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tomorrow. And Chance, we'll have you come join us as well. Chance. Hey, there he [Applause] is. The Burlington Firefighter Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 goes to Roie Anderson and Chance Heg. Our next scholarship is the Ellis Foundation. The Ellis Foundation is a 5013 nonprofit charity. It was established by Danny and Willa Ellis in memory of their daughter Kathy Lynn Ellis Adriens. Kathy, a much beloved teacher, influenced many lives before passing away of breast cancer in 1998. Since then, the Ellis Foundation has committed over 20 million in scholarships for deserving students. Under the direction of Cathy's brother, Chris and his wife, Katherine, the Ellis Foundation scholarship program has grown with the addition of outside sponsors, including many local donors who are equally committed to helping students from their hometown achieve a college education. Ellis Scholars benefit not only from the financial assistance, but from a mentoring program designed to support these future leaders.
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I pledge allegiance of the standy for all. Thank you. Tonight's mission statement is going to be read by board member Mr. Thompson. The mission of the East Sham Township School District is to promote excellence in an environment that engages students in meaningful learning experiences in partnership with students, dedicated staff, families, and community. The district provides a strong educational foundation that will empower our students to achieve their unique potential, embrace self-directed lifelong learning, develop the skills necessary for appropriate risk-taking and responsible decision-making, respect themselves and others, problem solve individually and collaboratively, become contributing members of a diverse global society. Thank you, Mr. Thompson. I'll now hand the floor over to Dr. Smith for our final budget presentation. [Music] Okay. So final budget presentation 2526. This is the fifth budget presentation that we've done. The first was January 30th. That was a presentation about trying to chart the least horrible path in an absolutely horrendous situation.
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Hi, Mr. Kelesz. Hi, Mr. Ramos. Hi. Motion carries. Okay, at this moment, we'd like to move into the superintendence report of Dr. Tomco. Yes. Thank you, Mr. President. Welcome everyone. I hope everyone had an incredible break. Um, it's great seeing everyone here. Uh, I think we're going to get right into things and I'm going to do um a few uh I have a few housekeeping housekeeping things after, but we got some incredible uh announcements tonight and uh some of these winners. So, but let's first start with our student of the month. So, um Mr. M. Mr. Dur. Oh, Mr. Durr. Okay. And this is our student of the month. Yeah, excuse me. The light turns green. All right. Good evening. Can you hear me up? Thank you. All right. Good evening everybody. It is my great pleasure to recognize uh this month's student of the month, Rebecca Belgado Bahano, as our student of the month for April 2025.
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It requires courage, resilience, and a deep belief in one's ability to grow and lead. Those who achieve it exemplify the best of their professions. Achieving national board certification is truly a mark of excellence, reflecting not only advanced knowledge and skill, but also a dedication to continual growth and an impact in our schools. On March 22nd this year, as you know, the district was one of 11 districts recognized by the K Arizona K12 center for our significant commitment to national board certification. Daart currently supports our board certified employees by providing a 5% stipen to their base salary for their accomplishments. Uh thank you to each of you for your unwavering dedication, your pursuit of excellence, and your outstanding service to our schools and students. Your leadership and expertise inspire us all and elevate the entire educational community. We are truly grateful for your contributions. So, thank you very much.
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We thank our generous district partners, Chick-fil-A, Culver's, Imagination Print and Design, Huntington Learning Center, Serve Bank, and The Scoop for helping to make this program successful. We would also like to thank all of those who nominated individuals for consideration. Awardees, after your name is called and we share your nomination, please come forward to be congratulated by the board and Dr. Kilgotti and then wait until the rest of the individuals from your school have been called up. Our first school tonight is Asiggo East High School. All right. First, we'd like to welcome Madura Rei, science teacher. Madura is a welcoming, caring presence at OEHS. Her passion for chemistry is both admired and appreciated by her students who feel well educated from her classes. Madura goes out of her way to help students and her overall positivity has made an impact. As a former student shared, quote, "She actually made us feel like we were the best part of her day." Congratulations, Madura.
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And a special recognition to Paige Freeze for receiving honorable mention recognition. Come on [Applause] up. Our next award, the St. Louis Post Dispatch Scholar Athlete of the Year. The St. Louis Post Dispatch Scholar Athlete Award honors one senior from every area high school. To be considered a scholar athlete, students must be in the top 25% of the senior class academically and must play at least one varsity sport. The recipient will be recognized at a St. Louis Cardinal baseball game later this season season. This year's St. Louis Post Dispatch Scholar Athlete of the Year for Columbia High School is awarded to L. Van Bruigan. [Applause] Okay, the next part of our ceremony, uh, we would now like to recognize the following students who are continuing their athletic career and have signed a letter of intent to play sports at the collegiate level. You can just simply please stand whenever your name is called to be recognized.
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You can just walk up to to the podium. It's not as scary as it seems. I promise. Test test test. My name is Coleman and I live here in Columbus and I'm here tonight to speak in support of the additional appropriation you're here to vote on this evening. I've spoken at length multiple times at these board meetings about the issue um of school safety and I think that I don't want to repeat anything that I've already said except for this which is I think that kids deserve to feel safe when they go to school and I really think the role of the SSO the school security officer is a step towards fulfilling that goal. So I encourage all of you to vote yes for this additional appropriation. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Bennett. Anyone else? Okay. All right. Thank you. I will end the public hearing portion of tonight's agenda and gabble back into our normal business meeting.
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We were actually the first community partnership school in the state of Florida. What did we do? Well, we started off by in just four years moving the school grade to a grade of a C. Before I left Weiss, we had a fully embedded pediatric clinic on site at our school. So, our families in our community, kids under 18, were able to go and see a pediatrician at no cost. We also had adult education classes. Those classes included GED classes and the prerequisite to GED classes for for people who needed a little extra work before they were ready to take the GED. We also offered classes like financial management and we had a parent resource room that parents could come and utilize computers or anything they needed during the day. We also had a very robust after-school program. It was free to our students and it included a large academic portion of the time where university students going into education would come and work one-on-one with our kids.
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You have three minutes. Miss Basin will keep timer. She's not being rude. She's looking at the timer and she'll warn you with 30 seconds left. Okay. Thank you. Good evening, Dr. Terrell. Members of the board, my name is Kelly Scar Hoffman and I work at Lake Street Elementary. I'm here to talk about the interventionist position in our district. Elementary interventionists in Crown Point work with every grade level K through five. We're in charge of offering tier 2 instruction, which means no more than six students in a group, as well as tier three instruction, which is no more than two students in a group. We also do this in two different subjects, ELA and math. At Lake Street, we get a 40-minute window to service the high need students who do not have IEPs. We do this five days a week. Some of our responsibilities include keeping track of academic data, attending case conferences and file reviews, grade level data meetings, administering standardized tests, attending district professional developments, arrival and dismissal duty, filling in for classroom teachers, and so much more.
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So, congratulations to Camden. [Applause] Okay, this is Miss Averly. And Averly is a is a kindergarten student in Mrs. Stockton's room. And she was selected because she is someone who is always honest. She's something she is someone that we can count on and that she sets a good example for all the other kids in the class. So, we really appreciate having you [Applause] So, this is the TCP student of the month recipient of our honesty characteristic of the month award, Quinn. She was nominated by Mrs. Stevens. And we had a lot of really great representatives from all of our different classrooms for this award. and the winner um by a lot of staff support for all the things that she's done. So, Miss Stevens Quinn is very deserving of the award of the month of recognition for her outstanding honesty and integrity. Quinn's actions reflect strong character, setting a good example for others, and building a community of trust and respect.
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Any questions or discussion? Let's vote on the motion. Motion passes 6. Moving on to item B, core values B1, core values discussion. Tonight is my honor to present the core values recognition for Huntington County Community Schools. A portion of our board meetings, it's always exciting, an opportunity for us to recognize staff and students. And so, please come up to the front when your name is called. Friends and family, you're welcome to step out of your seat to take a photo once the individual or group is honored. Uh, first up, we want to recognize Lane Campan. I'm not sure Lane is here this evening, but we've been trying to recognize him as the county spelling be champion. This was a repeat for him and I don't think he's here, but uh uh just let me share uh his bio. First, we're proud to recognize Lane Cam Cresby Middle School.
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Do you have any questions regarding the blue ribbon updates, Miss Lawrence? Yes, Mr. Smith. I'm super excited to see all of the changes happening at our middle schools in particular because I know that's been uh a a constant presence in your life for the last year or so. About 18 months. Two. Yeah, thank you for the correction. Two years. Um Mr. Dr. Smith, I did have a question from a member of the public who was asking if we would be able to get any of our spring sports on any of the fields this year at the the middle schools. My assumption was no, but I wasn't sure. They have been playing on Okay. softball, baseball, and now with the tennis court top coat on, they'll be able to use those. I did I did see the tennis courts today. They looked really great. Um, will members of the public be able to use the tennis courts as well in the same way that they use the facilities at the high school?
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Was pretty clean, but uh well played by Geon breaking that one up. [Applause] Great play by Geon and he takes a a well-deserved rest. Olson brings it out to Atwood. All right, Hollist playing prevent, making sure Raiders don't get into the slot area. Getting pushed out pretty good right here. That's Hartnet going trying to get a get a good look. Olsson with a good grab to keep it keep it in play. Reworking it back to the point. A lot our raiders are doing talking like Yoda. I am I am See, that's Fowler with it. Great pass. And was that Sullivan with the finish? That was great play by Fowler to open up and uh just able to net that one for the Raiders. Two nothing. 7 minutes and 29 seconds on the [Music] clock. All right. Hart facing off. That's uh Anastasia winning it for Hollist.
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Finn has 14 goals for Westside this year as she makes a move to go in and she will get a 12 meter. So Finn with the ball on the 12 meter mark. She makes a move. Goes in, takes a shot. It's saved by Jenna Holly. Good backup by Grace Rayult as Ken Marino comes in with the ball. Kenner goes by one looking to split the offense. Gets the ball over to M. Whitworth. M Whitler splits him up, crosses hands, gets the ball over their straighting line, goes by Canannada takes a shot, just misses wide. Miana Calibries there to quickly pick the ball up and now Miana with the ball behind Lynette. Miana does a dodge. Oh, gets the ball knocked away. Ball up in the air. Sabina Mcknemyne ends up with the ball. She gets hit and Mckne will have herself an 8 meter attempt.
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For more information, you can visit their website at the Ellisfoundation.org. The first scholarship, the Ellis Foundation, rooted in rural skilled traits program scholarship. This scholarship is $2,000 per semester for four semesters. So, it's an $8,000 scholarship. They go to Tagard Ish, Braden Rigs, and Kent Stoie. [Applause] Then we have the Ellis Foundation Rooted in Rural Education Program Scholarship. This is $1,000 per semester for eight semesters. It also is an $8,000 scholarship. We have two of them. They go to Eli Urban and Sage [Applause] Vaper. And it's now my pleasure to introduce Judy Stoie. She's from the VHS Alumni Foundation and she will um announce all of those scholarships. It's my honor to be here this evening and represent the Burlington High School Alumni Scholarship Foundation and the Alumni Association. Um to you seniors, the first thing that you will do when you turn your tassel on graduation day is become a member of the h the alumni association.
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followed by the February 27th presentation which was again the least horrible path in a horrendous situation. Then March 17th the same. And then the fourth budget presentation was entirely unique and unprecedented. So that presentation was about a very unique opportunity that the state of New Jersey was offering to school districts to apply for additional tax levy if they were under adequacy. So for our district, we are nearly 15 million under adequacy, which is an an absolutely astronomical and outrageous amount. Um, per BOE approval. At that meeting, we have applied to the DOE for that amount. It includes $14,212,41 in additional local tax levy plus 710,000 in additional what's called incentive aid, which is basically just um additional state aid, which is 5% of that local tax levy amount. NJDE is reviewing our application. final status pending. Um per an initial uh review email we got from them, we have provided the required components, we are awaiting the final status.
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I've had the privilege of teaching Rebecca in the 11th grade social studies where she consistently impressed me with her critical thinking, her intellectual curiosity, and her leadership. Rebecca is also a member of the National Honor Society, the Math Honor Society, and serves as vice president of the um the sociodabad uh honoraria Hispanica or the um Hispanic National Honor Society. She has excelled academically, completing college level courses at the Rucker Business School and winning first place at the Stockton University Business Plan Competition, where she plans to actually go. Uh she's committed to go there for um her freshman year of college in the honors college and has also scored a summer internship program at the college. Beyond the classroom, Rebecca is a decorated athlete in cross country and track. A dedicated peer leader through the Lindseay Meer Teen Institute or what we call TI the TI program and a tireless advocate for student wellness and community service.
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I would like to in invite all of you forward to take a picture with our governing board. We will join them in the front. If you can please come on forward. All right. Next up, we have um audience with individuals. This is the time for public to comment. Members of the board may not discuss items that are not specifically identified on the agenda. Pursuant to ARS 38-431.01H, 01H. Action taken as a result of public comment will be limited to directing staff to study the manner, responding to any criticism, or scheduling the matter for further consideration and decision at a later date in order to facilitate accomplishing the business of the district in a timely manner.
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Next up, English teacher Patrick Sweeney. Referred to as a pillar at OE, Patrick is intentional in building strong relationships with his students and fellow staff members. He uses his sense of humor to engage with his classes and makes it evident that he cares about his students. One parent said, quote, "Mr. Mr. Sweeney is not only a great teacher, but is also a great mentor to my son, even though he's no longer in his class. Congratulations, [Applause] Patrick. Next up, Stacy Sager Adams, business teacher. As both a teacher and sponsor of OE's Business Professionals of America chapter, Stacy exemplifies a great commitment to her students. She shares relevant real life stories that connect to in-class content, making difficult concepts easy to understand. Miss Sager cares a lot about her students in a way that decentralizes the need for perfect academics and instead focuses on personalized growth and character.
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And I think I have them all. If I miss someone, I apologize. Our first one is Elelliana Ames, volleyball at Frontier College in Fairfield, Illinois. Sam Austinine, softball at Culver Stockton University in Canton, Missouri. Cash Bailey, baseball, Mineral Area College, Park Hills, Missouri. [Applause] Jessica Beerley, soccer at Milikin University in Decar, [Applause] Illinois. Liam Bivvens, soccer at Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, Illinois. [Applause] Sully Benaldi, soccer at Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville. Or is it B? Is it baseball? Soccer or baseball? Soccer or baseball? Soccer. Had me confused. I thought it was baseball for a minute. Andrew Collier, baseball at Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, Illinois. [Applause] Sam Donald, basketball, Bellereman University, Louisville, Kentucky. Paige Freeze, softball, Danville Area Community College in Danville, Illinois. Jacob Hall, golf at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. Brady Heminghouse, soccer at Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, Illinois. Riley Matthews, soccer, Indiana State University in Teroot, Indiana.
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