And just a reminder, our after prom committee is hosting a wicked singalong here at the high school this Saturday, May 10th. Tickets are still available to purchase on Parent Square. And the 13th annual preK12 art show will be held on Thursday, May 8th, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Dartmouth High School. Each school in the district will have their students artwork on display. Thank you for taking the time to recognize us this evening, respectfully the DHS student representatives. Thank you, Elizabeth. Thank you. Yes, May is a busy month. Um, and uh, you are welcome to stay for the rest of the meeting, but of course, uh, if perhaps you have other things that are pulling you away, please. Thank you. Um, next up, we have two consent agendas. um won the dig green volleyball camp and also the summer elementary enrichment program. So, I'm going to invite Mrs.
Yeah I would have mentioned it. So I think you know that's something that can be explored moving forward. Um I think with the transition we just I wasn't at that curriculum committee meeting but Yeah. Um I think we just went with the boiler plate one that the state issued um because that was an update from the old one. Um so uh this is some one of my phone friends on the on the survey question. So let's see if they know. No, sorry for the confusion. Let me see if I can get the answer. So um but I'm pretty sure it means bianually administer the survey annually do the scheduling. This is the second reading. So certainly by the third reading I'll have that information for you confirmed. Um at worst I'll just go back and read the state statute over it. Um so the school climate specialist for each school in collaboration with the coordinator develops and updates as necessary the improvement plan based on the results of the survey and whatever data they deem relevant.
Congratulations, Mr. Focarino, on the president. Congratulations to everybody else that is up there. um just get ready for the phone calls, the emails, the text messages, the Facebook messages all day long. Um but I do know that these three that were elected in addition to most of the others will respond to you and get back to everything that you need. So congratulations [Applause] guys. Uh Joe Delaney 15 guard on the court north. Arling you look great up there. I'm telling you you look smooth. Yes. You that that's what Yeah. What do you think J? Huh? Had you known this? Yeah. You got a winner. I mean congratulations. And you ran a great campaign. You're a great person. You definitely know what you're doing. You know you have it. Well, congratulations you and your family. I'm thinking about your father-in-law right now, Tony, who ran that border.
And so um we're going to make sure we have for Wednesday what funding source that's coming from. So you guys will have that in front of you. I believe Miss is that going to be a professional development virtual here on campus? Is that right? And so this is an intensive six day training. for the discussion requirement and we also will have for you we just got everything taken care of late Friday we will have for for Wednesday's a regular meeting um Mrs. speed her prek plan. That's very critical that she has a solid two weeks in June, I believe, to plan for the upcoming um 25 26 year. Since she will be the new prek teacher, we want to make sure that she has everything in order well ahead of time, not mid July planning for no board action necessary. This is study session item, Mr.
Hi, good evening uh, Madam President, members of the board, Dr. Crow, thank you for having me out here tonight. And I'll go over um our audit for last fiscal year. This just gives you a brief idea of the audit timeline we follow. Uh we start the audit in the springtime. Uh ironically enough, today was our first day of our fiscal year 2025 audit. So already getting started on that. Uh and then we come back out in the fall. Uh we do some more field work and then we finish up in December meeting that December 31st uh deadline that the district strives for every year. So everything went on time as expected last year. Kind of a scope of what we do for the audit. Um we perform an audit in accordance with government auditing standards, generally accepted auditing standards as well as uniform guidance which is those federal compliance rules uh the district's required to follow.
So that was nice to have everyone uh um be there and kind of learn a little bit about it. Um, we went through uh Nicole and Pat talked about our PAT program and we gave some data similar to what the board had received about looking at recidivism and things like that. Um, had a brainstorming activity to try to get some insights on uh, you know, just reflections on improving our program. Um, we uh did talk about chronic absenteeism. Uh and then we posed a brainstorming challenge which was truly a challenging question of looking at data around students that are chronically absent that are passing their classes and not passing their classes. So it led to some um really good discussion around that. Um and then Gina had the consolidated district plan that she has to get feedback around. Uh we did send out uh a Google form to get some additional feedback.
A few thank yous. Dr. Kelatti, thank you for choosing us. We go. Yes. not just as a place to lead, but as a community to believe in. Your leadership has been steadfast, compassionate, and deeply human. You remind us time and time again that students are not statistics, and our staff are not employees. They are a heart of this work. It's been a privilege to serve beside you through the hard calls, the quiet victories, and the sacred responsibility of shaping something better for those kids that walk our halls each day. To my fellow board members, what a journey we've traveled together. I need to get it together. We faced a global pandemic, divisive debates, and moments that tested not just our resolve, but our very sense of hope. And we've all quietly suffered great losses. Underneath all of it, I personally cared for my mother as she bravely battled leukemia and mel and and melanoma, ultimately losing her battle on the first day of school this year.
So, I had some people um send me some photos and I had a photo album made of all four years that us seniors have spent with AR from freshman to sophomore to junior and finally this year. And um it's very surreal if if we want to think about it. And looking back at all these pictures, um, I've realized how much not only I have grown or how much we have grown, but how much AR has grown as a teacher. Um, you're you're amazing. You're amazing, AR. Um, and uh, I was thinking back to um, some of the movies and the books I've read and I put a quote in the first page that I will read out to you guys now and I felt like it really fit us here tonight. Um, it's from the book slashmov Perks of Being a Wallflower. And it says, "And know these will all be stories someday, and our pictures will become old photographs and will all become somebody's mom or dad, but right now these moments are not stories.
Paveo up. Um she is going to talk about the the summer elementary enrichment program and some of the changes that we have had to make in response to um you know uh we've we've lost the ESSER funding that's funded the summer programming in for the past few years and so in response to that we've had to make some adjustments. So Mrs. Pavo is going to talk about Hey good evening everybody some of what we're requesting from you this evening. Um, so I hope you got the request over and as Dr. Saber Magcguire said, we've had um kind of a shift in the last se several summers about what we were able to offer our students at the elementary level and we were very fortunate through ESSER funding and acceleration academy grants to be able to offer some enrichment opportunities at no cost to families. Um, as you know, those federal funds are no longer available to us.
Plan is then submitted to the coordinator for review on and approval on or before the end of the you know calendar year each fall. um then made available to members of the school community uh and which we do. We put that on our website now. It's available on our curriculum page. Districts may uh place the plans into their district and school improvement plans. And that's basically what we do. We roll up like we were just talking about the the plans. Here's where it gets a little more directive in terms of planning and what we have to deliver. So for this current school year, God bless you, we had to start and annually thereafter, we had to um provide we were districts were required to provide some form of professional development regarding social emotional learning, school climate, culture, restorative practices. Now we've been doing that since 2017.
He ran a first down and he ran a good He did a good job. I I had the pleasure of serving with him. He was a good man. Melissa, you got this. Just do what you're doing. Melissa, you're a great parent. You know, you did it for the right reasons, you know. So, wish you all three the best of luck. Great job. Thank you. Happy birthday, Joe. I'll be very short, I promise. Um, Ever Garnto, 51 Jun Street, Garfield, New Jersey. First and foremost, I'd like to wish our Councilman, Mr. Joseph Delaney IVth, a happy happy birthday. Secondly, I want to congratulate the three uh newly elected board members from Savoir schools. Uh I've not known two of them all that long, but the time that I've known them, I can tell you they have a lot of heart, a lot of grit, and I know they're going to do the right thing.
President. Okay. questions for discussion. I have a question for the um should the reading teacher be included in that? Um so the question is question we can look into it. Um it's just that every year we we submit a grant and can only give it to two teachers at a time. And I know this year it's Miss Oano that's working closely with the primary of um Mhmo is working closely to grades three up and this can only be given to primary teachers the discussion training like a requirement for them to become a designate like we're trying to make sure that we have at least one every year. So remember at some point you know the trained teacher left and we were left hanging and that's and this is the strategy that we're doing making sure that we train two teachers at a time and we can look into it for for next year.
Uh in addition, we complete the UN USFR compliance questionnaire uh which is issued by the auditor general for the state of Arizona. Just some differences in responsibilities uh for us in management. We perform inquiries of fraud communications. We talk to members of the board, members of the district staff, but ultimately keeping in mind that the responsibility for fraud lies with the board and with management. And that an audit provides reasonable but not absolute assurance. And that ultimate responsibility for the financial statements still relies uh with district management. There was a new Gazsby standard. So a government audit accounting standard was implemented last year. Uh a Gazsby statement 100 didn't really require any changes uh for the district. It was mostly changes in the presentation of the financial statements. Uh so nothing significant there. There will be a new Gazsby standard for this year that we'll talk about.
Uh if people are like me, I usually leave meetings and then I think like I got four other things that I wanted to share. So um we did ask for feedback. We had a couple um input so far. We have about three uh um attendees give some feedback. We're hoping for a little bit more. Um but yeah, I think it was a successful night. the path program whether it's small or large in our attendance has always produced quality um discussions and um you know Hank as we've gone through this we've seen like the creation of path um we've added like social work support and things like that through just ideas that have come out of this group so um we really do appreciate it regardless of the size so I don't know if you guys have any other insights on it was thought it was a a good night it was really good they they've highlighted, you know, a couple of areas where maybe we could use a little bit more staff support.
With all of that going on, there were still nights that we were crushed by the weight of decisions we had to make. I was threatened and at times I was scared. And yes, there were times I tried to walk away, tried to run away. But I didn't give up. We didn't give up. We stood together firm because we believed fiercely and stubbornly in a better tomorrow. We've debated. We've strategized. We've made difficult decisions. Sometimes under immense pressure, but always with one thing at heart, doing what's right for those we serve. I will forever respect the passion each of you brought to the table. Even when the road was hard and even though we didn't always agree. But leadership is never carried alone. to each teacher, parah, bus driver, custodian, food service worker, secretary, counselor, nurse, sign language interpreter, teaching assistant, principal, assistant principal, administrator. Every single person that pours into this district with heart and purpose.
This is happening. and everything makes you wonder when you were listening to that song on that drive with the people you love most in this world and in this moment I swear we are infinite and I just want air to realize that we are infinite and with with these photographs in this album we will be infinite. Uh yeah. So, thank you for the past four years. Uh you're welcome. Thank you guys. Thank [Applause] you. Let's clean this place up. Have a great night. Drive safe. Thank you so much. Oh, I forgot. I forgot to
And so we are proposing um a small fee to offset the cost of offering a summer enrichment in the the program itself is sort of a hybrid of the two programs um where it's an enrichment program for students entering grades one through grade six. So our students who are already in school um aimed at reinforcing grade level skills to sort of um help them stay in the groove, help them stay in the in the sort of routine for school. Um it's a 4-week program. It mirrors the dates and times of our ESY program. So students would attend um from 8:30 to 11:00 4 days a week for 4 weeks.
Probably when I became superintendent in 16, we adopted as a goal. We've been doing that ever since. I know some of that like the restorative practices stuff probably even predates 2016. So we we're ahead of that. We're evolving in that. So as you guys know, we approved the past survey, the people attitude about self at school survey um and started administering that late last year and we've been doing a lot of training with our staff around that. What is it telling us? What interventions do we then create? that would be something else that would fold into the the climate survey group and we are doing that now. Um so we've evolved with the times but I think we got a real jump on all this many years ago. Um including up to you know the pass survey last year better better information supports better planning.
As far as Miss Arleene Patiri, what can I say? Arlene and I have known each other for Yes, I'm an old man. Well over 50 years. It's hard for me to even believe that. Arlene, I am so super proud of you and your team. You ran a tremendous campaign. Uh we did support you. Uh I'm happy it turned out the way it did and I think the right people are sitting in the right seat. Mr. Oto, what what can I say about you? You're retired fireman. I know what you're about. I used to have dinner with your father-in-law almost every night when I was on the job at u what was that um pizza no uh Jose no Josephine and um Mike own the pizza place I'm for sake three I got a a brain fog right now thank you thank you birthday boy every night Tony and I would sit down and have dinner twin twin she's a twin I'm a twin uh congratulations patience.
you know, maybe looking maybe like I know a lot of other districts do the train the trainer model. Maybe we can have these two are officially trained. We can have them also maybe we get creative. We can have them train the trainer model where more than just these two staff members can have some kind of training. It's critical. So we can always because that comes up in the dimples um data, right? So and that's a lot of information that will be looking at instruction. Right now it's M that's doing the the intervention for the primary and then MO is reading grades for yeah up to high school because her her Her credentials is elementary and high school and both the needs wide range both elementary and high school. Mr. Wanda was I know was doing them. I know they had she had I really give her credit for it because she came up with the strategy on it.