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So that's always good to see them going. Uh we hosted the uh annual civics bee which is very similar to spelling bee. Uh the QC chamber puts it on. Had a number of kids uh from all over this area and even actually going down to Tucson that were there. Four students advanced to the finals and Luke Klester finished fourth place. Um they also had their National Junior Honor Society assemble 50 boxes for feeding to feed my starving children all part of their community service. Uh and then we also took a little bit want to take a little bit of time to recognize one individual. Um Salman Rasheed was recently uh in the state spelling bee. Uh he had won uh the at Harmon then the district then went to the county won the county. Oh wow. And at the state spelling be he finished third.
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Um right above it, the 5-year average is 10 just over 10% growth. For our projections, we're using that 8.46% instead of the 10% even though the last five years you've had about 10% on average. We want to be uh more conservative than that. And so we we're projecting eight just just under eight and a half percent growth for a few years. We I'll show you that in a slide here shortly. So that's your tax values. Um this is your outstanding bond debt service. The blue is principal, the red is interest. And so the principal and interest equals debt service. It's like your mortgage payment. Um you can see how it's going down over time. We're going to be with your action this evening if you approve going forward. We're going to be layering in in such a way where we keep that debt service as level as possible.
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The a system that supports patriarchal ideology. We believe in fostering a sense of unity and shared responsibility. Family loyalty and strong ties are highly valued in Indian culture. Yes, we don't kick our children out when they turn 18. We keep them. In ancient times, we had gurul systems. Students live with the teachers and learn not just subjects but also how to live with discipline, respect and simplicity. It was born beyond classroom walls. Today we have modern schools. We have moved forward in methods but we still carry those traditional values in our hearts. The core idea remains the same. Learning is sacred. In Indian schools, discipline is deeply valued. We are taught to greet our teachers with respect, to maintain neat uniforms and to groom ourselves with care. Every small act we show, it will gives the education the dignity it deserves. India is the land of history and wonders.
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and um just always very easy to get along with, very easily to reason with, to come to a consensus with, and I know that you have kids at home yourself, and this really is a big sacrifice to be a part of a board, and I appreciate all the work that you've put in over the last four years. Thank you. Uh and last but not least, Mrs. Ansuchi. Wow. Okay. So, um I am not good at goodbyes. So, I'm gonna just be upfront and say I don't plan on saying goodbye because I just feel like uh my role will shift. I'm still going to be a parent in the district. Um I'm still going to be a taxpayer in the district and so I will be here advocating for the teachers and for the students. Um it is crazy to think that uh my kids were in I have to even think about this eighth grade, sixth grade and um second grade when I started and now I have one going off to college.
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He's done a very nice job of uh assisting with this process. Uh so after review of all the seven bids and contacting references uh administration has concluded the bid submitted by citywide building maintenance appears to be complete and responsive and remember that is the bar in the state of Illinois. It doesn't we don't always have to go with the lowest price if we can prove that they are not responsive. In this case, after discussing the bid with them and contacting references and and vetting the details of their bid, we do feel that it is uh complete and responsive to the bid documents. Uh so we would uh tenatively re recommend that the uh board approve uh the contract with citywide building maintenance. Uh they will be here next week uh at uh the board meeting. Uh they could not make it tonight, but they will be here uh next week.
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After our visit, we felt extremely proud and accomplished of what we had done. Once we came back from break, we created a and gave a presentation to our win class on all we had done for our drive. We really enjoyed this assignment and felt that it was a great opportunity to be hands-on in our community. Thank you. Thank you. And as you can tell, I'm sure their presentation was very articulate. So, um, then we have I have a second group of eighth graders here to talk to about their project and their project is going to come to fruition this Friday. So, welcome Isabella Franimore and Gabby Walwrath. Hi, my name is Gabby Walrath and I'm Isabella Branchmore. And for 8th grade, we had to create a passion project with things that we wanted to learn more about. Um, our passion is connecting with other people and just learning more about others in our community.
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What What does that to agenda mean? I don't know. I guess I got you. Edit. Start consent. Roll call. I can't remember. This is like where you edit and stuff. Yeah. Move by. Let's just say second. You can't make this bigger. That helps. It's still not great because I wish you voters. So voters. So, see how are we going to see? Can we see that? Um, do they have to see it live or can they see it? Well, usually we don't they will vote. Oh, I don't see. And that's another thing. I don't You can't remove it. Stop it. Nick doesn't. Although, it doesn't matter. pretending. So, the motion carried. But see, how come how come they don't know? The board didn't know. Remember, I had to give a thumbs up. How do they see that it it it went through? Oh, because I have to send for a vote.
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Do them all. Okay. And I'm also here for Mr. Philip Wimpy doing the boys uh wrestling team honors. They say with twins, one gets the brains and one doesn't. But the Skinners prove it wrong evidently because joining me up here tonight is her brother Zayn. Zayn again, he's grown up in the program. He's a semi-state qualifier as a sophomore. And just to know Zayn personally, I think the biggest accomplishment for him achieving this academic all-state award. Um, again, wrestled since he could walk, been a part, a staple of our program, and we're super proud to have both Mey and Zayn up here. Ladies and gentlemen, Zayn Skinner. [Applause] And our last academic all-state award winner, uh a I have a story about Will Livingston uh in wrestling super specific techniques. And this year in one of our practices, we were talking about shooting a high crotch to the left side and we kind of took a bet on if we went around the room and asked who could hit a high crotch from the left side or who could even describe it.
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Um, so they would uh be picking up the uh the Ashland students first and then we would head to Maynard, I believe, and then we would head to um on the road and then it's a luxury motor coach. Um students would arrive there um sometime in the afternoon um and then we would be checking into our hotel. Well, the hotel is not uh yet booked because they they're waiting to see what the size of the trip would be. Um but then as soon as we would get that information, we would share that with you, of course. And then there's all kinds of activities that are planned as part of this um wonderful cultural enrichment experience. And in between, like I said, I I I have these ideas for what I would like to do with the students to have them do little tasks with their French because although it is open to anyone, of course, um I would like to um open it up primarily to French students first and then uh based on numbers, we could open it up to anyone else who was interested.
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Superintendent Pat Node is a veteran educator with 25 years experience in education on all levels from classroom teacher to principal to assistant superintendent and now to superintendent. She has two master's degrees including one specifically in public school administration. If you ask anyone who has worked under Superintendent Pat Node or any student who has had her in their life, they will tell you that she is truly a remarkable leader. She is smart, compassionate, unbelievably dedicated, has incredible management skills, and is deeply devoted to our community, a community where she lives herself. Miss Patnon has a rare talent that we are fortunate to have leading our school district. Yet, what I have witnessed at these meetings is Miss Patnode's leadership being questioned and undermined. She is more than qualified to make difficult budgetary decisions, which we all know need to happen. She is thoughtful and deliberate in how she communicates to staff and families when changes need to occur.
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Utilities is status quo from last month. Facilities and maintenance is now showing an increased deficit of $24,895 to reflect adjustments for snow plowing, landscaping, and a repair on a store damaged storm damaged light pole. Student and transportation and other projections currently remain status quo from last month. This leaves operations and overhead ending the month of March with a deficit of $11,576. It was reported as well that as of March 31st, 2025, the overall budget was showing a surplus of $95,168. This is due to some grant offsets and savings found in benefits. This number is still fluctuating quite a bit. Kay and Don met with departments on March 17th to discuss their budget balances. They have until the end of April to finish their spending. Once this happens, Donna can better determine where she thinks the final numbers will land regarding any surplus. It's never an exact number at this point as there will still be two months of invoices that are only estimated projections at the end of April.
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Congratulations, Michaela. It is with great pride to recognize Jake Young for this award. Jake's strong work ethic and determination are qualities that do not go unnoticed in Molton High School community. Jake's teachers report year after year that he is a dedicated and compassionate student who is willing to step outside of his comfort zone and take academic risks. He sees every day as an opportunity to do his best and prepare for his future. On top of Jake's academic obligations, he also commits his time to BHS's basketball and baseball teams, a part-time job, and gives back to the community as a coach and mentor to aspiring young athletes. They're very busy as well. It is this type of self-discipline and dedication to others that propels him in and outside of the classroom. Jake is planning on studying political science and playing college basketball at William Penn University in the fall.
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Additionally, I understand that this academy program and the new building are huge changes for Danbury public schools and it's hard for teachers and administrators to navigate everything. However, when we approach administrators about how the new building would work, especially regarding clubs, sports, graduation requirements, and course availability, we're not giving clear answers and answers that contradict each other. It's hard for us students to have a clarity and vision on the rest of our high school without having proper guidance and information regarding the new academy program. Thank you so much for your time and consideration. Thank you. I I I can't see what's the name is. Is it Elma? Elma. Good evening. My name is from grade 10. I'm here to present a rather similar but equally important matter as my colleagues. Themies of Danbury High School have opened numerous opportunities to the student body, cultivating them toward their dream pathways in a simple approach.
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The teachers are also using an instructional toolkit that meets the needs of all their students. Um, we have an ongoing collaboration with our district coaches and the art core coaches and this has been really uh critical to successful implementation, the ongoing support and collaboration together. Um, we have also taken a lot of the feedback that we've received from those sessions from either building administrators, the coaches, and our curriculum assessment specialists along with our coaches have partnered with our multilingual team and have created um a bunch of resources for each unit for teachers. Um we have also partnered this year with the hill for literacy which has been really great at providing teachers with um some professional learning around the science of reading and just kind of expanding their educational background and giving them some additional tools to really uh support student growth and achievement. Um, we've also been partnering with principles and either working with coaching groups of teachers, certain grade levels at schools or just individual teachers working in PLC's to analyze the data that we've received from this and then determine what are the next instructional steps that we need to take to keep our students growing.
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So Front Line had said that we could do this tuneup and add some features to our program. So it would pop up a message on the employees side. Um so if they were going to be out and they were out of leave, they wouldn't be able to proceed because sometimes people would put in many days that they didn't have. So they changed our settings and they updated um some other items, not not just that, so that um we'd have some more checks and balances in place. Um but we have an annual subscription with Friendline, so that was just an add-on for that. Okay. Thank you. And you wanted to know about the discipline boot camp that was attended by the um principles I believe and Michelle and you and Scarlet and Taran. Um, it was put on by attorneys that gave us information, old, current information, new information on the legalities around, excuse me, discipline when it um is related to students with disabilities.
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Um in the short term, can we allow the students to eat in the gym? And I understand um maybe they don't allow it because they're afraid the gym will get ruined or someone has to clean it before the before PE, but um maybe we could restrict it to like the um the benches um and not the floor itself. So, you know, the floor can still be used for gym the gym um or PE. Um secondly, we could if we could purchase tables and chairs for the multi-purpose room and um consider uh having two lunch periods possibly to so kids can have a place to go inside. Um or lastly, bring in more benches and um set them under the existing built-in shelters. Mrs. Sporma, thank you for your time, for your comments, please. Thank you very much. Okay, she had a second. Oh, yeah. You have a second item.
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David is a great coach and he deserves an opportunity to continue coaching and being an inspiration for the youth in our community. I'm concerned about the vindictive and potentially criminal behavior being displaced by certain girls. And most concerning of all is the alleged abuse of positions by a person on this board. This needs to be investigated and proper procedures need to be put in place to make sure this doesn't happen again. Good people should not be putting on a chopping block with someone else's personal vendettas, especially when it hurts the future of girls athletics. Secondly, I'd like to speak on a growing problem within girls athletics. I will preface this by acknowledging to the board today that I do not intend to coach varsity volleyball this fall. Coach Mills has also moved away from so there are two vacant positions for that for that sport.
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Um, and so what that means is that he gets to represent the district and the state at the national spelling bee, uh, May 27th through 29th at National Harbor, Maryland. Extra special this year because if I am correct, it is the hundth um, year for the National Spelling Bee. So, we wanted to invite Salmon up here for a second to uh, show us his trophy and congratulations and say a few words. All right. Uh first of all uh thank you Dr. Wyman and the board for uh um for your recognition today. Um, uh, I look forward to representing Harmon again, uh, Joe Combols at the, um, state spelling be next year. And I'm also looking forward to representing the, um, uh, representing the, um, representing Arizona at the Nationals this May. Nice. Congratulations, Congratulations. Awesome. Thank you for sharing that with us. Okay, we have staff um school and staff recognition.
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But you can see there's room to to layer in the new debt. Um and then our goal is to uh try to maintain the the property tax rate around 79 cent the bond tax rate around 79 cents a as uh we had kind of shown in the voter panel and I'll show you a slide on that here shortly. Before I do, here's that bonding capacity calculation of the district. Your bonding capacity calculation is way higher than what you ask the voters for and authority. What that means though is you can sell all your bonds at once if you need to. Except we're trying to maintain a tax rate. But thankfully bonding capacity is not an issue for your district anymore. It was over the 25 years I've been working with you. In the early 2000s, you had needs of 10 or 15 million, but your bonding capacity was four.
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Every state has its own unique monuments and reflects its culture, religion or royal past. Today we have chosen a few special ones to showcase like Taj Mahal a symbol of love. India gate golden temple the statue of unity is the world's tallest statue with a height of 182 m. Each place tells a tale of ancient Indian brilliance and its architecture and craftsmanship. There are so many more but these gives a glimpse into our beautiful diversity. Festivals in India are not just days of celebrations. They are expression of joy, unity and traditions. Here are a few of them with of many we celebrate. Onum, Holi, Diwali, Makrasantranti, Dasara and Pungal. Each festival has its own meaning, its own flavor and its own rhythm of celebration. Dance in India is more than entertainment. It's storytelling. Classical dancers like batanatium, katak and kuchupuri come from deep traditions often telling stories from Indian epics.
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