Nope, not quite. You're the one with the glasses. Should be uh you're supposed to see the other side of the field. This is true. You just tell with this blame it on the rain. This Yeah, this weather is tough for anybody to keep the ball in the stick today as the ball is just constantly just bouncing around. Nice pass. A nice save by Jenna Holly. Jenna Holly is saying no thank you once again. She wants to keep this at a shutout tonight. She's having a game. She's having a great game. Hagwam's having a couple nice shots on her. Jenna Holl's coming up big as she always does. Seems like every time she plays AWA, Ka Marino knocks the ball up to Grace Howard. Grace Howard goes in and out of a couple of defenders. Now I li Kasich. I go by the yellow stick. Caroline McCasich with about over the shoulder behind the back shot.
Great. Thank you. I'll ask Director Julio Casper to present on the leader and educator professional growth educalation support plan. Peta. Um, so we did this a year ago, so I'm going to give you a little bit of a refresher on some of the terminology that we're going to talk about. Uh, it will be quick, but we mentioned last year that we would be likely coming back to the table with some adjustments that we would want to make to the plan. Um, so that is what we are here. We were asking for one adjustment to the plan, but I'm going to give you a little bit of background first. Um, first of all, this was Let's put this word. Okay. Okay. Click the button for a while. Yeah. No, seems like I got it. There we go. All right. Um just to reiterate, we went through this with our professional development and evaluation committee originally um that is made up of a group of teachers and administrators and this was collaborative with that committee and our a team committee um as uh required by our Tennessee Department of Education.
It is through their intentional efforts to craft meaningful and engaging learning experiences that we witness the incredible accomplishments of our students. As the school year draws to a close, our campuses are filled with energy and excitement. From student activities to senior celebrations to graduations and preparations for summer school, our schools are closing this year with pride and purpose. A heartfelt thank you to all of our school sites for their continued commitment. Oxford Academy would like to congratulate Abigail Hong for earning recognition in the national PTA Reflections Art Contest. A tremendous accomplishment. Additionally, Oxford proudly celebrates its baseball and boys volleyball teams for being crowned 605 league champions. On Saturday, May 3rd, Orange View hosted its farewell fiesta, a welcoming former students, families, current and retired staff, and administration as they honored the school's legacy and looked forward to its future at the Western High School campus.
It's one of the first of many through this season of May. I know. But boy are we excited to celebrate with you. And so we'll start out with the Skills USA gold medalists. You heard mention of that before. Yes. Our district sends hundreds of students to competitions both at the local, regional, and then even at the state level. These are students who qualified as the first in their category at the state level, the best in California, and they will be moving on in many cases um with some few exceptions to Atlanta this summer to represent us in uh June. And boy is that an amazing time. And so starting off these outstanding students um in action skills, Lexi [Applause] Woods, basic healthc care skills. Destiny [Applause] Signney. Our Creed presenter, Milelay Keane. A special one to me. CNC two access turning programmer Lewis [Applause] Braxton.
In the last two board work study sessions, each of you as board members heard about the resources within our operating and capital budgets. And during those discussions, I hope each of you have a better understanding of the fiscal position we are in and given our constrained resources with the trend of our declining student counts, the need to secure funding for our aging infrastructure. And in order for us to ensure financial sustainability, as already mentioned, we need to make substantial changes to how we operate and utilize our resources. And as we pursue the evaluations of our programs and service delivery models, that may mean reimagining ASDB and our strategic focus, which does include making sure we continue with our strategic plan, but that may mean, as we've talked about, implementing new priorities, which will require us to reallocate our funds to those priorities. That's how a budget is built.
So raise money and pay for it. Yeah. Par parents pay. So there there's a couple components to that like all of our our overseas trips, but one of it is there's there's classes that students would attend and really those are just to create context behind the trip, right? With learn learn about the sites that they'll be visiting, things of that nature. All right. Thank you. So any other questions, Tom? So I have I have several. Um so how many students are in student council? I can't I don't I do not know the answer to that question. Okay. Um are the the item says that there's uh student council leaders. So and in a list four staff members are those four staff members student council leaders or are they just or are they regular staff members or you know what is their relationship to student council?
Um, and that's the positive piece because generally I like try to take an optimistic stance towards things. But um also as Superintendent Adams said, this has been the most challenging budget year that I've experienced in my 10 years as town manager and my 12 years um in this town. Before I was town manager, I was also the finance director. And you know, when you get into budget challenges, there are two ways you can address those. And you hear those constantly. You either have you either increase revenues or you cut expenses. you know, this year for the FY26 budget, we're looking at significant financial challenges um to the tune of actually $2.7 million using $2.7 million in one-time funds uh to balance the the general fund budget this year. $2.7 million out of an $82 million budget. And what do I mean by one-time funds? Uh I'll get into a little bit of detail about what those are, but one-time funds is revenue or uh money that you have that you do not get on a recurring basis.
And I was um I was noting how in the architectural narrative they describe the outside as um the exterior colors evoke a classic New England residential feel with an earthtoned brick that clads the base level u coffee covered siding standard um dark gray standing seamansered roof um and uh balconies placed at every unit stack helps to create a rhythm along the facade reinforcing the residential use. So I I think as Deepoa was kind of saying these are kind of ways of there's an architectural speak here that but it's certainly not it's certainly dressing up a lot what we're seeing. Um yeah. So, so the um the why now I know last I think it was last meeting they said they were getting closer to coming back and I don't know how much they've changed but I think um that would be a good idea in our comments to reference that if if um the why at least by their presentation absolutely tried to honor that space that site that location And we would love them to kind of look to do that, I think.
Lucy Parsons picks it up and takes a shot just wide. I think that was Lucy Parson that shot it. It was. It was. I like to see Lucy get loose. Yes, I would. Lucy's quick and fast. Always good to see her out on the soccer field. Well, unfortunately, we're going to have to wait on that. Yep. Few more months for the soccer season. Lucy Parsons comes off the field and Avery Morgado comes in. Eddie Jordan giving chase down to everybody. Oh, Grace Howard almost with a pick. Then she turns around, knocks the ball. Oh, yard sale at the 40 yardd line. Grace Howard knocks stick out of Awam's hands. And go Kylie. Kylie Mar just one left. That was a little bit of extension. We're not going to get that call in this game. And nice save by the Awam keeper. Shot by Trulio. Awam quickly gets the ball out.
The key terms and my little video is still up there um that we're going to talk about very briefly are a formal evaluation. When we say that we mean a full class evaluation that means you are staying for the duration of the class period. Um a formative evaluation that also has a pre and post. A formative is a shorter observation planned or unplanned. It is less than a full class period based on the um common core teaching indicators. And a review of practice is an assessment of work outside of classroom focusing on professional responsibilities and teacher leadership. And I'm going to give you a couple of examples of that because you might be like why would you tie it up? The review of practice. We talked about this last year, right? So the new teacher evaluation process which is this is for new teachers not the new process for new teachers new to the district and or new to the profession.
Alumni, warriors, and Panthers gathered to open a time capsule from 1997, uncovering a trove of memories from students of that era. Although the 1984 time council remains elusive, the search continues with enthusiasm. Special thanks to board of trustees Mr. Ron Hosshi and executive director Robert Salvivar for their support as well as all the the principles dating back to 2006 who attended the memorable event. Loera is in full senior season mode with students showcasing their growth through capstone presentations at the Saxon Summit. The school community was recently celebrated milestones, a memorable prom, department awards, and senior awards ceremonies. Excitement now builds for the grand finale graduation on May 23rd. Savannah recently welcomed visitors from Hungary and France, providing enriching cultural and educational exchange. Both the guests and hosts reflected on the experience, often beginning with nerves, but ending with friendship and mutual appreciation. These international visits continue to foster global understanding and are valuable opportunities to we hope to see expanded across our schools.
CNC programmer Brian Wheeler. Early childhood education. Amelia Green. emergency medical technician. Two students, Evan Downing and Nolan [Applause] Qualls, graphic communications. Sky [Applause] Becks, practical nursing. Arisella [Applause] Galvan, job skill demonstration open category. Nico [Music] Day, Mechatronics Team of Two, Hayden Rice and Aiden Walker Butler. [Applause] Nurse assisting Abby Hamilton prepared speech Emily Martinez screen printing technology Macy [Applause] Gibson and it was mentioned earlier but a very special recognition to another elected state officer whose position will be determined later in the year. Matthew [Applause] Lurley. You'll know Matthew by the red Skills USA jacket that he'll adorn him for the next year. Congratulations. [Applause] as the Skills USA students make their way for a photograph. Um, wish them well if you see them as they head to Atlanta. We're so proud. The next category is the state seal of civic engagement. These recipients have worked very hard to make sure that they qualify both by both test and presentation, knowledge of the United States Constitution and an impact on their local community.
The budget does not build the strategic plan. The strategic plan builds the budget. With all that said, we will need to continue to reduce our expenditures since they are outpacing our revenues. And I'm hopeful within the next upcoming year. With these changes, we'll see some significant impacts to the budget as we look at realigning. Although the year has not come without its challenges, I do want to thank everyone for their ongoing commitment as we do our best to respond and in the best interest of our students with less than two weeks left to close out the year. And as we look to graduation, I want to extend my congratulations to the class of 2025 and also thank all of our teachers and staff who supported our students and schools each day. We don't want to lose sight of that. I know we are pulling together to rethink how we operate and this past year has provided us with the opportunity to think and do things a little differently.
Sure. Uh the names that the chafferons on the travel request is the student council adviser, two administrators, and then another teacher from Mountain View High School. Okay. So there's only one person affiliated with student council in that group of four. One well the the adviser, but certainly the administrators, right? You have an administrator that helps support your activities. Okay. So, so one of the um what what supposedly one of the benefits of this trip is that it's going to inspire students to further develop their role as active and informed citizens in the Mountain View and Morirana Unified School District community. Um, so since this trip is limited to the student council members, um, up to 30 apparently, uh, why wouldn't other Mountain View students benefit from being active and informed citizens in our community? Well, I I don't I mean, that sound sounds a little bit like a loaded question.
They're savings, if you will. So, if you uh if you liken it to your household budget, you know, the money you put in your savings account, the money that you save, you keep that for a rainy day. You know, if you put a $100 into your savings account and you need to use that the following year, guess what? You don't have that $100 the year after. So, if you have a deficit driving the need for that $100, you either need to address that def you have to address that deficit or find $100 somewhere else or you have to make the cuts somehow. Um, and what we've done here in Ashland, again, using collaboration and creativity, we've been able to find a way to make things work. But quite frankly, folks, I'm out of silver bullets. Uh, we've done things like move to the GIC. We've uh which saves us which has saved us over $8 million since the time that we moved.
Right. That would be probably the best we could hope for. Um, what what do you mean by that? Because I think the wise the wise renderings at the time were pretty basic as well. Um if I if I remember correctly um they well they went the architect I remember did a the excellent presentation and I'm sure that's to a lay person not an architect but of what he tried to say what is what is Ashland what what belongs in Ashland and he brought samples of all around town and he's like I don't think these really belong here and my my um inspiration was that site the wilderness the the um and possibly even going back to Native American kind of stuff about it. And so I that made sense to me, but again, I'm willing to admit as a lay person in that field, but that whole thing seemed to make sense.
Ball bounces around. Kylie Kennarino this time with the ball. She's going to say bye to everybody. She gets the ball over the restraining line. Look to set up the saw metal offense. She gets the ball over to Avery Morado. See what Avery's got. Avery try to do something with him. Go buy them. Looks like Avery will turn around. Avery's going to get herself a 12 [Music] meter. Avery Morata with the ball with a minute left in the third quarter. Avery turns around. Nice pass in there. Turns around. goals. Almost a golf shot by Angelina Trullio. She had that. She scored that one of those goals the other day against Notre Dame. Turns around Avery. That was Avery turns around gets a shot and looks like Angelina Trulio. Angelina Trulo gets the rebound and puts it in. Trulio. Got another Spartan on the board. Yep. Angel Trulio now on the board.
This is what they are currently doing and we are making no changes to this. This is a robust evaluation plan for a couple of years. There is they have two formal evaluations. we split with another administrator. So, it's not the same person doing those um because we may see them in a different um different capacity. Uh they also have one formative observation which previously was called an informal. We were hoping for feedback visits and they have to do one review of practice. So we have to observe them in a meeting setting in a planning and placement team in as you know in a teacher leadership capacity and this is what we are proposing for the veteran teacher evaluation process. Currently the plan that we approved last year we were hoping we were feeling very like ambitious about doing shorter visits more frequently. The problem with that is we all stayed longer.
Catella proudly spotlights its innovative game design pathway, a new unique program that begins at South Junior High and extends through Catella, Fullerton College, and UC Irvine. Combining computer science, digital arts, storytelling, and esports, this pathway offers students hands-on experience with tools like Unity, Unreal Engine, and Blender. Catella students can earn dual enrollment credits, gain unity certification, engage engage in game-based English courses while participating in competitive esports. This pathway exemplifies AUHSD's commitment to empowering students with real world skills and preparing them for success in digital and creative industries. At Western High School, in partnership with Chalk Hospital, their dedicated social work team, Western is proud to announce the launch of the student wellness center, a safe and supportive space where students can take time to decompress and recharge with the guidance of school counselors and trained wellness peer mentors. Students selected as wellness peer mentors will also have the opportunity to enroll in a dual enrollment course with Cypress College, gaining valuable experience and college credit.
And it's often judged by local town council. two recipients this year. Katrina [Applause] Picket and Valerie [Applause] Diaz. Nice work. The next category is the science fair. These are students who participated in and were recognized for excellence in their participation in the science fair at the um county level from Vanguard fifth grade. Jada [Applause] Alonzo, City Bull Academy, seventh grade. Richard Ariano, Vanguard, fifth grade. Benjamin [Applause] Contreras from Vanguard fifth grade. Ryland De's Sitting Bull Academy 7th. Nico Downey, [Music] Vanguard fifth grade. Callie Johnson, Vanguard 7th grade. Sophia Lavali, Rio Vista, sixth grade. Shelby [Applause] McGrady, Sitting Bull 7th grade. Luke Navaro, SittingBull Academy fifth grade. Nandani Naar Rancho Verdie sixth grade. Alcanza Riyadi. Alcanza also participated in the state science fair and was received some other um recognitions for her work. Here she comes. Good job. Right here. Phoenix Academy 8th, Milana Serrano. She is and citybull academy fifth Paris [Applause] big as our science fair students make their way to get a photograph we'll move on to our next category which is our scholarships.