Holl wanting possession and Raiders just doing a good job. Ah, but Holl gets the ball right there. 17 with it. Olsson putting some good pressure on him. Number 17 is Caleb Greenberg. [Applause] Slips up but maintains possession. Good move. [Applause] All right. looking to regroup right here. He's going to pass it. He passes it off to Alex Robbie. Robi. All right. Hollist working it the ball around the offense. Do Sherburn putting some pressure on fire. And that's Abs making the save, standing tall in that net right there. Oh, and he actually uh Do Sherburn just slipped up right there. gave the ball up. That was uh Hamilton Sin just slipping on the turf and Hollist has the ball now. [Music] Right. As we see number seven spinning off trying to get a shot. Couldn't get much of one there. Absis tracks it the whole way.
She kicks the ball back to Kennata. Canada looking to split the defender. She's met by Grace Howard. Canata throws the ball away and Kylie Marino picks the ball up and Kylie Marino's off. She gets the ball up to Kasich. Kasich up to Matt Whiter. Looks to be a four on three. Matt Whiter in and out through one, two, blows the ball by Davis and M. Whitwer gets on the board with her first goal of the game. Number five, M Whit. West Side is led by Mass Live Super 7 Audrey Canad Canannada who's going to Central Connecticut. She currently has 43 goals with six of those goals coming last time against East Law Meadow the last time they met. Their other leading scorers are Po with 16 scoring four against East Law Meadow last time Aninsley Carney the University of New England commit and Elda Hermovic the Springfield College commit.
Rich scholarship in the amount of $500 goes to Brody [Applause] Anderson. The Burlington High School Alumni Association scholarship in the amount of $1,000 goes to Chance Heg. [Applause] The Kirk Manwearing Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 goes to Nvea Sharp. [Applause] [Music] The Bill Freeman Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 goes to Emtt Hazen. [Applause] The Jay Howard The Jay Howard and Leverne Burkebeck family scholarship in the amount of $1,000 goes to Zale Allen. The Glenn O. May scholarship in the amount of $1,000 goes to Chance Heg. Yay. The Sally J. Donahghue Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 goes to Deanna Rama. The Jane Keith Nap scholarship in the amount of $1,000 goes to Cole [Applause] Carlson, the John A. Decker Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 goes to Deanna Raymer. [Music] The Dwayne Fitch Family Scholarship in the amount of $1,500 goes to Madison [Applause] K.
If you follow any headlines about where districts are at, you see that the costs are outpacing the local 2% tax levy cap of 2%. Uh our district in the most recent data available by the DOE, which is the very wonderful taxpayer guide to education spending on the DOE website, anyone can go on there and take a look themselves. We rank fourth leanest in budgetary cost, spending a little over $3,500 less per student than the average K8 district in the state, which is a really, really painful number because when you times that by our number of kids, it means that based on that data, there's over 16 million missing from our budget just to be average, just to have average resources for our kids who we think are extraordinary, right? And that's what makes that painful. Um, we advocated, we testified this year, as we have each year at the Senate and Assembly budget hearings.
Uh thank you for Thank you for being a figure of everything we hope for in this comm this district. Thank [Applause] you. [Applause] Congratulations again. Uh we have a student government uh presentation. Do we know who is All right, here we are. Thank you. Hello. Oh, hello everyone. My name is Isabelle and I am the secretary of the student government and I'm here to present you with the April uh boards of education meeting presentation. So to start with from April 14th to April 17th we celebrated the spring spirit week with teamspired directly by students ideas to make sure everybody's voice was heard student collected suggestions t through polls and question boxes in our Instagram page and then use those ideas to create this team's week this week's theme. Thursday's monochrome Monday, character day, and walking Wednesday were planned by student government. While Thursday's purple shirt and jeans day was hosted by ROTC and the Blue Stars program to support military families.
Uh, it's not just apparent by looking at the difference in the win loss column, u, but also seeing the impact that he's had on players lives. I've watched Austin put in countless hours with players to push them not just to be better athletes, but also to be me better members of their community. Um Austin's led the team to participate in many community service events like CCV's exceptional stars program multiple times, Reese Across America. Um he's gotten buying in support from parents to put together dinner on the diamond, uh taken the team to watch Grand Canyon University baseball games, um and then also uh travel to Nevada for tournaments. So he's put in his time. uh to work with a lot of the a lot of the players. Uh on the field, I'm so impressed by how quickly he turned them into a playoff contending team in a tough region.
Any building admin is in Vancowski. Come on up. One second. Stay there. Congratulations. Congratulations, Asiggo Pride winner. Our next spotlight school is Awiggo High School. First of all, Colleen Mchuan. Come on up, Colleen. Helina is a special education teacher and is known for her positivity and patience. She knows how to find students potential and encourages them to reach it all while encouraging her teacher assistants and other co-workers too. Quote, "Her patience, dedication, and ability to connect with each individual make her a standout educator." Congratulations, Colleen. Next up, math teacher Greg Pelder. A motivator and supporter, Gregory Pelzer pushes his students to do their best. He finds ways to make learning fun while challenging his students to grow. His efforts allow students to realize their own potential. Quote, "Mr. Pelzer cares about the students and I feel truly wants to see them all succeed. A parent shared, "Congratulations, Mr.
She's sure to be a 25 recipient as well, but we will recognize her for 2024 All State Girls Riley [Applause] Matthews. Some other individual milestones that we would like to recognize. First, our school record for rebounds. A 1500 plus point scorer, which I think by the end of the year was about 1,950 points, is Sam Donald. Paige Freeze had her 100th hit in softball this year. Jordan Holton during the girls basketball season became second all-time leading scorer in school [Applause] history. Sam Schmookie was a thousand point scorer this [Applause] year. Kyle Chud was a state qualifier in golf. Megan Bullyard, 1,00 career assists in volleyball and second in school history with 1,224 career [Applause] assists. We had a track record that was broke this year. I'm going to probably get the year wrong. I think it was 1989. Uh, has been around since 1989. Chase Hendrick Hendrickson broke the discus school record in track and [Applause] field.
Um, and then several of these students are also going to help uh start the new program uh for VEX Robotics at East High School next year. So, uh, with their continued commitment to learning and improving their skills, they have set a new bar of what's possible with robotics and BCSV. Um, and we're incredibly proud of all of them. Hi, my name is Brian Bush. I'm going to be speaking about the Smith team here. So, this is team 59813B. You'll hear a little common theme with that. This same team has been is going to the world championships for the third year in a row. This team year, the team is comprised of different students. As Kyle mentioned, you see the central team here that all also came from Smith. So, we only had one team member from last year's Smith team that made it to the world championships that's on this team again this year.
We were able to connect families, staff, and students through our initiatives. See, my time at Wise taught me one thing that education truly is the change factor for so many families and children. However, before that we can really monopolize on education. We we have to do so much more for our students and families. These are things before they get to the classroom or even the school door. We have to meet the needs of the whole child and the whole family. And in order to do that, every once we do do that, everything begins to shift and we truly can start making a difference. Most recently, I served as principal of MacArthur Elementary School, a completely different kind of school, but an amazing school in itself. When I got here, we were a low seat and we worked so hard, have a wonderful staff, and in three years were able to flip the school grade of a C to an A.
I believe that offering a contract for this position would decrease the turnover rate which could ultimately student success and retain highly qualified teachers in this important role. I also think that it's my time up. I also think it's worth mentioning that Crown Point is the only district in the area that does not offer a contract to their interventionist. I reach out to Dulan, Velpo, Maraveville, and Hammond and all of their interventionists are under contract. I know this can't happen overnight. However, if when the referendum passes, my hope is that the board and admin will have a discussion and seriously consider offering a teacher contract to the interventionists in our district. A solution that not only helps the interventionist be successful, but most importantly the students be successful. Thank you. Thank you. Moving on to item three, consent agenda. Dr. Thank you for your consideration this evening.
So, um, the other things that we're really proud of is how much Donald has, um, adapted and changed to high school, um, over the course of his freshman year. So, Mrs. Carr has nominated him, um, very proud of him. She says that Donald will be one of the first students to tell you, uh, what he does not like about school, but he would never be able to tell you that by his work, e, ethics, and determination. Donald was one of the most conscientious students that we have about getting his work done and turned in on time. He is the quote king of the study guide unquote. He realized that the study guide has a purpose and always makes sure to complete it. He utilizes Zub hour, afterchool tutoring, and any help he can get to be successful. Donald is polite, helpful, and has a good sense of humor.
Each morning, students arrive bursting with excitement for the musical adventures ahead. Mrs. Poff is cultivating more than just an appreciation for music. She is inspiring a love of learning and a positive attitude towards school itself, one joyful melody at a time. Congratulations to all of our honores this evening. Congratulations, Genie. You're shining examples of the core values we uphold in Huntington County Community Schools. Congratulations. [Applause] Thank you. You're welcome. And that concludes our core values for this evening. All right, moving on. We will move on to item C1, public comment items from visitors. We have one person signed up. Uh JC Shostl JC come up to the podium. Maybe is that you John? Yeah. Come on out. Jump up there. John come up to come up to the mic. If if you could, John, just state program that I listened to last two weeks ago on the green team.
And so, the -ate program realized that schools need help buying the cyber security tools necessary to prevent people from stealing our students identities and to stop them from trying to take over our uh networks. So they ran a pilot uh this year. It wasn't very large for the entire nation. It was only 200 million to cover the entire uh US. But so we weren't sure if we could even try, but we went for it and we got just shy of $650,000. So we can now go to uh out to bid to see all the vendors who know we have this money now. they're chomping at the bit to show us what they can do to help us keep our students safe on the cyber side of things. So, I'll be asking your permission to go ahead and u start to entertain those bids. It's going to take a while to evaluate them because they all come at it from different directions.
Nice pass off. Sen going to run it up. [Applause] All right, Raiders slowing it down a little. He's getting their offense back. Gears grinding after a quick defensive play. Hartnet bobbled it but didn't lose it right there. Nice. Nice job. again trying to work it in. Hollison's doing a pretty good job. Oh, until Grant Sullivan gets the ball. Then he was able to cradle and Deacon find his way right in front. Put that one in. Nice goal right there. That's his second. It is 4 nothing Raiders. And uh there is 2 minutes and 47 seconds left in this first quarter. Good possession right there. A little fight for it. Simon Hart with it. Can't stress how important that face off is right there. How important Simon Hart's play is each time to win the team the ball. This is Olson with it. He's passing it Atwood.
Both those girls have 15 goals. So, a lot of these girls can put the ball in the back of the net. I'm expecting a high-scoring game like last time. Last time there's 34 total goals scored between the two teams. Wouldn't expect anything less than that tonight, but Spartans are up two nothing with 722 to go in the first quarter. Ball goes up. Ken Marino with the ball. Ball's loose. Nice job by Caroline Leaseik to scoop the ball away and pick it up and start East's offense. Calibra over to Mckne. Mckney over to Addy Jordan. Jordan with the ball looking to do a roll dodge. She's met by Canada. Jordan behind the net. She's always dangerous there. Jordan with a little behind the back scoop pass and she's on the she has her second goal. Esau Meadow now up two three to nothing with 642 to go in the first quarter.
A new scholarship this year. [Applause] The Judah family scholarship memorial scholarship in the amount of $1,000 goes to Sarah Gford. [Applause] The Margaret Dolores Bowman Decker Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 goes to Deanna Rymer. [Applause] The Kever family scholarship in the amount of $2,400 goes to Zale [Applause] Allen, the Samuel A. Jr. and Doris Hutcherson Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $3,000 goes to Cole [Applause] Carlson, the Maria Isabel Lang Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 and is renewable for three additional years. So, makes it a total of 4,000 if you keep your grades up and meet the qualifications. There's two of them, Chloe Cosny and Chance Heg. [Music] Elmerine her Elmer Dean and Marjorie Herrer scholarship in the amount of $4,000 goes to Olivia Lions. [Applause] The Warren and Glattis Decker Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $4,000 goes to Kent Stoie.
This year, we had a um kind of combined stakeholder team of BOE, ETA, and district administration. Our ask, our request at both hearings was to remove the 6% cap on state aid this year, which is an arbitrary cap. Uh that the state did not cap the decreases in state aid throughout S2. Now suddenly that districts might get an increase, they cap it. Um it did lead to better conversation with the uh elected officials especially at the Senate hearing than I personally have seen in the years I've been going. Um so it was promising you know that that there was a recognition that this is unfair uh a recognition that something needs to be done. What the disappointing part is the cap is still there. Instead, what the state has done is extend this opportunity to districts to take the additional local tax levy. Even if the cap were removed, though, we would still be um over six or 13.5 million below adequacy.
Each day gave students a chance to show their creativity and school spirit. It was exciting to see the entire school community get involved, including teachers like Mr. Dur and Miss D. Carlo, who dressed up for character day. Spring spirit week was a great way to bring positive energy and excitement before spring break. Next one, we have our pep rally. The spring pep rally was hosted right before uh break started and was a great way to bring the school together and celebrate. This time we focus more on creating an interactive and energetic event by including a v variety of fun games. Students and teachers could sign up to uh participate in activities like a three-legg race, potato sack, potato sack race, musical chairs, and a relay race to make it even more exciting. We had a team for each grade and even a teachers team. We also recognized our amazing spring athletes during the pep rally celebrating all their hard work and accomplishments.
But baseball aside, uh the reason why I'm here to speak is Austin's character. It's what makes him a great coach. Uh his motivations are to see others succeed. Uh it's a shame that it's gone this far and is now putting his character into question. Um I would like to make it known that Austin Ber is the type of person that I would hope Diceart school districts would hire uh to coach any of my three children. Um, he's fair, he's honest, encouraging, positive, motivating, and most importantly, he cares. Uh, he cares about the school, the community, and most of all, the kids on that team. Um, at a time where we're running, uh, at a time where we need teachers, coaches, and positive influences in our children's lives, we're running out a good one here. Um, thank you for your time and I please urge you to get to know Austin Ber.