So members, oh I'm sorry. So for GM775, defer to April 11th, 2025 at 3:01 p.m. in this room 229 to allow some followup with educa edu uh members, other members. Okay, questions if not for GM761 recommendation on Diana Dolier is to advise and consent. Yes, chair vai on GM761 chair's recommendation is to advise and consent. Chair votes I. Uh vice chair is excused. Senator Hashimoto I. I vote I. Senator Dort I. Chair your recommendations adopted. Thank you. For GM774, recommendation is to advise and consent to nominee Wesley Ro for the board of education for a term to expire 6:30 2028. Chair votes I. Chair's recommendation is to advise and consent on GM774. Chair votes I. Vice chair is excused. Senator Hashimoto I. I vote I. Senator Dort I. Chair recommendations adopted. That was 774. That was 776. Okay. For GM776 for advice to chair is recommending to advise and consent for gubernatorial nominee Sylvia Lee for the board of education for a term to expire June 30th, 2028.
Chair votes I. GM776. Chair's recommendation is to advise and consent. Chair votes I. Vice chair is excused. Senator Hashimoto I. I vote I. Senator Dort I. Chair recommendations adopted. Thank you. and for GM775 to advise and consent on ruminatorial nominee Michael Mawai to the board of education. The recommendation that chair is going to to defer until April 11, 2025 at 3:01 p.m. in this conference room 229 and chair real quick comment. Yes. And and and thank you members and thank you everybody for being here. I think it's a good opportunity for um Mr. and heard the comments and questions and concerns and I think it's a good opportunity for us to follow up um within this next week and and kind of uh lay out all those those conditions and see um get better information and for yourself as well you know some of the concerns and maybe looking at all the things that um we would like for you to look at and and can come back for the decision- making next time.
Mr. Guthrie is absent. Mr. Pers, Mrs. Olsson here. Dr. Sult here. Mr. Here. And Mrs. Venezuela here. Is the recorder calling? It is now. Okay. Um, may I have a motion to adopt a move? Second. All those in favor say I. I. Motion carries four to zero. 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. Now we have public comments. I see we have one public comment here from David. So before we do that, I will start off by saying visitors are welcome to speak on agenda and non-aggenda items.
Good evening. At this time, I'll call the meeting of the DART governing board to order. And we'll stand for the pledge of allegiance. Thank you. Next up, we have audience with individuals. Okay. Looks like we don't have any tonight. That is correct. Okay. Next, we have superintendent update. Dr. Curto. Thank you, Madam President. Um, real quick update. Uh the Daert Unifi School District is going to host a career fair uh for those interested in becoming a K through eight teacher um in the educator preparation program. What's different about this? It's called Ready to Teach is that anybody with a bachelor's degree, a non-educated bachelor's degree, can um receive their teaching certificate by going through this program. So, we teach you all the basics, all the skills you need to know. um we're going to provide them everything and just uh come and be willing to be a teacher and learn the tools of the trade.
April 7, 2025. Can I have a roll call, please? Mr. Cerone, here. Mr. Gatewood, present. Miss Johnson, present. Dr. Maria, present. Mr. Clover, present. Miss Simon, present. Miss Benmouth, present. Present. Callie Pel, present.
comments from the audience. I don't think anybody filled out any paperwork and we have a presentation from a very special department. You guys, my name is Sher Rice and I am with the Brown County Health Department in a new position called school health leaison and that was created under Health First Indiana funds which is a grant that was made under Governor welcome to increase services to the schools including helping them with vaccination rates, um helping them with screenings, different things like that. Um under the helpers Indiana, we had to pick three KPIs that we wanted to focus on and tobacco was one of of those KPIs we picked. We also picked chronic disease and injur trauma and injury prevention suicide under that too. Um so I've been working principles and they have informed me of a need for vape sensors in the high school and in the middle school.
Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Heat. Hey. Hey. [Music] Hey. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] I like it. [Music] Sorry about that. I'm just excited, Jaden. Yeah, the stream is off to a very good start, but it's okay. Welcome to round three of the quarterfinals of the IHSN Tetrio playoffs. My name is Jaden. I am the captain of the varsity Super Smash team and a support player on the Overwatch team here at the Cyber Tigers Bluffton Esports. With me, very special celebrity guest, Mr. Amstutz, the design and innovation teacher at the elementary school. Welcome. Thanks for having me, Jaden. Super stoked to be here, man. Uh I can't wait to see the games that are happening today. Uh I know they've really been putting in a lot of work on this and it's going to be a very exciting day today. All school year they've been putting in work.
All Politics is Local with John Featherston. An in-depth and comprehensive look at Massachusetts political news and current events. Hi and welcome to another edition of All Politics is Local. I'm your host John Featherston. Joined today by legendary broadcasters Mikey Adams and Bill Smith. Hi guys. What's up John? Hi John. How's everything? Well, you you look as good remotely as you do when you're in the studio. Just so you know. You look great. It's a low bar. It's a low bar. Hey guys, you know, we're the no hate podcast here, right? You know, we don't hate anything. Yep. But, uh, I have a strong dislike for taxes. It's tax season. I hate taxes. And, uh, we live in taxes. Yep. And, uh, things are tough. Have you ever noticed that they they always want to tax and spend, but they never come up with any really creative solutions on how to save the money or maybe cut back on some of the expenses.
Mr. Here, Mr. Stand United States of America to the Republic for it stands nation right around. All right. Any members of the audience? See none. Uh we have the community relations use of school facilities. That's me. So Emily is here to kind of walk us through uh our community relations uh regulation. Um it hasn't been updated since uh 2013. Uh regulations. So I remember that probably passed to 2013. Yes. Yeah. So we actually the we're not looking to amend the policy 1330 that was revised in 2013. There was an adjustment last made to the regulation in 2019 but over the past 12 years we have not raised prices for our building use fees. and we are looking to increase those to kind of break even. We're not looking to necessarily make money on our rentals, but at this point we're losing money, especially when we think about custodial costs and um we're not really competitive with our peers if we're thinking about the amount that we're charging to use our space and there's a lot of demand for some of our bigger spaces, our gyms at our high school.
Comments are limited to three minutes. Please state your name and address prior to making your comments. Please note that members of the board may not discuss items that are specifically identified on the agenda that are not specifically identified on the agenda. Therefore, action taken is limited to directing the administration to look into the matter, responding to any criticism, or scheduling the matter for for future consideration. I said, David, I think you're the only one. Yeah, my name is David 11, Arizona. Uh I'm here today to get uh a motion put on the agenda for community members uh and parents who have reached out to me to come together to discuss the allegations that's been brought forth against me uh for coaching girls softball team. I've gotten information that there is a group chat that will show that they conspired to do what they said I did to get me fired and make sure I don't coach again.
So that's going on soon. I just want to update that Thursday, April 24th from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. uh right at our student services facility on Desert Cove. So we're excited about that program and you can see more on our website about them. And that's all I have this evening. Thank you. Next, we have a governing board update. Nothing for me. On March 26th, um I went to the West Point Elementary School breakfast to congratulate the school for their A rating. Um along with the principal Amy Michaels and assistant principal Jennifer Evans. After that, I went to the Riverside Elementary School for a visit with the staff, administrators, teachers, parents, and students to get their feedback about their school. And I want to thank Principal Josephine Toki and Assistant Principal Sarah Casey for doing a great job at their school. On Tuesday, April 1st, I attended the Surprise City Council meeting and listened to a presentation on a possible future partnership with the city of Surprise and the Daart schools for the Vista uh Center for the Arts.
Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge 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. Student recognition. Good evening board uh and uh community. We are excited and thrilled to have some very important guests with us this evening to celebrate their accomplishments. I'm going to invite uh John Francis, our executive director of schools to come up and invite the board member to come up so we can honor our guests. All right. Thanks, Dr. Kgatti. The board of education is proud to acknowledge the award-winning efforts of our students who have received state and or national recognition for their school related and athletic related activities. This evening, the board of education and Dr. Kilgotti are proud to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of individuals from the following various teams and academic achievements.
Um I guess vaping is becoming an increasing problem. We're seeing it everywhere now. Um, so I did go through some training called Catch My Breath, and I am doing some trainings with the fifth grade right now, but I'm able to train anywhere from fifth grade all the way up to um 12th grade on Catch My Breath, and that is a vape prevention program. I'm also trained in indepth, which is a program to help those that are caught with citations. So, we, the Brown County Health Department, would like to present $20,000 to Brown County schools for the purpose of purchasing vape sensors to help with the vape problem in the high school and the middle school. Do we know how many that approximate cost of one? Do we know? 1,500. But the ones that he he is buying Steve is is heading this up. He bought some that are high-end that also detect bullying.
Yes. We have some very good matchups this season. So this season, all seven of our players made it into the top 32 for the regular season to make it into the playoffs. And down to four Cyber Tigers, right? Yeah, we are now down to four Cyber Tigers. Half of our players have been eliminated. Unfortunately, since we have a Cyber Tiger v Cyber Tiger match, we are guaranteed to see at least one go down today. Excellent. Well, excellent. Excellent that that we're able to have this many players here today. That's fantastic. And coming up, we've got the state championship April 28th. Correct. Yes. Excellent. That's very exciting. So, what we've got going on today, this is a single elimination bracket uh that you can see on the screen. Not right now, but like he will be seen soon. Single elimination bracket. Uh so once you lose, you are out.
Yet here we are. It's a one-way street. It's It's a one-way street. It's a collection agency. It's never It never gives back. Tax and spend. Right. One party rule and one way to spend. Yes. That's it. Spend. Spend. Spend. But you know this taxus handle that uh the Commonwealth has earned and deserves at this juncture. Oh yeah. Is easily explained when you think about each individual tax. Now it's tax season. We all know that we have the personal income tax. It's federal taxes, state tax. We know that Massachusetts, John, has a uh estate income tax, something that at one time or another they didn't have, right? Or it was it was lower. But I have a list for you. Sometimes it's fun to go through lists, but this a list of the taxes we pay. Taxes in Massachusetts. Okay. Income tax varies, I think, between five and 9% depending on on how much you make.
And the current schedule of rental charges about is for anywhere from $6 to $60 an hour depending on what space it is in this little memo that you have. If you look at appendix A, that's all of our current pricing. Now, the one thing that you have to consider there is that's for five hour pricing. So on the side like the hourly rate um so that you can see compared to other districts which I'll talk about in a minute. But the rental space is not inclusive of the wages. We charge separately for wages and we're currently charging $50 an hour Monday through Saturday and $65 an hour on holidays and Sundays for custodial supervision of events. One thing you should know about the building use fees is we have all these different groups. We charge them different amounts. Our most common users are our group one and two.
I have the evidence. I'm waiting for the right time and the right proper way to disperse that evidence to protect children's names that are involved. However, once it's exposed, you will see that we have a real mean grown problem. Our coaches are being targeted and picked on for the style of which they coach and not for the merit of which they're trying to achieve, for personality versus skills. And there's girls that are suffering that just want to play the sport. No matter who the coach is, good or bad, in their mind, they just want to play. They want to take what they can from every coach, good or bad, and learn from and work hard. I've had numerous numerous community members reach out to me that want to come to this meeting with parents, players, everybody that we can to bring to light what is going on in our young ladies youth, our young ladies sports and see if we can come to a correction in this.
On Saturday, March 29th, I went to the Canyon Ridge Elementary Steam Festival and saw many exhibits for the school vendor and food trucks. I met Principal Jill Hop and want to thank all the teachers and students for their hard work in putting on that festival. And that's all I have. I attended and listened in on the bond override committee meeting and it was very enlightening for me. So I was glad to do that. And I also attended the Canyon Ridge Steam Festival. I agree with Mary Jane on all the um participation, the teachers, the school, and the students. But I also wanted to throw out a special kudos to the PTA members. They really did a lot of hard work to make that come together. And then I also attended the city of Surprise Council meeting on the Vista Center for Arts. Thank you. I also attended the city of Surprise um city council meeting last week and just want to thank our our current um city council and mayor for their um encouraging discussion around the vista and um just really appreciate you supporting the arts and diceart.
Asiggo boys co-op swim and dive team. The Asiggo girls co-op gymnastics, boys wrestling, girls wrestling, business professionals of America, valleys, and scholastic national merit scholarship corporation. Students and coaches, as your name is called, please come forward to the be congratulation congratulated by the board of education and our superintendent, Dr. Kilgotti. First of all, from the boys co-op swim and dive team, Chase Meyer Asiggo East. Chase is a senior and a state champion in the 200 free and 500 free. Next up from the girls co-op gymnastics team, we have Ava Sullivan, senior, state champion in vault. second place in floor and third place in the beam. And Sam Phillip Asiggo High senior fifth place in vault and sixth place in the floor. From our boys wrestling team, we would like to recognize Braden Swanson from Asiggo High, six senior and got sixth place at state. And from our girls wrestling team, Kaia Chavez from Asiggo High School.