Thank you. Okay. I'm sure I'll email you with more questions on a breakdown. Sure. If there's Yep. If there's anything else. Um but we had tried to go through all those questions that we received to make sure that we hit those points and covered um what was what was asked, but I know for phase two. Um again, it's the main purchase is that that software that's outlined. there's not a lot of um equipment and things of like of that nature that I think maybe that was referred to as part of the phase one when we started doing that were those those specifics that we really didn't want to go into detail publicly. Okay. Andy um or Mr. Simmons, sorry. Uh, with the with Lightseed and AI, we have the ability as a district to open up certain websites like Magic School could be an AI based thing where the kids could create chatbot or something like that.
and um and it's just been that focus where we've actually been able to follow through and go through it and the probation department really has um kind of got involved in really making sure if those students need to they put them on contracts and then go from there. So um so that's the attendance part of our MTSS um and what we've been looking at. And then also for our behavior um you'll notice the last three years of data for first semester uh the 22 23 23 24 and 24 25. Um you'll notice that the OSS's are down. We contribute that some of that to potentially being the JCASP. Um and then just having some um those um focus on students and like narrowing it down and being able to get things quicker. Okay. Uh you will notice that the ASDs um has gone up the afterchool detentions.
And like and Jim and Chris can add in, but I I know um at least for the bigger capital projects, right? The Jim, you touched on it a little bit when you were talking, but the process has been for a while now. I mean, a lot of this history goes way back from when the fields were turned over to the town and there was a field committee at one point, many years ago, which has since dissolved. Um and and that committee had people on there from the schools and from the town and that's where all these kinds of discussions took place. Um now that that's no longer a thing, I think it's more of a it's it's it's a process that occurs, but it's not committee. I think it's Chris maybe and or is it you Chris and some people on the town side that get together and to take a look at the list of capital needs and the list of money available and they make some effort to prioritize the needs across the entire town.
Um, and I just want to highlight that as many of you know, we have not had a um SIMS database manager for quite some time that our former person had resigned in November. Um, and we have recently hired someone who has really been a rockar, uh, boots on the ground getting things in order. And one of the things that we have been doing is just trying to clean up some of the errors that have been left behind because of no one in that position. So when you see the decrease to Greenfield High School, it's actually celebratory because many of those students were January early grads and they just weren't coded accordingly. So, I didn't want anyone to think that it was just a mass exodus. The other shifts have just been um we had a student age out and we've had a few that have moved out of state.
You know, the the price of of computer the price of computer parts, you know, IT service Yeah. is going to go through the roof for a couple of months. So, there's going to be a period of adjustment. So, we can either sit on it and wait or we can get it done and be done with. And my suggestion is as far as the pumps go, get them done and get it be done with and just bite the bullet. And at the end of the day, it's probably going to save us money because the pumps are going to be smaller and run more efficient than what we have. Which reminds me, are we saving any money on our electricity? No. From the solar? No. No. Yeah. Just Okay. I have to Were they Were they a lease? Like were they fixed the price or were they like we get the overage and all that?
It was worth it." So, I invite you all when you have the opportunity and you are invited to go. Okay. Why not? So, I was able to go that and um I was very impressed with the presentation of kindergarten students um just from memory what they had presented. But um Glenn Davidson is the teacher in the kindergarten class and she did ask for me to announce to let you know that uh the presentation will be going on into Friday and encourage any board member who would like to please stop Friday South Street. Kate, I think I think you could go. You let them know right that you're coming. Yes. Email Mr. Davidson. Uh this past Saturday was the early childhood fair at Rogersburg Middle School and I just want to commend uh Minnie Santos and the team that uh put that that together. Um it was really uh a ton of different u community organizations there as resources for our families and our young students and it was very well attended despite the rain.
Um started differentiated assistance for suspension rates. We had our first meeting for that and there were a lot of really good conversations, a lot of great wonderings. Um going back and going to pull some data for our next meeting to look at um specifically students with disabilities, but really overall suspension rates in general and um what we can do to um help improve that situation for next year and the years to come. So, I appreciate everybody that um I asked them if they wanted to be part of the committee and they they agreed and so they um have a few more meetings uh with us and Jim Sergeant from the county uh between now and the end of the school year. Uh we also I rolled out the workplace violence reporting um document um through Catapult. So, thank you Stephan for helping with that. Now all of our staff members have access easy access to that.
a no campaign. Certainly, if somebody did no on everything, I mean, if they do no, what ends up happening is it does impact your overall no number because people get fed up and sort of no on everything. Um, it also creates a uh low education, pardon the pun, uh, in electorate where they're showing up to vote on the other item and don't know much about what's got what you have going on. So, you need to make sure that you're in front of those folks as well that are likely to show up there. So, I mean, I think a contentious election would negatively impact that, but there's also an opportunity if you're I mean, if people are excited and positive, um, if they're supportive of it, that could help the bond as well. Okay. Thank you. Um, how would you say how heavily would you say that you would be relying on the conservative vote?
Now where they go during that time is all dependent on what I need as a student. If what I need as a student is to close my gap in um reading comprehension, then I'm going to go into a small group where they're going to focus on reading comprehension. If what I need is speech or OT, then that's where I'm going to go. If what I need is English language development because I'm identified as a student, as an English language learner, then that's the support I'm going to need. If I'm a student who is demonstrating that I've got this and what I need is enrichment, then that's what they're going to receive. I believe Dr. Qualls was here last month sharing a little bit about their win time and those enrichment opportunities with like financial literacy and passion projects that now speaks to this extension enrichment side students that are demonstrating that they've got secure uh knowledge and mastery of the learning we then push to enrich them during that block of what I need.
Um, and so I think some of those stances or those positions may better live in a resolution than within the policy just as we did with the safe zone um, resolution. Um, and so that would be my recommendations. If the board wants to move forward with any of those, I think we do need to just get that language updated and reviewed by an attorney. And then I just want to give you all those pieces of information related to the um, 2152E. I'm all for Yeah, I was going to say thank you, Dr. White. I do think this should definitely be one of the ones that we're going to table to the end and then we have our district policies that ship off to the attorneys. Um I think this has actually been a really interesting conversation because it's reminded me that when I started on the board in 2019, there did used to be more legislative announcements.
We have the ability through Lightseed to say, "Okay, you're okay with Magic School, but chat GPT is no." Is that correct? That's correct. Okay. Thank you for clarifying that. And the $72,000 something dollar software we're approving. This is it's not just a software. It's all the licensing that goes into like every hardware that we have. Correct. That's going to help. That is also correct. Okay. So, it helps you with the efficiency. It also helps with all of the the reduction in login and things that we're really looking for to focus on the education, not signing into apps. Wonderful. Okay. All right. All right. May I have a motion to approve the technology plan as presented? So moved. Second.
Um that is a contribution to the cell phone policy. So this year we had to establish a uh well we had a cell phone policy but with this new state law we really like changed it and started um offering more um disciplinary action if having the cell phone in class uh with the state law saying they're not allowed. So that's why you'll see the increase in after school detentions. So because that was the action that happened with those. So um it wasn't a fluke. So we saw that drop and then it went back up. But we wanted to point that one out specifically. Um and then so overall um let me oh I think I went too far. Yeah. Um so in 2223 there were 834 disciplinary actions in the first semester. Uh last year there were 421 and this year at 467 and that 467 were contributing to that the cell phone and but a major decrease in the last two years.
Um like Jim was pointing out earlier like the boiler is going to have to come before some other things perhaps. So it's that kind of a conversation. Um, so certainly going to town meeting like letting people know that that is something that is your priority and that you would like to know where they believe it stands on the priority list and more information about that. Um, going to the select board when it comes to those bigger capital expenses, we do not have a line in our budget for capital. So anytime we're asking for anything, it's through that process that involves a yay or nay from the town, right? and and the group of people. Yeah. I think one thing to just to clarify in that is when the town meeting appropriates money for capital expenditures, it appropriates an amount for capital but project specific, right?
And then at Discovery, you'll see we had an increase. We actually had a student return from homeschooling. So, just wanted to document that. And then last but not least, um been getting many calls on kindergarten registration, especially with all of the um inconsistency on what we're doing with redistricting and where folks are going to enroll their kindergarteners. So, um I think we can hopefully put to bed some anxieties tomorrow, but Newton School will be having a open enrollment tomorrow night from 4:30 to 6 and then Discovery will have one next Thursday at the same time, but you can always call central office if you have a kindergarten that you need to register and we can certainly help you at central office as well. Thank you. Thank you. questions for the assistant superintendent and superintendent. Member Ston, can you tell us more about this advanced manufacturing pathway that we're that we're working on?
The whole town's under a lease. I drank that Kool-Aid. I was on the board when that was proposed. And I'll be honest with you, since that time, I've done a lot of digging. Brandy Brandy did our numbers and it would be cheaper to pay the electric bill when she did them. Last year, it was it cost us more money to have solar panels than the electric. So, I I will give you a piece of advice. If you're thinking of solar panels, you're buying. You do not lease them. Yeah. That's that's the Kool-Aid that everybody they get everybody to drink. It's cheap. Uh-uh. Buy the system 40,000 or pay them 127,000. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks. Buy them and bite the bullet. Take the 40% off your 30% off your income tax. Can Can we go back to the um the 83,000? I I I I agree that it seems to make sense to pay the higher amount for the repair rather than just put a band-aid on it.
So I just want to uh commend the folks on that. Um I also this afternoon uh attended a um lunchon for the uh families network of western Connecticut and uh I I was there as the uh ed advance liaison um in that capacity. Um but it was a a really wonderful event and again a lot of agencies and groups that coordinate in the Denver area to provide support to families and to ensure that we're taking care of um our young people, our most vulnerable population. Just fine. Thank you. Thank you, Kim. We move on down the [Music] agenda. Okay. Um just a reminder uh that on April 22nd um will be the public hearing um at the city hall uh regarding uh budget discussions. Um and then uh Miss Cooper also asked for a reminder that on April 29th um the superintendent evaluation and there was um a survey correct Miss Cooper that you wanted the board members to complete.
So in the unfortunate event there is workplace violence that they need to report, they have a form digitally that they can um access in their BLD staff resources from their Chromebook so it's easily accessible and we're in the process of getting posters printed with QR codes for folks who maybe that would be easier for them to access. and we'll put those in the staff lounges and in um front offices for for our staff. That's going to be really great because um that program will give really good reports and information on what's going on so that administrators can look at that in real time and have conversations and react to what's going on and um help mitigate those situations. Also, um I wanted to announce our uh Madera County Excellence in Education um winners. So, employee of the year, Ivonne Horton from office manager at OES.
Um, you kind of already alluded to it. Um I've h heard different opinions that um Santan Valley is changing and it's very diverse. Um but those that live here um yes it's changing. How much is it changing would you say? How much do we probably rely on a good portion of that conservative voter base? It is changing but it's not changing quickly. You're still a very conservativeleaning community. You have to start with a strategy that's based on who is definitely going to show up. The biggest challenge I see for schools is they say, "We're going to turn out every parent. We're going to get them all registered to vote. We're going to go and get all these people engaged." And quite frankly, if that's your strategy, it's a failing strategy. Uh I worked on a campaign once that was in a college town. We registered over 2,000 people to vote.
Thank you. So this is my second time just quickly showing this but I wanted to talk about one of the big takeaways that we've received from classroom teachers and our teachers are it is a challenge or it's not been clear how do I navigate the various systems with a within the district to make sure if I see my student is in need of additional support how do I get there? What is my role in that? What is the MTSS role? How do we really begin to look at these? And so this conundrum of arrows and boxes, which I we're working on clarifying before we roll it out, but it really talks about looking at, if you look up in the top um left corner, it talks about classroom instruction. And if you move one box to the right, it talks about a teacher identifying a student is in need of additional support.
I have to if I'm pulling from my memory, which I've been trying to do over here, I think they probably went by the wayside on CO because we were having very monthly updates on obviously everything that was going on and then it might have gotten lost in transition. So it would be interesting to bring that back. I think we should know what's going on because we always talk about what's coming down the pipeline. Are we budgeting for it? Things like accessibility, things like cell phones, those are clearly hot buttons. Um, I am certainly concerned about whether or not we can lobby or not or whether we should. I think that's a really good question. I think the board should certainly have stances on certain things. There are certain bills that our state passes that impact what we do here. And so having a general and and trying to understand if that policy they are trying to pass in Springfield aligns with D26 policy that makes sense.