back and forth from just the great things that happened the great obviously they always all of our band directors across the district always put on an amazing show and our students that are a part of that um also uh just on the heels of uh Veterans Day just a lot of gratitude to all of our folks that have served in the military um we have a couple here um in the Navy Mr Mr O'Neal trusty O'Neal and Mr Greenwood I'm not sure if we have anyone else has served in the military but and we also have a lot of Staff across the district and even parents um you know of our students so just a lot of gratitude for their service past and current um to to all those folks that have been a part of the military and last going back to Anaheim yes congratulations to all of our teams that qualified Magnolia's um tennis team is in the finals which amazing to coach FAL and her team and and and um to Anaheim who's in the second round um undefeated 5 and0 this year in League um so looking forward to Friday night's game tomorrow at 7 700 P p.m.

e e e miss mford here Mr BR here Mr kova here Mr Mahia here Mr Santiago here Mr siano here Mr Warz here vice president Danny here president Paris here we have a quorum thank vice president Danny please read our mission statement the mission of the clipton school district in an open and reciprocal Community Partnership is to provide all students with a quality education to develop the skills necessary to become literate lifelong Learners who are responsible and productive citizens contributing to a Democratic Society in an everchanging world thank you the New Jersey open public meetings law was enacted to ensure the right to the public to have advanced notice of and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interest is discussed or acted upon in accordance with the provisions of this act the Clifton Board of Education has caused notice of this meeting to be publicized by having the date time and place thereof posted at the city clerk's office Clifton Public Library administration building senior citizen Nutrition Center on cable TV in the local press on the district's website and mailed to presidents of parent teacher organizations this meeting will be tape recorded in accordance with policy 0168 I invite our student representative mark up to the mic uh thank you good evening um I would like to begin by extending my congratulations to the board members on the re-election Victory the cycle I believe it's Mr Paris uh Miss Danny and Miss bassford congratulations um to start the recap of this month I would like to highlight some community events that have recently happened or will happen around CHS uh first on October 23rd CHS hosted Clifton's annual Halloween extravaganza which we can report was a success with many clubs and organizations helping out with the event furthermore CHS will be performing radium girls is the 2024 fall play tomorrow Saturday and Sunday and as such we invite all Clifton residents to come and watch the production Clifton soccer also has a sectional game versus Ridgewood on Friday at the most recent class representative meeting certain issues regarding School were discussed such as student opinion regarding the new Common Assessment program security specialist personnel and the new math program that was replacing imagine math uh the overall attitude amongst the sample of the student body which is the class representatives program was positive regarding the security Specialists with a few students remarking that they were comfortable talking to the security Personnel uh they didn't feel out of place in the school they would often see them remind other students to wear IDs and follow school school rules even if the students did find that annoying uh regarding the new math program there were a handful of students that have started utilizing the program as it's being slowly rolled out across um the uh I believe geometry sector um the students that utilize this program responded positively and said that they preferred this program to the old imagin math program and that it fixed complaints such as that it didn't line up with the curriculum and teacher complaints that students could cheat the system uh by essentially flying through the first part of the lesson by purposely getting questions wrong with no penalty this new this new program does not allow that and therefore both students and teachers are satisfied since this is a relatively new program though I'm waiting until later in the year to get a broader perspective by pulling more students regarding their experience with the program uh I think I want to do that around December or January to see uh what the whole school really thinks about it uh with the student council and other groups working cohesively to improve school spirit as we speak we believe that this could be one of the best years in recent history for CHS that is all for today's meeting thank you so much thank you so much Mark next up is going to be a um presentation by our njsba field sales representative Miss Kelly Mitchell hi everybody hello are we excited to do our strategic plan yes yes I'm so excited so just very quickly this is is going to take all of five minutes I just wanted to go over your packet and let you know what's in there and and just chat about our calendar so on the leftand side is uh just defining the process itself so today we're just going to talk a little pre-planning uh and it's a series of three meetings the um strategic plan so the first one would be the strengths and challenges and all the stakeholders are invited to come to that we'll be in breakout groups and talk about the strengths and challenges of the district and then come back together and Report out and it's a really great event for the stakeholders to come together and really get you guys can get a feel of the aspirations of the community for the education for their students the second meeting would be the Visionary meeting um and it would be like if you could have anything you wanted in the next 5 years where would you like to see yourself so that really helps us Define what our goal goals would be later on and then that third meeting would be the goals and objectives we'll start getting um it build one upon the other and it you'll start to see buckets of uh you know like goals that we can put together and come up with and then hand over to the administration yeah okay and uh so that they can do the action plans I'm sorry I I'm always so my husband says I'm very loud so I usually think that people can hear me uh so then we're going to talk about out like a sample calendar so I I put on the one side here on the right hand side you could see it's it's pretty much every month so I just wanted to have a quick conversation with you about did you want to start in December did you want to start in January um what's your feel on that January okay okay January so you got the same board coming back okay Janu so then we'll start in January the next meeting would be sometime in February then in March then we hand everything over to the administration and we say usually between 30 to 60 days that they need for the action plan and then they bring it back to us I'll I'll put a report together and then present at your meeting does that sound good yes ke Kelly could you just um explain a bit the role of the public in this and how important it is to the so um in your packet is an example of all the stakeholders and it's there's also a uh invitation that you can utilize or not utilize um to invite the stakeholders so it's really important that we have different facets of the entire Community because we want to hear from everybody if you think about um just you know the the parents like how many people have students in the community it's probably only really a third right so there a lot more than just parents a lot of times people think well that's just for the parents to go to but it's really important that we have senior citizens and we have Community leaders and you know I've had uh these strategic plans where we've had the police department the fire department everybody weigh in on what they want from our district and where they want to see it go it's really important that we get those invitations out and that everybody participates and uh I just did one in Monclair there was about 200 people there and it really was so good to see all everybody out there hear those voices and then really understand what the aspirations are of the community for our district so very important and then the logistics of that we'll have to wrap our heads around and once you start seeing those RSVPs come in then you can decide how many people you think are going to be there and then we'll logistically uh figure out what building and um where the breakout sessions would be okay yeah um Commissioners any questions of Kelly yes Dr Rob toy thank you Mr Paris thanks Kelly good to see you oh so good to see you welcome back thank you good it's good to be seen yeah I just want to remind the board members who were there and for those who didn't know it was was 5 years ago January and February we had the first two meetings of our strategic planning process and then the world shut down before our third meeting but just to give the public an idea of how powerful this is even though we only had those two meetings the thing that we heard over and over in those two meetings was facilities facilities facilities and a year later and right after the pandemic was still going on actually we passed the largest uh referendum in the history of New Jersey at the time $168 million referendum to improve our facility so that came about because we listened and we heard so being a part of this process this is not just some process to come up with a document that's going to sit on the paper this is a real process where we really want the input from everyone and I mean everyone I think our first meeting we had 150 or so people um I'm expecting at least that this this this time or more and um it's it's very valuable we'll listen and we'll come up with a plan it's not it's not what I want it's what's what does everybody want what's the shared Vision that we have for our community and it can be very very powerful so I would encourage um people to be a part of that process thank you Dr roberi uh Dr Danny hello hello nice to see you I just wanted to know if we would be at all looking at the mission statement I was involved in this in my district and so it's always good for an organization to take a look at the mission statement so I was just wondering if that was going to be part of this process because we didn't get a chance to touch on it when we did this 5 years ago because we only went through two sessions so yeah um when I so you're going to see those common themes that you could derive the the statement out of that so absolutely that can be part of that so it's not we're not touching the mission statement at all it tweaking it or anything this is really just an overarching plan but we can do um the mission and vision statement as a component of it absolutely cuz I was involved in my district through New Jersey school boards um but in Bergen County and we actually looked at the mission statement and when I attended um the New Jersey school birth conference they said to really take a look at that so I had some ideas for that so that's why I was just wondering if we would AB that thank you abely absolutely anyone else than thank you so much Kelly look forward so much so I'll wait to hear from the dates from you and then um as far as the invitations there's samples in there so that you have that thank you very much you so much okay next is board committee reports could we start with the diversity committee minutes read by commissioner Mahia I can't get okay uh do I have a volunteer oh you got it thank you the diversity and inclusion committee began um at 11:00 a.m.

committee chair Rich Mahia and Dr Daniel bosi will work collaboratively to determine the date of the next diversity and inclusion meeting thank you thank you commissioner Mahia any questions from the board commissioner BR thank you Mr President I I just want to know if we we gave them resp responses to that because you know in regards to the transportation and everything and was there an explanation given about the coaches lack lack of flexibility when it comes to inseason sports or whatever was was any of that discussed at the time or during the meeting yeah it was um one of the biggest thing is because the conflicts between students going after class going to clubs and then going to sports at the time they really didn't have the transportation ready um but that's something that they've been working on and something that has been in the set for the past few months thank you anyone else okay thank you commissioner Suarez policy please thank you president Paris the policy committee uh met on November 12th and the board members present was myself commissioner Mahia commissioner Santiago and president Paris for administration was uh Dr Robert hosy Mr J Garo Mr shahada and Miss Maggie Miller uh we discussed policy 61 63.1 for board approval for hsap PTO sponsorships Mr shahada discussed the updates to policy 61 63.1 emphasizing the importance of the newly outlined requirements for HSA home and School Association and PTO parent teacher organization sponsorships board requested changes at the board's request the policy now mandates that all HSA PTO groups receive prior approval from the Board of Education before retaining any sponsorships the changes specifically cover sponsorships on athletic wear signage apparel and any items displaying a company or individual's name ensuring that such sponsor excuse me such Partnerships align with the district's values and standards clarification on event sponsorship Mr Shada clarified that policy 61631 is is distinct from policy 7510 which governs event sponsorships while policy 7510 covers General event related sponsorships policy 61 63.1 targets ongoing sponsorships that influence the school environment the board had a lengthy discussion followed regarding the practicalities and Logistics of implementing these changes board members raised questions about how HSA and PTO groups would be informed of these new requirements the timeline for approval requests and how these changes might affect current sponsorship agreements the board emphasized the importance of clear communication and guidance for HSA and PTO groups to ensure compliance and minimize disruptions to planned activities review of additional policy and regulations Mr shahada also reviewed all policies recent ly Modified by The District's policy firm he noted that among the updated policies only one regulation 1041 board member number and term is non-mandated the majority of policy revisions were mandated by state regulations or recommended as best practices regulation 1041 is board member number and term this regulation specifies the number of board members required and the length of their respective terms it is govern by New Jersey state law under njsa 18a 126 18a 129 18a 1211 and 18a 1215 the policy firm recommended minor clarifications to ensure the regulation remains compliant with state law the committee consensus after reviewing all proposed changes the committee agreed to adopt both the mandated and recommended policy updates the revised policies were then favorably released to the entire board for adoption minutes were submitted by Mr shahada thank you thank you commissioner Suarez any questions from the board commissioner brunak thank you Mr President so all the signs that were there for years was that ever discussed and and basically that there were no issues back then but now it's an issue and then when when you look at the when you look at the language on this policy regarding uh policy number 61631 the overall appropriate there's a lot of gray language in this so the committee was aware of that of the gray language in this thank you any other questions commiss bassford um with the regards to the hsas um we have an HSA meeting coming up so if uh whatever information can be um I'm asking for that to be put on the agenda for the HSA committee to give them this new policy if it gets passed and give them that information and Then followed by an email and maybe documents to each HSA so they know that they've gotten that information I asked a couple of questions and I I apologize to Administration for the tardiness I had a couple things going on this week that really took my time away from uh my duties um I had a issue about the curriculum content uh because somebody brought a question to me does that remove the board's um ability you answer the question uh the ability to vote on curriculum you said no um the other thing I'd like to see in uh 61 63.1 is to add booster clubs on there I know you said it encompasses it all but I'd like to spell it out that's just my my uh my opinion I'm not speaking for anyone else and then I did question 04 0141 about board member number and term was this new language mandated and Tanya just just uh clarified that wasn't mandated out cuz I just wanted to know what the um what the reason was but you said it was in hearing with what the state put out so I just that was my questions I know everybody was sent but I don't think anybody uh if everybody had time to read their emails uh that was U my question sent to Mr um to the ba so thank you uh yes Mr if if if everybody's okay I can just add uh booster clubs to the policy because it's on for second reading tonight if everybody's in agreement I'll just add that on tomorrow morning fine I apologize entirely um any change to policy triggers the first reading okay anything other than the Minimus change triggers a new first reading so adding the booster club is going to trigger a new first reading so my recommendation would be to adopt this policy tonight and that next meeting we can put it up again with the change to booster club that's a good compromise thank you for that ification any other questions to the policy uh one comment we we did discuss in policy uh moving forward um the committee recommends that if we have a change in policy request or a new policy uh requested that there be a sponsor to it that the person proposing it that we know who's that that the person proposing it is indicated and that person proposing it could also have the opportunity to come to to the committee meeting and discuss the policy that they want to implement or change is implemented as well yes check what I I will not go to that meeting do we need a bylaw or policy to do that it's just a a practice the committee is has decided to adopt moving forward so Mr BR it's not going to be like legislation where your name is sponsored on it but it's in in the event that a policy comes up the entire board knows where it's coming from and it's not just the administration just trying to arbitrarily push a policy in thank you you know if there's questions also questions about the policy or the revision we know who to communicate with right well it's like today I I did get a phone call from the ba I he said no phone calls today when he his voice but the reason why he he called me was he said he wanted to share my concerns with everyone and I I thank you very much for doing that cuz in the past it that's was just usually blasted out I have no problem if anybody wants to know if I sponsor something I think it's a great idea because like we can we can talk to one another and what's your what's your thought process on this why are you bringing it up there's always a backstory to why something comes up um my backstory with this policy and I think it's a great idea is because it protects the district from a liability that could put us In Harm's Way and that's the one reason why I'm I'm going to support this thank you thank you anyone [Music] else all right uh next is residency security and Technology commissioner Santiago please thank you president Paris residency security and Technology committee took place on Tuesday November 12th and began at 5:02 PM in attendance from administration were Dr robery jumping right back into it Mr Jenaro Mr doctor Mr Nola Mr Mountain Board of Education members and attendance were myself commissioner Kenova commissioner siano and president Paris Mr doctor updated the committee on residency investigations since the last committee meeting 13 additional Clifton students have been identified as non- Clifton residents and have been removed from the district in addition through our pcti investigations we removed six students from our responsibility for payment with a savings of 65,8 Mr doctor also briefed the committee on the request to subscribe to the Frontline nursing Reg ation module to go along with our other modules we already use with Frontline the net savings for year one to the district would be approximately $133,000 and savings for subsequent years would be1 19,000 it would Aid The District in not overwhelming our nursing staff during non-contractual time provide more accurate uploading of information and provide a faster return of information from doctors missola discussed the district is currently in the planning stages of a large scale reunification plan with various venues in the area these plans are in the early stages and more information will be available in the future also an informal request was made by the city's office of emergency management to utilize the basement of one of our schools as OEM headquarters which would be used during a town emergency a formal proposal is expected shortly lastly Mr Mountain provided updates that projects involving updated clocks cameras PA systems and Stadium technology are nearly complete He also mentioned that information is still being gathered concerning improving cell service at various District buildings hopefully this one finally the committee was informed that a larger role roll out of the light speed classroom software is planned and training will begin shortly the meeting adjourned at 5:42 p.m.